July 12, 2004   

WCBR WINS AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY

Portland, OR; This past weekends Portland Historic (auto) Races at Portland International Raceway, included for the first time, historic motorcycles. VMOTO www.vintagemoto.com
joined forces with the HMSA (Historic Motor Sports Assoc.) to showcase vintage motorcycle racing to the North-West residents.  With a variety of machines ranging from 160cc to 750cc, VMOTO participants practiced Friday, and then qualified for grid positions Saturday morning. Saturday’s 8-lap feature was the first race after lunch. WCBR’s Mike Green, mounted on his 1973 Triumph 750 Twin, the same machine he began racing in the late 1970’s, grabbed the lead from the start and never looked back to take the overall win over Richard Haas’ Rob North Triple.
Sunday morning would see Green at the top of the charts for practice times, and again he’d have the pole for Sunday’s race.  Richard Haas was first away, with Green second by turn-1. At the entry to turn-3 Green would out brake Haas for the lead… Green won with 27-seconds in the bank.
Of note; Mike Green began racing this Triumph in AFM production and endurance racing in the late 1970’s, later it would race and win in AFM & AMA Battle of The Twins, and in 1987 go vintage racing with AHRMA, winning at Daytona and Steamboat Springs in 1988. The machine would make an appearance at the Donner Hill Climb in 1997 (setting the fastest 750cc practice time) , then again at Laguna Seca in 2003 with VMOTO.
“It was great fun to ride the Triumph in anger once again after all these years! Just the noise out of those TT-pipes in full flight is something I’d long forgotten. Everything worked, for once, and I really enjoyed myself here in Portland this weekend. I’d like to thank the HMSA and the VMOTO crew”,  said Green in a post race interview. 
Left: Portland International Raceway; MG on Triumph 750.     Right: MG and Peter after winning both races at PIR.
September 20, 2004   


GREEN WINS JACKPOT IN RENO

Fernley, NV; HMSA hosted the first ever Historic (auto) Races at the new Reno-Fernley Raceway, and including for the first time,  motorcycles. VMOTO www.vintagemoto.com  joined forces with the HMSA (Historic Motor Sports Assoc.) to showcase vintage motorcycle racing in Northern Nevada. 

With a variety of machines ranging from 160cc to 750cc, VMOTO participants learned the new track Saturday morning in two practice sessions, at the same time qualifying for grid positions. Saturday’s 6-lap feature was the first race after lunch. WCBR’s Mike Green, mounted on his 1966 WCBR-Ducati 350 grabbed the hole shot from the start; Dave Crussel, aboard an H2 Kawasaki, overhauled Green before the esses and went on to win overall…  Green finished 2nd overall and First 350GP.

On Sunday Green had planned on again racing the Ducati, but the battery connection was unusable, so he opted for the ’73 WCBR-Triumph 750 twin, the same machine he’s raced since the late 1970’s.  Mike Green was again on the front row for the feature points race… son Peter (10) was in the tower ready to wave the green flag.  When the younger Green waved the flag, Mike was first away and never headed, pulling a safe margin every lap over the winding 2.4 mile desert course.  Mike's stepson, Anthony Perez, waved the checkered flag when winner Mike Green crossed the line for the final time. 
Noverber 25, 2005

WEEKDAY FUN TURNS NOT SO FUN

Monterey, CA; VMOTO hosted their final round of the 2004 season at the famed Mazda-Laguna Seca Raceway on November 22-23. Once again VMOTO teamed up with the HMSA , though this time for a mid-week race. Sadly, track offcials required we all meet a strict sound regulation, thus everyone had to tackle the noise issue. The WCBR-Triumph 750 twin was fitted with MAC megaphones, which for the most part, did the trick. On Monday's race, Mike Green was again on the Pole; and would take the top spot as the pack headed into turn-2... and never look back, to take the overall victory yet again this season.
On day-2, Tuesday, the weather was once again bright sunshine and blue skies...  but sadly the track wasn't up to tempature when the morning practice began. A number of machines found themselves off the road on on the deck, including our WCBR-Triumph on lap-3 in turn-6 when the front end tucked under as Mike Green made his turn in. Mike was uninjured, and the bike got off light... dirt in the carbs ended his hope of a final win for the season.
WCBR would like to thank VMOTO for a fun season. We'd also like to thank Works Performance for the great new rear shocks, and last, but certainly not least, thank Richard Green (15) for helping on race day.     Weeks after the Laguna Seca event WCBR was informed that it had won the 2004 VMOTO 750 Class Championship.