As mentioned in Porsche Post, Julian arranged an early morning run on the 21st June around the 1904 Gordon Bennett course. We met at the grandstand at 7.00am.... keen aren't we?
The street circuit course is 52.15 miles long and the start-line is at the Quarterbridge in the town of Douglas, Isle of Man. The racing circuit is based on a number of public roads on the Isle of Man including the primary A5 New Castletown Road to Douglas Road and the A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road to Ballaugh Bridge. The primary A10 Jurby Coast Road from Ballaugh Bridge to the Ballaugh Cronk and the A13 Jurby Road from the Ballaugh Cronk to Ramsey including the A9 Bowring Road in Ramsey. This section of the course was known as the Sandygate Loop. Also, the A2 Albert Road in the town of Ramsey, including a section of private road and the primary A18 Mountain Road to the road junction with the A21 Road and C10 Scholag Road at Cronk-ny-Mona in Douglas. The primary A21 Johnny Watterson Lane at Cronk-ny-Mona, the A22 Ballanard Road, A2 Bray Hill and the A2 Quarterbridge Road in Douglas. The highest point of the course is on the primary A18 Mountain Road at Brandywell at spot height 422 metres (1,384 feet) above sea level. 54°14"²47.47"³N 4°27"²57.18"³W
A good turnout of 6 cars and 8 members for this early start. Norman and Catriona brought along their Cayenne to see how it performed compared to the more sporty models. That's what he told us anyway, but after we had done a few of the more poorly surfaced roads on the run I was picturing them just wafting along in pure, smooth luxury, while the rest of us were doing a slalom course avoiding some of the rougher bits on the road! Nice. [
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There was slight(?) delay whilst Lee went home for his 944. He originally came on foot to cadge a lift, but with the good weather he decided to risk taking the 944, even though he's currently got one of the side windows removed. Ian had the roof down on the Boxter as usual, so a 944 missing one window just wasn't a good enough excuse! []
We had a great drive, and the course was a nice change from our usual TT route. A fairly traffic free run over the mountain was nice too. After the drive we headed into Douglas for breakfast at the Caffe, which looked really nice. Poor Lee had to return to his car a couple of times due to the alarm going off. A leaf blowing in through the open window, then a midge or something! []
Thanks to Julian for organising the event, and thanks to those who gave up their Sunday morning lie-in to come out for a play. See you all at the Milntown show on the 5th July hopefully.
The street circuit course is 52.15 miles long and the start-line is at the Quarterbridge in the town of Douglas, Isle of Man. The racing circuit is based on a number of public roads on the Isle of Man including the primary A5 New Castletown Road to Douglas Road and the A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road to Ballaugh Bridge. The primary A10 Jurby Coast Road from Ballaugh Bridge to the Ballaugh Cronk and the A13 Jurby Road from the Ballaugh Cronk to Ramsey including the A9 Bowring Road in Ramsey. This section of the course was known as the Sandygate Loop. Also, the A2 Albert Road in the town of Ramsey, including a section of private road and the primary A18 Mountain Road to the road junction with the A21 Road and C10 Scholag Road at Cronk-ny-Mona in Douglas. The primary A21 Johnny Watterson Lane at Cronk-ny-Mona, the A22 Ballanard Road, A2 Bray Hill and the A2 Quarterbridge Road in Douglas. The highest point of the course is on the primary A18 Mountain Road at Brandywell at spot height 422 metres (1,384 feet) above sea level. 54°14"²47.47"³N 4°27"²57.18"³W
A good turnout of 6 cars and 8 members for this early start. Norman and Catriona brought along their Cayenne to see how it performed compared to the more sporty models. That's what he told us anyway, but after we had done a few of the more poorly surfaced roads on the run I was picturing them just wafting along in pure, smooth luxury, while the rest of us were doing a slalom course avoiding some of the rougher bits on the road! Nice. [
]There was slight(?) delay whilst Lee went home for his 944. He originally came on foot to cadge a lift, but with the good weather he decided to risk taking the 944, even though he's currently got one of the side windows removed. Ian had the roof down on the Boxter as usual, so a 944 missing one window just wasn't a good enough excuse! [
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We had a great drive, and the course was a nice change from our usual TT route. A fairly traffic free run over the mountain was nice too. After the drive we headed into Douglas for breakfast at the Caffe, which looked really nice. Poor Lee had to return to his car a couple of times due to the alarm going off. A leaf blowing in through the open window, then a midge or something! [
]Thanks to Julian for organising the event, and thanks to those who gave up their Sunday morning lie-in to come out for a play. See you all at the Milntown show on the 5th July hopefully.
