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Bruce Anstey returns to racing at the Classic TT

Motorcycle News by Motorcycle News
July 20, 2019
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Bruce Anstey back in action after two years

Next month’s Classic TT presented by Bennetts will see the emotional return of Bruce Anstey to competitive racing around the TT Mountain Course.

Bruce Anstey about to receive the tap on the shoulder to start the Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT Race. Photo Stephen Davison / Pacemaker Press Intl
Bruce Anstey about to receive the tap on the shoulder to start the Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT Race in 2017. Photo Stephen Davison / Pacemaker Press Intl

The popular New Zealander hasn’t raced since the 2017 event with the subsequent two years seeing him absent due to cancer treatement but with that now, thankfully, behind him, he will make a stunning return with his regular Milenco by Padgetts Motorcycles team riding a RS250 Honda in the four-lap Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT Race.

Clive Padgett hugs Bruce Anstey after his record-setting win in the Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT Race. Photo Stephen Davison / Pacemaker Press Intl
Clive Padgett hugs Bruce Anstey after his record-setting win in the Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT Race in 2017. Photo Stephen Davison / Pacemaker Press Intl

One of the greatest road racers of all time, Anstey has won no less than 13 races at the Isle of Man TT but he’s also been one of the most successful riders at the Classic TT since its inception in 2013 and his six podiums – which have come in the Senior, Lightweight and Superbike classes – is the joint highest total, a figure he shares with Ian Lougher and Lee Johnston.

Bruce Anstey (250 Honda/Padgetts Motorcycles.com) at Ballacraine during qualifying for the Bennett's Classic TT.
Bruce Anstey (250 Honda/Padgetts Motorcycles.com) at Ballacraine during qualifying for the 2017 Bennett’s Classic TT.

Included in those six podiums are three wins with his first victory coming in the 2014 Superbike Classic TT Race riding Padgetts 500cc YZR Yamaha. Three years later he set the current lap record in the class with a speed of 127.496mph, finishing second to Dean Harrison, and that year also saw him claim his first win in the Lightweight Classic TT class.

Bruce Anstey (500 Yamaha/Padgetts Motorcycles.com) approaching the Gooseneck during the Tuesday's Motorsport Merchandise Superbike Classic TT race. PICTURE BY DAVE KNEEN
Bruce Anstey (500 Yamaha/Padgetts Motorcycles.com) approaching the Gooseneck during the 2017 Motorsport Merchandise Superbike Classic TT race. PICTURE BY DAVE KNEEN

Win number two on the RS250 Honda came a year later and that victory saw him make history as he became the first, and only, rider to lap the 37.73-mile circuit at more than 120mph on a 250cc machine, his lap record currently standing at a stunning 120.475mph.

Classic TT 2016 - Bruce Anstey
Classic TT 2016 – Bruce Anstey

Anstey will be joined at the Classic TT by team-mates Conor Cummins and Davey Todd who both enjoyed excellent TT campaigns for the Batley-based concern earlier this year.

Local hero Cummins, twice a podium finisher at the Classic TT, will line up on the 500cc YZR Yamaha in the RST Superbike Race which he took to third place twelve months ago with Todd riding the 750cc OW01 Yamaha that both Cummins and the late Dan Kneen have campaigned at the event.

The OW01 was previously used in the World Superbike Championship by Rob McElnea and Todd, the second fastest newcomer in TT history, will also line up alongside Anstey in the Dunlop Lightweight Classic TT Race on a second RS250 Honda.

A happy Bruce Anstey celebrates his win in the RST Superbike Race
A happy Bruce Anstey celebrating his win in the RST Superbike Race at the 2015 Isle of Man TT
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