Product Description

Robert Dunlop's death in May 2008 shocked the entire road-racing community. The manner of his death, echoing that of his elder brother, Joey, in 2000, seemed a particularly poignant coincidence. Robert Dunlop was a road-racing legend. His first major victory was in the Cookstown 100 250cc race in 1985. Two years later he won the man-of-the-meeting award, taking the 125cc, 350cc and 1000cc races. More victories followed in the succeeding years. But in 1994 Robert had a major accident at the Formula 1 TT in the Isle of Man. Receiving terrible injuries, he was lucky to escape with his life. Most people believed that his career was over, and his long convalescence meant that he did not appear on a race track again until early 1996. He raced on until the end of the 2004 season, fighting the pain and disability left by his injuries.In 2005 he was elected to the Irish Motorcycle Hall of Fame, and then he made a dramatic return to motorcycle racing the following year when he notched a record-breaking fifteenth win at the North West 200 meeting. This book is a celebration of Robert's life and career in more than two hundred photographs, taken at all the major circuits at which he competed: the Isle of Man TT, the Ulster Grand Prix, the North West 200, the Cookstown 100, the Skerries 100 and others. The photographs are augmented by a biographical essay from Jimmy Walker, the distinguished Belfast journalist.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134130 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

About the Author
Photography Pacemaker Press International is one of Northern Ireland's leading photography agencies and has covered Robert Dunlop's entire racing career. Author Jimmy Walker is the doyen of motorcycle journalism in Northern Ireland. He has been correspondent for the Belfast Telegraph since 1963 and holds a record in that he has covered every Ulster Grand Prix from 1961. He was a close friend of Robert Dunlop and his wife, Louise, and has already written the life story of Joey Dunlop, Robert's brother, which was a bestseller. He lives in County Down with his wife, Iris.

Customer Reviews

robert dunlop
A good book but not the best biography of a motor cycle racer I have read. Excellent photographs and contains little known information on Robert's family life.
Certainly a book to have in your library if you are at all interested in motorbike racing.

A good read
This book is packed with a lot of facts about another greatly missed road racing legend, Robert Dunlop. We were shocked when he was killed in 2008 during a pracice for the NW200 Road Race. The booked is a real insight to a man filled with grit and determination that can only be described as astounding when you find out what he came through and got done so he could continue in the sport that killed him,on the Road Racing Circuit that he loved best. It was ironically also his 'home' circuit. A good book but have certainly read better.

Brilliant
I ordered this book for my husband's birthday and he wasn't aware that the book was available. He was very surprised when he opened his present to find this inside. He has already read it and has really enjoyed this book. An excellent read.