Ballaspur ( gv, farm of the spur, Rock Farm) is situated between the 7th and 8th Milestone road-side markers on the
Snaefell 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 sep ...
used for the
Isle of Man TT races on the
A3 Castletown to
Ramsey road in the parish of
German
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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.
Milky to quit racing after a horror crash?
''IoM Today'', 2 June 2003. Retrieved 18 July 2015
Ballaspur was part of the Highland Course
Highroads Course was a road-racing circuit used for the Gordon Bennett British Eliminating Trial held in the Isle of Man for the 1904 and 1905 Tourist Trophy Race involving touring automobiles and cars. The events were held on public roads clos ...
and Four Inch Course
The Four Inch Course was a road-racing circuit first used for the 1908 Tourist Trophy Race for cars, held on public roads closed for racing by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of Man). The name of the course derives from the regu ...
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
The St John's Short Course was a road-racing street circuit used for the Isle of Man TT held between 1907 and 1910.
The races were run in a time-trial format on public roads closed for racing by an Act of Tynwald (the parliament of the Isle of ...
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 Manx Grand Prix motorcycle races are held on the Isle of Man TT Course (or 'Snaefell Mountain Course, Mountain Circuit') every year for a two-week period, usually spanning the end of August and early September. New for 2022 is a period re ...
.
The surrounding areas are mainly farmland with nearby summits of Beary Mountain at , Greeba Mountain at and Slieau Whallian at .
Sources
External links
Competitor Guide Sections Greeba Castle to Glen Moar Mills
with Steve Hislop, 11 times TT winner
TT Spectator Guide Section Ballagarey to Ballaspur
Map of course
Ballaspur
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