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This page is dedicated to the mad few, those magnificent men & women on their flying
machines, who help make the atmosphere in the race paddock, something to enjoy. Not all necessarily race, but here's a few bits and pieces to highlight the people who add to the enjoyment.
All pictures are thumbnailed so click to see the full ugly truth. If you know which of the deperados you want to see, choose a name from the following list...
Click on a thumbnail to enlarge
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The beer monster lives...
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Name:Adrian Day
A.K.A.:"Ade" , "Daisy", "The Drain"
Class(es):Roadstocks and now Classics
Race Info:Adrian started by coming along to help me out with the VTR and after many years wanting to race decided
to put the road going R6 on track in the Roadstocks. Two years of fairing bashing, cat avoiding, magpie killing, almost high siding antics later and he's now in the Classic class on a Honda K4. Ade
grew up with a K4 so knows how to handle one seriously well and finished second in the darley Classic championship in 2003 to a 880 Seeley Weslake.
Other Info:Ade is a seriously good mechanic and likes the odd glass of Stella. He's famous for being able to get
totally drunk and then fall asleep balancing a full pint on his chest without spilling a drop. Ade is also a staunch supporter of Russian post-cold war fashion and wears a tank commander's hat to
prove it when it's cold. Infamous for his Jilted John impersonation and encyclopaedic knowledge of how sausages are made in a factory. As can be seen from the picture on the left, he's a total psycho
- approach him in the paddock at your own risk.....
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Dean in action on the Padgett's RS250 Honda in the Manx GP 1999
Manx GP2000 on Jim Moodie's TT RS250 Padgetts Honda. Lightweight and Junior race pictures from Ballacrye. Dean showing his motorcrossing roots by getting on top of
the bike to shove it back down for the blast down to Quarry Bends
Signpost corner in the IOM Manx GP 2000. Nice angle of dangle!
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Name:Dean Martin
A.K.A.:"Deano"
Class(es):All of them!
Race Info:The 'Young Pretender', Dean has had a long and varied race career as well.
Starting out in National Motocross, a bad wrist break put paid to further glory. So, Dean turned to the much safer sport of road racing and several years on he's a regular at the Manx GP and frequent
top ten finisher in the lightweight class on his Padgett's RS250 Honda. Dean did try National 125 racing a few years back but due to a fondness for Becks Beer and Lancashire Pies he gave up when he
started chafing his bum cheeks on the back wheel.
Other Info:Deano is now an IOM resident living with Jo in a House named after a
seagull?! He's well known for the biking equivalent of the fishermans tale which led to his own Disco routine - Doin' the Deano, spending several hours on the toilet and for the strange pursed lips
expression he has when he's angry. There is a rumour that his powers of persuasion are so great he actually managed to get Peter Padgett to buy a round of drinks but there is no-one left alive to
corroborate this unlikely story. Dean lost a bet in the IOM a few years ago which meant his forfeit was to ride up the prom in only his Alpinestars, riding a metal dustbin lid tied to the back of a
bike, 'Skiing' and showing his tackle (I presume he means his posh boots?!) Alas, the IOM has done away with metal dustbin lids so it hasn't happened. If you have one of these artifacts please
feel free to bring it along to the Mereside Hotel Bar, Douglas IOM in any TT or Manx week to help him out.
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Paul heading for the start line on his CB500. Mallory park 1999
Paul doing his bit for Anglo German relations with 'Elfie'
Practicing for Mastermind in the IOM
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Name:Paul Holden (E-Mail Paul)
A.K.A.:"The Tart" , "Flymo", "Stumpy H", "Beer Monster"
Class(es):CB500 championship.....now retired to one horse power riding......on a horse!
Race Info:Paul started off looking
to join me racing a single cylinder but after testing a prospective purchase to destruction (over-revved tsk tsk!) he settled on the CB500. He's completed his first full season this year (1999) and has come on tremendously well. Paul finished 8th overall in the New Era CB500 Cup despite missing a few rounds due to holidays of course. Paul is a wet weather specialist which gave him his first trophies at Pembrey with an impressive 1st and 2nd in the CB500 and overall 6th in the Sound of Thunder class despite being on second start. Paul does however have a tendency a la Carlos Checca to go over the grass for the odd excursion earning him his nickname of Flymo!
Other Info:Paul is a complete party
animal and can go for days at a time with no sleep but lots of beer and women (a-hem - allegedly!). Paul likes female company to say the least (Nuff said!) which is where his other nickname comes in!
Paul rides a VFR750 on the road and is often seen hooning round the Isle of Man grinding the centre stand down to make a sparky spectacle of himself. He's also
famous for
carrying on the 1998 12 Moon salute in Douglas to show his little man off. Unfortunately no photographic evidence is available of this momentous occasion as nobody had a telephoto lens powerful enough to capture the event!
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Vic at the NW200 1999 with his BSA Spitfire. Note the huge bag of tools on the tank and Vic's trademark purple waterproofs which he never ever takes off!
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Name:Vic Lawton
A.K.A.:"Cumberland", "Harley Man"
Race Info:Vic has never raced officially but he's no slouch on the road - well not now he has his Yamaha R1
he isn't. (But then how does he get 73 mpg out of an R1?!)
Other Info:Vic loves old bikes and tinkering. He can tell a genuine Borani wheel purely by the casting marks
and it's these anorak tendencies that make him Dave Stenton's oldest mate. Vic has a Harley Softail an R1
and a couple of Nortons and other classic paraphernalia. His Spitfire shown here was sold to make way for the R1 so he could keep up on trips to race circuits with us lot. Vic makes anything you care to think of in plastic and can talk for ever - get in touch if you need a plastic thingummy making! He's a top bloke despite wearing that flaming purple waterproof suit all the time and is prone to randomly snogging strange women seemingly driven by an unnatural force (see nickname above!)
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Paul 'Juggler' Eatwell...on a hill!
Youngest son Dominic. A right bruiser with a deadly tendancy for plucking eyes from their sockets using just a sharpened fence post. If you see this child at a
race meeting APPROACH WITH EXTREME CAUTION!
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Name:Paul Eatwell & Sons Nathanial and Dominic (E-mail Paul)
A.K.A.:"Inky Pinky"
Other Info: Paul, Nat and Dominic have been regular supporters at my local race events. Paul's
comments follow.... Paul
(Dad) - ex boy racer - you know, the usual thing! GT 250, expansion boxes, K&Ns, skimmed heads (and knees and knuckles) followed by Brit bike flirtation with Triumph twins and old BSAs. First went racing in order to try and amuse the kids and have some fun at the same time. Lo and behold managed both!!
Nat
- Aspiring boy racer and David Bailey - into anything fast and painful at the moment - in line skates, skateboard, BMX bikes etc. Comment on the way home from Aintree - "Dad, when can I get a bike" - Thanks Simon!
Dominic
- The baby faced killer of the family, known to greet strangers with an engaging smile and a sharp stick. Likes the bikes but not convinced about the noise level yet. Comment on the way back from Aintree - "Dad that Simon and his motorcycle, they smell funny".
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Mike's first love - a CBR400RR
Mike's second love - the same CBR400RR stripped painted and given the full Coronation Street Kevin Webster service. Obviously this was a posed shot so his
Mum could get a photo of him looking hard!
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Name:Mike Wheeler
A.K.A.:"Mr 'Er"
Other Info:Mike is a born again
biker now on his R6 and came to Mallory Park....once! Well known for not having a bike for ages but the R6 comes out when it's not on photo shoot duty at his Mum's house! Mike is one of those annoying people who seems to be happy all the time - despite the fact he's short, very short. He's now got much shorter hair than the Kevin Webster lookalike to the left. Occasionally spotted at Oulton Park track days on the R6. After a session of instruction he appeared to be going quite quick and believes he is now related to Il Dotore, Valentino Rossi. Sadly, Mike is deluded as ever and has started following car rallying tsk tsk! Also has an imaginary friend called Bob 'Nodder'!
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Jeroen Baack in front on the RS125 Aprilia just moments before the bloke behind took him off, breaking his collarbone. The results can be seen in Hospital Corner!
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Name:
Jeroen Baack
Race Info: Jeroen is a mad keen biker from the Netherlands near Enschede. We got talking over
the 'net as a result of me buying a bike from a friend of his advertised on Jeroen's website.(See links). Jeroen is well into racing and seems to have a stable of bikes that grows each time you speak
to him! Some of these are up for sale on his site so it's worth checking them out! A top guy to discuss biking with, he knows his stuff so if you decide to buy any of his machines, you know you're
getting something that has been well looked after and maintained.
Other Info:
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