2025 Isle of Man TT Will Not Include Ramsey Sprint
Isle of Man TT organisers have confirmed that the Ramsey Sprint will not take place due to financial issues
The Ramsey Sprint is a drag race held during the Isle of Man TT event, which is open to anyone with a motorcycle, however, it won’t be going ahead in 2025 for two main reasons.
The first of those is financial, while logistical problems have also led to it being cancelled from the 2025 TT schedule.
The race is run in coalition with the Isle of Man TT, through Straightliners Events, which is a company known for organising drag racing and straight line racing events throughout Europe.
Not just for bikes, Straightliners also schedule events for cars and all other forms of motorsport. While the company has claimed to have enough capital to fund its insurance and permits for racing, it has not been able to shell out the required £7,800 fee to take its team on a ferry to the Isle of Man.
A statement from Straightliners said: "After many weeks of soul searching, Straightliners have had to make the decision not to run the Ramsey Sprint in 2025.
"Some of our crews have been involved with the event since its resurrection in 1978 and we have been involved with the event from that time. It truly is an iconic event on the calendar each year, but it has become more difficult each year to stage.
“With the new TT race program impacting all the satellite events during the TT, we now find that getting traders and catering units is almost impossible, with the remaining catering units left after covid preferring to go trackside for the fortnight’s racing with racing most days.
"In 2020 Straightliners took out a 10-year lease on Melbourne Raceway near York. This was a derelict Drag Racing Track, and we have invested heavily in this venture along with public funding. During this winter, we have bought new state-of-the-art timing gear from America and a new 100 kVA Generator.
"This has left us with enough capital to get our insurance and permits in place for our 2025 events but sadly not enough to pay the £7,800 ferry bill to get the team to the island payable by the end of Feb.”
In its statement, Straightliners also confirmed that it hopes to be back at the Isle of Man TT in 2026.
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