1976 International Motorcycle Road Races at Cadwell Park Phil Read Gary Nixon

The International Road Races at Cadwell Park on the 19th September 1976 & recorded on super 8 silent cine film.

Action starts with the sidecars race 1 and Rolf Biland/Ken Williams were slow to get off the line and No 17 was even slower! Biland went onto win the race with Frank Illlingworth 2nd.
Sidecars race 2 is next on the film with Biland/Williams winning again and Illingworth/Cockrem 2nd, 3rd is Mick and John Horspole

The next race on the film is the Motorcycle News Superbike Championship race which according to various motorcycle publications at the time proved not only to be the best race of the series but also one of the most exciting battles staged anywhere in the world during the whole of the 1976 racing season.
With only 10 points separating Sheene and Grant this was the 2nd from last round of the '76 MCN championship. Read is off the line first with Gary Nixon No 9 ( his first time at Cadwell Park) level with Read but wheelies on ahead with Roger Marshall No1 close behind. Nixon leading Read over the Mountain in the next shot but Read passes him with Roger Marshall close behind. Marshall gets ahead of Nixon with Read behind as they go over the Mountain again.

Phil Read gets a lap of honour in the MCN circuit car as he was to retire at the end of the '76 season and it was to be the last time he raced at Cadwell Park, although he did race at the TT the following year and won the Senior...his last ever race win. Results: 1st Sheene, 2nd Ditchburn, 3rd Grant, 4th Marshall, 5th Read, 6th Nixon. Fastest lap/s: Sheene, Ditchburn and Grant)

Championship results for 1976 MCN Superbike series after the last round at Brands Hatch on Oct 30th: 1st Barry Sheene 176 points, 2nd Grant 155, 3rd Ditchburn 96, 4th Potter 45, 5th J.Williams 43, 6th Marshall 37 , 7th G.Barry, 8th Phil Read.

Very short clip of the 350 race with Tony Rutter crossing the start/finish and he went on to win the race with Eddie Roberts 2nd and Steve Manship 3rd.

Phil Read is back on the MV Augusta for the £1000 Silver Jubilee Senior International Race. He gets off the line level with the three Kawasaki's of Grant, Ditchburn and Nixon followed by Dave Potter and John Newbold. Phil Read struggles to lose the three Kawasaki's throughout the race and went on to finish 2nd behind Barry Ditchburn with Gary Nixon 3rd, 4th Newbold, 5th E.Roberts Fastest lap: Ditchburn.

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Bad idea to add music.