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Title: William Dunlop R.I.P.
Post by: Rat Catcher on July 08, 2018, 02:18:53 pm
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/motorcycling/william-dunlop-skerries-road-races-to-go-ahead-at-request-of-family-after-tragic-death-37092451.html (https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/motorcycling/william-dunlop-skerries-road-races-to-go-ahead-at-request-of-family-after-tragic-death-37092451.html)

William Dunlop: Skerries road races to go ahead 'at request of family' after tragic death

Prize fund for the event will be given to Dunlop’s family

July 8 2018
 
The Skerries 100 motorcycle road races are set to go ahead as planned at the request of the Dunlop family, race organisers and gardai have said.

Tragedy struck the family for a third time on Saturday afternoon when William Dunlop was killed in a practice run at the event in Co Dublin.

The son of the late Robert and nephew of the legendary Joey, William was making his return to the sport after pulling out of this year's Isle of Man TT to be with his pregnant partner, who is expecting their second child.

He suffered fatal injuries in an incident during open practice on Saturday shortly after 5pm. Dunlop was racing on his Temple Golf Club Yamaha. The crash is understood to have happened at the Sam's Tunnel section of the course.
Title: Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
Post by: Tony on July 08, 2018, 02:22:55 pm
That Dunlop family are cursed...
Don't say much for their tyres either.
Title: Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
Post by: markmiwurdz on July 08, 2018, 03:34:13 pm
Horse Trainer John Dunlop died as well,bad weekend for that surname.
Title: Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
Post by: Tony on July 08, 2018, 03:46:49 pm
Quote from: markmiwurdz on July 08, 2018, 03:34:13 pm
Horse Trainer John Dunlop died as well,bad weekend for that surname.

They are all tired of living
Title: Re: William Dunlop R.I.P.
Post by: silverbullet on July 08, 2018, 04:40:32 pm
I heard the news of Joeys death when I was on the island of Boracay in the Philippines. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/4755942/Motorcycling-Dunlop-dies-in-accident.html (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/4755942/Motorcycling-Dunlop-dies-in-accident.html)