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The History behind this.
The Motorcycles are all 4 strokes including the XR-750 Harley Davidson Rode by a few riders. At the start Evel and Frank rode around the track to show the length and the turns of the track. Frank said they were not going to wear helmets because they were going to go really slow. As Evel went over the jump part of the track (slowly) Frank said he liked that jump and it was a little easier then Wembley. Evel laughed. Terry Dorsh was one of the riders and rode the XR in this race. Also note that after they went around the track Frank talked about Evel doing his jump at Ascot from 1967 and they showed the video of Evel jumping 15 Cars back in 1966. Frank said, " Evel I know you know this track it was few years earlier and a few fractures earlier". They then showed the jump. That was the first time I ever saw that jump. It's incredibly sad to see they closed Ascot. If you want to see the closing of the race along with the original Wide World closing check out this video
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Link: ASCOT
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