Fittingly for a Castletown man, Chris Palmer won the first-ever TT on the Billown circuit on Saturday evening.
Palmer won the Steam Packet Ultra Lightweight 125cc race over 12 laps by 34 seconds from Dan Sayle, who in turn was 19 seconds ahead over third place man, Nigel Moore from Northern Ireland.
Palmer was delighted (audio file attached):
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