redemption was beyond him but michael decided to continue on and race in the NUMBER_TOKENcc the very event in which his father had been killed during practice the massive crowd observed a minute of silence for robert before the beginning of the race what would have been going through michael dunlop's mind for that long silent minute whatever it was it seemed to inspire he was only NUMBER_TOKEN years old he got on his bike and rode the best race of his young career edging out christian elkin by just over one second to win the NUMBER_TOKEN-mile race transforming the previously silent crowd into a frenzy it was michael's first ever win at the northwest NUMBER_TOKEN and at the end of the race a normally stony face michael could barely speak through his tears he managed to share a few simple words we were going into that last lap and i say screw this i have to do it for him and i've done it i'm so proud the next day him and his brother buried their dad damn hello that's incredible that's incredible good lord man that's crazy the dunlop brothers kept racing despite losing their father and uncle in horrific accidents that made international headlines and attracted tens of thousands of people to their funerals what else could the dunlop men do but race motorcycles by the NUMBER_TOKENs both william and michael were in the prime of their racing careers michael was the younger brother but the more dominant racer following in the footsteps of joey and robert he quickly became a sensation at the isle of man tt after making his debut in NUMBER_TOKEN at the age of NUMBER_TOKEN he won his first race in super sport ttNUMBER_TOKEN in NUMBER_TOKEN. in NUMBER_TOKEN the two showed that their brotherly relationship did not necessarily extend to the track racing in the northwest NUMBER_TOKEN the site of their father's death they were neck and neck in the last lap of the superbike one race the track was wet and both of the brothers were sliding in the bad conditions nobody else was even close but the brothers raced as if they were mortal enemies with only a few turns remaining michael was in front boxing out his brother at every turn william found his opportunity coming into a left turn out of a straightaway punching the accelerator and visibly surprising his brother as he passed on the inside with only a few turns remaining the two racers looked like mirror images of each other around every turn michael contested all the way into the very last turn coming within feet of his brother but unable to pass william won the race the belfast telegraph reported that michael was in quote a blind fury at being beaten by his more sedate and more mild-mannered brother so much for brotherly love i always think it's amazing when like what is this like NUMBER_TOKEN miles under NUMBER_TOKEN. um however long it is like NUMBER_TOKEN miles and then it comes down to like a couple feet that's always so impressive to me we'll get back to more pass gas but right now a word from our sponsors hey i want to give a big thank you to our sponsor for today's episode of past gas surf shark vpn you're probably watching the show on the internet right well what if you didn't want people to know that you were watching or listening to
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