Report 04 Sep 2005

Cornwall Solo Grass Track club hosted the sixth and penultimate round of the Club Championships at St Erme on Sunday.

The Solo field was again closely matched with Wayne Barrett again getting the edge over the others to go through the day unbeaten in the 500cc, Experts and Solo Open classes. Barrett was helped by Adrian Rowe sliding of in the 500cc final whilst leading. Richard Knight travelled down from Bristol and 2nd in the Experts and Solo Open. Rowe recovered from the earlier fall to take 3rd in the Experts and Solo Open. Kevin Williams took 2nd claimed a second in the 500cc final and 4th in the Experts but was forced to retire from the Solo Open final with a fuel problem.

Paul Bray claimed both the Invitation and Restricted Licence Holders classes. Shaun Pascoe claimed 2nd in the Invitation final but suffered a heavy crash in the Cederic Caff Memorial race which ended his day. Steve Pearce on a 350cc machine took 3rd in the Invitation and 2nd in the Restricted finals but was unfortunate to suffer a puncture in the 350cc race. 3rd place in the Restricted final went to Gavin Horsburgh. Horsburgh claimed a win in the Karleen Caddy Memorial race which was cut short by an accident when an unsighted Jessie Lamb ran into an already fallen Andrew Cocker. The crash ended the day for both riders. Mike Bowden claimed the Cederic Caff Memorial Trophy ahead of Pearce and Ian Parsons in third. It was a shame that all the riders programmed did not support these races held in memory of two individuals who worked tirelessly for the club over the years.

A full field of 12 entries provided some of the best sidecar racing for the year. Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow claimed the Restricted Licence Holders ahead of Steven Palmer/Shaun Hoskin in 2nd and Tim Warren/Martin Sheppard in 3rd. Ric Mcauley/Phil Stoneman claimed both Open finals after Clive Stoneman suffered engine problems which ended his day after the First Open heat. Second place for Lee Hicks/Phil Collyer in the First Open final enabled them to keep there lead in the championship on 20 points ahead of Wayne Westaway/Mark Courtney, who took third in the final, and McAuley/Stoneman tied on 17 points. In the Second Open final Pearn/Uglow took 2nd ahead of Palmer/Hoskin.

In the Youths Bill Gribble claimed the Auto Cadets with a 5 ride maximum score. David Abraham took 2nd ahead of Daniel Stephens in 3rd. In the Cadets Gribble suffered his first defeat of the year when Nathan Stoneman, aboard a fresh machine scored his first class win of the year in leg 4. Gribble took the class win with Stoneman in second and Mcauley Whitfield third. The Juniors was won by Joshua Dingle ahead of Jake Quintrell with Lloyd Barrett in third and Danny Whitfield in fourth. The Inters class was won by Stefan Maunder ahead of Chesney King with James Charlesworth in third. Daniel James lost out on scoring points in 2nd leg after being unfortunate to collide with Lewis Leah who high sided in front of him. Leah was fifth after suffering bike problems in the third leg of the day.

The final meeting of the season will be on Sunday 16th October at St Erme.


RESULTS

Sidecar Restricted Licence Holders
1st Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow, 2nd Stephen Palmer/Shaun Hoskin, 3rd Tim Warren/Martin Sheppard, 4th Pete Shaw/Mike Stoneman, 5th Joseph Sturtridge/Steven Sturtridge, 6th Aubrey Steele/Garry Allen

Sidecar 1st Open Final
1st Ric McAuley/Phil Stoneman, 2nd Lee Hicks/Phil Collyer, 3rd Wayne Westaway/Mark Courtney, 4th Stephen Palmer/Shaun Hoskin, 5th Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow, 6th Darren Wilce/Gareth Bemister

Sidecar 2nd Open Final
1st Ric McAuley/Phil Stoneman, 2nd Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow, 3rd Stephen Palmer/Shaun Hoskin, 4th Wayne Westaway/Mark Courtney, 5th Darren Wilce/Gareth Bemister, 6th Joseph Sturtridge/Nick Diment

Sidecar Karleen Caddy Memorial Race
1st Joseph Sturtridge/Nick Diment, 2nd Stephen Palmer/Shaun Hoskin, 3rd Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow, 4th Pete Shaw/Mike Stoneman, 5th Aubrey Steele/Garry Allen

Solo 500cc
1st Wayne Barrett, 2nd Kevin Williams, 3rd Mike Bowden, 4th Jack Meredith, 5th Paul Bray, 6th Shaun Pascoe, 7th Steve Dowling, 8th Les Rowland

Solo Invitation
1st Paul Bray, 2nd Shaun Pascoe, 3rd Steve Pearce, 4th Gavin Horsburgh, 5th Andrew Cocker, 6th Steve Dowling, 7th Jessie Lamb, 8th Jody Hodgson, 9th Sam Fowley, 10th Gary Ball, 11th Ian Parsons, 12th Ian Pyne

Solo Restricted Licence Holders
1st Paul Bray, 2nd Steve Pearce, 3rd Gavin Horsburgh, 4th Jody Hodgson, 5th Steve Dowling, 6th Ian Parsons, 7th Gary Ball, 8th Ryan Julian, 9th Ian Pyne

Solo National Licence Holders Leg 1
1st Wayne Barrett, 2nd Richard Knight, 3rd Adrian Rowe, 4th Kevin Williams, 5th Mike Bowden, 6th Jack Meredith, 7th Les Rowland

Solo National Licence Holders Leg 2
1st Wayne Barrett, 2nd Richard Knight, 3rd Adrian Rowe, 4th Kevin Williams, 5th Jack Meredith, 6th Les Rowland, 7th Mike Bowden

Solo 350cc
1st Jody Hodgson, 2nd Ian Parsons, 3rd Sam Fowley, 4th Steve Pearce

Solo 250cc
1st Gary Ball

Solo Open Final
1st Wayne Barrett, 2nd Richard Knight, 3rd Adrian Rowe, 4th Mike Bowden, 5th Les Rowland, 6th Gavin Horsburgh, 7th Steve Pearce, 8th Sam Fowley, 9th Ian Parsons, 9th Ryan Julian, 10th Jack Meredith

Solo Karleen Caddy Memorial Race
1st Gavin Horsburgh, 2nd Paul Bray, 3rd Steve Pearce

Solo Cederic Caff Memorial Race
1st Mike Bowden, 2nd Steve Pearce, 3rd Ian Parsons, 4th Ryan Julian

Auto Cadets
1st Bill Gribble (60), 2nd David Abraham (49), 3rd Daniel Stevens (46), 4th Jordan Pethick (38), 5th Joseph Nicholls (37), 6th Aaron Pascoe (30)

Cadets
1st Bill Gribble (58), 2nd Nathan Stoneman (52) 3rd McAuley Whitfield (45)

Juniors
1st Joshua Dingle (57), 2nd Jake Quintrell (52), 3rd Lloyd Barrett (41), 4th Danny Whitfield (37)

Inters
1st Stefan Maunder (56), 2nd Chesney King (51), 3rd James Charlesworth (38), 4th Daniel James (37), 5th Lewis Leah (26)