Sand Racing Report 26th August 2017

Sand Racing Report 26^th August 2017

At this the penultimate meeting of this season the car competitors face their longest challenge with the running of the Victoria Trophy handicap race over 20 laps which is two & a half times longer than the normal 8 lap races. This means that the fastest cars have to sit on the start line for what seems an eternity whilst the slower cars race pass. Gary Duquemin the eventual race winner kept track of Matthew Board the first car away & noticed that he came across the finish line twice before he was dispatched meaning he had to overtake him three times to gain the lead, trying to keep a tally of the laps as he raced Gary got to about 5 before he lost count so just concentrated on passing each car till he caught up with Matthew with a couple of laps to spare. Third place fell to Jonathan Robilliard who was the last saloon to start this race before any of the racing cars, unfortunately neither Sam De Carteret or Billy Le Page (broken front wishbone) in their racing cars started. Meanwhile the sliders had a chance to race for the Coronation Vase but with Dave Cleal taking a tumble at the end of the second race the field was down to 3, with Jersey man Noel Jordan having to take on the father & son pairing on Colin & Bob Teed. Trying too hard to catch Colin, Noel took a tumble on the wet bend which may have slowed Bob down slightly as Colin just kept the lead till the end.

With a clashing motocross event numbers were down again in the MX class though competition was fierce throughout the field with Billy Rive & Jarod Carrington battling for top honours with Mark King ready to pounce if anything went wrong, middle field battle was a family affair between the Pinchemain’s whilst the closet battle all afternoon was between the two back markers Kevin Rumens & Marcus Crittell. With Billy making a poor start to the final race on the full oval track, the oval championship is finely poised for the final meeting as he is on level points with Mark King.

In the cadet class Thomas Vining lead the way from the trio of GiloRobilliard, Corey Le Friec& Casey Gallienne whilst Charlie Cox had company from newcomer Lewis Le Blanq who was out on Thomas’s original KTM. By far the largest class of the afternoon was the combined junior/intermediate’s which had swelled to 12 riders with the inclusion of newcomers Taj Trench out on the clubs MX bike & Jason Le Ber on the Ogier family’s spare slider. Unusually Dan Clark on a slider had to battle for race wins with both Luke Bush & Patrick Le Friec pushing him hard on their MX bikes. Likewise thought out the field there were battles between the different types of bikes being used & between the sexes as there are now 3 young ladies racing against the boys.

Final meeting Saturday 9^th September at 2pm

Paul Stanford