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Maxxis British championships
2010 Round 6
Little Loveney Hall, Wakes Colne.
The penultimate round of the 2010 Maxxis sidecarcross championships took
place at the Halstead clubs Little Loveney Hall circuit yesterday. After
a break of eight years it was good to be back at a track that had been
such a sidecar favourite. The organisation of the experienced members of
the Halstead club was very good with the possible exception of dust
control. The whole of East Anglia had been parched for many weeks but
heavy showers on Thursday had given a lot of the area some relief –
except Wakes Colne. They missed out completely. Intensive watering by
the club from Wednesday onwards nearly managed to subdue the dust but
couldn’t stop it altogether.
A slightly depleted entry, caused mainly by injuries, was reduced by one
more in practice when Josh and Dan Chamberlain crashed heavily and Dan
came off worst with a knee injury.
Race one was led by Brown / Peters from the Breachers with Jenkins /
Girling in third. The other championship contenders, Wilkinson and
Millard did not get such good starts and were in fifth and sixth place
respectively. On the second lap Brown started to pull away from Breacher
whilst Millard had passed Wilkinson and was closing on Jenkins. On the
following lap Millard took both Jenkins and Breacher to move up to
second. Wilkinson closed up on Jenkins but it took him a further four
laps before he could make the pass. For the remainder of the race
Millard closed the gap but never really troubled Brown who went on to
take the win.
In race two Breacher got the holeshot from Pelling / France, Brown and
Millard. Millard was obviously in a determined mood and was up to second
place by the end of the first lap and early in lap two he took the lead.
Brown passed Pelling on lap two and Breacher on lap four and then set
off after Millard. Wilkinson did not get a good start and was about
tenth. He worked his way up to sixth on lap four but then spent the next
four laps in a three way scrap with Pelling and France / Machin.
At the front Brown started to close the gap on Millard but then on lap
five began to slow – Luke’s handrail had broken at the inboard end. By
half distance Breacher was right in Brown’s wheel tracks and on lap
seven he was up to second. By this stage France had got the better of
Pelling who was now under attack from Wilkinson. On the next lap France
passed Brown and Wilkinson took Pelling. With just three laps to go both
Wilkinson and Pelling passed Brown who finally came under pressure on
the last lap from Etheridge / Humphrey but managed to hold onto sixth
place. Millard took the win from Breacher with France third. This was
Millard’s first win this year and only the second time Brown has been
beaten.
The final race saw a couple of passenger changes after Lee Machin pulled
out suffering from the heat and Pete Girling pulled out suffering from
the rib injury he sustained in Genk. Ben Blythe and Josh Chamberlain
took over.
Breacher once again took the holeshot from B.Wilkinson / Parmenter,
Bowers / Millard with Brown in fourth and Millard just behind him. Brown
was quickly up to second and on lap three he took the lead. Breacher
held second for just one lap when Millard passed him. S.Wilkinson again
did not get a very good start and was in the middle of the pack to start
with, pulling up to sixth on lap three. At the front Brown was
maintaining the gap over Millard and went on to take a comfortable win
with Breacher third. S. Wilkinson finished behind Breacher in fourth
having passed Jenkins and his nephew on lap seven.
Daniel and Joe Millard took the overall win, their first ever, from
Brown with Breacher third.
The final round of the championship is a Wattisfield on 19th Sept when
double points will be on offer. This means that although Brown currently
leads Wilkinson by 80 points it is still mathematically possible for any
of the top four to win the title.
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