Manx GP 2022

Manx GP 2022 Gallery All the photos from the Manx Grand Prix 2022 in one place. A big thanks to our sponsors. Our journey wouldn’t have gone this far without their support!

Manx GP – 29 August – Race Day After a day off, relaxing, nursing a sore head and leaving Rik to do the race preparation, which is part of the bonding process between bike and rider, race day dawned with heavy skies. Reports were also coming in of very damp roads all around the course […]

Manx GP – 27 August There are not many better places in the world to be than Mona’s Isle when the is shining brightly, and this was one of those days. Glorious all day. We had 3 races to follow, with the added ‘Brucie bonus’ of a warm-up lap for Rik and Trudie, giving us […]

Manx GP – 26 August Last day of practice today and we were woken by the patter of persistent rain bouncing off of the truck’s roof. Not promising for the afternoon’s activities of our practice and the Lightweight race. A little later we had a surprise visit from Phil, who was doing some business in […]

Manx GP Qualifying 5 – 25 August Matt and I were up with the seagulls at 5.45 am, ahead of what turned out to be a very busy day for one and all. One of those days that start off nice and relaxed, slowly building up momentum to a very high speed of work efficiency. […]

Manx GP Qualifying 3 & 4 – 24 August Busy day today with an unprecedented double practice in one day, giving us the possibility of 4 laps around the mountain course. The day didn’t dawn promising though, with The Island cloaked in cloud and it was raining, with the prospect of more rain throughout the […]

Manx GP Qualifying 2 – 23 August Yesterday was a washout. The Manx weather closed in and treated us to a deluge lasting most of the day. It finally cleared late afternoon, giving one and all a rather pleasant evening. Too late though for any kind of chicanery. We spent the day catching up on […]

Manx GP Qualifying 1 – 21 August It was very fitting that we woke to a beautiful, sun-kissed morning, as today marks the culmination of nearly two years of work and planning. And the sun stayed with us all day long. It’s the start of practice for next Monday’s race. I was up at six and […]

Manx GP Preparation – 20 August – 20:45 Winner-winner, chicken dinner tonight. With some kind of roast tatty!  Turned out to be quite a busy and long day. With briefings, signing-on and clothing inspection for all of Rik’s race gear, all of our firesuits and stuff for the pit stop and refuelling during practice. First […]

Manx GP Preparation – 19 August – 19:00 As luck would have it, Matt secured the last available 4-berth cabin on the ferry across and we all took full advantage of this unplanned luxury. We slept soundly the whole crossing, only being reluctantly pulled out of our magnificent slumber by the announcement we were soon […]

Manx GP Preparation – 18 August – 19:58 We are sat in the truck, parked outside the Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry terminal in Heysham, waiting for our night crossing to the Island. A long wait, as we arrived so early we got to watch the afternoon ferry leaving her berth. We left home […]

Manx GP Preparation – 15 August After another good weekend’s work, Trudie is good to go with just some lock wiring and graphics left to do when we get to The Island on Friday. I spent today sorting out the truck ready for loading tomorrow evening, so far so good. It’s been a long time […]

Manx GP Preparation – 30 July Since our race meeting at Carole, the bike prep for The Manx has had to take a backseat to Rik and Sarah’s wedding. Leaving me only enough time to do some admin and ordering. I did manage to squeeze in some fairing painting though, and this last week Matt […]