1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,040 This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting 2 00:00:05,040 --> 00:00:06,960 Motorcycle racing is a dangerous sport. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,880 But motorcycle road racing is one of the most dangerous of all. 4 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:12,680 COMMENTATOR: Oh, he's off! Oh, my goodness! 5 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:15,200 Champions, 6 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:18,000 veterans, newcomers. 7 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,360 All with just three months to prepare for one of the fastest 8 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,480 road races on the planet - 9 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:25,680 the North West 200. 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:28,720 The thing they love the most... 11 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:31,520 FEMALE VOICE: That feeling of being on a motorbike. 12 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,320 It's like nothing else. 13 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,880 ..is the thing that puts them most at risk. 14 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,320 Being that close to tragedy, 15 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:42,880 that's what we chase as an adrenaline junkie. 16 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:46,640 What happens when riders come face-to-face with their 17 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:48,200 own mortality? 18 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:51,480 You put your hand in the fire enough times, you are going to get burned. 19 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,080 Racers and their families weigh up the consequences every time 20 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,320 they choose to compete. 21 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,400 When you get on the bike, do you not think of, what if? 22 00:01:04,520 --> 00:01:07,120 Are these riders risking death? 23 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:10,920 Or are they truly living? 24 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,080 Oh, my God! 25 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:24,280 Do you really understand what living is 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:26,720 if you never put your life at any risk? 27 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,880 MINISTER: Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 28 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:40,360 I will fear no evil. 29 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:42,840 For you are with me. 30 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,000 Your rod and your staff, 31 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:47,360 they comfort me. 32 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,040 BELL TOLLS 33 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,920 Every year, the biking community comes together for a memorial 34 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:59,280 service in Clones, County Monaghan, 35 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:01,880 to remember those who lost their lives as a result 36 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:03,440 of a motorcycle accident. 37 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,560 An opportunity for their loved ones to show 38 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:11,200 support for each other in a time of grief. 39 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:13,920 So God bless us, 40 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:16,240 God be with us, 41 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,240 God please bring us into that place of faith 42 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:22,960 and hope where we leave this place knowing that one day, 43 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,400 we will be reunited with those 44 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:28,760 who we love and who we miss this day. 45 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,440 It is held weeks before the North West 200... 46 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:36,920 ..the largest road racing event in Ireland. 47 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,680 Every May, around 100 road racers from across the world 48 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:04,760 make the pilgrimage to Northern Ireland's North Coast 49 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:10,760 to take part in one of the sport's fastest and most dangerous events. 50 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,480 The North West 200, in terms of spectators, 51 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,520 can rise to over 100,000. 52 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:22,440 The largest single sporting event in Ireland. 53 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:26,000 For nearly a century, 54 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:30,280 the race has been held in a place with deep religious roots, 55 00:03:30,280 --> 00:03:32,160 and devoted to road racing. 56 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,280 Reverend John Kirkpatrick is the race chaplain for the 57 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,040 Motorcycle Union Of Ireland - 58 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:42,240 a role unique to Irish road racing. 59 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,280 There are riders who come for whom their Christian faith is very 60 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,800 important to them 61 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:53,000 and for them, just adds so much more to their sport. 62 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,160 You are there to give that support to everyone whether they have 63 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:04,160 faith or no faith, or whatever they are, it doesn't really matter. 64 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:05,800 We are concerned for people. 65 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,520 Reverend John's role as chaplain is supporting injured riders 66 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:13,920 and bereaved families. 67 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:16,800 NEWSREADERS: Road racing this week has claimed the life of one rider 68 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,000 and left two others critically injured. 69 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,160 This weekend's big event has been marred by accidents. 70 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,200 ..struck a telephone pole after coming off his bike 71 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,000 at up to 120 miles an hour. 72 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:33,800 Here we have an extreme sport where people will 73 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,360 place their lives at great risk. 74 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,160 Risk brings in the question of the sanctity of life. 75 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,360 I am conflicted over the moral issues 76 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,520 and questions involved in this sport. 77 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:52,600 There are riders who have had near fatal accidents who could not 78 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:54,880 wait to get back to the sport. 79 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,760 I would be very surprised if they hadn't some questions 80 00:04:57,760 --> 00:05:00,920 in their mind as to the reality of this is painful 81 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:02,760 and is this worth it? 82 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,560 If you're old enough to understand life and death, right, 83 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,880 and someone says to you, you can live to 45, 84 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:24,560 get to do what you want as your dream job and that's it, 85 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,160 you are out at 45, 86 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:29,080 or you can live to 75 or 80, 87 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,000 graft your whole life, 88 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:36,760 but never really do what you strive to achieve, what would you pick? 89 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:41,680 I've already picked it, haven't I? 90 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,480 Northern Irish road racer Lee Johnston has been racing 91 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:48,880 professionally for more than ten years. 92 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:51,680 I don't know if you believe in God or not 93 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:56,760 but I think people believe in things to get them through things. 94 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:03,560 He's a champion racer and five-time winner of the North West 200. 95 00:06:03,560 --> 00:06:06,600 See how big the actual trophy is? 96 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:17,760 He lives in Huddersfield with his wife Christie and son Jesse. 97 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:19,080 Hi, everybuggy! 98 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,160 Do you want to say hello to everyone? Yeah! 99 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,440 Did you miss them because we haven't been at bikeland? 100 00:06:23,440 --> 00:06:26,640 Hi, guys. Welcome back to another vlog. This... 101 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,320 MOBILE PHONE RINGS 102 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,800 Seen as an influencer in the road racing world, Lee shares 103 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,360 behind-the-scenes footage of life as one of its international stars. 104 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:40,480 With some of his videos being viewed hundreds of thousands of times. 105 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,560 We live together. Work together. 106 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:47,040 He's very stubborn once he gets summat in his head. 107 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:50,760 He's very driven. 108 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,760 But for me, it's all I've ever known him do 109 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,160 because I think it's like, it's just part of him, ain't it? 110 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:02,880 Did you say when you were 30 you were retiring from road racing? No, 35. 111 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,360 I think it was 30 and then I think you nudged... 112 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,840 No, it wasn't! We only met when I was 27! 113 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:10,960 Yeah I'm sure you said 30. No! 114 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:12,360 You're exaggerating! 115 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:17,640 At the North West 200 in 2023, 116 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,840 things didn't go to plan for Lee during his first practice lap. 117 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,040 Before the crash, everything was fine. 118 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:30,520 I go through all the same routine, warming up, preparing. 119 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:31,760 I was in the best shape. 120 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:37,400 I've no recollection of any of this. 121 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,920 I've got none of my own memories, just the same as watching 122 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,160 a movie. 123 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:51,440 I think what's done the damage with the bike, the bike hit me. 124 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:55,000 And then squashed me to the kerb. 125 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:00,720 CRUNCHING, GLASS SHATTERS 126 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:04,880 I broke my foot in multiple places. 127 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:06,640 Femur. 128 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:08,440 Ribs on both sides. 129 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:10,640 Then collapsed my lung. 130 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:12,680 MARSHALS CHECK STATUS 131 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,080 Broke my shoulder, my cheekbone. 132 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,600 My left knee down was the only, 133 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:23,680 sort of, limb that didn't have 134 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:27,360 some sort of injury. 135 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:28,720 Yeah. 136 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:34,040 With the 2024 North West 200 just three months away... 137 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:38,880 That must be me trying to send you the phone number. 138 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:42,880 ..the reality that Lee might be racing there again is starting to 139 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:44,520 set in for Christie. 140 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,840 The North West is one that I'm not going to be able to 141 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:51,680 walk into that paddock and just not have any emotions. 142 00:08:51,680 --> 00:08:53,440 If I went to the North West 143 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,840 and had a bit of a wobble, I just think I'd really struggle. 144 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:58,400 Before his crash, 145 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:01,640 every year between the North West 146 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:04,360 and the TT, we'd come home for, like, a week. 147 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,120 And my friends and family are like, if I'd seen them or anything, 148 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,880 they'd all be like, "Christie, you look terrible." 149 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:13,480 Like, "You've lost weight in a week, you look terrible." 150 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,680 And like, even that, on a normal when he hasn't crashed, 151 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:21,240 or hasn't experienced anything like that, I'd struggle. 152 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,600 I just basically said to him, you know, "I can't, 153 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,080 "I'm not a robot, I can't do everything, 154 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:31,400 "and I've just got to kind of like protect." 155 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:34,000 I need to be mentally strong as well, 156 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:38,480 because if I'm not, then it's just going to make life harder for him. 157 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:40,560 So, yeah. 158 00:09:40,560 --> 00:09:44,720 North West, no, just because there's trauma there. 159 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,360 After nine months of recovery Lee crashed again 160 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,560 and broke his right leg. 161 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:58,000 He's been invited onto a road racing podcast to update fans 162 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,080 on his progress. 163 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,680 No-one wants to talk about winning races any more. 164 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:07,280 They talk about getting injured, and then getting injured again. 165 00:10:10,040 --> 00:10:14,200 Right, are we ready? Yeah. We're live, we're loud, we're sexy. 166 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,880 On that note, welcome back to the podcast, Lee Johnson. 167 00:10:16,880 --> 00:10:20,600 If you are living under a rock, Lee is now hurt again. 168 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:22,280 He's got a cage on his leg. 169 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,160 Can you lift it up? Oh, I've actually got my snood on! 170 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,320 Since your North West crash, pretty heavy stuff. 171 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:29,400 Is that something you want to talk about? Yeah, yeah. 172 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:32,080 This is my job, this is what happens, I'm paid to push. 173 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,280 And we sign up for it, do you know what I mean? Yeah, 174 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,280 we know what's going off, don't we? Yeah. 175 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:39,520 So what is your attitude to this season? 176 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,080 I want to be back for the North West. That's the aim. 177 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:49,160 We've got less than three months to get ready for the North West. 178 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:52,200 I have to believe I'm going to be ready in time, like. 179 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,200 Maria Costello MBE has been racing motorbikes for 30 years 180 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,760 and is one of the most successful women ever to compete in the sport. 181 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:13,040 Taking on the boys is nothing new for Maria Costello. 182 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:16,480 She made her debut on the north coast in 2005, 183 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:19,600 having caught the road racing bug. 184 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,160 I look at pictures and go, oh, that's cool. 185 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,600 I go, oh, that is actually you, Maria, you idiot. 186 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:36,400 That's Maria the bike racer. 187 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:41,280 It's a funny thing. Am I her every day? I don't know. 188 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,160 It seems like a long time ago, a lot of this. 189 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,520 30 years this year. 190 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:48,960 It's bonkers, isn't it? 191 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,720 I didn't see myself as a defiant child. 192 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:58,920 Looking back, yeah, because it caused all sorts of aggro. Poor Mum. 193 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:04,720 But in 2023, Maria lost her mum to cancer. 194 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,440 She had been caring for her mum during the last few years 195 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:09,680 of her illness. 196 00:12:11,880 --> 00:12:16,040 Mum pushing to stop me did make me want it more. 197 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,760 The more she pushed, the more I pushed back. 198 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:20,120 The more I wanted it. 199 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,240 It's funny how that works, isn't it? 200 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,120 I thought she was trying to take something away from me. 201 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:28,520 She was trying to protect me. 202 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:31,440 You just don't see that at the time, when you're young. 203 00:12:34,560 --> 00:12:40,800 My mum was just terrified of anything that could hurt 204 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:42,560 her daughter, I suppose. 205 00:12:44,240 --> 00:12:46,080 Rightly so. 206 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,640 Maria has just three months until the North West. 207 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,760 But she is taking time out of her preparation to sort through 208 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:55,880 some of her mum's belongings. 209 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,640 This is quite a picture. 210 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,840 I don't know what it is about when you crash. 211 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,360 You're always happier if somebody's captured it! 212 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,320 I have broken over 24 bones. 213 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,280 The worst being my femur twice. 214 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,400 30 years in, after all these broken bones, 215 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:22,840 I feel really lucky that I've got something in my life that I love. 216 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,440 It obviously gives me something that I need. 217 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:32,360 Road racing makes you believe in luck. 218 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,520 But I don't... 219 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,280 ..I don't think about a God. 220 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:41,440 I understand that it probably would give people comfort. 221 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,960 Because it's community. 222 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,760 But I think my community is racing. 223 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,880 Construction worker Kevin Keyes has been racing motorbikes 224 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:56,360 since he was seven years old. 225 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,160 He works with his dad Rowan, 226 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:01,880 who also shares a passion for motorbikes. 227 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,080 COMMENTATOR: Very determined-looking Kevin Keyes, what a cracking start. 228 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,320 He's going to be absolutely delighted to come home 229 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,400 and lift the Leinster 100 trophy. 230 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,880 But racing on custom-made circuits is different 231 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:16,080 to racing on public roads. 232 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,920 COMMENTATOR: That rider is completely OK, he hasn't crashed. 233 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:27,840 I go to work on the daily, you know, drive a digger, finish concrete. 234 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,120 That's boring! You know? Real life is boring, isn't it? 235 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,600 Like, it's... What do you do? 236 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,560 You go to work, you go to sleep, you go to the gym. 237 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,040 I don't understand the people that don't have something to chase. 238 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,240 I don't understand what they're getting from life. 239 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,920 But they're obviously getting it from something else. 240 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:50,240 But they probably don't understand why I do what I do. 241 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,840 This year, Kevin will be trying road racing for the first time. 242 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,200 When I look at the road racers, I get a big buzz standing watching. 243 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,200 And I'm like, "Oh, that's class." You know? 244 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,240 Being that close to, it's a scary word to say, 245 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:13,720 but tragedy, that's what we chase as an adrenaline junkie. 246 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,600 How much more can we get? 247 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:20,720 Yeah, this is my St Christopher medal, 248 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:23,880 and my sister bought me this when the news broke out 249 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,720 that I was going to go road racing and, uh... 250 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,200 ..just to keep me safe. 251 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,120 Them little things mean a lot to me, you know? 252 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,120 Since she gave it to me I haven't taken it off, 253 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:36,920 and I won't be taking it off. 254 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:43,400 Kevin lives nearby his childhood home with his partner, Sarah. 255 00:15:44,520 --> 00:15:47,200 Both are devout Catholics. 256 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,280 They have one son called Kayden. 257 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,840 And his new venture is a focus for the whole family. 258 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:57,520 Hmm? 259 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:00,320 Erm, no. I don't. 260 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,360 Definitely not. It's not my choice. 261 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:06,120 I find it weird because I'm like, 262 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:08,000 "You're not thinking of your family. 263 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:10,640 "You're not thinking of if something happened." 264 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,120 I feel like, wow, that's just crazy, you know? 265 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,200 He's doing something that brings him so much peace, 266 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,200 but it's causing me so much worry and stress. 267 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,640 And it's one of the most stressful times in my life not knowing, 268 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,200 like, is he going to be OK? Is he going to come back? 269 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,120 Adrenaline is a mad drug. Like, what it does to your body is crazy. 270 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,560 Will I bring you for a drive? Yeah. You rev it. 271 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,040 Like I remember even, like, racing with injuries, you know? 272 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:42,920 You'd be barely able to put your glove on. 273 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:44,960 But as soon as that adrenaline gets pumping through your body, 274 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,280 you don't feel your wrist any more. And you don't feel any pain. 275 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,960 But you come back in and you're back to hurting. That's what I mean. 276 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,080 Getting in that mind frame, getting in that bubble. Everything goes. 277 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:57,800 Physical pain, emotional pain. It's just... It's an amazing place. 278 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,720 You're sitting in your car doing 80km an hour, 279 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:05,080 and that's the speed limit. 280 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,960 But they close that road and you get on a bike, 281 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:08,640 you can do 200 miles an hour down there. 282 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,280 It's...it's madness, isn't it? 283 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:14,160 But I can't wait to see what the madness is about! 284 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:17,040 Good racing! Are we going to race? Yeah. 285 00:17:20,120 --> 00:17:21,720 Will we go one more time? Yeah. 286 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:34,160 The confliction people have is right from the very beginning. 287 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:38,080 If you begin on the short-circuits where it's not as extreme, 288 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:41,200 but as you maybe move onto the road circuits which have 289 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,440 increasing history of danger, 290 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:46,760 erm, you will be conflicted. 291 00:17:52,080 --> 00:17:55,720 Although Reverend John has never raced motorcycles, 292 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,760 he has been a lifelong fan of road racing. 293 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,320 HE LAUGHS It's a different era, isn't it? 294 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,760 That was on the way back from the North West 200! 295 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,320 I think I was living in freefall back in those days. 296 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:13,080 I wasn't thinking very far. Just go a day at a time. 297 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:19,040 All I know is I wanted to go as hard as I could. 298 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:20,960 But the reason why I wanted to go fast was 299 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,480 because I found a great deal of... 300 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:26,760 ..of joy and thrill in it. 301 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,240 That's a sense of... 302 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:30,240 ..I don't know how you'd describe that. 303 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:31,640 That's elation. 304 00:18:35,360 --> 00:18:37,800 Today Maria has come to collect the new van 305 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,720 and to bring her race bike home. 306 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:44,440 Oh, she's there! Yeah. And there's my race bike. Yeah. 307 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,800 This is my little baby. 308 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,320 Last time I rode this was when I got knocked off. 309 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,200 Her bike has been in storage 310 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:56,480 since she crashed at the Isle of Man in 2023. 311 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,640 It's nice to see her again. 312 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:01,640 It is my pride and joy. 313 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,120 Erm, she just doesn't look like my pride and joy 314 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,000 because she needs a bit of love. 315 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:12,240 And she needs to prepare it in time for the North West 200. 316 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,360 Is that how you're doing it? Don't scratch my van. 317 00:19:15,360 --> 00:19:18,480 That bumper has only just been painted. 318 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,040 Just mind off here. 319 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:24,520 Don't have kids. Don't have debt. 320 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,440 I don't want the nine to five and the house and the car. 321 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:29,880 That isn't what I've ever looked for. 322 00:19:33,120 --> 00:19:35,800 I don't like admitting that I'm getting older 323 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,640 and it's physically a bit harder. 324 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,360 You know, it was a big milestone last year. 325 00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:46,000 "Yeah, I'm going to be 50, and it's going to be great," 326 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,680 but it was the worst year of my life. 327 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:52,200 I was living with my mum and looking after my mum. 328 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,040 She couldn't get out of bed. And life felt so hard. 329 00:19:56,440 --> 00:19:59,040 I think I kept myself out of normal life 330 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:04,160 for a long, long, long, long time with my racing, and then bang, 331 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:06,840 it was all pulled in front of me. 332 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,920 It was a year since Mum passed away, only very recently, 333 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,080 and it was as raw as if it was the other day. 334 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,520 But actually I'm back training, I'm doing a lot of things 335 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:25,800 that I need to be doing, that I want to be doing. 336 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:27,320 Oh, my God! 337 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:30,360 I don't know what it's going to be like doing my first road race 338 00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:31,840 without Mum. 339 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,760 That is definitely, thinking about that, 340 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:38,440 it's going to be really different. 341 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,200 It's going to be really different. 342 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:47,000 It's February, and Lee has come to the Northern General Hospital 343 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,080 in Sheffield for a checkup on his broken leg. 344 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:53,400 Right now best case scenario is getting the cage off 345 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:57,400 at the end of April and then the North West at the start of May. 346 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,400 So I've got like a week to spare. 347 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,960 So I'm going to get an X-ray first, which I've managed to talk my way 348 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,400 into, because I'm not supposed to get one for like another two weeks. 349 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:14,040 How is it all going, then? Yeah, good. Keeping all right? 350 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:15,400 Yeah, really good. 351 00:21:16,720 --> 00:21:20,680 They are going to look at the X-ray and then go yea or nay. 352 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:26,400 I want to see progress to, like, taking this thing off my leg. 353 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,080 Because they told me three months. 354 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,400 But that was automatically two months in my head, 355 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:35,880 so if I see progress today, that's me being more right than them! 356 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,320 I'm feeling a bit nervous about this, to be fair. 357 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,720 Good or bad, we're going to get some facts. 358 00:21:43,160 --> 00:21:45,920 Do you think it could come off in like a month? 359 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:49,360 There's no point us taking the frame off until it's healed. 360 00:21:49,360 --> 00:21:52,520 And I've never had a patient with your kind of fracture 361 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:55,040 where it takes less than three months to heal. 362 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:01,440 Yeah. Erm... But that doesn't mean that this couldn't be the first. 363 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,040 All right. That's true. 364 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,480 Nature is nature. 365 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:09,280 And you can try to push it along, 366 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:12,000 but sometimes it's got its own rules. 367 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:13,320 See you later. 368 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,160 I feel OK. I feel like there's signs of progression, 369 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:20,680 and that's all... 370 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,040 ..that's all we want, isn't it? 371 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,200 My whole life's in a rush. 372 00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:31,440 I'll wake up and be old! 373 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:41,880 He's never apologised as much as he did when... 374 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,160 He was so nice! 375 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,160 SHE GIGGLES 376 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:48,000 He was like, literally like apologetic and kind. 377 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,960 And I was like, "Oh, my God, something's going on here!" 378 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:52,720 It's all the drugs he were on! 379 00:22:56,760 --> 00:22:59,000 I couldn't laugh, cos my ribs were all broke, 380 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,440 but if someone said something funny, I'd start crying. 381 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,840 And then if it was, like, someone said something average, I'd cry. 382 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,320 And that went on for weeks after. 383 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,560 I'd get upset and then I'd go, "Well, I have no right to be upset 384 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:19,040 "cos I've done this and this is my fault and problem, 385 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:22,320 "so why am I sitting here feeling sorry for me, when...?" 386 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,040 Do you know what I mean? I've chose this and I've let everyone down, 387 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,680 I've crashed the bike. 388 00:23:29,040 --> 00:23:31,560 At that point, I realised he'll probably never going to retire, 389 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:35,440 cos I thought, "If this is what he's going to be like when he retires, 390 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:40,360 "without racing in his life, like, it's not going to work, is it?" 391 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:45,760 Even after his accident and he were like, "I'll never race again!" 392 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,640 I thought, "Well, that's not going to happen." 393 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:58,040 With only a few weeks to the North West 200, 394 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:02,160 Kevin's decided to do a trial run at the first race of the Irish season, 395 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,160 the Cookstown 100. 396 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,400 Nervous this morning. 397 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,280 A bit hard to go to sleep last night just thinking about it but... 398 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:13,960 ..I think that's natural for any parent 399 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:15,960 with their kid going road racing. 400 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,920 He's just buzzing to get going and looking forward to it. 401 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:23,720 I wish I was as calm as him. 402 00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,640 He definitely has a few guardian angels, all right. 403 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:30,080 It helps you do dangerous things, 404 00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,320 knowing there is someone there looking out for you. 405 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:39,400 We do believe there's something thereafter for us, too. 406 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,280 It wouldn't like to think there's nothing there and that's just it, 407 00:24:43,280 --> 00:24:45,640 it's gone, it's over. 408 00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:49,480 His dad, Ron, partner Sarah, and son Kayden 409 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:50,960 are all preparing, too. 410 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:54,360 I'm nervous for Cookstown, cos I don't know the track. 411 00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:57,760 If he was to come off the bike, like, you know, God forbid, 412 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,720 I wouldn't know where he is on the road, 413 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,120 I wouldn't see what's actually happening, 414 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:06,440 I wouldn't get to him as quick, I suppose, and... I'll be praying, 415 00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:09,520 whether it's out loud or in my head and mumbling away to myself, 416 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,920 I'll be... I'll be praying the whole time. 417 00:25:15,040 --> 00:25:17,800 With so few national Irish road races left, 418 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,080 the shorter Cookstown 100 is an opportunity for Kevin 419 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:25,360 to get some experience before the bigger North West 200. 420 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:31,760 THEY LAUGH 421 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,880 As the race day approaches, 422 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,280 Kevin and his family set off north across the border. 423 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,840 I'm relaxed at the minute but as soon as I sit on the road 424 00:25:45,840 --> 00:25:47,160 and get to go for the first time, 425 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:48,960 I'm going to get nervous, I know I am. 426 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,000 But I just can't wait to get on the road tomorrow. 427 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,440 For over a century, 428 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,400 the Cookstown 100's been run by volunteers 429 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,680 passionate about road racing. 430 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:10,040 The Cookstown 100 is an iconic Irish road race. 431 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,040 It's not like some of these big races people have in their mind, 432 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,760 this is something really quite unique. 433 00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,080 Farms, churches and businesses open their doors to the crowds 434 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:23,880 as the circuit weaves through country back roads 435 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,800 in an area steeped in religious tradition. 436 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:29,480 We have never raced on a Sunday. 437 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:31,920 Our bikes have never been out on a Sunday. 438 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:36,000 It's just...Granda's religious beliefs that, you know, 439 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:37,720 that you don't race on a Sunday. 440 00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:41,640 Though it's a smaller race, 441 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,080 Cookstown will test whether Kevin has what it takes 442 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:47,320 to become a road racer. 443 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,880 The circuit is about... a little over two miles long. 444 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:58,360 Around very short and tight corners and narrow roads. 445 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:01,880 It's raw, Irish road racing. 446 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,080 And quite often the weather is raw as well. 447 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,280 COMMENTATOR: Not ideal conditions. Rain continues to come down. 448 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:12,480 It might just delay this for a little while. 449 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:13,680 Held in April, 450 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,160 weather can make the racing conditions here unpredictable. 451 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:21,280 The rain makes things slippy, even in your car, you know, so, 452 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,880 it's not very ideal. 453 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:29,000 The risks have all automatically just went from here to here 454 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:31,480 in the space of ten minutes, cos of a rain shower, you know. 455 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:37,560 If you don't feel right, 456 00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,160 you can't force these things. You have to listen to yourself 457 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:43,000 or else...it could go seriously, seriously wrong. 458 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,000 But this is Kevin's only chance to road race before the North West. 459 00:27:50,760 --> 00:27:53,800 Despite the changeable conditions on the track, 460 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,280 he decides it's worth the risk. 461 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,720 It's more real now, hearing them all, 462 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,280 and I've got sickness in me stomach now. 463 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,760 We were just on the side of the track 464 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,360 and I could feel me hands shaking. 465 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,400 Obviously, I want him to do well. Erm... 466 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,680 I want him to be up there but I also want him to come home, too. 467 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,400 Yes, it's over. 468 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:54,120 PA: ..newcomer, Kevin Keyes, the winner... Fantastic result. 469 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:04,280 Happy with his performance, Kevin's decision has paid off. 470 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,560 He's won his first Cookstown 100. 471 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,360 With the North West in two weeks, back home in Edenderry, 472 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,000 Kevin and Sarah discuss their experience of the race. 473 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,720 When you get on the bike, do you not think of Kayden, me, 474 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,520 like, you know, "What if...?" I know, it's weird, like, 475 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,280 you're nervous cos you're thinking about it 476 00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,960 but then when you take off... you can't think about it. 477 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,680 You have to be so focused in the time that you can't actually 478 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:54,200 worry about what's going on around you. If that makes sense. 479 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,560 You just feel that sense of freedom, you know, 480 00:29:56,560 --> 00:30:00,400 nothing in the world can get in the way. Only you. 481 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:01,640 Yeah. 482 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:05,960 No. 483 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,640 No, it is, erm... 484 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,840 It sounds like an amazing experience, 485 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,040 something that everyone would want to feel. 486 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,360 Should I race or should I not race? 487 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:21,320 You're weighing up in your one hand, I love this sport. 488 00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:26,720 But you're also conscious of what it may do to other people around you. 489 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:32,360 I think most likely the worst time of confliction will come 490 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:34,560 when someone close to you is killed. 491 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:48,120 The Hodsons are a road racing family. 492 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:51,440 Sons Rob and Jamie followed their father into racing, 493 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,400 until tragedy struck 494 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,160 at a road race in Northern Ireland in 2017. 495 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,240 REPORTERS: Road racing this week has claimed the life of one rider 496 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,720 and left two others critically injured... 497 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:09,800 Jamie Hodson struck a telephone pole after coming off his bike 498 00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,200 at up to 120mph... 499 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,960 His brother, Rob Hodson, was also caught up in the crash, 500 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,400 but his injuries were not serious... 501 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:29,360 Nobody goes out to race attempting to be foolish and do silly things, 502 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,760 you know, and to put their lives or the lives of other people at risk. 503 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,480 Nobody's doing that. 504 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:37,600 That's why they call them accidents. They're not intended. They happen. 505 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:44,720 Me and Jamie, it was our first race at the Ulster Grand Prix 506 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,840 as newcomers. We was both enjoying the race, 507 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:50,240 it was good, there was a lot of overtakes and things like that 508 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:51,960 and it was good fun. 509 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,200 The bike I was riding at that point, it was a decent bike 510 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:59,680 but it wasn't the fastest in a straight line. 511 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,960 Before that race, I said to me dad, 512 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:06,160 "I'll try my best, but if we're getting left behind 513 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:09,080 "after a couple of laps, I'll just pull in." 514 00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,680 In the first race we had a really close battle 515 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:18,040 and different emotions take over, the competitive edge and adrenaline 516 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:20,040 and things, and I didn't pull in. 517 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,800 I was in front of the group and as we came up to the corner 518 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,960 where the accident happened, I lost control of my bike. 519 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,840 I think the front just slipped away from me. 520 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,080 I just slid off into some bushes, which slowed me down, 521 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:35,560 and I came to a stop. 522 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,440 I didn't see what happened after that. I think another bike 523 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,600 may have clipped Jamie, trying to take avoiding action. 524 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:48,960 Which led to Jamie hitting something at the side of the road 525 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,560 and, unfortunately, you know, losing his life. 526 00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:56,800 You know, you just pray and pray, don't you, 527 00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,040 that it's not going to be as bad. 528 00:32:59,040 --> 00:33:01,400 You just pray for miracles, don't you? You know. 529 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,680 His dad, Jim, was at Jamie's 530 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:09,960 hospital bedside when his son passed away. 531 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:14,080 His mum Carole was home in Wigan. 532 00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:17,840 In the aftermath of his death, both grew stronger in their faith. 533 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:24,120 There is a plan for everybody. You know, I'm not frightened of dying. 534 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,320 Because I think, well, I'll be in good company. 535 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,880 I think they'll all be up there together. Yeah. 536 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,280 I have all this on when I'm racing. So I've got me dog tag, 537 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,080 and then this here... is made with Jamie's ashes in it, 538 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:46,760 so every time I go and do a lap, he's with me. Close to me chest. 539 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,040 And then the St Christopher. 540 00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:53,680 Which is religious and hopefully it'll bring me good and safe luck. 541 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:58,480 Someone's looking down on you to keep you safe. 542 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,600 You don't stop believing, cos everything's for a reason, isn't it? 543 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,640 You know, if... If I hadn't made the mistake in that corner, 544 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,760 you know, then...the accident wouldn't have happened. 545 00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,240 I think about it every day, you know, 546 00:34:23,240 --> 00:34:25,320 what could have been done differently. 547 00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:28,280 If I did what I said I was going to do, and pulled in... 548 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,960 I just...definitely wish I had. 549 00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:46,720 When Rob came home, he said, "I'm sorry, Mum." 550 00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:48,920 I said, "It's not your fault." 551 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,600 Well, it's not his fault, is it? 552 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,760 It's just...a tragedy, really. 553 00:34:57,760 --> 00:34:59,840 It's a big loss. 554 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,840 Rob had been struggling just a little bit sometimes and... 555 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,320 It's not good if you don't speak it, it's just... 556 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,640 All festers inside your head, doesn't it? 557 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,080 But, uh, that's life, 558 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,680 you don't know what's going to be round the corner, do you? You know. 559 00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:19,000 You don't go to a race meeting and think, "Oh, I might crash here," or, 560 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:21,880 "I will crash," or... You don't... It doesn't enter your head. 561 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:24,480 And if you thought that, you should never really get on the bike 562 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,320 and go and do it, you know? 563 00:35:29,120 --> 00:35:32,920 When you experience personal loss and tragedy in racing, 564 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:35,480 going back again is a hard question. 565 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,160 We ask ourselves, "Why do we keep going back to something 566 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:44,160 "which can be so painful and so difficult sometimes?" 567 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:02,160 Oliver's Mount, Scarborough, is England's only remaining road race. 568 00:36:07,240 --> 00:36:10,080 Situated just five minutes from Scarborough's beachfront, 569 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:11,800 the circuit hosts a number of 570 00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,160 road racing events across the season. 571 00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,960 Lead us and join us to where you want us to go, Lord. 572 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,440 And help us, Lord, 573 00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,360 to be there to be able to help other people... Yes. 574 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:29,160 ..and to tell them, Lord, that Jesus loves them. Yeah. 575 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:32,920 Thank you, Lord. We pray in Jesus' precious name, Lord. Amen. 576 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,560 After Jamie's death, Rob continued in the sport. 577 00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,920 But has never returned to race in Ireland. 578 00:36:44,320 --> 00:36:48,000 His first race of the season is at the Spring Cup at Scarborough. 579 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:51,800 The first road race that he and Jamie ever competed in. 580 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,560 From when the accident happened to now, I've never took a season out. 581 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:02,920 It's all I know to do to kind of keep busy 582 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,880 and focused on moving forward, really. 583 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,840 COMMENTATOR: Rob Hodson on the SMT Yamaha 584 00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,840 makes his way into the middle of the front row. 585 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:17,120 One of the most recent members of the 130mph club. 586 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:33,200 When I get to ride off to another racetrack, 587 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:37,560 it's kind of like a bit of a release and a bit of freedom. 588 00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:40,080 You're not thinking about being guilty. 589 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,280 You're just focused on getting down the straight 590 00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:45,040 and round the corner as fast as you can. 591 00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:48,720 You know, I continue because it seems like a waste. 592 00:37:48,720 --> 00:37:50,640 I've got the ability to do it 593 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,320 and if I just stop, then it's kind of like we lost Jamie for nothing. 594 00:37:56,960 --> 00:38:01,400 COMMENTATOR: Here come the leaders once more, powering in... 595 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:06,920 This year'll be eight years since we lost him, 596 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,960 and I've achieved more than I thought I would in racing. 597 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,600 Just doing as proud as I can, really. 598 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:17,760 Come on, guy, come on! 599 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:29,680 I've had accidents where I've come off straight into a wall, 600 00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:33,280 bounced off, the bike's gone over my head. 601 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:37,880 And I walked away with just a very small injury. 602 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,000 Before I get a chance to stop, it might stop me, but, yeah, 603 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,720 that's the... That's the game 604 00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:45,360 we're playing at the minute. 605 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,400 In pain, 606 00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:57,840 we can experience the reality of God in a very powerful way. 607 00:39:00,280 --> 00:39:04,640 I would say in my life as a minister for the last 40 years, 608 00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:09,640 I think that God has become real to more people in pain 609 00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:11,960 than in any other situation. 610 00:39:27,880 --> 00:39:33,320 This is my local church where I got me communion and baptised. 611 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,760 This is where I've grown up. 612 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:40,560 I believe in God. I believe you're protected by guardian angels 613 00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,760 and the ritual of praying, and whatever's out there. 614 00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:50,360 This is a special little place, you know, 615 00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,160 where we lay our boys to rest. 616 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:59,400 In 2019, Kevin and Sarah lost their twin boys in pregnancy. 617 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,600 With just two days to go, Kevin visits the twins' 618 00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:09,080 grave before he sets off for the North West 200 for the first time. 619 00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:14,200 We were both so young at the time and, you know, 620 00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:16,520 it was something that we were going 621 00:40:16,520 --> 00:40:18,240 to cherish together 622 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:21,520 and it ended up being one of the toughest times of our lives. 623 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:24,120 And it's hard because, you know, 624 00:40:24,120 --> 00:40:26,120 I look at Kayden, my little son, 625 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,800 he's at the age, like, he should be playing with his brothers now 626 00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,360 and it's still sad, like, that we can't play with them every day 627 00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,320 and see them grow up to be people and... 628 00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:37,760 ..you know, what could they have been. 629 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:41,800 I seen... 630 00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,000 ..seen some dark times and lonely times, you know? 631 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,600 I like to be the happy-go-lucky guy 632 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:50,920 that just is fun to be around 633 00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,440 and I struggle with it 634 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:56,600 because this is hard to accept, you know? 635 00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:03,200 You just like to think, some day we will see them again. 636 00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:08,560 I think it's a nice thing to think about, that there is somewhere 637 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,760 else, there is an afterlife, you know? 638 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:12,280 That it's not just over. 639 00:41:16,560 --> 00:41:19,880 I like coming up here before a race weekend, I like talking to them, 640 00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:24,040 telling them where we're going, what we're going to be doing, 641 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,600 how I want them to help me this weekend, keep me safe, 642 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,520 and then I say my little prayer before I get on the bike. 643 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:32,680 I call a couple of guardian angels, 644 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,040 but I always say at the end of it, 645 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,360 "This is it, boys, let's go, let's have fun, 646 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,640 "let's enjoy the ride and go home safe." 647 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:42,600 That, to me, 648 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,320 is me bringing them on my journey and them keeping me safe. 649 00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:58,920 Before Maria departs for Northern Ireland, she takes a moment 650 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:01,960 to reflect on the things she did with her mum before a race. 651 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:06,680 People are always saying that she's always with me. 652 00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:13,360 I just wish she was always with me. 653 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,040 She visits a Buddhist retreat, 654 00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:18,640 somewhere they often spent time together. 655 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:26,680 I found it difficult initially because it felt like it was 656 00:42:26,680 --> 00:42:33,520 Mum's place, but this place gives me lots of good memories. 657 00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:39,760 Grief made me want to lock myself away. 658 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:41,760 I didn't want to interact with anyone, 659 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:45,440 I didn't know how to interact with anyone in grief. 660 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:48,680 Because it's just so painful. 661 00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,360 She absolutely was part of my racing. 662 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:59,840 Suddenly it felt really strange that 663 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,200 I didn't have her trying to stop me. 664 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:05,480 I didn't have anyone to go up against, 665 00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:07,240 I didn't have anyone to defy. 666 00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:14,760 I miss her not wanting me racing. 667 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:15,800 That's it. 668 00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:19,640 I miss her worrying about me. 669 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:22,680 I... 670 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:25,800 ..loved her fiercely. 671 00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:37,880 This is Jesse's heroes, 672 00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:39,480 and that's me there, 673 00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:41,640 that's the cage on my leg and a cap on. 674 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:45,640 Lee's leg hasn't healed in time to get the cage off. 675 00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,280 He won't be racing at the North West 200. 676 00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:55,240 I think disappointed would be the biggest 677 00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:58,600 understatement of possibly the year. 678 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:02,440 I don't even know what the right word is. I think... 679 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:09,080 ..frustrated. Erm... Yeah. 680 00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:15,320 I've been going to the North West since I was a kid. 681 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,840 I suppose when you're a kid, it's like superheroes, aren't they? 682 00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,600 You see these guys putting these suits on, 683 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:24,040 and think how amazing must feel to be able to go 200mph 684 00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:25,640 on a motorbike. 685 00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:27,520 Every kid that goes to the North West 686 00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:29,520 dreams about winning the North West. 687 00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,920 For, like, 10, 12-year-old me, 688 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,000 that was, yeah, like, this would be cool. 689 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,440 And then winning five North Wests, 12-year-old Lee, 690 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,720 he'd probably say, "Why haven't you won more?" 691 00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:47,920 My dad didn't race. 692 00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:49,640 All he used to say was, 693 00:44:49,640 --> 00:44:51,360 "If someone beats you because 694 00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:53,840 "they've got more talent, then that's fine, 695 00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,120 "you take it on the chin and you shake their hand. 696 00:44:56,120 --> 00:44:58,760 "But getting beat because you weren't fit enough or you 697 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:02,040 "didn't put enough effort in, that's not acceptable." 698 00:45:02,040 --> 00:45:05,040 I think that's probably where a lot of the drive comes from. 699 00:45:05,040 --> 00:45:07,840 I obviously wanted it myself, but you're obviously like, the best 700 00:45:07,840 --> 00:45:10,320 thing you can do in the world is try and impress your dad, isn't it? 701 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,520 Do you know what I mean? Like, "Ah, look at me." 702 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:16,360 My dad died of cancer, 703 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:22,200 so he got diagnosed when he was 50 and he died when he was 52. 704 00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:29,240 I know he's not here any more, so he's not physically telling me, 705 00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:31,000 but he'd probably tell me 706 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:33,320 that there's a whole lot of life 707 00:45:33,320 --> 00:45:36,080 after what I'm rushing for right now. 708 00:45:39,480 --> 00:45:42,840 If everything's going really well, if the wind is on your back, 709 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,760 you don't question anything, but when things are difficult, 710 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:49,240 then you do start question. You have to. 711 00:45:49,240 --> 00:45:52,560 Because the pain causes you to ask questions. 712 00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:57,040 This sport, more than maybe any other sports, individuals have had 713 00:45:57,040 --> 00:46:00,440 to ask themselves those questions again and again. 714 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,160 Once a year, the sleepy towns of Portstewart, Portrush and 715 00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,280 Coleraine become the three points of 716 00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:20,840 the thrilling North West 200 circuit, 717 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:23,160 known as The Triangle. 718 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:36,080 The North West has some very long, straight parts of the circuit, 719 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:41,040 machines are able to get up to speeds in excess of 200mph. 720 00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:46,240 If the sheer speed and noise isn't enough to excite the crowds, 721 00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:50,600 the North West is also home to the largest mass start in road racing. 722 00:46:50,600 --> 00:46:53,080 ENGINES REV 723 00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,960 All of the bikes begin together. As soon as the lights 724 00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:59,360 turn from red to green, 725 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:02,320 everybody goes as fast as they can. 726 00:47:07,240 --> 00:47:09,960 ENGINES REVVING 727 00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:12,680 But it's a very exhilarating thing for some, 728 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:15,680 and very frightening to watch, for others. 729 00:47:15,680 --> 00:47:18,960 ENGINES REV 730 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,520 Good to see you. And you, likewise. Been all right? 731 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:35,240 Good to see you. 732 00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:39,560 # Unending love 733 00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:44,480 # Amazing grace. # 734 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:49,880 Sunday at the North West 200 for us as chaplains begins as a day 735 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:52,560 when we have a prerace service. 736 00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:54,960 Sometimes people say to me, "Why do you have 737 00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:58,000 "a service at the North West 200, or any race, for that matter? 738 00:47:58,000 --> 00:47:59,600 "What's the point?" And I say, 739 00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,080 "Well, you know, it's really good to pray for this 740 00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:05,520 "event and people who are involved in it." 741 00:48:05,520 --> 00:48:09,480 God does care about every person and even those that don't 742 00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,680 care about him yet, he still cares for them, too, wonderfully. 743 00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,520 I know that racing can touch you on all sorts of levels, 744 00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:18,280 but this touches you even deeper than any race can. 745 00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:24,320 As it's his first time with the North West 200, 746 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:28,280 Kevin must attend a safety briefing before he's allowed to race. 747 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:31,320 You're all newcomers, you have many, many years ahead of you 748 00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,840 at the North West 200, so just come the first year, qualify, 749 00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:38,160 enjoy the event, and that's all you necessarily have to do. 750 00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,960 We don't tolerate anything outside of regulations, 751 00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:43,400 so just want to make you completely aware of that. 752 00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,360 Fully briefed, Kevin can now fulfil 753 00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:48,760 his dream to race the North West 200. 754 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:52,920 Away from the race paddock, he takes time with those he loves... 755 00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:54,600 On you go. 756 00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,320 ..before he takes to the track. 757 00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,680 Kids are a great example of being in the moment. 758 00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:08,720 Like, I have two angel babies, you know? 759 00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:10,800 And I just call them guardian angels, you know, 760 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:12,760 and I say a little prayer before I sit on the bike, 761 00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:15,800 and just ask them to come with me, keep me safe. 762 00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:20,360 I believe if I didn't say that prayer, something would happen, 763 00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:22,680 something would go wrong, it wouldn't work out for me. 764 00:49:22,680 --> 00:49:25,640 So, I believe, yeah, they are with me every step of the way. 765 00:49:27,760 --> 00:49:31,280 Newcomers sometimes don't realise just how fast it is. 766 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,680 They don't realise that the speeds are so incredible, 767 00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:39,600 I think that can take some riders by surprise 768 00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:43,680 because when you're going so fast, it takes a long time to slow up. 769 00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:47,600 If you get your braking wrong, you can be a danger to yourself 770 00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:48,800 and others. 771 00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:55,240 Being in control of what you're doing right now is massive. 772 00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:58,800 The present's where you are and you can't change the past, and you 773 00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,400 can't predict the future, so to be in that moment is quite important. 774 00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:07,520 To me, there is an afterlife, 775 00:50:07,520 --> 00:50:10,560 and I believe the afterlife can protect the living life. 776 00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:21,200 Nathan? Let's go and get this fuel. 777 00:50:21,200 --> 00:50:24,280 Back at the North West, Maria is preparing for her first 778 00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:28,520 road race without her mum. Awesome. See you later. 779 00:50:28,520 --> 00:50:32,560 I'll have some strawberries. Now, then. You all right? Yeah, are you? 780 00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,080 Hello. We're here. We're here. 781 00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:40,400 We did start working on the bike a bit late. 782 00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:47,040 Race bikes are temperamental machines, and at speeds of 200mph, 783 00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,960 mechanical error can make the difference between life and death. 784 00:50:50,960 --> 00:50:55,080 That's bad, isn't it? As long as you're sorting it. 785 00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:57,480 I'll let you just work away. 786 00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:02,160 Mechanics fine tune them right up to the moment before each race. 787 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:05,080 Can't be building, can't be changing shells and that now. 788 00:51:05,080 --> 00:51:07,320 Just going to have to clean everything. Yeah. Fresh oil. 789 00:51:07,320 --> 00:51:10,160 Yeah, just shout whatever you need, then. 790 00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:11,520 Ah, OK. 791 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,400 How's that for you? 792 00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:18,400 HE WHISTLES 793 00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:20,440 You know where that is? Is that... Is it? 794 00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,920 Just after Deer's Leap. Forgot about that. 795 00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,080 Oh, did you hear that? Isn't that shocking? 796 00:51:29,080 --> 00:51:31,480 Even though Lee hasn't made it back as a racer, 797 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:35,120 his popularity in the sport has landed him a job as a pundit. 798 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:38,840 You OK? Oh, my word... What are you laughing for? 799 00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:41,080 I've got feelings, you know? 800 00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,840 Lee, we had hoped to see racing at the North West 801 00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,760 this year, after your crash at the event last year. 802 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:49,120 How much are you looking forward to the racing? 803 00:51:49,120 --> 00:51:52,760 Yeah, obviously that was the main aim and it always will be that, 804 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:56,200 I want to be racing motorbikes, but unfortunately the next best thing 805 00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:59,400 is here with you guys and I'm really looking forward to that as well. 806 00:51:59,400 --> 00:52:02,960 There's some cracking racing in line here with two or three guys 807 00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,560 willing to go head-to-head for all the races, 808 00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,320 so I'm really, really excited. 809 00:52:20,200 --> 00:52:25,360 MARIA: I do like getting to be that strong, confident Maria. 810 00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:32,360 When you click your visor shut, that's...that's who you become. 811 00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:39,320 That feeling of being on a motorbike, it's like nothing else. 812 00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:42,360 MUSIC: Blood At Sunrise by Steingrimur Thorhallsson 813 00:52:49,920 --> 00:52:52,280 I've got nerves because I want to know 814 00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:56,120 I can get back to that feeling, I want to know I can still do this. 815 00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,480 It's not just about going fast... It's... 816 00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:02,680 Well, it is about going fast. 817 00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:06,360 ENGINES REV 818 00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:19,000 KEVIN: Once you shut that visor, you're in that little headspace 819 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:22,960 on your own, at one with yourself, at one with your bike, 820 00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:24,200 and in control. 821 00:53:24,200 --> 00:53:25,560 It's peaceful, you know? 822 00:53:27,920 --> 00:53:31,680 Getting that maximum, just getting to the edge, to me, that's living. 823 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:34,240 That's happiness. 824 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,840 It is hard to understand from the outside. 825 00:53:45,840 --> 00:53:50,040 The danger, the hurting yourself, getting back on a bike after 826 00:53:50,040 --> 00:53:53,080 hurting yourself, how do you explain that to somebody else? 827 00:53:53,080 --> 00:53:56,600 ENGINE REVS 828 00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:02,200 It's because what I get to do on the bike feels so good, 829 00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,600 I want to get back to that all the time. 830 00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:07,680 It's this amazing feeling. 831 00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,040 Hold on super tight! 832 00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,000 Do a thumbs up! 833 00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:21,960 Do a thumbs up! 834 00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:25,040 My heart's giving in, I'm not sure, is it running or racing? 835 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:29,840 Ready, steady, go! Woohoo! Delighted? 836 00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:37,160 Finally got to do it. Finally. How was it? 837 00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,160 Hi, Kev, well done. 838 00:54:40,080 --> 00:54:42,600 Mad. Yeah? Yeah, it's mad. You know? 839 00:54:47,200 --> 00:54:49,160 SHE CHUCKLES 840 00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:58,040 I think he did well. 841 00:54:58,040 --> 00:55:00,280 I'm the one who kept pushing him from 842 00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:03,000 when he was that height to go faster and faster. 843 00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,000 He's a good head on his shoulders. 844 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:07,200 I think he can decide when it's time to stop. 845 00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:13,520 I think Kevin's wearing his as well, so... 846 00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:17,880 We could say it helps. 847 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:21,920 We're all going home safe, and that's the main thing, you know, so. 848 00:55:21,920 --> 00:55:25,840 INAUDIBLE 849 00:55:27,200 --> 00:55:30,720 I secretly wanted a top ten, we were so close. 850 00:55:30,720 --> 00:55:32,960 Yeah, there's always next year, and the year after, 851 00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:35,160 and the year after, and the year after. 852 00:55:35,160 --> 00:55:37,320 Sarah, you take off one helmet to put... 853 00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:39,280 One helmet off, the other one on! 854 00:55:44,400 --> 00:55:45,800 It's Kayden's turn! 855 00:55:48,440 --> 00:55:49,720 You ready? 856 00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:58,720 Whoof. 857 00:55:58,720 --> 00:56:04,080 It went much better than last year and, yeah, I'm in one piece, 858 00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:06,480 the bike's in one piece, what a bonus. 859 00:56:10,480 --> 00:56:12,920 It's given me a lot of things, racing. 860 00:56:14,680 --> 00:56:17,640 God, just, you know, the amount of people I've met, 861 00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:20,560 and racing is a lot about the people. 862 00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:23,920 Good to see you. Good to see you, too. 863 00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:29,200 Life's too short. Now's what counts. Every... 864 00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:32,640 Every moment, every relationship, it all counts. 865 00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:36,320 ENGINES REV 866 00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,840 COMMENTATOR: They're in there... Oh! Oh! 867 00:56:40,840 --> 00:56:43,760 Oh, that is terrible, McLean came in... 868 00:56:43,760 --> 00:56:47,400 There were three race-stopping red-flag crashes. 869 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:49,400 Another red flag. 870 00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:50,800 But one stood out. 871 00:56:55,240 --> 00:56:58,600 Remarkably, this rider survived... 872 00:56:59,880 --> 00:57:01,840 ..with little more than minor injuries. 873 00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:05,920 I do believe that when we pray for people, 874 00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:09,400 that there are times interventions happen that we cannot see. 875 00:57:09,400 --> 00:57:14,520 This rider going through the air, yeah, that's a miracle. 876 00:57:14,520 --> 00:57:17,160 There was something incredible about that, 877 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,960 and whether you actually will ever attribute that to the 878 00:57:19,960 --> 00:57:23,640 Heavenly Father, as I will, 879 00:57:23,640 --> 00:57:28,680 if I was that person, I'd be thankful, 880 00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:30,960 I'd be humble, 881 00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:34,240 and I'd be saying, "Now, I wonder why I've been spared?" 882 00:57:39,320 --> 00:57:41,160 This is where we crashed, here. 883 00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:46,200 I think. Well, I know this is where we crashed, 884 00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:49,760 but we must have ended up - like, gauging off the cameras 885 00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:53,480 and stuff - like, right in there, somewhere on this corner. 886 00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:59,640 You can't choose pain but you can choose suffering, 887 00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:02,600 because the pain happens in the accident, doesn't it? 888 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:04,560 But the suffering happens after. 889 00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,080 People see me as just a motorbike racer. 890 00:58:10,080 --> 00:58:13,520 I'm not, I'm somebody's dad and husband, and at some point, 891 00:58:13,520 --> 00:58:16,040 the wheels are going to stop turning, and I know 892 00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:17,760 they're still going to be there and... 893 00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,040 ..then real life begins!