Legend-packed guest list for Black Tie TT celebration announced
An incredible gathering of motorcycle racing legends will attend the exclusive black tie dinner organised to celebrate 100 years of racing on the Mountain course.
Giacomo Agostini, Phil Read, Luigi Taveri, Phillip McCallen, Charlie Williams, Chas Mortimer, Mick Grant, Nick Jefferies, Dave Molyneux, Steve Webster, Klaus Klaffenbock, John McGuinness, Keith Amor, Ian Lougher, Ian Hutchinson and Michael Rutter are all confirmed to attend the dinner. Buy tickets now.
Legendary motorsport commentator and lifelong TT fan Murray Walker will be Guest of Honour at the dinner on June 10, which will take place in the VIP Hospitality suite in the shadow of the TT Grandstand on Glencrutchery Road, Douglas.
The illustrious list of guests hold a collective total of 37 World Championship titles and 104 TT victories, as well as numerous podiums and national championship titles and are some of the most famous names from the world of motorsport. Every one of the 18 tables will have one of the iconic names joining the guests at their table.
TT legends attending include 15-times World Champion Agostini, who also won 10 TT races, Read, holder of 8 World Championships and 8 TT race wins, and Swiss racer Taveri, who has 3 world titles and 3 TT victories to his name.
McCallen, who won 11 TTs including four in a week in 1996 and is fifth on the all-time solos honours board, will also be attending.
Other guests confirmed include 9-time TT Race winner Williams, Mortimer, with 8 wins, and Grant, who has 7. 1993 Formula One TT Race winner Nick Jefferies will be representing nephew David in the Milestones of the Mountain Parade earlier in the day and is also confirmed to attend the dinner.
Moly, the most decorated sidecar racer in TT history with 14 TT wins, 10-time World Champion Webster and 2010 double TT race winner and 2001 World Champion, Klaffi, will be representing the ‘chairs’.
Current racers confirmed to attend, shortly after competing in that day’s PokerStars Senior TT, include 15-time winner McGuinness and his teammate, Scotsman Keith Amor, 10-time winner Lougher and 2010 five-time victor Hutchy, who is missing this year’s races through injury.
Rutter, the Junior TT race winner in 1998, and whose father Tony won 7 TTs in the 1970s and 80s, will be representing the Rutter family.
Walker, whose father Graham won the lightweight TT in 1931, commentated on the TT for the BBC for over 30 years from 1949.
Guests will enjoy a champagne reception, an exquisite a-la-carte menu, complimentary bar all evening and an exclusive TT gift.
Entertainment will include a chat show-style event with some of the celebrity guests, hosted by Manx Radio TT’s Charlie Lambert, stand up comedy from UK performer Tim Clarke and an exclusive charity auction in aid of the TT Riders Association and Road Racing Legends Charities.
Tickets are available now, priced £165 plus VAT for individual tickets or £1300 plus VAT for a corporate table of eight. Buy Now.