Rider: Craig Atkinson

Location: Mountain - Saturday practice - 26th August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 70-200mm

Comments: Double 2006 MGP race winner.






Rider: 68 Neal Champion 52 Richard Mooney

Location: Mountain Wednesday practice -23rd August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 300mm

Comments: This is why I hate the digital media thing, you can never replicate the golden glow of this late evening practice shot

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Rider: Ryan Farquhar

Location: kirk Michael - Jnr Classic Race - 30th August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 600mm

Comments:

 

er: Victor Gilmore

Location: Cronk y Voddy - Thursday practice - 1st June 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D MK2 - 300mm

Comments: Cronk y Voddy a real TT connoisseurs vantage point.

 






Rider: Steve Linsdell

Location: Greeba Castle - Monday practice - 21st August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 300mm

Comments:






Rider: Michael Dunlop

Location: Ballacraine - Newcomers Race - 28th August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D MK2 - 70 - 200mm

Comments:




Rider: Derek Brien

Location: - Senior Race - 1st September 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D - 600mm

Comments: Derek Brien, one half to the closest finish in 99 years of Mountain course history when he finished just 0.1 seconds behind Craig Atkinson in the Junior Race.
No one deserve's to lose by that margin but the consolation is it will be a race to pass into TT folklore.







Rider: 5 Ian Lougher - 19 Paul Dobbs

Location: Guthries - Thursday Practice - 24th August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 300mm

Comments: The sun did shine for brief periods during practice week. While the 6am early morning practice periods are no more the bikes were still circulating till nearly 9pm on this clear session.





Rider:Tony Cawte

Location: Kirk Michael - LWT Classic Race - !st September 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D - 70 - 200mm

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Rider: Alec Whitwell

Location: Crosby - Snr Classic Race - 28th August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 600mm

Comments:







Rider: Michael Weldon

Location: Ballacraine - Newcomers Race - 28th August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 600mm

Comments: Newcomers backing it in on the rear first lap.





Rider: 12 James McCullagh 14 Ryan McCay

Location: Ballaugh - Junior Race - 30th August 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 600mm

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Rider: Barry Davidson

Location: Rhencullen - 250 Race - 1st September 2006

Camera: Canon EOS 1D mk2 - 600mm

Comments: the bikes are traveling at 120mph straight after a long spoon shaped left hander, very tricky with a wide variety of lines and probably only a handful of riders got this absolutely right.


 

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The TT and the Manx Grand Prix could not be more different than what they are, and thats a good thing for all concerned.
While the TT has shrunk the classes to just 600 and 1000cc the Manx can boast a wide variety of machines from 125cc and 250 2-strokes to classics aswell as the usual 600 and 750 fare.
The race that we will talk about in the years to come was the Junior MGP when Craig Atkinson narrowly beat Derek Brien. Starting together on the road at No1 and 2 they duked it out swopping the lead for over 150 miles never more than a few machine lengths apart to cross the line almost neck and neck with only 0.1 seconds the difference, fantastic stuff to witness.



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