It's Tuck at the top
By Mick Perry on 8th Mar 07
Bristol crew Jon Tuck and Matt Sparkes repeated their first round win in the British Sidecar Trials Championship at round three staged by the Camborne Redruth club in rain and wind-lashed Cornwall, on Sunday.
They incurred four single-mark debits in a total of 40 sections to finish nine ahead of reigning title holders Robin and Gill Morewood with former champs Robin Luscombe and Les Ashby in third spot. Tuck and Sparks now lead the Morewoods by 20 points with Luscombe/ Ashby a further five points adrift.
Kevin Nolan and Karl Jarvis lost two places in the table when they retired with clutch problems just after the halfway stage of the event, and Rupert and Chris Kimber and Steve Radford and Mike Redston are now right on their tails.
Phil Sparks and Dave Tuck claimed victory in the Masters class by 14 marks and now lie third in the table.
BRITISH SIDECAR TRIALS CHAMPS
Rd 3 - Colin Dommett Trial (Camborne & Redruth MC)
EXPERT SIDECAR: Jon Tuck/ Matt Sparkes (Beta) 4 marks lost, Robin & Gill Morewood (MRS Sherco) 13, Robin Luscombe/ Les Ashby (Appleyard Montesa) 24, Steve Radford/ Mike Redston (Scorpa) 45, Rupert & Chris Kimber (Sherco) 49.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 J Tuck/ Sparkes 57 points, 2 Morewood/ Morewood 37, 3 R Luscombe/ Ashby 32, 4 Nolan/ Jarvis 28, 5 Kimber/ Kimber 26, 6 Radford/ Redston 24, 7 Flowers/ Smith 13, 8 Smith/ Smith 11, 9 Kelly/ Baxter 10.
MASTERS CLASS: Phil Sparks/ David Tuck (Montesa) 40 marks lost, Lee Granby/ Amelia Haigh 54, Ali Haigh/ Sam Luscombe (Honda) 55. Tony Crabtree/ Jamie Howe (Sherco) 57, Glynn Hawkins/ Tim Sparks (Sherco) 57, Robert Head/ Aron Jacobs (Sherco) 81, Kevin Morley/ Chris Anderson (Montesa) 82.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Granby/ A Haigh 47 points, 2 Haigh/ S Luscombe 41, 3 Sparkes/ Tuck 35, 4 Hawkins/ Sparkes 31, 5 To Crabtree/ Howe 30, 6 Beale/ Birchall 20, 7 Head/ Jacobs 20, 8 Morley/ Anderson 17, 9 Lansley/ Woodbridge 9.
CLUBMAN CLASS: Gary & Kevin Parnell (Gas Gas) 24 marks lost, Peter & Darryl Dale (Beta) 37, Paul Fishlock/ Debbie Merrell (Beta) 41, Mick Treagus/ Barry Pocock (Gas Gas) 46, Mike Jewell/ Ali Smith (Gas Gas) 65, Andrew Jewell/ Daniel Valentine (Gas Gas) 127.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Dale/ Dale 57 points, 2 Treagus/ Gold (Pocock) 45, 3 Mi Jewell/ Smith 24, 4 Jewell/ Valentine 21, 5 Parnell/ Parnell 20, 6 M Kissack/ Woods 17, 7 Fishlock/ Merrell 15, 8 Dellow/ Fenner 15, 9 Moore/ Davidson 13, 10 Haynes/ Brennan 11, 11 Hannay/ Molyneux 10, 12 Christian/ Watterson 9, 13 A Kissack/ Molyneux 8, 14 Lunt/ Lunt 7.
NEWCOMER: Paul & Colin Lawer (Gas Gas) 75 marks lost, Andrew & Kieron Abraham (Montesa) 96, Chris Guppy/ Sara Carter (Sherco) 107.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Abraham/ Abraham 54 points, 2 Guppy/ Carter 45, 3 Lawer/ Lawer 20, 4 Jeff/ Swales 20, 5 Baxter/ Caine 15.
ACU CLASSIC TRIALS CHAMPS
BRITISH PRE-75: Dave Thorpe (Triumph) 39 marks lost, Martyn Wilmore (BSA) 48, John Maxfield (Triumph) 49, Paul Anstey (BSA) 62, Neil Gaunt (Ariel) 77, Scott Dommett (BSA) 33, Alan Whitton (BSA) 98, Chris Anstee (Triumph) 108.
TWIN-SHOCK: Phillip Wiffin (Fantic) 19, Daniel Beaven (Honda) 51, Dave Wood (Yamaha) 59, Nick Shield (BSA) 60, David Braithwaite (Bultaco) 76, Jeremy Parker (Fantic) 78, Thorne Becklet-Pett (Honda) 91, Tim Beaven (Honda) 95, Steve Sell (Ossa) 98, Adrian Dance (Honda) 110, Geoff Muston (Honda) 115.
AIR-COOLED MONO: Nick Draper (Yamaha) 29, Peter Ruscoe (Honda) 41.
First Class: Lee Hutchinson (Yamaha) 66, Kevin Peters (Fantic) 67, Richard Parkyn (Yamaha) 73, Steve Ranson (Yamaha) 126.
OVER 40: Robin Martin (Sherco) 15, David Richards (Beta) 20.
First Class: Simon Levett (Montesa) 20, Tim Blackmore (Scorpa) 31, Dave Smith (Gas Gas) 32, Dave Brown (Montesa) 45, Andy Gates (Montesa) 51, Leigh Elliott (Gas Gas) 52, Simon Thornhill (Gas Gas) 60, Phillip Ducker (Montesa) 64, Paul Truscott (Beta) 72, Colin Eddy (Gas Gas) 89, Mark Thornhill (Gas Gas) 90.
OVER 50: Allen Collier (Beta) 22, Stephen Farrell (Gas Gas) 34.
First Class: Jon Bliss (Sherco) 55, John Penfold (Beta) 64, David Wiffin (Beta) 89, Colin Mew (Beta) 126.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, March 9, 2007.
