Sam Hewitt

  • GEORGE REMEMBERED

    GEORGE REMEMBERED

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    Dear CR Late last year, my friend of over 60 years, James ‘George’ Ward lost his long, brave battle with cancer. George was an enthusiastic club racer in the 1960/70s. His first mount was a 500 BSA Gold Star and very early in his racing career he had his one and only serious accident as…

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  • French Grand Prix 1974: The Battle of the Fours

    French Grand Prix 1974: The Battle of the Fours

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    At the end of the 1973 500 Grand Prix season Giacomo Agostini lost the world title to his arch-rival and team-mate Phil Read. He took the brave decision to leave MV Agusta for the following season and joined the factory Yamaha team. Many of his disappointed race fans thought this would be the end of…

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  • Stafford Classic Bike Show cancelled due to Covid-19

    Stafford Classic Bike Show cancelled due to Covid-19

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    Due to the worsening situation and rising infection rate of Covid-19, Mortons Media Group has reluctantly taken the decision to cancel the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics show, planned for October 10-11 at Stafford County Showground. This long-established event has always been a firm favourite with motorcycle enthusiasts from all over Europe, and with the increase…

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  • Cadwell comeback

    Cadwell comeback

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    Classic motorcycle racing made a most welcome return at Cadwell Park, when the CRMC held the first meeting since lockdown began. Classic Racer was there, along with a few discerning and socially distanced spectators… Words: Jono Yardley Captions: Graham LawlorPhotographs: Pete Morris Way back on March 23 of this year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced…

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  • Bob Smith: The Peoples’ Champion

    Bob Smith: The Peoples’ Champion

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    EVERY now and again there arises a rider who could hop on any bike and blast the hell out of his peers. Mike Hailwood was one, Bill Ivy another. But there’s another example – albeit a much lesser known one – who shared the majestic two-wheeled prowess of both Hailwood and Ivy – Bob Smith.…

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  • Virtually the lap record!

    Virtually the lap record!

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    A new lap record of 146.52mph for a lap of the mountain course has been set by Davey Todd. Of course this isn’t a real-life lap record, it’s more than likely that these kind of speeds will never be reached. Instead, Todd was playing the latest video/console game to try and re-create the thrills and…

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  • BREAKING: Kempton Autojumble cancelled

    BREAKING: Kempton Autojumble cancelled

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    The Kempton Autojumble, due to be held this Saturday, September 12, has unfortunately had to be cancelled due to circumstances outside of our control. We are very sorry at the late notice for this, as we were so looking forward to welcoming everyone safely to the Kempton Park Race Course this weekend, but we hope you…

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  • Foggy: “Four-strokes killed WSB”

    Foggy: “Four-strokes killed WSB”

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    Four-time World Superbike champion, team owner and ‘King of the Jungle’ Carl Fogarty has claimed that the onset of the four-stroke MotoGP era in 2002 was the final nail in the coffin for the previously dominant four-stroke racing formula – WSB. Foggy won the title in 1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999 before retiring through injury…

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  • International Island Classic ChallengePhillip Island, australia

    International Island Classic ChallengePhillip Island, australia

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    22 – 24 Jan 2016 In the International Island Classic at Phillip Island Team UK made it two in row at Australia’s showcase of classic motorcycle racing. The Roger Winfield-led outfit held off a late challenge from Australia to retain the International Challenge trophy it first won last year. Hamish Cooper reports. In front of…

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  • PREVIEW: September/October edition of Classic Racer

    PREVIEW: September/October edition of Classic Racer

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    Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on. Classic Racer magazine covers everything from tests of historic racing machinery, written by those who rode them, to tales of the heroes who made the sport great. With detailed bike profiles we take you so close to…

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