Awful weather greeted the Straightliners crew but with rain abating and a strong track drying wind helping the meeting got underway at 12.30pm. A break at 3pm saw the WHITE HELMETS display team put on a final show, they disband at the end of the year after 90 years.
Stealing the show was Gary Leach riding his Slick Bass tuned ZX10R Kawasaki. He stunned everyone with a final shootout run of 5.73secs, just 1/100th shy of the track record to win the SUPERSTREET class plus fastest time of the day and fastest Manx.
Up to the final 4 shootout Gary was tied on 5.76secs with Alan Morrison who held number 1 spot by 5 mph, Alan on 136mph and Gary on 131mph. Alan finished in 2nd with that 5.76secs.
Third was Phil Wood, who had run a 5.76secs on Sunday but could only manage a 5.80secs today. 4th was Mark Patman, the last man to run a 5 on 5.95secs.
Big thanks go to the Ramsey Town Commissioners and workers who put out the ropes and barriers in the pouring rain, the Straightliners crew and the Paramedics.
Full results can be found here - https://app.box.com/s/04wshw0zogyqd7qk9cyn3t23bou8tbd3
Videos can be found here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-EPsJF3nH23aVpVOU5WMHNfVlk
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-EPsJF3nH23d1JmVzcyRUVibjg
Photo - Courtesy of Trevor Duckworth.