By * The 2024 Manx Grand Prix marked forty years since eleven times TT winner, Steve Hislop’s last event circulation.
* Sole Aermacchi powered racer finishing the Junior Classics race, was sixth place finisher Andrew Guy.
* All the Senior Classics race finishers had start numbers below 40.
* Junior Classics winner Harley Rushton, pace would have put him thirteenth overall in a combined Junior, Senior Classics results sheet.
* 41 competitors secured either silver, bronze replica finishes from the Senior race stint.
* Teams achieving their first MGP podium finishes included Classic Superbike race conquerors Key Racing.
* Unofficially eleven riders set 120 mph plus lap speeds during qualifying week.
* John McGuinness MBE now has 52 Mountain Course race podium finishes, to his credit.
* Teams to have taken in both the TT, Manx GP this year include Cowton Racing, TH Racing and Team ILR with Frog Vehicle Developments.
* 24 years since he last raced on IOM shores, Junior Classics race runner-up Glen English was back on the rostrum. He announced post-race that this was his last MGP racing voyage.
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
