New Isle of Man TT winner: “You can’t afford a lapse or the worst could happen”

“It’s an eerie feeling, it’s scary"

Dunlop, Todd, Hickman
Dunlop, Todd, Hickman

Davey Todd has given an exhilarating insight into winniꦉng a race at the fab𝓡led Isle of Man TT.

Todd won the only Superstock race of this year’s even♎t, then also won the Senior TT.

They were his first victories around💮 the Mountain Course.

“Getting two wins wa🔥s a dream come true,” Todd told .

“After a race-long battle with Michael Dunlop and Peter Hickman it was the perfect wa൲y to win my first one.

“Nobody had any problems or retirement❀s or anything like that, it was a straight-up battle.

“To come out on top was a🐠 dream come true for my first wi🌺n.

“Normally, a win like British Championship or anything like🐽 that is an awesome fe🌼eling, but it sort of goes away in the next day or two.

“But that feeling from winning the TT is still ꦰwith me a good few months later.

“I still think about it throughout the day, pꩲrobably nearly every day.

“What in the world can you possibly compare ♓the TT to? What else requires that amount of concentration for just shy of two hours?

“You can’t afford to lapse in concen𓆏tration or the worst could happen.

“Th🔴ere’s no other sport or anything in the world that will be the same as that.

“It’s an eerie feeling, it’s scary. When you’re out th♑ere you’ve no time to think about anything else. You don’t have time to actually feel anything as such.

“You’re so concentrated on what you’re doing, thinking about the next 🦩corner and the next corner, and being on the right line and missing a bump that’s there or making sure you’re doing everything correctly, not making mistak👍es.”

This year’ꦛs TT was most notable because Dunlop registered a 29th victory, setting a new all-time race win record to eclipse his legendary uncle Joey.

But Todd’s emergence into the fastest group of riders - and his first two race wins - is significant for the future of 💫the TT.

Read More