- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Willow; New Ed edition (4 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007115474
- ISBN-13: 978-0007115471
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 611,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘A moving tribute to a legend who lived for speed.’ Sunday Express
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Biography of the late Irish motorcycle racing legend, Joey Dunlop, who won a record 26 Isle of Man TT races over the famous road circuit, as well as a host of other titles, during a 30-year career.
Joey Dunlop, ‘Yer Man’, as he was affectionately known, was a racing legend, adored by the Irish people. Born and raised in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim, Dunlop started racing in 1969 on a 199cc Tiger Cub for which he paid £50. It was the beginning of a passion that would rule and ultimately take his life.
He was never more at home than competing in the famous Isle of Man Tourist Trophy (TT) races. His mastery of this treacherous course was total, and his passion for success mirrored that of his fans. In 1998 he arrived having crashed in the 100-mile Tandragree road race, breaking his pelvis and collarbone. Still, there was a race to be won and Dunlop duly took the lightweight TT by a margin of 47 seconds. His first two TT victories came on Yamahas, but Honda would be the ally from 1983, the plain yellow helmet a beacon to the supporters who idolised the Irishman. In all he took the chequered flag in 26 TT races, until his tragic death on 2 July 2000 while racing in Estonia.
There were honours off the bike too. In 1986 he was awarded an MBE for services to motorcycling. That was followed 10 years later by an OBE in recognition of his efforts transporting food and medical supplies to Romanian orphanages.
The Author has blended archive material and freshly conducted interviews with Joey’s friends, family and racing peers like Steve Hislop, Carl Fogarty and Roger Marshall to produce this book. The result is a balanced, revealing and passionate account of a genuine sporting hero.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I was bought this book for Christmas and quite frankly it's the most boring thing I have read for years. It comprises a list of 'who was ahead on what lap' in what seems to have been every race Joey Dunlop ever entered. It tells the reader almost nothing about Joey as an individual and reads like the results archive from Motor Cycle News.
This book is best left on the shelf.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book only tells story's about the races Joey raced. It does say something about the early years in his life but there is absolutely nothing about his family life, his kids, his travels to other countrys, the Macau races and so on. It's just a lot of "Joey won the race, X was third and Y came in second". I'm sorry but this isn't any good about Joey's career and life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Ignore reviews that say this is a bad book; it isnt. This book covers a career which spans many, many more years than most sportsmen enjoy at the top and takes you on a journey. Its packed with information on the races, but also with stories of the craic that can happen on a race weekend, and indeed stories of tragedy. Joey was known for being a shy man but yet this book gives an insight into a motorcyclist who did his talking on the track, and did a lot for others off it.
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