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SCOOTER RACING in the UKA Brief HistoryScooter racing has evolved from very innocent Reliability Trials held by the Lambretta and Vespa Clubs back in the early 60’s. The obvious desire was to race but at the time racing was still a step or two away. Sponsors such a BP with their Zoom, wanted to impress the public with some facts that stood their products in good stead….remember Shell's Platformate? The swell of opinion within the scooter club movement at the time was in favour of out and out racing instead of the monotonous reliability trials, which although lots of fun, had served their purpose.Racing for scooters was deadly serious and in the early 70’s it arrived. We had many classes and as such catered for the current scooters and capacities...
