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Road racer James Walsh has died following an accident at the Tandragee 100. Road racing, contested on public roads, always carries serious risk in exchange for its speed, and the news has cast a deep shadow of grief over the motorsport community.
I've been in the paddock myself, so I can't speak lightly about how frightening road racing is. In an environment with no escape route, you stake everything on that speed. Walsh must have stood on that starting line with the same resolve. As someone who's lived in that same world of racing, all I can do is quietly wish him peace. Rest well.
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The cost of speed being a life really hits hard again. Rest in peace.
Road racing is that dangerous, huh... I had no idea.
Walls, telephone poles, all left as they are, no escape route. Totally different animal from a circuit.
Irish road racing gets news like this every year. It's a world built on accepting the risk, but it's still hard.
Even knowing the risks, you never get used to this. Thinking about the family, I'm at a loss for words.
Another one at a road race... My condolences. Tandragee is an especially fast course too.
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