I got back at 7 this morning and had a good time despite the weather, mashalled at St. Ninians on Friday.
It was good to see the old dog Rutter back on the top step, Peter Hickman has really emerged as a threat to the dominance of the usual lot, Hillier and Harrison had strong performances too and Josh Brookes had a great week after two years away and still really doing his apprenticeship around the course, a shame about Hutchy as he was having a good race after two wins earlier in the week but what can you say about Michael Dunlop, another 2 wins and taking the new Suzuki to the top step adding to previous TT wins he's achieved on Honda, BMW, Yamaha and Kawasaki machinery. The Suzuki could well be the bike to beat over the next couple of years as they didn't have a lot of time to set that bike up and still managed to win a TT first time out.
The Birchall brothers were untouchable in the sidecar races upping the lap record to 117mph, what did strike me during the second sidecar race on Friday is how much louder the Birchall outfit was compared to everyone else, must be tuned to the bollocks.
