Festival of Motorcycling release rescheduled running order

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 00:00

With the weather forcing the cancellation of yesterday's racing, the Manx Grand Prix office has released the rescheduled order of events for today.

Again - weather permitting - the roads will close around the Mountain Course at 11:30am this morning, with the Okells Classic 350cc race getting underway at 12pm.

The Honour Parade Lap will set off at 1:30pm, with the Motorsport Merchandise Formula 1 and 2 race due for 2:45pm.

The roads will re-open then for an hour between 5pm and 6pm; with the IMGold MGP Newcomers Race set to kick off for 6:30pm.

Roads should be re-opened by 8:30pm, certainly no later than 9pm.

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