Feel the noise!

// DATE: AUGUST 28, 1967 // LOCATION: OULTON PARK

And smell the smell too! A field of (largely) two-stroke 250s fire up, with Phil Read quickest on the draw, already aboard the 250ccyamaha and heading off to chase another victory during the season in which he was four times a GP winner and top scored jointly with Mike Hailwood (Honda) for the 250cc world crown, Read losing out by virtue of Hailwood's five wins. Read was runner-up in the 125cc class, too, this time to team-mate Bill Ivy; but the Prince of Speed reaped his revenge the next season - with Honda and Hailwood both retired from the scene, he bested Little Bill in both 125 and 250cc classes. Joining Read on the grid at Oulton Park are, among others, 14 Derekwoodman on the works MZ twin, with 2Tommy Robb, 3 Cliff Carr, the antipodean pair 29 Jack Findlay (Australia) and 16 Ginger Molloy (New Zealand), all on 250cc Bultaco singles. It's possible to pick out another Bultaco or two in the background, too.

In the world championship, Woodman placed fifth, Molloy seventh and Robb 10th - so it's a high calibre field pushing off at the Cheshire circuit.