Thorpe, Geboers and Leisk to race Vets MXDN at Farliegh Castle

Organisers of the Farliegh Castle Veterans MXDN, which is being held on the 17th to 19th of September 2010, are extremely excited to announce that 1989’s prestigious HRC dream team will be racing at this year’s event and will be bringing along their original works Honda machinery.

The superstar HRC Honda line-up of three-time 500cc world champion Dave Thorpe (UK), five times world champion Eric Geboers (Belgium) and former world number two Jeff Leisk (Australia), will for the first time be reunited to contest the MXDN team event, which is sponsored by Buldbase, in what will be a nostalgic one-off and rare opportunity for all off-road race fans.

“It will be nice to race at Farleigh Castle again, as I haven’t raced in anger there since the ‘black and white’ days in 1989. I’m looking forward to being reunited as the HRC trio with Jeff and Eric, and it will be a pretty special event to have us all racing there,” said Thorpe.

“It’s funny though, everyone is saying how nice it will be to have us there but I’m sure, like real racers, they are training and riding ready to race this event as we will still want to beat each other. We may be 25 years older, but I’m sure everyone will be trying to lose the extra pounds we’ve gained over the years to be competitive; it’s going to be fun!,” concluded Thorpe.

The weekend, which will see a host of former champions and star riders, is certainly not to be missed at one of Britain’s finest historic tracks. From the UK past greats including former British World 500cc Champion Graham Noyce, former Des Nations winner and multi-time British Champion Rob Herring, last year’s race winner and former British Champion Neil Prince, former British Champion Greg Hanson, Brian Wheeler, Ricky Priest, Neil Hudson, Ed Bradley, Craig Pratley and Matt Gordon, will all be racing the event.

In addition to this the Karsmakers family are set to race along with former South African champion Ryan Hunt as well as teams from Australia, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Scotland, Southern and Northern Ireland. Guests of honour include five times World Champion Georges Jobé, three-times Belgian World Champion Andre Malherbe, and former stunt rider Eddie Kidd will also join the star-studded line-up of racers.

In addition to some seriously hot on-track action, which includes Twinshock racing, Evo racing, modern bike racing and the main event, will see teams from numerous countries battle it out for glory, spectators will be treated to live entertainment from The Wurzels on Friday night, followed by an awesome set from a superb Madness tribute band on Saturday night.

“It’s extremely exciting for us to announce that team HRC 1989 will actually be competing in the races this year. It’s going to be such an amazing spectacle that brings together some of the World’s former greatest racers and on such special factory machinery,” said one of the event organisers, Dave King.

“Spectators and competitors are in for a real treat, and we’ve extended our line-up of racers that are actually competing this year. The range of vintage and modern machinery with racers from our history is going to make it an ultra-special weekend and it will really bring Farleigh to life. We’ve also got live entertainment from some brilliant bands on Friday and Saturday night, so it’s going to be an absolutely amazing weekend for all the family,” concluded King.

The weekend is expected to be filled with racing aboard a huge range of machinery from over the years, with an electric atmosphere which will bring together some of the finest racers together from many eras. For a great nostalgic weekend of racing from some of the sport’s greatest riders, head down to Farleigh Castle and support your country’s team.

Tickets are available on the gate priced at £20 for the weekend and children are free of charge. Camping is available from Thursday until Monday at £25 per pitch and the site will be floodlit with 24hour security. There will also be a licensed bar from Thursday until Sunday night. Spaces are still available in the veterans modern and twinshock

Paddock opens Thursday 16th September for competitors and spectators who are camping. More information can be found at the event website by logging on to: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Looks a cracking track, its the weekend after the IOW trip, but may go up on the sunday....

found this on their website.....worth a watch.

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Cant wait for it Mike, looking forward to Richard bringing his caravan for us all to stay in for the weekend there (does he know yet he's bringing it?)

just watched a few vids mint

LSB69 wrote:Cant wait for it Mike, looking forward to Richard bringing his caravan for us all to stay in for the weekend there (does he know yet he's bringing it?)

he did'nt go for it, looks like we're slumming it .

6 man tent fron the neighbours

Have a good one lads, plenty of pics please, night time and day time activities..