Darran Lindsay

Darran Lindsay (* 1971 in Dundrod ; † September 9, 2006 in Dublin ) was a British motorcycle racer who drove both street and circuit races.

life and career

Lindsay was born directly at the Dundrod circuit and began professional racing in 1990. Overall, he was able to experience the Irish championship title four times (in the classes 125 cm³, 250 cm³ and 600 cm³). He took part in the TT in 1999, 2000 and 2005 but was never really convincing here. Only in the junior racing series, the Manx Grand Prix, did he win victories in 1997 and 1998.

Lindsay, who had three children with his wife Kerry, was seen as a real talent on two-stroke engines - which at that time were increasingly being ousted from racing, also for reasons of environmental protection.

After a series of fatal accidents around the Ulster GP in 2000, Lindsay announced his retirement from racing because he had already lost too many friends in accidents. He and others started a discussion about road racing safety. However, he did not implement this. During training for the Killilane road race in Dublin, he crashed into the rear of a driver braking in front of him at over 190 km / h and died.

year	class	machine	run
2002	125 cc	Suzuki	Ulster GP
2002	250 cc	Honda	Ulster GP
2002	Production 600	Honda	Ulster GP
2003	Production 600	Honda	Ulster GP
2003	125 cc / 400 cc	Honda	North west 200
2006	250 cc	Honda	Ulster GP

swell

• "The ultimate price of passion", The Irish Times, September 30, 2009, accessed March 9, 2016
• Motorsport memorial, accessed on March 9, 2016
• "Lindsay killed in Killalane crash", BBC Motorsport, September 9, 2016, accessed March 9, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ^ Funerals of tragic racers. BBC News, August 16, 2000. Retrieved March 9, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Bike Ace Darran killed after 120 MPH pile up. The Mirror, September 11, 2006. Accessed March 9, 2016 (English).