Racing Back On This Summer .... Or Is It?

Talkin o crashing, my mate who I used to race with, sent me a couple o pics t'other day. We'd not bin doing it long, hence t'novice bibs. We were at Mallory. First pic is me (164) and him, Bob (163), at t'hairpin, havin just gone out for practice. T'second pic is Bob later t'same day at Gerards.

 

Thought I'd rotated that 2nd pic, here it is reyt way round.

 

Thanks, every time I moved me phone it moved the pic

 

Is that your bike doing the swan lake impersonation?

 

That's the 2nd bounce! It bounced 3 times, spinning all t'time. He was fine, as for t'bike, it dint take much room up int van going home!
One ot long serving marshalls said he'd never seen a bike bounce as high, ont 1st bounce! One ot circuit photographers got a sequence o pics of t'bike from t'start of crash to t'end. Bob would've loved to have bought em, but he needed his money for a fibreglass repair kit and a roll o duct tape!

 

What year were those pictures taken @Foxy1 ? 2005 ?

 

Yes mate, it would've been. Were you there?

 

Yes mate , I think we raced in roadstocks together ?

I was on a Gsxr 600 that year , raced number 135 if I remember rightly ... I'm sure I have a disc of photos somewhere , I'll try and dig it out.

 

Yeah, I raced my Mille int 750-1000 roadstocks, and mi mate Bob raced his R6 in your class. My other mate raced his 748 in my class. We called ourselves Team Soapy Tit Wank Racing, and had Tshirts printed.

 

Lol , I remember the T-shirts and your mate on the 748 ... Great times

I Pitt'd up with Steve Thorp and Dave Stewardson

 

The pic ont T shirt was mine and his missus wit boobs out. He took t'photo, and I applied t'soapy foam. He got t'short straw there!! . He packed up after that season, but me and Bob did a further 2 seasons wi Derby Phoenix, although he came with us every weekend. I'm still in touch wi Rich Ryan, who also raced a GSXR600 in your class. remember him?

 

I remember Rich , not spoken to him since I finished racing tho.

This mate ?

 

And this is me trying to pretend I knew what I was doing

 

Great pics. Rich is on my facebook, dm me your proper name, and I'll mention you to him.
Yeah, that's my mate Paul, with his 748. He went wide onto t'grass at exit of Gerards,and rejoined t'circuit at Edwinas. We nicknamed him t'farmer after that!!