Meeting Report 10 Jun 2007

CORNWALL SOLO GRASS TRACK CLUB
NEWS RELEASE 10th JUNE 2007

Cornwall Solo Grass Track Club hosted the third championship meeting of the season at Truthan Farm, St Erme under sunny skies on Sunday.

Roger Lobb dominated the solo’s with 6 wins out of 6 on route to claiming the 500’s, Restricted Licence Holders & Open classes and fastest time of the day of 1m 08.28 sec. Lobb recorded a further 3 times in the 68 second range. Nick Mallett claimed three heat wins to take the National Licence Holders and followed Lobb home for second in the 500’s and Open. Shaun Pascoe claimed third in the 500’s and Restricted Licence Holders and a fifth in the Open final. Chesney King was the star of the 350’s with four race wins ahead of Max Sandford in second and Jon Shanes in third. Colin Harris claimed the Invitation Race ahead of Shanes with Chris Andrews in third. Two wins and a second saw Derren Harris claim the Pre 75’s ahead of Colin Harris in second and Adrian Kessell third. Plymouth Devils speedway promoter Mike Bowden claimed fourth in the 500’s, third in the National Licence Holders and third in the Open Final.

The Sidecars proved competitive throughout the day with plenty of close racing and passing. Daryl Sweetland & Mike Bishop claimed the Restricted Licence Holders ahead of Jaime Bree & James Goudge with Andy Gribble & Moss Janson in third. Clive Stoneman & Matt Vickery took the National Licence Holders from Jim Pearn & Paul Uglow in second and Alfie & Terry Pearn in third. In the first open three different crews claimed heat wins with Jim Pearn claiming two and one apiece for Stoneman and Sweetland. Alfie & Terry Pearn took the final ahead of Stoneman in second with Stephen Palmer & Shaun Hoskin in third. In the second open Lee Hicks & Phil Collyer made up for missing the first open final with two heat wins, with Stoneman and Palmer claiming the other two. Palmer & Hicks enjoyed a close battle early on in the final before Palmer moved clear to take the win with Hicks second and Stoneman third. Jim Pearn claimed the fastest time of the day for sidecars with a 1m 20.74 sec.

In the youth classes Callan Phillips claimed a maximum 60 points to claim the Auto Cadets ahead of Joseph Nicholls in second and Saul Bulley in third. Zach Wajknecht was equally dominant in the Cadets with Callum Walker in second and Ashton Webb taking third. In the Juniors, Nathan Stoneman claimed the first leg, James Shanes claimed the next two to hold a two point lead with two legs to go. The fourth leg proved decisive when James Shanes fell whilst chasing Nathan for the lead. Nathan went on to claim the last leg, Bill Gribble took second overall with Shanes in third. The Inters came down to a battle between Danny Stoneman and Tom Perry with Stoneman just edging it with three wins to Perry’s two with Stefan Maunder claiming third.

The clubs next race meeting is on Sunday 15th July with a competitive entry expected. On the August Bank holiday weekend the club host the ACU National Youth Best Pairs on the Saturday and the club’s annual Grand Slam meeting on the Sunday at the usual Truthan Farm venue.

ENDS
Nicholas Truscott
Press Officer
Cornwall Solo Grass Track Club

Photo’s to follow

FULL RESULTS

Solos

500cc 1st Roger Lobb (GM), 2nd Nick Mallett (Jawa GM), 3rd Shaun Pascoe (GM), 4th Mike Bowden (Jawa), 5th Richard Cooper (Antig GM), 6th Ryan Julian (Jawa), 7th Chris Andrews (Antig Jawa), 8th Eddie Julian (Jawa), 9th Ian Parsons (Weslake)

350cc 1st Chesney King (Jawa), 2nd Max Sandford (Jawa), 3rd Jon Shanes (RTS Jawa), 4th Steve Pearce (SVR Jawa), 5th Trevor Kessell (Hagon BSA), 6th Sam Foley (Nu-Trak Jawa), 7th Adrian Kessell (K Special)

National Licence Holders 1st Nick Mallett (Jawa GM), 2nd Derren Harris (LCS Jawa), 3rd Mike Bowden (Jawa), 4th Richard Cooper (Antig GM), 5th Adrian Kessell (K Special)

Restricted Licence Holders 1st Roger Lobb (GM), 2nd Max Sandford (Jawa), 3rd Shaun Pascoe (GM), 4th Colin Harris (Jawa), 5th Steve Pearce (SVR Jawa), 6th Eddie Julian (Jawa), 7th Ryan Julian (Jawa), 8th Chris Andrews (Antig Jawa)

Invitation 1st Colin Harris (Jawa), 2nd Jon Shanes (RTS Jawa), 3rd Chris Andrews (Antig Jawa), 4th Eddie Julian (Jawa), 5th Ian Parsons (Weslake), 6th Ryan Julian (Jawa)

Pre 75’s 1st Derren Harris (LCS Jawa), 2nd Colin Harris (Jawa), 3rd Trevor Kessell (Hagon BSA), 4th Adrian Kessell (K Special)

Open 1st Roger Lobb (GM), 2nd Nick Mallett (Jawa GM), 3rd Mike Bowden (Jawa), 4th Shaun Pascoe (GM), 5th Richard Copper (Antig GM), 6th Ryan Julian (Jawa), 7th Ian Parsons (Weslake), 8th Eddie Julian (Jawa), 9th Chris Andrews (Antig Jawa)

1000cc Sidecars

Restricted Licence Holders 1st Daryl Sweetland/Mike Bishop (Hillbilly Wasp, 2nd Jamie Bree/James Goudge (Ex Up), 3rd Andy Gribble/Moss Janson (Steer Yamaha R1, 4th Joseph Sturtridge/Lee Toms (Steer Yamaha), 5th Simon Heal/Wayne Richard (Yamaha)

National Licence Holders 1st Clive Stoneman/Matt Vickery (SVR Yamaha), 2nd Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow (Steer Yamaha R1), 3rd Alfie & Terry Pearn (Steer Yamaha R1), 4th Lee Hicks/Phil Collyer (Steer Yamaha), 5th Stephen Palmer/Shaun Hoskin (Yamaha), 6th Phil Syms/Dan Bray (KH Steer Yamaha)

1st Open 1st Alfie & Terry Pearn (Steer Yamaha R1), 2nd Clive Stoneman/Matt Vickery (SVR Yamaha), 3rd Stephen Palmer/Shaun Hoskin (Yamaha), 4th Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow (Steer Yamaha R1), 5th Joseph Sturtridge/Lee Toms (Steer Yamaha)

2nd Open 1st Stephen Palmer/Shaun Hoskin (Yamaha), 2nd Lee Hicks/Phil Collyer (Steer Yamaha), 3rd Clive Stoneman/Matt Vickery (SVR Yamaha), 4th Jamie Bree/James Goudge (Ex Up), 5th Jim Pearn/Paul Uglow (Steer Yamaha R1

Youth

Auto Cadets 1st Callan Phillips 2nd Joseph Nicholls, 3rd Saul Bulley, 4th Mary Gribble

Cadets 1st Zach Wajknecht, 2nd Callum Walker, 3rd Ashton Webb, 4th Jordan Pethick, 5th Callan Phillips, 6th Keiron Hicks, 7th Mawgan Watts, 8th Aaron Pascoe

Juniors 1st Nathan Stoneman, 2nd Bill Gribble, 3rd James Shanes, 4th Daniel Stevens, 5th David Abraham

Inters 1st Danny Stoneman, 2nd Tom Perry, 3rd Stephan Maunder, 4th Josh Dingle, 5th Richard Andrews, 6th Jake Quintrell, 7th Lloyd Barrett, 8th Danny Whitfield, 9th Mitch Mullins