Nora-MX Sidecarcross Championship Round 6 – Race Report & Results

The latest and sixth round of the Nora-MX Sidecarcross Championship was held at Milton Malsor circuit.

Report and Images by Tracy Thacker

After the weather extremes we have been seeing, the weather was much kinder to us for this round, mostly dry, hot and sunny with a few showers at the end of the day.

The sidecar group was split into two classes, with the three GP Teams racing without collecting any points. These teams were Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain, Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper, and George Kinge / Chris Pannell.

In race 1 Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper took an early lead from Tony Grahame / Zac Snell with Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain third, but they were on a charge and blasted into the lead on lap one going on to take the win. Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper held with George Kinge / Chris Pannell fighting through to third and closing the gap but didn’t find a way past. The first of the point scorers were Tony Grahame / Zac Snell who held fourth with Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge in fifth ahead of Michael Hodges back from four wheels to three with the help of stand in passenger Dan Phelps.

In Race 2 George Kinge / Chris Pannell took the holeshot, with Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain close behind, passing on the first lap and going on to take a second win. George Kinge / Chris Pannell held second. Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge had a great start holding third despite challenges from behind. Michael Hodges / Dan Phelps fought past Sam Osbaldiston / Harley Lloyd into fourth with Lee Foyle / Kevin Foyle just behind.

In the final sidecar race Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain were missing they had mechanical issues and didn’t make it to the line. The race got underway with Tony Graeme / Zac Snell charging into the lead with Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper putting their race 2 clutch problems behind them and chasing hard, but they struggled to find a way past, there was a great battle with Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper eventually taking the advantage and the final race win of the day. Tony Graeme / Zac Snell took a brilliant second. Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge held third until George Kinge / Chris Pannell blasted past leaving them in fourth just ahead of Michael Hodges / Dan Phelps with Sam Osbaldiston / Harley Lloyd taking sixth.

Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge took the overall championship win with Tony Grahame/ Zac Snell a close second.

Results

Race 1

1 888 Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain
2 5 Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper
3 3 George Kinge / Chris Pannell
4 6 Tony Grahame/ Zac Snell
5 27 Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge
6 04 Michael Hodges/ Dan Phelps

Race 2

1 888 Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain
2 3 George Kinge / Chris Pannell
3 27 Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge
4 04 Michael Hodges / Dan Phelps
5 114 Sam Osbaldiston / Harley Lloyd
6 145 Lee Foyle / Kevin Foyle

Race 3

1 5 Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper
2 6 Tony Grahame/ Zac Snell
3 3 George Kinge / Chris Pannell
4 27 Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge
5 04 Michael Hodges / Dan Phelps
6 114 Sam Osbaldiston / Harley Lloyd

Championship overall

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Jack Etheridge / Jim Kinge 114 37 40 37
2 Tony Grahame/ Zac Snell 109 40 29 40
3 Michael Hodges/ Dan Phelps 107 35 37 35
4 Sam Osbaldistin/ Harley Lloyd 95 27 35 33
5 Lee Foyle / Kevin Foyle 95 33 33 29
6 Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson 93 31 31 31
7 John Murch/ Tony Murch 82 29 26 27
8 Luke Banks / Liam Hodges 80 25 27 28
9 Tilo Maguire/ Guy Eastman 80 28 28 24
10 David Steeds / Guy Eastman 76 26 24 26
11 Taylor Whitt / Blake Stevenswood 66 21 22 23
12 Miles Gillham/ Richard Gilham 64 22 21 21
13 Gareth Thomas/ Jack Newbury 60 19 19 22
14 Luke Rogers/ Owen Rogers 57 20 20 17
15 James Whitt / Michael Curnow 54 14 15 25
16 Stephen Jones/ Rob Jones 54 18 18 18
17 Dickie Skinner Michael Philp 52 16 17 19
18 Jack Rogers/ Ryan Beavis 49 17 16 16
19 Ashlie Williams / Brian Gray 44 24 20
20 Matt Connor / Jake Grahame 40 15 25
21 Adam Field / Darren Bishop 23 23
22 Rob Oldfield / Faye Barnes 23 23

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