Re: Triumph Racing History

[Stew101@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 11/2/00 12:57:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, Mark Collett 
writes:

> - - Does Triumph have a racing heritage (I don't mean to pick a fight,
>  just asking)

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Unless you are talking about three Daytona 200 race wins (1962 Dick Burnett; 
1966 Buddy Elmore; 1967 Gary Nixon.)  Triumphs contested AMA Nationals 
piloted by guys like Dick Mann, Gary Scott, Eddie Mulder, Don Castro, Dusty 
Coppage, Sammy Tanner, Gene Romero, Dick Hammer, oh -- nevermind -- nobody 
alive now knows anything about those guys anyway...

Triumph Motorcycles were raced and won AMA Expert-Class National Mile, 
Half-Mile, Hill-Climb, Enduro, Hare-Scrambles and other events in their 
heyday between 1950 - 1975 in this country.

Steve McQueen raced Triumph motorcycles for many years as a "hobby".  Likely 
could have been a National level racer if he wasn't busy making movie 
pictures.  (Steve Who?)

Triumph Motorcycles still hold at least three World Land Speed Records.  

A Triumph T595 Daytona built by Mickey Cohen in Santa Ana Ca. won the AMA Pro 
Thunder Series Championship in 1998 including the round held at Daytona 
International Speedway.  The crowd went nuts.

A Triumph TT600 built by Jack Lilley recently won its first British 
Supersport Class event. 

On the other hand, if you want to ride the most raced motorcycle in the USA 
RIGHT NOW...
... buy a Suzuiki GSX-R.  I have owned three of them and they are wonderful 
machines.  They just don't make really good sport-touring bikes unless you 
are in your 20's and in really good shape -- which unfortunately no longer 
applies to me!

Kenny Stewart
Road Dawg  '00 RS (this month)

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