Well yesterday I met a lad who is an ex racer and still tyre tests which was very cool, today I did a collection from Jonathan Howarth....if you remember he was the guy who came off on bray hill at 160-170 in 2013 I think, what a smashing fella he is by the way. He was also on Kawasaki’s books. I had to google it but flipping eck that was quick how lucky is he, anyway he is a full time fireman but also he and his dad has a bike and car mot garage near Barnsley. Got me wondering about coincidences, anyone got any?
Was in the same hospital as Michael Howarth bsb rider in 2007. After both crashing at Brands. A different events tho.
That’s the one pete.. he was laughing at the fact he only ever wanted to be a successful racer but is only remembered for the crash
His dad still races classics @final_edition dont know his dad’s name maybe he was the one you mentioned
I went to the bottom of Bray hill for my first ever glimpse of the TT in 93. Incredibly fast through there!
Johnno’s a good mate of mine as said by Carl he’s a genuinely nice bloke, his dads a long time racer and his mum is a super cake and bread baker. There’s an ACU video of the crash that is under a type of ‘lockdown’ showing the full incident including the carnage of the bike hitting the crowd.
Michael is a friend of mine, that doesn’t narrow it down much as he was in hospital a lot back in the day
