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Motorcycle Magic at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
25 July 2008
The array of striking and famous motorcycles and world-class riders at this year’s Festival of Speed, held at Goodwood Park from 11-13 July, proved to be one of the event’s top attractions. A wide selection of exotic world-beating two-wheeled machinery was on hand including the famous motorcycles of legendary TT winners John Surtees, Mike Hailwood, Joey Dunlop, David Jeffries and John McGuinness, as well as a historic look back at the revolutionary machinery that began racing at Brooklands almost one hundred years ago.
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Goodwood Festival 2008 Coming Soon
01 July 2008
In just two weeks times, at the 2008 Festival of Speed (11-13 July), Goodwood will assemble a selection of world-beating motorcycles and riders, both past and present. A mouth-watering selection of pre-war two-wheeled machines will be in action on the famous Goodwood hillclimb, including the 1925 JAP V-twin Brough-Superior SS100 – winner of a Brooklands Gold Star in 1926 – plus the ground-breaking three-cylinder supercharged 1939 DKW350SS that has to be heard to be believed.
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60 Years of MotoGP & Champions Honoured at Donington
21 June 2008
This year sees the 60th season Anniversary of MotoGP. Dorna, the company behind MotoGP, held a press conference yesterday (20th June) at Donington Park media centre to mark this special Anniversary and the very first ceremony handing out the 'MotoGP Champions Towers' to all past winners of the world championship. Present at the UK conference was Dave Hailwood, the son of the legendary Mike Hailwood who won the championship consecutively from 1962 - 1965, Phil Read who was world champion in 1973 and 1974, Stuart Graham who's father was TT winner Les Graham and the first man to win a MotoGP race 60 years ago in 1949. Of course it wasn't called MotoGP back in 1949, it was known as the 500cc World Championship.
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A Chance to Own A Piece of IOM History
26 May 2008
The Isle of Man TT remains the greatest motorcycle race on Earth, and as it enters its second century Duke is offering fans a rare opportunity to own vintage recordings from a golden period of the event’s history.
Originally released on vinyl as part of the Stanley Schofield Sound Stories archive, these wonderful recordings include highlights from the 1958 Senior TT, sounds from racing in 1959 and coverage from 1960.
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TT Stars Of Speed Released On CD
21 May 2007
These recordings chart the careers of some of the greatest motorcycle racers ever. Originally released on vinyl, Duke is delighted to present these gems from the Stanley Schofield Sound Stories on CD for the first time, each carefully digitally remastered. Mike Hailwood, John Surtees and Geoff Duke are among the 10 greats featured in this two-CD Stars of Speed collection. Combining the familiar, authoritative commentary of Murray Walker with the evocative sounds of legendary racing machines at full chat, Stars of Speed delivers a fascinating audio history of someof the most important moments in motorcycle racing – and some of the most important men.
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Legends Confirm Attendance For Centenary Celebrations
19 December 2006
The 2007 Isle of Man TT Races are less than six months away and work behind the scenes continues to carry on at a relentless pace. With the races celebrating their 100th birthday, the organisers are pulling out all the stops to ensure the Island plays host to some of the finest names ever to have competed on the famous 37-¾ mile circuit.
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