How many classes did Wildcat machines compete in?
The simple answer to that is ‘all of them’ There were more Wildcat machines competing in those early days of racing than any other tuned machines from a variety of Tuning houses. You will have to excuse blanks in my memory (it is a very long time ago, more than 35 years) but an example is:- Mallory Park early 70’s 75cc class -Les Rafferty on the works Wildcat Luna. (later sold to, and raced by John Barlow.) 125cc class – Geoff Stephens on his Wildcat Vega (later sold to, and raced by Marten Holdway) Les Rafferty on the works Wildcat Gp. (There were also rumours of Wildcat involvement in the Vespa bikes of Trev Sharp and Colin Hart) 160cc class – Dave Tooley (yours truly) on the works Wildcat 158, Keith Champion on his privately owned but works tuned Wildcat 5 port 150. Pete Hockley on his private Wildcat Li 150 pacemaker and Dave Burridge on his private Wildcat Li150 200cc class – Alan Crickmore on the works Wildcat 5 port 200 Sidecars – Pete Hockley on his Wildcat 225cc outfit. (with
