Geoff Duke was the first global superstar of Grand Prix racing, the first to win three successive world championships and the first to win two in the same year.
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Tag: Classic Racer
From the archive: The 2015 Sachsenring Classic – 80 years of motorcycle racing in one weekend
A total of 650 riders competed at the ADAC-Sachsenring-Classic in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in former East Germany. Thousands of spectators came to see the stars during the three-day event like in the old days before the iron
Read moreStafford Success
Despite the best the weather could throw at it, making parking a nightmare for the organisers, The Carole Nash Classic Motorcycle Mechanics show was pronounced a success by visitors and traders alike. The Classic Racer
Read moreGoodbye Percy tait
Motorcycle sport lost a true legend when Percy Tait passed away on November 17, aged 90. Percy will be best remembered for the part he played in the success of Triumph in racing and also
Read moreMotorcycling legend Colin Seeley has sadly died
Motorcycle racing and manufacturing legend Colin Seeley has died at the age of 84. It is understood he had been unwell for some time.
Read moreItalian legends arrive in E-Book range
Three genuine icons of Italian motorcycle racing comprise the latest release of new titles in the catalogue of The Motorcycle Files, the range of e-books written by Classic Racer’s Alan Cathcart. They are the legendary
Read moreWhat’s inside the latest issue?
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. And in our new issue, get the legendary Classic Racer 2020 Calendar!
Read moreFrom the Archive: Pre-TT Classic May 30-31 2015
An emotional Jamie Coward paid tribute to Ted Woolf and the people who had stood by him after a shattered lower left leg ruled him out for much of 2014. John Watterson shares his story
Read moreLean, mean and lime green Volume Two – Racing with Kawasaki The Superbike Years 1978-1983
The books in the Lean, mean and lime green series are without doubt the most complete story ever told of racing with Kawasaki in the USA and the long-awaited Volume Two covers the important years
Read moreMissing men
Dear CR It is nice to see the photograph Nick Nicholls took at the start of the 125cc TT in 1961. And it is nice too, to have mentioned most of the riders, some of
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