Top 5 racers now & of all time

[timwilky]

OK, somebody has to do it. What no Edgar Jessop? The TT legend

[Biker Biggles]

Talking of the Jessups,whatever happened to Camilla?
Not heard from her for a while

somehow i gets the feeling no-one has looked at the actual article this is based on ....(click the sig below if interested )

The point is - there were 9000 people at Donington last w/e - thats unheard of ...why ? Is it cos theres no personalities in BSB anymore ???

Heres my top 5 racer personalities ...

Sheene
Rossi
Biaggi
Fogarty
Kocinski


The last 3 are people many love to hate , but thats just as good re crowd draw...thats the theory anyway

[Biker Biggles]

There was a lot more than 9000 at the previous round at Brands.And it was a great days racing (characters or not)made better value for money by having a few Bemsee club races thrown in.Could it be that most BSB rounds are seen as expensive to get in to considering the number of races on?
Also the weather forecast predicted a washout at Donny,wrong as it turned out.

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Talking of the Jessups,whatever happened to Camilla?
Not heard from her for a while

She sent me a lovely book. Autographed and everything. Claimed it had her beloved Edger within the pages, but never found him.

Truly lovely errr.......lady.

Im going to put John Cooper in the pot.

Cal Raybourn, he deserves it to win anything on a Harley Davidson.

Rocket Ron Haslam.

Derek Minter

John Surtees

Geoff Duke,

Originally Posted by pete m

The point is - there were 9000 people at Donington last w/e - thats unheard of ...why ?

I know of several people (including me) who would have gone if the weather had been juneish rather than januaryish. On the day it didn't look too bad (well it wasn't raining anyway) but when the TV coverage is so good it is more tempting to stay in, get a few jobs done then watch it in the warmth with a couple of beers.

Well, it was for me anyway!

I love going to racetracks in the sun, but when it's not a nice day (particularly given how open Donington is) it doesn't seem so tempting.

I love BSB and plan to go to a couple of rounds this year but I guess we're spoilt in that there's so many within a few hours ride you can just pick the ones held on a sunny day.

Geoff Duke
Agostini
mike Hailwood
Angel Nieto
and the german side car racer, Rolf Biland ?

And George Formby and his shuttleworth snap

[punyXpress]

Originally Posted by stewie

Geoff Duke
Agostini
mike Hailwood
Angel Nieto
and the german side car racer, Rolf Biland ?

Who was the sidecar racer ( Florian Camathias ? ) whose transporter broke down on the way to the Island.
So he put everything onto his outfit & rode that - including through the Mersey Tunnel.
Ace.