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    Paddock Gossip

    Jun 14, 2022 6 minutes
    CompiledbyThe Classic Racer team

    Cookstown cool!

    The Cookstown 100 Irish road race celebrated its centenary on April 23. Many stars of the sport have graced the County Tyrone country roads circuit over the past 100 years, including Mike Hailwood, Joey Dunlop, Ralph Bryans and Franta Stastny.

    Fans were treated to a surprise when Guy Martin appeared unannounced in the paddock, ready to race his gun-metal grey 750cc BSA in the senior classic event on the morning of practice. It’s not uncommon for the retired TT star-turned TV-personality to show up at the Irish race meetings, but normally the fans are aware that the popular Lincolnshire man will be in attendance before the morning of the event.

    Martin managed to talk the organisers into classifying him as a newcomer as it had been five years since he last raced around the Orritor circuit. The sight of him in amongst the novices sporting a day-glo orange bib was an unfamiliar yet

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