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  • Frankie for Newark Show

    Frankie for Newark Show

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    Pierfrancesco ‘Frankie’ Chilli, is to star as guest of honour at the Carole Nash Classic Bike Guide Winter Classic at Newark showground over the weekend of January 11-12, 2020. Bologna-born Frankie, as he is known to his fans, had a long and successful career in most classes of races, winning the 125cc European Championship in…

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  • November/December issue out now!

    November/December issue out now!

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    Classic Racer magazine celebrates the greatest racers and racing motorcycles in history, where motorcycle-racing legends truly live on.

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  • The Bob Mac

    The Bob Mac

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    The SCRMC recently served up a full card of classic racing at the East Fortune circuit, for the traditional Bob Mac meeting. Against the backdrop of the former First and Second World War airfield, there was some real-life flying action around Scotland’s fastest road race venue, which has been in existence since the very early…

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  • Pre-TT Classic: Jamie’s day

    Pre-TT Classic: Jamie’s day

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    Jamie Coward was the man of the meeting at the Pre-TT Classic, clocking up three wins as well as new outright lap and race records for the event. But it certainly wasn’t all plain sailing for the Hebden Bridge man. A luckless Alan Oversby pushed Coward hard in both the 350cc and 500cc races before…

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  • Record breaking weekend of Classic Action

    Record breaking weekend of Classic Action

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    Words: Jono Yardley Photographs: Charlie Battisti British Historic Racing’s third racing weekend of the year was held at the lovely one-mile-long Kent circuit of Lydden, just a few miles outside of Dover. It’s always good to see when circuit owners invest in their facility, and that’s certainly true here – money has been spent on…

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  • Smashing!

    Smashing!

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    After a damp start, Anglesey was at its scenic best for the CRMC’s mid-season stop-over, with class and outright lap and race records tumbling with almost every race. Graham Lawlor and Pete Morris were the racefans who got to witness it all, on a weekend that saw Joe Barton establish himself at the top of…

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  • New on AllMyReads: The Scrapbook Series – AJS

    New on AllMyReads: The Scrapbook Series – AJS

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    AllMyReads is the new way to browse unlimited non-fiction books, taking you on in-depth journeys all in the palm of your hand.

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  • CRMC Cadwell: Weather the brave

    CRMC Cadwell: Weather the brave

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    Graham Lawlor and Pete Morris travelled to Cadwell Park where the CRMC’s third round produced a mix of dreadful Saturday and perfect Sunday racing weather. Read more and view more images in the September/October 2019 issue of CR – on sale now!

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  • Rare Mike Hailwood watch to be auctioned at Stafford

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    A rare timepiece given to Mike Hailwood by gifted watchmaker and pioneer entrepreneur Jack Heuer will feature in the Bonhams auction at the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford later this month.

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  • Telford gets more Classic Dirt!

    Telford gets more Classic Dirt!

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    Bernie Schreiber, the American World Trials champion of 1979, and Bryan ‘Badger’ Goss, the 1970 British 500cc motocross champion, are guests for the Telford Classic Dirt Bike Show of 2020.

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