TT 2008 officials revealed
Friday 25 January 2008
TT
Leading Manx officials will work alongside ACU Events Ltd personnel, the TT Co-ordinating Committee has confirmed.
The news was announced as the supplementary regulations and entry forms for TT 2008 were released.
Eddie Nelson, Assistant Clerk of the Course during the Centenary TT, takes the role of Clerk of the Course. Eddie brings 20 years experience of running motorcycle events to the role, including many spent officiating in senior positions at the TT.
The Deputy Clerks of the Course are two Manx officials with many years experience – Phil Taubman, who has been involved in successfully organising the racing on the Southern 100 course for many years, and Peter Cain, representing the Manx Motorcycle Club and Andreas Racing Association.
Plus, there are a number of local senior officials with many years experience appointed as Control Officers – including Les Doherty, Gavin Corkill, Phil Crimp, Andrew MacKay, Ian Morris MBE, Barry Skillicorn, John Simpson, Mike Stewart and Carole Sutherland.
Don Ryder will act as the ACU Ltd appointed Chief Steward, with Martin Moore and Geoff Karran, of the Manx Motor Cycle Club, in the other two Steward’s positions.
The Chief Technical Officers will be Dr Paul King and Trevor Shelton, both from ACU Events Ltd, while Colin Hurst has been appointed Technical Steward. Colin has previous experience from a similar role in British Superbike and MotoGP.
Kevin Brookes, who was the Chief Timekeeper at the TT in 2007, has been reappointed to the position, as has the MMCC and Southern 100 Chief Medical Officer Dr David Stevens MBE from Motorsport Medical Services.
Allan Killip MBE and Manx Motor Cycle Club member Ned Bowers will combine the role of Chief Incident Officer. Both have previous experience in the position.
The success of the Rider Liaison role has seen a second appointment from the ranks of former riders. Former TT winner and Manxman Richard ‘Milky’ Quayle is joined by John Barton, who performed notably at TT 2007.
Both are responsible for working with teams and riders, particularly newcomers, to ensure that they are able to focus solely on racing safely and successfully.
Tourism and Leisure Minister Adrian Earnshaw said:
‘I believe that these appointments will reassure people that we will be running a well-planned, well-organised TT races in 2008.’
‘We said when we brought ACU Events Ltd in to run the racing side of the TT that we would be looking to have a mixture of highly qualified Manx and ACU personnel running the races and that’s exactly what we’ve done.’
The supplementary regulations and entry forms for TT2008 are now available to download from this website, or you can contact the TT and Motorsport Office by emailing iomtt@gov.im or calling 01624 686834.
Supplementary regulations and entry forms for the Lightweight and Ultra Lightweight TT Races to be held on the Billown Circuit will be available shortly.
You can download the regulations from the Competitor Information page.