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The A2 Bray Hill and A2 Quarterbridge Road were subjected to major road repairs and re-profiling during the winter of 1978/79 by the Isle of Man Highway Board. This followed two fatal accidents at the start of the 1978
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TT 'A' race involving sidecar crew of Mac Hobson/Kenny Birch on Bray Hill and Swiss sidecar competitor Ernst Trachsel on nearby
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Bray Hill at dusk. The racing line is tight into the kerb, hence the scraping of the road surface created by the motorcycles'
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to the Nobles Park area of the A2 Glencrutchery Road. Bray Hill is part of the Snaefell Mountain Course used since
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and his machine impacted with spectators near to the bottom of the hill, close to the junction, injuring eleven.
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car races, the whole length of Bray Hill from its junction with Stoney Road was part of the Mannin Moar Course.
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pp 22 Robert Kelly, Mercury Asset Management (1996) (1st Edition) The Manx Experience, The Alden Press
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Cars turn the corner from Stoney Road into Bray Hill during the Mannin Moar Car Race.
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Bray Hill is a steep downhill section of the TT course situated between the
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Bruce Anstey crests Bray Hill on the sixth lap of the 2015 Superbike TT
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by Stuart Barker pp62 (2007) (1st Edition) The Random House Group Ltd
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by Stuart Slack page 141 (1996) (1st Edition) The Manx Experience
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by Stuart Slack page 26 (1996) (1st Edition) The Manx Experience
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at the bottom of Bray Hill in the 1992 Senior TT race, on his
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A Car Descends Bray Hill during the Gordon Bennett Trial.
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The Isle Of Man (IOMTT): Corner Guide (slow) and Scenery
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In 2013, a rider lost control on the first lap of the
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List of named corners of the Snaefell Mountain Course
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TT Century - One Hundred Years of the Tourist Trophy
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A2
Quarterbridge Road

Joey Dunlop
Honda RC30
Lowland Scots
Isle of Man
Duke of Atholl
Murray Estate
TT Grandstand
Snaefell Mountain Course
A2
Douglas
Ramsey
Douglas
Isle of Man
St Ninian's Crossroads
Highland Course
Four Inch Course
Tourist Trophy
1934
1935
Isle of Man TT
1914 TT races
1920
1911
TT races
Manx Grand Prix

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