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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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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 
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Geoff WALKER - IOM 1953
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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
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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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Keith CAMPBELL - Cadours France1958
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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
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Photograph courtesy of her husband Claude Lambert
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Ron MILES - Ulster GP 1961, Dundrod
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Tom PHILLIS - Junior TT 1962, Isle of Man
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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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Marcellin HERRANZ - French GP 1963, Charade
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Morrie LOW (NZ) - 1964 - Schauinsland Hill-climb
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Vernon COTTLE - Finnish GP 1964, Imatra
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Ramon TORRAS - Spanish GP 1965, Montjuich
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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 SCHEIDIGGER - sidecar - 20 Mar 1967
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Johann ATTENBERGER Belgian GP sidecars 1968, Spa
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John HARTLE 1968 Scarborough
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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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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
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Santiago HERRERO - Lightweight TT 1970, Isle of Man
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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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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
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Gilberto PARLOTTI - Ultra-lightweight TT 1972, Isle of Man
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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.
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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
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Cal RAYBORN - Pukekohe New Zealand Dec 1973 (riding Geoff Perry's TR500 Suzuki)
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Billie NELSON - Yugoslavian GP 250 1974, Opatija
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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
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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 - Croft 1977
(pic courtesy - Graham Etheridge)
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Ulrich GRAF - Yugoslavian GP 50 1977, Opatija
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Giovanni ZIGIOTTO - Yugoslavian GP 1977, Opatija
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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
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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
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Mike ADLER - Isle of Man 1978
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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
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Ron TOOMBS - Bathurst Australia 1979
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Olivier CHEVALLIER - Le Castellet 1980
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Roger CORBETT - IOM June 1980
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Mervyn ROBINSON -Northwest 200 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
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Malcolm WHITE - British GP Sidecars 1980, Silverstone
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Ken BLAKE - Isle of Man TT, June 9 1981
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Michel ROUGERIE - Yugoslavian GP 350 1981, Rijeka
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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
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Jon NEWBOLD - NW200 Coleraine Ulster 1982
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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 Frutschi crashed his Honda at 220 km/h at the curve "Chemin aux Boeufs" of the Bugatti circuit of Le Mans, 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 at 4:30 pm 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.
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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 - Kyalami, South Africa 1983
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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 MIDDLEBURG - Tolbert 1984
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Terry HASLAM - Assen Sidecar - 1984
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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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Alfred HECK - French GP sidecars 1988, Le Castellet
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Steve RENSHAW - 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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Gerold FISCHER - 1990 St Wendel
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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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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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Donny ROBINSON - (Irish champion, killed NW200 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
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Eddie SINTON - Carrowdore 2000
(pic courtesy - http://www.roadracers.uk.com/eddie.htm)
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Gary DYNES - (Irish champion, killed North Monaghan 2000)
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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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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 - 2008
(Pic courtesy - http://www.roadracers.uk.com)
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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 Caldwell Park 20 Sep 2008
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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
(Pic: Rich Swaffs)
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