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Above:GrahamBuller( 195 )andNickBedford( 3 )battlefortheleadinthePre- 1962
350 ccchampionship.Bullertookthefirstthreeracesbyslendermargins–just 0. 2
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took the win in the finalrace by the smallestof gaps.Phil Booteand Jayne Morrishad twooutfits at theirdisposal
–the 950ccMRENourish, seenhere, took them to awin in
race one of the pre-73sidecars,but it expired in race two. The
YamahaXS-basedoutfitbehavedwell on the Sunday, taking
themto twosecondplacesin the pre-73up to 750ccclass.Left:Afterlosingout to Robert Duesbury
in allfour of the RexCauntBantam races,
Mike Powell, perhapsappropriately,
pippedhim to theflag by half asecondin
the RichardPowell MemorialTrophy.Below: SamRhodes, of the well-known
Velocette dynasty,was onlypresent
forthe Saturdayraces but he madehis
time count by takinghis 500ccMSS to
twosecondplacesbehindthe flying Lee
Mooreinthe Pre-63 500cc class.Sixteen-yyyear-oldpppassenggger Arlo Brown,,,in onlyyyhis second
race meeting,gavean assuredperformanceonthe side of Phil
Jones, helping himtothree podium finishes in the BEARS
sidecars. Discoveredduring sidecar ‘taxi’ rides,Brown is
learningfast and ‘Slow Phil’ mayhave to re-thinkhisnickname!CCCharles Daviesand Geoff Mills fought hardoverthe win in the first 1963-72 250
aaace. The twoDucatiswereevenly matched and afterlosing the leadto Millson lap
hhhree, Daviesre-took the leadon the last lap to winbyhalfasecond.Millstook his
eeevengeinthe last race, winningfrom Davies by 0.3 of asecond.BHRCADWELL
MOORE
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Closefinishes,adominatingperformanceand
somethingofafindinthe‘chairs’addedtothe
memorableBHRmeetingforroundtwoofthe
championshipinLincolnshire.Wordsand pictures:MikeYiendCC
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