With the races celebrating their 100th birthday, the
organisers
have been working extremely hard to ensure the two-week festival is crammed with special events and activities. Many TT winners, motorcycling personalities and world stars will be appearing at events throughout the festival. Here are just a few…
TT LAP OF HONOUR AND CENTENARY PARADE
The ever-popular TT Lap of Honour takes on extra significance in 2007 and boasts a line-up that will ensure it’s an undoubted highlight of the two-week festival. The most iconic riders from TT history will re-live their golden days as they take to the Mountain Course once more – many for the first time since they first blazed a trail around the world’s most famous race circuit. They will be riding legendary machines like Honda, Yamaha, MV Agusta, Suzuki, Benelli, Kawasaki, Norton and BMW and many of them will be aboard the machines that gave them some of their finest days.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to witness what is easily the greatest line-up of motorcycling stars ever assembled. Indeed, from those confirmed at this stage, the Lap of Honour plays host to no less than 13 World Champions!
DAY OF CHAMPIONS
A ‘TT 2007 Day of Champions’ will play host to yet more very special guests. Featuring a wealth of world famous motorcycling stars, the event will include a range of activities including chat shows, live music and auctions of unique items. Based around the newly refurbished Grandstand and Paddock area, this is THE PLACE to be on Thursday 7th!
PARADE OF CHAMPIONS
After the Senior TT on Friday 8th, many of the special guests from the ‘Day of Champions’ will help TT 2007 close with a real bang by taking to the Mountain Course for one very special lap. Joined by countless stars from TT past and present, this is a unique opportunity to see these ‘galacticos’ taste what TT racing is all about!
1907 TT RE-ENACTMENT
Earlier in the fortnight the exact time and date of the first TT will be remembered with a re-enactment of the 1907 TT. Starting at 10am on Monday the 28th of May, 100 vintage machines will line up at the start line in St Johns to complete a lap of the original TT Circuit on closed roads. The event will provide a unique opportunity to witness these special machines take in Glen Helen, Kirk Michael and the ancient city of Peel before taking the chequered flag back at St Johns in front of Tynwald Hill.
The Vintage Motor Cycle Club will ensure this unique event is as authentic as possible and St Johns village will turn the clock back 100 years with proceedings lead by an authentic 1900’s town crier. There will be old-fashioned goods for sale, plus nostalgic cars, buses and steam engines on display. Attendees are encouraged to wear period dress.