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The results of meetings are generally stored in raw text files from the timing system. They will open in your browser for viewing. If you download them, they will be best viewed through Notepad or a similar text editor. 2006 Season Results
The 2006 Sonnex Reece Bancell Trophy Series ended in spectacular for at Mallala on Sunday December 17th. An incident in practice saw Cagiva Raptor mounted Michael Brenton clipped by one bike and then hit at speed by another as he entered the start straight. The Cagiva exploded in a ball of flame near the start line, while Paul Radford’s GSXR 1000 slid down the track. Although transported with a suspected broken leg, Radford was uninjured from the high speed impact. Brenton suffered multiple fractures to his leg and wrist.
The feature events of the day, the inaugural Café Racer Club championship, provided plenty of surprises. In the first race pole sitter and clear favourite, Billy McConnell, crashed out at turn one on the first lap when he missed a gear in the entry and went to hospital with a suspected wrist fracture – later confirmed to be a sprain. Dave Johnson retired after 3 laps with gear selection problems from the practice incident with Brenton, leaving Glen Richards to take the first race win from Dennis Charlett and Karl Schmidt. In the second race, Johnson was back in dominant form. “I’m stoked to beat Glen on the track” he said. “I could hear him behind me for a while, but he backed off towards the end with fading brakes.” He dedicated the race win to 125cc racer and clubman, Brett Doddrell, who was tragically killed in a road accident on Saturday. Charlett came home third, with Andy Denman fourth and Schmidt fifth. A humble Richards became the 2006 Café Racer Club Champion, thanking Competition Conversions for their support to help get him on the track and saying “I really think the day would have belonged to Billy if had made it through the first turn.” With Jill and Dave Bancell present to witness proceedings the over subscribed Reece Bancell Trophy events were set to be crackers. Simon Chapman and Graham Snaith took a win and a second place each in the final round, with Justin Kelly putting in 2 solid third places. Final results for the series saw Chapman victorious with Bridgeland Motorcycles Daniel Mutton second, (riding for the day under Brett Doddrell’s number 30), and Justin Kelly third. Chapman wins a dyno package from Neville Lush Racing, $300 cash from the Bancell’s and a paid entry into the 2007 SA round of the Australian Championship. The final of the 4 round Steve Martin Cup was again hotly contested, but series leader Ian Andrews dominated proceedings, taking two wins from two starts to seal the series and wrap up a stellar year. Victorian Rico Partoosh put in strong rides on his Supersport GSXR 600 to take second on the day with a second place in race 1 and a third in race 2. Andy Denman had an uncharacteristic crash in the first race, but with Radford hospitalised from the practice incident, secured second in the series with a strong second place in race 2. Simon Chapman placed third with two fourth places, when Snaith missed the second race after a third in the first. In the absence of Radford, Chapman overhauled him in the points chase to finish third for the series. Steve Martin presented the series trophy, crafted by Michael Brenton around a piston and rod from the Foggy Petronas Martin campaigned in the 2006 World Superbike Championship. Andrews received $800 cash and a race support package for 2007 including Ohlins shock, Maxima Oils, Suomy helmets and Stomp Grip. Between events NSW stunt riders, Cunning Stunts, kept the crowd entertained with synchronised on track wheelie, stoppie and drift action. The Café Racer Club thanks its sponsors, Bridgeland Motorcycles; Hood Sweeney Technology; Race Bike Services; Sonnex Engineering; Steve Cramer Products; Wayne Gardner Enterprises for helping us to bring this exciting series into being. We also thank Bills Motorcycles; Bridgeland Motorcycles; Coast Yamaha; Docteur Desmo; Ducati Adelaide; GC Motorcycles; Japanese Motorcycles and Dismantlers; Yamaha World for their combined efforts to provide partial tyre sponsorship to all of the competitors. This assistance to the riders helps us to help them keep on racing.
Warm, gusty conditions set the scene for the practice and ride day on September 2nd. Sunday dawned wet and cool. The rain stayed away, but the wind was with us for most of the day keeping air and track temperatures down. Despite the conditions, many riders set personal best times, among them Kym Davey, Andy Denman, and Paul Radford. Clerk of Course, Phil Baughan, trialled a system of releasing bikes for the form up lap, sending them straight around for the warm up, then returning to grid up. This provides about 1 ¾ laps before gridding and saves a considerable amount of time. Positive feedback from the riders indicates that this is better for the Bracket Racers, providing more time to get some heat into their tyres. Riders in other classes also thought that their tyres were staying warmer without the two start line delays.
Bracket Racing saw Damir Ivka take Division 1, Row 1, James Arnold Row 2 and Aaron Galway Row 3. Division 2 Row 1 was taken by James Jonutis after some blistering laps on the big BMW chook chaser, Les Rowe, Row 2 and Steve Frost, Row 3. The Reece Bancell Trophy races were hotly contested, with Simon Chapman taking 3 convincing wins from 3 starts. C Grade winner was Simon Chapman. Justin Kelly took second place by 1 point from Rob Vikuckis after some very close on track battles. In D Grade it was Adam Christie taking the win from Michael Blunden and Scott Lawrie. The latter 3 put in some race long battles finishing the final race with less than 0.7 of a second between them. In the Steve Martin Cup Ian Andrews took 3 wins from the 3 starts. Andy Denman pushed hard to come home second with a third and 2 second places (58 pts), from Paul Radford with a second and two thirds (56 pts). Simon Chapman was not far behind with three fourth places (51 pts). Damir Ivka, Daniel Mutton, Rob Vikuckis and Scott Lawrie were all amongst the midfield action, showing yet again the depth of talent on the track.
The sun shone brightly on Ian Easy Andrews at Mallala at the opening
round of the South Australian Championships. In front of the best crowd seen at
a local meeting in recent years and in near perfect conditions, Andrews stepped
up to the PB Racing Supersport class and secured 2 wins from 2 starts, lapping
consistently in the low 11s and dipping into the 10s when required on his
Superstock prepared Kessner Suzuki GSXR 600. With 2 rounds yet to go, Easy looks
certain to claim the undefended crown of his some time mentor, Dennis Charlett
who has stepped up to the Superbike class for 2006. Bradd McConnell (Honda CBR 600) and
Stephen Liddicoat (Yamaha R6) were left to battle for the minor placings, taking
a second and a third each.
In Superbike it was Dennis Possum Charlett taking the Japanese
Motorcycles and Dismantlers Kawasaki ZX10 to 2 victories from 2 starts. Yamaha
R1 mounted Andy Denman and Karl Schmidt on a Honda CBR 929, took a second
placing each, Paul Radford on his Neville Lush Racing tuned Suzuki GSXR 1000
claiming two thirds, and firmly throwing down the gauntlet for the B Grade
points award.
The combined Superbike and Supersport field provided a further level of
excitement with Andrews and Charlett repeatedly swapping the lead as they
battled for the outright honours.
In the Team ShownGo Unlimited Solo races it was the usual suspects at
the front of the field as Charlett and Andrews battled for the lead. Charlett
was generous in his praise of Andrews efforts saying Easy is doing a fantastic
job, fighting the battle I took on last year on a 600 against the unlimited
bikes. The extra power of my ZX10 gives me more drive out of the corners but he
brings the challenge back to me under brakes and through the turns. The pair
took a win and a second place each, leaving them tied on 45 points at the end of
the round. Andy Denman peeled off some personal best lap times to secure two
strong 3rd places, ahead of the rolling battle between Sean McKay
(GSXR 1000) returned from an 18 month break from racing, Karl Schmidt and Paul
Radford.
In the Bridgeland Motorcycles Superstock class it was Bradd McConnell
stamping his authority on the races from the seat of his Competition Conversions
prepared Honda CBR 600, leading from wire to wire in the combined Superstock and
Pro Twins field. Rapidly improving Mark Jonas put in a strong performance on his
Suzuki GSXR 600 to claim a second and a third place from his race long battles
with Adam Christie (Yamaha R6), Ashley Manuel (Yamaha R6), Joel Tozer (Honda CBR
600) and Rob Vikuckis (Yamaha R6). In only his third competitive outing, Adam
Christie claimed a second place in race 2, while regular campaigner, Rob
Vikuckis claimed a third place.
In the absence of Michael Brenton, waiting on parts to complete the
resurrection of his Cagiva Raptor, and with James Van Rooyen unable to start his
Aprilia Tuono, the Pro Twins field was dominated by Mat Childs on the Honda VTR
1000 SP1. Hopalong Bob Hartvigsen and Amanda Ford took a second and a third
place each on their Ducati 749Rs after race long battles.
A depleted Peats Soil Garden Supplies 125cc GP field was lead home
in both races by Tim Inkster on the Goanna Go 2004 Honda RS 125, but Mandy
Beales on an Otto Muller prepared Honda RS125 served notice on him, winning the
start and leading for the early laps of both races, until Inkster dipped into
the 14s to take the wins. Mt Gambier junior Aaron Rigby struggled at the fast
Mallala circuit on his older machine to bring home two 3rd places and
valuable points in the championship.
Small fields in the sidecar events provided unexpectedly hot competition
on the track. The enthusiastic crowd welcomed the return of former Australian
Champions Neville Lush and Martin Scott on a new Yamaha R6 powered Formula II
outfit. Laidback Lush was not expecting too much on the first outing of the new
machine, completed only days before the event, but won both starts against the
Yamaha NLR1 of Mt Gambiers father and son pairing, Stephen and David Jones. In
race one an uncharacteristic mistake by Lush at turn 7 sent the pair infield,
providing the opportunity for Jones to secure the win. I reckon I could have
saved that lamented Lush, but I would have lost Marty in the process. In race
two it was a power move around the outside through the off camber Need-a-Bin
corner which brought the Joness to the front to secure his second win of the
day. Lush and Scott scored two seconds, with Michael John and David Pledge
brining home two third places on the GSR-1100 powered worm.
An encouragement award of workshop and dyno time from Neville Lush Racing
was presented to Richard Stanley in recognition of the meticulous preparation of
his Kawasaki ZX6 and careful planning that he puts into each outing, and as a
just reward for the steady improvement he has shown since commencing
racing.
Ben Freer has
posted plenty of images from the weekend at http://www.361true.com
Saturday August 5th was practice day for the championship contenders with some taking the option to participate in the Bracket Racing.
April 30th - 2006 Sonnex Reece Bancell Trophy Series - Round 2
The Quinn brothers trekked
down from Northern New South Wales for the weekend to get a look at Mallala
before the ASC round. They also got a good look at what to expect at the ASC
round,with front runner Ian "Easy" Andrews setting the pace on the track in
theSteve Martin Cup, Unlimited Soloand Maxi Moto Sprint events. Andy
Denman threw everything he had at Easy, but couldn't head him. Regular race
winner Michael Brenton, riding a borrowed GSXR 600 fought hard and came away
with a third place for his efforts.
C Grader, Aaron "Chocky" Denys
put in another strong performance to lead the28 bike field in the Reece
Bancell Trophy events, carrying off the prize for the day. Bradd McConnell,
younger brother of Billy, Simon Chapman, Rob Vikuckis and Adam Christie
battled for the minor placings.
56 Bracket entries saw the
fields packed out to 28 riders per race, keeping the start line officials
busy organising the double spaced grids. A heavy shower of rain as
qualifying started saw the grids far more mixed than usual with "No break
outs" declared due to the variable conditions. As luck would have it, the
rain held off for the rest of the day and racing was conducted on a dry
track.
We were pleased to see a good
turn out of spectators despite the threatening weather conditions, the
numbers bolstered by a strong turn out from a GC Motorcycles sponsored
Ulysses MCC ride to Mallala for a lunch time barbecue.
February 12th - 2006 Sonnex
Reece Bancell Trophy Series - Round 1
International rider, Dave DJ Johnson, in his last ride before returning to the
UK for their domestic superbike season, was expected to be the man to beat in
the Unlimited Solo. Spectators came to their feet and lined the fences each time
the riders fronted the grid. DJ easily won the first race but then a warped disk
rotor saw him sit out race two, allowing local hard charger Michael Brenton to
snatch the race win. DJ came back for the last race and lapped within two tenths
of the class record he set in November to take the final race win, but Michael
Brenton had secured the overall points win for the day. Andy Denman, in his
first ride as a B grader took second, and Ian Andrews third. DJ was two points
adrift in fourth place.
The first round of the inaugural Steve Martin Cup was hotly contested between
the riders. Ian Andrews secured the win on his GSXR-600 despite a 10 second jump
start penalty in the second race, which saw him relegated to seventh place. R1
mounted Andy Denman was second after the three races only one point behind. Paul
Radford brought his GSXR-1000 home in third, a further six points behind, with
Mandy Beales on her ZX-6RR another four points away. This looks like being a
very tight series over the next three rounds as the riders vie for a prize pool
which includes Suomy Helmets, Stompgrip, Ohlins rear shock, Maxima Oils and
cash.
The Sonnex Reece Bancell Trophy races were dominated by Aaron Chocky Denys,
who took the three race wins to come away with 75 points. Behind him, it was
hard fought for every point with Todd Johnson, Rob Vikuckis and Simon Chapman
separated by only 4 points. Murray Bridge rider, Daniel Mutton secured the D
grade win with a perfect score of 75 points. Western Australian rider, Levi Di
Candillo finished 7th in his first ride at the technical Mallala circuit.
In the final event of the day, the Maximoto Sprint, run over three, back to back
starts of three laps each DJ fulfilled the promise and won all 3. Behind him Ian
Andrews, Michael Brenton and Paul Radford were tied for points, placings being
decided in that order on countback.
Division One Bracket, row one winner Mark Jonas announced his move to open
competition from the next race meeting. Others winners in division one were
Fernando Vantagiato, Paul Leditschke, Darren West in his first ride, Bob
Hartvigsen, Richard Dusty Carr and Rob Graham. Division Two Bracket winners
were BMW mounted James Jountis, Clive Thorne (both from Moomba), Matthew
Pinneri, Steve Millar, Michael Page and Kerry Cornish (from Kadina).
Historic Group 2 saw plenty of action between the 9 RD 250LC Yamahas which
fronted the starter for the 4 races. Veteran rider Hal Hutchesson took the win,
3 points clear of Brett Metcalf and Richard Carter who tied on points to take
second and third respectively on countback. The Up to 400cc, Supermono Other Strange Things class was won by CR500 mounted Brett Metcalf, from RGV 250 mounted Brett Withy, back from retirement, again, and Martyn Hockham on his Yamaha XTZ660 supermono special. The sound of that field on the track has to be experienced to be believed! The Café Racer Club thanks its sponsors, Bridgeland Motorcycles; Hood Sweeney Technology; Race Bike Services; Red Knot Wines; Sonnex Engineering; Steve Cramer Products; Wayne Gardner Enterprises for helping us to bring this exciting series into being. We also thank Bridgeland Motorcycles; Docteur Desmo; Ducati Adelaide; GC Motorcycles; Japanese Motorcycles and Dismantlers; Yamaha World for their combined efforts to provide partial tyre sponsorship to all of the competitors. This assistance to the riders helps us to help them keep on racing.
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