Father and son killed in latest tragedy as Isle of Man TT death toll rises to five

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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/10/father-and-son-team-die-in-latest-isle-of-man-tt-tragedy-to-take-death-toll-to-five

Father and son killed in latest tragedy as Isle of Man TT death toll rises to five

Roger Stockton, 56, and 21-year-old son Bradley killed in incident
Cesar Chanal, Mark Purslow and Davy Morgan have also died

PA Media
Fri 10 Jun 2022 17.27 EDT

The father and son team Roger and Bradley Stockton have been killed while racing at the Isle of Man TT, organisers have confirmed.

Roger, the 56-year-old driver, and the 21-year-old passenger, Bradley, who were from Crewe, died following an incident at Ago’s Leap on the final lap of the second sidecar race, taking the number of rider deaths at this year’s event to five.

It was Roger’s 20th race in his 11th TT appearance, while Bradley was in his second race in his maiden TT. They had finished eighth in the first sidecar race.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I'd love to see Isle of Man TT just once, but

I watched a video last year or two years back taken from the driver's point of view. That is one hairy course.

[mitch96]

2. Yup, the TT is on my bucket list also.. To give you an idea of how dangerous it is

many highly trained Moto GP riders say they would not do the TT...
89 wins in Moto GP, Valentino Rossi's comments about the TT:

He said: 'I did a lap of the Isle of Man, and I understand why people love this because it’s f**king awesome – it’s unbelievable, great.
But, unfortunately, it’s too dangerous. Sometimes, riders are crazy.'
'The Isle of Man is very difficult. If you make a mistake, maybe it’s the last mistake.'
https://www.visordown.com/news/general/rossi-iom-tt-too-dangerous

https://www.iomtt.com/tt-info