Trans Atlantic Match Races™ were begun in 1971 as a way of developing a common set of rules for Formula 750 racing in both the UK and USA. A challenge series was run between the two countries, with the UK as the host. Tradition saw the races usually run over the Easter holidays; great riders such as Dick Mann, Cal Rayborn, Yvon Duhamel and Dave Aldana won races for the US team while John "Mooneyes" Cooper, Paul Smart, Ray Pickrell and Barry Sheene defended the Crown. In the end of the original series, the USA had six wins to the UK's twelve.

The Trans Atlantic Match Race™ format is now officially revived. The revival began at the Daytona International Speedway during Biketoberfest in 1997 and was followed up with rounds in 1998 at Laguna Seca and Cadwell Park (UK). There the UK / Euro team defeated the US team by the slightest of margins. Then in 1999, two races were held at the Dutch TT in Assen, Holland.

Thrill to the challenge as the best and brightest of both sides of the Atlantic will come to race the finest vintage racing bikes in the world for the new Trans Atlantic Match Race™ title and the one-of-a-kind genuine Hailwood Trophy. The US team is led by Captain Dave Roper and will feature Yvon Duhamel in a repeat of his original T.A.M.R. role, Malcolme Tunstall, original T.A.M.R. rider John Long, Cal Rayborn III, Don Canet of Cycle World Magazine, Craig and Steve Trindler out of Australia, Erik Green, Johnny Kain, and extremely fast Adam Popp. The U.K. team consists of Captain Dave Pither, Vernon Glashier, Colin Breeze, Larry Swann, Chris McGahan, original T.A.M.R. veteran, David Hughes, continentals Stef Sindorf, Adrie De Ridder, Hasse Gustafson, Theo Bult, Derk Brand, Stefan Slootjes, Sandro Bauman Norbert Prokschi, and more.

Dave Pither is the current individual top points scorer and the keeper of the celebrated Hailwood Trophy.