Tyrone Gilks Fatal Crash @ Maitland 2013 (Aftermath)
- 5 months ago
Australian Freestyle Motocross rider Tyrone Gilks succumbed to injuries caused by a violent crash while practicing for the Maitland Bike & Hot Rod Show 2013. It happened at about 10h30 on Thursday, 21 March 2013.
Organised by Australia's Gladiators Motorcycle Club, this was the 20th edition of the Maitland Bike & Hot Rod Show, scheduled the following Saturday, 23 March 2013 at Maitland Showground, in Blomfield Street, Maitland, state of New South Wales, Australia. The meeting program included cars and motorcycles burnout competitions, and a World record 90-meter (270 foot) jump attempt.
Tyrone Gilks planned to fly almost 100-meter (328 foot) to set a new World record jump on his 250 cm3 two-stroke Yamaha motocross bike. While practicing on the infield of the Maitland Showground, the young rider's jump attempt fell fatally short and Gilks crashed hard into the landing ramp.
Tyrone Gilks was reported to be from Lake Macquarie, NSW, but it is unclear whether he was a native or a resident of it.
Ironically, a poster advertising the meeting, featured Tyrone Gilks as one of the guest stars, while waving hands and greeting the crowd, alongside his friend and Freestyle motocross legend Chucky Norris. At just 19 years of age, Tyrone Gilks already had several daredevil motocross achievements under his belt, including performing his first backflip aged 12 and holding the World record for the longest jump on a 65 cm3 motorcycle, 35-meter (114 foot) in 2005, and an 85 cm3 motorcycle, 59-meter (169.9 foot) in 2006. A true talent, in 2011 Gilks jumped 74-meter (242 foot) on a 125 cm3 bike, beating the record held by fellow Australian Robbie Maddison. Tyrone's father Kevin Gilks is a member of the God’s Squad Christian Motorcycle Club.
The Maitland Showground dirt oval is supposed to be the birthplace of Australian speedway. It first hosted a speedway motorcycle event in 1923.
This was the second fatality in Freestyle Motocross racing in one month. On 28 February 2013, Japanese rider Eigo Sato, 34, was killed while under rotating a backflip, during private training near his home in Japan.
R.I.P
Organised by Australia's Gladiators Motorcycle Club, this was the 20th edition of the Maitland Bike & Hot Rod Show, scheduled the following Saturday, 23 March 2013 at Maitland Showground, in Blomfield Street, Maitland, state of New South Wales, Australia. The meeting program included cars and motorcycles burnout competitions, and a World record 90-meter (270 foot) jump attempt.
Tyrone Gilks planned to fly almost 100-meter (328 foot) to set a new World record jump on his 250 cm3 two-stroke Yamaha motocross bike. While practicing on the infield of the Maitland Showground, the young rider's jump attempt fell fatally short and Gilks crashed hard into the landing ramp.
Tyrone Gilks was reported to be from Lake Macquarie, NSW, but it is unclear whether he was a native or a resident of it.
Ironically, a poster advertising the meeting, featured Tyrone Gilks as one of the guest stars, while waving hands and greeting the crowd, alongside his friend and Freestyle motocross legend Chucky Norris. At just 19 years of age, Tyrone Gilks already had several daredevil motocross achievements under his belt, including performing his first backflip aged 12 and holding the World record for the longest jump on a 65 cm3 motorcycle, 35-meter (114 foot) in 2005, and an 85 cm3 motorcycle, 59-meter (169.9 foot) in 2006. A true talent, in 2011 Gilks jumped 74-meter (242 foot) on a 125 cm3 bike, beating the record held by fellow Australian Robbie Maddison. Tyrone's father Kevin Gilks is a member of the God’s Squad Christian Motorcycle Club.
The Maitland Showground dirt oval is supposed to be the birthplace of Australian speedway. It first hosted a speedway motorcycle event in 1923.
This was the second fatality in Freestyle Motocross racing in one month. On 28 February 2013, Japanese rider Eigo Sato, 34, was killed while under rotating a backflip, during private training near his home in Japan.
R.I.P