Team Suzuki Press Office – August 10.
The Bennetts Suzuki team celebrated Barry Sheene’s maiden world title at Brands Hatch at the weekend, sporting the iconic Heron Suzuki livery of the 1970s, while Sheene’s championship-winning XR14 racers were on display.
The weekend’s British Superbike meeting also marked 40 years since the last running of the International 'Hutch 100' race – that was won by Sheene – and which ran anti-clockwise around the Kent circuit in the UK.
With the team’s GSX-Rs dressed in the famous livery, the Bennetts/ Halsall Racing team joined in a special parade lap that ran around the track in the reverse direction prior to the opening race.
Tommy Bridewell qualified for the opening race of the weekend on the front row of the grid, and, after battling for the podium positions, hit the front at the half-way stage. Unfortunately, after dropping back to third, he crashed at ‘Surtees’ on the final lap.
