Dave Johnson, Norton, courtesy Glynne Lewis. Officials Contents Patron: Pauline Hailwood 2. Editor’s Line. President: Charlie Williams 4. Daley Mathison - One of the next Vice President: Chris Kinley generation of top racers. 9. Chairman & Secretary Report, Chairman: Roy Hanks Registrars’ Report. 50 Lyndhurst Road, Birmingham, B24 8QS. Tel: 10. Quiz. 0121 6863799. 11. Behind the Mic with Tim Glover. 14. Susan Jenness Trophy awarded to the Vice Chairman: Phil Harvey all-female crew. 2 Oak Villas, Rawcliffe Bridge, Nr Goole, East 15. Book Review: Speed at the TT Races … Yorks, DN14 8NU. Tel: 01405 831070. Faster and Faster by David Wright. [email protected] 16. It happened at TT 2017. 20. Jochem van den Hoek. General Secretary: Rose Hanks 50 Lyndhurst Road, Birmingham, B24 8QS. 21. There have been several recent changes Tel: 0121 6863799. at the Joey Dunlop Foundation…. 22. The French Connection. Treasurers: Roy & Rose Hanks 26. Island at War - Part 2. 30. A Chat with IoM Department of Quartermasters: Paul & Julie Hanks-Elliot Economic Development Motorsport 44 Lyndhurst Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 Manager, Paul Phillips. 8QS. Tel: 0121 373 1035, or 0121 6862390 32. The Perfect Lap? after 6pm. Editor’s Line 36. A ‘wow’ of a season for Ivan Lintin... Membership Registrars: 40. TT Digest. Viv & Pete Oulton 46. Five starts, five finishes, five replicas... 13 Avondale Road, Buckley, Flintshire, a brilliant TT for Dominic Herbertson. CH7 3BW. Tel: 01244 548584 50. Quiz Answers. I hope you enjoy this, the Winter 2017 issue of the TT Supporters’ Club magazine. [email protected] 51. Regional Representatives. Thanks go, as ever, to the many contributors – both written and pictorial – if you would like to be involved in the next issue, then the copy date is Monday 5th March 2018. Magazine Editor: Graham Bean Cover: Mark Goodings waits for the tap on Flat 10, Regency Court, 119 Cheadle Rd, Cheadle I would like to applaud the contribution made to the races by the commentary team at the shoulder, courtesy Gert Meulman. Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire, SK8 5DQ. Radio TT. Anchor man, Tim Glover is featured within the covers of this issue. Special men- Tel: 0161 486 6197. The views expressed in this magazine are tion goes to Chris Kinley regarding his in-depth start line interviews, often under difficult [email protected] those of contributors and not necessarily conditions, with competitors from all levels and to Dave Christian at Glen Helen who is at those of the TT Supporter’s Club. Assistant Editor/Advertising/ Minutes Sec.: pains to give coverage to the ‘lesser lights’ who are making their way through the field. Michael Hammonds Talking of ‘didn’t he do well’, Clerk of the Course, Gary Thompson’s contribution was Creg Ny Baa, 9 Clipper Close, Warsash, Southamp- From Freya Harvey - Social Media immense in 2017; I am confident much thought is being given to further contingencies ton, SO31 9BJ. Tel: 01489 570 295. Administrator within the practice period. [email protected] TT Supporters’ Club social media pages Paul Phillips, in his Q&A article, makes an interesting point in that the organisers Web site Coordinator: Peter Oulton have updates regarding racing events. don’t search out potential newcomers, instead choose from a list of applicants, the result e-mail: [email protected] Anyone wanting to send us information can being that only those few who are felt can get ‘quickly up to pace’ are admitted, the others contact us on these pages for us to share being guided to the MGP. This strengthens both events, a plus in that the MGP is still very National Raffle Coordinator: with followers. John Newton. 21 Portman Rise, Guisborough, much regarded as a breeding ground for top TT riders… just look how many riders broke Cleveland, TS14 7LW. Tel: 01287 636914. Facebook - TTsupportersclub through the 120mph last August. [email protected] Twitter - @TTsupporters Graham Bean 2. 3. Superbike action, courtesy Gert Meulman. excellent 9th in the Superbike race at the international events. super-fast UGP, but a ‘no fault of his own’ Anyway, returning to the track, accident at the NW200 side-lined him for with Daley standing alongside Bruce Anstey the TT. However, ‘versatility’, a word already and William Dunlop having recorded a lap used, came to the fore again as the young time of 22 minutes 39.86 seconds, with, man from Stockton became European some might say, a ‘Geoff Duke’ moment – MotoE Champion, a title he successfully 99.884mph. We would have to wait another defended the following year. twelve months for the UoN 02 machine to If pushed to give the stand-out moment break the magic barrier, and then some…! in his career, Daley would probably hone Back to the petrol-driven two wheeled in on his 3rd position and consequent vehicles of 2016… a retirement in the Senior place on the TT Podium in the Zero race was preceded by three fine finishes – 33rd of 2016. Always interested in the electronic on his larger capacity Suzuki in the Super- side of machine mechanics, he was more bike Race with an average of 120.42mph than happy for his name to be put forward along with 21st and 22nd on the GSX R600 DALEY MATHISON when he heard the University of Notting- in the Supersport events. ham required a rider for their electric TT A busy schedule loomed for 2017, a One of the next generation of top racers bike. In his mind, other than not having a deal struck with Eddie Stobart and a change gear box and being a good deal heavier, the to BMW for the largest capacity class led Some riders grow into the road ver- watching on-board footage, so it was not bike handles and reacts very similar to his to optimism in the Mathison household. sion of our sport as a progression from surprising that he achieved a creditable other racing machines… surely a class of He was not to be disappointed, securing racing around short circuits, not so Daley 5th in the Newcomers’ event an at average the future, hopefully progressing into other remarkably consistent results at the NW200, Mathison, whose principle aim was always speed in excess of 110mph. to compete in the TT Races. What was the Onwards and upwards, with dramati- best way to prepare for this challenge? … cally increased lap speeds at TT 2014, the An air-born Suzuki at Ballaugh, courtesy Gert meulman. move to Northern Ireland and race ‘between 120mph barrier being left in his wake. Two the hedges’. This he did as a 19 year old in non-finishes in the big bike classes, but 35th 2010, achieving a fair amount of success, and 41st on his supersport machine, was an being judged to have produced the ‘Best excellent return for his first TT experience. non-Irish Performance in the Irish Series’ of Aberdare Park in July saw him proudly 2010 by the Two Stroke Supporters’ Club. become Welsh Open Champion, but one Relocating back to his county Durham of his career highlights was just around home in 2012, he set about running his own the corner, when, aboard is Logan Racing team with a brace of Hondas, a CBR1000RR 125RS Honda, he took the chequered flag and a RS125, supplemented by a Suzuki in the Ultra-lightweight race at the UGP. GSX-R600 the following year provided Showing his versatility, he came home 6th by Hol-Taj Exports. In fact, it was on this in the Supersport and 7th in the Superbike machine he made his IoM debut, not at the on his Hol-Taj Exports GSX R-1000 Suzuki, TT as planned – he was recovering from even beating Ian Hutchinson… all-in-all, a injury – but at the 2013 MGP. He had been brilliant season with five wins and twenty- travelling to and from the island for several one podiums. years riding around the circuit, as well as In 2015 there were eleven victories, an 4. 5. Daley on his GSXR Suzuki at TT 2017, courtesy Robin Hynes. he was soon mixing it with earlier start- Despite a tumble during practice for the ers reaching 20th place by the end of lap Ulster, Daley, now 26 years old, was fit to one. He continued to gain on the opposi- race, doing so to great acclaim, achieving a tion, then a slick pit stop, followed by con- fastest lap speed of 130.4mph in the first of fident passing manoeuvres gave him 13th Saturday’s Superbike races, coming home position at 124+mph, a personal best lap 10th, a position replicating that of Super- of 127.228mph and another silver replica – stock event. The last clash for superbikes, brilliant. sadly, proved to be an anti-climax when A weekend of podiums followed at the a small oil leak and pressure loss in the Cock o’ the North meeting before a return to engine discovered after the warm-up lap led Mona’s Isle and a Southern 100 debut with to him pushing his machine off the starting a well-publicised entry on the electric bike. grid. Sadly, this didn’t materialise as the machine In our sport, we have to take the ‘rough was stuck in customs following its trip to the with the smooth’, this certainly being the despite some awful weather conditions and soft set-up he worked his way to a bronze Pikes Peak event in the USA, but Daley basi- case at Scarborough’s Gold Cup meeting machine problems during qualifying, par- replica finish of 23rd. cally used his BMW to learn the intricacies when, show casing the 280kg electric super- ticularly with the BMW, with data reveal- Starting 31st on the grid for what turned of the course, preparing for a full onslaught bike, the machine suffered brake failure.