Tragedy strikes the Ulster Grand Prix as sidecar driver George Oates and his passenger John Molyneux are killed at Tournagrough Road on the Dunrod Circuit.
Two of Isle of Man's sons, sidecar driver, George Oates and his passenger John Molyneux are killed during the Ulster Grand Prix when they crash their 984cc Kawasaki sidecar at Tournagrough , on the Dundrod Circuit at Dunrod, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Dundrod Circuit has been the home of Ulster Grand Prix since 1953. The nearby Clady Circuit, also in County Antrim, was used for the Ulster Grand Prix from 1922 until 1952.
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