olivers mount UK

[johnakay]

this use to be part of the grand prix in 60's and 70's
I saw the old race stars race there inc sheen ,ago,read etc etc
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also Mike Hailwood (not at olivers)

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[Craig380]

Oh yes, it's a great circuit, like a mini TT course. That plunge from Mountain hairpin to the Mountside hairpin is bloody terrifying. The number of bikes and sidecars I've seen going straight down the slip-road there ....

Like you John, I remember the meetings in the 70s where you'd have Mick Grant on the Kawa KR500, Sheene & Parrish on the RGs charging around ... no silencers

Nick and Gerry Boret used to race a Konig-powered sidecar outfit there, I can still hear it wailing through the trees down to Mountside, tyres screeching round the hairpin then a banshee cry as they took off down the hill. Once heard, NEVER forgotten.

I've actually done a cycle race round there when I was 15, and it's too narrow for racing pedal cycles, so god only knows what it's like on a motorbike

In 97 / 98 I was at the September Gold Cup races where they had Jim Redman on the Honda 6, Read on an 500 MV etc. I overheard Jim Redman in the paddock chatting to someone, he said: "I'm sure they make the bloody track narrower every time I come here ..."

[Digger]

Lovely. Yes, I was a regular there in the 70s, and more recently too.
Every time we visit Scarborough we manage a quick lap (it's public roads with a 30mph limit) but by the time the end of the lap approaches there is usually a patrol car in evidence .... no sense of fun, some people.

My fondest memory of Oliver's Mount is the year the MV500s were brought out of retirement to race against the 750 2-strokes. INCREDIBLE to hear those beauts howling down the mountain to the final hairpin. The sound of them warming up in the paddock simply obliterated the sound of those lovely two-strokes.

I've seen a nice youtube clip this year featuring the circuit, I'll have a dig ....

[Digger]

Well this isn't it, but it's worth a look!!!!

[Craig380]

Lovely clip, that.

Watch this nutter at the Mount ... this is how to pilot a sidecar outfit

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