MOTORBIKE RACER MARTIN FINNEGAN KILLED BY FAILING BRAKE
Motorbike racer Martin Finnegan crashed to his death after the front stop of the bike he was racing failed, a court has heard.
A lax shaft and a racing technical error well well well known as ‘knock-back’ have been given as possible causes for the failure.
The Dublin-born motorcyclist was killed instantly when his bike flipped onto a bank at the Tandragee 100 race in May 2008.
An inquisition into his death yesterday, attended by his relatives and mother Brenda, listened how his front stop unsuccessful as he approached a pointy bend, well well well known as Marlacoo Corner, promulgation him careering in to the bank during the second path of the Supersport 600 race.
Eye-witnesses described how they saw him fighting with the bike, which was jolt violently, as he approached the hook at a speed of around 140mph.
In DVD footage he can be seen pumping his front stop as he steers the bike left in an try to take the dilemma at a wider berth, prior to his at the back of circle hits a strike in the road flipping him and the bike in to a bank.
Finnegan (29) had been racing for over 10 years and had progressing won the open race at the Tandragee eventuality on a code brand brand brand new Yamaha R6 600cc bike.
The bike had been purchased in Jan and it was usually the second time he had taken it out for a competitive race.
Yesterday the Belfast court listened how a brawl has arisen over what caused the stop on the bike to fail. A banjo shaft was found to be lax when the bike was carefully suspicion about after the deadly crash.
But mechanics denied they had unsuccessful to scrupulously safeguard the bike was protected prior to permitting Finnegan to ride.
They put the stop mess down to a racing complaint well well well known as ‘knock back’, where the stop pads hang and do not work scrupulously when the stop is applied.
Martin Gallagher, arch automechanic with the Millsport Racing Team which Finnegan raced for, told the justice that each shaft was checked prior to the race.
Talking privately about the banjo bolt, he said: “When the competition began I would contend the banjo shaft was where it should be.”
Later he said: “I know it was amply tightened. I checked it with a tool check (before the race).”
The bike was also checked by the competition scrutineers.
Terry Patterson, the scrutineer who checked Mr Finnegan’s bike, concluded all the bolts were parsimonious and pronounced the “only judicious explanation” was ‘knock back’.
But competition horse Ryan Farquhar, who was at the back of Finnegan when he crashed, voiced disbelief over the ‘knock back’ theory, observant he had “never experienced” the materialisation in over 500 races.
The Dungannon road racing hold up described how he saw Finnegan get in to worry prior to crashing. “I saw fume entrance from Martin’s bike,” he recalled. “I suspicion it had blown up. I saw him quarrel with it given it was jolt badly.”
The inquisition continues.
Martin Finnegan (29) was a Dublin-born motorcycle competition horse who died at the Tandragee 100 competition on May 3, 2008. Nicknamed ‘Flying Finn’, he was a former Manx Grand Prix leader who had been racing given 1997. A leader of 43 Irish highway races, he became a record breaker in 2005 as the fastest Irishman to path the Isle of Man TT march at over 127 mph. He was competing in the Supersport 600 competition when he crashed in to a bank on the Drumnamether Road, Tandragee. Three spectators were harm in the incident. A married father-of-one, his wake was attended by 10,000 mourners.
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Motorbike racer Martin Finnegan crashed to his death after the front stop of the bike he was racing failed, a court has heard.
A lax shaft and a racing technical error well well well known as ‘knock-back’ have been given as possible causes for the failure.
The Dublin-born motorcyclist was killed instantly when his bike flipped onto a bank at the Tandragee 100 race in May 2008.
An inquisition into his death yesterday, attended by his relatives and mother Brenda, listened how his front stop unsuccessful as he approached a pointy bend, well well well known as Marlacoo Corner, promulgation him careering in to the bank during the second path of the Supersport 600 race.
Eye-witnesses described how they saw him fighting with the bike, which was jolt violently, as he approached the hook at a speed of around 140mph.
In DVD footage he can be seen pumping his front stop as he steers the bike left in an try to take the dilemma at a wider berth, prior to his at the back of circle hits a strike in the road flipping him and the bike in to a bank.
Finnegan (29) had been racing for over 10 years and had progressing won the open race at the Tandragee eventuality on a code brand brand brand new Yamaha R6 600cc bike.
The bike had been purchased in Jan and it was usually the second time he had taken it out for a competitive race.
Yesterday the Belfast court listened how a brawl has arisen over what caused the stop on the bike to fail. A banjo shaft was found to be lax when the bike was carefully suspicion about after the deadly crash.
But mechanics denied they had unsuccessful to scrupulously safeguard the bike was protected prior to permitting Finnegan to ride.
They put the stop mess down to a racing complaint well well well known as ‘knock back’, where the stop pads hang and do not work scrupulously when the stop is applied.
Martin Gallagher, arch automechanic with the Millsport Racing Team which Finnegan raced for, told the justice that each shaft was checked prior to the race.
Talking privately about the banjo bolt, he said: “When the competition began I would contend the banjo shaft was where it should be.”
Later he said: “I know it was amply tightened. I checked it with a tool check (before the race).”
The bike was also checked by the competition scrutineers.
Terry Patterson, the scrutineer who checked Mr Finnegan’s bike, concluded all the bolts were parsimonious and pronounced the “only judicious explanation” was ‘knock back’.
But competition horse Ryan Farquhar, who was at the back of Finnegan when he crashed, voiced disbelief over the ‘knock back’ theory, observant he had “never experienced” the materialisation in over 500 races.
The Dungannon road racing hold up described how he saw Finnegan get in to worry prior to crashing. “I saw fume entrance from Martin’s bike,” he recalled. “I suspicion it had blown up. I saw him quarrel with it given it was jolt badly.”
The inquisition continues.
Martin Finnegan (29) was a Dublin-born motorcycle competition horse who died at the Tandragee 100 competition on May 3, 2008. Nicknamed ‘Flying Finn’, he was a former Manx Grand Prix leader who had been racing given 1997. A leader of 43 Irish highway races, he became a record breaker in 2005 as the fastest Irishman to path the Isle of Man TT march at over 127 mph. He was competing in the Supersport 600 competition when he crashed in to a bank on the Drumnamether Road, Tandragee. Three spectators were harm in the incident. A married father-of-one, his wake was attended by 10,000 mourners.
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