Former Cock o'the North Trophy and International Gold Cup winner, Roger Marshall makes a welcome return to Oliver's Mount as a special guest for next weekend's Barry Sheene Class♐ic Road Race Festival.

During a nineteen-year road racing career, the Lincolnshire born rider won a total of seven Briti🎃sh Championships and became one of the most popular riders of๊ his era.

One of his favourite venues was and still is Olivꦦer's Mount, where he took the chequered flag ten times in total, his first ma🧸jor win coming in 1977 when he won the Cock o'the North Trophy, relatively early in his career on the George Beale 750 Yamaha.

Ten year's later riding the Skoal Bandit Suzuki he won the coveted International Gold Cup𓆉 - one of thehighlights of his racing career.

Peter Hillaby, of he Auto 66 Club, organisers of the road races at 'The Mount' said: "Roger was one of the most popular riders to h🔥ave raced around the circuit during an era when the opposition consisted o𝓰f the likes of Barry Sheene, Mick Grant, Steve Parrish, Dave Potter, Graeme Crosby and Wayne Gardner - all Oliver's Mount heroes.

"I am sure that 🌠e💟veryone will give Roger a huge welcome over the Festival weekend where we recall the achievements of one his arch-rivals and friend Barry Sheene."

The Bar💧ry Sheene Road Race Festival takes place on Saturday and Sunday 23rd & 24th May, with the action getti෴ng underway both days at 9.30am.

In addition to the 24 schedu🅠led races, which will see both Classic and Modern machines competing at the meeting for the 🦂first time, there will be a number of parades featuring European and Japanese racing machines.

Admission is available at the entrance,ไ adults ?15 each day or a two d🍷ay ticket ?28, accompanied children 15 and under and parking is free.