Zak Carr
Zak Carr (6 March 1975 in Norwich, Norfolk – 17 October 2005) was a British cyclist who specialised in the time trial discipline. With Glen Taylor, he is the current British national record holder in several tandem time trial events: 30 miles (00:54:33, 2002),[1] 50 miles (01:33:24, 2003),[1] and 100 miles (03:18:24, 2003).[1] With Sean Yates, he is the current national record holder for longest distance tandem cycled in 12 hours (304.70 miles, 2005).[1]
Carr began competitive cycling at age 14.[2] As a junior, Carr broke the British 10 mile record in 1992, with a time of 19:37, a record which stood until 2005.[3] He joined the apibikes.com racing team in 2001[4] and won the North Midlands CF 100-mile event that year.[5] In 2002, cycling with Glenn Taylor in a time of 00:56:39, Carr first beat the 30 mile tandem record previously set by Sean Yates and Vic Haines, a victory which followed Carr and Taylor's tandem 10 mile record set in October 2001.[6] The pair broke their own 30 mile record later the same year with a time of 00:54:33, an average speed of nearly 33 mph,[7] and also broke their 10 mile record with a time of 17:33, setting six records in total during the 2002 season.[8]
Carr placed second in the 2002 British National Time Trial Championships individual time trial.[9] In 2003, he won the silver medals in the national 25 and 100 mile events,[10] and gold in the 12 hour event.[11] With Glenn Taylor, he set another tandem record in 2003, this time the 100 mile event in a time of 3:18:24, besting the 1989 record of Gethin Butler and Ray Runham by 13:15.[12] He was aiming to ride at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics as a sighted pilot,[13] but while cycling to work along the A11 road from his home town of Attleborough towards Norwich on October 17, 2005, was struck from behind and killed by a motorist who was returning home from a holiday.[14] The driver was later sentenced to five years in prison;[15] the prosecution argued he was sleep-deprived after an overnight flight and fell asleep at the wheel.[16] His widow subsequently launched a claim of damages exceeding £300,000 against the driver.[17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Men - Tandem Bicycle". Cycling Time Trials. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Tributes paid to talented cyclist". Diss Express. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Sports Round-up". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Zak Carr". www.apibikes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ Snowdon, Graham (2 September 2001). "Cycling: Tanner outsprints his rival". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Carr and Taylor take Tandem 30 comp record". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008.
- ↑ "Carr & Taylor annihiliate Tandem 30 record". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008.
- ↑ "CARR/TAYLOR SET NEW TANDEM 10 RECORD". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 6 March 2008.
- ↑ "National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Great Britain 2002". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Carr rewrites record books". Northamptonshire Telegraph. 29 September 2005. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Ace Carr killed". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 18 October 2005. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Sports Round-up". The Telegraph. 30 June 2003. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "DRIVER WHO KILLED ZAK CARR JAILED FOR FIVE YEARS". Cycling Weekly. 2007-01-29. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Tired driver killed top cyclist". BBC. 5 January 2007. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ Sapsted, David (2007). "Five years for killer driver who fell asleep". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Tired motorist jailed over death". BBC. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ↑ "Crash cyclist's widow in damages claim". Diss Mercury. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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