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Craig Jones (motorcyclist)

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and Parkalgar racing team, Paulo Pinheiro, declared: "it is a very special thanks to Craig Jones who will be forever immortalized in our memories. This tribute will keep alive the admiration and respect for the work of Craig in the motorcycling world ". "This monument will ensure that Craig Jones
426:, representing the main straight of a racing circuit, which extends up to the car park of the main grandstand. This large-scale artistic intervention serves to frame the statue but will also be useful as an access that will allow pedestrian approach to the statue. The owner of 31: 292:. Jones' condition was assessed as 'extremely critical' upon his arrival and he was induced into a pharmacological coma by doctors in an attempt to stabilise his condition. This intervention was unsuccessful and Jones was pronounced dead by doctors shortly after 00.30 122:. Jones was a successful racer in the lower ranks of the British motorcycling ladder, winning the 1996 British Junior Mini-Moto Championship, the 1997 British Senior Mini-Moto Championship and the 2002 British Junior Superstock Championship before moving up to the 419:, already partially built, which also includes the architectural arrangement of the main access roundabout to the racetrack, created by Paula Hespanha and Portuguese architect Manuel Pedro Ferreira Chaves. This monument is a 141:, which returned to racing in 2003 after an absence of 30 years. Jones was retained by Valmoto as sole-rider for 2004, and finished the season with a win at the last round and in eighth position overall. 268:
The fall occurred at Clark Curve, a fast right-hand turn that leads into the home straight of the Brands Hatch circuit, on 3 August. At the time of the fall, Jones was in second position and challenging
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in World Supersport. His bike carried a small decal of Jones' #18, and in the post-race interview Laverty dedicated the win to Jones, crediting the work he had done in making the team competitive.
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category for his first season as a full-time supersport rider, riding with the Reve Ekerold Honda team. Jones suffered many technical problems early in the season, and crashed out of the lead at
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In 2005 Jones has his best year in the British Supersport Championship riding for the Northpoint Honda team, achieving seven podium finishes and second overall in the title contest behind
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The race was immediately stopped by officials so that medical personnel could attend to Jones, and he was taken to the Brands Hatch medical center where Clinica Mobile doctors
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on 4 August 2008. As Jones was running second in the race at the time of the race stoppage, he moved up to fifth in the championship. Fellow racers
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as the Turkish rider was leading the last completed lap. The podium at Magny-Cours moved him up from 7th to 5th in the final standings.
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statue was expected to occur in 2010. If completed in 2011, this will be the only stone statue in the world representing a motorbike.
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On 22 October 2009, a tribute ceremony occurred, with the exhibition of a provisional statue, created by the Portuguese sculptor
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attempted to take evasive action, but the front wheel and the footrest of his machine collided with Jones' helmet.
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and was contesting the lead when he pulled out of the race with clutch problems, and he finished eighth at
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lost traction and he was thrown across the track into the path of oncoming riders. The Australian rider
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3D preview of the Craig Jones Memorial, partially built, in the main access of the Algarve Motor Park
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in remembrance of his friend, while carrying the English flag. The marshalls also waved their flags.
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Jones died as a result of head injuries sustained in a fall and subsequent collision during the
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with a black armband and carried Jones' number 18 on his fairing to express his sadness.
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team run by experienced tuner/team manager Jack Valentine in conjunction with the
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in the British Supersport Championship, initially with teammate Jim Moodie in the
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him on four occasions. He was air-lifted by the Kent Air Ambulance to the
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for the lead. As Jones accelerated out of the curve the rear wheel of his
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on the uncompetitive Foggy Petronas FP1. A solitary thirteenth place at
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Craig Jones memorial at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve
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raced in one of Jones' spare helmets at the BSB meeting at
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Four-time world champion and former team boss of Jones,
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and attended Charles Darwin Primary School, and later
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Index


Crewe
West Kingsdown
English
motorcycle racer
Northwich
Cheshire
Hartford High School
Crewe
Peterborough
British Supersport Championship
Daytona 600
Triumph factory
Leon Camier
Silverstone
Brands Hatch
Ten Kate Honda
Brno
Superbike World Championship
2006 season
Imola

2007
Supersport World Championship
Brands Hatch
Brno
Vallelunga
Magny-Cours
Kenan Sofuoğlu
2008

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