Guilford and Batt hit rivals for six
By TMX Archives on 12th Oct 07
THE final round of the ACU Clubman Sidecar-cross championship was held at Canada Heights near Swanley, Kent, on Sunday where track conditions were very good with no rain; in fact the sun was shining through the clouds for the whole day.
The standard of racing was very high for bothsidecar classes, those who qualified for Clubman points, and thoseteams who finished in the top 15 in last season's British Championshipand who do not qualify for points. They started the race 30 secondsahead of the main race.
**Full report in T+MX issue October 12, 2007.
RESULTS
CLUBMAN SIDECAR-CROSS SERIES
Rd 5 (Final) – Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent (Sidcup & DMCC)
1 Martin Guilford/ Rob Batten (ZabelBSU) 17 + 17 +20 = 54
2 Stickle Jarvis/ Greg Wernham (SBRKTM) 13 + 15 +17 = 45
3 Pete Batt/ Tim Breacher (520 KTMVMC) 11 + 13 +15 = 39
4 Dean Hyde/ Dan Chamberlain (Yam VMC) 20 + 6 + 9 = 35
5 Mike Hodges/ Colin Dunkley (Kaw BSU) 15 + 20 + 0 = 35
6 Adam Field/ Alex Watkins (MTH VMC) 7 + 7 +11 = 25
7 Neal Gibson-Barton/ Paul Hutchman (YamVMC) 0 + 10 + 13 = 23
8 Grant Peacock/ Steve Pickersgill (ZabelVMC) 3 + 9 + 10 = 22
9 Roger Blackman/ Steve Baughan (KTMAYR) 10 + 11 + 0 = 21
10 Garry Patey/ Sue Kemp (450 Yamaha) 4 + 8 + 8 = 20
11 Steve Hyde/ Derek Meakin (610 Yamaha VMC)6+4+7=17, 12 Steve & Chris Pannell (540 KTM VMC) 5+5+6=16, 13Stephen Connor/ David Millard (650 KTM) 1+3+5=9, 14 Tony & JohnMurch (525 KTM VMC) 9+0+0=9, 15 Carl Kirwin/ Jamie Eastman (500 KawaEML) 8+0+0=8, 16 Ian Durston/ Eric Maguire (525 KTM VMC) 0+2+4=6, 17Craig Partmenter/ Joe Ashworth (700 Zabel) 0+0+3=3, 18 Ann Giles/ JohnGiles (577 VMC) 0+1+2=3, 19 Steve Par/ Tony Hannah (620 MTH VMC)2+0+0=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Dean Hyde, 2 Guilford, 3 Hodges, 4Jarvis, 5 Batt, 6 Blackman, 7 Murch, 8 Kirwin, 9 Field, 10 Hyde, 11Pannell, 12 Patey, 13 Peacock, 14 Par, 15 Connor.
RACE TWO: 1 Hodges, 2 Guilford, 3 Jarvis, 4 Batt,5 Blackman, 6 Gibson-Barton, 7 Peacock, 8 Patey, 9 Field, 10 Dean Hyde,11 Pannell, 12 Steve Hyde, 13 Connor, 14 Durston, 15 Giles.
RACE THREE: 1 Guilford, 2 Jarvis, 3 Batt, 4Gibson-Barton, 5 Field, 6 Peacock, 7 Dean Hyde, 8 Patey, 9 Steve Hyde,10 Pannell, 11 Connor, 12 Durston, 13 Partmenter, 14 Giles.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 StickleJarvis/ Greg Wernham 194 points, 2 Dean Hyde/ Dan Chamberlain 170, 3Michael Hodges/ Colin Dunkley 147, 4 Batt 128, 5 Blackman 111, 6Jenkins 101, 7 Peacock 85, 8 Foden 82, 9 Patey 77, 10 Partmenter 64, 11Field 57, 12 Balsillie 47, 13 Gibson-Barton 38, 14 Dave Short 38, 15Steve Hyde 31, 16 Alan Lyne 30, 17 Kirwin 28, 18 Guilford 26, 19 Sturt23, 20 Paul Rutherford 18,...