Here in the paddock are three motorcycles that took part in the Lansdowne Classic Series race at the VSCC's Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies meeting at Donington Park in June 2003.
The Auto Cycle Union Road Racing standing regulations stipulate specific colours for the number plate of each class of motorcycle, white numbers on a blue background for the 350cc class and black numbers on a yellow background for 500cc. Number 20 in the programme of the event is Roger Ashby's 500cc 1955 Matchless G45, which is obviously the machine in the middle of the three. The number 20 on the left isn't shown in the programme and is an AJS 7R which the number plate shows to be a 350cc model, possibly also belonging to Roger Ashby. On the right is David Beckett's 500cc 1958 Manx Norton.
On 21 January 2017 I showed a photograph at the first corner of the first lap of the Lansdowne Classic Series race at the Donington Park meeting in 2007. Roger Ashby is riding a 1956 350cc AJS 7R in that photograph.
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