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Speed at the TT Races: Faster and Faster
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For over 100 years the world's best motorcycle racers have pitted themselves against the gruelling 37-and-threequarter-mile Isle of Man Mountain Course at the annual event known worldwide simply as 'the TT'. The Tourist Trophy meeting - to give its proper name - represents perhaps the greatest challenge that the sport of motorcycle racing can offer. The top names in road racing - Collier, Wood, Duke, Hailwood, Agostini, Hislop, Jefferies, McGuinness, Hutchinson and the Dunlop dynasty - have all considered the pursuit of a Tourist Trophy to be the ultimate goal. From riding the earliest single-cylinder, belt-driven machines with outputs of under 10bhp, to coping with today's sophisticated four-cylinder machines giving well over 200bhp, generations of riders have risked their lives to satisfy the desire to go faster than the next man and to win a TT. In the process they have lifted lap speeds by almost 100mph. Exactly how that huge increase has been achieved is told within these pages, set against the background of the triumphs and the tragedies of the TT history. A comprehensive story of speed at the TT Races, superbly illustrated with over 200 colour photographs and maps.
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DAVID M. WRIGHT, president and owner of Wright Financial Group, CLU, ChFC®, is a thirty-plus-year veteran in the financial services industry, working with individuals, families, and businesses in many different financial areas. He is Series 65-licensed, specializing in working with those nearing or in retirement. He has helped hundreds of people maximize the utility of their money with non-stock market, income-generating financial products. David currently resides in Sylvania, Ohio, with his wife, Marcia. He has two sons and two beautiful grandchildren, Olivia, Jacob and Ethan. In his downtime, he enjoys singing at his church, playing golf, and relaxing with his family.
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