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Rain ended play early, but Sydney’s International Festival of Speed hit the Forgotten Era lap record out of the park. Words: Hamish Cooper Photography: Phil Aynsley Ex-Grand Prix racer Jeremy McWilliams and Aaron Morris, one of Australia’s most under-rated riders, took Aussie classic racing to a new level at Sydney’s QBE International Festival of Speed.…

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At the CRMC Pembrey meeting in May the Carmarthenshire circuit was able to retain the marquee pit lane garages from an earlier meeting for the benefit of CRMC competitors. Will the success of the marquee garages resurrect the BARC plans for a permanent set of pit lane garages at Pembrey? Be nice if it did!…

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At long last the overdue story of one of the UK’s most popular racers, John ‘Moon Eyes’ Cooper, has been published by Classic Racer’s parent company Mortons Media. John Cooper raced through perhaps the hardest-fought period of short circuit racing – the 1960s and 70s, and beat the best along the way. He will always…

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With 70 years of MotoGP as the main theme, Bikers’ Classics promises to have something for everyone when it returns to the iconic Belgian venue of Spa this summer as part of the A-XOC series. Organised by Classic Racing Motorcycles Belgium (CRMB) – the only Belgian club fully dedicated to old competition bikes – the…

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One of the UK’s top short circuit and TT racers Barry Randle passed away in May after a long illness. Barry raced through the 1960s, firstly on Manx Nortons but successfully made the switch to Yamaha, winning many races along the way. A retired newsagent from the Midlands, Barry maintained his passion for the Isle…

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Words: Charlie Williams Starting in 47 TT races, Tom Loughridge was the epitome of a motorcycle road racer who, in his own words ‘Lived to race at the TT’. Although having a particular affinity with Suzuki, it was on Aermacchi machines that he made his Isle of Man debut in the1966 Manx Grand Prix. Two…

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The most successful driver in Grand Prix Sidecar history, Steve Webster, is to be guest of honour at the Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show, at Stafford over the weekend of October 19-20. The 10-time world champion had his first race aged just 19 at his local circuit, Elvington, before quickly moving on to national…

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Words: Leanne Mandall Photographs: Gary Chapman Star names, a bike ridden by one of the most famous riders in history and a record near-£4 million auction all contributed to a smash hit Stafford show this spring. The Bonhams auction was, as usual, a real attraction for the 39th Carole Nash International Classic MotorCycle Show, and…

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Ten time TT race winner Giacomo Agostini has confirmed he will appear at this summer’s Classic TT Races. The legendary Italian, who has 15 world championship titles to his name, will ride the iconic Robert Iannucci owned 350cc MV Agusta ‘Quattro Cilindri’ that was first introduced in the 1972 world championship season – the bike…

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