Close to the startline, a left-jink needing careful machine placement for the racing line into the Bray Hill descent.
Ninian's Church (dedicated to Ninian of Whithorn). Concourse with pre-race assembly area/ Parc Ferme, start/finishline, spectator seating, scoreboard, race control, pit lane with re-fuelling, exit with acceleration lane, scrutineering, post race podiums, retailing, hospitality, exhibitions. Grandstand complex developed in 1985/1986, replacing the earlier 1926 version. Turns described as left- or right-handers assume that travel is in the race direction, which is clockwise around the circuit. The following is a partial list of named corners and other landmarks along the course. These and other provisions allow inexperienced racers and visiting motorcyclists to learn the corners and informally practice on the course. Nowadays, for the entire racing season of several weeks in May/June and August/September, the mountain portion of the course (from Ramsey to Douglas) is restricted to one-way in the race direction, and parking is prohibited in various areas. Due to road traffic accidents, a newly formed road-safety committee in 1964 proposed that the Snaefell mountain road should be one-way traffic in the race direction for part of Sunday. The Sunday of main race week is traditionally known as "Mad Sunday". The roads are open to two-way public traffic for most of the year, but are closed during practice times and races. Landmark-based names may continue to be used long after their namesake is gone: Keppel Gate, Signpost Corner. More take names of nearby artificial or natural landmarks: Creg-ny-Baa (a pub), Tower Bends, Bray Hill. Others refer to the corner's physical shape: Verandah, The Nook. Some corners on the Mountain course are named for riders who suffered accidents at the corner or nearby: Doran's Bend after Bill Doran and Brandish Corner, after Walter Brandish. In 2017, a bend was named after a non-competitor for the first time Raymond Caley was a long-time shopkeeper with premises on the course at Sulby.
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However, in 2013 McGuinness's and Molyneux's were named in honour of living rider John McGuinness and sidecar driver Dave Molyneux, ranking second and third in the tally of TT race wins. Like named corners on other circuits, many are named after champion racers, such as Joey's Corner at the 26th Milestone, posthumously named to commemorate the 26 racing victories of racer Joey Dunlop on this course prior to his death racing in Estonia, and Hailwood's Rise/ Hailwood's Height, named after famous rider Mike Hailwood, killed in a road traffic accident in central England.
The Snaefell Mountain Course is one of the longer racing circuits and has more turns. are referred to as Turn 1 through Turn 13. turns of the 1909-built Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the U.S.
But the turns in many courses are primarily referred to by numbers, e.g. For example, there is the notable "Dunlop Curve" of the 24 Hours of Le Mans' automobile race circuit and motorcycle race circuit. While there are named turns in other racing circuits, naming of corners and other turns elsewhere is usually less salient. Spectators gather all around the course at locations which have become part of road-racing history: Bray Hill, Quarter Bridge, Ballacraine, Laurel Bank, Baaregarrow, Ballaugh Bridge, Quarry Bends, Sulby Straight, Ramsey Hairpin, Gooseneck, Verandah, 32nd Milestone, Windy Corner, Kate's Cottage, Creg-ny-Baa, Hillberry, Signpost, Governor's Bridge. As a guidebook for visitors to the Isle of Man describes: Spectators also focus on named corners and other landmarks beside the course many of the best vantage points are at turns where racers can be better seen as they slow down. The turns generally aren't labelled by numbers as on short racing circuits. There are road-side marker boards, posted in advance of the major features, bearing these names to inform practice racers, and during races they may remind racers what is coming. Racers rounding Signpost Corner near end of a lap, 6 June 2005
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