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Norman Brown (motorcyclist)
Norman Brown Jr. (16 March 1959 – 31 July 1983) was an Irish professional motorcycle road racer from Northern Ireland. Biography Brown was born in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland, where his father, Norman Brown Sr., ran a public house, "The Star Bar" or "Brown's Bar", overlooking the Clanrye River and Newry Town Hall. An alumnus of Newry High School, Brown Jr. started racing at the Isle of Man TT in 1982, and won the Senior TT at his first attempt. In 1983, he raised the TT lap record to 116.19 mph in the Senior Classic event for machines up to 1000cc. Brown also won the 350cc class at the 1983 North West 200 race in Northern Ireland. Death Brown was killed during the 1983 British Grand Prix at Silverstone Silverstone is a village and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. The village is about south-southwest of Towcester and northeast of Brackley, both accessed via the A43 road, A43 main ... on 31 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Senior TT
The Senior Tourist Trophy is a motorcycle road race that takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event traditionally held over the last week in May and the first week in June. The Senior TT is the wiktionary:blue ribbon, blue ribbon event of the festival that takes place on the Saturday of race week, with "The Marquis de Mouzilly St. Mars trophy" awarded to the winner. The event was part of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing, Motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship from 1949 to 1976, before being transferred to the United Kingdom after safety concerns, becoming the British motorcycle Grand Prix, British Grand Prix under the FIM from the 1977 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1977 GP season. Until 2012, the Senior TT had never been cancelled except during the two World Wars and during travel restrictions associated with the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, animal foot and mouth outbreak in 2001. Howe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
