Welcome
to The Tommy Club. An exclusive club with a guaranteed
limited membership of the first thirty six Manx Grand
Prix riders who achieve the wonderful
feat of lapping at 120mph during a race.
Specially formed to commemorate Tommy's amazing record
breaking achievement in the 2004 Junior Race - the first
rider to break that elusive barrier - and on a 600 too....
We
have gone for 36 to represent each of his 36 years.
The
first five members are:
The
Manx Motor Cycle Club has agreed to incorporate this award
into the Senior Prize Giving Presentation each year, as
and when we have new members, a member of Tommy's family
will present the awards at the annual ceremony.
Each
member receives one of the "factory" Tommy baseball
hats together with a Commemorative Certificate and a very
special badge.
2007
Update:
For
the second year in a row no riders qualified for the Tommy
Club during the 2007 MGP - Derek Brien who won the Junior,
lapped at 119.438mph but Mats Nilsson had the fastest
lap of the race at 119.580mph and the Senior Manx was
cancelled. Tommy's record as the only rider to have lapped
at over 120mph on a 600cc machine still stands three years
on.
2006
Update:
No
riders qualified for the Tommy Club during the 2006 MGP
- Craig Atkinson, who won the double, lapped at only 116.63
in the Junior Race and 116.27 in the Senior Manx.
Limited
Edition Rider's Badge |
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Welcome
to the Tommy Club!
