THE WORLD’S FASTEST Flat Tracker
“YOU CAN’T GET PARTS FOR THESE ENGINES ANY MORE SO WE RAMPED IT UP SLOWLY”
CHRIS Fraser is an interesting bloke. A three-times Australian Longtrack Speedway Sidecar Champion, he was also the long-time publican at the famous Silverton Hotel near Broken Hill. I met him in 2003 when he was racing a replica of Kenny Roberts’ XS750 flat tracker at Speed Week on Lake Gairdner in South Australia, and then again in 2006 when he raced another bike he’d built, this time powered by a supercharged Leyland P76 V8.
His son Cec is a chip of the old block; they even share the same nickname, Frase. Growing up in the outback, Cec was riding a Pee Wee 50 at four and had his first run on the salt at 17. These days he’s an underground shot firer in the mines, a competitive flat track racer on a YZF450 and an aspiring
