Next to take part in Road Racing News, revamped Oliver’s Mount Top 8 series is the vastly respected Chris Meyer.
One of pure road racing’s top 125/Moto 3 pilots, three times a top 3 finisher during the 2023 Steve Henshaw Gold Cup, his answers to the set of questions, are as follows:
Q1: First memory of Oliver’s Mount?
“Was there as a spectator on my way home from Cookstown in the Covid year 2020. Loved what I saw and decided to race there myself.”
Q2: Favourite part about racing at the mount?
“The atmosphere, with all the spectators around and through that lovely forest is awesome.”
Q3: Favourite section of Scarborough course?
“The steep downhill part at the back towards the hairpin.”
Q4: Best moment thus far at Scarborough?
“When I got my first race in the dry at the Gold Cup in 2023.”
Q5: All time Scarborough racing hero?
“Deano (Dean Harrison).”
Q6: Is there one machine in particular that you would like to race at Scarborough?
“The day will come when I bring the 250 over.”
Q7: One word to describe Oliver’s Mount?
“Unique”
Q8: Most respected racing rival at Scarborough?
“Tony Flinton, a man with loads of experience around the mount, think he knows every stone in the tarmac.”
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou