09/09/2026
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First of all, our deepest condolences go to the families, teams and friends of ๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐จ๐ง, who tragically lost their lives.
Our thoughts are especially with our good friends at Scott Racing , who Mauro was riding for. โค๏ธ
โฑ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-
Practice week certainly threw everything at us!
Several mechanical issues with the Aprilia caused breakdowns and with the sporadic weather we had seriously limited track time on the other machines.
None of the breakdowns were through a lack of preparation the Mountain Course simply pushes both man and machine to the absolute limit!
By the end of qualifying, Graham had only managed a couple of laps in each class and wasnโt quite where he wanted to be.
Qualifying the ๐๐๐๐/๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ on the final day Thankfully, after several engines changes!! Then in only the few laps he got Gmac R6 had matched his personal best.
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ! ๐ช
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๐๏ธ ๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ค๐ โ ๐๐๐๐/๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐ญ๐ก
๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ฑ ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ง๐
๐๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐/๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐ญ๐ก
๐ฅ ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ฑ ๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ โ ๐๐ซ๐
๐๏ธ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐๐/๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐
The Aprilia was affected by an electrical issue that had appeared during Race 1, but Graham just kept pushing and produced two fantastic rides.
Considering the limited track time and everything that was against us, ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐๐ญ๐ก-๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐
The Supersport and Senior races were on the GMAC Racing R6, with support from the FAO Racing team.
Graham produced two brilliant ridesโฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฉ๐จ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฌ!
He had some great battles with wormald, particularly in the Senior, which was a proper ding-dong of a race! ๐ฅ
With that fantastic Senior result in the bag, we decided to call time and park up the PMCG/DMAC CBR600 for the Classic Junior. With limited practice on the bike, we chose instead to soak up the atmosphere and celebrate what had been an incredible Okells Brewery Manx Grand Prix. ๐ฎ๐ฒโค๏ธ
๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ฆ , A fantastic rider, an even better person with some great people around him. โค๏ธ
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๐ Congratulations to Johnny Stewart on the fantastic four at the Manx! We had a couple of brilliant nights celebrating with Jonny and his team ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
๐ซก Sending our very best wishes to our friend liam Chawke (Chawkie Racing)after his off, and to all the other riders who had slip-offs. Get well soon, guys.
๐ค Motorcycle Parts Warehouse and Bayley Marie Wirtzfeld for their help with CBR600 parts in the build-up, and for the fantastic new mats that finished off the setup!
๐ A huge thank you to everyone who worked tirelessly behind the scenes โ preparing bikes, securing sponsorship, sourcing parts, solving problems and doing whatever was needed to get us to the start line.
The amount of work that went into this year, was huge.
โฝ๏ธ And a special shout-out to the pit-stop crew for the phenomenally quick stops all week. Every single person played their part.
๐๏ธ Will Burchell at SWB Racing Suspension setup and servicing for his expertise, great help and advice when it came to the cbr!
๐จโโ๏ธ Mayor of Douglas City Council, Mr Councillor Steven Crellin, JP , Douglas council , Stephen Pitts and bill kennedy for the great night in the mayors parlour
๐ค ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐.
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐ง๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ. ๐คฉ
And to everyone who has followed us, supported us, sent messages, shared our posts and cheered us onโฆ
๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ. ๐ฅฐ ๐
๐ธ: Tracey's pictures
Mark Huckerby
Baylon McCaughey
Martyn Parnell
