Thundersprint 2009

So, can anyone enter on any machine?


There's a VFR400 NC24 being rebuilt (if you didnt already know) in my garage. It looks like just the ticket to get on a short track...

Matt

Dunno about that matt, but if you get yourself up here, we,ll come and support you

my dad has agree'd to take part...as long as I do the riding!

found the website...pre 1973 machines only

so....are there any aces I could just turn up on the honda and enter? like, hill-climbs or something?

Might go the next as im from Widnes so not far from Northwich.

Stu

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

found the website...pre 1973 machines only

so....are there any aces I could just turn up on the honda and enter? like, hill-climbs or something?

Pre 1973 can't be right. Last year they had HM Plant CBR600RRs, a Blackbird, ZZR1100. MV Agusta F4, Fazer Thou (Bike Magazine) and the year before Leon Haslam was on one of those Ducati Sport Classics.

hmm

i cant find anythign on the website about moern bikes entering. I really would like to have a go, and my dad didnt say no

Originally Posted by alpinestarhero

hmm

i cant find anythign on the website about moern bikes entering. I really would like to have a go, and my dad didnt say no

Taken from one of the pages (starting sprinting) on the website:

The Thundersprint:
If you want Classic Sprinting with bells and whistles the Thundersprint is the place to be. The Thundersprint is show business and bike racing combined and is unique. Beginners are welcome but you need to be quick with your entry because we're always hugely oversubscribed. Entries are usually full up a few days after the previous year's event and priority is given to riders who compete every year.
The best way to get an entry is to take part in the previous year's Cavalcade Click here for an entry form. Each year, some riders drop out because of personal reasons and reserve entries are taken from Cavalcade entrants.
For name dropping, the Thundersprint can't be beaten. Last year, there were two world champions entered plus a big international entry. Held in the second week in May

Maybe the modern bikes go in that way. I suspect the HM Plant, Bike Mag and Leon Haslam rode modern machines because of who they are (publicity etc). On another note, James Toseland is attending next year, maybe he will be on his M1 Yamaha