Team to show off land speed contender

Added on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 by Carole Nash Editor | No Comments

Norton motorcycles will also feature heavily at the show.

Adult ticket prices start from just £20 for Friday and £15 for Saturday and Sunday when booking in advance

Motorcycle enthusiasts will get to see a world land speed record contender this weekend as preparations for the Race Retro 2010 show come to a conclusion this weekend.

This August the Angelic Bulldog team travels to Bonneville, where it is hoping to smash the 400mph barrier and bring the motorcycle Land Speed Record back to the UK for the first time since 1937, will be making an appearance at the show, held at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry from 12th to 14th March.

The British made six and a half-metre long ‘streamliner’, powered by a 2.3-litre supercharged 700-horsepower engine, will attempt to break the current record of 360.913mph, set over a kilometre by American Rocky Robinson riding his machine, named Ack-Attack, in 2008.

Angelic Bulldog project boss and rider Gabriel Uttley is hoping to bring the crown back to these shores and will be displaying his machine at Race Retro, giving enthusiasts a chance to get a glance of this rapid two-wheeler.

For rapid racing bikes, the International Historic Racing Organisation is serving up four treats from its recently-created IHRO Class 2, which targets pre-1972 multi-cylinder Grand Prix machines and replicas. Four bikes are on display including a Yamaha 350 and a Konig 500, which used a two-stroke motorboat engine.

The internationally-acclaimed Sammy Miller Museum is showing two Nortons - a 1956 Model F 350 and a 1960 350cc Lowboy. Race Retro will also pay tribute to 60 years of Norton with a stunning display of motorcycles as well as having famous racers from the past fifty years on hand to talk about the bikes’ finest hour with Race Retro motorcycle MC Steve Parrish.

Adult ticket prices start from just £20 for Friday and £15 for Saturday and Sunday when booking in advance. Alternatively, upgrade to a VIP ticket with fantastic hospitality and a chance to meet are special guests. Children’s tickets are £5 on Friday or Saturday and free on Sunday. Parking is also free throughout. The show is open from 9.30am each day and closes at 5.30pm on Friday and Saturday and 4.30pm on Sunday. To book tickets and for the latest updates, visit www.raceretro.com

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