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Malcolm’s moment

Dear CR

Reading Classic Racer (iconic metal) with the Hailwood and Croxford photo; the man between them is my old friend Malcolm Uphill, riding the Rickman Mettise. Malcolm was passed by Hailwood on Gerards.

Derek Boon Email

Thank you for helping us out with the identification, Derek. Every time we get a name for a rider in a photo it adds to the archive. Much appreciated.

Tony

Fujii-san remembered

Dear CR

It is a pity Bruce Cox forgot Kawasaki’s first factory rider, the late Toshio Fujii. With this rider and the water-cooled 125 Kawasaki Simmonds rode later, Kawasaki started as a factory-team in the World Championship in 1966, beginning with Hockenheim in May.

Unlike Simmonds, who started with this bike later as a privateer, 1966 had been a real factory effort by Kawasaki with a complete team operating at the European