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1.Aussie engineeringat its finest - the Vee Two Ritorno2.Michael Rutterjust manages to avoid Glen Richards
3 .TheNewEraPostabusa was alittle offthepacethis year4.Colin Edwardscouldn'tfindthe answersthistime
around5.The sound of Ago's MV was something to behold6.Larger than life British DJ Carl Cox7.Gearing
problems meantSteve Martin couldn'treplicatehispace oflastyear8.FanskeptAgobusy at every opportunity -
andhedidn’tdisappoint9.Peter DeAngelistucks in with Bruce Collins
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briefsbifsThere,Ifixedit
WorldrenownedDJand
motorsport enthusiast
CarlCoxdidn’tlet a simple
matter like a broken
crankshaft stophis Island
party. He prowled pitlane,
uncovered a race Katana
hecould buy andaddedit
to his Carl Cox Motorsport
stable. What aguy.Count onit
The sisterbiketoMike
Hailwood’s legendary 1978
Isle of Man TT-winning
Ducati wasreunitedwith
two keytechnicians of that
amazing year. Pat Slinn
was involved with Mike’s
bikewhileNeilCummins
looked after teammate
Jim Scaybrook’s Ducati.
Askedwhattheirover-
ridingmemoryof that
TT was theybothsaid
inunison:“Reliability.”
Cummins explainedthat
Scaysbrook’s engine
had coveredmorethan
1500 kmbythetimeitgot
back to Australia without
anymajor workbeingdone
on it.Changes afoot
Expect a verydifferent
TeamUKnext year.Roger
Winfield is prepared
to return withJeremy
McWilliams and one
otherbike andrider. But
he won’t be responsible
for organisingthe whole
team. “I’m getting too old
and mywife tells me we’ve
got other things todo,”he
said. Mind you, he’s said
thatbefore.Can’t be Beaton
Beau Beaton can’tget
enoughofracingthe
variousversionsofthe
IrvingVincent. Victoriesin
theUnlimitedPostClassic
andForgotten Era Sidecars
(with passenger Noel
Beare)won him the Phil
IrvingMemorialTrophy
for the highest points-
scorer across allcategories
outsidetheInternational
Challenge. On Saturdayhe
finished anInternational
Challenge race then
jumpedstraightontothe
sidecar.⑤⑤