Lee Stanaway Racing

The infamous view from the back of the Manannan. We will soon be back on the rock and get chance to burn some more fuel and melt some rubber!

Pre TT Classic Here we come!

https://youtu.be/dV9iKV1fcAs?si=liZqAZygAwF32Egu

Another fantastic episode from the Startline team.

What is the correct air to tea ratio for a motorcycle racer? 💨☕️
What commonalities do meditation and Kirk Michael share? 🧘🏠🏠🍻⛽️
You do what for a day job? 🦺
We also reveal what we are riding this year and where we are racing, and a shout out to Storm Stacey too. 🎩

Great to hear from all the other newcomers for the PRE TT too, good luck all!

Startline Ep 42 -Billown Bound: Pre-TT newcomers and returners gear up In today's episode we are talking again about the 2026 Pre-TT Classic Road races (https://southern100.com/pre-tt-classic-road-races/) .We speak to some rider...

And thus it begins again.
Manx Grand Prix 2026 let’s have ya!
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Looks like the word’s out about who we’re riding for at the Manx GP this year 👀.

Have been spotted today at the Mallory test day on the Kawasaki 650, and supplied by the fantastic VRS Racing. Absolute belter of a machine!

Really enjoyed getting to grips with it today. Very different to what I’m used to, but properly excited to see what tomorrow brings in race conditions.

Huge thanks and great to see everyone to came over to say hi today. If you are at Mallory Park this weekend, drop a comment or like below and be sure to swing by 👋

Same again tomorrow?

Think you all need a little treat for a wet Sunday.

Looks like my lid is now battle ready for Pre TT Classic, Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT 2026.🏁🏍️

What do you guys reckon?

I think Artwork by Andy has done a superb job and I’m over the moon, but I’m just gutted I can’t look at it while I’m wearing it 👀!

If you also want your lid completely customised and painted for Road, Race or track days, and want a 10% discount, drop a like, share and comment on this post, or go to his website and message Andy directly, stating Lee10 for your discount code.

Give his page a follow too- simply a fantastic airbrush artist based in the UK who has done some really exciting projects, and has got some great things coming up!

www.artworkbyandy.com

https://www.instagram.com/artwork.by_andy?igsh=MWJ1d2EwY2plNmltYw==

A snap shot 📸of thoughts and feelings from Pit crew and team at the Manx Grand Prix races. 🏁🇮🇲

These guys have seen me laugh, stress, worry, cry (both happy and nervous tears) have comforted me and fed watered and all a round supported me.

So on this page I have posted a fair bit about what if feels like to race on the Mountain Course, but what about the people who make it happen, without any one of these folk the job is buggered and everyone has their role to play.

It’s all light hearted with lots of fun and laughter until Gary Thompsons voice cracks out of the tannoy across the paddock “Attention paddock, attention paddock” 🔈

Put your brew down, pull your boots tighter, it’s now game time. ☕️

Below you will read testimonies about the thoughts and feeling of the crew that spent 14 days in August 2025 to help me achieve my dream.

Thank you so much to all of you, what you sacrificed and did for me I can never repay!
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Gemma:💍

Watching Lee out there on the road had my stomach in knots- sheer nerves and excitement all rolled into one. I spent what felt like most of time on the island staring at that grandstand board with all the pretty twinkly lights, just praying for the little green one next to his number to pop up so I knew he was safely through Cronk-Y- Mona and on his way back to us. When it finally did, I made sure to do my best and biggest interpretive dance each time so the pit crew would spot me and know to get ready for him. Honestly, I’m just glad I got to be a tiny cog in the big machine that helps him race. Proud doesn’t even cover it, although I still wish he was playing tiddlywinks instead of flinging himself at the scenery!

Joe: ⛽️

Leading up to this felt strange , wasn’t excited to really looking forward to the mgp even though it was a significant year , new team to the year before and didn’t know what to expect after previous experience , I didn’t need to worry as the whole team clicked straight away, practice went well that helped with nerves .. got to the day I always hate in practice the Thursday , as although didn’t tell Lee why that day bothered me but that was we had an incident 11 years previous, I kept my cool as best I can but as astute as Lee is he could tell something was wrong .. anyways after that we got to closer to race day and practiced the pit and that was when something clicked and I was excited .. but the bit that really got me was seeing lees face when he completed the race and yes you could say it got emotional … roll on next year with the same team.

John Mullin: 🛠️☕️

My experience being part of a motorcycle racing team during The Manx Grand Prix.

All I did to join a team was to ask. I put my request on a Manx Grand Prix website.
That was it I had replies plus lots of nice encouraging words from dozens of biker fans. I felt like it was the correct thing to do with comments like "Sprit of the event" being used.
I should point out that my family moto is "The answer is yes. Now what's the question"
This type of positivity is evident in all the Lee Stanaway racing team members.
Sixteen laps with no breakdown. An average speed of 104 miles per hour is hard evidence to that.

The thing that surprised me the most was the total sharing of skills and information with Lee's team.
It's as if we are all cogs and gears in a larger machine who's timing marks are set correctly. Also the tea to oxygen ratio is correct.

Lee's meditation methods for getting himself into "The Zone" really surprised me. However it worked very very well. So much so that I shall be discussing meditation as a topic with family and friends.
I will also be buying a singing bowl . This item which probably originated in Tibet aids the process.

My wife Linda was also part of the team. I think at first she may have been apprehensive. However she did come along and helped Gemma Lee's wife with teas and feeding the team. She felt very welcome.
I asked her for some words about the team and event.
Her reply was " I'm proud of them. Like a mother is proud of her son. I have a similar feeling towards the team"
Linda would sit in the team tent amongst the tools, smells and general racing bike stuff with her knitting. Knit one, purl one. Meanwhile the team in the next tent would be reving the bo****ks off their engine. It did amuse me.
Also there is a possibility that the clicking of the needles could have a calming therapeutic effect.

First part of the classic racing on the Isle of Man puzzle arrived today.
Big thanks to Jamie Windy Shed Classics ltd for getting these out to me pronto!
But ahhh, what bikes are they for?

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Southern 100 Road Races
Classic TT
Manx Grand Prix

And we are in!

Looking forward to nailing some classic bikes between the hedgerows on the Isle of Man at the pre TT classic!

Can’t beat that 2 stroke smell!

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Generator goes quiet.
Tyre warmers come off.
I hear the clunk as the Paddock stands are removed and bike drops onto her tyres.
It’s time.
I turn around after the final nervous call of nature.
Helmet strap checked.
Final fist bumps, pit crew reduces to 2
Bike is pushed down to start line, final look at team, blip of the throttle, and I walk the bike down to start line.
One bike sets off
Another
Another
It will soon be my turn.
I check the matrix board, damp patches at Glen Helen.
I look at the crowd on the left, I count at least 7 cameras.
It’s now my turn.
Visor snaps shut.
Engage first gear
World goes quiet, the crowd goes quiet, no tannoy noise, no engine noise, no words, no birds, just an exhale and a big breath in.
Flag drops, simultaneous tap on the shoulder.
Drop clutch, pin the throttle wide open, relax, breathe out, breathe in.
Up one gear, up another gear, up to fourth, get my elbow in hedge on the right, cross in between the arrow at junction, front goes light, don’t move the bars or I’m off.
Relax Bray hill is coming, breathe and hold your breath aim for the tree…..

I’m on my own….. breathe

I believe every rider that challenges the mountain course on the Isle of Man has this experience it is an incredible feel that I’m unable to give its dues just through words, but hopefully you guys get a taste of it.

This is racing, this is the best motorsport in the world.

This is racing on the Isle of Man.
Manx Grand Prix 2026