Two of the worlds finest exponents of Freestyle Motorcross will be at Mildura’s Easter Arena Cross event, both as competitors in the racing, but will also put on a FMX display during the interval session, with what will be a fine display of their great aerial skills.

Cameron Sinclair and Blake “Bilko” Williams, who are two of Australia’s finest, will be in town to “enjoy the Mildura Easter Power Sports weekend, which they have heard so much about”, said Sinclair, when speaking to Mildura Club Secretary, Brendon Gledhill, earlier this week.

Always the “rev heads,” both Cameron and Bilko were coming to soak up some great motor sport atmosphere and thought that they might throw the bikes in as well, as they are being joined by two of Australia’s very serious motorcross riders in the Mosig brothers, Kade and Chase, who will also line up in the Saturday night ArenaX under lights at Olympic Park.

Both Mosig boys are already in the top half of the field in both the Pro Lite and Pro Open classes after round one of the 2010 MX Nationals, held at Horsham just last weekend, so they will bring some serious form to the Mildura ArenaX event. Both Kade and Chase have had some fine National and International results in their sport over recent times and Kade is particularly looking forward to re-acquainting himself with the Olympic Park circuit, under lights on a balmy Mildura evening.

Some excellent entries are being received for the ArenaX, so Sunraysia fans and their visitors to town will enjoy a spectacular event on Saturday night.

All four lads are looking forward to riding at Mildura and then getting down to some socializing at the Mildura 100 Ski race on the next day. They have friends who will race the Mildura 100, so will be part of a large contingent who will spend their Easter in Mildura, filling the town with motorsports fans.

Sinclair, just last weekend, was doing his “back flip” specialty, on the arena at the MCG as part of the pre-game entertainment prior to the Hawthorn – Melbourne AFL game held at the “G” last Saturday afternoon.

Both Sinclair and Williams have concentrated on the Freestyle part of the sport even though they are both good Motorcross and ArenaX competitors. They will ride Mildura “just for FUN”. Read the rest of this entry »

Five of Mildura’s regular and top Sidecar Speedway teams will be in Newcastle this Easter weekend to try and take Australian Championship glory from a world class field which has nominated for the Title meetings. Two teams from Broken Hill and three teams from Mildura will travel to Newcastle to contest the action for the 2010 Title.

Top Victorian team of Byren Gates and Mick O’Loughlin are seeded riders directly into the Championship final on the Sunday night whereas the other Mildura challengers will be the team of Warren Monson and Deven Gates, and Andrew O’Rourke and Jason Mayes, who will need to finish in the top ten teams in the Saturday night Qualifying meeting to get another ride in the final the following night.

The Gates / O’Loughlin combination has had a wonderful season so far, being the best local crew in a very tight bunch of Mildura based teams, but the Monson / Gates and Howse / Commons team can never be under-estimated. Monson probably has the most powerful machine going around and will take some scalps if he has a track which allows him the transfer that horsepower into drive and speed on the track.

The O’Rourke / Mayes team are the great improvers of the last season locally and they have been taking some away rides to get experience ready for this Title foray.

Broken Hill is well represented by Ricky Howse and Adam Commons, who will defend their bronze medal position from last year and the sparkling new combination of Rick Stephens and Dean Hobbs, who are probably the biggest improvers in Australian Sidecar speedway today. A little bit of luck to either of these teams, who both need to go through the Qualifier, could see them place well on the big night as well. The Broken Hill teams are ready to race as they have been competing well at their home meetings, especially at the massive St. Pats weekend just two weeks ago. Read the rest of this entry »

A massive weekend of racing entertainment in Broken Hill will culminate with the conduct of the annual, Magic Motorcycles – Sidecar Spectacular, to be held at the Broken Hill Speedway this Saturday night.

A star studded field has been engaged to contest the event, which includes the Adelaide based, 2009 Australian Sidecar Champions, Mark Mitchell and Tom Golding, who are keen to contest the Spectacular against Broken Hill’s home riders, Rick Howse and Adam Commons, who currently hold the “Aussie” Number three ranking, which followed their World Champions, Runners up trophy of 2008.

The contest between two of Australia’s top Sidecar teams will be worth travelling a long way to watch, especially with Howse and Commons having a home ground advantage over the Aussie Number Ones. Both teams will not give any concessions to the other and neither will mind swapping a little paint during the course of the action. Baring any mechanical failure it is expected that these two teams should be the major combatants in the night’s final. Read the rest of this entry »

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.