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The story goes that the Crocker got hammered by the JAP, has anyone got an idea of when the JAP model clearly was the winner ?

there must be race results from 1934 which Im guessing is when Crocker pulled the plug. 

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One of the problems is a lot, if not most meeting reports don't really mention the bikes much. 

Think the early Australian and UK reports generally mention what make of bike a rider was on. Not so much in the States

Here is a report from 1933

Two match races will be offered motorcycle racing fans at Long Beach Motospeedway tonight in addition to the usual program of events. One pairs rival club captains, Bo Lisman of Long Beach and Cordy Milne of Loyola, while the other matches Miny Wain and Jack Milne. There are 18 events on the card, and with the close of the 1933 short track racing season drawing nearer, every effort is being made to provide the best of competition. Motors are going faster, and riders are becoming less careful in the.bid for final purses. The long winter has inoculated riders with a new sense of recklessness, and railbirds see in tonight’s show more than ordinary hazards. Byrd McKinney shattered the record for the flying start race on the Loyola motorbike program last night. He toured the distance in one minute and three seconds, clipping four-fifths second off the old mark. Jack Milne finished second and Wilbur Lamoreaux third. Bo Lisman won the final handicap with Lamoreaux second and McKinney third. In the match races, Cordy Milne defeated his brother, Jack, and “Rusty” Roberts won over Sid Chambers.

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Didn't the American rider Manuel Trujillo use a Crocker on USA west coast tracks circa 1934-35?

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I don't know the answer to that, but apparently Wilbur Lamoreaux worked for Crocker for a short period after returning to the States from England

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