Sand Racing Report 6th August
2016
English rider Dan Winterton came to
Guernsey to celebrate his birthday & to do some racing on Vazon bay but
would be going home with a crown on his head as not only winning the first 2
slider championship races he also came away with the title of King of the Beach
in winning the scratch race with that trophy name. It was not easy going as he
had to defend from local star Anthony Bougourd and another English rider Andrew
Whitaker who having blown the motor on his bike during practice was able to
continue racing as, Dave Cleal had to abandon any hopes of racing with a knee
injury, so quickly loaned Andrew his bike. Rob Teed could not match the speed
of these 3 riders but was still chasing hard to gain maximum points whilst dad
Colin still enjoys his racing at the back of the field, at least these riders
provided some thrilling racing . This could not be said for the motocross class
which was down to just 3 riders (mainly due to a clashing practice event at
Pleinmont) so the results were a forgone conclusion as each rider is at a
different level of performance. The junior/intermediate class proved to be more
interesting to watch as it now has become very close for the riders behind the
leading youngster Dan Clarke, though Ben Le Provost took three 2nd
places he now has to watch out for the Ogier siblings as they gain more
experience on their slider bikes so this has pushed Kieren Bennett back a
little though it was good to see that when he took a tumble in the slip bend
without any help from the marshals he picked the bike up, restarted &
continued racing. Unfortunately Erin Ogier also took a tumble, in the 4th
race this time in the wet bend which required a trip to hospital due to a knee
injury, just hope this not dent her growing riding confidence. Making his debut
in this class was Patrick Le Friec who is just waiting for the next meeting so
that he can continue to enjoy himself. Gemma Le Page always seemed to get the
better start in the cadet’s race but Sam Walker would make uptime on each lap
so he took all race wins.
With a couple of cars missing it was
decided to combine both classes into one race & increasing the lap distance
from 6 to 8 laps& in their first race only the saloons completed the full
race distance as each of the racing cars pulled back into the pits with various
problems, Gary-hand injury, Billy-Electronics & Clint-puncture. As like the previous meeting the saloons
proved to be very competitive with Jonathan Robilliard taking the class wins
whilst 2nd& 3rd place’s was hotly disputed between a
number of drivers, luckily there were no serious comings together though a few
panels may need a bit of hammer work. Youngest car driver Matthew Board took
his 2nd handicap trophy win from a very tight 2nd place
which saw 3 cars cross the finish line almost side to side but result went to
Eric Trump, from Neil Bourgaize& 4th was Paul Helyer.
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