Classic Dirt Bike – August 2019

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Upright–refersto engine position

Antig–Tig Perry’smake

Ansel–SelwynPerry’smake

Luckhurst–frame make

RTS–RogerTaylor Special

RMS–Ray MorrisSpecial

JUST IN CASE YOUDIDN'TKNOW...

Aspectacularweekend of grasstrack

action is promised for fans of the sideways

sport in September.

John Banner and his co-promoter Carl

Pugh have organised the Longdon Lazer

GrassTrackfor September 8, 2019 at Heath

Hill Farm, near Longdon, inWorcestershire,

then theACUsaid theyneeded someone

to run the Pre-75championship grasstrack

–sothe lads stepped up.

The result isaweekendevent with

theACU Pre-75 GrassTrackonSatur day,

September 7, and then the Longdon Lazer

on Sunday8.

Forthose of us not up to speed with the

current Pre-75 grass scene,the guythey

all have to beat at thechampionship has

to be Dave Hammond. He’swon the Pre-75

500ccchampionship four times inarow

at various tracks in the country,first at

Fenland in Cambridgeshirethen Pickering

and on to Cheshireand Cornwall.

Travelling is no hardship toaman

whofinished 21st in the legendaryDakar

on his KTM in 2000. Bike shopowner

Hammond, from South Cerneynear

Cirencester will onceagain be on his two-

valveRMS-framedJawa thathas served

him sowell.

He’snot likelytohaveitall hisownway

though,with Worcester’sTim Curnock, a

three-time title winner,onhis RTSJawa.

Haulage cont ractor Curnockhad bad luck

in 2018 when heblew the motor,soheis

looking to keepittogether thisyear.As

Curnockisthe lastracer to win the Three

Counties ShowGroundCup,and with

Tewkesburyformer Eurochampion Gerald

Short on his Swish Antig, theracing will

surelybegood.

Additionally, thereisDroitwich’sNeil

Copestake on his newlybuilt Siegerin

the350cc class, but he then takes on six-

timechampion Chris Mackett fromKent.

Mackett,aformer RyeHouse speedway

racer has been riding since 1971, in

2007 he came backtovinta ge machines.

Announcing hisreturnby winning the 250

Upright class twice,healsocompetes in

the 500cc upright along with the all-new

GT140 class, but will onlybeout in the 350

upright class.

It remains to be seen whichofhis 350s

he elects torace as he has taken twotitles

on aBSA Brouno and four onaJAP in a

RegLuckhurst frame.

Giving them allarun for their money

will be former uprightchampion Dave

Wright who haswonthis class before

and will be using one of SelwynPerry’s

Ansel bikes (Selwynwasthe brother of

the lateTigPerry, Tigofcourse building

Antig machines). Dave has not been on

the racetrackfor awhile,knee problems

keeping him out of action.

All in all, it sounds likeafrantic

weekend ofracing with action both days

starting with practice at 11am thenracing

from 12.30.

It will costyouatenner to getineach

day, unless you’re under 16 when it’sfree.

Forthose who plan ahead, there’s

achance toreceive a25% discount on

ticket pricesby heading toJohn Banner’s

website http://www.johnbanner.uk

The event is at HeathHill Farm,

Worcestershire, WR8 0RQ.

Grasstrackspectacular inWorcestershire

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