By - Solo, Sidecar race entry numbers total 149.
- There is only eight solo, Sidecar newcomers combined.
- The South America continent has no representation.
- Manx GP to TT graduates total eleven.
- Over sixty percent of solo competitors, made their Mountain Course racing debuts at the Manx Grand Prix.
- Twenty-seven current, previous TT rostrum finishers participate.
- Between them Michael Dunlop MBE, Peter Hickman and Dean Harrison have hauled to date, 117 TT podium finishes.
- Eleven current, previous TT winners compete.
- Twenty nations have representation.
- Never Be Clever Racing’s Amalric Blanc, Tom Robinson and Matt Stevenson are the only Yamaha powered riders for the 1000cc races.
- Just nineteen of the seventy-one starters from the Senior TT of ten years ago (2016), are set to compete.
Photo credit: Nick Wheeler
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
