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Despite persistent rain and low cloud covering the Island during Tuesday, the evening’s practice went session ahead but such were the conditions only six solo riders ventured out on to the circuit. The rain that had been falling during the day finally stopped and the cloud lifted sufficiently on the Mountain for the practice to commence at 7pm but none of the top 30 riders left the confines of their awnings or motorhomes so it was left to veteran campaigners Alan ‘Bud’ Jackson and David Madsen-Mygdal to set off down Glencrutchery Road first.
They were followed by Antonio Maeso, James Edmeades, who was having his first lap of the TT08 festival having competed in the KTM Super Duke Series at Donington Park on Bank Holiday Monday, John Barton and Alessio Corradi. For the latterly named, it was certainly a baptism of fire as the Italian newcomer got his first taste of the Mountain Circuit on a closed road.
The severity of the conditions could be seen in the lap times and it was Madsen-Mygdal who had the honour of topping the timesheets at 87.25mph, some 27mph down on his best lap the previous evening! He was followed by Jackson (84.30), Edmeades (82.49), Corradi (79.97), Barton (79.92) and Maeso (76.16) with all six riders limited to just one lap.
Having had their session truncated by James McBride’s unfortunate accident the evening before, the F2 sidecars were given a full, hour long session and, unlike their solo counterparts, a vastly higher proportion of crews took to the line with almost 40 outfits taking part in the session.
Tim Reeves and Patrick Farrance utilized the session to its fullest, getting in a full quota of 3 laps thus increasing their knowledge further and the reigning World Champions ended up second on the night with a speed of 94.00mph. Steve Coombes and Gary Partridge also put in 3 laps of the course and they were fastest at 95.11mph.
Roy Hanks and Dave Wells were first to complete a lap but a combination of the weather and a puncture kept their speed down to 88.74mph. They eventually went back out to slot into fifth place overall on 93.25mph, just behind Phil Dongworth/Stu Castles (93.87) and Keith Walters/Alun Thomas (93.59).
Nick Crowe and Steve Norbury had very sedate outings, lapping at 82.89mph and 73.89mph respectively, whilst, like Monday evening, a number of the crews encountered problems during the course of the session with Peter Farrelly/Jason Miller, Mike Roscher/Michael Hildebrand and Wal Saunders/Eddy Kiff all being reported as having stopped out on the course.
1 33 Steven Coombes/Gary Partridge 2003 Ireson Honda 600cc / Team Dave Hudspeth Carpets 3 23 48.04 95.115
2 17 Tim Reeves/Patrick Farrance* 2008 LCR Suzuki 600cc / Gunther Reuschling-Eastern Airways 2 24 04.88 94.006
Motorsport
3 11 Phil Dongworth/Stuart Castles 2007 Ireson Honda 600cc 3 24 06.84 93.879
4 54 Keith Walters/Alun Thomas 2008 Ireson Honda 600cc 2 24 14.90 93.359
5 8 Roy Hanks/Dave Wells 2008 DMR Suzuki 600cc / Rose Hanks 2 24 16.57 93.252
6 18 Greg Lambert/Sally Wilson 2008 DMR Honda 600cc 1 24 46.81 91.356
7 6 Simon Neary/Jamie Winn 2007 Baker Suzuki 600cc / NEARY RACING 1 25 09.64 89.974
8 16 Kenny Howles/Doug Jewell 2007 MR Equipe Suzuki 600cc / Bosiol R Racing 2 25 12.19 89.822
9 10 Conrad Harrison/Kerry Williams 2002 Shelbourne Honda 600cc / Printing Roller Services 1 25 14.00 89.714
10 36 Mark Brown/David Brown* 2003 Ireson Honda 600cc 1 25 45.62 87.879
11 32 Howard Baker/Mike Killingsworth 2005 Shelbourne Honda 600cc / D & J Bikespares, Lincoln 2 26 05.85 86.744
12 9 Andy Laidlow/Martin Hull 2008 LCR Suzuki 600cc / Double "M" Racing 1 26 44.79 84.639
13 19 Douglas Wright/Stuart Bond 2006 Shellbourne Honda 600cc / Eddy Wright Motorcycles Ltd 1 26 51.88 84.267
14 23 Dave Wallis/Phil Iremonger 2008 LCR Honda 600cc / Petpals 1 27 08.22 83.421
15 4 Klaus Klaffenbock/Christian Parzer 2007 LCR Honda 600cc / Padgetts Manx Gas Racing 1 27 09.01 83.381
16 2 Nick Crowe/Mark Cox 2008 LCR Honda 600cc / A J GROUNDWORKS 1 27 18.54 82.896
17 28 Tony Thirkell/Nigel Barlow 2005 MR Equipe Honda 600cc / MERLIN SIDECARS 1 27 54.79 81.102
18 50 Jean-Louis Hergott/Christophe
Darras
2006 MR Equipe Suzuki 600cc 2 27 57.78 80.957
19 37 Dylan Lynch/Aaron Galligan 2007 LCR Yamaha 600cc 1 28 10.26 80.359
20 53 Andy King/Steven Pooley 2007 Ireson Honda 600cc 1 28 13.64 80.199
21 30 Nev Jones/Steve Gaunt 2007 LCR Kawasaki 600cc 1 28 39.06 79.013
22 48 Wayne Lockey/Mark Howard 2000 Ireson Yamaha 600cc 1 28 51.67 78.438
23 40 John Saunders/Loic Ansquer 2004 MR Equipe Suzuki 600cc / Stapleton Tyre Services 1 29 09.31 77.647
24 45 Matthew Sayle/Tony Palacio 2007 Windle Suzuki 600cc 1 29 14.76 77.406
25 60 Camiel Mellegers/Simone van
Berckel*
2005 Windle Suzuki 600cc 2 29 39.92 76.311
26 55 Robert Handcock/Mathew Buckley 1997 Baker Yamaha 600cc 1 29 51.13 75.834
27 52 Brian Alflatt/Herve Chenu 2004 Baker Suzuki 600cc 2 29 53.69 75.725
28 29 Neil Kelly/Jason O'Connor 1998 Ireson Honda 600cc 1 30 15.98 74.796
29 5 Steve Norbury/Rick Long 2007 Shelbourne Yamaha 600cc / LOCKSIDE ENGINEERING 1 30 38.24 73.890
30 58 Michael Lines/Mike Aylott* 2005 Shelbourne Honda 600cc 1 33 03.27 68.487
31 38 Peter Farrelly/Jason Miller 2008 MR Equipe Suzuki 600cc 1 40 05.06 56.476
32 35 Mike Roscher/Michael Hildebrand 1998 DMR Honda 600cc 1 44 59.84 50.310
