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Sunday 5th September was the 4 year anniversary of John Britten\'s death. The Silver-Bullet Company wish to share with you some of the Britten\'s successes in his memory.
The Britten smashed 3 world sanctioned Land Speed Records for the class of machine and won all 6 rounds of the WORLD BEARS Series - to take the championship and second place in 1995 the Inaugural Year of the the event.
The Britten set current lap records at Ruapuna Raceway Christchurch and Teretonga Park Invercargill, while taking out the New Zealand National Superbike Championship Title and the New Zealand Grand Prix for two consecutive years in the 1995/96 seasons.
It dominated Daytona Speedway (Florida) class events from 1994 to 1997 - winning Battle of the Twins and the opening rounds of the three World Championship Series in as many years (1995/96 & 97).
In June of 1996 the team returned to the gruelling Isle of Man and competed in the Formula 1 and Senior TT\'s, deemed to be the world\'s most demanding road race. The factory supported CR&S /BRITTEN gained Britten\'s first finish in the 226 mile Senior event, being the second Twin cylinder machine home.
In defence of their previous wins, the team headed to Holland, and achieved two years of consecutive wins of Pro Twins racing and the World BEARS Championship rounds at Assen. The Italian owned CR&S BRITTEN was then freighted to Australia. The factory entered the Australian National BEARS round at Phillip Island, a support race for the final World Superbike Championship of 1996. The Britten dominated racing, to the delight of a crowd of over 30,000 spectators, to win both it\'s class races.
Defending two consecutive season\'s National Superbike Championship Titles in New Zealand wrapped up the expanded race campaign of 1995/97. Ongoing development and testing throughout this series with a highly modified racer and a new rider, proved the reliability of the Britten V1000 with consistent top finishes in all rounds, to complete this series second on points.
Our thoughts are with John\'s family.
