Ballagarey Corner, Isle of Man

Rider at speed passing Ballagarey House in 2013 with the actual Ballagarey Corner, a right-kink in the direction taken by competitors, in the background

Ballagarey Corner (from Manx: Bailey ny liargee - farm of the slope)[1] is situated between the 3rd and 4th Milestone roadside markers on the Snaefell Mountain Course used for the Isle of Man TT races on the primary A1 Douglas to Peel road, in the parish of Marown in the Isle of Man.

It was the setting for a spectacular crash in 2010 when Guy Martin's race bike crashed at high speed, with a full tank of fuel after a pit stop just minutes earlier, exploding into a fireball a day after a fatal racing accident involving New Zealand rider Paul Dobbs at the same location.[2][3] Keith Amor, closely following Martin, had to ride through the immediate aftermath, having been alerted by seeing smoke and trackside marshals running. Martin escaped serious injury, but after being helicopter-airlifted, recovered in hospital from bruising to both lungs and minor fractures to his upper spine.[4][2]

As part of a residential ribbon development, Ballagarey is situated on the eastern edge of Glen Vine and Crosby villages on the primary A1 road in the Douglas-to-Peel central valley. The nearby area is mainly farmland including the Baldwin Valley and with nearby summits of Greeba Mountain 1,385 feet (422 m), Slieau Ruy 1,572 feet (479 m), Colden 1,598 feet (487 m) and Slieu Ree (near to Keppel Gate) at 1,037 feet (316 m).

Ballagarey Corner was part of the Four Inch Course used for the Tourist Trophy car races held between 1905 and 1922, and part of the course used for 1905 International Motor Cycle Cup Races. It is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since 1911 for the TT races and from 1923 for the Manx Grand Prix.

Sources

  1. ↑ Place Names of the Isle of Man by John Kneen MA page 155 (1970) Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh The Scolar Press
  2. 1 2 Isle of Man TT: Guy Martin on danger, death and Everest BBC Sport, 25 May 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2015
  3. ↑ Two bikers killed in same Isle of Man TT race BBC News, Isle of Man, 11 June 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2015
  4. ↑ Keith Amor speaks of relief after Guy Martin survives fiery crash Crash.net 14 June 2010. Retrieved 21 November 2015

Coordinates: 54°10′26″N 4°32′57″W / 54.17389°N 4.54917°W / 54.17389; -4.54917

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