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Message: <blockquote data-quote="okow" data-source="post: 8795" data-attributes="member: 14"><p>The deadliest motor race is none other that The Isle Of Man TT. This year marks its 100 year anniversary and true to its infamous tag, claimed 3 more lives. In its 100 years of existence it has claimed a total of 233 lives!Read further:Three dead in Isle of Man TTJune 09, 2007 12:00 A RIDER and two spectators died in the final event of the Isle of Man TT in a crash that cast a pall over the 100th anniversary celebrations of motorcycling's oldest and deadliest road races.The official TT Web site named the rider as 34-year-old Briton Marc Ramsbotham, a married man and newcomer to the event. One spectator died at the scene of the accident, the 26th milestone on the mountain course, and another later in hospital. Two more were injured. The Norfolk rider was competing in the six-lap Senior TT (Tourist Trophy), a blue riband event watched by tens of thousands of visitors to the island as well as former champions including John Surtees and Giacomo Agostini. An investigation was under way into the causes of the accident. The deaths, on a circuit that before Friday had claimed 223 lives since the inaugural Tourist Trophy race of 1907, overshadowed what had otherwise been a memorable close to the festival of road racing. Briton John McGuinness won the senior TT to become the first rider to lap the island circuit at an average speed of more than 130mph. McGuinness's 13th TT win, after his triumph in the weather-delayed opening Superbike TT on Monday, made him the third most successful rider in the event's 100 year history. His fastest lap was timed at 130.354 mph, stripping 51 seconds off the previous record. The TT course pits riders against the clock over 37.73 miles on public roads and with the start and finish in Douglas. Top speeds exceed 200 mph (320kph). This year's sole major incident before Friday was a crash in Tuesday's Superstock TT that left New Zealand's former winner Shaun Harris in a critical condition in hospital. Despite the dangers, and calls in some quarters for the TT to be banned, the races remain oversubscribed with riders accepting the risks. "When I shut my visor and get on the bike, that's the best feeling in the world. You're on your own, you're free and racing against the clock. It's just you and the circuit,'' McGuinness said last week. "If you win one, there's no better feeling in the world.''</p></blockquote><p></p>

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