A devastated Ryan Farquhar has told the Belf♋ast News Letter he w𝔍ill never race again following the tragic death of his uncle at the Manx Grand Prix on Wednesday.

Trevor Ferguson (48) from Castlec𓃲aulfield in Co Tyrone lost his life after he fell while competing on one of Farquhar's🐻 KMR Kawasaki machines in the Supertwin race in the Isle of Man.

One of Northern Ireland's most decorated road racers, Farquhar had earlier claimed his 10th Manx GP victory in the Senior Classic event, but a day that began with so much promise ended in the most heart-breaking circum🌳stances.

Farquhar - who pulled out of yesterday's Classic Superbike race at the Manx Grand Prix - says he is no longer willing to take the inherent ris🦂ks involve💃d in road racing after witnessing the devastating effects of his uncle's fatal accident on Mr Ferguson's wife and three children.

Fighting back tears, Farquhar said: "I'm finished with racing. I've been racing a long time and I've lost a lot of fri꧂ends in that time, but it's different when it comes to your own doorstep.

"What I have witnessed in the past 24 hours I've never🙈 seen before.

"It's the people who are left behind who suffer the most. Trevor🔯 probably didn't know anythinꦆg about the crash, but the people left behind are hit the hardest," said the 36-year-old.

"His wife and girls are in pieces. I don't ever w♌ant Karen and my two girls to ever have to go through somethi🌸ng like that.

"This is a sport I love but I can't risk putting my family through something like that ꦚany more - I have to think of them.

"I don't even know if I'll be able to even run a team in the future," 🧜he added.

"I need to sit down with💞 Karen and talk it over and see w🐷here we go from here."

Dungannon competitor Nigel Moore went on to win the ill-fated race on a second o♍f Farquhar's ✅machines.

Farquhar - the most successful rider 🧸ever in the history of Irish national road ra🐎cing and a multiple winner at the Isle of Man TT, North West 200 and Ulster Grand Prix - said he "wished I'd never offered the bike to Trevor".

"🦋I'm lost for words - I wish I hadn't offered T💫revor the bike.

"I'm just absolutely gutted," he added.

"I went up today [Thursday] to🍒 where 🃏the accident happened at The Nook and laid some flowers.

"I keep thinking if I hadn't offered him the bike and he'd be🔜en on his own bike the🌟n maybe it wouldn't have happened, but life is all ifs and buts.

"This is going to be a very t🦩ough time fo🐷r Trevor's family but I'm going to be there for them.

"He wasn't just my uncle, he was a really go𒊎od friend.

"I don't think it has even really sunk in yet to be hones🌳t."

Farquhar, from Killyman in Co Tyrone, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the organisers of the Manx Grand Prix for their support in the wake of the tragedyܫ.

"On the behalf of myself, my family and my team, I just want to pass on our sincere thanks to the Manx Motor Cycle Club because they have been so supportive and have given us so much help - they♔ couldn't do enough for us," he said.

"Everyone has rallied around and I want to thank the medics as well who worked on Trevor꧟ and everyone who has been there for us."

Farquhar had already vowed to scale down his racing activities in 2013, setting a target of reaching 200 Irish road racing 🦩victories.

He currently has 199 wins and could have reached his goal at the Killalane meeting in September, th꧃e final Irish road r🌞ace of the season.

This year, Farquhar won the inaugural Supertwin races at the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT and was also victorious in the class at the Ulster Grand Prix earlier thi𝕴s month.