Last weekend the GTSA hosted their South Eastern Centre Championship and Sussex Super event at Shipley, and considering the current extraordinarily hot and dry spell of weather, what a super job they did! Fighting an almost constant battle to keep the dreaded dust threat to an absolute minimum, thus ensuring the best possible vision for riders, GTSA did not surrender and managed to get the meeting to a point where results could be declared, so it’s a massive thumbs up to them!
Words and Images by Mike Wood
With riders’ safety obviously top priority, classes with points-scoring heats only had three outings each, whilst it was two rides apiece for classes which were to be decided in a winner-takes-all final. The day started with morning racing for all of the Youth classes and Clubman sidecars. In the Autos/Cadets, Levi Collins went through the card unbeaten, a feat copied by the talented young Luca Whitelam with partner Ant Goodwin in the Clubman sidecars class.
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Later in the day, Wayne Broadhurst (GT140), James Shanes (500cc solo), Bob Dolman (Upright Solo) and Terry Saunters/Liam Brown (1,000cc RH Sidecars) all produced unbeaten performances in their respective classes. James Shanes also won the Unlimited solo final, taking the E.W Preece Memorial trophy for his efforts.
Results
Sussex Super Auto Cadet 1 Levi Collins 56 points 2 Kody Pay 46 3 Grayson Rickards 42 4 Cruz Harris 36 5 JJ Falconer 31 6 Reggie Goodwin 21 7 Leighton Ponton 8.
Sussex Super Junior 1 Brayden Blyth 54 points 2 Albie South 50 3 Harry Little 20.
Sussex Super GT140 FINAL 1 Wayne Broadhurst 2 Ian Clark 3 Mark Scopes 4 Kevin Gwillam 5 Connor Sargeant 6 Isaac Collins-Bullock 7 Ron Steward 8 Oliver Smith 9 Tim Newbrook 10 Liam Laker. Other points scorers 11 Tom Beer 11 12 Patrick Holford 9 13 William South 8 14 Lindon Bowley 3.
South Eastern Centre Championship 250cc 1 Luke Wicks 35 points 2 Sam Hurst 34 3 Aaron Vale 30 4 Russell Little 26 5 Shane Knight 22 6 Adam Hawker 21 7 Isaac Collins-Bullock 21 8 Dan Miller 15 9 Ben Ilsley 8 10 Jack Scully-Syer 3.
South Eastern Centre Championship 350cc 1 Cameron Taylor 40 points 2 Dave Mears 38 3 Tim Curnock 30 4 Jamie Fenn-Smith 27 5 Daniel King 22 6 Jamie Kennaird 18 7 Chris Brook 14 8 Will Thurlby 8.
South Eastern Centre Championship 500cc FINAL 1 James Shanes 2 Mickie Simpson 3 Cameron Taylor 4 Will Thurlby 5 Jake Breeze 6 Mark Headling 7 Luke Tuck 8 Dan Miller Other points scorers 9 Jordan Derrick 12 10 Dan Simmons 11.
South Eastern Centre Championship Upright Solo 1 Bob Dolman 42 points 2 Jason Prynne 36 3 Luke Tuck 30 4 Kevin Beer 24 5 Jack Westbrook 23 6 Dave Hammond 18 7 Michael Norton 12 8 Tim Mount 7.
South Eastern Centre Championship 500cc Sidecar 1 Josh Goodwin/Scott Goodwin 17 points 2 Richard Webb/Anthony Goodwin 14 3 Shane Freeman/Tobias Vere 11 4 Simon Field/Mark Headling 8 5 Butch Jenner/Joseph Lee Knight 4.
South Eastern Centre Championship 1,000cc Left-Hand Sidecar 1 Danny Hill/Callum Ray 19 points 2 Jordan Holland/Archie Tysoe 14 3 Josh Penfold/Dan Woodbridge 14 4 Michael Phillips/Osian Phillips 9 5 Leighton Ponton/Ricky Pay 7 6 Dominic Doyle/Karl Beddingfield 2.
South Eastern Centre Championship 1,000cc Right-Hand Sidecar FINAL 1 Terry Saunters/Liam Brown 2 Paul Whitelam/Richard Webb 3 Mark Cossar/Frankie Courtney 4 John Hand/Adrian North 5 Clint Blondel/Lewis Davies 6 Rob Heath/Sam Heath. Other points scorers 7 Peter Lloyd/Andi Wilson 7 8 Mark Warren/Ryan Barker 5 9 Simon Beaney/Brook Fowler 2.
Sussex Super Quads A FINAL 1 Colin Strudwick 2 Dillon Stepney 3 Lewis Strudwick 4 James Walker 5 Mark Stepney 6 Matthew Stepney. B FINAL 1 Brian Rodwell 2 Sam Habgood 3 Michael Harper 4 Vicki Strudwick 5 Bruce Stocker 6 James Walsh.
E.W Preece Memorial Trophy Unlimited Solo’s 1 James Shanes 2 Mickie Simpson 3 Cameron Taylor 4 Aaron Vale 5 Will Thurlby.
