2010 Isle of Man TT Recap

The Padgetts Honda rider won a shortened four-lap Senior TT by 37.77 seconds on the final day of the 2010 Isle of Man TT to complete a perfect five-for-five sweep of the solo classes. The previous record for wins in a single TT belonged to Phil McCallen who won four races in 1996 with a third place finish in the Lightweight 250 TT race.

Hutchinson began the week by winning the Superbike TT, ahead of Michael Dunlop (Honda) and Cameron Donald ( Suzuki). McAdoo Kawasaki racer Conor Cummins led Hutchinson by nearly 22 seconds before mechanical problems knocked him out of the race. With a 50 second lead over the next racer, Hutchinson cruised to an easy win.

The first Supersport race proved to be a closer race. Hutchinson had to outsprint Wilson Craig Honda rider Guy Martin to win by 3.03 seconds. Dunlop would finish third on a Yamaha.

Later that same day, Hutchinson scored victory #3 in the Superstock race, this time by an even narrower margin. KMR Kawasakis Ryan Farquhar led for the first three laps before Hutchinson moved ahead on the final lap, overcoming a 5.54-second deficit to win by 1.32 seconds.

The second Supersport race was held on the Thursday after heavy rains cancelled racing on Wednesday. The change in the schedule did not break Hutchinsons momentum however. Hutchinson came out ahead in a close battle with Dunlop to tie McCallens record of four wins in a single TT.

The record-tying race had a tragic side to it however as experienced TT competitors Paul Dobbs, 39, from New Zealand, and Martin Loicht, 48, from Austria, died in separate accidents. Dobbs was involved in an accident at the Ballagarey section while Loicht was killed in an incident at the Quarry Bends section.

McGuinness was more fortunate, retiring with a problem with his kill switch on the second lap after the restart. Unfortunately for McGuinness, whose 15 Isle of Man TT wins is the most of any active racer, the retirement left him held off the podium the entire week, the first time hes been shut out on the Isle of Man since his debut in 1996.

In the Sidecar class, Klaus Klaffenbock and Daniel Sayle swept both races for LCR Honda. Klaffenbocks win in the first Sidecar race made him the first non-Manxman to win since 2003, and the first Austrian to win any TT race since 1954. The duo overcame a 10-second deficit in race two to pull off the double.

Californias Mark Miller won the TT Zero electric motorcycle race for MotoCzysz, falling just short of winning the 100 mph bounty. Riding the MotoCzysz E1PC, Miller lapped the Mountain Course in 23:22.89, while averaging 99.513 mph on the fifth and final lap. That left MotoCzysz narrowly losing the 10,000 pound award put up by the Isle of Man government for the first TT Zero team to record a 100 mph lap.

Last years TTXGP winner Rob Barber of Agni Racing finished second, averaging 89.290 seconds. While Man TTX racings James McBride coming in third at 88.653 mph. Agni Racings Jennifer Tinmouth was seven seconds behind in fourth while George Spence was well behind on a motorcycle produced by engineering students at Londons Kingston University.

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