Thursday 30 January 2014

Shovel Engine from Punta Bagna

Fantastic Best-in-Show prize - an S&S Shovel Motor -  from Punta Bagna being put to good use
Merci beaucoup a l'equipe de Wild Magazine, France
Thanks Guys !!

Back in Black

Frame back and a beautiful black, engine and box back in, getting there....

Wednesday 15 January 2014

1990 Supercup Snetterton Sidecar



Vic qualified 2nd fastest and finishes 2nd after a great race against Rob Fisher/Trevor Crone and Derek Brindley/Nick Roche  and the Dixons.

Sunday 12 January 2014

Silver Memory

 
Vic's Silver Replica  was won at the Isle of Man TT Races
Vic visited the Isle of Man TT Races once in 1989, the last year of the F1 sidecars.
Although it was his first and only visit to the island, he and passenger Pete Hill managed to set the lap record for the fastest ever sidecar newcomer at 102.98 mph in the sidecar A race  and achieved an average race speed of 100.79 mph , which gave him a 7th place finish and was only a little over 2 minutes behind race winners Manxman Dave Molyneux and passenger  Colin Hardman.
This was an even bigger achievement because the TT races are not started all together as on a short circuit but in pairs at 30 second intervals.
 Vic started 38th on the grid!!

( At that time the lap record was still held by the late Jock Taylor and his passenger Benga Johansson  at 108.29 mph, set in 1981 after  winning the Sidecar World Championship in 1980. He was sadly killed in the Finnish Grand Prix in 1982 ).