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The year had much to commend it, Luton ace Phil Read became the second rider to do the double and there was the one and only appearance of another legendary rider – John Hartle. The Junior race provided its own bit of history as Alan Shepherd and Phil Read crossed the finishing line together. The pair had kept close company throughout, Shepherd breaking Chadwick’s long-standing class record sixth time round, only to see Read reduce the time still further on the final lap. By mistake no official was on the line to see the riders finish and a judge’s decision declared a dead heat verdict, which proved to be slightly unpopular with spectators on the grandstand, many of whom had their own opinion as to who had won. The previous year’s victor Ron Langston was first away and led until lap three when Read and Shepherd took over and he had to content himself with third ahead of Dennis Pratt and Fred Stevens on Norton’s. Once again, the Island’s Governor set the 45 riders off at the start of the Senior race, with Alan Shepherd leading Langston and Read clear of the field. By the end of lap three Shepherd had put some space between himself and Read, who had displaced Langston for second. Shepherd smashed the lap record with a time of 2 minutes 55.8 seconds, 2 mph inside the old time, but failed to appear at the end of lap four. As Read confirmed his lead, news came through that Shepherd had braked too hard at Cross Four Ways, locked the rear wheel and been thrown off. Read maintained his advantage to the end, Langston too finishing well clear of Fred Stevens and Norman Storer. A devastating display of high-speed riding gave John Hartle and his Honda-4 a predictable victory in the 250 race. His ride, however, was not without incident as 30 riders had got away before the red and silver machine burst into life. At the end of lap one Hartle was third behind Arthur Wheeler and Brian Clark. On lap three, the former TT winner was ahead and on lap four he smashed the lap record by 14 seconds. When on lap six the Honda began firing on three cylinders his lead was such that Wheeler on his Italian Guzzi and Dan Shorey, now third on his NSU, could not overhaul him. 1961 - John Hartle on the 250cc ‘works’ Honda 4-cylinder machine 1969 - Charlie Freeman 1962: Sidecars enter the Southern The first Sidecar race in the Southern ‘100’ turned out to be an exciting affair with Charlie Freeman and Fred Wallis disputing the lead to the very end of the nine lap race, Freeman took the lead on lap six and held it despite a neck and neck bid from Wallis to regain it. E Peacock finished third, two and a half minutes in arrears, having taken over the position from Stan Nightingale who had crashed without injury. 1968: Championship introduced 1968 saw the introduction of what is now the premier race of the meeting, the Solo Championship, for which at the time, the first 15 riders from the three races held on the Wednesday evening
1975 - Ray McCullough leads Mervyn Robinson at Ballakaighan, 350cc race qualified. Large crowds in brilliant sunshine witnessed Steve Jolly in his first full year as a professional road racer carry off the Championship title. Jolly beat second place finisher, TT star Selwyn Griffiths, also on a Matchless, by nearly half a minute, with the ever-popular Keith Heckles third. Rising star Stan Woods brought a 250 Yamaha into a highly creditable fourth spot ahead of Brian Steenson on a 350 Aermacchi. 1969: Sidecar Championship Added & British Championship comes to Billown Charlie Freeman gave notice of his intention to win back the Sidecar Championship after a two-year absence by capturing the opening six-lap race. Freeman, a great respecter, and admirer of the course had little to spare at the finish over Bill Currie, Triumph, second 1976 - Joey Dunlop - Ballabeg on his way to the Solo Championship and Peter Williams, BSA, third. In the Championship race Freeman grabbed the lead before the first corner followed by John Patrick, Triumph, Williams, Currie, Robin Williamson, Triumph, and Roy Hanks, BSA. For two laps Williams and Currie hotly disputed second but neither could threaten the supremacy of Freeman. A slipping clutch ousted Williams’ chances and at the halfway stage a bent valve relegated Currie to a final fifth spot. Hanks moved up to second but was nearly a minute down on Freeman at the end, with Williams third and John Worthington, who bravely pushed the Scitsu the last quarter mile, fourth. During the all-important 350 British Championship round a lap scoring error saw the chequered flag shown a lap early to race leader Derek Chatterton and second placed Bill Smith, both on Yamahas. Martin Carney, Padgett Yamaha, Selwyn Griffiths, George Fogarty, and John Graham however all raced on to complete the 12 laps. Chatterton though was able to breathe a sigh of relief after a meeting of the ACU stewards decided to base the results on 11 laps. 1975: McCullough goes into the 90s It was to be one of the Southern ‘100’s favourite visitors, Ray McCullough, who in 1975 was to become the first man to lap the Billown Course at over 90 mph. The Sidecar Championship race was to be the 100th race of the Southern 100 since the first race in 1955, misfortune followed Hilditch and Littlemore into the Sidecar Championship, after leading for eight laps they were again side-lined, this time by a burnt out clutch. During the early stages Mick White and Philip Oliver, 850 Westlake, pressed the leaders hard but an argument with a pavement coming out of Church Bends on lap four curtailed their progress and they didn’t seem the same again, finishing down in seventh spot. Hall and Minion took over the lead vacated by Hilditch to beat R Philpott and M Buxton, Weslake, by 18 seconds, they also pipped third finisher Mick Worltey and Ralph Crellin, 956 HDW, on the final lap. A domestic scrap for fourth place between Keith Griffin and Malcolm Sharrocks, 850 Weslake, from George Oates and John Molyneux, 680 Konig, ended with the former pair gaining a split-second advantage. 1976: Joey winning debut Diminutive Ulsterman Joe Dunlop, on his first visit, proved the sensation of the 1976 series with two second places and a third in Wednesday’s qualifying race, then most important of all, a magnificent victory in the Championship race, shattering both lap and race records.
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