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William Dunlop R.I.P.
« on: July 07, 2018, 12:13:45 pm »
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2018, 12:22:42 pm »
Man, my heart weeps for that family -  :'(
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2018, 01:40:58 pm »
i did the newcomers manx gp with his father in 1981 and remember seeing the boys as they grew up around the paddock . this is very sad.
i feel for his family , his grandmother has lost two sons and a grandson now
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2018, 03:54:01 pm »
Very sad, only consolation is that he's up in the big race track in the sky now, racing his dad and Uncle Joey.  :'(

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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2018, 05:04:40 pm »
What a terrible lose for his Partner, child and family.
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2018, 05:54:27 pm »
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2018, 04:28:13 am »
I don't know where on the circuit William had his accident, but it's a circuit I know well. Have a look at the challenges facing a competitor there :
Road racing in Ireland is not for the faint hearted. Very satisfying when things go well, very unforgiving when they don't.

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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2018, 07:10:38 am »
it was at sams tunnel kev , ive only been there once . i took the bike out the van , walked the course then put the bike back in the van and went the pub
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2018, 09:25:24 am »
Quote from: simon#42 on July 08, 2018, 07:10:38 am
it was at sams tunnel kev , ive only been there once . i took the bike out the van , walked the course then put the bike back in the van and went the pub

And the tunnel is not as fast as it used to be now that they have a chicane at the end. I was on a TZ250 once in the heat of battle and was less that two inches off the line, got tangled in the grass verge at the edge of the track and next thing I had plopped down into the ditch at about 90 mph. I thought "this could yet end OK" till I hit a fcuk off 4" pipe running across the ditch and went right through the screen. The Yazaki tacho almost made a Eunuch out of me. Maybe I should have joined you down the pub.

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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2018, 11:00:41 am »
if it had made a eunuch of you kev just think of all the grief you would have avoided!
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2018, 11:39:56 am »
Racing yarns apart, it's tragic for the family.  https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/skerries-100-race-goes-ahead-after-william-dunlop-killed-in-crash-1.3557939

I hope they receive the consolation, comfort and peace that they so sorely deserve.
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #11 on: July 09, 2018, 04:35:39 am »
i know many guys in the british islands see it in a different light but when i went to the iom site during this year's races i was a bit shocked to see how the organization informed visitors of the lethal accidents this year: "statement on behalf of the ACU"
 
https://www.iomtt.com/news/2018/06/04/statement-on-behalf-of-acu-events-ltd

really polite way of putting it, but for my outsider eyes this simply looks like denial.





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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2018, 12:11:22 pm »
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2018, 04:19:13 am »
Touching letter from William's mother, who has had more than her share of grief already.

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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2018, 04:05:28 pm »
She reads like a strong lady. A quintessential Irish woman.
My grandmother emigrated from Ireland to Australia with my mother.
Stoicism would seem to be a common trait with Irish woman.

 
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2018, 10:21:35 am »
she's not irish
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2018, 05:48:45 am »
Memorial . .
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Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
« Reply #17 on: July 24, 2018, 02:56:35 am »
tragic,sadly the sport takes ,road and race,regards
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