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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Mon Dec 16, 2013 5:25 pm
by muddytalker
Street Machine 1993 about our Norm. Can't believe this article is 20 years ago.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:39 am
by muddytalker
This piece about one of the last sprint bikes campaigned by George Brown comes from the pages of a 1966 edition of
Motor Cycle magazine. Before coming of age (55) to hold an FIM licence, George decided to build Super Nero and Extra Nero to run 200 mph using a Vincent engine and frame. Did he do it? Well perhaps someone on here will be able to confirm that. And, I'm almost certain that these two bikes George created are currently on display at the National Motor Cycle Museum, Solihull!
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:08 pm
by muddytalker
Shortly before the conclusion of the 1964 Dragfests,
Motor Cycle magazines Vic Willoughby caught up with visiting American drag bike riders Don Hyland and Bill Wood for a closer look at the teams bikes.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:17 pm
by muddytalker
The following report, again from
Motor Cycle takes us to Duxford in 1964 for one of the final events of the National Sprint Association season. Although there were no record times to speak of some of the organsiers and assembled press made a few runs on various machines, including timekeeper Alan Nash who later went on to race a competitive Pro Stock Bike in the eighties.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:18 am
by muddytalker
Two reports from the 1964 Dragfests written by our good friend and BDRoFamer Brian Sparrow for
Autosport magazine.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:11 pm
by muddytalker
Here's another two from
Autosport.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:37 pm
by muddytalker
Some more from the crumpled pages of Motor Cycle September 1964.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Sat Dec 28, 2013 2:45 pm
by muddytalker
My latest offering comes from a 1989 edition of Custom Car magazine with an interview with then owner of Santa Pod; Roy Phelps.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Sun Dec 29, 2013 12:03 pm
by muddytalker
Nice article about The Professor Al O'Connor from 1989
Custom Car.
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Re: British Drag Racing Magazine Features
PostPosted:Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:28 pm
by muddytalker
Back to
Motor Sport magazine
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