Gary Cowan - Yamaha 250-Sunflower trophy 1989 ( part 2 )

[MrBella34]

So you reckon Haslam was really trying in the corners when he had a MASSIVE power advantage that gave him at least 50 metres on the run to the final corner, hmmm i wonder why he caught up so rapidly then only made his break right at the end.

Haslam was a great GP racer with many podiums against the likes of Roberts,Spencer, Lawson, Mamola etc etc, he'll have been good enough to just bide his time and unleash that RGV whenever he felt like it.

[MrBella34]

Haslam WAS taking it easy, you could see that the way he caught up rapidly then hung around, his obvious power advantage was at exactly the section of track where he would have wished it to be and allowed him to go easy.

Also it was a perfect cameo of just what a GP 500 in good hands can do in comparison with big 4 strokes and 250's .

[Flamorgan]

@MrBella34 Bollocks he was, wee cowan made him look stupid on every single corner. I was there that day and take it from me the man of the meeting was Cowan by a clean mile.

[DEADmetal3]

LOL i liked his comments in an old schoolish english accent. Didn't understand a word but most likely because english is not my primary langauge.

[skingraph666]

ive been watching this video since it was posted, i laugh everytime he out brakes then beautiful piloting

[paulfielding]

The moral of the story...don't under-estimate the little-guy. Awesome racing...simply awesome.

[fastboy6]

Totaly awsome,,best i have ever seen,small against big,2 stroke against 4 stroke,,hats of for the drivers :o)

[GOTAGaming]

love this race,no harm to haslam but it should have been easy for him, he just didnt take into account the size of gary cowans balls.that will teach him,

[flitspaaltje]

Awsome race!!! Hats off for Gary Cowan's very late braking, to me best action in racing (O:

[MrFibes]

500cc grand prix bike. The most badass bike you could have on a track at that time.

If thats not cool, I dont know what is

[GuyGraham34]

Of course Haslam was taking it easy - he'd got such a machine advantage he didn't even have to try, evidence by the way he caught the leaders, but then stayed with them in order to put on a 'show' for the crowd

If wheelying down the finish straight wasn't taking it easy I don't know what is

He was playing with them, just as Schwantz played with the rest of the field at Macau the same year

[lostboysonbikes]

Haslam was NOT taking it easy that day, Gary was easily the best man on the corners, has to be one of the best races I have ever seen, the crowd were going nuts during the second half of the race, If Haslam had been riding an rc30 or a 250 yamaha Cowan would have hammered him no sweat, There is no way a 250 should be able to get a sniff of a full blown grand prix bike. Gary was the man of the meeting , fantastic racing from a fantastic rider.

[pmay222]

great footage...i am sure rocket ron was well taking it easy on his gp bike..

[ThereAintNoName]

wtf that 250 is incredibly fast! I know they steer well because I got an rgv 250 but I wouldn't have thought that it would actually be a fair fight against a 750 four stroke. and ofcourse the 500 2 stroke powers past all of them!

great racing, too bad they are banning the 250's out of motogp

[teecee1111]

stevie, I used to have this on VHS tape, and lent it out to get transfered to DVD, haven't seen it since,. is there a way I could get this copied from you or is it on an of the shelf DVD,.

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[horselaverda]

one of my favourite races of all times. thanks for posting. cowan was an amazing racer

[domid999]

Absolutely awesome!! Cowan must've melted the discs!!

[goll116]

Fanbloodytastic

[rg500delta]

250 GPs kick ass, and that was some phenomenal riding!! Amazing stuff. Thanks for posting!!

[gasse8807]

gary cowan you are a legend

[londonbornboy]

Good Stuff!!

[StevieJ2003]

Brilliant riding by Gary Cowan - can't believe I've not heard of him before!! I love the spirit of that meeting - could you imagine Motogp riders turning out for it today?? I think that must have been about the same time Suzuki let Schwantz do Macau on the RGV 500 as well. It just wouldn't happen nowadays!

[snetterton88]

It really doesn't get much better than this!

Thanks for posting.

[rgv250wales]

Jeezus H christ. a 250 proddy (GP) bike beating works RG500 and RC30..wow. He never should have had a look in after all the straights were far to long for a little 250 to compete but I think some one forgot to tell Gary that fact!! Amazing riding fella!!Best racing I've seen ..well in 20 years!! Beating bikes that cost 40 times as much. Superb!!

[mgtkr1]

can you imagine that happening now? a epic performance making gary cowan the peoples winner, certainly that day beating one the elite gp machines, basicly the fastest racing bikes in the world, on a reverse seizure tz!! had that same race of been a yr or 2 later (v twin tz) i think gary would have pissed it. on of the most impressive things ive seen in bike racing.

[ladyloverpootang]

absolutely brilliant

[blue2smoke]

thats the best race ive seen for ages...

The good old days eh.............

[Norgegron]

that was a hell of a race, i'd never seen that one before. gary was riding the wheels of that 250! legendary.

eugene

[ian33333]

Thanks so much for posting video. I too was at the hairpin that day enjoying the awesome display by Gary Cowan. Along with Smutty Robinson, I firmly believe Gary would have been world champ given his talent and commitment. Alway remember him at one of the bike shows selling memberships or stickers or sun visors or whatever else he could to fund his passion. Joey was my hero but Gary Cowan's accident saddened me so much.

[karlsrgv]

thanks m8 for postin that i hve been lookin for years to see that again i was at the hairpin that day anymore good 1s

[86GAMMA]

Fantastic!