I totally believe you
I also did hear rumours of the proddy boys getting there carbs bored oval,and putting expansion pipes inside the std pipes ......................as if

lollypop sticks holding airboxes open on quick release pieces of string(for the run down laps apparantly)

tz cranks?

i remember being blitzed on the revett straight by a junker of an lc whilst on my state of the art TZR250.............explain that one Mr *********

Me and that's the truth, in retrospect i wish i had now, it would have been a hell of alot easier.

Yep i believe it, i'm not being a kill joy but there is a time and a place for messing about and the track isn't it. I witnessed it first hand in 81 and it led to the death of Mike Downes. Hope i havn't put a dampener on the convo but it happened right in front of me and could have easily been avoided with a little common sense. Sorry.

Hi Brendon Bailey is only 6 *s!

Wotcha Nige

You mean there was more than one questionable LC????????????????????????????

Well i never,at least someone could have told me

Never mind we still had plenty of fun stuffing the open class boys (joke,before i get an earfull )

Apparantly your allowed to use the electric start once you give the open boys a three pace headstart(especially when your on the inside at brands trying to push up that bloody hill)

(Spose id better admit i bought a 96 TZ250 last week and i absolutely love it.......sounds and smells just like a racebike should.)

Now thats a real racer just love that bit ..........................sounds and smells just like a racebike should
Even though it gave me tinnitus I loved my racing days

Surprised nobody got these two 11 is Gary Thrush 64 is Andy Green

I was just about to say that

Melen has it over the furthest though,nice style

where is it ?

I think it's Mallory Park !!

thats what i thought

dont recognize the big bank in the backround though

headbutted a few in my time,maybe thats why

Lake esses by the look of it !!

It is Mallory Lake esses 84

I was there for the Marlboro Clubmans Round.....Which this is not....A New Era meeting i think ?

Racing Clubmans 26-8-1984

BRANDS 82

Sorry Mick I was there to and i had no intention of bring back old memories....and i won't bring the subject up again....

Howard Selby & Eric McFarlane !!

why o why do i put them on !! well done lol

No problem Snett, in the old days it just seemed like a lark but i just knew it would end in tears that day, it was getting out of hand. It opened my eyes a bit and i think i grew up a bit that day.

Hi steve, hope you are not pointing any fingers !!! LoL. I must admit the old starter thumb did used to get a bit twitchy in the open class races, it was very difficult to control ! but then we were giving away a lot of horsepower & running on road tyres. The worst example of this I could remember, was a friend of mine racing a ducati proddie bike in the open class, using the kickstart. That really was a bit obvious !!

I'm new to this, I can remember him very well, I raced at the same time, TZ250 Yam, between races I went out to watch the guys go around. Roger was on the grid and his Z1000 stopped, all the grid left him standing. Roger got it going, wheelied off the line and he went for it, I remember he wasn't last at the end of the race.

Mark Linscott, Steve Veasy, John Lambert, Phil Robinson, Pat Holland these are some of the names I remember from that time, I have all the progs at home in Spain, when I get back I will look them out.

Mark is running a race school I believe, another name that just come into my head is Darren Dixon

Anymore pictures of that time I

Hi all,first time on here so a few years behind! Yes used to race with all these guys and afew more names you might recall,MARK PLATO,DAVE BURFORD ,GRAHAM MARCHANT,SIMON SLOAN,STEVE BONHOMME,VINCE FIELD,ROLAND BROWN,DEREK LEE,NEIL SPALDING(now motoGP technical guru)TED BUNTON,JOHN DAVIES,GUY MURSH,ANDY KEY,DAVE GOODLEY,DAVE PICKNELL,RAY KNIGHT,RICKY McMILLAN,ZAN MARSEILLE,and more!Was good friends with most of these guys and had some great races and beers in the kentagon and snetterton bar! still talk to ricky mcmillan and zan marseille.also remember a few of the LC guys cos raced 81/82 on LCs and did marlboro series 82/84/85 on different motorcycles,will download a few pics when i figure it out! Jeff Donovan

My first race bike was a Proddy bike. It was a Suzuki GT250 X7.

For its time it was wickedly fast, but ground clearance was not one of its strongest points. I remember grinding a hole in one one the very fat expansion chambers on dunlop loop at Amaroo Park.

I had my first race, and my first crash all in the same meeting.

The name Andy key brings back memories, I remember having a right old ding dong with him at Cadwell Park in about 82, he was on a CB1100R and i was on a TZ350, neither of us was going to give in, he was quicker than me around Chris curve and I had the advantage on the brakes into the hairpin.

I eventually rammed him going into the hairpin on the last lap when he closed the door on me to stop me nipping down the inside, we both stayed on but another guy nipped through and won it.

I went to apologise after the race but he was laughing about it and said it was the most enjoyable race he'd had that day.

There was a guy racing an ex Honda Britain (Wayne Gardner IIRC) CB1100RC,he had won a years loan of it by finishing well in a championship the previuos season.
I seem to recall he might have been a policeman from Aylesbury .....
I remember it being handed back a little worse for wear

The name Andy key brings back memories, I remember having a right old ding dong with him at Cadwell Park in about 82, he was on a CB1100R and i was on a TZ350, neither of us was going to give in, he was quicker than me around Chris curve and I had the advantage on the brakes into the hairpin.

I eventually rammed him going into the hairpin on the last lap when he closed the door on me to stop me nipping down the inside, we both stayed on but another guy nipped through and won it.

I went to apologise after the race but he was laughing about it and said it was the most enjoyable race he'd had that day.
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Ah Andy Key he has written of more bikes than Dave Croxford CB1100r,s GPZ,s he didn,t care he just got his sponsor to buy a new one!!!!!!!

this one is at the bombhole at snett!!!!!!

kkkk


Yes I remember him, he got the bike for "Winning" the Brands Hatch Racing school, I came 3rd that day. I took up Proddy Racing on a Stan Stephens Yamaha LC350.

Lol, yeah Ricky, Andy was a bit of a lad wasn't he. How you feeling mate?

I am ok Mick getting bored of sitting around .Itried to post a picture on the last post but it did not work so i will try again or maybe get a 6 year old to do it for me !.The leg is healing ok its just going to take time i get the fixator off in April and then i can start to try and walk properly .

Best of luck mate

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here is the andy key pic i was talking about i think you will agree they dont come much better than this !

Good one Ricky, glad your on the mend slow process that it is.!

Think you could say that one was beyond the point of no return

GWS Ricky

In, I think, 1983 I got to the Brands Hatch Racing finals (didn't finish near the top, but it was wet and I didn't fall off so I wasn't last either!) which were won by a bloke called Bill Doughtry or something like that, a Welsh postman, who got a CB1100R as the prize - I've got a photo somewhere. Anyone remember him?

Paul M

2 nice period shots found on facebook

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2 nice period shots found on facebook
AND ONE MORE!!!

2 more periods shots Mark Plato from Romford
Streetmachine of Collier Row sponsored him....
pics from facebook

Look closely at the marshal in the background on the top pic above, this could make an interesting caption competition

Ministry of Silly Walks?

Or 'dancing to the Katana beat became popular in the 80's and live concerts were held, sadly though attendances were poor'

Yuk ! Where is the cement dust ? Thought animals including dogs were not allowed into circuits ?

'Hey Sid stop doing the goose step every time that guy on the Beemer goes past, its getting embarrassing'

You just watch me hop over the barrier

Hi there
Just adding a few pics and names to this one. The first one is of myself at Snetterton in 1978 at the end of the back straight.



This is a pic of myself and Grant Goodings that was taken after the endurance race at West Raynham on the 2nd of September 1979. We came second in the 250 class. If you look on page 13 of the topic 'Help can you identify these 70/80s riders' No 72 in pic 4 is me and in pic 3 No 85 is Kevin Mitchell who won the 250 class.



The riders in this one are myself, Colin Pole, Steve Trasler, Micky Downs, Trevor Clow and Mark Ordidge.



This one was taken the same day and the rider behind me is Nat Wood on the HQ Fibre 'Quest' Suzuki. It was a Nick Parravani frame with a bored out GS750 motor and Nat went well on it.



This was taken at West Raynham on the 21st of September 1980 at the long sweep before the start line over the helipad.



Hope they bring back a few memories for some of you. I'll post up some LC pics soon.

Stuart Matthews

Hi Stu, nice to see your still kicking mate, great pics.

Hi Mick
Have you still got all that lovely hair ? It's been good to see a few names again and some pictures that otherwise you may never had seen. What are you up to these days ? Me it's mortgage, kids, cat and a local job with the bonus of parading a replica here and abroad, that I took four years to build, but having a good time now it's all done. Just for fun I have put it on the road as well. 18000 RPM and lots of noise ! I've put in a couple of pics of it in road trim and on the track at Croix en Ternois which Bemsee used at sometime. Good to hear from you.