Entries for the 2012 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, open at 9am on Monday (January 9).
A new procedure is in place, with all applications being administered through a fully automated online race management system, operated through the iomtt.com official website.
There will be more on this story in Friday Sport, at 6.30pm, when Tim Glover will be looking ahead to this year's meeting with TT and motorsport development officer Paul Phillips.

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