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Sammy Miller will be at Thundersprint • Sammy at Thundersprint Evergreen Sammy Miller will be joining fellow veteran Jim Redman at this year’s Thundersprint, which moves for the first time to Anglesey, on April 21. Sammy will ride his RC181 Honda replica and the museum’s supercharged 1938 AJS V4. For more details contact organiser Frank…

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Classic Racer May-June on sale now! Editor's intro • Malc sets the scene CLASSIC RACER REGULARS • Pole Position Surtees at the 1957  TT • Archive Shot American Invasion • Paddock Gossip Read all about it • Readers Write A full mailbag • Subscribe It has to be a bargain CLASSIC RACER PEOPLE • Peter…

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Big names include 83-year-old Carlo Ubbiali, who has nine world titles. He'll be be parading an MV Agusta 350 two-cylinder, Remo Venturi (1966, Gilera four-cylinder), world vice champion in 1959 and 1960 and Fabrizio Pirovano a Supersport World Series winner. Other confirmed Italians are Silvano Bertarelli, Attilio Riondato, Fabio Biliotti, Maurizio Massimiani, Marcellino Lucchi, Leandro…

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John McGuinness gives thumbs up… The newly named course sections come as the Isle of Man Government has redesigned and replaced the existing directional boards and mile markers around the 37¾ mile course. John McGuinness first competed on the Isle of Man in 1996 and to date has 19 race victories to his name, including…

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Buy a piece of TT memorabilia Iconic orange direction signs, blue mile markers, official podium backdrops and classic Shell fuel fillers, used until the mid-1980s, will be among the lots up for grabs in the Isle of Man Government Department of Economic Development auction. The first collectable, the Ballaugh Bridge directional sign, is online now,…

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Ken McIntosh’s Manx Norton. Pic: Mick Duckworth Forty-two-year-old Anstey will take over the McIntosh Manx Norton from fellow TT star Cameron Donald, who recently rode the bike to victory in the New Zealand Classic TT, taking four victories from four starts. He followed that up by winning both the 500cc and Unlimited titles at Phillip…

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Manxman Kneen has high hopes for the TT Since becoming the first rider ever to win a hat-trick at the Manx Grand Prix, a feat he achieved in 2008, the Braddan rider has become a regular fixture in the top ten at the Isle of Man TT. He has also performed well at the North…

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John McGuinness enters Lightweight TT race The Morecambe man will ride for Phil Morris's RLR racing team, which has already begun preparing the all-new CBR500R. McGuinness last road for the team close to a decade ago when he took back-to-back victories at the Lightweight TT onboard a Honda VFR400. Team owner Phil Morris said: “We…

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Gary Nixon at Mallory Park Mallory Park in Leicestershire is facing enforcement action for alleged breaches of noise regulations and its owner MPML has been summonsed to appear before Leicester Magistrates’ Court on April 19. The firm is expected to enter a plea to five sample alleged breaches. A crunch meeting between representatives of MPML,…

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