Roy.F wrote:Here`s one from Motor Sport, July `64another great article Roy, thanks for posting... here's some pics from that day taken by Brian Sparrow who as always was there with his camera...
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Great shots.
In the background on shot 5 looks like the DD Buick with Bootsie standing at the front.
Chris
In the background on shot 5 looks like the DD Buick with Bootsie standing at the front.
Chris
Good shot of the much talked about beard there as well.
No one was allowed out without a tie in 1964.
shabby1 wrote:Great shots.Yes that's Bootsie but the car is the newly completed DD Atlantic that John Harrison drove...
In the background on shot 5 looks like the DD Buick with Bootsie standing at the front.
Chris
From Motor Sport, March, 67
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How about these cuttings from the 20th May 1970 issue of Motor Cycle; the rival newspaper to Motor Cycle News.
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Pages from Big Bike magazine December 1976.
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Ah, the memories of TC (the Kenosha, Wisconsin man in black) and his double Norton. My friends and I spent many anxious months awaiting his arrival after it was announced he would bring the black beast to England.
Finally the day came and we lined the fences to see him and hear gobs and gobs of high percentage nitro roaring from the pipes.expected thunderous noise similar to what were would hear from the british bikes of the time. No throaty roar as the throttle was blipped up and down. All we heard was the sound of what seemed like a regular street bike as TC rolled the beast from start rollers to burnout box.
Then, he let rip! And what a sound. We Brits just weren't ready for a nitro bike that could idle like a street bike when it wasn't racing. I'll never forget those runs of his. I saw him at Silverstone and the Pod and I still remember everything vividly. Great days!
Finally the day came and we lined the fences to see him and hear gobs and gobs of high percentage nitro roaring from the pipes.expected thunderous noise similar to what were would hear from the british bikes of the time. No throaty roar as the throttle was blipped up and down. All we heard was the sound of what seemed like a regular street bike as TC rolled the beast from start rollers to burnout box.
Then, he let rip! And what a sound. We Brits just weren't ready for a nitro bike that could idle like a street bike when it wasn't racing. I'll never forget those runs of his. I saw him at Silverstone and the Pod and I still remember everything vividly. Great days!
This is from Motoring News March 79