Classic TT Parade plans announced for 2013
The history of the Isle of Man TT will be celebrated with two new parade laps this year.
There will be a Classic TT Lap of Honour on Monday, August 26, as part of the inaugural Classic TT.
The lap will be for racing machines (solo and sidecar), with priority entry given to riders with TT and/or MGP experience.
Riders already confirmed to take part include 15-times World Champion Giacomo Agostini, 19-times TT winner John McGuinness, 11-times TT winner Phillip McCallen, 16-times TT sidecar race winner Dave Molyneux, 7-times TT winner Mick Grant, 4-times World Champion Kork Ballington, 2-times World Champion Carlos Lavado, Ralf Waldmann, winner of 20 Grand Prix, Formula 750 World Champion Steve Baker and 2003 World Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson.
There will also be, to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first ever Sidecar TT race, a sidecar only parade lap on Friday, June 7, prior to the Senior TT at the 2013 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy.
The parade lap runs 90 years on from the first race for three wheelers won by Freddie Dixon and his passenger Walter Perry on the innovative ‘Banking Sidecar’. This parade lap will be open to entries from any type of racing sidecar.
Entries for both parade laps are now open with the closing date for entries for the 90th Anniversary Sidecar TT Parade Lap set at April 12, and May 3, for the Classic TT Lap of Honour.
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