Editor’s intro
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Watching
Hello and welcome to this latest issue of Classic Racer – I sincerely hope you enjoy it. There is change in them there racing worlds. And we’re witnessing what could end up being the start of something pretty special. I’m talking about our racing world and how it’s starting to be viewed by the wider,…
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Welcome
As you will have noticed by now, this is a special issue of Classic Racer. As soon as we heard the news about John Surtees, both Malc and I agreed that CR should devote the first, serious section of this issue to the man himself. As I sit here at Classic Racer towers, in a…
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Hello and welcome to this month’s Classic Racer. I sincerely hope you enjoy it.
As my long-time friend, mentor and fellow paddock-gossip sharer Malc explained in the last issue of this fine racing publication, I am now in the hot seat. As such, these types of welcoming columns from new editors tend to be pretty much the same type of thing from whoever takes over the role. So let’s…
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Comes a time…
I’ve been focused on the laptop screen for 20 minutes without typing a word. It’s not that I don’t know what I have to write… it’s that I’ve been struggling for a headline. As usual I’ve trawled the back catalogues of two of my favourite music legends; song titles have long been a source of…
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Welcome
Another Classic TT has passed and a really great event it was once again, although sadly things all turned a bit sour after the controversial Classic Superbike Race. For me there were some great highlights, not least the popularity and success of the Classic Racer Lap of Honour, which, thankfully, passed off safely with everyone…
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Welcome
I’m guessing that many of you grew up with the best motorcycling movie of all time, On Any Sunday? Steve McQueen starred in this iconic Bruce Brown movie, but the real stars of the show were the racers. Among all the other bike action the film followed Mert Lawwill as he defended his AMA Number…
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I’ve been around motorcycle racing a very long time; in fact I’ve been around motorcycle sport, in all its forms, for a very long time. Welcome Growing up in a small Lincolnshire village within earshot of Cadwell Park I guess it was inevitable I would get hooked, and once I was my older cousin, Colin,…
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Welcome
Our annual spring holiday in Florida (and before you ask, yes, I do pay for it with my own, hard-earned, cash), which by coincidence is at the same time as Daytona Bike Week, always throws up a surprise or two. And this year was no exception, with a couple of very pleasant ones. We always…
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