Stars come out at Dob
By John Dickinson on 30th Mar 07
ON Sunday, the National trials action is at Dob Park, Otley, in Yorkshire, where the Yeadon-Guiseley club stages its excellent road-based Chris Carter Trial which represents the fourth round of the popular Novogar Clubman championship series.
Top guns Graham Jarvis, Mika Vesterinen, Ian Austermuhle, ChrisPearson, Michael Phillipson and Dan Thorpe will all ride the triallooking for the Premier award, but do NOT score Novogar points.Phillipson, from Crook, out with a back injury for six weeks hopes toget back to top form.
Sunderland's John Crinson starts last man and is a Novogar listedcontender, while local riders taking part include Mathew and BeckyRennison, Richard Suffell, Katy, John and Mark Sunter, Tom Hick, DannyGamble, Sandy Mack, Russell Rooksby, Bedlington's Glen Quinn, andLartington's Martin Bayles and quantity surveyor Boyd Webster.Australian but Silsden domiciled Adrian Harrry rides the Novogar as doveterans Graham Tales and Glen Scholey, but in the Over 40 category.
As far as the Novogar championship chase goes, Sunday's Jack Woodwinner Lee Sampson will not be in the points at Dob Park (but he issitting on a 55 total at present) nor will Alexz Wigg and Ross Danby asthey are all off to ride the World Round in Spain. That opens the doorfor the likes of Welsh champ Gary Jenkins and James Fry. Richard Allenshould challenge the Over 40 series from Dave Clinkard but that willheavily depend on what the northern lights can produce.
The action, as last year, takes in 40 sections and starts in DobPark where the sections are interesting' to say the least. From thereit's down to Dob Splash, Sword Point, Les's Rocks, Fewston Post Office,Top Snowden, and Crabtrees (no spectators in these two groups) beforethe finale in Browns Wood where Crosser's Rocks are waiting to bite theunwary. Engines will fire up at 9.31am prompt when Ben Raynor prods hisBeta into life and Barry Robinson, armed with a battery of Nikons, willfollow it all for T+MX.