On the first lap of the 1934 Isle of Man TT Lightweight Race, Syd Crabtree, the winner of the 1929 Lightweight Race crashed at the nearby Stonebreakers Hut on the Verandah section of the Mountain Road and was killed. During the winter of 1970/1971 road-widening occurs on the A18 Mountain Road at Verandah by cutting into the hillside.Isle of Man Weekly Times pp1 dated 6 January 1971 Despite the safety improvements to the Verandah section, while lying in first place on the second lap during the 1972 125cc Ultra-Lightweight TT Race held in heavy rain, Gilberto Parlotti crashed his 125cc Morbidelli motor-cycle at the Verandah section and died from his injuries.Mona's Hearld pp4 dated 13 June 1972