Dusting down the chairs...
By TMX Archives on 4th Jun 09
THIS week the Maxxis British Sidecarcross Championship moved to round four at Waggadon Farm, Torrington, Devon, for a great day's racing in the sunshine. Stuart Brown and Luke Peters were again unbeaten in the championship races taking another two wins to maintain their championship lead. Unfortunately, the final race of the day was cancelled due to dust. John Lyne and Steve Kirwin were the initial pace-setters in the first race but a clash on the second bend left them back in fifth spot. Simon Bradford and Marc Cooper used this to their advantage, blasting into the lead, while Dan and Joe Millard held second ahead of Andy and Tim Breacher, with Rob Topp and Mike Geraghty fourth. Behind came the real battle with Stuart Brown and Luke Peters fighting to get past Lyne and Kirwin.
At this point the race really heated up, at the front Bradford blew up his engine. This left the Millard brothers at the front, but they suffered problems, tipping the plot going into a tight bend.
Andy and Tim Breacher thus inherited the lead and blasted ahead, cheered on by the crowd. However, it wasn't long before Brown was on their back wheel.
A great battle ensued for the next few laps with Breacher determined to stay ahead. Brown took the outside line along the finish straight, but Breacher used his opposite-side chair to his advantage, turning tight on the inside and the two chairs went into the bend with no distance between them. Breacher stayed ahead for a few more corners, but Brown eventually forced ahead, and went on to take a great victory. The Breachers took a well deserved second, their best position to date, and behind Lyne held a close third.
Richard Jenkins and Dan Chamberlain were also in top form, taking advantage of a great start to hold fourth just ahead of Topp and Geraghty. The battle for sixth was probably the best racing, with Mark Kinge and Kevin Foyle fighting through in the final laps leaving the Millard brothers in seventh.
Lyne again holeshot the second race, this time followed by Bradford with Brown tucked in behind. Coming out of the second bend and down the hill, the Millard brothers crashed right through the ropes and ended up under their bike!
Brown took just a few laps to blast through into the lead, despite a strong defence from Bradford. The battle behind provided great entertainment for the enthusiastic crowd, who were cheering on their favourites. Kinge and Foyle set the pace with Rob Oldfield and Gary Kinge close behind in fifth, just ahead of Jenkins and Chamberlain, but there were two teams on a charge determined to blast toward the front of the pack, first were Stickle Jarvis and new passenger Colin Dunkley, they were on good form and fought through the dust picking off one team every few laps, blasting to a very well deserved fourth place, Kinge and Foyle held fifth with Andy and Tim Breacher fighting through to take sixth ahead of Jenkins and Chamberlain.
As the dust was becoming too thick to see through the club took the decision to cancel the final race so points were collected over just two races. That leaves Brown with full points and a great championship lead with Lyne still second with Breacher now third ahead of Bradford. Millard drops back to fifth just a few points ahead of Jenkins, the one to watch for is Jarvis who now holds seventh and is determined to move ahead.
The next round is on June 14 at Wattisfield Hall – expect the youngsters to be fighting hard to get those points and move towards the podium finishes.
Don't miss the action – see you there!
MAXXIS BRITISH SIDECAR-CROSS CHAMPS
Rd 4 – Waggadon Farm, Torrington, Devon (Torridge & DMCC)
1 Stuart Brown/ Luke Peters (Husaberg VMC) 25 + 25 = 50
2 John Lyne/ Steve Kirwin (CCM VMC) 20 + 20 = 40
3 Andy & Tim Breacher (KTM VMC) 22 + 15 = 37
4 Mark Kinge/ Colin Dunkley (PJK Honda KHR) 16 + 16 = 32
5 Richard Jenkins/ Dan Chamberlain (VMC) 18 + 14 = 32
6 Stickle Jarvis/ Josh Chamberlain (SBR VMC) 8 + 18 = 26
7 Rob Oldfield/ Gary Kinge (Pope KTM VMC) 13 + 13 = 26
8 Dan & Joe Millard (BC Husaberg WSP) 15 + 10 = 25
9 Simon Bradford/ Marc Cooper (KTM VMC) 0 + 22 = 22
10 Dean Hyde/ Sam Harris (KTM VMC) 10 + 12 = 22
11 Roger Blackman/ Steve Baughan (KTM AYR) 11+11=22, 12 Robert Topp/ Mike Geraghty (TQS KTM) 14+8=22, 13 Ross Bowers/ Darren Bishop (M&D Yamaha VMC) 9+9=18, 14 Peter Batt/ Tony Hannah (KTM) 7+7=14, 15 Brett Wilkinson/ Ryan Humphrey (KTM VMC) 12+0=12, 16 Steve Pannell/ Chris Pannell (KTM VMC) 5+6=11, 17 Nick Bowers/ Paul Young (KTM VMC) 6+4=10, 18 Jon Rutherford/ Elliott Browne (KTM VMC) 3+5=8, 19 Ben Blyth/ Robert Eastman (Colwyn Ent Zabel VMC) 4+0=4, 20 Adam Field/ Ian Watkins (MTH VMC) 0+3=3, 21 Carl Kirwin/ Jonnie Waters (SixFour Husqvarna VMC) 0+2=2, 22 Stephen Parr/ Brian Parr (MTH BSU) 2+0=2, 23 David Millard/ Eric Maguire (Shoestring MTH BSU) 0+1=1, 24 Paul Rutherford/ Mike Hedges (DRC KTM VMC) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Brown, 2 Breacher, 3 Lyne, 4 Jenkins, 5 Kinge, 6 Dan Millard, 7 Topp, 8 Oldfield, 9 Wilkinson, 10 Blackman, 11 Hyde, 12 Ross Bowers, 13 Jarvis, 14 Batt, 15 Nick Bowers, 16 Pannell, 17 Blyth, 18 Jon Rutherford, 19 Parr, 20 Paul Rutherford.
RACE TWO: 1 Brown, 2 Bradford, 3 Lyne, 4 Jarvis, 5 Kinge, 6 Breacher, 7 Jenkins, 8 Oldfield, 9 Hyde, 10 Blackman, 11 Dan Millard, 12 Ross Bowers, 13 Topp, 14 Batt, 15 Pannell, 16 Jon Rutherford, 17 Nick Bowers, 18 Field, 19 Kirwin, 20 David Millard.
RACE THREE: Cancelled because of dust.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 7) rounds: 1 Brown 225 points, 2 Lyne 192, 3 Breacher 152, 4 Bradford 127, 5 Dan Millard 126, 6 Jenkins 122, 7 Jarvis 111, 8 Oldfield 111, 9 Blackman 100, 10 Kinge 95, 11 Topp 79, 12 Nick Bowers 75, 13 Ross Bowers 70, 14 Wilkinson 58, 15 Hyde 50, 16 Lines 40, 17 Field 29, 18 Kirwin 27, 19 Jon Rutherford 26, 20 Taylor 20,...
NEXT ROUND: June 14 – Wattisfield Hall, nr Diss, Norfolk (Diss & DMCC).
The calm before the dust storm! John Lyne and passenger Steve Kirwin get the holeshot as they lead the three-wheeled brigade into the first corner in the opening race of the day.