Classic Racer

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Classic Racer

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The Clown Prince

Bruce Almighty!

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Whatever happened to? BOB BROWN • A top-level privateer, Bob Brown beat some of the greats during the 1950s, but never quite got that elusive full-time factory ride.

LEGEND! • In the last of our three-part series, Rob McElnea talks us through his move from Grands Prix to World Superbikes, and his subsequent return to Blighty, both as a championship-winning racer and successful team boss.

JACQUE ATTACK! • It was a vintage year for Yamaha’s race department in 2000, and leading the accolades was winning the 2000 250cc World title in the most nail-biting way ever. Alan Cathcart recalls riding Olivier Jacque’s YZR250.

FIVE GO MAD ON A BEEMER!

NO CIGAR… • While dominating 500cc racing in the mid to late 1990s, Honda were doing anything but in the 250cc class. But why? Alan Cathcart rides Daijiro Kato’s 2000 Honda NSR250 to get some answers.

1980 SUZUKI XR69

HAMMER OF THE GOD! • What’s the craziest race bike of all? And what’s the best race ever seen? Perhaps this bike is it and was in it, says Roland Brown.

HODGSON’S CHOICE! • He may be well known as one of TNT Sport’s MotoGP presenters, but Neil Hodgson was one fierce motorcycle racer back in the day. A British Superbike champion, a World Superbike champion, and a former 500cc GP and MotoGP rider, ‘Hodgy’ has done it all. In the first of our three-part series, he tells Classic Racer how it all began.

CADWELL CALLING! • Classic Racer friends Tony and Claire Greenslade run Gibson/Allspeed exhausts in Essex – they also run a successful team in the CRMC championship. This issue Tony talks about battling on at Cadwell Park and Lydden Hill.

Fred Clarke • In his regular column for Classic Racer, Fred Clarke – for more than 50 years the voice of British motorcycle racing – takes us back in time for some (often fun) recollections.

MIND GAMES! • Bike racing has shown during the ages that it’s not all about outright speed, physical fitness or even how good you are at riding. It goes deeper than that, way down deep into the psyche of every rider…

Back in the Day • Welcome to ‘Back in the Day’ where we want to see all your old photographs from way back when. They could be of you racing, or perhaps you meeting your racing idol – or maybe just snaps you’ve taken at a race event from yesteryear: do be mindful of copyright! There’s a prize for the best! Send them to: BSimmonds@mortons.co.uk