Great 2 days of racing at one of the best tracks in Aust. 10 sidecars on the line after some injuries and mechanical failures kept some away - oh and some work commitments too.
Weather was cool morning and afternoon but sunny during the mid day so perfect for doing some exercise and the pace was on with McMurdo/Hollaway-EML GR650 being chased by Mattock/Rotheram-EML XS850
Laman/Fletcher Wasp XS880 and a hard charging Cooper/Palmer on Nick Higgs' EML Norton 950 but Popeye having to come to grips with a r/h gearshifter again. The Higgs family was on young Isaacs VMC CR500 pre90 outfit out to learn some more race skills and the rest were also in learning mode with either new passengers or new drivers or new outfits to get right. Best of the newbies were the DR500 mounted pair of Broad/Shaw who after getting caught on the gate charged through the pack and finished 4th.
Event promo guru John Tate once again teamed up with Lisa Fox for some shrill seaking-screams from them both were all that could be heard
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McMurdo hurt his back..... riding a solo of all things and had to sit out(lay out) the rest of the event so the feature was taken by Cooper/Palmer followed by Mattock/Rotheram with Laman/Fletcher 3rd.
There was also a race on sunday which turned into a fantastic battle between Mattock and Laman with the lead changing a couple of times and with Palmer leaving early Cooper was blooding another new passenger so he was down the order.
Last race on sunday was the annual fun race with this year the passengers having to leg-it Le mans style which saw some funny starts and alot of top teams having to wind their way through the pack. Lots of fun for all.
