{"id":199520,"date":"2025-12-23T09:09:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/199520\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:09:13","slug":"carl-cox-proud-ambassador-for-isle-of-man-tt-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/199520\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Cox &#8216;proud&#8217; ambassador for Isle of Man TT fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine NicollIsle of Man<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765835709_216_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/da1053d0-df56-11f0-a7ad-b72dffdf9dfd.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"IOM TT Carl Cox sitting on a replica of Michael Dunlop's record-breaking motorbike, which features his logo. Volunteers with the Mannin Cancers Support Group are standing alongside him.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>IOM TT<\/p>\n<p>Carl Cox has been appointed ambassador for the Wheelie Good Cause project<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Veteran dance music DJ and TT team boss Carl Cox has said he was &#8220;honoured and very proud&#8221; to team up with a Manx cancer charity for a motorbike-themed project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The Mannin Cancers Support Group (Mannin Cancers) Wheelie Good Cause project has seen 15 &#8220;legends&#8221; bikes created featuring celebrated moments from the Isle of Man TT&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Cox, who has been a supporter of the races for several years, has been appointed ambassador for the campaign, which runs until next year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Among the bikes recreated has been the MD Racing Yamaha R6 that Michael Dunlop took his record-breaking 29th TT win on, which features Cox&#8217;s team logo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Cox said it was &#8220;a cause very close to my heart&#8221;, having lost family and friends over the years to cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I am looking forward to supporting the wonderful volunteers at Mannin Cancers in raising much-needed funds to support the battle against cancer in the Isle of Man,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765835709_216_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/9aa79510-df5a-11f0-a7ad-b72dffdf9dfd.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"IOM TT The model of Michael Dunlop's bike, which is black, turquoise and purple and has Carl Cox's team logo on the side. It it on a black stand against a white background.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>IOM TT<\/p>\n<p>The model motorbikes have been created out of glass fibre<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mannin Cancers was appointed the official charity partner for the event for 2025-26, with all the machines due to be auctioned off during next year&#8217;s event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Other famous riders represented in the collection include John McGuinness and Michael Dunlop&#8217;s uncle Joey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mannin Cancers chairwoman, Julie Stokes, said the group was &#8220;so excited&#8221; to have Cox as ambassador.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He was a &#8220;wonderful supporter&#8221; of the event and had been to visit the volunteers at the bike display during the 2025 races, she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The 2026 TT races are scheduled to run from 25 May to 6 June, with the auction of the bikes taking place on 29 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catherine NicollIsle of Man IOM TT Carl Cox has been appointed ambassador for the Wheelie Good Cause project&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-199520","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}