Is Michael Dunlop ending his career?

7. January 2019

3 min read

Michael Dunlop is a legend of Road Racing. He comes from the Dunlop dynasty and has already won the Isle of Man TT 18 times.

In the leaderboard of the Isle of Man TT, he is in third place overall. Only John McGuinness and Joey Dunlop were able to win more victories.

Joey was Michael’s uncle and died in a race. Even Robert Dunlop, the father of Michael, crashed at Road Racing. In 2008, he crashed during a training session of the North West 200. Michael came to the accident shortly after the accident.

Michael Dunlop and his brother William only wanted to race in the ¼-liter race two days later. The race director forbade them because he thought they could not run a race so soon after the death of their father. The brothers met again, but the engine of Wiliam’s engine did not start. Michael drove the race of his life and won.

Unfortunately, Michael had to experience another death in 2018 through the RoadRacing. His brother William died in July after an accident to the Skerries 100. He left his child and his wife pregnant at the time with a second child.

After that, it also became silent about Michael Dunlop. He did not compete in any races. A few weeks ago, he announced that he would run a bar in Portstewart. On January 3, he posted on his Facebook page that he wants to sell his pit set up.
Unfortunately, at the moment, he looks set to abandon his Road Racing career at the age of 28. A statement is still pending.

PACEMAKER, BELFAST, 4/6/2018: Michael Dunlop (MD Racing Honda) celebrates winning the 1st Supersport TT on the Isle of Man today . PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON
PACEMAKER, BELFAST, 20/2/2017: Michael Dunlop with the Bennetts Suzuki GSXR superbike at Mallory Park that he will race on the roads in 2017. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON
PACEMAKER, BELFAST, 2/6/2018: Michael Dunlop in the pits on the Tyco BMW during the Superbike TT. PICTURE BY STEPHEN DAVISON
02/06/2018: Michael Dunlop (BMW/Tyco BMW) at Ballaugh Bridge during the RST Superbike TT race. PICTURE BY DAVE KNEEN
06/06/2018: Michael Dunlop (650 Paton/Paton SC-Project Reparto Corse) at the Creg ny Baa during the Bennetts Lightweight TT Race. PICTURE BY DAVE KNEEN/PACEMAKER PRESS.