Hegarty praises paddock enthusiasm ahead of Classic TT

Sat, 27 Aug 2016

Credit: Tony Lloyd-Davies

"There's nothing quite like it in the world" - that's the opinion of a motorbike racer who's preparing to race six bikes in a week.

Nottingham man Daniel Hegarty was crowned TT Privateers Champion at this year's festival and is now preparing to do battle with the Mountain Course once again.

He'll line up for the Classic TT races which start today - earlier this week he also took the opportunity to test new bikes from his local sponsor Radcliffe's Racing.

He'll be riding those at the Henshaw International Gold Cup Road Races next month - Hegarty, who aims to turn professional, says he's taking the opportunity to learn as much as possible: