Pre-TT Classic Races
The main races for the Pre-TT Classic Solo and Sidecar where run on Sunday 27 May 2007 on the Billown Course to accommodate the Centenary TT celebrations held on Monday 28 May 2007 at St. Johns. The races held in mixed weather produced a third successive straight win for Chris Palmer, a regular Manx Grand Prix and TT Race competitor in the Senior Classic event riding a 500cc Manx Norton in 27 minutes and 00.833 seconds at an average race speed of 84.956 mph. Fellow TT competitor Guy Martin rode a 750cc Triumph Trident to first place in the 850cc Classic Race at an average race speed of 87.852 mph which also produced an exclusion from third place overall and first in the Post Classic category by the former German TT competitor Peter Rubbatto riding a three-cylinder 1986 OW31 Yamaha as the event was for pre-1976 motor-cycles only. The Sidecar Classic Race was won by Nick Houghton/Paul Thomas riding a 900cc Windle outfit in 20 minutes 58.697 seconds at an average race speed of 72.933 mph from Ralf Englehardt/Winnfried Viecenz riding a 980cc Busch BMW outfit. Former Manx Grand Prix winner Roy Richardson won the 350cc Junior Classic Race at an average race speed of 81.260 mph and former TT competitor Geoff McMullan won the 250cc Lightweight Classic Race in 28 minutes and 17.904 seconds an average race speed of 82.402 mph.
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