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Offline Berwick Boy

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http://daveriley.weebly.com/

The above, amazing site lists hundreds of race programs throughout UK.  Some programs include dozens of photos.
These photos below (uncredited) are probably by Bill Riley


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Acknowledgements include the ice-cream van


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Programs always carried bike adverts.  Get your awesome English big-bore now!


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Two Japanese Internationals are listed in the Support Races.  (Did they miss the cut?)  Flood and Miller were always great mates,
and list sequentially at 82 and 83.  Others to race in Australia include Randy Owen (58) and Malcolm Dearn (95).


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Tadeo Suzuki's Yamaha deserves a long, close look.  This really is an original, quirky and raw young thing.


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Note the description of tea at track ... I love it!


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Ivan Miller got 2nd to Don Rickman (Metisse) in this support race.  Gary Flood 9th.


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Nice hand-drawn mapping in programme


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GP Listing  ... it's a gorgeous roll-call of talent


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Olle Pettersson - the third wheel in Suzuki team, before he went off to develop the first GP Kwaka


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The burly-bodied Miroslav Halm


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A younger, moustache-less Mikkola shows his future grit ... leading Hallman


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A pre-Suzuki DeCoster placed third on the day (results as per spectator notes on riders listing)


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Gary Flood (83 at rear) in support race.  Very rare to find a pic of him racing in Old Blightey


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Another Czech tough guy - Jiri Stodulka


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The other brother ... Hideaki Suzuki


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Heikki Mikkola


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In this moto, it looks like Robert leading DeCoster (CZ) to the line.  What a beautiful-looking piece of turf!


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Joel Robert the Legend wins again


Offline Iain Cameron

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Re: 250 MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX: GB - Dodington, 1970 (pix and programme)
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2015, 04:04:39 pm »
Interesting the two Yamaha's the first is nowhere near a production model , Left side brake and sprocket on rear wheel (must have a cross over as gear shift visible in photo , ctr mount plug , different mag cover . I would love to find out more about this bike . Iain
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Re: 250 MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX: GB - Dodington, 1970 (pix and programme)
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2015, 05:55:27 pm »
KTM was entered in 1970 I only have pics of KTM 250's going back to 72?
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Offline 80-85 husky

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Re: 250 MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX: GB - Dodington, 1970 (pix and programme)
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2015, 09:28:47 am »
great stuff, those pics are sensational...not a watermark to be seen

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Re: 250 MOTOCROSS GRAND PRIX: GB - Dodington, 1970 (pix and programme)
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2015, 10:55:19 pm »
Good stuff.