Saturday racing abandoned
Conditions were fine but overcast as the minutes counted down to the start of the opening race of the Centenary TT, the Bennetts Superbike TT.
With five minutes before the scheduled start at 12:00noon, the organisers announced a 30-minutes delay, due to some oil on the road at the Bungalow.
With ten-minutes before the scheduled off, the Clerk of the Course, Neil Hanson announced that due to the delay and with the weather conditions deteriorating, today’s race schedule is abandoned.
The Superbike and Sidecar TT’s will now be run on Monday, with the following schedule.
The Superbike TT will commence at 10:45 followed by the Sidecar Race A.
Tuesday will see the Superstock TT commencing at 12:15, with road closing at 11:30am.