Diamond Races Scrapped :

Manx Radio Motorsport have posted that the Isle of Wight Diamond Road Races have been scrapped.

Further details were posted on the Manx Radio website :

“The proposed Diamond races which were due to take place in the Isle of Wight have been scrapped.

They were expected to run annually each October but a journalist on the Island claims the organisers have now decided against operating the Isle of Man TT-style event.   

A separate road race is still scheduled for April next year with proposals currently at the public consultation stage.

Isle of Wight Radio Journalist, Iona Stewart-Richardson, says she’s been told the Diamond races were dropped because of safety concerns”

This is disappointing news and another hit to the road racing calendar. The event had originally been proposed to launch this year, October 2021, but understandably was postponed until 2022, due to the Covid 19 Pandemic.

Now, if the report above is accurate, it seems to have fallen foul of the same fate as the 2018 Welsh Road Races and is destined to become another ‘What could have been’ for the sport.

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