First Practice Session of TT 2011 Has Been Dropped

Friday, 17 September 2010 01:00

TT Practice Session Dropped

The Department of Economic Development has released the details for next years TT line-up.

The big change for next year is that the first practice session scheduled for Saturday 28th May has been scrapped, shortening the festival slightly.

It's believed the change was introduced in an effort to cut costs for teams and riders.

This means that the first practice session will now take place on Monday 30th May.

Next year will the TT races will be celebrating 100 years of racing on the Mountain course.

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