The 2010 COCA-COLA SIDECAR SPECTACULAR will now be held on SUNDAY 25^th APRIL – yes that is SUNDAY 25^th APRIL or ANZAC NIGHT.

An excellent line up is guaranteed with major Prize money offered to get riders to Mildura 3 weeks after the Australian Championships which will be held in Newcastle over the Easter weekend.

Mildura Club officials have looked hard and long to before deciding that the ANZAC night meeting does not clash with any other speedway event.

Gillman has the Mick Headland / Paul Waters Benefit night on next Saturday, 13^th March and then it is up to Broken Hill for a big Sidecar night in Broken Hill on Saturday 20^th March.

The Australian Titles follow those meetings and the ANZAC weekend is the best fit to re-run the Coca-Cola Sidecar Spectacular.

The Club believes that speedway patrons all around Australia EXPECT us to run the “Speccy”, as it is the longest running speedway event outside of a Title event in Australia.

A normal junior program will be conducted before the Speccy and gates will open at the regular time of 5:00pm.

Gate prices will remain at $20 for Adults, $15 for Children – aged between 12 and Under 16 and Families will be admitted for $55.

For further information contact BJ on 0419 174 225

The usual phone contact for the Club was in a “NO SERVICE” phone contact area last weekend.

Brendon apologises for any inconvenience regarding last Saturday night’s weather forced cancellation of the 2010 Coca-Cola Sidecar Spectacular.

A Club meeting on Tuesday night 16^th March, will determine the Club’s response to the cancellation which will be publically advised through the website after the meeting.

Title: 2010 COCA-COLA SIDECAR SPECTACULAR
Location: Olympic Park
Description: The 2010 COCA-COLA SIDECAR SPECTACULAR will now be held on SUNDAY 25th APRIL – yes that is SUNDAY 25th APRIL or ANZAC NIGHT.

An excellent line up is guaranteed with major Prize money offered to get riders to Mildura 3 weeks after the Australian Championships which will be held in Newcastle over the Easter weekend.

Mildura Club officials have looked hard and long to before deciding that the ANZAC night meeting does not clash with any other speedway event.

Gillman has the Mick Headland / Paul Waters Benefit night on next Saturday, 13th March and then it is up to Broken Hill for a big Sidecar night in Broken Hill on Saturday 20th March.

The Australian Titles follow those meetings and the ANZAC weekend is the best fit to re-run the Coca-Cola Sidecar Spectacular.

The Club believes that speedway patrons all around Australia EXPECT us to run the “Speccy”, as it is the longest running speedway event outside of a Title event in Australia.

A normal junior program will be conducted before the Speccy and gates will open at the regular time of 5:00pm.

Gate prices will remain at $20 for Adults, $15 for Children – aged between 12 and Under 16 and Families will be admitted for $55.

For further information contact BJ on 0419 174 225
Date: 2010-04-25

The speedway season will draw to a close at Olympic Park this Saturday night with the running of the 33^rd Mildura Coca-Cola Sidecar Spectacular. This popular event is a must for Sidecar riders and enthusiasts alike as all of the top riders are always so keen to have their names included in the event,

The winner of the 2010 Keith “Curly” Carmes Trophy will be deserving, as the field is top class in the top group of ten. More than twenty sidecars will be on the program, but the Trophy will be decided amongst the ten “A” grade nominees.

Last week’s winners and runners up will start the meeting as firm favourites as Darrin Treloar and Justin Plaisted have five Australian Titles under their belt, but it could always be the local stars, and now Victorian seeded riders into the 2010 Australian Title at Newcastle, Byren Gates and Mick O’Loughlin, who, with their local knowledge could wrest the Curly Carmes Trophy away from the visitors.

Gates and O’Loughlin have been electrifying with their starts in recent meetings and are obviously grooming their style to suit the requirements of most tracks, and certainly the Newcastle venue for Easter, which will also auger well for them for this weekend too. Most local officials have not seen the Gater Racing Team make such impressive starts, as they have been during this season, which has only really heated up for sidecars over the last month, but something has been done to focus the attention of the team on their starts, which is working well. Read the rest of this entry »

Download the supplementary regulations for Arena MX on April 3rd 2010:

Arena Cross 3 April SUP REGS

Download the scoresheet: Vic Sidecar title 2010 Scoresheet

The night’s racing was clean and fast and the final could have been the final for the Aussie title. Mark Plaisted / Sam Harrison had some bad luck in their third heat when they destroyed a gear box and prevented them from seeing if they could go through the meeting with a clean sweep. Andrew O’Rourke /Jason Mayes blew a motor which put them out for the rest of the night also.

The O’Brien brothers haven’t lost their touch after coming out of retirement, though Glenn did say that they were on Tony Cox’s bike and it isn’t quite as fast as they would have liked. They are going back to Perth to build a new one of their own and come back next year in full force.

Darrin Treloar/Justin Plaisted dominated all night, dropping their only point to Qld pair Scott Christopher/Trent Koppe, while local duo, Byren Gates/Mick O’Loughlin were right up there and took second place. This should give them a berth in the Aussie Title in Newcastle at Easter as the highest ranked Victorian riders.

A star studded line up has been engaged, with three teams who have won ten Australian Championships between them heading the impressive line up in the North West Funerals, 2010 Victorian Sidecar Championships to be held at Mildura’s Olympic Park Speedway this Saturday night.

Darrin Treloar / Justin Plaisted, Glenn and Nathan O’Brien and Scott Christopher / Trent Koppe are all previous wearers of the coveted blue sash as the National Champions and they will be joined by as strong a line up as has ever contested the State Championship in many years.

Byren Gates and Mick O’Loughlin started every heat and final last week like scalded cats, with amazing speed from the trap, but more importantly, with brilliant reaction time from Gates on the throttle and clutch. The Gater Racing Team has been improving their form as the season has progressed, as they plan on making an assault on the Australian Championship in Newcastle over the Easter weekend.

The other top chances to wave the Mildura banner are the team of Jason Bradshaw and Simon Cohrs, who are often brilliant around Olympic Park and could take some big scalps over the course of the meeting. They were very fast last week and like Gates, stood out from the crowd with some great racing. Apart from one blemish, when they turned themselves around after coming into the Pit turn too hot, they won all their heats well. Read the rest of this entry »

Some spectacular racing greeted fans at Olympic Park Speedway on Saturday night with the running of the 2010 Sidecar Shootout, which was won with great authority by local stars, Byren Gates and Mick O’Loughlin from Warren Monson and Deven Gates.

The double seven format proved to be most successful as more chances are given to, perhaps some of the lesser riders, but this meeting had intensity right from the start as all teams worked hard for enough points to get them to their own semi-final, which would then give them the chance of winning the Dudley Bradshaw Trophy.

Whilst Gates and O’Loughlin won all their heats and finished on a maximum score, it was the “Dad’s Army” team of Chris Holmes and Neale Hancock who finished with the second selection chance on eight points. The older gents have some very good machinery under them this season and are using it and their massive experience to be really at one with their racing. Total local domination in division one continued with Andy O’Rourke / Jason Mayes just “pipped” for third place points on count back from Clint Mayes / Jamie Knudsen, with each team on seven points. Read the rest of this entry »

Final Placings for the Sidecar Shootout were:

1. Byren Gates – Mick O’Loughlin
2. Warren Monson – Deven Gates
3. Jason Bradshaw – Simon Cohrs
4. Andrew O’Rourke – Jason Mayes

Download the full scorechart: 2010 Sidecar Shootout & Quads

This chart gives a heat by heat picture of events as they occurred.

Note:

• Gate 1 is RED, gate 2 is BLUE, Gate 3 is WHITE, and gate 4 is YELLOW and gate 5 is GREEN.
• For finals, gate positions are chosen by the highest points scorer selecting a gate first etc.

After the first half of the Olympic Park season has been chock full of top Solo speedway action, with the successful conduct of two Australian Championships, this Saturday night sees the break out of the Sidecars into great three wheeled action, with the conduct of the annual Sidecar Shootout, with the winning team taking the coveted “Dudley Bradshaw Trophy.”

The line up is star studded with the current and former Australian Champions in the field. Mark Mitchell and Tom Golding have again started their season quietly, much the same as they did last season, when they planned their peak at exactly the right meeting of the year. Five times Champ, Darrin Treloar, with Justin Plaisted on board, has taken the exact opposite route to the Easter Title at Newcastle, by riding just about everything that is possible, including another Australian Long Track Title together at Tamworth just a couple of weeks ago. Read the rest of this entry »