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Frank Arnerich & Aaron Anderson (39a) continued their run of form at Waikaraka Park on Friday night, winning the Mark Goodyer Memorial.

The pair top-qualified for the 4 lap Grand Final with wins in both the heats. They choose to start from gate 2 in the final and after a brief tussle with defending champs Glen Murray & Jason Hercock (21k), pulled away to win by a comfortable margin.

Murray & Hercock were 2nd and 3rd place went to the 69k pairing of Warwick ‘Skinny” Graham & Raymond ‘Red’ George. Good to see 69k guys featuring in the results in their first meeting back from injury. Skinny returning after a crash at the North Island Champs in Kihikihi, and Red (usually swinger on the 4k bike) returning from a post-race ankle fracture from last season! Also good to see Skinny’s normal swinger Mike Sanson wandering around after breaking his leg in that same incident at this years North Islands.

Sunday’s meeting at Rosebank also attracted a good feild of bikes. Arnerich & Anderson carried on were they left off Friday night with a convincing first up win over the 5p of Payne & Carter. They ended the day with 3 wins from 5, beaten only in their two heats with the 37a of Edmonds & James who were riding together for the first time since the nationals. After four rounds the 37a was top on points, but they didn’t contest the fifth, which meant a win for the 39a pairing would leave them first equal after five rounds. Frank & Aza scraped home for the round five win after another close battle with the 5p outfit.

The next meeting at Rosebank Speedway is on Sunday April 15th and features the ‘Bill Buckley Sidecar Grand Prix’. The following meeting is the ‘big one’ on April 29th with the local title up for grabs- the Karl Barritt Memorial Auckland Championship. Entry is open to all competitors and there is $1000 prize money up for grabs at both these meetings + travel money for visiting teams. For more info contact Paul on 027 442 8624 or email rosebankspeedway@gmail.com

Man2 Sidecar Champs on the 17th March have 24 bikes confirmed.

Gates open at 3pm, scrutineering until 4:30pm,

practice will be 1 & 1/2 laps before your first heat.

Qualifying to start at 5pm, now only two heats. 6 bikes in each heat x 4 heats.

The 4 winners of the first round heats will automatically go thru to the top six.

Qualifying round two. 5 bikes in each heat x 4 heats. The 4 winners of the 2nd round heats will go into a run off to determine the last 2 positions in for the top 6. The 3rd & 4th place getters in the run off will join the 2nd place getters from round two qualifying for 2 x consolation races.

The top 6 will have 3 x heats to determine the winner on points.

Good luck to all competitors.

Big thanks to Mark Wyte for his help in organising this event. Inquires phone Horse 021 346773

1st 1NZ Toby and Bondy

 2nd 2NZ Les and Kervin

 3rd 61G Sefton and Clint

Lap Times and full race results to be added to this page shortly

On Saturday night 10th March the Gisborne Speedway club will be running the postponed Gisborne Honda sponsored Sidecar Champ of Champs title.
The club will have 16 pairs racing over 20 heats to find the 2007 champions. During the course of the night every pair gets to race against all the others with each pair having 5 races during the night. 10 local pairs will race against bikes from Napier , Auckland and Wellington for the title with current NZ and NZGP winner Toby Lardelli / Mike Bond (1NZ) looking to add this title to the two national titles and  the West Coast title that they have already won this year. There will be plenty of opponents looking to knock them off tonight including defending title holders and current 2NZ pair Les Plummer and Kervin Demanser from Hawkes Bay. Also from the bay will be the Russell Stuart / Andrew Parker pair who finished third in this event last season. Former Gisborne driver Stu Priest returns from Wellington with swinger Richie Dunbar (52W) while former local stockcar driver Pete Steigenberger returns with his partner Dave Black from Hawkesbay (21B).

Local pairs Rob Miler/ Steven Frame (8G), Clive Ireland / Brendon Webber (56G), Ryan Bailey / Glynn Church (69G) , Nick and Myles Jensen (62G) have been going well this season and cannot be discounted while the returning  Sefton and Clint Truuts (61G) will be having their first run at home this season and I am sure they will quickly be on the pace. Expect plenty of hard close racing in this class over the night.
Gates open at 5:00pm with Racing starting at 6:00pm

Race results posted on this site live on the night

Scraggy – 6G Gisborne 027 269 8688

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