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[picblanc]

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Originally posted by subh
Well, I recognise Chris Walker on the Padgett’s number 18, which makes it 1995. Looking up the others, they should be (in some cases) :

4 Ian Newton
5 Jamie Robinson
7 Greig Ramsay
11 Robin Milton
(is it 21?) Mark Snell
35 Darren North
43 Lee Dickinson (fairing looks more like Gary something)
65 Gary May (but the helmet suggests Gary Haslam)
71 don’t know

There should be room for others to put me right on a few of the above.

All correct Dan, it is a GM on helmet of Gary May, #43 is Lee Dickinson,(it says Gary Hardy or Kirby on fairing?)
#71 is Woolsey Coulter.

[picblanc]

Who do you know? one is an ex 500GP rider, one is very much at the "front" of Moto GP, the other a quick journalist!! and in the "crowd" a well known face!!

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[subh]

I’m going to leave this to someone else, due to unfair advantage - but I don’t know who it is in the crowd.

[Macca]

'Face in the crowd' - Roger Hairnet, second from left?

......or Quentin Tarentino beyond the parrot perch........


Paul M

[mfd]

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Originally posted by Macca
'Face in the crowd' - Roger Hairnet, second from left?

third from left Michael Douglas ;)

[renzo]

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Originally posted by mfd

third from left Michael Douglas ;)

with michael jackson next to him.

[mfd]

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Originally posted by renzo
with michael jackson next to him.

Looking at the pigmentation must have been his "Thriller" phase ?

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by Macca
'Face in the crowd' - Roger Hairnet, second from left?

......or Quentin Tarentino beyond the parrot perch........


Paul M

Roger Burnett indeedy!!

[picblanc]

So.... I gather you lot have not got a clue who the riders are then!!!?

[mfd]

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Originally posted by picblanc
So.... I gather you lot have not got a clue who the riders are then!!!?

The guy on #25 is the team-mate of #26 - how's that Graham ?

[gripper]

No 252. Peter Graves on the Radio 252 Atlantic Ducati, possibly the year was 1998. I thought that Peter was not allowed to use this number by the organisers (this was before 3 figure numbers became common). He did mostly ride as no 52, so am surprised to see him on the grid with all three figures.

[PhilG]

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Originally posted by picblanc
Who do you know? one is an ex 500GP rider, one is very much at the "front" of Moto GP, the other a quick journalist!! and in the "crowd" a well known face!!

Photo copyright Graham Etheridge,racebikepics.

Paul Denning and Matt Oxley ??

[sterling49]

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Originally posted by f1steveuk
I must be older than I think, but if anyone has a picture of Steve Baker on the red, white and black OW31 Yamaha, I think they looked a lot better

Or S.M.B.Hailwood on the 250-6 Honda........seen at Brands in '66???

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by PhilG



Paul Denning and Matt Oxley ??

Paul Denning is right Phil, other rider is Ian Cobby.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by gripper
No 252. Peter Graves on the Radio 252 Atlantic Ducati, possibly the year was 1998. I thought that Peter was not allowed to use this number by the organisers (this was before 3 figure numbers became common). He did mostly ride as no 52, so am surprised to see him on the grid with all three figures.

Yes your right Gripper, I read that only a day or so a go in an old RPM or Road Racer Magazine, it was as usual the ACU who would not allow him to use 252, the article in mag made the point about the amount of money sponsorship they (atlantic 252) had put in and the "free" advertising BSB Supercup were getting from it, but no!! Blazers and ties had decided no three figure numbers, its no wonder that there has been little in the way of "world class" riders in GP etc, no help from the governing body what so ever, just stupid rules for rules sake.
The photo is from 1996 so they must have relented their decision this time!!

[SeaDoubleYou]

#18 on the 250 Start Pic .... Chris Walker..

[PhilG]

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Originally posted by picblanc


Paul Denning is right Phil, other rider is Ian Cobby.

Cobby was a good rider, seem to remember him in Battle of the Twins on a Moto Guzzi for some reason.

[subh]

Denning and Cobby there are on the Crescent Suzukis, and I think 1996 was the team’s first in BSB. They soon attracted Jim Moodie, and later the likes of Rymer, Haydon, Walker - before evolving into Rizla Suzuki, and winning the 2004 title with John Reynolds.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by SeaDoubleYou
#18 on the 250 Start Pic .... Chris Walker..

[subh]

Didn’t I say that, too?

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by subh
Well, I recognise Chris Walker on the Padgett’s number 18, which makes it 1995. Looking up the others, they should be (in some cases) :

4 Ian Newton
5 Jamie Robinson
7 Greig Ramsay
11 Robin Milton
(is it 21?) Mark Snell
35 Darren North
43 Lee Dickinson (fairing looks more like Gary something)
65 Gary May (but the helmet suggests Gary Haslam)
71 don’t know

There should be room for others to put me right on a few of the above.

So you did, apologies Dan

[picblanc]

I think this is quite difficult... who is it what bikes he on and when?

Photo copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

[gripper]

Bit of a guess. As the fairing has Norrie Lymburn and Groundworks sponsorship I think it may be Brian Morrison on the Castrol Honda RC45. Is it at Snetterton again and 1996.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by gripper
Bit of a guess. As the fairing has Norrie Lymburn and Groundworks sponsorship I think it may be Brian Morrison on the Castrol Honda RC45. Is it at Snetterton again and 1996.

It is Brian Morrison Honda RC45, I think he stood in for an injured Ian Simpson and its Snetterton 1995.

[subh]

I think Castrol Honda Britain managed to run Borley, Simpson, Moodie, Morrison and Rymer during 1995 - but not all at once.

[kevthedrummer]

Here are some more riders for you to identify. I'm fairly certain they're from the same meeting as the superbike pics, Knockhill 1994.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by kevthedrummer
Here are some more riders for you to identify. I'm fairly certain they're from the same meeting as the superbike pics, Knockhill 1994.

Les Wood #64
Nick Lang #26
Ian Campbell #43 I think?

More please!!

[picblanc]

Who is this?

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[PhilG]

Mick Corrigan. or not, as the case may be.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by PhilG
Mick Corrigan. or not, as the case may be.

or not is correct ;)

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by picblanc


Les Wood #64
Nick Lang #26
Ian Campbell #43 I think?

More please!!

Not sure about those leathers Les!!! 90's leathers!!

dear oh dear!! remember Foggys squiggles? if not here they are, looks like someone has been sick on them!! and pink!!! blimey!! :

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[mfd]

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Originally posted by picblanc
Who is this?

Photo copyrighted to Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.

Well the leathers would suit Steve "Suzuka" Chambers ! Those pink splashy paint blob things (like the Fogg is wearing) were all the rage for a while - I seem to think the Japanese dreamt that style up -

[gripper]

To picblanc

James Toseland? He did ride for Mick Corrigan and I wonder if that is where the number 52 came from, or is that another story.

[kevthedrummer]

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Originally posted by picblanc


Les Wood #64
Nick Lang #26
Ian Campbell #43 I think?

More please!!

Here you are sir! A couple of sidecars.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by gripper
To picblanc

James Toseland? He did ride for Mick Corrigan and I wonder if that is where the number 52 came from, or is that another story.

Morning gripper!!

it is a 16 years old James Toseland at Mallory Supercup. 1997.

[picblanc]

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Here you are sir! A couple of sidecars.

#18 is Moly, Dave Molyneux and that year was Peter Hill in the chair,
#19 a guess not familiar with those, colours... Steve Noble?
Knockhill looks a great place to watch racing, bit bleak on cold wet days I am sure but must get myself up there to take a look!!

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by mfd

Well the leathers would suit Steve "Suzuka" Chambers ! Those pink splashy paint blob things (like the Fogg is wearing) were all the rage for a while - I seem to think the Japanese dreamt that style up -

Style and Japanese are two words I would not usually put together Mike!

[subh]

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Originally posted by picblanc
it is a 16 years old James Toseland at Mallory Supercup. 1997.

I was going to suggest Toseland - he was third in Supersport in 1997.

[mfd]

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Originally posted by picblanc
Style and Japanese are two words I would not usually put together Mike!

One of the things that I really like about some of the 90's pics are the fairing designs - that blue & white DJ bike looks superb. I know it's just my opinion but the yellow Toseland bike proves a point. Single colour & dead easy to replace plus hugely distinctive too

[picblanc]

Just had a new MotoGP Champ crowned... well done to Casey Stoner!! he came through the 125 and 250cc proper race bike route, 250cc racing what happened to it in this country?
It should be at BSB meets, not KTM dodah's and Virgin R6 Yams they will not produce a MotoGP champion!
Especially now as MotoGP bikes are more like 250cc bikes in that corner speed is back!!

Do you know who these two are? (do you care?) There are a couple of tiny clues to help!!

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[subh]

The only names I can find that might match are David Higgins and Mark Linton, but I don’t really know anything about them. Would this be a National championship race? These two are not from the school of messy crash helmet designs.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by subh
The only names I can find that might match are David Higgins and Mark Linton, but I don’t really know anything about them. Would this be a National championship race? These two are not from the school of messy crash helmet designs.

Yep close enough Dan, its Mark Linton and Darryl Higgins at the 1992 Bank Holiday "Shootout" meeting at Brands Hatch.

[picblanc]

This quite difficult I think, though he is so well known, even by our Continental and probably our Transatlantic friends.
Have a guess who he is?

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[subh]

I think I might know this, so I’ll leave it open for other contestants for a while.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by subh
I think I might know this, so I’ll leave it open for other contestants for a while.

I've just checked.. and you do know this one Dan, if no one ( or anyone) has a go by tomorrow you tell me as it appears me and you are playing on our own ;)

[gripper]

hi picblanc

I hope that this is an educated guess from your clues, plus the fact that I do remember him having a couple of rides for Oxford Products.

Is it Jeremy McWilliams?

At the time he was mainly riding in the 250cc class in UK and was before he moved to the World Championships so would be the early 90s.

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by gripper
hi picblanc

I hope that this is an educated guess from your clues, plus the fact that I do remember him having a couple of rides for Oxford Products.

Is it Jeremy McWilliams?

At the time he was mainly riding in the 250cc class in UK and was before he moved to the World Championships so would be the early 90s.

Glad your with us gripper!! it is Jezzer.

[subh]

I wonder whether Ilmor are planning to try again in MotoGP next year...

[subh]

Jeremy McWilliams’ early Superbike experience included Silverstone (where he was third in race two) and Donington, in the 1992 MCN series; and also Brands at the end of 1993 in the ACU series (as pictured). He was in BSB in 2005, but I don’t think he ever raced Superbikes in the Supercup (early 1990s).

[picblanc]

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Originally posted by subh
Jeremy McWilliams’ early Superbike experience included Silverstone (where he was third in race two) and Donington, in the 1992 MCN series; and also Brands at the end of 1993 in the ACU series (as pictured). He was in BSB in 2005, but I don’t think he ever raced Superbikes in the Supercup (early 1990s).

A low res pic of McWill in 05 in his brief foray into BSB, he managed to take out a friends cousin (Richard Wren) in the 2nd race at Brands on the last lap!! McWill IMHO really did not want to be in BSB, he only did part of the year.

Photo copyright Graham Etheridge, racebikepics.