Tonights practice was abandoned after 2 crashes. Unfortunately the TT claimed another life - Dan Kneen, a 30 year old from the Isle of Man.
Dan crashed on the Churchtown section during the Superbike practice session this evening 30/05/2018.
TT Race organisers ACU Events Ltd also confirm a 2nd rider was involved in an incident with a course car that was attending the first crash.
As yet there is not a lot of news about either crashes.
iom TT statement about Dan kneen..
https://www.iomtt.com/news/2018/05/30/statement-issued-by-acu-events-ltd
iom TT statement about 2nd incident..
https://www.iomtt.com/news/2018/05/30/statement-on-behalf-of-acu-events-ltd
Other News
Dean Harrison unofficially broke the Superbike lap record when he smashed the 17min barrier on Tuesday with a 133.462mph lap (average speed)
(photo iom TT official site - Link to original below)
He also did the fastest standing start lap of 133.140mph.
he is only the second rider to lap in under 17mins.
Michael Dunlop ended the session in second place, with a 132.319mph standing start lap.
Tuesdays results from iom TT official site..
https://www.iomtt.com/news/2018/05/29/harrison-smashes-17-minute-barrier-in-qualifying
Unfortunately brother William Dunlop has decided to withdraw from the competition after only 2 days of practice.
William Dunlop :
“This is a very difficult decision and not one I have taken lightly, I can only apologise to the team and all of our sponsors but I believe that continuing would be the wrong decision and would not give a true account of either myself or the team. I would like to thank Tim especially for how understanding and supportive he has been over the past few weeks, I obviously feel like I have let him and the team down but they have stood by me throughout. I am going to head home and take some time to recuperate before making a decision on when I will be back on the Temple Yamahas.”
https://www.iomtt.com/news/2018/05/29/william-dunlop-withdraws-from-2018-tt
For UK tv viewers ITV4 are running programs at 9pm all through the TT event.
Official TT site
https://www.iomtt.com/tt-info
Official TT youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9LDgfKaxq5-J2cwvDhF-aw