WEBSITE UPDATED  FRIDAY 24TH APRIL 2009

MYSELF JOHN CURTIS AND MY DAD LAURIE CURTIS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE SPORT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS,   MY DAD A LOT LONGER THAN ME THOUGH! LAURIE HAS DONE A VARITEY OF MOTOR CYCLE SPORTS, HERE ARE A JUST A FEW:SANDRACER,GRASSTRACKER,SCRAMBLER(MX)SPEEDWAY,AND EVEN A GO ON A SIDECAR MANY YEARS AGO.  THIS YEAR LAURIE IS RIDING A JAWA 500 DOHC  THERE IS JUST NO STOPPING HIM!!! AND JOHN IS RIDING A NUTRAK YZ250 OR A ANTIG KX250 WHAT EVER IS THE FASTEST.

THE TEAM JOHN(98) ON THE LEFT & LAURIE(99) ON THE RIGHT

A BIT OF LAURIES CAREER ON BIKES

 

HE STARTED RACING IN 1962 ON A BSA GOLDSTAR 500cc SCRAMBLING AT BELMONT  AND SANDRACING AT DRURIDGE BAY/REDCAR/SALTBURN&SEATON CAREW.

IN 1972 AT SUNDERLAND SPEEDWAY HE WAS TRAINED BY GEORGE BARCLAY AT THE SPEEDWAY SCHOOL THEN AFTER GETTING UP TO A GOOD STANDARD THE TRACK CLOSED ALTHOUGH HE RODE AT MIDDLESBROUGH AGAINST OTHER RIDERS WITH SOME SUCCESS AFTER THE MAIN MEETING HE GAVE IT ALL UP FOR FAMILY LIFE.THEN IN 1976 HE MADE A BRIEF COMEBACK TO SANDRACING WITH A NORTON 750cc. AFTER A GAP OF 15YEARS HE BOUGHT A GODDON XL250K,FOR THE 1992ISH REDCAR SAND RACING SEASON FOR WHICH HE RODE FOR AROUND 4 YEARS BUT HE WANTED A500cc. HE THEN BOUGHT A WESLAKE 500cc IN A BRM WIGGLY FRAME  AGAIN HAD SOME SUCCESS ON THE BEACH WITH IT BUT WHEN HE GOT THE JAWA 500cc DOHC  HE CAME IN TO HIS OWN TO FULLFILL HIS DREAM OF WINNING THE GRASSTRACK CLASS CHAMPIONSHIP YIPEE!. BUT THE SAND RACING CLUB STARTED TO STRUGGLE AND AFEW  YEARS LATER THE CLUB FOLDED. SO HE  HAD TO LOOK FOR A NEW CLUB ABIT FURTHER AFIELD,PICKERING HE HAD RACED AT PICKERING BEFORE BUT NOW IT IS HIS HOME CLUB.  

 

 

 

A BIT OF JOHNS CAREER ON BIKES

 

MY FIRST YEAR WAS 2005 AND TO SAY IT WAS A GOOD YEAR WOULD BE A UNDERSTATMENT IT WAS GREAT.2006 WAS JUST AS GOOD SHAME ABOUT THE WEATHER IM GETTING FITTER FINISHED 4TH IN THE CLUB CHAPIONSHIP REALLY HAPPY WITH THAT.2007 WAS A BLUR IT MUST HAVE BEEN GOOD :-)

 2008 WAS A GOOD YEAR STARTED RACING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LIKE BURTON AND LESTER,LANCS,YORKSHIRE JUNIORS AS WELL AS PICKERING,STILL ONLY IN THE 250 CLASS IM A 250 RIDER FOREVER I THINK AND I WON MY FIRST SHILD FROM PICKERING ROLL 0N 2009