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Newcomers' Race Report 25 August 2008 Six and a quarter hours after its original start time the 2008 Manx Grand Prix races finally saw the
opening race of the meeting get underway as numbers 1 & 2, Ivan Lintin and James Redpath, both of whom
were on GSXR 750cc Suzuki machines set off down Glencrutchery Road in the MMCC
Newcomers Race.
Originally reduced to three laps from four, the extra delay forced the
organisers to reduce the race distance to just two laps, 75 miles. Ivan Lintin was first on
the roads at Glen Helen, but it was Ryan Kneen who led on time,
by 4.32 seconds, with Kevin
Fitzpatrick third 8.69 seconds behind the leader.
In the ?C? class, it was Michael Sweeney who led
Ryan?s brother, Daniel. At Ramsey on the opening lap
of two, Ryan Kneen had
increased to 16.23 seconds from Lintin, with James Redpath now in third
place a further 5 seconds behind on time.
Roy Moore, the commentator reported that it had started raining at the Hairpin.
By the Bungalow Ivan
Lintin had pulled four seconds back on Kneen, with Redpath still third.
Meanwhile Sweeney was still leading Dan Kneen in the smaller class.
Ryan Kneen was only 10.6
seconds ahead as he and Ivan
Lintin went through the Grandstand to complete their first lap, with James Redpath still holding
third spot, 18 seconds adrift of second place man.
Daniel Kneen had taken
the lead at the Bungalow in class C from Derek Costello and
positions were still the same at the conclusion of the first lap.
Lap two at Glen Helen, 19-year-old Ryan Kneen and Ivan Lintin were still
together on the roads, with Redpath still holding on to third. The gap between
the leaders was now 11.52 Seconds.
Class ?C? saw positions remaining the same, with the elder of the Kneen brothers
Daniel in front of Ian
Whitlow second by well over a minute, with Colin Martin third.
Ryan Kneen held an 11
second lead at Ramsey on the second and last lap from
Lintin, with Redpath third. The lead had increased by a further nine seconds at
the Bungalow as positions remained the same.
Daniel Kneen was also
safely through Ramsey on the final lap, mixing it with
the class ?A? Newcomers.
Ryan Kneen took the
chequered flag to win class ?A? with Ivan Lintin taking second
and James Redpath third.
History was made as the elder Kneen, Daniel took victory in class ?C? becoming
the first brothers to win a MMCC Newcomers race in the same year.
Ian Whitlow finished
second with Colin Martin
third.
Ryan Kneen also set the
fastest lap in Class A in 21 minutes 45.97 seconds a speed of 104.005mph, whilst
brother Daniel set the quickest lap in Class C with a lap of 23m 22.76s a speed
of 96.829mph.
A brave effort by all concerned as conditions were varying all round the course
during the two lap race. More stories >>>
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