MIKE Greene and his son Nathan, of Riverside's B-Spoke Design, have entered next weekend's historic car and motorcycle race meeting at Baskerville, but each has a different goal.
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Nathan, who completed the fastest lap of the circuit at last year's meeting on his 125cc GP Honda, said that he would be unlikely to achieve the feat again this year.
"There are quite a few riders on large-capacity Period 6 bikes (1983-90) this year and they're quite a bit faster that anything that was racing last year," he said.
"I'd like to win the up-to-500cc class in an incident-free weekend."
Mike will be racing the 500cc Honda-powered bike he and Nathan built from a photograph in a British road racing magazine.
"My main objective is to have a nice time, not crash the bike and give the spectators a reminder of how racing motorcycles sounded before the noise police took over," Mike said.
"Our Honda has such an old-school sound, I think its exhaust note will draw a lot of people to the fence as it passes.
"The sound is such that it's an absolute pleasure to be on the bike, but I pity the poor fool who follows me for any time."
Motorsports Tasmania general manager Dick Caplice said that the meeting would be run by the Hobart Sporting Car Club, with money raised going to the Baskerville Foundation for track upgrades.
"It has already become a national historic event and this year has attracted 205 entries, including 30 from the mainland," Mr Caplice said.
Every state in Australia would be represented in a race for early-model Holdens, for which 32 entries had been received, he said.
Racing will run from 9am-5pm on Saturday and Sunday.