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This programme contains scenes which
some viewers may find upsetting

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Motorcycle racing
is a dangerous sport.

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But motorcycle road racing is
one of the most dangerous of all.

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COMMENTATOR: Oh, he's off!
Oh, my goodness!

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veterans, newcomers.

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All with just three months to
prepare for one of the fastest

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road races on the planet -

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the North West 200.

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The thing they love the most...

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FEMALE VOICE: That feeling of being
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It's like nothing else.

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..is the thing that puts them
most at risk.

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Being that close to tragedy,

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that's what
we chase as an adrenaline junkie.

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What happens when riders come
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You put your hand in the fire enough
times, you are going to get burned.

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Racers and their families weigh up
the consequences every time

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they choose to compete.

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When you get on the bike, do you
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Or are they truly living?

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Oh, my God!

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Do you really understand
what living is

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if you never
put your life at any risk?

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MINISTER: Though I walk through
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I will fear no evil.

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For you are with me.

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Your rod and your staff,

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they comfort me.

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BELL TOLLS

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Every year, the biking community
comes together for a memorial

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service in Clones, County Monaghan,

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lost their lives as a result

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of a motorcycle accident.

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An opportunity for their loved
ones to show

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support for each other in a
time of grief.

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So God bless us,

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God be with us,

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into that place of faith

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and hope where we leave this place
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we will be reunited with those

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who we love and who we miss
this day.

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It is held weeks
before the North West 200...

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event in Ireland.

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Every May, around 100 road
racers from across the world

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make the pilgrimage to Northern
Ireland's North Coast

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to take part in one of the sport's
fastest and most dangerous events.

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of spectators,

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can rise to over 100,000.

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The largest single sporting
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the race has been held in a place
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and devoted to road racing.

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race chaplain for the

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Motorcycle Union Of Ireland -

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a role unique to Irish road racing.

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There are riders who come for whom
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important to them

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faith or no faith, or whatever
they are, it doesn't really matter.

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We are concerned for people.

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Reverend John's role as chaplain is
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NEWSREADERS: Road racing this week
has claimed the life of one rider

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and left two others
critically injured.

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This weekend's big event has been
marred by accidents.

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at up to 120 miles an hour.

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Here we have an extreme sport
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place their lives at great risk.

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Risk brings in the question
of the sanctity of life.

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I am conflicted over
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involved in this sport.

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wait to get back to the sport.

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I would be very surprised
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and is this worth it?

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If you're old enough to understand
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and someone says to you, you can
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get to do what you want as your
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you are out at 45,

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graft your whole life,

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but never really do what you strive
to achieve, what would you pick?

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I've already picked it, haven't I?

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Northern Irish road racer
Lee Johnston has been racing

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professionally for more
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I don't know
if you believe in God or not

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but I think people believe in things
to get them through things.

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He's a champion racer and five-time
winner of the North West 200.

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See how big the actual trophy is?

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his wife Christie and son Jesse.

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Hi, everybuggy!

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Do you want to
say hello to everyone? Yeah!

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Did you miss them because we haven't
been at bikeland?

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Hi, guys. Welcome back to another
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MOBILE PHONE RINGS

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Seen as an influencer in the
road racing world, Lee shares

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behind-the-scenes footage of life
as one of its international stars.

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With some of his videos being viewed
hundreds of thousands of times.

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He's very stubborn once
he gets summat in his head.

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He's very driven.

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But for me,
it's all I've ever known him do

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because I think it's like, it's just
part of him, ain't it?

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were retiring from road racing?
No, 35.

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I think it was 30 and then I think
you nudged...

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No, it wasn't!
We only met when I was 27!

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Yeah I'm sure you said 30. No!

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At the North West 200 in 2023,

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things didn't go to plan for Lee
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Before the crash,
everything was fine.

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I go through all the same
routine, warming up, preparing.

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I've no recollection of any of this.

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I've got none of my own memories,
just the same as watching

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a movie.

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I think what's done the damage with
the bike, the bike hit me.

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And then squashed me to the kerb.

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I broke my foot in multiple places.

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Femur.

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Ribs on both sides.

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Then collapsed my lung.

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Broke my shoulder, my cheekbone.

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My left knee down was the only,

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sort of, limb that didn't have

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With the 2024 North West 200 just
three months away...

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That must be me trying to send you
the phone number.

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..the reality that Lee might be
racing there again is starting to

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set in for Christie.

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going to be able to

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walk into that paddock
and just not have any emotions.

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If I went to the North West

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and had a bit of a wobble,
I just think I'd really struggle.

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and the TT, we'd come
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And my friends and family are like,
if I'd seen them or anything,

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they'd all be like, "Christie,
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And like, even that, on a normal
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or hasn't experienced
anything like that, I'd struggle.

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I just basically said to him,
you know, "I can't,

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"I'm not a robot,
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got to kind of like protect."

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I need to be mentally
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because if I'm not, then it's just
going to make life harder for him.

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So, yeah.

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North West, no,
just because there's trauma there.

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Lee crashed again

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and broke his right leg.

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He's been invited onto a road racing
podcast to update fans

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on his progress.

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No-one wants to talk about winning
races any more.

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They talk about getting injured,
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Right, are we ready? Yeah.
We're live, we're loud, we're sexy.

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On that note, welcome back
to the podcast, Lee Johnson.

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If you are living under a rock,
Lee is now hurt again.

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He's got a cage on his leg.

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Oh, I've actually got my snood on!

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Since your North West crash,
pretty heavy stuff.

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Is that something you want
to talk about? Yeah, yeah.

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This is my job, this is what
happens, I'm paid to push.

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know what I mean? Yeah,

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we know what's going off,
don't we? Yeah.

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So what is your attitude
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I want to be back
for the North West. That's the aim.

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to get ready for the North West.

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I have to believe I'm going
to be ready in time, like.

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Maria Costello MBE has been racing
motorbikes for 30 years

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and is one of the most successful
women ever to compete in the sport.

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nothing new for Maria Costello.

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She made her debut
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having caught the road racing bug.

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I look at pictures and go,
oh, that's cool.

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I go, oh, that is actually you,
Maria, you idiot.

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It's a funny thing.
Am I her every day? I don't know.

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It seems like a long time ago,
a lot of this.

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30 years this year.

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It's bonkers, isn't it?

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I didn't see myself
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caused all sorts of aggro. Poor Mum.

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But in 2023,
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She had been caring for her mum
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of her illness.

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Mum pushing to stop me
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the more I pushed back.

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The more I wanted it.

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It's funny how that works, isn't it?

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I thought she was trying to take
something away from me.

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She was trying to protect me.

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My mum was just terrified
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her daughter, I suppose.

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Rightly so.

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Maria has just three months
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But she is taking time out of her
preparation to sort through

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This is quite a picture.

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I don't know what
it is about when you crash.

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You're always happier
if somebody's captured it!

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I have broken over 24 bones.

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The worst being my femur twice.

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I feel really lucky that I've got
something in my life that I love.

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It obviously gives me
something that I need.

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Road racing makes you
believe in luck.

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But I don't...

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..I don't think about a God.

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would give people comfort.

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Because it's community.

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But I think my community is racing.

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Construction worker Kevin Keyes
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since he was seven years old.

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He works with his dad Rowan,

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a passion for motorbikes.

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COMMENTATOR: Very
determined-looking Kevin Keyes, what
a cracking start.

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He's going to be absolutely
delighted to come home

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and lift the Leinster 100 trophy.

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circuits is different

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to racing on public roads.

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COMMENTATOR: That rider is
completely OK, he hasn't crashed.

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I go to work on the daily, you know,
drive a digger, finish concrete.

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That's boring! You know?
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Like, it's... What do you do?

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You go to work, you go to sleep,
you go to the gym.

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I don't understand the people
that don't have something to chase.

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I don't understand what
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it from something else.

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But they probably don't understand
why I do what I do.

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This year, Kevin will be trying
road racing for the first time.

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When I look at the road racers,
I get a big buzz standing watching.

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You know?

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Being that close to,
it's a scary word to say,

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but tragedy, that's what
we chase as an adrenaline junkie.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
<font color="
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
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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
<font color="

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.
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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
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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
<font color="
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
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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
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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
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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
<font color="
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
<font color="
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
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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
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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
<font color="

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
<font color="
"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
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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
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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
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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
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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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
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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
<font color="
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
<font color="
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.
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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
<font color="

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,
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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
<font color="
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
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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
<font color="

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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
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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
<font color="
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
<font color="

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
<font color="

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
<font color="
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
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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
<font color="
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,
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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
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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
<font color="
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
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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
<font color="
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
<font color="

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,
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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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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,
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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
<font color="

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
<font color="
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
<font color="

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
<font color="

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
<font color="

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
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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
<font color="

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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
<font color="

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
<font color="

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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
<font color="
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
<font color="

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
<font color="

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
<font color="
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
<font color="

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
<font color="
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
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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
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733
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:44,480


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,
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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790
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:11,520
Oh, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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to be there and...

893
00:58:19,520 --> 00:58:21,040
..then real life begins!