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VINTAGE BIKE FESTIVAL AIMS TO PROVE EXCITEMENT VALUE OF OLDER BIKES The word “vintage” may conjure up images of fine wines and slow, ageing pensioners, but when applied to motorbike racing, it’s anything but slow! The Vintage Motorcycle Festival will take place at Cadwell Park next weekend (September 3/4), with people racing tooth-and-nail against each other, just on bikes which are a little older than those seen at the track a week earlier in the British Superbike Championship. The machines at the festival will be a minimum of 30 years old, with bikes from the 70s, 60s, 50s and even pre-war machines competing against each other – and there’s plenty of local interest. Keith Prime, from Grantham, is just one example. Currently based with Three Fighter Squadron at RAF Cottesmore, Flight Sergeant Prime is shortly to retire from the RAF to become a Financial Advisor. He served in the Falklands and Gulf Wars, in the latter receiving the Queen''s Commendation for Valuable Service. In 1975 he bought a 1934 Rudge bike for £50, and still rides to this day. Keith currently lies third in the Tuers Garage pre-35 Championship and fourth in the Old Bike Mart pre-49 ratings, with a good chance of finishing higher if the results go right for him next weekend. Additionally, with wife Norma in the passenger seat, Keith will be racing a mini-engined Berkeley trike in the Mornflake three-wheeler event. This came about just recently after Norma, having watched Keith''s solo racing career for many years, decided that she''d like to join in the fun! Oil boiler repair and maintenance specialist Larry Steltner, from Spilsby, took up racing 10 years ago at the relatively advanced age of 45 when the premature death of his father in his mid-60s made him realise that life was for living. As a trained toolmaker Larry has built the chassis and many of the engine internals of his very rapid Seeley Triumph Weslake 500cc machine that he rides in the highly competitive Dave Mac Propshafts 500cc Specials event. Larry may be some way down the Championship standings this year but he''s certainly no slouch - in 2000 he finished second in the highly prestigious CRMC Unlimited Classic Race of the Year! Two Lincoln riders will also be in action, hoping to hold on to slender championship leads. Roger Mitchell heads the Gibson exhausts points table, with Mike Powell in the same position in the Albany Alarms series. Both riders hold leads of just eight points though and, if mechanical reliability isn’t on their side, anything could happen. Tickets for the event cost £12 per adult per day, with children aged 12 and under admitted free. Parking and paddock access is also free.
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