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1963 Oulton Park Bob McIntyre Geoff Duke Georg Meier Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, vintage magazine advertisement / articlePage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm)Condition: Good
A FEW stuttering crackles and thenthe full-throated song of the Gilerafour broke the still quiet air of OultonPark the day before the Bob McIntyrememorial meeting, for Geoff Duke wasthere to do a few practice laps on the ma-chine he had not ridden since 1957. Infact he had not ridden a racing motor-cycle since 1959 but he need not haveworried for a man of Duke’s classic abil-ity with a motorcycle never seems to losehis touch. In an age when almost every-one seems to ride with legs and armsstuck out all over the place it was refresh-ing to see Geoff back again to show thecrowds what an immaculate stylist lookslike on a racing machine for there can belittle doubt that plenty of today’s racegoers have not seen him race.John Hartle also rode the Gilera onthat Friday and was most impressed withit, being convinced, like Geoff, that itcould still win a 500cc championship title.John has ridden the M.V as a works riderso his opinion is one to be respected. Butit is doubtful if we shall ever see theGilera fours race again.Twenty seven thousand spectatorsturned up on race day and were treated toa fine day’s racing in which they sawDerek Minter win a 350 and 500cc doublethat included a 350 lap record, andWorld Champions Taveri and Redmanwin the 125 and 250cc races respectivelyon their Hondas. But in the Bob McIntyreMemorial Handicap race Redman was dis-qualified after “winning\" for riding onanother rider’s machine so the race wentto Chris Conn riding a NortonThe meeting started with a race for 50ccmachines which was very poorly supportedbut winner Mike Simmonds and brotherDave who was second are two of thekeenest private owners in this class. Theyhave adapted a Tohatsu to water coolingby using the heater from a car althoughfor this race Mike used an air cooledItom. Two other brothers, John and SydLawley, battled for the whole of the raceon their Itoms to finish third and fourth.Then came the 125’s and Taveri riding thecircuit for the first time found that DanShorey (Bultaco) and Rex Avery (E.M.C.)were fully prepared to press home thetrack knowledge they had and to exploitTaveri’s undergeared machine. But thechampion held on to win by a length fromShorey with third man Avery having theconsolation of putting in the fastest lap.Honda team men Robb and Redman hadthe four-cylinder works bikes out for the250 race but when challenging stronglyfor the lead Robb found more neutrals inhis gearbox than he wanted so finishedsecond to Redman whilst into third spotcame Shorey on a 196cc BultacoThen followed the finest race of theday — the 350cc final with that manShorey again making his presence felt,though this time on an A.J.S. He made abeautiful start to head the field after onelap but he was being chased hard by FredStevens (Norton) who always rides well atOulton and who will be remembered forhis third place in this year’s Senior T.T.Minter, who is a notoriously bad starter,got up with the leaders after three lapsbut appeared unable to catch Stevens.Geoff Duke rekindles fond memories on the 500cc Gilera.BobMolntyreMemorialMeettagSTORY & PHOTOS BY B. R. NICHOLLSGeorg Meier, 1939 Senior T.T. winner,on demonstration run.Then Shorey dropped back a little andMinter put in a record lap to take the leadwhich he held to the finish. Behind theleaders an equally exciting struggle hadbeen going on for the fourth place be-tween Fred Fisher (Norton). Mike Duff(A.J.S.) and Dave Downer (Norton) whoswapped places many times before finish-ing in that order.Next came the demonstration runs withFrank Perris on the 250cc two-stroke twinSuzuki, Alastair King on the lightweightMatchless special that Bob McIntyre hadraced, Georg Meier who won the 1939Senior T.T. on a blown Munich twincame next on one of the most recentshort stroke B.M.W. twins and then camethe incomparable Duke with the Gilera.This had the crowd on their feet cheeringhim all the way round in.one of the mostmoving spontaneous receptions that I haveever seen. Geoff lapped within seven sec-onds of the record on a machine whichwas handicapped by the full streamliningof yesteryear for the “Gilly” never hadmore than a head cowling when racing onshort circuits. You may argue for hoursas to who the world’s greatest rider maybe but to that crowd there could only beone answer — Geoff Duke — and nobodywill convince me otherwise either.We in London have a saying “afterthe Lord Mayor’s Show comes the dust-cart’’ and that is almost how it seemedwhen the song of the Gilera had died andwe had the heats for the 500cc final, butsandwiched between the second and thirdof these was the Memorial handicap race.This was for machines of 250 and 350cccapacity but lacked Minter and Robbamongst the starters. Held over eight laps,Redman took the lead at the halfway stageand never looked like being caught. Hewas even presented with the trophy afterthe race by Geoff Duke before the dis-qualification was announced then it wasrealized that Chris Conn (350 Norton)had won by virtue of passing youngStuart Graham (250 Aer Macchi) on thelast lap.The sidecar final was a hell for leatherfight won in the end by Peter Russell onhis 998cc Vincent outfit but these ma-chines had left oil and rubber on thetrack that caused havoc on the openinglap of the 500cc final at Esso bend, asteeply banked right hand turn of almostone hundred and eighty degrees. Connslid to earth here as did others and therace was won by Minter with Duff sec-ond and Shorey third. So ended a wonder-ful meeting free of any serious mishaps, afine tribute to the talented and courageousrider Robert McGregor McIntyre.
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