Like the Bennetts 500cc Classic TT Race, the Okells Brewery 350cc Race is set to
be a thrilling affair and it could well be even more closely contested with
evenly matched machines and a stellar line up of riders offering the potential
for a close race. The class, like all races at the 2014 Classic TT presented by
Bennetts, was oversubscribed with a full grid of almost 90 entries eventually
accepted.
With last year's race winner Chris Palmer absent from the field, a new winner
will be garlanded but Roy Richardson on the FCL Racing/Bullock Motorsport
Aermacchi, will be one of the favourites having won numerous 350cc Classic races
at the Manx GP. The opposition is strong though with anyone in the top 20 more
than competitive and capable of standing on the podium.
Honda lead the way in terms of numbers with Jamie Hamilton, Olie Linsdell
(Flitwick Motorcycles), William Dunlop and Alan Oversby (both Davies
Motorsport), Jamie Coward (Ted Woof), Chris McGahan (Hales Honda), James Hillier
(CSC Racing), James Cowton and Nigel Moore all electing to ride the iconic
Japanese marque.
The British challenge is more than considerable though with AJS and Norton
having numerous potential race winners, none more so than last year's podium
finishers Cameron Donald (Ripley Land Racing AJS) and Dan Cooper (Molnar Manx
Norton). Cooper is joined in Andy Molnar's team by the man who dominated this
years TT Races Michael Dunlop while another top TT runner, Keith Amor, will ine
up on Tony Dunnell's rapid Manx Norton.
Italy has representation in the form of Dean Harrison and Lee Johnston (Black
Eagle Racing MV Agusta), Chris Swallow (Mike Fawcett Aermacchi) and Doug Snow
(Ducati Sebring) and all three will be pushing hard at the head of the field
while other names expected to feature include Mark Herbertson (AJS), Alex
Sinclair (Honda), Paul Coward (Honda), Dave Madsen-Mygdal (Honda), Ken Davis
(Honda) and Chris Petty (Honda).
Although there isn't a separate race this year, there are still numerous
250cc machines spread through the field aiming to win the new Phil Read Trophy
to recognise the class win, with multiple Manx Grand Prix race winner Bill
Swallow back for another outing around the Mountain Course, this time on Phil
Price's Velocette. The T20 Suzuki's will be expected to be the highest placed
though particularly in the hands of Alan 'Bud' Jackson, Karl Fox, Tom Jackson,
Jeff Ward, Maria Costello, Dan Sayle and Billy Cummins.
Dave Edwards (TD1C Yamaha) and Pete Symes and David Crussell (both Kawasaki)
add further variety to the 250cc field.
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