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including; broken pelvis, ripped liver and spleen, 6 fractured
vertebrae and severely broken bones in both feet.
He was immediately Med Evac’d back to Camp Bastion,
stabilised and then air-lifted back to the UK. He felt relief
when told by his consultant in Birmingham Hospital that he’d
fractured both feet, but this feeling was short lived.
He and his consultant had very different ideas
on the definition of fractured! Murray
thought a bit of plaster and he’d be up
and about again in no time, but the
consultant said, “The right one
has got to come off. We could
try to rebuild the left, but you’ll
be in and out of hospital for
up to three years, and the
end result could be you lose
it anyway.” 36 hours after
arriving in the UK Murray
was a double amputee
facing an uncertain future.
4 months after his
amputation, still undergoing
extensive
medical
rehabilitation, Murray met
Royal Navy sailor, Phil Spencer.
Phil was taken aback by Murray’s
story and passion for motorcycles,
but wasn’t comfortable with his plans
to learn to ride again on the public roads.
Meeting again later that same year, Phil
enquired about Murray’s progress and suggested
they go to the track instead. From riding in the relative safety of
organised track days, very quickly Phil developed the concept
of forming an injured Serviceman’s motorcycle race team and
in early 2012 Phil formed True Heroes Racing.
Hifibre would like to take this opportunity
to congratulate The True Heroes Racing
Team and everybody connected to the team
for all their professional dedication and full
commitment to motorcycle racing along with
the partnership with Hifibre Race Bodywork.
After some hard lobbying the team secured Murray his
novice race licence and on 1st September 2012 True Heroes
Racing competed in their first ever race with a specially
adapted Triumph Daytona motorcycle and an injured
support crew. Successfully completing their first race was not
enough; Phil’s aim was to take True Heroes Racing
to the top level in the UK. Over the coming
months the team developed their adapted
motorcycle, overcame new issues and
competed at club races all over the
UK, Rule Books were re-written
and
established
regulations
challenged. In April 2013, after
gaining
further
approval
and
extensive
corporate
sponsorship True Heroes
Racing broke new ground
and became the first and
only injured Serviceman’s
motorcycle race team to
ever compete at the British
Superbike
Championships,
when Murray took to the track
in the 2013 Triumph Triple
Challenge.
Never before had an adapted
motorcycle, raced by a disabled rider,
supported by other injured personnel;
ever featured at the British Superbike
Championships. Competing on this televised
stage now meant not only was the team offering
opportunities for more injured Service personnel to become
involved in motorcycle racing as a form of rehabilitation,
but the team were also normalising the life changing injuries
sustained by its members and also inspiring others to attempt
the things they were told or believed to be impossible.
Over 25 years experience within the fibreglass
industry producing top quality products
All our products are hand made by highly skilled staff who are trained
in all aspects of composite material construction.
From the very beginning of their entry into
the front line of motorcycle racing the True
Heroes Racing team found that working
with other like-minded suppliers made the
challenge ahead to succeed within their sites. Using an experienced workforce operating to current British
Standards we ensure our products are manufactured to the highest
quality and efficiency. Our customer base includes main contractors
and blue chip companies, from construction and building, water and
public authorities, architects and general engineering companies, not
forgetting of course the general public.
We at Hifibre make professional race
bodywork for the professionals and those
that aspire to be professional with the same
commitment and quality assured every time
for each product we make. What we do
New customers are always welcome at
Hifibre and we look forward to you joining the
list of winning riders and teams we already
supply.
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