SuperBike Magazine July 2020
The July issue is packed with awesome content to keep you busy over the remaining days of July. We are hard at work putting our August issue to bed!
The July issue is packed with awesome content to keep you busy over the remaining days of July. We are hard at work putting our August issue to bed!
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1955: A race is born<br />
Summer frocks and shirtsleeves<br />
were the order of the day as thousands<br />
of spectators crowded the<br />
vantage points around the course<br />
to witness what was described as<br />
an ambitious three-race programme<br />
for a first ever meeting!<br />
Manxman Derek Ennett took<br />
the honours of winning the first<br />
ever race, the 350cc over 12 laps<br />
of the 4.25-mile course, after a<br />
race long tussle with Manchester’s<br />
Dave Chadwick. Despite grabbing a<br />
20-yard lead from the starting grid,<br />
Manxman Ennett was continually<br />
challenged by Chadwick throughout<br />
the 12-lap race and only just<br />
managed to pip Chadwick by four<br />
lengths at the flag.<br />
Start of the first ever race at<br />
Billown - 350cc 14th <strong>July</strong> 1955