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Live and let race

I have always viewed the Isle of Man TT as some kind of aberration that has managed to dodge the fun police over the years and continue unnoticed in a parallel universe. You dare not speak of it in public lest the wowzers and do-gooders earwig in on the conversation and get it banned because it is ‘dangerous’.

I think the pandemic has taught me to make the most of what I have

The Island Echo on the Isle of Wight, UK, has reported on the plan to run Diamond Races, a road race with hopes to one day rival the TT. When I first saw this I thought it may be the brainchild of a local councillor and would be dismissed as foolish and consigned to the scrap bin fairly quickly. Not so, there are some heavy hitters on board the business team promoting the race, and these guys probably give it the best chance it will ever get of succeeding. Steve Plater and Neil Tuxworth to name a couple of the experienced team