Carl Fogarty makes rare track appearance

The four times World Superbike champion is one of the stars of the Vintage Motor Cycle Club’s Festival of 1,000 Bikes at Mallory Park on July 10-12.
This year’s Festival promises a stunning line-up of riders and machines, including the new Norton Rotary with Michael Dunlop fresh from the TT.

Just announced is Jim Redman on a works CR750 Honda, along with Terry Rymer aboard one of the National Motorcycle Museum’s Rotary Norton racers.

On Sunday 12 there’s a guaranteed ear-splitting cacophany courtesy of the VMCC’s sprint section, with a display of alcohol-fuelled drag bikes on the mallory start/finish straight. More details at the dedicated sprint site: www.vmccsprint.co.uk.

Four times World Superbike champion Fogarty stars in the Past Masters display on the Sunday. Also, following Norton’s return to the 2009 TT with Michael Dunlop on the new Norton NRV, both man and machine will take to the track in a feature that will also include some special celebrity guest riders aboard the new Norton Commando road bikes.

Keeping with a Norton theme, Sammy Miller MBE will be giving the first public track outing to the newly restored “Lowboy” prototype race machine. Courtesy of the National Motorcycle Museum, four of the original Norton Rotary race bikes will be on the track, ridden by original riders including Steve Spray, Trevor Nation, Ian Simpson and Terry Rymer.

As well as Fogarty, other illustrious names include Phil Read on an MV Agusta, Jim Redman, John Cooper on a works BSA Rocket triple, Mick Grant, Sammy Miller, Tommy Robb, Tony Rutter, Colin Seeley and an appearance by the Laverda Corse team.

The Past masters feature will also include no less than 18 Honda 250-4 machines - the biggest ever collection of these amazing-sounding machines assembled on track at the same time.

For advance spectator ticket sales contact the Mallory Park ticket hot line 01455 842931, or visit www.vmcc.net/1000bikes/index.htm and www.mallorypark.co.uk for full details and the very latest updates.