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COMPETITION – IT’S SLOWLY GETTING BACK UP TO SPEED!

Filed Under: Enduro, Motocross, News, Reliability, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, SAORC, State Championship, Trials

COMPETITION – IT’S SLOWLY GETTING BACK UP TO SPEED!

In the past couple of weeks, competition has slowly started to get back into gear – and over the next couple of weekends it starts to heat up even more!

It all kicked off with a round of the Tri-Series Enduro on July 5th near Brownlow, with 93 total entries braving the extremely dry conditions (it is winter, right?) at the Keyneton MCC event, with the general chat being, we don’t care if it’s dry, we are just glad to be back racing!

Young gun, Nathan Howe, showed the senior field how to ride in the dust, with a 6 minute win over the returning Nick Throup after 2 ½ hours of chewing dust!

A week later, the Keyneton MCC went back to back when they kicked off the 2020 Trials SA season with their Keyneton 2 Day Trial, run as the 47th Mountain Man Trial on Saturday and the Rockhopping SA 2020 SA Women’s Cup & Diener/Holmes Sidecar Trophy on the Sunday, with 41 total entries received – a bit down, but the Women’s Cup did miss its annual influx of riders from the east due to border restrictions!

Big winners there were Lillie Yiatrou in the SA Women’s Cup and Chris Schultz & Stuart Gerhardy in the Diener/Holmes.

This weekend it heats up even more – with rounds 1 & 2 of the 2020 South Australian Off Road Championship to take place around the township of Clare, with the senior Championship being supported by WSB Distributors and the junior Championship supported by Husqvarna and KTM.

To be held on property owned by the Mitchell family (with thanks) at Farrell Flat, the Clare MCC will run Saturday as a Cross Country, while Sunday will run as a Sprint for the 175 strong field

In the 175 entries, 67 are junior riders, spread over 5 classes for riders aged 8 years to 16 years, with some of South Australia’s brightest future stars to be in action – seriously worth the trip to Clare just to watch them.

In the seniors, defending SA#1, Riley Graham will have a gaggle of Youth (under 21) riders chasing him and his #1 plate, including the likes of Nathan Howe, Jayden Rudd, Charlie Milton, Jordan Simpson, Jaxon Raynor, Jay Simister and Max Price, along with the ‘old stagers’ like Sean & Nick Throup and Olly Simpson – so it’s a safe bet that the action on the track will be hot to trot!

Kick off both days from 8.00am, with catering also available each day, and free entry for spectators!

Over in the Wild Wild West this weekend (Sunday) will also be a round of the EP Series for Motocross, this time at the Kimba Motocross Track. Canteen available and camping allowed at the track.

It has been a while since there has been racing at Kimba and they are looking forward to having a good roll up of the motocross crew at Kimba – entries are still open through Ridernet!

While talking motocross, the Morgan MCC kick back into gear this weekend (Sunday) with their first Club round for the year – juniors, seniors, canteen and free entry for spectators!

AND – IT ONLY GETS HOTTER THE WEEK AFTER TO END JULY!

The final weekend of July 2020 is shaping up to be just as busy as this weekend will be, with the action to be just as hot!

Kicking off on Saturday 25th will be one of only three reliability trials for 2020 – the Keyneton MCC’s 60th Annual Road Trial, starting from the Keyneton Park (oval) at 9.00am. First run in 1961, the event is now known as the Mike Connors Reliability Trial, with an entry list for 2020 already nudging 150 starters!

Free entry for spectators and fully catered ALL DAY at Keyneton Oval by the Keyneton Progress Association, this will, arguably, be one of the events of the year – and the KMCC’s 3rd event in 4 weeks!

Also on the weekend of July 25 & 26 will be the opening round of the three round 2020 South Australian Motocross Championships, to be run by the Riverland JMC at their Renmark track.

Juniors on Saturday and Seniors on Sunday, with entries still open until Tuesday July 21st for the Championship opener for MX – enter through your Ridernet profile – and with only three rounds, as a rider, you won’t want to miss a round.

TROY Series SA 2020 round 2 (for Trial) will also run, on Sunday 26th, at Tungkillo with the Gawler MCC’s Max Graetz Trial, kicking off from 9.00am – with entries open until Thursday 23rd of July – through your Ridernet profile.

Riders aged 4 to +74 will be in action, including Australian representatives, Connor Hogan and Lillie Yiatrou, with free entry for spectators.

Also on next weekend will be a couple of ride days on Sunday for those not looking to race, but still want to throw a leg over.

Mac Park at Mount Gambier will host a track day for road racing, hosted by the Mt Gambier MCC, while ACUSA Park in the Adelaide Hills will have their 2nd Ride Day for 2020 from 10.00am.

Info for all of these events, and more, are available on the MSA website – check out the calendar and supp regs pages, as well as the ACUSA Park page as well!

All who attend these events are reminded that SOCIAL DISTANCING still applies – now 1 metre apart and 2 square metres around – so no grouping together – and remember to especially keep that bike length apart when is ques for food and drinks at events! 

                   

        

KELLIE CARBERRY APPOINTED ACTING ROAD RACE SPORTS MANAGER

Filed Under: News, Road Racing

Motorcycling SA President, Mr Brenton Matters, along with the Motorcycling SA Board have appointed Mrs Kellie Carberry as the Sports Manager for Road Race for the remainder of 2020.

With time of the essence to put all in place for the remainder of the 2020 season, and at all levels, Kellie starts her appointment immediately, and is in fact, already at the helm seeing what can be done in the re-start after COVID-19 lockdowns.

Motorcycling SA are excited by Kellie’s appointment and are looking forward to working closely with her and the road race committee to promote and grow the discipline across the state.

Any and all questions and queries can be forwarded direct to the SA Road Race Sports Manager at; roadracemanager@gmail.com

LAURIE FOX MEMORIAL SA SIDECAR CHAMPIONSHIP & CLASSIC MASTER OF MAC PARK

Filed Under: News, Road Racing, State Championship

Winners are grinners, and there were no shortage of grinners at Mac Park over the weekend.

Around 100 historic bikes and 30 sidecars battled it out on track over the weekend at Mount Gambier, a weekend of perfect weather, large crowds, plenty of food and drinks and a great atmosphere all round.

As always, a huge thanks to all the volunteers who work tirelessly to make such great events happen – you know who you are, and your work is appreciated!

All those that won a race, entered a race, watched a race, or in some way helped make the races happen (including the awesome kitchen staff/brekky crew/office admin/gate/everyone else…) deserve their grins, but there were some extra special grinners…

The Isle of Man TT raffle was drawn at 4.00pm Sunday, and Charlie Adams, is the lucky person off the the Isle of Man in September; Peter McDonough is $1000.00 richer and John Cummings is $500 richer, with thanks to all who bought tickets.

Many thanks to the City of Mount Gambier Mayor Lynette Martin who came, drew the raffle and acted as official. The council is an important supporter of the club and it’s great to be recognised for the contribution we make to the region. But at the end of the day, the real winners/grinners were those that bought a ticket, didn’t win, but supported such an awesome and unique place.

Full results of the weekend can be found here; http://www.computime.com.au/meetings/index?MeetID=2020/CLAS_MMP_20/ 

And the kid on the swing? Smiles for all at Mac Park, that’s for sure!

 

And after a Classic weekend, what better way to sign off than with a classic Mac Park pic!

SA RIDERS KICK OFF THEIR ASBK ASSAULT FOR 2020!

Filed Under: News, Road Racing, Trials

 

SA RIDERS KICK OFF THEIR ASBK ASSAULT FOR 2020!

9 riders from SA headed to the Island over the weekend for round 1 of the 2020 ASBK, run alongside the opening round of the WSBK. Well done to all of our riders chasing an ARRC in 2020 and we look forward to following your journey this year!

The 9 riders from SA are;

Superbike; Dan Falzon, Arthur Sissis, Evan Byles

Supersport; Nic Liminton, Dallas Skeer, Ty Lynch

Supersport 300; Olly, Mitch & Jordy Simpson

 

All have varying results to start the season, and here’s a race report or 2 from some of our riders – with others to be published when they come to hand.

Also attached are the points from the Superbike & Supersport classes after the weekend, Supersport 300 to be published when they come to hand!

Link to all results here; http://www.computime.com.au/meetings/index?MeetID=2020/WSBK_20/

 

Daniel Falzon #25

Race weekend done ✅

We finished overall 6th position here at Phillip Island for the first round of ASBK.

I’m happy to come away with a bag of points, it’s a solid start to the season and we’re slowly but surely improving bike set up with the new Dunlop tyres.

The weekend however, wasn’t without some mishaps! A puncture in qualifying and then an oil leak in race 3 causing my right foot to slip off the pegs frequently didn’t make laps any easier!

Thanks to the JD Race Team for their efforts, it’s amazing what a task it is pre-season to prepare a competitive Superbike team but hats off to everyone involved.

📸 – Half Light Photographic

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Dallas Skeer Racing

A positive weekend at Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit at round 1 of ASBK – Australian Superbikes even though the position wasn’t the best I felt the most comfortable yet at Phillip Island.

After limited time due to practise being cut short because of rain, I went into qualifying unsure on what the outcome might be.

Ended up 13th on the grid and off the pace of my usual lap times. Race 1 saw me finish 11th and get a lot better PB time. Races 2 and 3 were similar with battles with the group I was in.

Overall I finished 11th for the round which is not ideal but considering how tight the times were and that I always struggled at this track we are happy.

Full write up to follow…

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Ty Lynch Racing

First outing as a team together, and our first hard weekend of many together, a lot of work went in over the weekend to make some form of a positive outcome, I’m disappointed in the result as a whole but at the same time happy to have gathered valuable points in the championship after the start of the weekend was looking as bad as it was.

Riding with an injury like that isn’t easy by all means but when the helmet was on we were focused and had no complaints, next round will be better and I look forward to the challenges that the season holds.

Thank you to the team and everyone behind us it’s a long season and we have a lot too look forward to this year.

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Wow, what a race!!! 😃 Massive congratulations to Nic Liminton #27 for an awesome result landing 3rd place in the first race of the Australian Supersport Championship Nic. Fantastic results mate!

 

2020 mi-bike Australian Superbike Championship Points

Pos Name Machine Pole R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Wayne MAXWELL Ducati V4R 1 25 25 25 76
2 Cru HALLIDAY Yamaha 20 20 20 60
3 Josh WATERS Suzuki 18 15 18 51
4 Bryan STARING Kawasaki 17 17 15 49
5 Troy HERFOSS Honda 16 16 16 48
6 Daniel FALZON Yamaha 14 14 13 41
7 Arthur SISSIS Suzuki 15 10 12 37
8 Mike JONES Ducati 18 17 35
9 Jed METCHER Suzuki 12 11 10 33
10 Glenn ALLERTON BMW 5 12 14 31

 

ASBK Supersport Championship Points

Pos Name Pole R1 R2 R3 Total
1 Oli BAYLISS 1 25 20 25 71
2 Tom TOPARIS 20 25 20 65
3 Nic LIMINTON 18 16 16 50
4 Tom EDWARDS 17 14 18 49
5 Max STAUFFER 15 18 14 47
6 Jack HYDE 16 15 15 46
7 Broc PEARSON 13 11 13 37
8 Ted COLLINS 12 13 12 37
9 Jack PASSFIELD 17 17 34
10 Aidan HAYES 11 9 11 31
11 Dallas SKEER 10 10 9 29
12 Ty LYNCH 9 8 10 27

 

Shout out also to young trials gun, Hayden Eardley and his dad, Mark. They travelled to Phillip Island on the weekend to be part of the Oset Bikes Downunder display and demo, with the young Aussie Champ doing what he does so well on the electric trials bikes! great to see a South Aussie rider get to ride on a stage as big as an WSBK/ASBK round at Australia’s most famous circuit!

Mark is 2nd from left in front, with Hayden far right in the pic below.

 

“#WHATSONWEDNESDAY!” THE ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND; FEB 29 & MAR 1

Filed Under: Motocross, News, Road Racing, Speedway, Trials

“#WHATSONWEDNESDAY!” THE ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND; FEB 29 & MAR 1

This weekend sees 3 great events to sink your teeth into, covering 3 disciplines of our sport and 2 of them right next door to each other – so another great weekend’s spectating is on offer – plus Gillman, Riverland & Tea Tree Gully will all be open for those wanting to have a spin around an MX track!

The big event for this weekend is Mount Gambier’s annual Classic Master of Mac Park, which will also feature the Laurie Fox Memorial SA Sidecar Championships – well worth the trip to the Mount with the swag for 3 days – yes, 3 days as it starts Friday – of great bitumen action!

Here is the lowdown on the event;

125 entries, including an awesome 30 Sidecars

Entry $10.00 per day or $15.00 per weekend

Under 16 free

Canteen and Bar facilities available.

Camping available $10.00 per person per night under 16 free

For full details of the event and all it entails – check out their website www.macparkraceway.org.au or Facebook page!

                     

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH & MARCH 1ST

This weekend will again see neighbours, the MSA Junior Development Park and Sidewinders Junior Speedway at Wingfield host events almost back-to-back, with Sidewinders hosting their Blast from the Past Meeting, with their gates opening from 5.30pm and the action hotting up from 7.30pm on Saturday, with the JDP hosting the AJS MTC’s Dynamic Trials Series round 5 from 9.30am on Sunday morning.

And from Sidewinders; Adults $5.00, kids free and with full canteen facilities…. see you trackside!

And from the AJS MTC; Entries are still open and will be taken on the day – get in a warm up before TROY Series SA 2020 kicks off in March!

SIDEWINDERS U16 JUNIOR SPEEDWAY’S ‘BLAST FROM THE PAST’ MEETING

WHEN: Saturday, February 29th, from 5.30pm

WHERE: Sidewinders U16 Junior Speedway, Eighth Street Wingfield

CONTACT: Meredith Sterry; 0410256992

AJS MTC’s DYNAMIC TRIALS SERIES – ROUND 5

WHEN: Sunday, March 1st from 9.30am to 2.00pm

WHERE: MSA Junior Development Park, North Terrace Wingfield

CONTACT: Peter Arnold; 0438 100 310

       

         

“#WHATSONWEDNESDAY!” THE ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND; FEB 22 & 23

Filed Under: Motocross, News, Road Racing, SA Women in Motorcycling, SAMX Championship, Speedway

“#WHATSONWEDNESDAY!” THE ACTION FOR THIS WEEKEND; FEB 22 & 23

This weekend sees 2 great events to sink your teeth into, covering 2 disciplines of our sport and in different parts of the state – with another great weekend’s spectating on offer – plus there is a Ride Day on at Mac Park on Saturday as well!

Let’s have a look at what’s on offer ……………

ROUND 1, 2020 EP SERIES (MOTOCROSS)

HEAD WEST YOUNG MEN – AND WOMEN – HEAD WEST!

The small, but mighty EP Series along with the host clubs, West Coast (Ceduna), Port Lincoln, Whyalla and, for the first time in approximately 6 years, Kimba, welcome all to the 2020 Eyre Peninsula (EP) Series, with Round 1 for 2020 kicking things off this Saturday in Ceduna!

Remember only $50.00 entry fee to race – get in quick to see if they are still open!
Free camping at the track all weekend, and a $10.00 ‘barbie’ tea Saturday night, with a few beverages also available, with everyone having all day Sunday to get home, this is the ideal way to enjoy the social aspect of our great sport.

The West Coast MCC are looking forward to seeing all attend the 2020 Series and they thank all for helping to keep this great series going.

ENTRANCE FEE: Spectators $10.00 a car or $5.00 a person. If no one is found to man the gate then there will be a donation tin at the counter for those that’d like to make a contribution

The West Coast members wish all a safe drive over and look forward to seeing everyone trackside on Saturday!

The West Coast MCC would also like to express their appreciation to the following businesses and people for renewing their gate/club sponsorship for the upcoming season. Please support the businesses that support them.

✅ Ceduna Auto Pro
✅ Jon Mullan Building
✅ Ceduna Gateway Tax
✅ Ceduna Meat Service
✅ Ceduna Oysterbarn
✅ Shelley Beach Caravan Park
✅ Ceduna Paint N Panel
✅ Sonya And Troy Degner
✅ Ceduna 4evafit
✅ Penalumba (Mahar Family)
✅Jacob Vincent
✅ Ceduna Foodland

And would like to welcome and thank for joining this year in sponsorship
✅ Ceduna Car Wash

ROUND 3 2020 SIDECAR SUPER SERIES.

The action at the first 2 rounds of the 2020 Sidecar Super Series has been red hot, and the culmination of the Series this Saturday night should be no different – so grab the family and head down to Gillman for another great night of speedway action.

Gates Open 5.00pm, Racing 7.00pm

Adults $25.00, Concession $20.00,

Child 12 to U16 $5.00, Children U12 FREE.

Family $55.00 (2 Adults, 4 Children)

GILLMAN SPEEDWAY Wilkins Rd GILLMAN.

Parking and entrance: Patrons can enter via gates at the western and eastern ends of the venue. There are free off-street parking areas near both gates.

Gates open: at 5.00pm with free spectator access to the pits until closed to the public for practice and racing.

RIDE DAY AT MAC PARK MOUNT GAMBIER

What is a Ride Day at Mac Park?

In a word, AWESOME!

It’s pretty much impossible to exploit even a fraction of what your motorcycle is capable of on the road these days without significant risk to your licence, not to mention safety with increased traffic, deteriorating road conditions, and the unpredictability of what may lie around the corner.

Ride days allow you to dictate how fast you go and enjoy your bike’s capabilities in a way they were designed to be used.

You do not need a race bike, or even sports bike, to enjoy riding on the track.

With graded groups we cater for everyone – from the seasoned racer to complete novice.

A day on track will cost $130 ($80 junior) while our 2-day events cost $240 ($150 junior).

Camping at the track is available for $10 per person per night, under 16 free

The canteen is open for breakfast and lunch and offers a wide range of menu items.

We pride ourselves on running family friendly events with plenty of track time and a great atmosphere, an atmosphere we guarantee you will be unlikely to find at any other racetrack!

Contact Email for all details: info@macparkraceway.org.au