Fancy taking up 500cc Sidecars? Contact Shaun Harvey!

I am putting a post out to see what interest there would be for 500 sidecar training next season for new interested riders, reply to the post if your interested cheers

Our Club President Geoff Moorcock spent many happy years piloting both 500cc and 1000cc Sidecars, before hanging up his leathers and piloting the club tractor. Grasstrack has been his life and since losing his dear wife Joan three years ago life has become harder and he now resides in a Care home in Bocking. He's happy but misses as he put's it his old grasstrack friends. His daughter Lynne has arrange a get together and would like any of those old and not quite so old grasstrack friends to come and surprise him next Sunday. So if your a friend of Geoff's please come and say Hi! It is what he wants and would make his day.

Our annual AGM open for all to attend.

DATE CHANGE Our Provisional date for 2018 at Chelmsford is now Sunday May 13th

After a frustrating season the 500cc Sidecar Association have decided that the running of the 500cc Sidecar Super Series is not in their plans for 2018. The race series has run for three seasons, provided three different champions and has provided a showcase for the class at venues throughout the UK and Holland. The decision to end the series has not been an easy one, but with the club suffering heavy losses in 2017 it has now become a necessary step to ensure the future of the 500cc Sidecar Association. It will still be the club’s aim to promote 500cc sidecar racing, the whole reason the Association was formed in the first place. And although the committee still has to be finalised at the forthcoming AGM, the club is aiming to run two meetings at it’s ever improving Chelmsford venue in 2018. The Association would like to thank all it’s sponsors for their support over the years including Northeast Demolition, Rock Oil, Wulfsport, Dave Brown, Amicus Insurance, Knox, D-Star, Inner City Environmental, Essex Wheels, Oakmere Group, Anglian Environmental and Trevor Steward. We would also like to thank all the organising clubs would have staged us and the riders for making it such an exciting series. One last note to everyone involved, as we have already said, just because there is no organised series, that's not the end of the 500cc Sidecar class, lets not get negative about things. The Super Series has shown the UK what a great class we are, providing close, fast and exciting racing wherever we appear. Lets continue to do so in 2018.

RESULTS FROM THE WEEKEND SATURDAY Auto Cadets 1st Cooper Rushen 2nd Ollie Binns 3rd George Colvin 4th Rico Joyce 5th Ashton Vale 6th Harry Cutler Cadets 1st Ashton Vale 2nd Mitchell Bowman 3rd Alfie Attoe 4th Thomas Vining 5th Kiya Sales 6th Logan Ketteringham Juniors 1st Max Perry 2nd Cameron Taylor 3rd Daniel Clark 4th Charley Palmer 5th Kenzie Cossey 5th Aidan Arthur Inters 1st Jake Mulford 2nd Sam Norris 3rd Mickie Simpson 4th Chris Mackie 5th Danny Curl 6th Michael Sutton GT140 1st Adam Shipp 2nd George Fenner 3rd Matthew Brown 4th Lester Denham 5th Murrie Collins 6th Jed Rolph SUNDAY 250cc Solo 1st Charlie Brooks 2nd David Knowles 3rd Tim Grieg 4th Olly Standing 5th Chris White 500cc Uprights 1st Dave Mears 2nd Tom Meakins 3rd Nigel Coates 4th Tim Mount 5th Dean Humphreys 6th Robert Wynn 500cc Solo 1st James Shanes 2nd Ed Kennett 3rd Richard Hall 4th Andrew Whitaker 5th Dave Mears 6th Stephen Green 1000cc Sidecar 1st Mark Cossar/Carl Blyth 2nd Rob Wilson/Terry Saunters 3rd Lee Jones/Roddy Stirling 4th John Stafford/Del Page 500cc Sidecar Super Series A-Final 1st Josh Goodwin/Liam Brown 2nd Mitchell Godden/Paul Smith 3rd Aaron Vale/Stephen Vale 4th Simon Beard/Ant Goodwin 5th Shaun Harvey/Danny Hogg 6th Dan Berwick/Mark Hopkins SERIES OVERALL 1st Josh Goodwin/Liam Brown 2nd Mitchell Godden/Paul Smith 3rd Shaun Harvey/Danny Hogg 4th Dan Berwick/Mark Hopkins 5th Barrie Bennett/Eifion Hughes Aaron Vale/Stephen Vale

TODAY'S EVENT IS ON It's the Final of the 500cc Sidecar Super Series at our Chelmsford track. Who will the champions be for 2017? Three teams are still in the running for the top of that rostrum! Supported by a top class solo field including 2 x European champion James Shanes, No.3 in Europe Ed Kennett and GB Longtrack international Richard Hall. The 1000ccc include British Masters Champions Mark Cossar/ Carl Blyth, Clubmans Champions Tom Cossar/Wayne Rickards and the returning Rob Wilson/Terry Saunters who have tasted success at this track. One final note get well soon Archie Vale injured in that nasty spill yesterday. Thank you to the Youth and GT140 riders who acted with such sportsmanship after the meeting was cut short. Most of all thank you to our Paramedics and the Essex Air Ambulance whose response was superb. Not forgetting the marshals and officials who acted so professionally.

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