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Karl Gall (motorcycle Racer)
Karl Gall (27 October 1903, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – 13 June 1939, in Ramsey) was an Austrian motorcycle racer with the works BMW motor-cycle team and a former German national motor-cycle champion. Biography Along with his two brothers Franz and Adolf, as youngest of three racing brothers, Karl Gall began his motor-cycle racing career in 1924 in Austria. In a serious accident at the 1930 German Grand Prix, Karl Gall suffered a serious fracture to the hand which prevented him from racing. First as a contracted works BMW rider from 1927, then contracted to Standard Fahrzeugfabrik GmbH motor-cycles company of Ludwigsburg from 1929 to 1933 and from 1936 onwards Karl Gall returned to BMW to develop the 500c BMW Type 255 Kompressor racing motor-cycle. In 1937, Karl Gall won the 500cc class at the Dutch TT at the Circuit van Drenthe, Assen and the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring in which the works Norton rider Jimmie Guthrie died in a racing accident. Riding the BMW Type 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna
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Bray Hill
Bray Hill ( Lowland Scots: ''Brae'' a slope) was formerly a country lane known as the ''Great Hill'' during the time of the ownership of the Duke of Atholl, and was previously known as ''Siberia'', originally a triangle-shaped parcel of land in the Murray Estate. Bray Hill is a steep downhill section of the TT course situated between the TT Grandstand and the 1st Milestone road-side marker on the Snaefell Mountain Course on the primary the A2 Douglas to Ramsey road in the town of Douglas in the Isle of Man. The Bray Hill section runs from St Ninian's Crossroads, where the A2 Glencrutchery Road (from the TT startline) meets the side streets of Ballanard Road and Ballaquayle Road on the A22, continuing to the base of the hill where it becomes the A2 Quarterbridge Road at a crossroad-junction with side streets named Tromode Road, Stoney Road, and Thorny Road. Bray Hill was part of the Highland Course and Four Inch Course used for the Gordon Bennett Trial and Tourist Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Racers Who Died While Racing
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Isle Of Man TT Riders
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Austrian Motorcycle Racers
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1939 Deaths
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1903 Births
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Isle Of Man TT Mountain Course
The Isle of Man TT Mountain Course or ''TT Course'' is a street and public rural road circuit located in the Isle of Man, used for motorcycle racing. The motorcycle ''TT Course'' is used principally for the Isle of Man TT Races and also the separate event of the Isle of Man Festival of Motorcycling for the Manx Grand Prix and Classic TT Races held in September of each year. The start-line for the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course is located on Glencrutchery Road in the town of Douglas, Isle of Man.Daily Express page 38 Friday 7 September 1979 The clockwise course has a lap of , from the start line at the TT Grandstand on Glencrutchery Road ( A2 Ramsey to Douglas) in the island's main town of Douglas. After negotiating urban streets, the racing circuit turns right to leave Douglas at Quarter Bridge, then proceeds along the A1 Douglas to Peel road through the villages of Braddan, Union Mills, Glen Vine, Crosby, and Greeba. The course then turns right at Ballacraine on to the A3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pneumonia
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Ramsey Cottage Hospital
Ramsey Cottage Hospital is a small hospital in Ramsey, Isle of Man Ramsey ( gv, Rhumsaa) is a coastal town in the north of the Isle of Man. It is the second largest town on the island after Douglas. Its population is 7,845 according to the 2016 Census. It has one of the biggest harbours on the island, and has .... Before the establishment of the Manx Health Service in 1948 it was a voluntary hospital. Medical care was provided, apart from specialist services, by the local general practitioners and paid for by a beddage fund. At that time it had a modern and well-equipped operating theatre and in the year to October 1947, 203 operations were performed. There was a Maternity Home in Ramsey, in Brookhill Road, which closed in 1947. References {{coord missing, Isle of Man Hospitals on the Isle of Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballaugh Bridge
__NOTOC__ Ballaugh Bridge is located on the primary A3 Castletown to Ramsey road and adjacent to the road junctions with the A10 Ballaugh to Ramsey coast road and the tertiary C37 Ballaugh Glen Road in the parish of Ballaugh in the Isle of Man. Description Ballaugh Bridge is a hump-backed road bridge over the Ravensdale River, located in the village of Ballaugh. Motor-sport heritage Ballaugh Bridge was part of the 52.15 mile Highland Course (amended to 40.38 miles in 1906) and the 37.50 Mile Four Inch Course used for automobile racing including the 1904 Gordon Bennett Trial and the RAC Tourist Trophy car races held between 1905 and 1922. It was also the western edge of the ''Sandygate Loop'' for the 1904 Gordon Bennett British Eliminating Trial and the 1905 Tourist Trophy Race for automobiles. The 1906 Tourist Trophy Race used the Short Highroads Course, with the abandonment of the ''Sandygate Loop'' in favour of the A3 Castletown to Ramsey Road from Ballacraine corner t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Frith
Frederick Lee Frith OBE (30 May 1909 – 24 May 1988 Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion. A former stonemason and later a motor cycle retailer in Grimsby, he was a stylish rider and five times winner of the Isle of Man TT. Frith was one of the few to win TT races before and after the Second World War. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1950 Birthday Honours. Motorcycle racing career Frith entered his first major race, the first Manx Grand Prix in 1930 riding an over-the counter, 350 cc Velocette KTT in the Junior event, finishing third at a speed of 60.34 mph. He retired from the 500 cc race with a blown engine, again riding his 350, when holding third place.''Motorcycle Sport'', UK monthly magazine, April 1969, p.155 Accessed 16 June 2015 He won the 1935 Junior Manx Grand Prix and then joined the Norton team for the 1936 TT Races. It was a winning combinati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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