By Established amongst the leading next generation exponents of England’s sole, only real roads course, 2017 Newcomers A Manx GP winner Brad Vicars is the next racer to take part in Road Racing News, growing in popularity Oliver’s Mount top 8 series.
Second, third within the Super Twin encounters at the Barry Sheene Road Race Festival meet from 2017, his answers to the Scarborough themed set of questions are as follows:
Q1: First memory of Oliver’s Mount?
“To be fair I haven’t got a first memory of it, I just came with my dad.
The first time I ever went around this place, was on a Wednesday night and my dad did about 30 or 40 laps in a van, prior to the race weekend that he first ventured to, so that’s my first memory of it.”
Q2: Favourite part about racing at the mount?
“Little bit different, bit closer than everywhere else we go, it’s a little bit different.”
Q3: Favourite section of Scarborough course?
“Start line to the finish line, if that counts!”
Q4: Best moment thus far at Scarborough?
“The one race I’ve really enjoyed around here, was with James Cowton, I was on a 600, he was on just battling away with me on his 650, we had a really good race that day. Think it might have been at the Cock O’The North.”
Q5: All time Scarborough racing hero?
“Hard one that, I’ll say Barry Sheene.”
Q6: Is there one machine in particular that you would like to race at Scarborough?
“RG500 Suzuki”
Q7: One word to describe Oliver’s Mount?
“Gnarly”
Q8: Most respected racing rival at Scarborough?
“James Cowton”
Words by Stevie Rial
