Race Day

Another day at the races

Racing fan

111196 - George Harrison

111196 - George Harrison, originally uploaded by csp1.

George in 1996.

After getting fry bread George speeds away...

I would have been so surprised to have seen George zipping by on the back of this motorcycle!

At the race track

George Harrison at the Slick 50 Phoenix 200 Indy car race on April 10, 1994. Photo by Joel McGuire.

Race fan George 1976

I know it must be really loud at a racetrack and so George is yelling to this guy can hear him, but it still makes me laugh.


Great photos thanks to Guus at the solo Beatles photo forum

At the races

There has been a lack of George photos on this blog lately....so I thought I better post one!

Hello Race fans

George at the 1977 race at Long Beach (or at least I THINK that is what this one is...the hair looks right)

George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Leo Sayer.

George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Leo Sayer., originally uploaded by himbletonian.

Great fan photo of George at a race!

Faster

I got an issue of "The Write Thing" from 1986 that had this photo of George with a fan and this article with it.

George flew into Adelaide, S. Australia on Oct 30 to be on hand for the Nov. 3 Grand Prix race there. Harrison, dressed in a pink cotton shirt and jeans and wearing sunglasses was greeted by a handful of media people, a far cry from the 300,000 that lined the streets 21 years ago when he last visited Adelaide with The Beatles. At the races, George posed for photographs with fans and signed plenty of autographs before asking everyone to "give me a break" so he could watch the race. He was with traveling friend and former world champion motor cycle racer Barry Sheene.

George also sat by the side of the stage at an Everly Bros. concert there, but did not go on stage.

TWT member Noel Forth reports that he was seen the day before the concert driving around town in a silver BMW with Barbara Bach - George denied the rumors that Ringo had also come to Adelaide though.

And he was reported seen in a small club in Norwood (a suburb) with Clint Eastwood and Paul Newman - who were also in town for the Formula One races.

George gave a rare interview to one persistent reporter and talked a bit about his musical career.

Go Speed Racer Go!

Everytime I see a photo of George Harrison in his racecar, I start singing the "Speed Racer" theme song.