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Racing
fatalities
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Omobono TENNI - 1948 Berne Switzerland
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Ben
DRINKWATER - Junior TT,
1949, Isle of Man
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Hatch - at a special race meeting that was to raise money for a fellow
rider's widow and family. His passenger, Donald Overall, escaped
with injuries. George is on the right in the photo (click on thumbnail
to enlarge). Submitted by his Grand-daughter Louise Popplewell
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David
WHITWORTH - Belgian
GP 350cc, 1950, Spa-Francorchamps
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Dario
AMBROSINI -
French GP 250 1951, Albi
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Gianni
LEONI et Sante GEMINIANI
- Ulster TT 125cc, 1951, Clady
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(Thanks
to Jan Ebeltjes for the pic)
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Dave
BENNETT - Swiss GP
500cc, 1952, Berne
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Ercole
FRIGERIO - Swiss GP
sidecars 1952, Berne
(Thanks
to Jan Ebeltjes for the pic)
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Leslie
GRAHAM - Senior TT
1953, Isle of Man
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Ernie RING - Belgian GP 1953 
(Pic: TTfan)
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Geoff WALKER
- IOM 1953 (Click on thumbnail to enlarge - Pic: velobanjogent.blogspot.com.au)
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Dennis
LASHMAR - German GP
500cc, 1954, Solitude
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Gordon
LAING - Belgian 350 GP 1954
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Ruppert
HOLLAUS - Italian
GP 125 1954, Monza (Thanks to Peter Osborn for the pic)
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Ray
AMM - 1955 Imola
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Derek
ENNETT - Ulster GP
350cc, 1956, Dundrod (Click on thumbnail to enlarge)
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Hans
BALTISBERGER - 1956 -
Brünn
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Fergus
ANDERSON - Floreffe Belgium - 1956
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Charlie
SALT - Senior TT, 1957,
Isle of Man
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Josef
KNEBEL - Dutch TT
Sidecar, 1957, Assen (pic courtesy Helmut
Ohner)
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Roberto
COLOMBO - Belgian GP
125 1957, Spa
(Thanks
to Jan Ebeltjes for the pic)
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Barry HALLIDAY - 5 April 1958 - Bathurst Australia Tourist Trophy
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Keith CAMPBELL - Cadours France1958
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| John CLARK - Moulins France June 21st 1958 - whilst riding a Norton
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Harry HINTON - Imola 1959
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Peter
FERBRACHE - Dutch TT
350cc, 1960, Assen
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Bob
BROWN - German GP 1960,
Solitude
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Dickie
DALE - April 1961
Nurburgring Germany
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Ralph
RENSEN - TT 1961, Isle
of Man
(Thanks
to Jan Ebeltjes for the pic
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Marie
Laure LAMBERT - Sidecar
TT (passenger), 1961, Isle of Man - Swiss motorcycle racer. Marie
Lambert competed as a female passenger with sidecar driver and husband
Claude Lambert. At the 1961 Isle of Man TT Races the BMW sidecar outfit
of Claude Lambert and Marie Lambert crashed at Gob-ny-Geay (35th
Milestone) above Brandish Corner and Marie Lambert died from her
injuries.
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(Photograph
courtesy of her husband Claude Lambert) Also pic here (www.bbhmg.eu)
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Ron
MILES - Ulster GP 1961,
Dundrod
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Tom
PHILLIS - Junior TT
1962, Isle of Man (pic here)
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Bob MCINTYRE - Oulton Park 1962
He
is most famously associated with the Isle of Man TT race, where he was
the first to record a 100mph (160 km/hr) lap
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| Harold SCHOLES
- fatally injured at Brands Hatch 19/08/1962 whilst competing
on a sidecar and died of his injuries 9 days later 28/08/1962
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Marcellin
HERRANZ - French GP
1963, Charade
| click on thumbnail to enlarge - pic by Stéphane Lecoq)
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Morrie
LOW (NZ) - 1964 -
Schauinsland Hill-climb
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 | Karl RECKTENWALD - 19.7.1964, WM-Race Solitude, Germany |
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Vernon
COTTLE - Finnish GP
1964, Imatra
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Ramon
TORRAS - Spanish GP
1965, Comarruga, Spain
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Florian
CAMATHIAS - sidecar
crash Brands Hatch - Oct 1965
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Brian
DUFFY - IOM TT 28 August
1966 - Yamaha seized on the Mountain box - Duffy a veteran 47 year old
racer was killed instantly.
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Toshio
FUJII - TT 26 August
1966, Isle of Man - Kawasaki 125
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Fritz SCHEIDEGGER - sidecar - 20 Mar 1967 (pic here and here)
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John
HARTLE - 1968 Scarborough (click on thumbnail and also pic here and here and here)
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Alois
HOFER - 1968 - Gaisburg
Germany (pic courtesy Helmut
Ohner)
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Josef
SCHILLINGER - Belgian
GP sidecars 1968, Spa
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| Johann ATTENBERGER
- Johann Attenberger and Joseph Schillinger died in the
crash of their sidecar during the GP of Belgium, Spa. in 1968 (pic here) |
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Bill
IVY - East German GP 350 1969, Sachsenring
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Franti
ek BOCEK - Czech GP 350
1969, Brno
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Robin
FITTON - German
GP 1970, Nürburgring (click on thumbnail to enlarge)
(More pics here 1, 2, 3 , 4)
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| Sven RENLUND, Ice racing, Ornskoldsvik in 1970. |
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Santiago
HERRERO - Lightweight TT
1970, Isle of Man (pic here and here)
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Bryan
STEENSON - TT 1970, Isle
of Man - photo supplied by Denis Paineau taken at Le Mans 1970 GP.
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Neville LANDREBE - Pukekohe, New Zealand October 1970
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Herbert
ANGERMAYER - 1971 -
Ziersdorf, Austria (pic courtesy Helmut
Ohner)
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Rusty
BRADLEY - Daytona 200
1971
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Malcolm
JEFERY - Senior TT
1971, Isle of Man
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Christian
RAVEL- Belgian
GP 500 1971, Spa
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Günther
BARTUSCH - East German
GP 1971, Sachsenring (pic here and here)
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Lan HOG - 2 April 1972, sidecar, Bathurst Australia, TT race
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Gilberto
PARLOTTI - Ultra-lightweight
TT 1972, Isle of Man (pic here)
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Hans-Jürgen
CUSNIK - Czechoslovakian
GP sidecars (passenger) 1972, Brno
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Renzo
PASOLINI
- Italian GP 250 1973, Monza
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Jarno
SAARINEN - Italian GP 250 1973, Monza
In
1972 he won the World 250cc Championship and came 2nd in the 350cc
class.
In
1973 he won the Daytona 200.
See tribute here: http://www.ozebook.com/jarno.htm
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| Emanuele MAUGLIANI - Skofja Loka Road Race (SLO) 1973
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John
CLARKE - TT 1973, Isle
of Man
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Leo
COMMU - rode GPs in 1972
and 1973, died at Tubbergen ,Holland -1973
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Eric
PINER - Manx Grand Prix
Kirk Michael 1973
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Tom
GOODFELLOW - Mallory 1973
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Kim
NEWCOMBE - Silverstone,
1973 See tribute here: http://www.ozebook.com/konig.htm
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Cal
RAYBORN - Pukekohe New
Zealand Dec 1973
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Billie
NELSON - Yugoslavian
GP 250 1974, Opatija (pic here and here and here)
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Phil
HASLAM - Scarborough 1974
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Steve MACHIN - Cadwell 1974
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Phil
GURNER - TT 1975, Isle
of Man
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Peter
McKINLEY - TT 1975,
Isle of Man
(photo
by Graham Etheridge, Racebikepics)
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Rolf
THIELE - Dutch TT 1975,
Assen
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Peter
CLARKE - Croft UK 1975
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Otello
BUSCHERINI - ItalianGP
1976, Mugello (pic here and here)
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| Ross BARELLI - 17 April 1976 - Suzuki RG500, Bathurst
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Paolo
TORDI - ItalianGP 1976,
Mugello
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Les
KENNY - TT 1976, Isle
of Man
Pic
from
TZ350 and 250 website - by
Chris Baker
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Walter
WORNER - TT 1976, Isle
of Man
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Mike PATRICK - Cadwell 1977
(photo
by Graham Etheridge, Racebikepics)
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Hans
STADELMANN - Austrian
GP 350 1977, Salzburgring
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Pat
EVANS - Imola - 1977 -
see photo tribute here
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Phil BOSCO
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Croft 1977
(pic
courtesy - Graham Etheridge)
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Ulrich
GRAF - Yugoslavian GP
50 1977, Opatija
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Giovanni
ZIGGIOTTO - Yugoslavian
GP 1977, Opatija
He crashed at practice at Opatija and died 11 days later, June 29th 1977
(Click on thumbnail for alternative photo)
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Geoff
BARRY - Ulster - 1977 Killinchy 150
(Photo
by Graham Etheridge, Racebikepics)
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Johan
BOSHOFF
("Bossie")-
Kylami - 1977
(contributed
by Jon Ekerold)
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Graham WARING
- Scarborough 1978 - Graham's Aunt, Rene Norton, has kindly supplied a
photo of Graham (click to enlarge). Graham sadly died 2 weeks before
his planned wedding.
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Norman TRIGULUS - IOM 1978
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Mac
HOBSON - IOM TT 1978
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Kenny
BIRCH - IOM TT 1978 -
on the opening lap of the 1978 Sidecar TT on the Isle of Man, Hobson
hit a manhole cover on Bray Hill at high speed and crashed.
Both
Hobson and his passenger Kenny Birch were killed in the
crash.
Shortly
after Ernst Traschel passed the crash scene only to crash further down
the road killing the four times Swiss Champion Ernst Trachsel.
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Ernst
TRASCHEL - IOM TT 1978 (www.theimagefile.com)
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Mike
ADLER - Isle
of Man 1978 - New Zealander Michael Adler crashed his 350 Yamaha at Glen Helen
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John
WILLIAMS - His best
season was in 1975 when he finished in fifth place in the 500cc world
championship on a Yamaha motorcycle. Williams won his only world
championship race in 1976 at the 500cc Belgian Grand Prix. He was a
five-time winner of the North West 200 race in Northern Ireland.
Williams died from injuries suffered while competing in the August 1978
Ulster Grand Prix in Northern Ireland.
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Tom HERRON
- NW200 Ulster - 1979 - Superbike race (pic here)
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| Brian HAMILTON - NW200 Ulster - 1979 - 350cc race |
| Frank KENNEDY - mortally
injured 26 May 1979, University Corner, 1979, North West 200 Races,
Superbike Race - Frank Kennedy, Kevin Stowe and Australian Warren
Willing were all seriously injured in a multiple pile-up at the
University during the first Superbike race - none of the three would
ever race again, Frank Kennedy later died in hospital after lying in a
coma for almost six months. (memorial submitted by Melvyn Irvine) |
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Ron
TOOMBS - Bathurst
Australia 1979
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| Eric MORT
- Killarney South Africa 1979/80? - riding Kawasaki fell at Quarry Bend
and struck by Ben Birk's GS1000 Suzuki - died 4 days later
(submitted by Richard Cooke) |
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Olivier
CHEVALLIER - Le
Castellet 1980 (pic here and here)
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 | Rob MOORHOUSE - Bathurst, Australia, 12 April 1980
Pic by Phillip C. Hall
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Alec DICK - Bathurst Australia, Easter 1980 motorcycle races
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Roger
CORBETT - IOM June 1980
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Mervyn
ROBINSON -Northwest 200 at Mathers Cross
in 1980
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Geoff FAWCETT - Cadwell 1980 (an opinion has been passed
that he died of cancer but we cannot establish this fact unfortunately)
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Patrick
PONS - British GP 500
1980, Silverstone (pic here)
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Malcolm
WHITE - British GP
Sidecars 1980, Silverstone
Pic supplied by Phillip Wain
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Ken
BLAKE - Isle of Man TT,
June 9 1981
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Michel
ROUGERIE - Yugoslavian
GP 350 1981, Rijeka (pic here and here)
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Sauro
PAZZAGLIA - San Marino
GP 1981, Imola (pic by Alois Ohner)
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Dave
POTTER - Sep 1981
Oulton Park
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Alain
BERAUD - Czech GP 1981,
Brno
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Jock
TAYLOR - Finnish GP
sidecars 1982, Imatra (pic here)
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Jon
NEWBOLD - NW200
Coleraine Ulster 1982 (pic here and here)
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Iwao
ISHIKAWA - French
GP 500 1983, Bugatti - on Tuesday 29 March 1983, Loris Reggiani and
Iwao Ishikawa collided at the Virage de la Chapelle of the Bugatti
circuit. Iwao died of his injuries.
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Michel
FRUTSCHI - French
GP 500 1983, Bugatti - Michel crashed at 220 km/h in lap
5 of the 500cc race of the French Grand Prix. His
head struck a fence pole and was taken unconscious to Le Mans Hospital
where he died on 3 April 1983.
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Guido
PACI - Imola 10 April
1983 - crashed at 240 km/h into the outside wall at the Villeneuve
corner in Imola and was struck by his own bike, on the 5th lap of the
200 Mile race. (pic here)
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Rolf
RÜTTIMANN - Yugoslavian
GP 125 1983, Rijeka - crashed at about 160 km/h into the pit
guardrail at Rijeka Circuit, Yugoslavia, during the 125cc
race of the Yugoslavian GP held on 12 June 1983.
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Bob
SMITH - Oliver's Mount
Scarborough UK 1983
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Neville
HISCOCK - crashed at Killarney, South
Africa 1983
(pic by Richard reeve)
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Peter
HUBER (pic courtesy Helmut
Ohner) - British GP 500
1983, Silverstone
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Norman
BROWN - British GP 500
1983, Silverstone
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Kevin
WRETTOM - Belgian GP
500 1984, Spa
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Jack MIDDELBURG - Tolbert Netherlands 1984 (more pics here and here)
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Terry HASLAM - Assen Sidecar - 1984
(Pic supplied by Phillip Wain)
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Lorenzo
GHISELLI - 1985 - Imola
(pic courtesy Helmut
Ohner)
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Mark SALLE
-
Brands Hatch - Oct 1985
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Gene
McDONNELL - Irish
champion, killed June 1986 IOM TT
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Neil
ROBINSON - British
champion, killed Scarborough 1986
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Kaus KLEIN - German rider, killed at Rusheyhill,
Dunrod - 15 August 1987 in the Ulster Grand Prix on his Bimota Yamaha |
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Alfred
HECK - French GP
sidecars 1988, Le Castellet
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Steve
HENSHAW - IOM 1300cc
Production TT 1989
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Phil
MELLOR - (British
champion, killed IOM TT 1989)
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Ivan
PALAZZESE - German GP
250 1989, Hockenheim
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 | Eros MANFREDINI - 250cc European GP, Rijeka Grobnik 1990 (terrible pile-up and fire in first corner) |
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Gerold
FISCHER - 1990 St Wendel
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 | Wilmer MARSIGLI - Monza July 21, 1991 (tragically died 12 days after being enveloped in flames from spilled fuel when his bike crashed) |
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Manfred
STENGL -1992 - Isle of
Man (pic courtesy Helmut
Ohner)
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Noboyuki
WAKAI - Spanish GP
1993, Jerez
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Ian
KING - Irish champion,
killed on the Temple 100 in Saintfield, Down, Northern Ireland 1994.
Brian Reid was badly injured in the same accident, which put an end to
his racing career.
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Jim COLLIGAN - April 1994, Sidecar, Australian Tourist Trophy, Bathurst
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| Ian THORNTON - April 1994, Sidecar, Australian Tourist Trophy, Bathurst
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Mark
FARMER - Isle of Man TT
practice riding a Britten - 1994
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Simon
PRIOR - German GP
sidecars (passenger) 1994, Hockenheim
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Yasutomo
NAGAI - Assen SBK 1995
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Robert
HOLDEN (NZ) - IOM
31 May1996 killed at Glen Helen on his Ducati 916 in practice for the
1996 TT
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 | Danny Shimmin - in practice for the 1997 Classic Manx Grand Prix
(submitted by Martin Crooks) - click on thumbnail for bigger pic and race history |
 | Michael PAQUAY - Monza Supersport 9 May 1998 |
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Donny
ROBINSON -
(Irish champion, killed NW200 1999)
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 | Brett MACLEOD - Kyalami Supersport 1999 |
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Simon
BECK - (Killed practice
IOM TT 1999)
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Stu
MURDOCH (NZ) - Junior
TT at Isle of Man 1999
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Owen
McNALLY -
(Irish champion, killed UGP 1999)
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Gavin
LEE - (Killed Southern
100 1999) [Pic: copyright Robert Fishbeck]
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Joey
DUNLOP - Estonia 2000 (pic here)
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Eddie
SINTON - Carrowdore 2000
(pic
courtesy - http://www.roadracers.uk.com/eddie.htm)
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Andy MCLEAN - (killed North Monaghan
August 2000) |
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Gary
DYNES - (Irish champion,
killed North Monaghan August 2000)
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 | John DEACON
- August 8, 2001 - Motorcycle enduro racer. He had won several
Paris Dakar Rally stages. He died as a result of head injuries
sustained when his BMW bike flipped, 77 miles from the town of Palmyra
in Syria during the seventh stage of the Masters Rally between France
and Jordan. |
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Herbert
GRAF - 2001 -
Magny-Cours - World Endurance Race
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Günter
STRASSER - 2002 -
testing at Valencia (pic courtesy Helmut
Ohner)
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Gary
JESS - (Killed
UGP 2002)
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Daijiro
KATO - Japanese MotoGP
2003, Suzuka
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David
JEFFERIES - IOM TT May
2003
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Peter
JARMANN - IOM - June 2003
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Martin FARLEY - IOM - Aug 2003
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Kirk
McCARTHY - Queensland
Raceway - August 2004
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Juergen
OELSCHLAGER - 2004 -
Oschersleben
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 | Alessio PERILLI - Assen, Superstock 5 September 2004 |
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Andy WALLACE
- Ulster GP - August
2004
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Richard
BRITTON - (Irish
champion, killed Ballybunion 2005)
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Joakim
KARLSSON - TT practice
2005
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Gus SCOTT - IOM - June 2005
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Don LEESON - IOM - Sep 2005
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Andy
CALDECOTT - Paris-Dakar
- Jan 2006
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Darran
LINDSAY -
(Irish champion, killed Killalane 2006)
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Terry
CRAINE - Manx GP - Aug
2006
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Jun
MAEDA - Japan - died of
injuries received in collision in TT practice - IOM - May 2006
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Elmer
Symons - Paris-Dakar -
January 2007
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Éric
Aubijoux - Paris-Dakar
- January 2007
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Marc
RAMSBOTHAM (GBR) -
Tourist Trophy IOM June 2007 - Spectators Dean Adrian Jacob, of
Kidderminster in England and Gregory John Kenzig, 52, from Queensland
in Australia also died in this tragic incident.
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Ollie
BRIDEWELL - Mallory
Park UK - July 2007
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John
DONNAN - Tandragee
- 2007
(Pic
courtesy - http://www.roadracers.uk.com)
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Phillip
HARRISON- 9 March 2008 -
Pukekohe NZ
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Derek
HILL - 9 March 2008 -
Pukekohe NZ
(Pic
- www.tyrewarmers.co.nz)
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Martin
FINNEGAN - Tandragee -
2008
(Pic
courtesy - http://www.roadracers.uk.com)
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Robert
DUNLOP - North West 200
at Mathers Cross - 2008
(Pic
courtesy - http://www.roadracers.uk.com)
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 | Craig JONES – 4 August 2008 at Brands Hatch UK |
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Ecki
BILLERMANN - and a
marshall, were tragically killed in an accident during the German
Endurance Championship 8 Hours race held at Most, Czech Replublic - Sep
2008
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Richard
GAMMON - Thunderbike
rider - killed in highside Cadwell Park 20 Sep 2008 (photo by www.racingeye.net)
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Gyles
FAIRCLOUGH - Thunderbike
rider crashed Caldwell Park UK 16 Sep 2008 - died of injuries
22 Sep 2008
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Dave
OWEN - September 2008 -
Maxton Mile USA
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Ben
LIGHTOWLER - September
2008 - Brands Hatch
(Photo kindly supplied by his Mother)
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| Mark YOUNG - 16 May 2009 at Mather's Cross - North West 200 Races - 250cc Race (mark-young.gonetoosoon.org) |
 | Richard SLATER - August 2009 Snetterton UK |
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Simon EXTON - March 2010 - Snetterton start line incident
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 | Peter LENZ – August 29 2010 - Indianapolis (tragically Peter was only 13yo) |
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Shoya TOMIZAWA - 5 September 2010 - Moto2 World Championship, San Marino Grand Prix at Misano
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 | Peter KOIJ - March 30th 2011, ice-racing, Västerås Sweden |
 | Bill CURRIE - 31 May 2011 - Ballacrye Corner, 2011 Isle of Man TT - Sidecar TT (Driver) |
| Kevin MORGAN - 31 May 2011 - Ballacrye Corner, 2011 Isle of Man TT - Sidecar TT (Passenger) |
 | Derek BRIEN - 6 June 2011 - Isle of Man TT - Gorse Lea - Supersport race
(click on thumbnail to enlarge) |
 | Henrik René OLESEN - Classic Danish racer was killed instantly at Spa 01 July 2011.
He fell off his Moto Guzzi during practice and was hit by another rider.
(another pic here) |
 | Neil KENT - was killed during a Manx GP qualifying session on 24 August 2011 - Isle of Man
(click on thumbnail to enlarge) |
 | Adrian MCFARLAND - killed at an International Road Racing Championship in Těrlicko, Czech Republic, on Saturday, 27 August 2011. |
 | Wayne
HAMILTON - killed at the thirteenth milestone, near the village of Kirk
Michael, Isle of Man, UK. The accident occurred on third lap of the
2011 Junior Manx Grand Prix on 29 Aug 2011 |
 | Adam EASTON - 71, was killed during the Classic Senior race on 31 August 2011 - Isle of Man |
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Marco SIMONCELLI - 23
October 2011 - Sepang, Malaysian MotoGP
(Rest in peace Marco, we will miss you) |
 | Hiromi SAKAI - January 15th 2012, Funabashi speedway Japan |
