(01-08-2011, 01:20 PM)smokey125 Wrote:

(30-07-2011, 05:56 PM)Gstarron Wrote: I hesistated to reply and start a list, as I hope they are all well and just had other reasons for not being in the class. I just looked at the last two years of races and have spotted a few names that have entered the 500 class in the past. And this is just a few, too diffficult to compare the entire listing. (Yes, I know the listing is partial.). I hope the names below are just not yet posted. I guess there is the drama or is it the dreaming of who will be at the front on the last lap...!! Besides, the more the merrier..!!!

Oliver Linsdell
Alan Oversby
Bill Swallow - (his 350 entry is listed)
Mark Parrett
Tony Myers

Cheers..!!!

Ron only 21 days until first practice... OH MY... hope I make it..!!!

I'm fairly sure Carole has posted somewhere on here that Oli isn't riding this year as he didn't think he was going to be back to 100% fitness in time.
Alan has had a pretty rough season this year with a few falls he is out for the rest if the year.
I'm sure last year Bill only rode the 350 due to work commitments I suspect it will be the same this year. As I recal last year or the year before the delayed races caused him problems with this as well.
Mark is in the junior classic and junior postclassic. I don't know if he has a 500 this year.
As ammo has said Tony had an off at Chimay in 2009, I'm still not quite sure how I missed him and the bike! He was entered for the Manx in 09 but didn't ride. He's since decided to retire from racing, but he was there spectating last year and took some good pictures of me at Gorse Lee.

To be honest I suppose it shows how much you take for granted when your in or around the racing all the time. To me to obvious names you might of picked were Oli and Alan. I'd not thought about looking in programs from the last few years to see which names might be missing.

I dont think that Bill Swallow rides for Dick Linton any more so he probably doesnt have a 500 to ride now.