Four Programmes 1951 - 1960 - Aldworth 1960
250 Lightweight Star - number 111 Dave Curtis? On a 250cc Matchless? Apparently so. In his heat Dave finishes second behind Brian Sharp on a Greeves. In the six lap final Dave is fifth [ - ! ] behind Brian, Joe Johnson, Pat Lamper and Mike Jackson.
I blame the bike.
Everyone else did.
Don Morley 'Classic British Scramblers' p.31 - ' This then is the story of a sad machine that never scored a national win... ...It regularly ate big end bearings and snapped gears. Its weight, for a 250cc machine, was a massive 321 lb which meant that it was largely ignored by clubmen in favour of BSA and Greeves machines.'
Incidentally - in the first 6 lap open final Dave Curtis returned a time of 9min 57sec. Brian Sharp covered the 6 laps of the lightweight final in 10min 11sec - so the little bike only 2 ⅓ sec slower per lap over one of the South's famously flat-out circuits?
Four Programmes 1951 - 1960 - Aldworth 1960
250 Lightweight Star - number 111 Dave Curtis? On a 250cc Matchless? Apparently so. In his heat Dave finishes second behind Brian Sharp on a Greeves. In the six lap final Dave is fifth [ - ! ] behind Brian, Joe Johnson, Pat Lamper and Mike Jackson.
I blame the bike.
Everyone else did.
Don Morley 'Classic British Scramblers' p.31 - ' This then is the story of a sad machine that never scored a national win... ...It regularly ate big end bearings and snapped gears. Its weight, for a 250cc machine, was a massive 321 lb which meant that it was largely ignored by clubmen in favour of BSA and Greeves machines.'
Incidentally - in the first 6 lap open final Dave Curtis returned a time of 9min 57sec. Brian Sharp covered the 6 laps of the lightweight final in 10min 11sec - so the little bike only 2 ⅓ sec slower per lap over one of the South's famously flat-out circuits?