THREE WHEELS AT MALLORY

e [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] still regarded by many as the safest vehicle on the road certainly in the wet the three-wheel motorcycle sidecar outfit has a Fascination and usefulness that made it a popular form of Transport for touring the highways and exploring the byways it has always been a favorite with the family man spending room only inside [Music] driving side card Child's Play In fact it may safely be said that side cars serve Mankind from the cradle to the oh sorry sir my mistake for special occasions or getting close to Nature the sporting side car serves the young in half B je no no others are more functional and play an honorable role serving the nation in Commerce and [Music] Industry Safety and ease of control are other assets but if you want to be with it be like this Chap and get really switched on he leaves absolutely nothing to chance until his fuse [Music] blows yes love on the way that enormous outfit has just about the lot but side CS come in all sizes and even for the smallest scooter a well-designed stoutly constructed body can cope with a well-designed stoutly constructed [Music] body with an eye to the Future designers use all the lightest and strongest materials known to modern science that may have suited grandfather but today we must have weather protection to keep the passenger cozy warm and [Applause] dry a good trials outfit does of course provide Easy Transport in difficult country effortless travel for two surmounting all [Applause] [Music] obstacles but if one really seeks freedom of movement a leisurely ride and luxurious Comfort it's but a short step from this [Music] to and here we are at mallerie Park watch the 1965 site car race of the Year practice for which is now in full swing there's a £500 first prize in this Daily Mail sponsored International Event so it's not surprising that everyone wants to learn the best Line Round every Bend and not like Brian langum set off on a piece of cross country scrambling hey I say mind the [Music] traffic knowing the course is vitally important on a tricky circuit like this this so let's tuck in behind Colin Apple Yard for a passenger lowlevel I view a quick push and we're away on the one one3 mile map down the fast Kirkby straight and into the long sweeping Gerard's [Music] B there's a deceptive double kink in the middle yes we're still with you this is the shsh but fast stey Straight No Rest for the passenger into the fast right and left hand sweep to the Lakers [Laughter] [Applause] coming up is the acute hairpin ja's [Music] [Applause] corner and now the left swing for the tricky Devil's elbow and so into the home straight all done in under 1 minute and at over 80 mph by the expert early doors and already there's a buzz of activity at the friendly circuit even he's arrived and some of the girls posters like this announcing the appearance today of all the world's leading sight guard drivers have made mallerie a magnet the car park is filling up [Music] [Applause] and around the paddock there's much to talk [Music] about and much to look at racing Machinery beautifully prepared and being prepared for this great day choosing the correct gearing and fitting the right sprocket can make all the difference on this twisty circuit willing hands make like work Ian Johnson colored mechanic Tony on shely from the merchant Navy fals the [Music] steering Pete Russell's mechanic fals a brake drum and everything must be in order from hand to foot ah this little fellow ought to fit somewhere that's fixed it competitors come from far and near for this international meeting vam Bill bodis and poell Fred Hanks from [Music] Birmingham South African Ray paard Charlie Freeman from Sheffield Otto CER Cruz from Down Under Germany and from Switzerland frit shider with a wonderfully prepared BMW Max doel from Germany four times a world champion his BMW also very Immaculate I say move aside there please and let us have a look at Colin C's superintendent [Music] BMW so that's where Santa Claus comes from and Haka displays his racing Beauty pretty Swiss Miss Renata Burkhalter race time draws near Max doil tweets the throttle and everything generally is warming up [Music] [Music] hello yes she exhausted the signal has gone for the start of the 10 laap 500cc final and crews make for the line Florian Kus with New crewman France Dukay pip Harris and Ray Campbell hold it they're off no one left behind and Charlie Freeman has his Norton in front but Gerard it's Shyer who weaved into the lead [Music] and he's still way out in front coming out of the [Music] essence at the end of the first lap he leads from Freeman Harris Wakefield and the German of Thea [Music] on lap two Shyer is still further ahead and by the halfway stage he has a 10-second [Music] lead meanwhile the crowd is watching a terrific scrap for second place between Freeman and Wakefield [Music] and with Pip Harris watching on lap seven wakefield's white BMW ages ahead he holds it past the pits round Gerards but next time round Freeman turns the tables [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] at The Hairpin the crowd gets ready to cheer shider finishing his last lap and he gets the checked flag followed by Freeman Wakefield chus and cola the next race is the final of the Thousand CC event and last minute preparations are [Music] underway Wheeling out their cont commercial ingenious Mini Engine three-wheeler are Owen Greenwood and Terry Fair [Music] brother Colin cely Chris Vincent with an extra Pusher for the back row mini got off to a good start and a Gerard Fred Wallace and his Triumph are out in front of Vincent with CER just behind [Music] and it's the same ORD they double The Hairpin at the end of the first [Music] [Music] lap into Gerard's again and Vincent and cely SW ah head of Wallace who begins to fall back and is Terry vinam and another Triumph who is now third [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] seven of the 10 laps gone and it's still Vincent and cely in the [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] lead Greenwood and his four-wheel three-wheeler is fighting to hold fifth place [Music] [Applause] [Music] and there go the leaders only a few y between [Music] them passing Brian Russ dislocated on the [Music] elbow and Chris Vincent gets the flag from starter Allen Disney Just 4 seconds up on Colin cely into the paddock for [Music] Refreshments a warming cuper and something to eat I've got eyes [Music] everywhere hats are being worn this season so hair with a comb for same protections against the showers are [Music] varied big umbrellas multi umbrellas small umbrellas rain doesn't stop play here hello what's he looking at I see in the interval before the £500 S car race of the year the crowd passes the time away little knowing the drama in the pic Chris Vincent is working against the clock making mods to the Rockers he's fitting a new set borrowed from a spectator starting time is approaching and the fans take up their places very well balanced on the grid the tops side car races of the world prepare Colin cely toan Kus John Robinson and His driver Fritz shider veterans Fred Wallace and Bill bodis [Music] one minute to go everything ready including Vincent who's finished his rocker replacement and he joins the others watch the flag they're [Music] off down the straight into Gerards it's cely Shyer Vincent Freeman and the rest as unlucky Fred Waris shade down on power waves the field past through the 's round The Hairpin and and on to the devil's elbow and it's now cely leading from shider with Vincent just ahead of Freeman and [Music] [Music] vidum on the second lap Shyer slips ahead of cely with Vincent just behind but the have been something's wrong Vincent has dropped back behind Freeman and vinum he missed a gear change and the others have swept by [Music] next time at the 's max do is harried by the mini and MC fman skids [Music] off shy Digger comes round to start lap four with a good lead over six whose engine is misfiring badly down at Gerard's Vincent now back in The Fray is R say cut down the BMW's tremendous lead the answer is obviously yes watch how the Gap gets narrow as they near the halfway stage [Music] [Music] and now the crowd is beginning to sense a British Victory fingers are crossed come on Chris at The Hairpin on lap n the BSA boys are breathing down the necks of the angler Swiss crew round the elbow side by side down the straet and the Gerard's the green outfits ahead the lap record is shattered a that's better number six conin C is hanging on to third place but his valve springs are collapsing and doble is just a [Music] Stern hello someone's in trouble sign not of spolding wish I could hear that conversation [Music] lap 12 and Dober is now ahead of cely then come vinan Greenwood Freeman and Wakefield or is it busy for Vincent and Shyer are now catching the tail [Music] Enders Vincent laps chus and new passenger at you Cay [Music] [Applause] the order is Vincent Shyer doil vinum cely Greenwood Wakefield and Freeman and the pace gets even hotter [Music] [Applause] [Music] all [Music] Chris has seen shider closing up again and gives the BSA full steam ahead well those rocker replacement stand the [Music] face fourth placement is now Wakefield who's really flying in front of Greenwood vinum Freeman and cely and Vincent close on their tail [Music] and as they come up to the Finishing Line cely makes a desperate two whe effort to avoid being lapped by Vincent but there's no doubt who is the victor of a grand hardfought hard driven [Applause] [Music] race and for Chris Vincent and passenger Terry Harrison it's Laurels and champagne a brilliant Victory by British Boys on a British bike they are undoubtedly the side car of the [Music] year and as 25,000 delighted Spectators make tracks for home leaving a peaceful malerie Park let's take a final look at the now deserted circuit [Music] la [Music] [Laughter] 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