Martin Finnegan

This article is about The Irish Mortorcyle racer Martin Finnegan. For the Bioshock character, see Martin Finnegan (Bioshock).

Martin Finnegan
Nationality	Irish
Born	8 October 1979(1979-10-08) Lusk, County Dublin
Died	3 May 2008(2008-05-03) (aged 28) Tandragee
Motorcycle racing career statistics Isle of Man TT career TTs contested 6 (2002 - 2007) TT wins – First TT win – Last TT win – Podiums 1

Martin Finnegan (8 October 1979 - 3 May 2008)^[1] was an Irish motorcycle racer.

Career

Born in Lusk, County Dublin, Finnegan took up riding from a young age. At first he went grass track racing where he tasted success. In his later teens his boss at the time, Tony Carton, offered Martin the lend of a bike to try his hand at circuit racing. They went out that day and Martin did almost 100 laps and caught the bug.

A winner of 43 Irish road races since 1997, in addition to winning the 2000 Junior Newcomers Manx Grand Prix, Finnegan scored a podium at the 2005 TT where he became the fastest Irishman to lap the course at over 127 mph. Finnegan was killed in a crash in the Supersport 600 race of the 2008 Tandragee 100 when his front brake failed. Three spectators were also injured in the accident, all of which escaped without lasting injuries.

On May 7, 2008 his funeral was attended by 10,000 people. He is survived by his wife Brenda, and their daughter Rachel.

Sources

1. ^ Isle of Man Examiner pp2 dated 6th May 2008

References

• "Rider is killed in motorbike race". news.bbc.co.uk. 2008-05-03. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7382036.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 

Related Pages

• Richard Britton

External links

• Isle of Man TT Official Site
• Motorcycle News

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Name	Finnegan, Martin
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Short description
Date of birth	October 8, 1979
Place of birth	Lusk, County Dublin
Date of death	May 3, 2008
Place of death	Tandragee