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Eight Grand Prix motorcycle racing champions have died while racing or practicing in Grand Prix motorcycle racing: Dario Ambrosini in 1951, Leslie Graham in 1953, Rupert Hollaus in 1954, Tom Phillis in 1962, Bill Ivy in 1969, Jarno Saarinen in 1973, Daijiro Kato in 2003, and Marco Simoncelli in 2011. Hollaus is often credited as the only rider ...
Occupation. Stunt performer. Children. 2. Alex Harvill (September 11, 1992 – June 17, 2021) [ 1 ][ 2 ] was an American motocross racer and stunt performer. On May 12, 2012, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest ramp-to-dirt motorcycle jump at 425 feet (129.54 m). On July 6, 2013, he set a Guinness World Record for the longest dirt-to ...
Sequana Joi Harris[1] (December 11, 1976 – August 14, 2017) [2][3] was an American motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman. [4] She made history as the first African American woman to be licensed as a motorcycle road racer, racing professionally since 2014, after taking up motorcycling in 2009. [5] Tragically, she died while performing a ...
Children. 4. Herbert James "Burt" Munro (Bert in his youth; 25 March 1899 – 6 January 1978) was a motorcycle racer from New Zealand, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, on 26 August 1967. [2] This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record.
Courtesy of Paseo Tuerca/Instagram Motorbike racer Lorenzo Somaschini died on Monday, June 17, following a fatal crash during a practice round at the Honda Junior Cup in Brazil. SuperBike Brazil ...
Jefferies (r) with Joey Dunlop at the 1999 Ulster GP. Nationality. British. Born. (1972-09-18) 18 September 1972 Shipley, West Yorkshire, England. Died. 29 May 2003 (2003-05-29) (aged 30) Crosby, Isle of Man. Motorcycle racing career statistics. Isle of Man TT career.
Marco Simoncelli (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko simonˈtʃɛlli]; 20 January 1987 – 23 October 2011), nicknamed Sic (Italian: [ˈsitʃ]), was an Italian professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the MotoGP World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011.
Date of death Rider Circuit Meeting Ref 7 April 1927 Tommy Maher Brisbane Exhibition Speedway: Australian National Speedway Championship [1] 11 May 1929 Walter Brown Marine Gardens: Consolation handicap [2] 13 July 1929 Dennis Atkinson Cleveland Park Stadium: English Dirt Track League [3] 27 May 1930 Eddie Reynolds White City Stadium, Glasgow ...