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Not too much to say about this round because due to a variety of reasons from machines not being ready injuries and the travel costs only two championship contenders entered joining ten other teams contesting in the Melville MCC club championship.

Perfect weather conditions helpful and friendly hosts made a great weekend. So it was down to Tony Wheatley with his brother Neil on their dads TZ 750 Ireson Yamaha and myself with Mark Edwards on the FJ 1100 Yamaha. Two practice and two races on Saturday and another two races on the Sunday for £205 and trophies for all four races is good value by modern day entry costs.

The results for all four races were the same with the TZ beating the FJ. Good news is the TZ is now sorted and no DNF’s. It just leave’s the last round at Cadwell the weekend of the 12 and 13th of September.

I hope that the entries for the next round for this new championship improve. Eleven teams have taken part so far this year with seven being the highest and this round the lowest. Encouraging me is that I have been contacted by another four new teams building and resurrecting eligible outfits for next year.

Sidecar racing away from the British and Classic events is slowly dying out at club level for all sorts of reasons, from the high costs to the age of most of us. This new FSRA championship only being the few of us, but we have bolstered the hosting clubs entries making it more worthwhile for them to hold a sidecar race event, thank you for the support so far.

And a big thank you to the Melville club for inviting us and making us most welcome.

Last round Sept 12/13 Cadwell Park with the Derby Phoenix closing date 29th August

Don't give up Dave. Once the word gets about the entries will get bigger and more teams will come in !!!!

The new BEARs sidecar class only started last year. There were a mere two outfits at the beginning, with another joining later in the season. This year we have eight outfits in the class, with another two or three hoped for next year. It helps to keep awareness high (Slow Phil did a great job in getting the word out), so continue to use any and every means you have to publicise this class and I'm sure more people will join.

Hi Dave , Good to see the effort being put in to your post classic and pre injection championship......

My Dad is currently finishing the exhausts on his Suzuki GT750 kettle outfit and we will be looking at joining you all very soon ....i have sent an
email to the FSRA secretary as i couldn't get the email through to you............no doubt we shall speak soon

Many thanks Tony

Some more details about your suzuki Tony!!!!

Hi,
Dads the expert but it has a baker GT750 kettle engine and he raced it a lot at Mallory in the late 1970s very early 80s.....see pic

13" wheels ,rear exit ,

more often than not it was the first kettle home back in its day ....

all the engine work and modifications are done by Dad ....pipes chassis brakes

Tell me if there is any thing you need to know and i will ask the old grey badger lol......

sorry i meant Barton not Baker engine..............

Tony you say you sent an e mail to the FSRA secretary at the moment she has personnel commitments so I suggest you call Dave Tibbles on 07740098550 he is the FSRA contact for the Post Classic/ Pre Injection series and he will be able to give you any information you require.

Thank you Pat,
We have managed to make contact with Dave and are busy making plans for getting the outfit up together......next thing for me is to organize my licence and test for a passenger ........looking forward to getting on the bike with Dad

Once again thanks for your help

Tony and Denis

Cheers Tony

The FSRA is affiliated to the ACU so we can provide members with the unique number you will need to submit your race licence to the ACU, we also have the services of a qualified doctor who can do medicals for our members at a very good price £35 these take place after the FSRA AGM on the 21 November at the Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midland Airport these need to be booked contact Dean Banks 07974 736509 we also hold our dinner/dance and trophy presentations on the same evening at the Radisson.