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Catalina Grand Prix will return in 2012
Following an enquiry from one of our readers, a member of the Avalon City Council has confirmed to us that, while it’s cancelled in 2011, the Catalina Grand Prix will return in 2012. Last December, the Grand Prix returned motorcycle racing to Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, for the first time in 52 years. Photo: Sean Smith The email to a reader reads: Dear Tamas, Than...
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HFL Staff
26 April 2011
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Dave Schuler on winning Catalina in 1958
“I got the holeshot, then as I was coming down the first lap I hit a tree on the golf course because the dust was so thick. So I got up, tweaked my forks back and bent my numberplate back. It didn’t hurt me, so off I went and I ended up coming from way back to winning by a minute and forty seconds. That was my day.” In 1958, Dave Schuler won the lightweight class at the Catalina Grand Prix o...
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HFL Staff
08 December 2010
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Racing the 2010 Catalina Grand Prix
This weekend, a motorcycle race was held on Catalina Island for the first time in 52 years. We charged Hell For Leather reader Bryan “Woody” Wood with documenting his experience racing a 1971 Husqvarna CR400 there. So here you go, the 2010 Catalina Grand Prix from a racer’s perspective. — Ed. Though the Catalina Grand Prix doesn't go right through the center of town like it used to, the l...
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Bryan Wood
07 December 2010
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786 riders enter 2010 Catalina Grand Prix
786 riders will be racing at the Catalina Grand Prix this weekend, including Roland Sands, ex TT-racer Jamie Robinson, Parisian photographer Dimitri Coste and FMX superstar Ronnie Renner. Saturday will mark the first time motorcycles have raced on the California island since 1958. Update: a neat event map added below courtesy of Woody. Like the 1950s original, this weekend’s event will be op...
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HFL Staff
01 December 2010
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2010 Catalina Grand Prix is go
After numerous delays caused by local busy bodies, later today the Catalina Grand Prix will begin accepting payments and will officially kick off on Friday, December 3. You need to act quickly, several races are already full and the organizers will finish payment on November 12. 80 percent off and 20 percent on-road, the Grand Prix will be open to vintage and classic racers as well as certain mode...
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HFL Staff
09 November 2010
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