Dave Molyneux (born 21 November 1963 in Douglas, Isle of Man) is a Sidecar TT racer with fourteen Isle of Man TT wins and he has had more TT wins than any other sidecar TT racer. He is also joint-third on the all-time wins list, with Mike Hailwood.
[edit] Biography
Moly as he is generally known, has set the fastest sidecar race time of the Snaefell mountain course, at the 2009 TT, of 58 minutes 59.28 seconds an average race speed of 115.132 mph for 3 laps.
Dave Molyneux and Craig Hallam crashed during Thursday afternoon practice session for the 2006 Isle of Man TT Races at Rhencullen after the sidecar outfit experienced a 145 mph Donald Campbell "bluebird style-flip."[1] The racing sidecar outfit was destroyed in the resulting fire and Dave Molyneux was unable to compete in the 2006 TT races due to injury. He made a remarkable comeback the following year taking a double victory, bringing has tally of wins to 13.
His 14th victory came in 2009, when he also became the first winner of a TT sidecar race on a Suzuki powered machine. The lone race of 2009 saw him set a new race record on his Suzuki, (see above).
Moly did not compete at the TT in 2011, but he is planning to be back at the TT in 2012 on a Kawasaki powered machine.
He is also a builder of road racing sidecars under the name DMR, Dave Molyneux Racing, and has supplied sidecars to many other Isle of Man TT winners including 10 time TT winner Rob Fisher and 2006 double winner Nick Crowe.
[edit] TT Race Victories
| Year |
Race & Capacity |
Motorcycle |
Average Speed |
| 1989 |
TT Sidecar Race 'A' |
Bregazzi TZ 750 Yamaha |
104.56 mph |
| 1993 |
TT Sidecar Race 'A' |
600cc Yamaha |
103.33 mph |
| 1993 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
600cc Yamaha |
103.16 mph |
| 1996 |
TT Sidecar Race 'A' |
DMR |
109.81 mph |
| 1996 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
DMR |
110.28 mph |
| 1998 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
600cc DMR Honda |
106.52 mph |
| 1999 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
600cc DMR Honda |
111.90 mph |
| 2003 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
600cc DMR Honda |
105.42 mph |
| 2004 |
TT Sidecar Race 'A' |
600cc DMR Honda |
111.33 mph |
| 2004 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
600cc DMR Honda |
111.2 mph |
| 2005 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
600cc DMR Honda |
114.901 mph |
| 2007 |
TT Sidecar Race 'A' |
600cc DMR Honda |
111.668 mph |
| 2007 |
TT Sidecar Race 'B' |
600cc DMR Honda |
113.851 mph |
| 2009 |
TT Sidecar Race 'A' |
600cc DMR Suzuki |
115.132 mph |
[edit] TT career summary
| Finishing Position |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
6th |
10th |
DNF |
| Number of times |
14 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
9 |
[edit] Sources
- ^ TT News 2006 - Edition 1 Isle of Man Newspapers
[edit] External links
| Persondata |
| Name |
Molyneux, Dave |
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| Short description |
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| Date of birth |
21 November 1963 |
| Place of birth |
Douglas, Isle of Man |
| Date of death |
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