A 20-YEAR-OLD competitor from Portadown in Co Armagh has died after a crash during the Junior Manx Grand Prix today.
The event organisers have issued a statement saying that Wayne Hamilton was running third in the event at the time of the incident.
Hamilton won the Newcomers A Race at the grand prix last weekend. Manx Motor Cycle Club chairman Bill Bennett paid tribute to Hamilton, describing him as a “very promising competitors who had already achieved notable success in his road racing career”.
“He had already set the meeting alight with his excellent performance in Saturday’s Newcomers Race,” Bennett added.
Northern Irish motorcyclist killed at Manx Grand Prix
A 20-YEAR-OLD competitor from Portadown in Co Armagh has died after a crash during the Junior Manx Grand Prix today.
The event organisers have issued a statement saying that Wayne Hamilton was running third in the event at the time of the incident.
Hamilton won the Newcomers A Race at the grand prix last weekend. Manx Motor Cycle Club chairman Bill Bennett paid tribute to Hamilton, describing him as a “very promising competitors who had already achieved notable success in his road racing career”.
“He had already set the meeting alight with his excellent performance in Saturday’s Newcomers Race,” Bennett added.
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