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A Long, Hard Day at Loudon (1979) |
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In searing 100-degree heat that smoked
engines, melted tires and cooked the asphalt, racers going down caused red flags
to fly, produced agonizing waits for help, and made competitors wonder how and
when things would get worse.
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A New Slant on Daytona (1966) |
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Professional motorcycle road-racing is hell.
And it's complicated. It's done mostly by rider-mechanic teams. There are many
different kinds of professional racing teams. Most of them were developed when
motorcycle racing was a poor-boy's avocation, but now the manufacturers are
beginning to pour money into some of the team efforts. It's hard to tell,
sometimes, which teams have what kind of backing.
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Baiting the Bulldog (1977) |
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Not even traditional English weather can stop
the American road race team.
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Canadian Motorcycle Road Race Championship (1965) |
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Westwood Racing
Circuit.
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Days of Glory Past: Triumph's Last Hurrah (1978) |
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In the early 1970s the British built the last
competitive 750cc four-strokes for road racing. Though brief, Triumph's final
racing days ended in a flurry of victories: 1971 belonged to the three-cylinder
boomers. Years later, two pivotal figures—Doug Hele and Paul Smart—recall their
roles in Triumph's Last Hurrah.
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The Yamahas were too fast, too strong, too
lucky and too many. Giacomo Agostini was as advertised.
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Gilera Grand Prix Racer (1965) |
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Big bombs come in small packages: Gilera
sends its $50,000 world-beater on nationwide show tour.
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A colourful era that is new history.
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Imola: The New World Champion (1983) |
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Freddie Spencer, A Man Apart, Serenely and
Sublimely Powerful.
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A matter of small edges.
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A wheelie big show.
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Roberts Does The Hat Trick (1980) |
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He's still King, but not by as much.
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Prime-time racing for television.
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Talladega Ain't Tucumcari (1974) |
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Another knee-scuffing double for Roberts.
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Talladega: BSA Wins The Fastest U.S. Race (1970) |
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All the sages said old Pete Colman had
flipped when he hired that crazy Mexican instead of a vet roadracer.
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Talladega: The Great Yamaha Thrash (1974) |
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Looking wobbly and out of sorts during
practice, Carruthers and Co. fiddled, tuned, altered and developed the big 750
Fours arid jumped all over the thirsty Suzukis—again.
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The Italian 250 GP: Morini Licks the Honda (1963) |
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Terrific speeds at Monza. Provini now close for 250 cc world title.
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The Italian Grand Prix (1969) |
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Phil Read Beats Benelli and Jawa With Grit,
Moxie and a Pair of Yamahas.
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Thunder in Florida at the Daytona 200 (1980) |
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Daytona's track-wise railbirds knew a
two-stroke would take home the winner's purse in the 39th running of the Daytona
200. But they lacked some information on their tout sheets. Real four-stroke GP
bikes with 1000cc engines packed full of coiled thunder were in the starting
gate this year.
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