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Only 3 deaths this year so far, 228 total in 102 years.
Tragedy at Isle of Man TT as Derek Brien becomes third competitor to die
6th June 2011
Irish motorcyclist Derek Brien has died after a high-speed accident Isle of Man TT organisers have announced.
The 34-year-old was killed while competing in the opening four-lap Supersport race which was immediately stopped following the incident.
A statement on the Isle of Man TT website announced his death: 'ACU Events Ltd regrets to announce the death of Derek Brien, 34, from Co. Meath in Ireland who was killed during the first Supersport race at the 2011 Isle of Man TT Races following a high-speed accident at Gorse Lea.
Sorely missed: Brien in practice at the Isle of Man before his tragic accident
'Derek was an experienced road racer who first competed on the Isle of Man in the Manx Grand Prix in 2007 and competed in the TT Races in 2009 and 2010. He had a highest TT place of 13th in the 2010 Supersport 1 race.
'Derek was single with a partner, Sarah. The ACU wishes to pass on their deepest sympathy to Derek's family and friends.'
Brien, from Bellewstown in county Meath, won the Junior event at the 2007 Manx Grand Prix on the Isle of Man.
Tragedy: Brien was killed while racing on the Isle of Man
Jim Parker, managing director, ACU Events described Brien as a 'very talented road racer'.
He said: 'Derek achieved a number of notable career highlights including his Manx Grand Prix victory. He will be sorely missed.'
Brien is the third rider to die at this year's TT, sidecar racer Bill Currie and his passenger Kevin Morgan were killed in a practice crash last Tuesday.
New Zealander Bruce Anstey took victory in the shortened Supersport race.
The men were killed during the second sidecar practice on Tuesday evening
Isle of Man TT sidecar racers killed in practice lap
Two sidecar competitors have been killed during practice on the mountain course of the Isle of Man TT.
The Auto Cycle Union (ACU) said Bill Currie, 67, from Ellesmere Port, and his passenger Kevin Morgan, 59, from Shrewsbury, died during a qualifying session on Tuesday.
Bill Currie first competed in the TT races in 1969
The accident happened at Ballacrye in the north of the island.
ACU managing director Jim Parker said he was deeply saddened by the competitors' untimely death.
"They were a huge part of the sidecar paddock and will be sorely missed by everyone involved in the event," Mr Parker said.
The sidecar practice session was red-flagged only 15 minutes after the lead teams left the Grandstand and the road remained closed until 0230 BST.
Mr Morgan, also an experienced racer, made his TT debut in 1984.
It was the first time the pair had competed together in the sidecar category.
The coroner of inquests has been informed and an investigation into the circumstances of the accident is under way.
The ACU has offered its deepest sympathies to the family and friends of both competitors.
A statement from the ACU reads:
"ACU Events Ltd regret to announce that sidecar competitor Bill Currie, 67, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and his passenger Kevin Morgan, 59, from Shrewsbury were both killed during the second sidecar qualifying session at the 2011 Isle of Man TT Races following an incident at Ballacrye in the North of the Island. The session was immediately red flagged following the incident."
"Bill was an experienced racer who first competed at the TT Races in 1969, when he recorded a third place finish. He finished 8th in last year’s TT sidecar Race in his fastest ever race time of 107.944. Kevin made his TT debut in 1984. This was the first year that the pair had competed together."
"Bill was divorced with 2 children and Kevin was single with two sons. The ACU wishes to pass on their deepest sympathy to the family and friends of both competitors."
ACU Events Managing Director Jim Parker said:
"I have known both Bill and Kevin for many years and am deeply saddened by their untimely death. They were a huge part of the sidecar paddock and will be sorely missed by everyone involved in the event."
2011 Isle of Man TT Red Flag Rapes Guy Martin
Besides the consistent rain, which continues to delay Friday's Senior TT race, the other big issue at the 2011 Isle of Man TT is the red-flag incident during the Monster Energy Supersport Race 2 event (also rescheduled from Wednesday to Thursday due to rain).
During the Supersport 2 IOMTT race, which was ultimately won by East Coast Construction Honda's Gary Johnson, a red flag was waved at Union Mills on the third lap, which slowed the progress of many riders.
Some IOMTT riders/teams, such as the Relentless Suzuki outfit and Guy Martin, reported that the red flag had upset the rhythm of the race, and were awaiting a reply from the Auto Cycle Union.
Here's what the ACU had to say about the IOMTT red flag:
"During the Monster Energy Supersport 2 Race a red flag was briefly waved in error at Ramsey Hairpin. Bill Callister, David Madsen-Mygdal, Dave Hewson, Scott Wilson and Daniel Cooper stopped at that point, as required to do under the IOMTT regulations.
"The red flag was reported by Manx Radio's TT commentary service and the flag marshal at Union Mills, believing that the race had been red flagged, initially raised his own before promptly withdrawing it again. This flag was seen by Keith Amor, Cameron Donald and Guy Martin, who all slowed down before proceeding again at race speed.
"In the opinion of Race Control the podium places were not in any way affected by this incident and the riders who stopped at Ramsey were given estimated times to compensate."
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2011 Isle of Man Senior TT Results
Mother Nature wasn't too kind to the Isle of Man, but the Island was surely kind to John McGuinness.
After multiple delays Friday due to rain on the 37.73 Mountain Course, the Honda TT Legends rider won the IOMTT PokerStars Senior TT Race. It was his 51st Isle of Man TT, which includes 33 podiums and now 17 wins.
In the age of modern sportbikes, McGuinness can easily call himself the King of the Mountain. His name was already etched in IOMTT history with greats like Mike Hailwood, and considering his stellar 2011 performance, there's probably more TT history to be written about McGuinness, there's no doubt about that.
Joining McGuinness on the IOMTT Senior podium was Relentless Suzuki's Guy Martin, which was his fourth podium in the 2011 IOMTT, and Dainese 6-Lap Superbike winner Bruce Anstey on the Padgetts Honda CBR1000RR.
When the six lap PokerStars Senior TT was completed, McGuinness had finished 15 seconds ahead of Martin, and 19 ahead of Anstey.
John McGuinness (Honda TT Legends IOMTT) "I can't remember being pushed that hard in a superbike race for a very long time. It took me a lap or so to get into the rhythm of the superbike again and I made the odd little mistake at the beginning there.
"I settled down after lap two, we had a mega pit stop and after that I was just going for it. On laps three and four I was pushing really, really hard and after another good pit stop I was able to run round on the last two laps with enough pace to stop Guy catching me.
"He made me work for it though! I want to thank the whole team and everyone who is behind the scenes making this happen - without them I wouldn't be in the position I'm in now. I'm so proud of winning my 17th IOMTT win."
Martin was the early IOMTT Senior TT leader, completing his first lap at over 131 mph. Anstey held an edge of McGuinness on the first lap, but when the riders pitted at the end of the second lap, a slower stop by Anstey allowed McGuinness to take second with four laps remaining.
McGuinness then gained some rhythm, and passed the Martin's Relentless Suzuki GSX-R1000 before Lap 3 was complete. The Morecambe rider immediately began pulling away from Martin, eventually finishing 15.14 seconds ahead.
The sole American in the 2011 IOMTT Senior TT, Mark Miller, finished 22nd on the Aprilia RSV4, 7:49 seconds behind McGuinness.
2011 Isle of Man TT: PokerStars Senior TT Race Results:
John McGuinness (1) 2008 Honda CBR1000RR IOMTT / 04:16.89 / 135.929 (04:16.90)
Guy Martin (3) 2011 Suzuki GSXR 1000 IOMTT / 04:18.79 / 134.933 (04:18.80) +00:15.14
Bruce Anstey (5) Honda CBR1000 IOMTT / 04:19.80 / 134.407 (04:19.81) +00:19.26
Keith Amor (2) 2008 Honda CBR1000RR IOMTT / 04:17.79 / 135.459 (04:17.79) +01:11.20
Cameron Donald (6) 2010 Honda CBR1000RR IOMTT / 04:23.80 /132.371 (04:23.81) +01:12.78
Michael Dunlop (9) 2011 Kawasaki ZX10R / 04:18.53 / 135.067 (04:18.54) +01:29.54
Gary Johnson (11) 2010 Honda CBR 1000 / 04:24.09 / 132.226 (04:24.09) +02:17.58
William Dunlop (16) 2008 Honda CBR 1000 / 04:26.44 / 131.057 (04:26.45) +02:49.20
James Hillier (17) 2011 Kawasaki ZX10R / 04:25.44 / 131.554 (04:25.44) +03:18.97
Michael Rutter (14) 2011 Ducati 1098 / 04:23.24 / 132.652 (04:23.25) +04:01.63
Simon Andrews (31) / 2010 BMW S1000RR / 04:26.60 / 130.980 (04:26.61) +04:15.42
Dan Kneen (15) 2011 Kawasaki ZX10R / 04:29.14 / 129.746 (04:29.14) +04:32.71
Ryan Farquhar (7) 2011 Kawasaki ZX10 / 04:23.45 / 132.545 (04:23.46) +04:42.48
Ian Mackman (26) 2010 Suzuki GSXR / 128.859 (04:30.99) +05:21.07
Mark Buckley (24) 2011 Kawasaki ZX10 / 04:32.88 / 127.967 (04:32.88) +06:03.55
USA's Mark Miller to Isle of Man TT 2011
American racer Mark Miller will ride for the Splitlath Motorsport squad during the 2011 Isle of Man TT fuelled by Monster Energy.
Last year's TT Zero winner will line up alongside the team's British Superbike Championship rider Hudson Kennaugh.
They will have a pair of Aprilia RSV4s for their assault on the Mountain course.
UK-based South African Kennaugh will fly to the Isle of Man on Monday afternoon after he contests round 4 of the British Superbike Championship at Thruxton, ahead of the first Isle of Man TT practice session that evening.
This will be the second time Kennaugh, who finished runner-up in the 2010 BSB Evo Championship, has taken part in the TT after making his debut in 2010.
He is relishing the opportunity.
Hudson Kennaugh (Splitlath Motorsport Aprilia RSV4) says: "I love the TT, it's a fantastic event which just gets bigger each year, so to be coming back for a second attempt is just awesome. I've always had an enormous amount of respect for those guys who raced the roads, and getting out there last year was a real buzz. I've been keen to get back again, so it's great to get the chance to come back with Splitlath.
"It's new ground for me going out there on the Aprilia, but it's going to be great. Mark's got great form around there, so I think we can work well together. I can't wait."
Former AMA racer Miller has contested the Isle of Man TT several times and has competed in the Macau GP, which he has described as ‘a walk in the park' compared to the TT.
John Dimbylow (Splitlath Motorsport Manager) says: "This is my first TT and I can't wait to get out there with the bikes to experience it. We are running Aprilia RSV4s in three races, and it's going to be good for us to see how we get on.
"Hudson was keen to do the TT again and I felt that it would be a new opportunity for Splitlath Motorsport. We are keen to develop ourselves as one of the UK's leading Superbike teams, and believe tackling an event as famous as the TT is an essential part of the journey."
MotoCzysz 200HP electric toy won both IOMTTs topping 150 MPH
MotoCzyszer Mark Miller won the IOMTT in 2010 - To stand at the base of the IOM FRICKING PODIUM and hear our US National Anthem being played, was worth everything it cost to get there. Never mind that it was based on a British song while standing on a British ship that was bombing USA and burned down the White House in Washington DC.
Electric cowboy American Mark Miller from MotoCzysz winning 'wanker' at IOMTT finished 2nd behind his British teammate Michael Rutter this year:
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The World’s Most Deadly Race: 'It's Fucking Insane!'
November 2009
Breakneck speeds. Hairpin turns. Houses only inches away. Men’s Journal checks out the insanity of the Isle of Man TT.
By John O’Connor
For two weeks every June, Noble’s Hospital in Douglas, the capital of Britain’s Isle of Man, brings in three extra trauma surgeons from the mainland to cope with a sudden influx of head injuries, crushed limbs, and burned and lacerated skin. The reason for the deluge is the Tourist Trophy, an annual motorcycle race that is among the most implausible sporting events in the world. It has claimed the lives of 131 competitors over the years, including 19 in the past decade.
The TT course is a mountainous 37.73-mile Brueghelian nightmare of twisting public roads lined with what the racers call “street furniture”: houses, pubs, stone walls, lampposts, trees, hedgerows, and mailboxes. Spectators fill the open spaces like sand poured into a jar of marbles. Last year a cow wandered onto the course and had to be quickly tranquilized — a reminder that this is not, in any way, a real racetrack. There are no sand pits or soft tire walls lining the corners — only rock and cliffs and metal.
Above all, there is no margin for error. The winner of the first TT, held in 1907, piloted a single-cylinder moped that averaged 38 mph and had to be pedaled uphill. Today elite riders, astride slightly modified versions of the same sport bikes you’ll find at a dealership, navigate these hazards at upward of 190 mph.
In the intervening 102 years, the TT has grown from a single event into a series of races played out over a week, each one broken down by engine size and classes such as Superbike, Supersport, and Superstock. The main events pay out about $115,000 in prize money. But fortune isn’t what draws men (and a few women) to face their mortality on this rock 34 miles off the coast of England. For them the allure of the TT is primal — it is the most difficult motorcycle race imaginable. That’s also what drew me and 50,000 other spectators to watch from the sidewalks this past June.
Monday, June 8, 10:03 AM
Mark Miller, a former top racer in the American Motorcyclist Association series, is kicking around the paddock prior to the 1000cc Superbike event, the first of the week. He is one of the most successful U.S. riders in TT history, yet in his three tries he has never finished better than 17th. He’ll compete in three races this week. (Most riders enter multiple events.) Of the six American riders in this year’s competitions, he has the best chance of cracking a top 10, a feat the 38-year-old from Calabasas, California, says would almost be like taking first.
He thinks this year will be his last. An unmarried aspiring screenwriter, Miller is ready for a second act beyond racing. “There’s more to life. I love art and wine and opera,” he says. “I’m not willing to die for this.”
But then he says things like, “This is the single greatest challenge available to me. Sure, there’s a possibility of death, but there’s nothing like going 190 miles per hour and brushing your shoulders against ivy,” and “If you survive this race you’re walking three inches off the ground for a month. It’s the only race where I’ve ever wept after I crossed the finish line.”
Monday, June 8, 11:15 AM
At the starting line of the six-lap Superbike race, smoke and gas fumes cloud around the racers as they rev their motorcycles. Spectators lean over walls, dangle from tree limbs, and hang out of pub windows. The riders take off in timed intervals, barrel down Glencrutchery Road at 170 mph, and evaporate.
1:15 PM
Post-race, I find Miller crouched in a sliver of sunlight behind the grandstand. He finished 11th, just a half-second out of 10th place. “Refueling problems ate a lot of seconds in the pits,” he explains. “Maybe the next race.”
An ugly green bruise is visible on his left biceps from where he was hit by a bird during the race. “It’s a fistfight out there,” he says.
1:35 PM
Nearby, rookie U.S. rider James Vanderhaar is sprawled on the floor of his team’s garage after finishing 79th of the 80 riders. A 29-year-old amateur racer and construction manager from Louisville, Kentucky, Vanderhaar trained for the TT by playing the PlayStation 2 video game Tourist Trophy, which replicates the course to the last hedgerow. He arrived last week and threw up twice in his helmet during practice.
“It’s fucking insane,” he says. “I’ve been within three inches of the edge of the road on Snaefell Mountain. If you go past that, you’ve got a fence and wire to get wrapped in, and a cliff to fall off. Honestly, I don’t know if I’m willing to risk what it takes to make it here.”
Tuesday, June 9, 2:37 PM
Despite posting his fastest average lap speed ever, 123.9 mph, Miller finishes 12th in Superstock. His last chance to reach the top 10 will come Friday.
2:52 PM
Vanderhaar finishes 51st out of 53 after nearly performing a 150-mph swan dive into a hedge. “There’s a lot of bikes out there plastered in trees and on sidewalks,” he says. “The race marshals were literally clearing a path in the debris so you could go through.”
Thursday, June 11, noon
With no races today, I tour the course with Richard “Milky” Quayle, rider liaison officer for the TT. Newcomers are required to do at least one practice lap with Milky, who is uniquely qualified to instruct them on the track’s perils. An eight-year veteran of the race, he is also the star of an amateur video (search his name on YouTube) that shows him crashing headfirst into a hay bale at 120 mph in the 2003 TT, an accident that hospitalized him for three weeks and marked his retirement from racing, minus his spleen.
“You do a corner here like you’d do a normal corner and it’ll bite you on the ass,” Milky says, nodding at a mangled road sign bearing the distinctive scars of a recent explosive impact. The offending motorcycle’s remains have been swept away, but skid marks still slice across the asphalt, vanishing into a hedge. “It takes some balls to go through here,” Milky continues, “and if you’re too anxious” — he slaps the steering wheel — “bam!”
Our excursion quickly devolves into a historical tour of personal tragedy, turning particularly grim just before the town of Crosby, as the road dips and narrows and becomes a labyrinth of blind entries and hairpin turns. “This is where my friend Mike Casey was killed in 1998,” Milky says, pointing to a narrow two-story cottage. “His motorcycle went through the roof.” Then: “Alistair Howarth lost his leg at this turn in 2000,” “David Jefferies died here in 2003,” “I’ve been through that hedge over there.” And so on.
From Crosby, the course sweeps west and then north toward the harbor town of Ramsey, bending south as it enters Snaefell Mountain, a 2,036-foot peak on which the road becomes particularly sinuous and the wind typhoon-grade. The right-hand curb on Snaefell is essentially a cliff, while the left-hand is a sloping meadow. There is no speed limit on the island, except in towns, and Milky pushes his silver Honda Civic to 130 mph as we chicane past dozens of cars, his fingers playing on the steering wheel as if he were working the clutch and brake of a motorcycle. Finally, we spin past Hillberry Corner, a dizzying jackknife curve where a half-dozen racers have perished over the years, and safely descend into Douglas.
“I struggle a little bit with life now,” Milky admits back at the grandstand, which sits across the street from a cemetery with a memorial commemorating fallen riders. “This race is better than anything, better than drugs, better than sex. People say to me, ‘It’s so amazing seeing your child being born.’ And I think, Yeah, right.”
Friday, June 12, 11 AM
A rain delay to the Senior race, the final and premier event of the week, sets riders on edge. Vanderhaar considers dropping out — “I’m not dying on this island in the rain,” he says — but changes his mind. Even veteran Miller stresses his survival ambitions at the sake of a top 10 finish. “Honestly, if I go home safe, I’ll be completely happy.”
2:13 PM
The rain stops and a golden, liquid light envelops Douglas. The bikes tear out of the gates, unleashing a hellish buzzing. By the start of the second lap, Miller has smashed his previous personal record with a 125.5-mph average lap speed.
2:32 PM
Vanderhaar manages only one lap before his clutch fails. His race is over.
3:35 PM
Miller enters the pit at the end of his fourth lap. With two more to go, he is in 10th place, a tenuous three and a half seconds ahead of 11th. His pit stop goes smoothly, with none of the refueling issues that plagued him previously, but his rear tire is nearly bald.
3:36 PM
Miller exits the pit lane and opens the throttle wide down Bray Hill. The slope is framed by stone walls, giant maples, and multistory homes, all strung together by rabid fans, in some places just 10 feet away. The bikes howl by us, carrying with them a sudden blast of heat, materializing for a second or two before dissolving into the distance. Riders burn through this stretch at 170 mph, hitting a big dip at the bottom that causes a nauseating shudder in the backs of their motorcycles, then swing up around the bend. Four riders have died here, the last in 2002.
3:36:15 PM
At the top of the next rise, beyond a sharp incline called Ago’s Leap, is an almost imperceptible bump in the asphalt — just a wrinkle that at normal speeds would barely register. But at 130 mph and with bald tires, it’s enough to trigger a cataclysm. The front wheel of Miller’s Suzuki GSX-R1000 slips, causing what riders call a “tank slapper” — a violent side-to-side thrashing of the handlebars that can quickly metastasize into full-blown unrecoverable destruction. Miller’s back wheel slices out from under him, ripping the bars from his hands and snapping the bike 90 degrees. He is pitched headlong over the chassis. Later he remembers thinking, “Okay, pay attention. This is what it’s going to feel like to die.”
3:36:17 PM
Miller performs an aerial pirouette, tumbling free of the bike. There is an awful momentary silence as his chest separates from the throbbing engine it has spent the last hour glued to. As the bike scrapes downhill on its side, Miller crashes down onto the gas tank, then spins free and onto his back, bouncing along as tree limbs and sky and exploded bits of motorcycle flash through his vision. He grunts as he bounces, the bike accelerating past him with a terrible clatter, trailing oil along the cement like black blood. Miller comes to a rest at a wooden barrier 70 yards from the bump. His bike slams into a nearby telephone pole and ignites.
3:36:25 PM
He glances over at his bike, parts of which lie like shrapnel across the road. The gas tank, forks, and exhaust are smashed, and the rear tire has torn loose from its rim. Miller squats on his helmet and drops his head into his hands. Dazed, he sits up and looks himself over, shaking his limbs. His racing leathers are ripped, his helmet is dinged, but his only injury is a sore thumb. He stands and retrieves his helmet. Several spectators reach over the railing to hug him and say, Yes, you are alive.
4 PM
Brit Steve Plater wins the race, his first TT victory. Only 29 of 81 starters finish.
5 PM
An hour after the race ends, the TT press office reveals that a rider has died on Snaefell. John Crellin, a 55-year-old Manxman and TT veteran who had just returned from his third expedition to Mount Everest, clipped a wall, lost control of his bike, and plunged over the side of the mountain. Aside from a brief press release, no announcement is made to fans, nor is Crellin’s death mentioned during the awards ceremony.
Saturday, June 13, 2 AM
Riders and crew lament Crellin’s death at a bar-cum-disco grief-hole in Douglas. They speak of it sadly but with a measure of resignation, implying that Crellin knew the risks and died doing what he loved. Miller is especially shaken by it. “A guy died on the same lap as my crash,” he keeps repeating. “Nobody crashes on the Isle of Man and walks away from it. And here I am without a scratch.” All evening, people congratulate him on his luck and ask if he’ll be back next year. He’s not sure. Copious hugs are exchanged. Oddly colored drinks are shoved into his hands. At one point Miller turns and says, “I felt really good out there. I was in 10th place. I was going the fastest I ever have. Why does it have to end like this?”
McGuinness, Monster in hand...
McGuinness has spotted dick trouble...but still finishes second in SS600
9 June 2011
by Visordown News
John McGuinness looked faultless in today's Supersport 600 race two, but his suffering was hidden.
The Morecambe Missile finished second in today's second SS600 race to make it 50 TT finishes and his 32nd podium. But things weren't quite as they seemed.
In the post-race briefing he added: 'When I hit the bottom of Bray Hill for the first time my foreskin rolled back and I had a bit of chaffage against the inside of my zip for an hour and a quarter.'
Enjoy your faggots and dick at Isle of Man TT!
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