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Surveyor
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 04:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Those of you with an interest in real road racing may have heard of Martin Finnegan one of the true greats in the world of road racing.
It is with great sadness that I have to report that Martin died while competeing in the Tandragee 100 in Armagh on Saturday. Martin had won an earlier race and was killed as a result of an accident in a later race in which three spectators were also injured - thankfully none are reported to have life threatening injuries.
Martin leaves a young wife and daughter.
Sympathies go out to Martin's family, friends and team.
RIP Martin Finnegan a great champion.
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Davegess
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 04:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes, I saw that, a very sad day indeed.

RIP
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Jackbequick
Posted on Monday, May 05, 2008 - 07:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

A sad thing, racing events run over public roads are such an incredibly wonderful but dangerous thing.

My sympathy to all.

Some more background on Martin Finnegan and details here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/motorbi kes/7382870.stm

And on the accident itself which happened in a SuperSport 600 event:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_irelan d/7382036.stm

Jack
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86129squids
Posted on Friday, May 09, 2008 - 01:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Godspeed, and RIP.
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