The motorcycle road racer, Robert Dunlop, was killed yesterday when he crashed in the practice session at the North West 200 at the age of 47, only eight years after his brother Joey was killed in a similar way.
Robert suffered severe chest injuries while travelling at about 160mph as he approached the Mathers Cross section [...]

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Robert Dunlop Has Been Killed At The North West 200
Joy Ryder - Friday 16.05.08, 19:55pm
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BTCC To Pay Tribute To Leslie, Lloyd
Joy Ryder - Friday 04.04.08, 16:25pm
Next weekend at Rockingham, The British Touring Car Championship will pay a special tribute to the former competitors, David Leslie and Richard Lloyd, who were killed in a plane crash last week in Kent.
All current BTCC drivers have been invited by the organisers to stand next to their cars on the grid ahead of race [...]
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Schumacher Comes Fourth In Bike Debut
Joy Ryder - Wednesday 02.04.08, 19:05pm
The retired Formula 1 World Champion, Michael Schumacher, has come fourth in his first competitive bike race at Misano on Sunday.
Schumacher had denied it is the start of a new career and said “This is not the start of a second career, even if I do a race from time to time it doesn’t mean [...]
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Jon Barnes, The Boy Did Good
Joy Ryder - Tuesday 25.03.08, 11:31am
Jon Barnes who’s team, Brookspeed Team Trimite, were desperately trying to get an engine to compete in yesterday’s race at Oulton Park, did eventually manage to get their hands on one.
Jon said “We managed to get hold of a spare engine (although not a particularly powerful one) and I went out to check everything was OK in [...]
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Michael Schumacher Takes Third In Bike Race
Joy Ryder - Monday 24.03.08, 13:01pm
The seven-times World Champion Michael Schumacher, showed how good he was on two wheels as well as four, after finishing in third place at a bike race at the Hungarian track of Pannonia Ring last Thursday.
Schumacher, 39 years old, was wearing his orange overalls and black crash helmet that he wore for during the Ducati [...]
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