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The 1920s wooden structure was demolished and replaced with a modern purpose-built brick design on newly acquired land for the 1986 TT Races. The new development incorporated a race control and communications tower, a wider pit-lane and seating placed 30 ft (9.1 m) further away from the
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Pit lane approach with machine pre-race assembly area to extreme left, concourse with grandstand to left, demarcated lanes with re-fuelling equipment to centre, course start/finish on A2 Glencrutchery Road with timekeeper's box and scoreboard to extreme
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awaiting a press interview at a picnic bench in the public catering area at the rear of the TT Grandstand during 2013 TT races, with Mrs McGuinness standing to left
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At the conclusion of all races the finishers will be required to return their machines to the Parc Ferme. This will be located in the Assembly Area.
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races the startline section at Glencrutchery Road was improved by road widening and building of a new grandstand complex at a cost of £2,000.
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The official TT regulations paddock diagram shows many public, technical and administrative areas developed into the Grandstand, including:
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Proposals to re-locate the facility to the other side of the Glencrutchery Road were rejected as being more costly than the projection of
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The acceleration lane leads from the pit lane to re-join the main road. The deceleration lane provides a braking area, terminating in a
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showing pit-boxes with refuelling stands, then-used for visitor bike-parking on a non-race day, with scoreboard to far side across the
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Paddock, Passes, Grandstand tickets and Welfare, Section 12, 2020 Regulations, Isle of Man TT races. Retrieved 3 February 2021
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Temporary holiday accommodation in the paddock for TT time was established from 2012 until 2017. The complex was provided by
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Pre-race assembly area adjacent to startline showing machines with tyre warmers plugged into wall-mounted
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TT Grandstand area with scoreboard to extreme left, course start/finish to left (in distance),
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including the startline, pit lane, re-fuellers, merchandising, scoreboard and paddocks for the
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section 11 of Noble’s Park 5-Year Development Plan 2012-2017, Douglas Borough Council
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requirements for enhanced competitor and spectator safety concerning fire-risk.
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in Nobles Park before connecting to the return road, leading back to the
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Snoozebox rooms can now be booked through the official online TT shop
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The accommodation was in the form of 45 ft (14 m) stacked
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The Tourist Trophy in Old Photographs Collected by Bill Snelling.
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by Gordon N.Kniverton pp112 (1st Edition)(1996) Manx Experience
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Deceleration lane starts after footbridge leading to turnaround
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Glencrutchery Road which lengthened the course to 37¾ miles.
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Innovative hotel concept confirmed for 2012 Isle of Man TT
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The startline and refuelling area was moved to the top of
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between Selborne Drive and Woodlands Lodge in Douglas.
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iomtt.com, 28 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2021
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on the return road to TT paddock parc ferme after the
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List of named corners of the Snaefell Mountain Course
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manx.net, 27 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2021
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iomtoday, 16 November 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2021
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Re-think on use of centre built in honour of Hailwood
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was originally situated on a level section of the A2
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TT visitors will be able to stay on old prison site
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IoM TT race regulations 2014 with concourse diagram
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IoM TT race regulations 2014 with concourse diagram
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pit lane
parc ferme

Isle of Man TT
Manx Grand Prix
A2 Glencrutchery Road
Douglas
Isle of Man

James Whitham
1911 TT races
Quarterbridge Road
Bray Hill
1914 TT races
1920 TT races
Snaefell Mountain Course
Cronk-ny-Mona
Governor's Bridge Dip
A2
1926 Isle of Man TT
FIM
£GB
Hailwood
TT rider John McGuinness awaiting a press interview at a picnic bench in the public catering area at the rear of the TT Grandstand during 2013 TT races, with Mrs McGuinness standing to left
John McGuinness
View from the Grandstand seating area showing pit-boxes with refuelling stands, then-used for visitor bike-parking on a non-race day, with scoreboard to far side across the Glencrutchery Road
Grandstand seating area
Glencrutchery Road
Pre-race assembly area adjacent to startline showing machines with tyre warmers plugged into wall-mounted electrical outlets

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