Deadly English Superbike race tragically claims 258th victim

Daley Mathison the 258th to die at the world's most dangerous race

English road racer Daley Mathison has died at the age of 27 after a 130mph crash at the Isle of Man TT.

The horror incident came at a tight left-hand bend on lap three at Snugborough on the approach to Union Mills during the RST Superbike race.

A road race expert who was at the event though did not witness the crash said that if Mathison was cruising at usual pace at the turn, it would have been "between 120mph-130mph".

The race on the 37.73-mile Mountain Course was immediately red-flagged and an air ambulance arrived to the scene where Mathison was taken to hospital, but sadly died.

His wife posted a moving tribute on the Stockton-on-Tees motor-racer's Twitter page on the devastating news.

Not something I ever wanted to write but here we go…..

Daley, as Daisy says, is now sleeping with the fairies. That’s all I can bring myself to say right now. The last image I saw of my husband, was of a man so happy with life and so proud of his racing. pic.twitter.com/wWCaDJwUht

— Daley Mathison (@DaleyMathison) June 3, 2019

She wrote: "Not something I ever wanted to write but here we go.

"Daley, as Daisy says, is now sleeping with the fairies. That’s all I can bring myself to say right now.

"The last image I saw of my husband, was of a man so happy with life and so proud of his racing."

Penz13.com BMW rider Mathison was competing in his sixth Isle of Man TT after making his debut in 2014.

He finished second in the Zero Race in 2018 and third in both 2016 and 2017.