In another scene, having not just fulfilled the target of “seeing us later on” but also finished second in the Senior TT despite two separate bird strikes, Harrison is seen cleaning out bird viscera from his boot. His young daughter comes up, weeping loudly, not because of anything she’d seen but because she wants ice cream, which they go and get.
Family – whether in the paddock or just outside – is all around in the four episodes. There is less race footage than there is footage of riders interacting with their loved ones, and that is a winning choice.
The documentarians smartly zero in on a key question to probe partners and parents on – ‘how could you possibly cope with being here and following along, knowing what every red flag could mean?’. Some are very invested and share in the passion, some are clearly more wide-eyed outsiders who are here for emotional support but more than any glory just want their loved ones to come home okay.
“It’s just something they do. It’s insane,” says Rene, the fiancee of American rider Chris Sarbora.
“Not much I can do about it other than be here and support him and try to be happy – like, I am. It’s something that he loves to do.”
Her voice cracks when she mentions the fireball crash involving Sarbora’s team-mate Sam West.
West is fine… ish. He’s limping. He wants to see out the race anyway. His partner, seemingly one of the marshals, writes a phone number on his arm in marker so that she can be contacted in case something happens. “Just finish the race,” she says.
Harrison’s partner Vicky is another standout. She and Harrison’s mother both admit they try to steer clear of the broadcast – “we know what they do, we don’t need to see it”. Vicky also reveals a detail of how she learned her significant other was a road racer that may snap your heart in half – and if it doesn’t, a later nonchalant revelation of a crushing medical diagnosis by one of the newer riders’ parents will do the trick.
All of that neatly ties into a recurring explanation for the ‘why’ – it’s a family thing. So many of the riders have some sort of road racing background in the family, usually very extensive. “If your dad’s a plumber, nine times out of 10 the son’s going to be a plumber,” says ex-Sidecar rider Nick Crowe. “And it’s probably a similar sort of situation.”
Crowe isn’t competing. His right arm is gone, amputated after a crash. His sons Ryan and Callum are riding instead, and they score their first podium.
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