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[roadracingworld.com] - Roper Wins A Pair At The VRRA Vintage Festival At Mosport
VRRA Vintage Festival August 5-7, 2022 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Canada’s VRRA (Vintage Road Racing Association) lucked out with a dry (if a bit hot) weekend for […]
The post Roper Wins A Pair At The VRRA Vintage Festival At Mosport appeared first on Roadracing World Magazine | Motorcycle Riding, Racing & Tech News. VRRA Vintage Festival August 5-7, 2022 Canadian Tire Motorsport Park Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada Canada’s VRRA (Vintage Road Racing Association) lucked out with a dry (if a bit hot) weekend for its three-day Vintage Festival at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, east of Toronto.* Better known as Mosport, the fast 2.5-mile, 10-turn track has an international racing history going back to 1961 and is a “bucket list” ride for many racers.* The August event is VRRA’s premier happening of the club’s schedule and has grown to justify the “Festival” moniker and keep spectators entertained who choose to stay for three days camping in the hilly infield area of the park.* With endurance and sprint racing, a band Saturday night, the Canadian Vintage Motorcycle Group Concours d’Elegance and swap meet; it was a northern version of AHRMA’s Barber event – with mosquitos instead of alligators. A highlight this year was the return of Team Obsolete, who were last at Mosport in 2017 for the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Canadian Grand Prix.* Pandemic travel restrictions off, T.O. owner Rob Iannucci himself was on-site all weekend, chatting patiently with the crowd of visitors that lined up several deep around the team’s pit area most of the weekend.* Iannucci brought three exotic classics: the ex-Dick Mann AJS 7R Special, the 1974 MV Agusta 500 Four ridden by multi-time World Champion Giacomo Agostini, and one of two surviving 1947 AJS E90 Porcupine 500cc Grand Prix bikes.* Per Iannucci’s philosophy, all were runners, including the jaw-droppingly expensive Porcupine.* The Porcupine and MV had the track to themselves during the lunch break Saturday to be seen and heard in action.* Both of these bikes are, frankly, painfully loud to be near but their open-megaphone exhausts sounded quite musical echoing off the hills.* Unfortunately, the MV performed solo when the Porcupine had to retire with an oil leak but the entire progress of a lap could be heard from any one point on the circuit!* In a surprise move, T.O. also entered the MV in competition; Dave Roper finished second in Period Two Heavyweight on the MV as well as taking home first place in Period 2 Lightweight and first place in Period 1 350 riding the 350cc 7R. Friday afternoon’s two-hour endurance race was held in 90-degree plus heat and unfortunately was interrupted by a red flag.* The overall win went to Team Ludicrous Speed consisting of Darrell Cooney and Kirby Crosby, who ran with one rider change. 4-lap Sprint qualifiers took up Saturday, along with the Masters races for riders over 50 years old with 5-plus years of competition experience, and the Mosport-only Warwick Cup that commemorates a club founder and is open to British machines up to 500cc from 1967 or earlier.* Sunday final races ran 6 laps, again in hot conditions but with a welcome breeze. VRRA’s season-ending event will be held at Shannonville Motorsports Park near Belleville, Ontario from the 2nd to the 4th of September. SPRINT RESULTS Period 3 Middleweight
ENDURANCE RESULTS Lightweight
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