Letters

Dear CRI was looking forward to the next Classic Racer after unsuccessfully finishing the crossword, which if I admit, was a rather difficult one to complete. A few years back I used your mag and its archives to complete my book titled The Alan Shepherd Experience, which came out in 2015. However, I have always…

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Dear CRI’ve just read the great article on Neil Tuxworth. I thought I knew about Neil, but what an informative article about a truly exceptional man! To have survived the crash injuries (which I never realised he had) was one helluva story, but then to have built another career, that’s most impressive. Many thanks for…

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Dear CRFirstly can I thank you for introducing a crossword competition to the magazine, albeit with rather easy questions; surely everyone loves a quiz especially when a prize is on offer… However, although you give the answers to the quiz you do not give the name of the winner, which defeats the object somewhat.Alan Gell…

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Dear CRReally enjoyed the Niall Mackenzie article in the latest issue of Classic Racer – it reminds me very much of my times following Grand Prix racing in the 1980s and 90s and latterly the British Superbike championship, of which Niall was champion three times. I spent a lot of my time on the road…

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Dear CR Just a line to remark upon the wonderful line drawings by Mike Ofield: they really are superb! My feeling is that perhaps they should be incorporated into some sort of book or collected works? You know the sort of thing! I’d pay a decent dollar to see all of these wonderful works of…

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Dear CR Oh come on! What is this BS about ‘Little Loris’ Capirossi and how great he was… he was one of the most arrogant racers of his generation! Does anyone recall what he did in Argentina against Tetsuya Harada back in 1998? He took the guy off the track to win the title. Not…

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Dear CR I found it interesting to read the informative letter from Raymond Ainscoe in issue 204 and his view on the Joey Dunlop feature that: “Estonia IS not so obscure.” I’m not so sure. In 2004 I, together with friends, rode our bikes out to Estonia as part of a 10-country tour, and had…

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Dear CR How about a series of columns from a variety of racers in the classic arena: think of the old boys who have raced and are still racing… One that springs to mind is Mike Edwards (above left). He’s a British champ and still out there doing it. Or maybe the likes of Pete…

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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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Dear CR I am writing to correct some comments made by your contributor Mr Cathcart in his test on the EMC, issue 201. He says that Ewald Kluge won the 1938 Lightweight TT, the first non-British rider/combo to do so. Did not the Italian combination of Omobono Tenni on his Guzzi, the year previously, in…

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