Sam Hewitt

Cadwell park anniversary

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

In your look back over eight decades of motorcycle sport at Cadwell Park 80th anniversary celebrations you seem to have missed the one major decade I cannot see or read any mention of the 1960s in your article? Surely this was a true classic decade, with the likes of Mike Hailwood, Phil Read, Bill Ivy…
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Island History

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Dear Malc, My father, Alfred (Fred) Stride is a subscriber to your magazine and enjoys it very much. He was active racing back in the 1950s in various classes, he had a Douglas 250, an Itom 50, Manx Norton and an AJS 7R to name a few I can remember. He obviously wishes he still…
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Welcome

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Our annual spring holiday in Florida (and before you ask, yes, I do pay for it with my own, hard-earned, cash), which by coincidence is at the same time as Daytona Bike Week, always throws up a surprise or two. And this year was no exception, with a couple of very pleasant ones. We always…
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Ken McIntosh – the legend lives on

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

980 was a time when big-bore Formula One racing was catching on worldwide, and the crowds loved it! The bikes were big, made lots of noise and in the right hands they could sometimes take on production GP machines. Cameron Donald, racing the 25th Anniversary McIntosh to another victory, at Hampton Downs 2015. It was…
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TRAILBLAZERS: KEEPING MOTORCYCLE HISTORY ALIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Anywhere in the world of motorcycling, especially where racing has been popular, there comes a day when people start to wonder where their friends, heroes or fellow competitors have gone. Sadly, we usually know the fate of those lost on the track, or in some off-track accident. But what became of those who slipped quietly…
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TEAM MOLNAR MANX

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Last year proved to be the team’s most successful season, with 116 race starts and only two mechanical failures and Chris Firmin taking bike number 001, the first ever built by Andy Molnar, back in 1995, to second place in the Lansdowne British Championship. Young Richard Molnar is planning more of the same in 2016.…
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BRISTOL BEATS THE STORMS

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Sam Hewitt

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15th June 2016

Star of the wind and rain swept Carole Nash Bristol Classic MotorCycle Show at the Bath & West Showground was local legend Henry Body. Winners all – Despite the inclement weather the Bristol Show winners clearly had a great weekend. Living up to pre-show expectations, a trio of bikes from well-known collector and sprint star,…
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Sam Hewitt

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1st June 2016

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