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LEVI DAY & DECLAN CARBERRY – TEARING UP THE TRACKS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WORLD!

Filed Under: News, Road Racing, State Championship

LEVI DAY & DECLAN CARBERRY – TEARING UP THE TRACKS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE WORLD!

FROM LEVI;

The fourth and penultimate round of the Ducati Tri Options Cup was held at Oulton Park over the 18-20 September. It’s a track I really enjoy and hugely different to the flat and wide Silverstone that we raced at the round prior. Oulton Park is an undulating twist through the Cheshire countryside, with a big lake in the middle of the circuit. There’s never any time to rest around there and has a great mix of fast sweepers and tight hairpins and chicanes.

Friday we had Practice and Qualifying. We managed to get onto the pace straight away and managed a time of 1:40.8 in practice, to set the quickest time for the session. The bike was feeling really good and I was confident going into qualifying. I further improved my time in qualifying to a 1:40.5. Josh Day set a slightly quicker time of 1:40.2. I was unable to have a crack at going quicker as a red flag with 5 minutes to go caused the session to be called early. But our goal at each round is to get it on the front row, and my lap time put me in 2nd place, so we were happy with our session.

We had a 12 lap race on Saturday and we opted to make a few changes to the bike after going through all the information from Fridays sessions. I got away well and was in 2nd by the end of the first lap. I got in to the lead and had some good passes with Josh Day. The bike didn’t feel as positive as I’d hoped from the changes we had made and I was unable to consistently do the lap times I’d hoped for. Elliott Pinson also got in the mix and had really strong pace. Unfortunately he had a problem with his bike and it was missing gears. I was right behind him when his bike slowed, and I tried my very best to avoid contact with him but unfortunately clipped his handle bar, causing him to fall. Josh and I went on to over take one another for the next few laps. On lap 11 of 12, I had 0.7 of a second gap and was leading the race, before the raced got red flagged. This meant I took the win in Race 1! Really happy with that result. Elliot and I got called up to race control to review the footage of the crash, hear both sides of the story and ensure it was dealt with correctly, as there were some people who said in interviews and around the paddock that I had made a dangerous move on Elliot and that I should be penalised. The footage was crystal clear that I did absolutely everything to avoid contact with him and that it was clear as day that Elliott unfortunately had a problem with his bike. Roger Marshall, an ex professional racer, is one of the men who review situations like this. And it was his statement that he had never seen a bike slow down that quickly going through that section of track in all his years coming to Oulton Park. I was glad that the correct direction was taken and to have the incident reviewed, to have any doubt removed that I had been riding dirty. The team and I put our heads together that night on making a few changes ahead of Sundays race.

Sunday was another beautiful day at Oulton Park. It had been 24 degrees all race weekend, sun was shining and barely a cloud in the sky. Our race on Sunday was only 10 laps. I got away alright in race 2, but Josh Day and Elliot Pinson got the initial jump. They were setting a great pace at the front and I was managing to hang on to them. Elliott just started to drop a little and Josh was pulling away. I was trying to work out where I could make a move on Elliott. He then had the same issue with his bike in the same section of track as the day before! I was directly behind him and my front tire slammed into his rear tire, causing us to both get a bit shakey. Fortunately, this time he stayed on, as did I, and I passed him in the next corner. It was now lap 6 and Josh had a 1.6 second gap on me. The bike was feeling mega and I knew I had to try everything possible to close the gap. The next two laps were some of my best laps I’ve ever ridden and I managed to close the gap by lap 8 to 0.2 of a second, setting a new lap record along the way. I was able to show Josh a wheel in a few corners and on the last lap Josh and a lapped rider had a coming together, causing the lapped rider to crash. I was then able to get along side him with half a lap to go. Going into a chicane Josh ran off the track under brakes, allowing me to slip underneath him and get to the chequered flag first! Taking the 2nd win of the weekend!

It was great to get the double win at the weekend and the lap record, especially because it was my birthday on Sunday, so a nice way to celebrate with these results! We managed to close the gap to 26 points. We have 2 races to go, at Brands Hatch in mid October. Josh has been super consistent all year, and hasn’t finished lower than 2nd in any races, so he’ll be hard to beat. But I’ve just got to keep working hard and doing our best! I cant thank my team enough for all their hard work, Katie, Darren, Nigel and Paul for all they do for the team. And to our sponsors who make this all possible. I’m so grateful to be able to continue to follow my dreams and without the help and support of our sponsors, none of this would be possible.

I’ve just returned home from Estoril in Portugal for the final round of the World Endurance Championship. I teamed up with my good mates Jon Railton and Johnny Blackshaw as part of the British Endurance Racing Team for the 12 hour of Estoril. They are a new team to the World Endurance Championship in the last year or two, and I had a great time helping them continue to learn and improve in this championship! Race report on this event to follow, once I’ve caught up on some sleep and got back to work for a few days!

Thank you to the amazing people who make all this possible:

  • AJN Steelstock
  • Boast Plumbing Supplies
  • Bathgate

And our team partners:

Sublime Designs

Rockoil

Maxton Suspension

PDQ Precision Engineering

XLite Helmets

Motogear UK

RST

Cheers, Levi

AND FROM DECLAN;

💥💥Master of Mac Round 2 SA CHAMPIONSHIPS 💥💥

Had an amazing weekend at Mac Park.

Kicked off the weekend with Friday practice, weather was awesome and I got 5 sessions on track, Dad and I made a few minor adjustments to the bike setup and I was feeling really confident with the bike.

Saturday morning was straight in to a 20-minute qualifying session, I did 5 to 6 laps then came in to check where I was placed. I was in 3rd but thought I could do quicker so I went back out and managed to beat my PB by doing a 1.11.3s lap wasn’t quite quick enough to move in to 2nd but I was still stocked on 3rd and my time, it turned out to be the 5th quickest qualifying time out of all competitors of every class.

Race 1 didn’t get the greatest start but still managed to stay 3rd in to turn 1 behind Dallas Skeer 1st and Ty Lynch 2nd I stayed with the two in front for 2 or 3 laps then they started to gap me I finished in 3rd with a 16 second gap to 4th it was a wicked race.

Race 2 got a heaps better start and was in 2nd behind Dallas, Ty. Ty snuck around the outside between turn 2 and 3 so I hung on and tailed him for as long as I could. I managed to hang on to them for longer then the first race finishing in 3rd again. That was the end of racing for Saturday.

Sunday morning race 3 the weather had come in wet which I didn’t mind as I like wet races had an awesome start was in 2nd place behind Ty it was a really close race between Ty and I. I finished the race right on Ty’s back wheel in 2nd place had so much fun in the wet

Race 4 the track was drying out so we decided to go with slicks Ty and Dallas made the same decision to go with slicks. Most of the field stayed on wets. I had a killer start went in to turn 1 in 3rd On lap 2 made a move on Ty and got in to 2nd the next lap ran a little wide in to turn 1 which let Ty through and I was unable to get back passed.

Had an amazing weekend coming away with a 3rd place trophy

Thanks for your support

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Photo credit; Tony Lees

PLAYING IN THE MUD, AND THEN DUST; EP SERIES ROUND 3 @ WHYALLA

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EP SERIES ROUND 3 @ WHYALLA

Round three of the Eyre Peninsula Series was hosted by Whyalla MCC and Mother Nature served up some intense conditions for all that attended.

With torrential rain late Saturday afternoon and showers through the night the track had large puddles covering parts of it and perfect loam in other areas. This put all riders to the test in practice and round one of racing with many riders getting very wet and muddy and a few seeing if they could have a swim after crashing in the bog. Through the day the wind also came into play and this dried out the track in places and whipped up dust so the riders had to ride mud and hard pack track in places so great skills were on display from young and old.

Congratulations to all riders and all the volunteers that helped put on the event and the medical team and officials. Without these people these great days wouldn’t happen. There are photos available on the Darren Shaw Photography Facebook page and the last EP Round is in Pt Lincoln on October the 24th we hope to see you there for some great country MX.

Junior Encouragement Awards, that were supplied by EP Motorcycles – and were awarded to Dannielle Churchett (#138) and 1st time rider Isaac Edwards (#56), who was riding in the 85cc class.

50cc Demo

We had four tough little riders out trying to get around and all never stopped trying and it was a huge learning curve for them all. So well done to Sebastian Kalling, Bethany Frost, Jaxon Phillips and Sonny Murphy.

50cc Div 2

This class had the top three state riders on fire with Declan Smart way out front showing amazing skill and Kylan Miller, Riley Mullen and Tao Letton all having great races and taking the minor placings.

65cc 7-9 years

This class Declan Smart proved to strong for Kylan Miller and Riley Mullen with another dominate performance but the other boys are riding with great skill and have only just started on this size bike this year so next year will be a big one for them.

65cc 10-12 years

Young Koby Miller showed this was his class from race one with great skills and speed taking the win from young Haden Frost and Seth James. These two classes were full of great racing and shows great promise for our EP future.

85cc 9-U12 years Small Wheel

Guess who was out front! Yes Declan Smart was on pace every race and for such a young rider has an amazing future especially to ride three classes and win them all. Sam Dixon and Caleb Churchett tried their best all day and put in great races to take the minor placings.

85cc Big Wheel

This class was fast and had great numbers and young Jacob Knowles took the win from Axel Dean and Blake Cooper in some intense and fast paced racing. Again these two classes of 85cc bikes show great future for our clubs and with a number of girls starting to race it is enjoyable to watch.

Junior Lights

Wow what a class this is with Chad Sparrow crossing over from the ORC to battle it out with Liam Buckley Jack Lienert and Banjo Lawrence in highly skilled close battles and speed to match most senior riders. Chad took the win from Liam in second and Jack took third place.

Clubman 250cc

This class was hotly contested with Eric Brereton in first place with Scott Agnew and Angelo Karoussis taking the minor placings in a class of tough racers and all riders put in every race.

Clubman 450cc

Cody Allen finished up taking the win in this class from Luke Story and Daniel Smith in pursuit every race but unable to get the win. As always the clubby classes try their best and put on a great show for the spectators.

Veterans

This class was well contested all day and the lads put in great racing and with three consistent races Clint Letton took the win from Adam Mclean and Alan Wilsdon and proved age is just a number.

Expert 250cc

This was the Tilbrook brothers showing just how fast a 125cc bike can be ridden and wow what a display they put on! After Sam tested the depth of a puddle in a practice crash he showed his brother how fast he can ride taking the win from Josh but they fought it out every lap. Rhys Kemp rode three great races but was unable to stay with these two at a blistering pace.

Expert 450cc

Mitch Norris came and showed why he is a top state rider with three impressive races of skill and high speed from Josh Tilbrook. Sam Tilbrook backed up in this class and took a well-deserved third placing.

Feature Race was sponsored by EP Motorcycles and again the racing was intense with Josh Tilbrook in the lead for the first half of the race but Norris hunted him down to take the win with Sam Tilbrook in third place.

Photos courtesy of Darren Shaw Photography

SIDEWINDERS JUNIOR SPEEDWAY REVS INTO THE 2020/21 SEASON ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.

Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, Speedway, State Championship

SIDEWINDERS JUNIOR SPEEDWAY REVS INTO THE NEW SEASON ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH.

With the current COVID-19 restrictions, things will be a little different, but the crew at Sidewinders are looking forward to getting back on the track again.

All of SA’s amazing junior speedway talent are set for a big season and many have changed classes as they have progressed over the off season at Coaching Days.  Kobi Canning makes his debut in the Solo race class, and all know it won’t be long before he is challenging the other solo riders.

Some of the Peewees have stepped up a class, and there are quite a few who are making their debut this season in the Novice Solo class, which is a great sign for the future of junior speedway in SA.

Gates will open at 4.30pm and racing will commence at 6.30pm.

 Adult admission is only $5.00 (with all profits going back into junior speedway), Children U16 Free – so why would you want to stay home on a Saturday night.

The awesome Sidewinders Canteen will be in operation, (and again, with all monies raised going back into giving junior riders an awesome venue to race at), but there will be strict guidelines to follow due to COVID restrictions.   COVID Marshals will be in attendance to guide you through the changes so everyone can all get their fix of junior speedway going for the season.

Sidewinders are looking forward to seeing everyone on the hill to support the kids, who are as keen as mustard to get back on the track.

Kobi Canning in action, making his debut in the race class this season.

NOMINATIONS FOR SPORT MANAGERS; NOW OPEN FOR SELECTED DISCIPLINES

Filed Under: All disciplines, News, SA Women in Motorcycling

Motorcycling SA are pleased to announce that nominations for the following Sports Managers positions are now open; 

  • Road Race
  • Speedway 
  • Quads – perhaps to be renamed Sidecar-cross & Quads
  • Reliability Trial

Also to be re-advertised will be the following positions, due to being vacant or the person holding the position is doing so in an acting role;

  • Enduro 
  • Classic Motocross

Nominations will close on Friday, November 27th at 5.00pm, with appointments to be decided on, and made official by the MSA Board at the December Sports Managers meeting on December 10th.

Each appointment is for a two (2) year term – 2021/22

An application form needs to be completed and returned to Motorcycling SA for a person to be considered for the position, contact the MSA office for more information.

SCHWARZ EXCAVATIONS 2020 SA TRIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN!

Filed Under: News, SA Women in Motorcycling, State Championship, Trials

Spread the word – entries have now opened for our 2020 SA Trial Championships, being run by the Juventus MCC., supported by Schwarz Excavations, and the Vine Inn Barossa who will be catering over both days!
Using one of SA’s prime trials venues at Eden Valley – and with the Aussies due to return to SA in 2023, this MAY be your only chance to ride the property beforehand – so, with on-site camping available, let’s get a full field for our premier event of 2020!
Enter through your Ridernet profile – supp regs available on the Motorcycling SA website as well.

The 2020 SA Trial Championships welcomes long-time supporter of Trial in SA, and 4 time naming rights supporter of the Australian Trial Championships, the Vine Inn Barossa as the caterer for this year’s Championships.

Food will be available both days from 10.00am until about 3.00pm-ish, with yiros (lamb & chicken) and hot chips the order of the day, with the yiros served in a way that they can be eaten as you walk around the sections watching the action!

  • Chicken Yiros; $10.00
  • Lamb Yiros; $12.00
  • Combo Yiros; $12.00

All served with Lettuce, Tomato, Onion & Garlic Sauce, with Tomato or BBQ Sauce available – and – Gluten Free Wraps will also be available!

  • Hot Chips will be $5.00 per Cup

Soft drinks and water will also be available both days – and entry is free for spectators!

2020 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HISTORIC SCRAMBLE CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENTRIES ARE NOW OPEN!

Filed Under: Dirt Track, Enduro, Motocross, News, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, State Championship

The Levis MCC is proud to present the 2020 SA Historic Scramble Championship, to be held at ACUSA Park, with entries NOW OPEN through Ridernet and will close on 30th September.

The Club are inviting riders of pre 1995 machines, as well as support classes (listed in the supp regs) to participate in this State Championship event on a well prepared natural terrain track. Riding up in classes is permitted so you can ride multiple classes with one or more bikes.

To allow for any possible late changes due to the COVID restrictions the closing date will not be extended and entries WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED after the 30th September. So DON’T wait until the last moment – enter ASAP to ensure this event goes ahead.

Supp regs are available on the Levis MCC website and Facebook page, as well as the Motorcycling SA website.

Race programme will also include support classes for solo’s and sidecars.