EDITOR’S LETTER

JIM SCAYSBROOK

Bringing back a family heirloom Rob Hodgkinson was not yet born when his father Barry retired from racing, so he never saw that side. Barry was not just a talented rider, but part of the fabric of the sport, being a founding member of the Motorcycle Racing Club of NSW. He took up the position of Travelling Marshal at the Easter Bathurst meetings for many years, and campaigned long and hard to have motorcycle racing established at Oran Park, co-promoting the opening meeting in 1963. Barry passed away in 1996, but Rob, who became a successful businessman in his own right, to the point of co-ownership of the Wakefield Park circuit in Goulburn for a time, never lost his interest for the sport, nor for the exploits of his father.…

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