It seems that just about every historic race fan on this forum is either from the US or Holland! Or in Dennis' case, from both!! So I might as well chip in and join the Dutchies' camp :-)
OK, here is a German historic Race Fan.
I`m Bernd Bouillon, born on June 7th 1949 . I watched The first motobike-race 1955 in St.Wendel near the French border. From that time on I am influenced. My hero was Australian rider Tom Phillis. Many years later, in 1997, I visited the place on the IOM, wher Tom has been killed and collected a stone from that place.The stone and an autograph from Tom is my treasure. I also did marshalling a few times during the TT and I am a life member of the TT-Marshalls-Association.Via Mr.Don Cox, an Australian journalist, I came in contact to Eric Hinton and Tom Phillis` widow.I stay in contact to many other riders from the 50th and 60th, and my collection of old photos from that aera is about 5000.
This year I am the organizer of "60 years racing at St.Wendel". More details on my homepage:
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One reace is of course in Memoriam of Tom Phillis.