bikes he tuned himself teaming up with a company known for their precision and efficiency at first joey struggled to adjust uh his results were stagnant for a couple years but then in NUMBER_TOKEN dunlop delivered for honda winning the formula one tt event it was a race where he'd win for the next six years also notable in NUMBER_TOKEN was the entry of joey's younger brother richard in his first tt race dunlop was becoming a family name at the tt by NUMBER_TOKEN the formula tt was a success and had expanded to six events across europe including an event in northern ireland in NUMBER_TOKEN joey and robert experienced a totally different kind of danger when the retired fishing boat the brothers were aboard on the way to that year's tt shipwrecked insane oh my god luckily all NUMBER_TOKEN passengers were saved but some of joey's bikes were not so lucky they had to be recovered later by divers sick joey described it as the most frightening experience of his life which is saying something for a guy who basically did frightening stuff for a living i think i if i were a like jay leno type collector you know one of these like rich dudes that just had a bunch of stuff in a big garage i think a joey dunlop shipwreck motorcycle oh yeah would be oh yeah for sure the top of my list of like i would have like my guys because like all these guys have you know basically brokers you know and scout like guys looking for stuff that they really want yeah and i would NUMBER_TOKEN be like find me a joey dunlop shipwreck motorcycle unrestored and it's still got seaweed on it yeah yeah it's got like barnacles all over it we'll be right back with more of this story but first a word from our sponsors i'm super proud to announce that valvoline is sponsoring this episode not only this episode but a bunch of our episodes because they love us just as much as we love them did you know that valvoline was the first patented motor oil brand making it the original motor oil it was founded more than NUMBER_TOKEN years ago valvoline and its scientists have been innovating creating and reinventing formulas since then those are pretty cool accolades if you ask me do you know that valvoline is the only motor oil with a dedicated engine lab this allows scientists more freedom and flexibility to innovate as they have results right at the fingertips of their gloves all valvoline oils exceed industry standards to provide the ultimate protection for every engine on the road it's got so much history like just being around for NUMBER_TOKEN years valvoline has sponsored some of the best drivers mario andretti mark martin that's crazy listen we've used valvoline oil in our high car low car the money pit car uses valvoline they sent us a big pallet and we scooped it up like it was tvs on black friday like it just it lasted maybe a week in the office one of our most successful ads on donut is a valvoline ad you know why because we spoke from our heart we love valvoline and they're from kentucky you know who else is from kentucky
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN we'll be right back with more of this story but first a word from our sponsors i'm super proud to announce that valvoline is sponsoring this episode not only this episode but a bunch of our episodes because they love us just as much as we love them did you know that valvoline was the first patented motor oil brand making it the original motor oil it was founded more than NUMBER_TOKEN years ago valvoline and its scientists have been innovating creating and reinventing formulas since then those are pretty cool accolades if you ask me do you know that valvoline is the only motor oil with a dedicated engine lab this allows scientists more freedom and flexibility to innovate as they have results right at the fingertips of their gloves all valvoline oils exceed industry standards to provide the ultimate protection for every engine on the road it's got so much history like just being around for NUMBER_TOKEN years valvoline has sponsored some of the best drivers mario andretti mark martin that's crazy listen we've used valvoline oil in our high car low car the money pit car uses valvoline they sent us a big pallet and we scooped it up like it was tvs on black friday like it just it lasted maybe a week in the office one of our most successful ads on donut is a valvoline ad you know why because we spoke from our heart we love valvoline and they're from kentucky you know who else is from kentucky END_SPONSOR_TOKEN