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“I just revved that BSA as hard as I could down the straight and passed him – right on the line,” Cooper recalls. Team boss Doug Hele was delighted, especially as he’d gambled on his triples lasting without fuel stops. But he recognised that two stroke power was about to end the triples’ reign and returned to England to find the BSA Group plunged into crisis. | “I just revved that BSA as hard as I could down the straight and passed him – right on the line,” Cooper recalls. Team boss Doug Hele was delighted, especially as he’d gambled on his triples lasting without fuel stops. But he recognised that two stroke power was about to end the triples’ reign and returned to England to find the BSA Group plunged into crisis. | ||
== Racing Legends == | == Racing Legends. we'd write this stuff ourselves if we could be bothered. It's a free information society == | ||
'''MALCOLM UPHILL - Triumph racer''' | '''MALCOLM UPHILL - Triumph racer''' | ||
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Fred Swift is an unsung hero of the works team. Paul Smart’s regular spannerman, he built Dick Mann’s engines too. Miracles he worked included rebuilding Aldana’s engine on the morning of the race at Daytona in 1970 and | Fred Swift is an unsung hero of the works team. Paul Smart’s regular spannerman, he built Dick Mann’s engines too. Miracles he worked included rebuilding Aldana’s engine on the morning of the race at Daytona in 1970 and | ||
changing a Production Trident’s gearbox sprocket – a nightmare job – inside an hour. | changing a Production Trident’s gearbox sprocket – a nightmare job – inside an hour. | ||
== Service Tips. We'll have this too thanks. To hell with copyright == | == Service Tips. We'll have this too thanks. To hell with copyright == | ||