Road Racing (TT) at Pyynikki

The GCE Rally 2009 participants will ride the same route at Pyynikki witch the old time racers took when they participated this famous and dreadful race...

 

The Pyynikki Race year 1936

Pyynikki - the worlds highest gravel ridge - was a stage where the famous motorcycle races took place years 1932-1939 and 1946-1971. The golden age of The Pyynikki Race was at 1962-1963 when the race had a WM status. Famous participants of those days was Mike Hailwood, Jim Redman, Luigi Taveri, Hans-Georg Anscheidt, Hugh Andersson and Alan Shepherd. One well known Finnish guy also participated several times, even winning the race time to time - his name was Jarno Saarinen.

 

Video from The Pyynikki Race year 1959 (mute) 
Under this same link you can find five more videos (on the right side of the page) to the old race - even with sound.

 

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Billie Nelsson, England

 Brian Smith, Australia Ginger Molloy, New Zealand Jarno Saarinen, Finland

 

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Kent Andersson, Sweden Martti Felin, Finland Terry Dennehy, Italia Teuvo Länsivuori, Finland