Mackie The Staggie

Oh Pato........

Does look like we got lucky with that....well, apart from the person whose car got hit. https://twitter.com/AndrewKossack/status/1662900354478907392

Really hope that wheel landed somewhere empty

Jesus please let Thistle win....it's the best chance we have of getting rid of Malky. Otherwise, I fear he will convince Roy that it's all going to plan (much like he kept saying in every bloody post match interview)

Alonso's gamble gone wrong.

Perez having a shocking few laps there.

Haven't caught any sessions this weekend and currently have the F1 on the TV with the sound down, while listening to the Pre TT races....so no Crofty (truly, the best of both worlds) Also....god-damn it Sainz.

Noticed new camera angles this year, turns out FOM have got control of the TV coverage this time around...... ....so less random shots of people on the boats then.

That was brutal for Rahal.

....well, every cloud and all that.

He was/is a regular at Knockhill for the on track commentary and has been with the RLM boys for a while now, really good and has that "Alan McNish" vibe about his commentary.

Will add that communication between club and fans are non-existent atm. I've been trying to get some kind of idea where the club lies on this conference league proposal and only response I've got so far is "being passed onto Fergie"

Seems fair

My guess is that some of the support races will be cancelled but the F1 race still to go ahead. That way they can bump Fridays free practise but hold longer sessions on Sat before a late afternoon qualifying. Maybe they'll delay the new qualifying format, which was supposed to be in place for this weekend, until Monaco or Spain.

In other news, appears that the NW200 organisers were a bit early putting out the news about Lee Johnston injury on Thursday. He had a much rougher time than first thought.

Fair chance we might not see a GP this weekend. Even if the track is fine, taking emergency personal to get a race on while the surrounding areas are dealing with floods is not a great look.

Yeah, seen the Electric bikes race and it's strange to hear only the rolling of the tyre and the whine of an electric motor. Was it open to the public or just invited guests? Would have liked to see it in person.

Well the one positive with County getting relegated was the slim hope that Malky would have got the punt....wishing us to stay up is the same as wishing Malky as a manager of being the manager.....that's just not cool. ....you utter utter b*****d. (see above for reasoning)

@Stu - What's you thoughts on it having seen the cars/racing up close, personally from what I've seen on TV, it's never really grabbed my attention at all.

Yeah, caught that last night....there is a stubborn streak within the NW200 setup who want to do things their own way, why they just don't follow the IOMTT regs remains a mystery. In other news.......IOMTT not that far away, I may have already packed my bags for that just now.

Unfortunately missed the racing tonight, but just catching up with the main talking points.....and what is it with the scrutineering and stewards making strange decisions that seem to contradict each other at the NW200 Last year we had Cooper being disqualified after the both races in the SuperTwins as Ryan Farquhar had built a bike which had modifications to the frame which passed scrutineering and yet after the fact stewards failed them on, something that made Ryan promise he wouldn't be back again (however decided to help out Cooper again this year after Cooper's ride fell through at last minute....and possible to get his own back) Now we have this issue with the FHO bikes of Hickman and Cooper in the SuperStocks. The rules say they have to run with the factory built wheels, which in the case of the BMW's are Carbon, however the rules state that the wheels can not be made in carbon....the rules also state that no after market wheels can be used on a SuperStock.....and all the FHO bikes had passed scrutineering and were deemed to be ok. (better explanation fund here - https://fhoracing.com/fho-racing-bmw-motorrad-withdraws-from-the-2023-north-west-200/

You can tell it's a poor race as FOM are putting out as many radio messages from drivers who are complaining about random things.... ....almost as if they want to create some drama because otherwise, people will start to switch off.

Said it before, but that Red Bull straight line speed is unreal.