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The TT Grandstand including the startline, pit lane, re-fuellers, merchandising, scoreboard and paddocks for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix races is situated on the A2 Glencrutchery Road, in the town of Douglas, Isle of Man. [3] Former racer James Whitham (centre right with nozzle over his shoulder) as part of a 2012 TT refuelling crew
The NSC was one of the venues for the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games which was staged on the Isle of Man. The athletics stadium staged the opening ceremony on 8 September 2011 as well as all the athletics events. The swimming pool staged the swimming events and the main sports hall staged badminton with seating for 1,000 spectators. [11]
In the 1934 Isle of Man TT Lightweight Race, Syd Crabtree, a previous race winner, went over the edge in fog here and was killed. [54] Fatal accident of Gilberto Parlotti, race-leader of a 1972 Isle of Man TT race, [55] contributed to the demise of Isle of Man TT being used for world championship races. [56] [57] The Bungalow 30.93
Hillberry Corner is part of the Mountain Course used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix races. To facilitate racing on the Clypse Course for the 1954 TT races during the winter of 1953/54 road widening occurred on the Mountain Course at Creg-ny-Baa, Signpost Corner , the section of road from Hillberry Corner to Cronk-ny-Mona ...
The start-line for the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course is located on Glencrutchery Road in the City of Douglas, Isle of Man. [ 3 ] The clockwise course has a lap of 37.730 mi (60.721 km), [ 4 ] from the start line at the TT Grandstand on Glencrutchery Road ( A2 Ramsey to Douglas) in the island's main town of Douglas . [ 3 ]
The Quarterbridge Road Junction with the A2 Quarterbridge Road and A1 Peel Road, Douglas.. Quarterbridge (Gaelic: Droichead an Cheathrú) (The Quarters or Quarter Dub: quarterlands of Ballabrooie and Ballaquayle) [1] is situated soon after the 1 mile-marker measured from the TT Grandstand, part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races, at the junction of the primary A1 ...
The entire road forms part of the Isle of Man TT Course and crosses the hilliest parts of the Island, reaching 422 m (1,385 ft). The road is closed for TT and Manx Grand Prix races and sometimes closed due to bad weather at other times. The majority of the road outside of developed areas has no speed limit.
The Isle of Man (Manx: Mannin, also Ellan Vannin [ˈɛlʲan ˈvanɪnʲ]) or Mann (/ m æ n / man), [11] is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea, between Great Britain and Ireland. It is one of the Celtic nations and is the homeland of the Manx people, a Celtic ethnic group.