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Who won what, Thursday 11th April. Swifteyyeu wins the Main, and the FTJ pays out again

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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,623
    Glenelg said:

    @Tikay10 your jim redman mention took me back a few years..i also was an avid mc fan.
    Phil ivy, Phil Read, Mike Hailwood & my hero Agostini...

    @Glenelg

    That's wonderful.

    I met Mike Hailwood & got him to sign a copy of his book I'd just purchased. He was particularly good at Brands Hatch. I always felt he was the greatest of all time. Quite ironic that after racing for all those years, including at the IOM TT's, he met his death in a broad accident.

    Derek Minter - "The King of Brands" was another firm favourite.

    Perhaps the one I liked most from your list was Phil Read. Think he was the first "big name" rider to refuse to race at the TT for many years due to safety concerns.

    I much enjoyed sidecar racing too - Chris Vincent, Bill Boddice, Owen Greenwood with his 3 wheeler etc.

    Such wonderful memories, & the aroma of aviation spirit from the high octane fuel they used.

    Think I went regularly to every UK road-racing circuit in my teens - Brands, Thruxton, Snetterton, Mallory, Oulton, Crystal Palace, Cadwell Park. I went to Silverstone once but never again, loathed the place, still do.







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