BARRY SHEENE ROAD RACE AND RALLY FESTIVAL
OLIVERS MOUNT 21ST – 22ND JUNE

This weekends’ Barry Sheene Festival at Oliver’s Mount Scarborough has attracted another first. Barry’s son Freddie will now ride an RG500 in the parade and the BBC are filming for a documentary about Barry’s career, to celebrate the occasion Barry’s widow, Stephanie, has sent over the original world championship winning RG500 Suzuki. This will be paraded alongside 15 times world champion Giacomo Agostini from Italy.

The action starts at 9.00am both days with the first parade at 12.30pm followed by racing at 1.00pm. On Sunday there will be the concourse competition open to all race ticket holders, where there will be trophies for a number of categories plus the best replica Sheene Suzuki and rider, this competition will be judged by Ago and Mick Grant and the lucky winner of the Sheene competition will be allowed to do a lap of the circuit.

Roll on this exciting weekend. Advance tickets have now sold out but there will be plenty of tickets for sale at the main entrance to the circuit

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Clear blue skies and a gentle breeze welcomed competitors, officials and racing fans at Oliver’s Mount as practice and qualifying got under way for the first day of the 2014 Barry Sheene Road Race Festival.

The first race for 500cc, 350cc and 250cc non-Japanese classic machines over seven laps saw James Cowton take the hole-shot when the flag was dropped (by 15-times world champion, Giacomo Agostini), but by Mere Hairpin he had been swallowed up by the two Patons of Ryan Farquhar and Ian Lougher.

At the end of the lap it was Lougher, 1.8 seconds ahead of Cowton on the Manx Norton. A lap later it was Farquhar at the head of the field by half a second from Lougher and Cowton now third.

By lap 5 the gap had extended to 4 seconds, with John Fawcett now third after Cowton had slipped off (unhurt) at Mere Hairpin.

The advantage to Farquhar as he started his final lap was 6.3 seconds over Lougher with Fawcett third a further 92 seconds down.

Ryan Farquhar took the chequered flag 8.5 seconds ahead of Ian Lougher, making it a Paton 1-2, with John Fawcett on a Seeley G50 third.


The SuperTwin race saw James Cowton lead the pack into Mere Hairpin for the start of this seven-lapper and was still in front at the end of the lap, followed by Ivan Lintin 1.1 seconds back and James Neesom third.

But a lap later it was Lintin ahead of the field 0.6 of a second in front, with Neesom now almost 8 seconds down.

Lap three and the lead was now three seconds; lap four it was up to 4.6 seconds; lap five and a further second had been added; lap six and only a tenth of a second was added to the advantage. At the flag it was Ivan Lintin five seconds ahead of James Cowton, with James Neesom third, as he had been throughout.

Race three, the first leg of the Classic Superbikes for the Geoff Barry Trophy, this one over eight laps.

The hole-shot went to Ryan Farquhar, nut it was Dean Harrison who was in the lead at the end of the lap, 4.7 seconds ahead of Russ Mountford with Farquhar third.

But it was a short lived lead, as Harrison stopped with machine trouble half-way round the second lap.

Farquhar was leading at the conclusion of the second circuit by 1.5 seconds ahead of Mountford with Martin Harrison now third.

The Ulsterman added a further three seconds to his advantage at the end of lap three from Mountford, but it was now Paul Coward in third one second in front of Harrison.

At half distance, the lead was up to 8 seconds as he upped the class lap record to 76.392mph.

Another two seconds were added on lap five then on lap six Mountford retired with machine trouble promoting Coward to second some 22 seconds down on race leader Farquhar, with Harrison now third.

At the chequered flag after eight laps, Ryan Farquhar recorded his 100th race win at Oliver’s Mount with Paul Coward second 24.9 seconds down and only 0.2 of a second ahead of Martin Harrison third.

Race four, another eight lapper, this time for 600cc ‘modern’ machines, which was to prove to be a start to finish victory for James Cowton, who increased his advantage lap by lap to take the chequered flag 6.4 seconds ahead of Daley Mathison with Mark Lister third.

Third for the first five laps James Neesom received a 10-second penalty for missing Farm Bends which dropped him to fifth at the flag.

The final race of the first day’s Barry Sheene Road Race Festival was for modern Senior machines up to 1300cc, over seven laps.

Ivan Lintin was in pole position and got the hole-shot into and out of Mere Hairpin and was still in front at the end of the opening lap, less than a second in front of Dean Harrison and Daley Mathison, although the latter was nearly four seconds adrift in third.

The gap was down to a mere 0.219 of a second after another circuit of the 2.43-mile hillside course.

At the end of lap three the distance between Lintin and Harrison had doubled to 0.474 of a second.

The gap remained the same on the fourth lap although third place man Mathison was dropped off with14 seconds the difference.

Lap five saw the gap extend to 0.617 of a second, with Mathison still third, but falling even further behind, the distance now up to 21 seconds.
Harrison caught back 02. of a second on the sixth lap.

However, at the chequered flag it was Dean Harrison from Ivan Lintin by 2.3 seconds with Mathison third.



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With conditions similar to the first day of the Barry Sheene Road Race Festival untimed practice was completed prior to the first race of the day for 50cc, 350cc and 250cc classic machines over seven laps of the 2.43-mile hillside course.

Ryan Farquhar was in pole position on the Paton and got the hole-shot into the hairpin at Mere, but at the end of the first lap it was Ian Lougher, also Paton mounted ahead of Farquhar by 0.26 of a second, with Peter Boast third a further two seconds down.

Lap two and positions remained the same, although Boast dropped a further four seconds.

Lap three and Lougher and Farquhar were as close as ever, as third place man Boast remained in station.

Lap four and Farquhar was ahead with a 0.369 of a second lead over rival veteran Lougher and a lap later the distance had doubled to 0.636 of a second.

The penultimate lap and the gap had reduced to 0.325 of a second and the distance between the leading pair was reduced even further on the final lap to 0.236 of a second as Lougher tried in vain to catch and pass Farquhar.

The second race of the day was for the SuperTwins, again over seven laps.

James Cowton got the hole-shot and led the pack up Sheene’s Rise towards the Esses.

At the end of the lap Cowton was still in front by a mere 0.365 of a second from Ivan Lintin and James Neesom.

The gap was reduced to 0.283 of a second at the end of the second lap and a lap later Lintin had overhauled Cowton and built up a 0.783 of a second lead, with Neesom maintaining third.

Lap four and Lintin had built up a 2.7 second advantage on Cowton, with Neesom now some 15 seconds back.

By the end of the fifth lap the lead was up to 4.4 seconds and at the chequered flag Ivan Lintin finished 8.5 seconds of James Cowton with James Neesom filling the final podium spot.

Race nine, the feature race of the two-day meeting for the Barry Sheene Trophy saw Dean Harrison in pole position alongside Ryan Farquhar and it was Farquhar who got the hole-shot into Mere Hairpin first, but it was Dean Harrison who led the pack at the end of the opening lap by 0.649 of a second from Farquhar and Russ Mountford.

At the end of the second lap the lead had extended to 2.440 seconds, with Mountford a further eight seconds down in third.

Five seconds was the advantage at the end of the third lap, with positions unchanged and at half-distance the leader’s advantage was up to eight seconds.

By lap six the gap had risen to almost 13 seconds and then the red flags were shown as of a result of an incident at Mere Hairpin at the start of the seventh lap.

The race was declared at the end of the fifth lap, with Dean Harrison taking the honours by 11 seconds from Ryan Farquhar and Russ Mountford.

Race ten, the second leg of the Classic Superbikes race for the Geoff Barry Trophy, once again had Ryan Farquhar in pole position but it was Dean Harrison who led Farquhar across the line to start their second lap, with Russ Mountford third.

Positions remained the same at the end of the second lap of eight, with only 1.5 seconds separating first and second.

Harrison set a new lap record on lap three at 78.904mph.

At half distance Dean’s lead was nearly six seconds over Ryan, with Russ a further 15 seconds back.

By three-quarter distance, although all three riders had eased off the gap was still increasing, to 15 seconds between first and second and 20 seconds between second and third.

Dean Harrison took the chequered flag from Ryan Farquhar by some 26 seconds with Russ Mountford finishing third another 16 seconds down.

Race 11, for modern 600’s was also an eight lap event and saw James Cowton taking the hole-shot to lead into Mere Hairpin and was still in front at the end of the opening lap, 2.4 seconds ahead of Daley Mathison and James Neesom.

Cowton continued to pile on the coals and increased his lead to 3.4 seconds by the end of the second lap.

By lap four, half-distance the gap had grown to 4 seconds with no change in positions.

Three-quarter distance with positions static, Mathison was starting to close on Cowton with less than four seconds between them.

Despite Mathison efforts, it was Cowton who took the chequered flag some 1.9 seconds ahead, with James Neesom third.

The final race of the day and the meeting, the seven laps, second leg of the modern Superbikes saw Dean Harrison leading after the first lap by half a second from Daley Mathison with Ivan Lintin third another half-second back.

Lap two had Mathison in the lead by 0.3 of a second, with Lintin now second and Harrison 1.6 seconds down in third.

Lap three, and Lintin was chasing Mathison as he brought the gap down to 0.22 of a second, with Harrison still third - three seconds down.
Lap four and Ivan Lintin was at the head of the field by 0.898 of a second from Mathison and Harrison.

Lap five and Lintin extended his lead to 3.6 seconds from Mathison with Harrison still third.

Lap six, and the lead was up to nearly seven seconds as Harrison closed the gap to Mathison the distance down to two-seconds.

At the all important chequered flag, Ivan Lintin had 6.7 seconds over Daley Mathison with Dean Harrison coming home third, three seconds down.

Race Results

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