It’s almost all systems go time for 2024 Steve Henshaw Gold Cup action.
Practice, qualifying, eighth races take place tomorrow whilst Sunday’s schedule features fourteen races.
The most prestigious of which is the one they all want to win, the eight-lap Gold Cup feature-race, won last year by Honda Racing UK’s Dean Harrison.
72nd Gold Cup practice, qualifying, races information, reads as follows:
7th September:
Start time to be confirmed
Practice sessions – running order:
Newcomers – 3 Laps
Super Twins – 3 Laps
Lightweights – 3 Laps
Supersport Group 1 – 3 Laps
Supersport Group 2 – 3 Laps
Sidecars – 3 Laps
Classic Superbike/Supermono – 3 Laps
Qualifying sessions – running order:
Super Twins
Lightweights
Supersport Group 1
Supersport Group 2
Sidecars
Classic Superbike/Supermono
Races running order:
Super Twins Race 1 – 6 Laps
Lightweights Race 1 – 6 Laps
Supersport (A) Race 1 – 8 Laps
Supersport (B) Race 1 – 6 Laps
Sidecars Race 1 – 6 Laps
Classic Superbike/Supermono race 1 – 6 Laps
Support Race 1 – 6 Laps
Supersport (A) Race 2 – 8 Laps
8th September:
Start time to be confirmed
Warm up sessions – running order:
Super Twins
Lightweights
Supersport Group 1
Supersport Group 2
Sidecars
Classic Superbike/Supermono
Races running order:
Super Twins Race 2 – 6 Laps
Lightweights Race 2 – 6 Laps
Supersport (A) Race 3 – 8 Laps
Supersport (B) Race 2 – 6 Laps
Sidecars Race 2 – 6 Laps
Classic Superbike/Supermono Race 2 – 6 Laps
Support Race 2 – 6 Laps
Steve Henshaw Gold Cup feature race – 8 Laps
Supersport (B) Race 3 – 6 Laps
Lightweights Race 3 – 6 Laps
Super Twins Race 3 – 6 Laps
Sidecars Race 3 – 6 Laps
Classic Superbike/Supermono Race 3 – 6 Laps
Support Race 3 – 6 Laps
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