Wednesday January 9, 2013 at 11:22am
The Telford Off Road and Road race show is getting closer and organiser Alan Wright has been busy tying up a few of the fast guys guest appearances! The Morecombe “missile” John Mcguiness is the star guest 19 times TT winner and a brilliant stage performer to boot. But unlike most racers he is not just interested on the tarmac but very keen to have a look round the massive off road side of the show as he regularly rides on the dirt to keep fit in the winter .Indeed John was instrumental in persuading the Earl of Cholmondeley to join him as a sidecar passenger around the motocross track at this year’s Pageant of Power.
Steve Abbott is hoping to bring along the outfit he rode in the 1986 GP,s, whilst the legendary Sammy Miller will bring the Rennsport engined 1954 solo BMW that the German legend Walter Zeller rode to runner up position in the 1956 500cc world series behind Surtees 4 cylinder MV . Everyone including Geoff Duke, tried to tame it but no one but Zeller came close .Sam will fire it up at 11am each day. He also brings the legendary 1957 500cc V8 Guzzi and that will run in all its glory each afternoon. Continental circus star of the sixties and seventies Jim Curry also brings his renowned wit to the stage each day in a weekend which now sees its 10th anniversary and which has become one of the must go events of the calendar for the Off road and Classic road race world .Off road guests are 1965 British Experts Trial Winner Scott Ellis, 5 times British Scrambles champion in the sixties and all the way from Indonesia ,Bryan”wild Man” Wade, plus a whole host of legendary race winners from the “golden era” .Venue is the International Centre, Telford,TF3 4JH, half an hour north of Birmingham on February 9/10th. Start time is 10am.