Following is the 2018 Isle of Man TT& Schedule (all times local):

https://www.iomtt.com/

Saturday, May 26, through Friday, June 1:

• 6:20 p.m. to 8:50 p.m., Qualifying

Saturday, June 2:

• noon: RST Superbike TT Race (6 laps)
• 3 p.m.: Sidecar TT Race 1 (3 laps)

Monday, June 4:

• 10:45 a.m., Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 1(4 laps)
• 2:15 p.m., RL360º Quantum Superstock TT Race (4 laps)

Wednesday, June 6:

• 10:45 a.m., Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2 (4 laps)
• 1:45 p.m., Bennetts Lightweight TT Race (4 laps)
• 4:25 p.m., SES Zero TT Race (1 lap)

Friday, June 8:

• 10:30 a.m., Sidecar TT Race 2 (3 laps)
• 12:45 p.m., PokerStars Senior TT Race (6 laps)

The IOMTT reports that over 45,000 fans are expected to visit the & Isle of Man TT, which in 2018 will once again bring the battles between & the two all-out leaders in 2017: Michael Dunlop and Ian Huthinson.

Suzuki’s Michael Dunlop claimed his 15th TT win after earning Senior TT, & which was red-flagged. The reason for the red flag? Dunlop’s main & rival, BMW S 1000 RR pilot Hutchinson crashed and was air-lifted off the & 37.73-mile Mountain Course. Before the final race of 2017 IOM TT, & Hutchinson claimed the RST Superbike and RL360 Quantum Superstock races & for a total of 16 -career TT wins.

“The way I look at it is that I’ve got six more chances to win at & next year’s TT and as with every other year I set out to try and take & all of them, Michael Dunlop says. “I’m happy at the TT, I know the set & up and what I’m doing there. The program suits me and when I’m on form & and everything’s right, I feel like the races are mine to lose.”

Dunlop will be ready to take on the field again, and will surely be a dominate force, but

However, & there are a host of very fast veterans clearly not ready to hang up & their leathers and while 23-time TT Champion John McGuinness (three shy & of the record of 26 held by the late Joey Dunlop, uncle to Michael) & continues his fitness battle following a career threatening crash at the & North West 200, New Zealander Bruce Anstey continues to defy the odds & as he heads towards his 50th birthday and Michael Rutter comes off one & of his best TT’s ever in 2017 culminating in victory in the Bennetts & Lightweight TT Race. &

British Superbike Championship star Peter Hickman proved his & credentials and signaled his intention to challenge the established & order in the years to come with his first podiums in 2017 finishing with & five at the end of the fortnight. Fellow British Superbike race winner & and former series Champion, Australia’s Josh Brookes powered the “SG6” & Norton to the marque’s fastest ever Mountain Course lap recording two & top-eight finishes.

Other leading contenders expected to return in 2018 include Dean & Harrison and James Hillier who both added further podiums to their & growing TT Race honors list earlier this year.

Other & star names sure to be in the mix again in 2018 include the Isle of & Man’s leading riders Conor Cummins and Dan Kneen, Australian challenger & David Johnson, Northern Irishmen Lee Johnston and William Dunlop and & Lincolnshire’s two-time TT winners Gary Johnson and Ivan Lintin.

Credit: ultimatemotorcycling.com