TT 2010 - Hutchy's Island
What can you say about Ian Hutchinson’s performance during TT 2010, amazing, unbelievable, incredible are just a few of the superlatives that spring to mind to describe Hutchy’s record breaking 5 wins. Simply put though Hutchy was unbeatable!
Practice Week
The weather didn't play ball for the 1st practice session of TT 2010 with only the newcomers going out on their controlled lap behind the travelling marshalls.
After the poor start the weather just kept getting better and so did the lap times with John McGuinness being the 1st rider to average over 130mph in TT 2010. However there are no prizes for guessing who would go on to set the fastest lap by the end of practice week. Hutchy's Friday evening speed of 130.614mph was good enough to see him collect the 1st of 6 Graham watches worth £6,000.00 each!
Below: Hutchy rounds Douglas Road Corner on his way to the fastest lap of the week.
Below Left: Guy Martin at Union Mills. Below Right: Dave Molyneux and Farrance at Union Mills.
Above: John McGuinness literally flies onto the Cronk-y-Voddy straight!
Below Left: Guy Martin at Shoughlaigue Bridge on Wednesday evening. Below Right: Hutchy at the Greg-Ny-Baa on Thursday.
Below: Michael Dunlop pictured at Ballacraine on his Superbike. Michael set the fastest lap in both the Supersport and Superstock classes.
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Superbike
A large slice of luck handed Hutchy his 1st win of the week in the delayed Superbike TT. The race was due to start at 12pm but low lying coastal mist meant the race didn't get underway until 3.30pm. Local hero Conor Cummins lead the race from the begining and had a comfortable lead before clutch problems forced him out on lap 4 handing victory to Hutchy with an elated Michael Dunlop in 2nd. Cameron Donald claimed 3rd place despite loosing nearly a minute on the 1st lap after overshooting the Nook.
Above: Ian Hutchinson at Braddan Bridge during the Superbike TT.
Above: Hutchy celebrates the 1st of his 5 wins.
Below: Michael Dunlop at Braddan Bridge on his way to second place in the Superbike TT.
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Supersport & Superstock
Hutchy had to work really hard for his Supersport and Superstock victories, which were without doubt the most exciting races of the week. Despite being behind at Ramsey on the final lap of each race Hutchy overcame Guy Martin, Ryan Farquhar and Michael Dunlop respectively on the final run over the mountain to take victory in each by seconds.
Above: Hutchy at Bishopscourt during the 1st Supersport race and planting a kiss on the trophy following the 2nd Supersport race.
Above: Dan Kneen during the 1st Supersport race in which he was a sensation, running in 3rd for part of the race before eventually finishing a brilliant 5th, a definite TT star in the making!
Above: Ian Hutchinson at Rhencullen.
Below: Michael Dunlop, same place different style!
Above: Keith Amor in full flight past the houses at Rhencullen during the Superstock race, one of my favourite shots from TT 2010.
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Senior
Hutchy was unsurprisingly installed as favourite going into the Senior TT and was well placed before the race was red flagged following Guy Martin’s huge crash at the 160mph Ballagarey corner in Glen Vine, the same corner that Paul Dobbs was tragically killed the day before.
Above: Guy Martin at St Ninians before the red flag.
From the restart Hutchy lead early on from John McGuinness before McGuinness was forced to retire at Glen Helen, the 3rd Superbike race in a row he has failed to finish through no fault of his own. Hutchy was coming under pressure from Conor Cummins before Conor suffered his huge crash at the Verandah. From that moment on Hutchy was able to throttle off and bring the bike home to take win number 5 from Ryan Farquhar who was clearly delighted with 2nd place whilst Bruce Anstey managed to salvage a disappointing week by finishing in 3rd place.
Above Left: Hutchy with the Senior trophy. Above Right: Michael Rutter at St Ninians.
Below: Conor Cummins on Bray Hill before his crash in which he sustained back injuries, broken arm, dislocated knee and bruising to his lungs. At the time of writing Conrod is recovering in hospital and aims to be back next year!
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Sidecars
Klaus Klaffenbock, with local man Dan Sayle in the chair, took his debut TT victory in the 1st Sidecar race beating Dave Molyneux and Patrick Farrance by a little under 3 seconds with Tim Reeves and Dipash Chauhan in 3rd.
Above: Klaffi and Dan on the podium after taking victory in race 1 and in action at Cronk ny Mona during the same race.
TT victories appear to be like buses for Klaus as he had only to wait 4 more days for his second victory. Managing to overcome a 10 second deficit on the final lap to beat a clearly disappointed John Holden and Andy Winkle by just over a second with Conrad Harrison and Kerry Williams finishing 3rd.
Above: Klaffi and Dan Sayle at Ballacraine during the 2nd Sidecar race.
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TT Zero
Mark Miller took victory in the TT Zero race on the Motoczysz electric bike. Whilst recording an impressive 132mph on the Sulby straight Mark wasn't quite able to break the 100mph lap marker coming close with a lap at 96.820mph. Rob Barber winner in 2009 finished 2nd and James McBride came home in 3rd.
Above: Mark Miller prepares to leave the line.
Below: Jamie Whitham checks out Rob Barbers Agni Motors machine.
