It looks like we’ll have to wait until at least the end of May 2021, more than a year, until we see any form of motorcycle racing around the 37.73-mile Mountain Course with March’s announcement of the cancellation of the 2020 Isle of Man TT, followed by later news that the Classic TT presented by Bennetts and Manx Grand Prix had also fallen foul of COVID-19.
However, organisers have not put their feet up. Instead, from 6th – 13th June during what would have been race week, have planned eight evenings of exclusive TT-themed entertainment.
‘TT Lock-In’ fuelled by Monster Energy takes place on the official website: iomttraces.com, and the TT Races Official Facebook page and YouTube channels where, each evening, between two to three hours of content including some of the greatest solo and sidecar moments from the track over TT history will keep us hooked. There’ll be live interviews, highlights of five ‘Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts’, films, features and a Virtual TT with some of the top riders competing using the new TT computer game.
Hosted live each evening by vlogger, Chris Pritchard, alongside two-time TT race winner, Steve Plater, from the TT Lock-In virtual studio, the duo will be joined by the likes of John McGuinness, Dean Harrison, Carl Fogarty, Phillip McCallen, Rob McElnea, Peter Hickman, Brian Reid and Cameron Donald as well as multi-sidecar TT race winners Ben Birchall and Dave Molyneux. Fans can even submit their own questions.
The ‘Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts’ series turns the clock back on a selection of the greatest races from the last 28 years:
‘TT Isle of Man Ride on the Edge 2’ is the latest computer simulation to depict the 37.73-mile Mountain Course and it’s perhaps the only way anyone can get their racing fix of the TT 2020. It’s also the game of choice for eight TT racers including Peter Hickman, Conor Cummins and Davey Todd, as they’re paired up alongside eight experienced gamers with each team going head-to-head every other night to find the ‘Vitual TT 2020 Champion’.
Hickman even claimed during a recent episode of ‘Torqueing Heads’, our weekly chat show, he’d broken his own lap record. He said, “I’ve been doing a bit of practicing and I’ve done a 136mph lap now, so I’m somewhere near!”
SATURDAY 6TH JUNE
18:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
18:05 |
TT Onboard with Milky Quayle |
Chris Pritchard with Richard Quayle |
18:25 |
The David Jeffries Story |
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19:20 |
TAS: TT Winning Formula |
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20:10 |
Virtual TT powered by Motul (1/4) |
Chris Pritchard with Team 1 and 2 |
20:55 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
SUNDAY 7th JUNE
18:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
18:05 |
TT Lock In Live! |
Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater with Ben and Tom Birchall, John Holden, Lee Cain and Tim Reeves |
18:25 |
Sundown Cinema: 3-Wheeling |
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20:05 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
MONDAY 8th JUNE
19:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
19:05 |
Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts |
2012 Supersport TT Race 2 Highlights |
19:35 |
TT Lock In Live! |
Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater with Cameron Donald and Clive Padgett |
20:00 |
Virtual TT powered by Motul (2/4) |
Chris Pritchard with Team 3 and 4 |
20:40 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
TUESDAY 9th JUNE
19:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
19:05 |
Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts |
2018 Senior TT race highlights |
19:35 |
TT Lock In Live! |
Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater with Peter Hickman and Dean Harrison |
20:00 |
One-Three-Five: Breaking The Barrier |
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20:55 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
WEDNESDAY 10th JUNE
19:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
19:05 |
Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts |
1994 Junior TT Race Highlights |
19:35 |
TT Lock In Live! |
Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater with Phil McCallen and Brian Reid |
20:00 |
Arai TT Edition Helmet Feature |
Aldo Drudi |
20:20 |
Virtual TT powered by Motul |
Chris Pritchard with Teams 5 and 6 |
20:55 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
THURSDAY 11th JUNE
19:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
19:05 |
Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts |
2000 Formula 1 TT Highlights |
19:35 |
TT Lock In Live! |
Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater with Michael Rutter and John McGuinness |
20:05 |
John McGuinness: TT Winner |
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20:55 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
FRIDAY 12th JUNE
19:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
19:05 |
Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts |
1992 Senior TT |
19:35 |
TT Lock In Live! |
Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater with Carl Fogarty and Rob McElnea |
20:00 |
Virtual TT powered by Motul |
Chris Pritchard, Teams 7 and 8 and Winners |
20:45 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
SATURDAY 13th JUNE
18:00 |
Welcome / Preview |
Chris Pritchard |
18:05 |
TT Lock In Live! |
Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater with James Hillier, Conor Cummins, Lee Johnston, Davey Todd, Jamie Coward and David Johnson |
18:30 |
2020 Preview Show |
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19:20 |
Ultimate TT Races presented by Bennetts |
2009 Supersport TT Race 2 Highlights |
20:00 |
Top 20 Greatest TT Riders |
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20:55 |
Wrap Up |
Chris Pritchard |
There’s also an introduction to racing on the Mountain Course for real from TT rider liaison officer, and former TT race winner, Richard ‘Milky’ Quayle who will provide his unique insight into how to prepare to race the TT Mountain Course.
In depth features and documentaries on teams and riders include a look back at the lap record breaking 2018 TT - ‘One-Three-Five: Breaking the Barrier’, a tribute to one of the Greatest riders in TT history – ‘the David Jefferies Story’ and a celebration of the career of the 23 time TT Race winner John McGuinness. The spotlight will also be turned on one of the TT’s most successful Race teams - ‘TAS: TT Winning Formula’.
A digital version of the popular TT paddock attraction, the ‘Sundown Cinema’, with a director’s cut screening of ‘3 Wheeling’ – the feature-length film that follows the high drama of the 2016 Sidecar TT Races while Arai take us behind the scenes with the renown Italian Helmet designer Aldo Drudi whose creations feature in the limited edition Official TT Helmet collection every year.
A complete schedule for the ‘TT Lock-In’ can be found at. You can watch it all for free via iomttraces.com, and the TT Races Official Facebook page and YouTube channels