BSA Gold Star Daytona SPECIFICATIONS, PRICE & IMAGES
Race time: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 22.7 seconds –average speed
94.24 MPH.
nd place finish: “I can’t remember if they asked
me to ride the BSA or if I asked for the opportunity. But, I was there on the
BSA. BSA sent the bikes and a tuner from England, Ceral Halliberne. The beach
and road course was not open for any practice so we tested and tuned on a back
road near Daytona. You had to do some testing to see if your carburetors were
jetted properly, etc.” Overall BSA did not have that much racing success but
they sure ran and held up that day. The race was not very safe. Over 100 riders
started. I don’t think they turned anyone away. There were guys out there that
did not know what they were doing. One year I was racing with a guy and he
decided go around me as we came on the beach. Well, he tumbled end over end, I
was able to miss him but I hit his bike and it took me out. That backstretch was
really rough. My bike was the same as Bobby’s except mine had a swinging arm
rear suspension. All the others were rigid. Mine was, too. But on the last day
of testing my bike went a little sour. I was on a back up bike with the swing
arm. I don’t know how Bobby beat me; I guess he just out ran me. I ran as fast
as I could and really did not know if he was ahead or if I was. It was close but
at the end Bobby was the winner”.
Bobby Hill continues: “It was a big day for BSA. The BSA distributors in the US,
Hap Alzana in the west and Alf Childs, Eastern Distributor from Nutley, NJ threw
a big party for us.”
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