Classics at Pre TT, billown from Phil Edge

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Needs tidying to go on front as PDF releases usually do...

Media Release
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Classic Entry for Pre-TT Races at Billown
With a week before entries close for the Blackford Financial Services Pre-TT Classic Road Races, 212 entries have so far been received for the seven solo plus two Sidecar races being held on Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday 28 th & 30 th May, with practice and qualifying on the
Friday 27 th and Saturday prior to racing.
Long time rivals Bill Swallow and Alan Oversby with 25 wins between them return, hoping they can add to their impressive number of race wins so far. In total they are entered in seven races.
Jamie Coward returns to ride in four races. The Yorkshireman will be riding the 500cc Craven Norton and the 750cc Mistral Kawasaki, which he rode to a double victory last year on his come back after serious injury in 2013.
Fellow Yorkshireman and rival James Cowton has his Junior Superbike race winning 250cc Yamaha at his disposal again this year along with a 500cc Honda.
Whilst near neighbour, Lincolnshire’s Ivan Lintin will be astride Brian Richards 500cc Norton and will ride a 750cc Kawasaki in the Classic Superbike event.
Scot Ewan Hamilton will be endeavouring to bring his 250cc Suzuki home ahead of the remainder of the field in the quarter-litre race which has so far provided him with four race
victories at Billown, plus a further win in the Post Classic in 2009.
2015 Singles race victor Mark Herbertson returns with brace of AJS and Matchless machines and will ride in four races during the two days racing.
Double Winning Sidecar driver Eddy Wright with five wins to his name is amongst 24 crews entered so far, who will be also aiming to retain the Camathias Cup, which he won in 2015.
Sidecar crews from The Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and France join the line-up of drivers and passengers from the UK and the Isle of Man.

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Camathias Cup Winner Return to Billown to Defend Victory
Sidecar Race Winner Eddy Wright returns to the Blackford’s Pre-TT Classic Road Races to defend his Camathias Cup title he secured last year, however once again he will be up against 2014 winner, Manxman Wally Saunders, who like the veteran Yorkshireman wants to be first to receive the chequered flag in this prestigious classic sidecar race.
The ‘dualling pair’ won’t have it all their own way with the ‘crème de la crème’ of the Classic Sidecar men lining up on the grid prior to the race action commencing.
It certainly won’t be for the feint-hearted with the likes of Vince Biggs/ Vicky Cooke; Keith Walters/Alison de Angelis; Howard Langham/Tim Dixon; Mike Bellaby/Dave Gristwood; Nick Cutmore/ Nancy Thomas; Stuart Applegate/Dave Mahon and Dick Hawes/ Sebastian Barr amongst others all wanting to see the chequered flag first.
(photo courtesy of Peter Faragher - wpfotos - depicts Eddy Wright & Kieran Clarke lead Rod Bellas & Dean Kilkenny through Great Meadow during Camathias Cup Race 2015.)im Dussche and an ‘overseas’ victory could be on the cards!
With a week to go before entries close a total of 27 Sidecar crews have entered for the 2016 Blackford’s Pre-TT Classic Road Races which take place on Friday, Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday 27th, 28th & 30th May.

(photo courtesy of Peter Faragher - wpfotos - depicts Eddy Wright & Kieran Clarke lead Rod Bellas & Dean Kilkenny through Great Meadow during Camathias Cup Race 2015.)

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OOoh I got that and didn't read it yet, I'll get that up too

(I'm secretly glad you couldn't get the pic much bigger, it pixelated when I tried)

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that's about as good as I could get from that version.

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