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Olivers Mount Dates 2021

Discussion in 'Racing & Bike Sport' started by Wassy, Feb 24, 2021.

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  1. We visited the track (and the cafe) during our brief tour of the Dales and the Moors last September. Can’t imagine the complexity of the logistics to organise the circus and spectators. Andy
     
  2. I toyed with the idea of doing it once.

    it would be like racing down my driveway o_O
     
  3. The jumps can certainly get your attention

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  4. must be mad doing that in the wet
     
  5. Guy was virtually unbeatable round the Mount when his main focus was racing but he turned up in his van with his Trident last year and just enjoyed himself. A totally different character.
     
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  6. Extremely good road racer. Overshadowed sadly by his struggles at the TT. But very good at most of the other roads circuits!
     
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  7. Yes, he should have won at least one TT but it just didn’t work out for him unfortunately. 577088A3-CA50-4ADE-810A-F0726BD746A4.jpeg 40AABB78-800A-4E36-9229-94AFC951C5EC.jpeg
     
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  8. Me and my mate went up for the Gold cup in 2019 ,fantastic racing ,£2.20 a pint in the local pubs in Scarborough ,well worth the long journey from the west country ,if you have not been ,its bloody great
     
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  9. DJ on an 888 at the Mount


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  10. DJ? Which one, Tony Blackburn?

    What's bike parking and security like there?
     
  11. I've riddent the circuit on my MV and i have no idea how they race around there?

    If you get the weather Scarboruough is a great place to be. If it's wet it's shit :joy:
     
  12. Just up the road from me, great cafe there too.
    Obligatory Mount photo of course:
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  13. Remember walking back up the hill to the campsite after a night out in Scarborough, first time I realised the night could be pitch black, could not see a thing all the way up. Had some great nights in the beer tent.
     
  14. Excellent ,the parking is in the middle of the circuit so easy to keep a eye on your bike .
     
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  15. The 2am walk back up to the campsite after a few beers in town is alwsys interesting.
    Learnt to take my own camping stove and bacon & eggs etc. for breakfast as the butty vans never had any left by the time I got up!
    Love the racing there, been most years since '86.
    Its just a day trip from here, so I am reluctant to commit to advance booking as it is grim on top of that hill when the weather is poor.
    Remember the Gold Cup Race being abandoned one year when thick fog rolled in off the sea.
     
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  17. Bit of information on the above picture


    Richard H Dale
    Remembering Richard H Dale, better known as Dickie Dale, who died on this date 60 years ago, 30th April 1961 after crashing his Norton during a race at the Nürburgring, Germany.
    Born 25th April 1927 in Wyberton near Boston, Lincolnshire, England. In 1945 he was drafted into the RAF and served as a flight mechanic, and bought his first motorcycle, a 1939 AJS Silver Streak, while stationed at RAF Cranwell.
    He made his Isle of Man debut in the 1949 Manx Grand Prix, finishing in 13th place in the Junior on a Velocette and followed that two days later winning the Lightweight 250cc Manx Grand Prix on an Italian Moto Guzzi.
    He competed in the inaugural 1949 Grands Prix motorcycle racing season, making his TT debut and rode in a total 19 TT’s up to and including 1960, his best result being fourth in the 1957 Senior TT on the unique Guzzi V8.
    Dickie Dale was a victor in the 1951 North West 200. His best seasons were 1955 and 1956 when he finished in second place in the 350cc world championship, both times behind his Moto Guzzi teammate Bill Lomas.
    Photo shows Dickie Dale being chased by Geoff Duke at the 1953 Gold Cup Road Races at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough, both Gilera mounted.
     
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  18. Its amazing to think that Olivers Mount used to get over 100,000 spectators in its glory days
     
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  19. Forecast not great unfortunately


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