Meeting Report 28 May 2006

Plymouth Devils speedway rider Lee Smart was the class of the Solo field at Cornwall Solo Grass Track Club's meeting at St Erme on Sunday. Smart remained unbeaten throughout the day claiming victory in the Restricted Licence Holders, 500cc and Open classes.

The Open final produced one of the best finals for some time with St Austell's Wayne Barrett leading for two laps after pinning Smart to the wide line. Smart made his move on the fourth bend of the second lap cutting back inside Barrett to move ahead going into the third lap to take a lead he would not lose, Chacewater's Adrian Rowe claimed third. Rowe claimed the Experts, run over two legs, with a win and a second place after Barrett did not take his place in the second leg despite winning the first leg with Tim Curnock in 3rd.

In the 500cc class Tim Curnock claimed second with John Weeks in third after Rowe retired and Barrett did not come to tapes in the final. In the 350cc class, run over three legs, Cullumpton's Sam Fowley was unlucky to suffer bike problems in one heat and finished in 3rd place overall despite two wins. Steve Pearce claimed victory ahead of Adrian Kessell.

Gavin Horsburgh took 2nd in the Restricted Licence Holders class behind Smart with Andrew Cocker in third. Horsburgh claimed the Invitation race from Chris Andrews in 2nd and Eddie Julian 3rd.

The 1000cc sidecars served up an action filled day with no fewer than 5 race winners through the day. Joseph Sturtridge & Nick Diment claimed the Restricted Licence Holders race ahead of Steven Palmer & Shaun Hoskin with debutants Jamie Bree & James Goudge in third.

The First Open heats served up for separate race winners and no shortage of action. In the first heat Ricky McAuley & Phil Stoneman were put back to second place after cutting inside the line of the track to pass Lee Hicks & Phil Collyer. Andrew Symons & Dan Bray claimed the second heat, McAuley/Stoneman took the third ahead of Hicks/Collyer with the fourth heat going to Bree/Goudge. Symons/Bray took the final ahead of Bree/Goudge with Palmer/Hoskin in third. McAuley/Stoneman spun out whilst leading and Hick/Collyer suffered a puncture.

The Second Open saw McAuley/Stoneman win two heats along with Bree/Goudge. Steven Palmer was third on points but unable to take his place in the final after rolling his outfit avoiding Bree/Goudge who slowed suddenly in front of him at the conclusion of there second heat. This allowed Hicks/Collyer into the final who had originally missed out after missing the first heat. Bree/Goudge took the win ahead of Hicks/Collyer who took advantage of the place in the final to claim second,with Phil Syms & Mark Truscott in third.

In the youth classes three riders completed maximums in there respective classes. Jordon Pethick in the Auto Cadets, Bill Gribble in the Cadets and Joshua Dingle in the Juniors.

In the Auto Cadets Aaron Pascoe claimed 2nd ahead of Joseph Nicholls in third. David Abraham claimed 2nd in the Cadets with Daniel Stephens in third. Lloyd Barrett took 2nd place in the Juniors from Nathan Stoneman in third, McAuley Whitfield in fourth and Jack Glanfield fifth.

The 12-14 year olds in the Inters class served up close racing in all five races. Chesney King claimed four out of five races but his margin of victory was much reduced from that seen in recent meetings. Stefan Maunder claimed 2nd in class with 1 win, 3 seconds and a third. Danny Stoneman claimed third and best 125cc with a second, 1 third and 3 fourths. Richard Andrew took fourth ahead of James Charlesworth in fifth, Danny Whitfield sixth, Jake Quintrell seventh after suffering a heavy fall in the fourth leg and newcomer Lloyd Bouad eighth after a series of mechanical problems.

The next meeting will be on Sunday 18th June at St Erme.

Results

Solos
350cc: 1st Steve Pearce (SVR Jawa) 26 points, 2nd Adrian Kessell (K Special) 22, 3rd Sam Fowley (Nu Trak Jawa) 20, 4th Trevor Kessell (LTR) 19, 5th Peter Donaldson (Dula Weslake) 16

500cc: 1st Lee Smart (Jawa), 2nd Tim Curnock (Jawa), 3rd John Weeks (RTS Viper), 4th Gavin Horsburgh (Jawa), 5th Mike Bowden (Jawa), 6th Chris Andrew (Antig Jawa), 7th Eddie Julian (Jawa), 8th Ryan Julian (Jawa)

Experts: 1st Adrian Rowe (Jawa) 16, 2nd Tim Curnock (Jawa) 15, 3rd John Weeks (RTS Viper) 13, 4th Mike Bowden (Jawa) 11, 5th Wayne Barrett (Jawa) 10, 6th Adrian Kessell (K Special) 9

Restricted Licence: 1st Lee Smart (Jawa), 2nd Gavin Horsburgh (Jawa), 3rd Andrew Cocker (GM), 4th Shaun Pascoe (RTS GM), 5th Steve Pearce (SVR Jawa), 6th Chris Andrew (Antig Jawa), 7th Eddie Julian (Jawa), 8th Keiron Davidson (Jawa), 9th Peter Donaldson (Dula Weslake), 10th Ryan Julian (Jawa)

Invitation: 1st Gavin Horsburgh (Jawa), 2nd Chris Andrew (Antig Jawa), 3rd Eddie Julian (Jawa), 4th Keiron Davidson (Jawa), 5th Ryan Julian, 6th Peter Donaldson (Dula Weslake)

Open: 1st Lee Smart (Jawa), 2nd Wayne Barrett (Jawa), 3rd Adrian Rowe (Jawa), 4th John Weeks (RTS Viper), 5th Gavin Horsburgh (Jawa), 6th Mike Bowden (Jawa), 7th Steve Pearce (SVR Jawa), 8th Keiron Davidson (Jawa), 9th Ryan Julian (Jawa), 10th Chris Andrew (Antig Jawa)

Sidecars
Restricted Licence: 1st Joseph Sturtridge/Nick Diment (Steer Yamaha), 2nd Steven Palmer/Shaun Hoskin (Yamaha), 3rd Jamie Bree/James Goudge (Ex Up), 4th Tim Warren/Darren Wilce (GMS Yamaha)

1st Open: 1st Andrew Symons/Dan Bray (Wasp Yamaha), 2nd Jamie Bree/James Goudge (Ex Up), 3rd Steven Palmer/Shaun Hoskin (Yamaha), 4th Phil Syms/Mark Truscott (SGM KH Yamaha), 5th Ric McAuley/Phil Stoneman (Yamaha)

2nd Open: 1st Jamie Bree/James Goudge (Ex Up), 2nd Lee Hicks/Phil Collyer (Yamaha), 3rd Phil Syms/Mark Truscott (SGM KH Yamaha), 4th Tim Warren/Darren Wilce (GMS Yamaha), 5th Joseph Sturtridge/Nick Diment (Steer Yamaha), 6th Ric McAuley/Phil Stoneman (Yamaha)

Youth
Auto Cadets: 1st Jordan Pethick, 2nd Aaron Pascoe, 3rd Joseph Nicholls

Cadets: 1st Bill Gribble, 2nd David Abraham, 3rd Daniel Stevens

Juniors: 1st Joshua Dingle, 2nd Lloyd Barrett, 3rd Nathan Stoneman, 4th McAuley Whitfield, 5th Jack Granfield

Inters: 1st Chesney King, 2nd Stefan Maunder, 3rd Danny Stoneman, 4th Richard Andrew, 5th James Charlesworth, 6th Danny Whitfield, 7th Jake Quintrell, 8th Lloyd Bouad