Milky quayle biography
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This is an updated version of a story first published on Oct. 22,2023. The original video can be viewed here.
On a tiny island across the Atlantic, one of the world's most unusual and dangerous sporting events is about to get underway.
The 30 mile-long Isle of Man sits in the middle of the Irish Sea, with England to the east and Ireland to the west. It once was the seat of a Viking kingdom; today Britain's King Charles is head of state or lord of Man.
People born there are known as "Manx," and the isle has its own unique language, and a tailless cat, also called manx. A few hundred years ago it was known as a haven for smugglers. The buccaneers are gone…bankers have now turned the isle into a tax haven. But as we first reported last fall, what drew us to the Isle of Man was not the beauty or the banking, but a hair-raising annual event that at first glance seems totally out of place on this little jewel of an island.
With emerald fields and rugged coastlines dotted with ruins of medieval castles, the pace of life on the Isle of Man is slow, even sleepy… for 50 weeks of the year.
But for two weeks starting at the end of May, it becomes one of the loudest… fastest… most dangerous places in sport.
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Extra TT races could greater lethargy, ex-racer says
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Ballaspur
Ballaspur (Manx: farm of the spur, Rock Farm)[1] is situated between the 7th and 8th Milestone road-side markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the A3Castletown to Ramsey road in the parish of German in the Isle of Man.
Ballaspur has become known for the spectacular crash of Manxman Richard 'Milky' Quayle in 2003 who caught the roadside to the left, impacting heavily to the right after losing control at high speed.[2][3]
Ballaspur was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy car races held between 1904 and 1922. It was part of the St. John's Short Course used between 1907 and 1910 and part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the TT races and 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix.
The surrounding areas are mainly farmland with nearby summits of Beary Mountain at 1,020 feet (311 m), Greeba Mountain at 1,385 feet (422 m) and Slieau Whallian at 1,093 feet (333 m).
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