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Honda celebrates 50 years of TT racing
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This year’s TT is a landmark for Honda with its 50th anniversary of racing – which started at the Isle of Man in 1959. Honda (UK) is aiming to add its impressive tally of TT victories, with the HM Plant Honda team. John McGuinness is hoping to take second place behind Joey Dunlop in the line-up of all time TT victories. Honda (UK) will be celebrating the Japanese manufacturer’s 2009 TT campaign with a range of commemorative items. In association with the Isle of Man Post Office, a 50th anniversary of racing set of commemorative stamps will be launched on 11 May. Each stamp will feature one of Honda’s legendary riders spanning the decades of Honda’s competition at the TT, to include Naomi Taniguchi (50s), Mike Hailwood (60s), Alex George (70s), Joey Dunlop (80s), Steve Hislop (90s) and current 14-times TT winner John McGuinness (00s). The set of six stamps will retail at £4.50, with a collector’s First Day Cover available at £5.20 and specially designed presentation folder retailing at £5.25. The Treasury of the Isle of Man will also mint a new 50p coin to mark Honda’s 50th anniversary of world championship racing. This new coin depicts Honda’s multi winning TT rider John McGuinness on a CBR1000RR Fireblade from his record breaking lap in 2007, above the celebratory dates 1959 – 2009. The design also contains the 2009 Isle of Man TT logo as well as the Honda Wing logo, highlighting the close association between the two organisations. The commemorative coin and stamps will also be available jointly in a specially designed limited edition collector’s presentation folder. Imagery and a circulation date for the coin will be released in the near future. Page 1 |
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