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The deadliest year was 2005, when 11 people died; three riders and one marshal died during the June race, and six riders and one course bystander died during the Manx Grand Prix in August/September 2005. Since 1937, the only "deathless" Isle of Man TT happened in 1982. Racing deaths. [edit]
On 30 May 2018, an experienced TT rider, Steve Mercer, [59] [60] was seriously injured during a head-on collision with an official Course Car at Ballacrye. The car, being driven at high speed, [61] [62] was conveying police officers to officiate at the scene of a fatality involving Dan Kneen. Mercer was unconscious for five days and ...
Douglas, Isle of Man. Course. Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. 37.733 mi (60.725 km) The 2022 Isle of Man TT was held between 29 May and 10 June 2022, on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. It was the first Isle of Man TT event since 2019. [1] The event was broadcast live for the first time in its 115-year existence on the new TT+ online service.
In total, 104 riders have died from incidents that occurred at Grand Prix motorcycle racing events, with Ben Drinkwater being the first in 1949. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; three in the 2010s; and one in ...
At the Isle of Man TT, Jefferies was the first rider to lap in excess of 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) and the first to win three races during the week-long festival for three consecutive years. [2] He also set the absolute lap record for the Isle of Man TT course during the 2002 Senior TT at 17min 47sec, an average speed of 127.29 miles per ...
Martin was born on November 4, 1981, in a suburb of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England. [7] He was named Guy in tribute to Guy Gibson of No. 617 Squadron RAF. [8] His father Ian was a successful privateer motorbike racer who had competed in several Isle of Man TT events, but was forced to supplement his income with a job as a lorry mechanic, additionally selling bikes.
2004 Isle of Man TT. Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. Pit-straight during the 2004 Isle of Man TT. The 2004 Isle of Man TT was the 97th edition of the event. John McGuinness won three TT races, more than anyone that year. Dave Molyneux and Daniel Sayle took the two sidecar races, while Adrian Archibald won the marquee Senior TT.
TT podiums. 47. TT Course personal fastest lap. 132.701 mph or 213.562 km/h. John Warren McGuinnessMBE(16 April 1972[2]) is an Englishmotorcycle road racer, best known as a specialist at the Isle of Man TT, where he has won 23 races and sits 3rd in the all-time win list behind Michael Dunlopand Joey Dunlop. He and Mike Hailwoodhold the record ...