92 ClassicRacer
CLASSICRACERONTRACK
Above: RichardHawkins took allfour classwins
in the combinedGoodwinChampionshipraces.
Hawkins(60) wasunbeatableon his Ducati
Mk.3349, althoughpressedhardbythe Seeley
7R 350-mounted Dave Matravers. Closefinishes
in eachofthe races were epitomisedby the
finalrace whenHawkinspippedMatravers to
the line by just 0.18 secs!Below: Lacey DucatiChampionshipleader,
MichaelFox, mustruehis visitto Anglesey, as
second placeinrace one wasall that he came
awaywith.InRace 2, Fox(81) Mk.3350, led the
packintothe tightleft-handerat “RocketIn”
followedbyHenshaw(4), Hawkins(60),Hunt
(100)and Noble (65).Thisgroup brokeaway
from the mainfield as the pacehottedupatthe
front. Fox, Henshawand Huntproved to be the
mainchallengers to the dominanceof Hawkins.
Their effortswereinvain though,as Hawkins
took allfourLaceyDucatiraces, makingatotal
of eight race winsoverthe weekend.In thePre-1959s,Adam Pope and John
Christopher(29) couldonlymanageone win
all weekend,as did closerivals Nickand Ben
Weston (31) also on aTriumphThunderbird.The
number 12 outfitofMarkand SueWhittaker
proved to be moreresilient,takingadouble
classwin on theirBSARoadRocket.Left: Apackedgridlinedup forthe combined
Woodland Oil and Pre1982 JapaneseSolo
Championship.JamesFlitcrofttookthe two
overall winson the Saturdayonhis Norton
Commando.Inhis absenceon SundayMike
Bevan (239)HondaXL 500added twooverall
winswhilstcompletingfour classwinsin the
Japanese Solos class.Daniel Pritchard(262)
SuzukiT500, CliveSomerfield, JackHebband
MichaelBrown (51) SuzukiGT 500all had at
leastone podiumbehindthe chargingBevan.Dave Matravers continuedhis good form in
the Bob NewbyRacingChampionship.Three
winsand asecondplacebehindLee Moore
completed afine weekend forMatravers. Stefan
Radakovic (12) Manx Norton499 enjoyeda
coupleof podiumsaheadof Ian Henshaw(4)
RoyalEnfield Fury 500.0.18s
ACROSS
THELINE!
BHRC ANGLESEY
AfewshowerslateonSaturdaybarelydampenedthetrackorthe
enthusiasmforthelatestoutingwiththeBHRC.ComeSundayandthe
warmandsunnyweathertookovertogiveeveryonethenearperfect
stageforsomesuperbracing.Reportand pictures:AndyFindlay092 BHRAnglesey_SEP.indd 92 27/07/201713:07:19