2006 Isle of Man TT

The 99th anniversary Isle of Man TT Festival ran between Saturday 27 May and Friday 9 June on the 37.73-mile Mountain Course. The first week (between 27 May and 2 June) is known as the practice week, before the real action commenced on 3 June. There were 6 races in TT week. John McGuinness broke the lap record during practice for the Superbike race and then did it again in the race itself. He recorded a lap of 17:41.71, breaking the Superbike record from last year by 8.62 seconds and his outright lap record by 2.1 seconds.

Isle of Man TT Mountain Course

McGuinness then went on to take his first TT hat-trick by winning the Senior TT on 9 June, destroying the lap record in the process. He set a lap of 17:39.95 from a standing start then 17:29.26 on his 2nd lap (breaking his own lap record by 10 seconds). However, the meeting was overshadowed by the death of Japanese rider Jun Maeda on 6 June due to injuries suffered in a practice crash.

Results

• Race 1 – Jester Interactive TT Superbike Race 3 June (6 laps – 226.38 miles)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	John McGuinness	Honda	124.764 mph	1:48.52.06
2	Ian Lougher	Honda	124.021 mph	1:49.31.20
3	Ian Hutchinson	Kawasaki	123.58 mph	1:49.54.61
4	Martin Finnegan	Honda	122.385 mph	1:50.59.02
5	Cameron Donald	Honda	122.881 mph	1:51.26.54
6	Jason Griffiths	Yamaha	121.821 mph	1:51.59.67
7	Carl Rennie	Kawasaki	121.217 mph	1:52.03.19
8	Paul Hunt	Yamaha	120.925 mph	1:52.19.41
9	Davy Morgan	Honda	120.425 mph	1:52.45.90
10	Raymond Porter	Yamaha	120.427 mph	1:52.47.28

New Outright Lap Record: John McGuinness, 127.933 mph

• Race 2 – Scottish Life International TT Superstock Race 5 June (4 laps – 150.92 miles)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Bruce Anstey	Suzuki	124.147 mph	1:12.56.34
2	Ian Hutchinson	Kawasaki	123.912 mph	1:13.04.64
3	Jason Griffiths	Yamaha	123.25 mph	1:13.28.19
4	Guy Martin	Yamaha	122.946 mph	1:13.39.09
5	John McGuinness	Honda	122.106 mph	1:14.09.48
6	Ian Lougher	Honda	121.209 mph	1:14.42.43
7	Martin Finnegan	Honda	120.602 mph	1:15.04.30
8	Mark Parrett	Yamaha	119.972 mph	1:15.28.65
9	Gary Carswell	Suzuki	119.923 mph	1:15.30.51
10	Rob Frost	Honda	119.627 mph	1:15.41.70

• Race 3 – Hilton Hotel & Casino Sidecar TT, Race A 5 June (3 laps – 113.00 miles)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Nick Crowe / Darren Hope	Honda	113.342 mph	1:00:27.15
2	Steve Norbury / Scott Parnell	Yamaha	110.902 mph	1:01:14.26
3	John Holden / Andrew Winkle	Honda	109.635 mph	1:01:56.71
4	Roy Hanks / David Wells	Yamaha	109.321 mph	1:02:07.38
5	Gary Bryan / Colin Hardman	Yamaha	109.098 mph	1:02:15.02
6	Andrew Laidlow / Patrick Farrance	LCR Suzuki	108.562 mph	1:02:33.45
7	Philip Dongworth / Stuart Castles	Ireson Yamaha	108.321 mph	1:02:42.13
8	Tony Elmer / Darren Marshall	Ireson Yamaha	107.584 mph	1:03:07.57
9	Glyn Jones / Chris Lake	DMR Honda	106.824 mph	1:03:34.50
10	David Wallis / Sally Wilson	Honda	106.492 mph	1:03:46.40

• Race 4 – Isle of Man Steam Packet Supersport Junior TT 7 June (4 laps – 150.92 miles)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	John McGuinness	Honda	122.264 mph	1:14:03.73
2	Bruce Anstey	Suzuki	121.542 mph	1:14:30.13
3	Jason Griffiths	Yamaha	120.707 mph	1:15:01.08
4	Ian Lougher	Honda	120.388 mph	1:15:13.00
5	Cameron Donald	Honda	119.552 mph	1:15:44.56
6	Martin Finnegan	Honda	119.207 mph	1:15:57.70
7	Nigel Beattie	Yamaha	119.116 mph	1:16:01.19
8	Dan Stewart	Yamaha	118.524 mph	1:16:23.97
9	Mark Parrett	Yamaha	118.329 mph	1:16:31.53
10	Chris Palmer	Honda	117.952 mph	1:16:46.20

New Lap Record: John McGuinness, 123.975 mph

Note: Ian Hutchinson did finish 2nd in the Supersport race, but was later disqualified, as his Kawasaki ZX-6 was deemed to be illegal due to a 0.2mm (0.02 cm) difference in cam dimensions. However, McAdoo Racing (Hutchinson's team) have lodged an appeal to have the position re-instated.

• Race 5 – Hilton Hotel & Casino Sidecar TT, Race B 7 June (3 laps – 113.19 miles)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	Nick Crowe / Darren Hope	DMR Honda	111.467 mph	1:00:55.64
2	Steve Norbury / Scott Parnell	Yamaha	110.376 mph	1:01:31.78
3	Roy Hanks / Dave Wells	DMR Honda	108.67 mph	1:02:29.73
4	Bill Currie / Mark Cox	Windle Yamaha	107.312 mph	1:03:17.16
5	Tony Baker / Mark Hegarty	Yamaha	107.181 mph	1:03:21.81
6	Conrad Harrison / Kris Hibberd	Honda	106.426 mph	1:03:48.78
7	Roger Stockton / Pete Alton	Yamaha	105.614 mph	1:04:18.23
8	Kenny Howles / Doug Jewell	Suzuki	105.582 mph	1:04:19.39
9	John Holden / Andrew Winkle	Honda	105.569 mph	1:04:19.85
10	Nigel Connole / Jamie Winn	Honda	105.362 mph	1:04:27.46

• Race 6 – Jester Interactive Senior TT 9 June (6 laps – 226.38 miles)

Rank	Rider	Team	Speed	Time
1	John McGuinness	Honda	126.178 mph	1:47:38.84
2	Cameron Donald	Honda	125.68 mph	1:47:59.45
3	Bruce Anstey	Suzuki	125.596 mph	1:48:08.79
4	Ian Lougher	Honda	125.396 mph	1:48:19.11
5	Guy Martin	Yamaha	123.841 mph	1:49:40.71
6	Carl Rennie	Kawasaki	122.411 mph	1:50:57.62
7	Davy Morgan	Honda	121.646 mph	1:51:39.48
8	Raymond Porter	Yamaha	121.439 mph	1:51:50.90
9	Nigel Beattie	Yamaha	121.137 mph	1:52:07.60
10	Gary Carswell	Suzuki	121.027 mph	1:52:13.76

New Outright Lap Record: John McGuinness, 129.451 mph

Notes

• Major alterations to the Snaefell mountain course are carried out for the 2006 TT Races with road widening at the Windy Corner carried-out over the winter of 2005–2006.
• Ryan Farquhar misses the 2006 TT Races after breaking an arm after crashing a 250cc motor-cycle at the Cookstown Races. His place is taken by Adrian Archibald in the Suzuki team. However, Ryan Farquhar makes a return to the Mountain Course when he races in the 2006 Manx Grand Prix.^[1]
• Practice for the 2006 Isle of Man TT Races is the first complete all dry session since 1957.
• During Thursday afternoon practice, Dave Molyneux and Daniel Sayle crashed at Rhencullen after the sidecar outfit experiences a 145 mph backward flip.^[2] Molyneux suffered shoulder injuries and withdrew from the event.^[3]