The Killalane Road Races were next on the calendar and with the aches and pains of his earlier season off pretty much gone Davy was looking to get back in to the top half of the leaderboard. There would be no Ballygowan Supporters Club 250 for the rest of the year so he would be concentrating on the Investasure Fireblade and Autotech Kawasaki.

The first session on the Fireblade went well, and Davy qualified a lot higher than he had been in recent meetings as the shoulder was now almost back to full strength. Practice was then brought to an abrupt halt when there was a serious incident involving Raymond Porter and Darran Lindsay in the Supersport session resulting in the death of Lindsay. After a lot of meetings and discussions between officials, riders and the family, practice was abandoned, but it was agreed that racing would go ahead on Sunday in his honour.

The paddock was not itself on race day after the events of practice and as the riders took the grid they were determined to put on a show in Darran’s memory. Davy’s first ride was in the open championship event and after a slow start he eventually worked his way up to fourth at the flag. Next it was the 600cc Supersport Race and with the grid set from championship positions, Davy was well back, but this time he got away well and found himself in a terrific race long duel with Derek Brien who he eventually got the better off to finish sixth on the Autotech Kawasaki.

Davy’s last outing of the weekend was in the Grand Final and he got a brilliant start on the Investasure Honda and was right with the leading runners on the opening laps. Finnegan and Donnan pulled away as the race progressed and Davy found himself in a terrific battle for the final podium step with William Dunlop, but eventually lost out by three tenths of a second and came home fourth.

It was a sombre Davy speaking later who said, “It was great to get to the right end of the leaderboard again after a disappointing couple of months, but that does not matter this weekend as we lost another friend and rival in a freak accident in practice on Saturday. I wish Raymond a speedy recovery and on behalf of myself and everyone involved with Davy Morgan Racing I want to extend our condolences and deepest sympathy to Darran’s wife Kerry, his family and friends at this terrible time”.