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.........Boastie 1/2 mile racing at savannah .......dog walking duties for Carr at Savannah.......Tim Greig in action at Daytona....................

Jared Mees leads Boastie In practice Daytona.........first night winner Sammy Halbert.............Cool looking Mees bikes

................Jake Johnson's XR750.......................................Velousia County 1/2 mile track.............................Daytona's new Flat Track sign.............

Two of our riders made the long trip to Daytona to compete in the flat track racing, here are the pics and results from their trip.
SAVANNAH'S banked, 1/2 mile clay, fast oval, was the first event on the list. Boastie rode in the 450 Pro Class and managed to get through to the semi's, where he moved up through the field from 11th on the first lap to 4th by the finish, but unfortunately it was only winner who transfered to the main. Chris Carr was on top form in the Twins class and won by a good distance from Kenny Coolbeth who won the Pro Singles Final.
The Amateurs Winter National Event was held at the new Daytona track, with England's Tim Greig riding all 3 days. Tim had some excellent rides, with couple of wins in his class and finishing 3rd in the +30 Class and 4th in the +40 classes overall for the series.
The Velousia County 1/2 mile All Stars Event was run on Monday 1st and it was Jared Mees who was on top of the box with wins in the Twins Final and the Singles.
The Grand National Championship nights were both held at the New Daytona track on 3rd /4th March. Pete had gone to try to qualify for the night event but it went all wrong for our Number 1 when he had big highside in practice and damaged his shoulder and ribs. He tried to ride the next night but the pain was too much and he pulled out after first practice. 77 Pro riders turned up, with only 32 places up for grabs and just two 4 lap sessions to make the cut, there were a lot of disappointed riders. (don't worry - we won't run that format in the uk !)
On the first night Sammy Halbert won his first Singles Championship race and looked like he wouldn't be beaten the next night but it went wrong for Sammy when he crashed at the first corner. That left Jake Johnson, Joe Kopp, Kenny Coolbeth, Henry Wiles, John Lewis and Jared Mees to battle it out. As the laps wound down it was Jake Johnson who had the lead going into the last lap of the 25 lap final and he crossed the line on the back wheel from Kenny Coolbeth and Jared Mees. Just to prove how fast the pace was, Chris Carr finished 2nd from last and nearly got lapped!
Pics by Andy Bell

We are very happy to announce that sponsors old and new are digging deep to support Shorttrack UK again in 2010. Please try your best to support them if you can, thankyou.

POZZANI Water Treatment Products are supporting Shorttrack, as part of a two year deal which began last year. Their sponsorship has been vital for the continuation of the sport and is greatly appreciated.

SILKOLENE have been associated with Shorttrack from the start and continue to provide whatever support they they can. For this year there will be a product bonus scheme, where any rider displaying a Silkolene sticker making a final, will receive Silkolene products and there will also be a Silkolene Junior Rider of the Day award.

REDMAX SPEEDSHOP are generously continuing their support of the Thunderbike Class. They have a fantastic range of products, visit their shop by clicking on the link on the side bar.

ARROW ENGINEERING are championing the Junior Class this year, helping to support a developing class of youngsters get into the sport, which is vital for Shorttrack to continue growing, so a big thanks to them.

TRIPLE A RACING are again helping out by sponsoring the series and making a contribution for every set of MAXXIS DTR-1's sold through their site (link on left) or through Pete. A big thanks to Tony and Alison.

HELMETS4U will again be providing helmet awards for riders, the support is greatly appreciated. View their fantastic range of lids at helmets4u.co.uk

All riders welcome, Shorttrack, Thunder, Junior and Mini Bikes, £30 for UK members and £40 non- members. No need to book in just put the date in your diary.

24/2/10
Tim Greig and Pete Boast fly out to the States tomorrow to race in the Daytona speed week.
Tim is competing in the Winter Amateur National Championship held at the New track at Daytona, over 3 days to be held on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Pete is riding in the Pro Series, with his first meeting on Saturday evening at the 1/2 mile banked oval at Savanah, Georgia, then back down to Daytona for the Pro All stars meeting at Daytona on Tuesday. They will be followed by the two Grand National Championship rounds on the Wednesday and Thursday.
We will keep you up dated how our riders do and also hope that the Shorttrack UK members who are going out to spectate will have a great time and bring us some of that good weather back!

Unfortunately, we now have news that Round 4 of the Shorttrackuk Championship, which was planned to coincide with the SILVERSTONE MOTO GP will not take place this year, but Silverstone have promised to do all they can to make it happen in 2011. Former Shorttracker Lawrence Wiltshire who is the Head of Activities at Silverstone said "Myself and the MD of Silverstone are still very keen to bring Shorttrack to the Moto GP fans. The main problem we've got is that this is first time we've had the Moto GP for a number of years and we are unsure how much room we will need for parking and the area where we had planned to put the track has now been put aside for car parking." Lawrence went on to say, "Once we've run this year's Moto GP we will have lot better idea where we can put an Oval in. We are developing Silverstone all the time and Shorttrack is in our plans."

The good news is that Round 4 will be now replaced and will run at Mildenhall Stadium, Suffolk on Saturday night July 10th. We last raced on the 260 metre oval in 2007 when it was won in magnificent style by our guest rider from the USA, Brandon Robinson. It's a great little stadium with excellent Fish And Chips!

A FREE DAY'S TRAINING FOR JUNIORS

Flattrack Sponsor and Isle of Man's Number one Flattracker Marshall Kinrade is to sponsor a training day, which will be free of charge to any Juniors (15 and under). It will take place on 3rd April at Scunthorpe training track, and will include tuition from UK Champ Peter Boast and 2 times Junior Champ Tom Woolley. Marshall, who already sponsors National Number 20 Darren Trapmore said "I want to help Flattrack to grow and the Junior Class is very important to the sport. I've just bought some junior flattrackers and I'm looking to sponsor a couple of juniors in this season's Championship. I thought that a training day would provide a chance for new riders to give it a go before they race."
The training session is designed for current riders and new riders who have never raced shorttrack. Riders can ride their own bikes or they can ride one of Marshall's machines.
If you wish to take part in the day please ring the Shorttrack office on 01673 878426 to book your place.

Thunderbike Sponsors Redmax and ourselves were at the Telford two day off road show at the weekend.

The interest was non-stop in racing and building Flattrackers , probably due to the fact most twin-shock / pre 75 scramblers are ideal for flattrackin' or ripe for conversion . And these are hardened race boys lookin' for more sport .

We nearly lost our voices talkin to punters non-stop ! Redmax sold a shed load of stuff off the stand and gave out 400 cards and tons of shorttrack fixture lists .

International Mefo Sport Flattrack Cup 2010
29 May, Amman Valley (UK) 550m
5 Jun, Marianske Lazne (CZ) 1000m
6 Jun, Slany (CZ) 400m
12-13 Jun, Homberg/Ohm (D) 400m
7 Aug, Switzerland (CH)
5 Sep, Heidenreichstein (A) 360m
26 Sep, Hof/Westerwald (D) 500m
10 October, Blijham (NL) 400m

UK will hold the first round of the International Mefo sport flattrack Cup for 2010 on Saturday 29th May at Amman Valley. This will be the first time European flattrack Championship as ever been held in the UK. The rest of the rounds are in 5 other countries and should make a very interesting championship. For more info go to www.flattrack.de

Some Riders have been asking about Practice at moment. Well there are some Speedway tracks trying to run at weekends which include Scunthorpe,Stoke and Rye House,to check on updates on the tracks and the weather,go to www.speedway-forum.co.uk and go to the training section.
Ade Collins is running practice days on March 7th & 28th at Buxton £30, all shorttrackers welcome (you will need your thermals!)
We hope to run a couple at King's Lynn before the first meeting - one at the end of March and one in first week of April, as soon as we've got confirmed dates we will put them on the website

1/2/10.Tom Welbourn and Peter Boast were presented with their National Title Trophies at the ACU National Awards ceremony at Northampton on Saturday evening.It was great to see Shorttrack getting recognised by the ACU as an up and coming Motorcycle sport.

9th May, Rye House
6th June, Buxton
11th July, Rye House
25th July, Buxton
26th Sept, Buxton

Refreshments throughout the day, Full rider briefing, Works prepared CCM FT race bikes, Expert tuition on Flat Track techniques, including "backing in & power sliding", Complimentary lunch, One to one instruction on racing lines, culminating in a multi lap practice session for the ULTIMATE ADRENALINE RUSH

Corporate Days also available. Please ring on 01522 521420 to discuss your requirements

3 Times UK Champ Marco Belli is hard at work promoting Flattrack in Italy. He was recently at the Italian Motorcycle Expo Show, where he and Graziano Rossi did demo racing on the Zaete Framer they have been developing.
He has also been working with his Federation and has confirmed that there will be an Italian Flattrack Series this year, it will be run at speedway tracks as part of of the speedway meetings. Any British rider can enter providing they have an international Licence.

FMI Italian Dirt Track Trophy:-
18th April, Lonigo (Vicenza)
01st June, Giavera del Montello (Treviso)
17th July, Terenzano (Udine)

Entry for the whole of the series should be 160€, for a t-shirt, front plate and prize-money at the end of trophy. Entry per round (for non- registered riders) will be about 60€, with no points or prize money.

SHORTRACK UPDATE
We are pleased to confirm that the BMF Show have agreed to run Round 2 of the Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Championship at the Peterborough Showground on May 15th/16th which will include all classes.

Amman Valley 1/2 mile looks almost certain to be a 2 day meeting. We have agreed a deal with Jan- Willem Jansen to run a round of the European Mefo Cup on the Saturday evening, which will be open to all ShorttrackUk riders to enter and there will be support classes for All Amercan Twins ,Mini Bikes and Juniors. The only issue is trying to raise some sponsorship for the cost of running under the floodlights but we hope that can be sorted in the next couple of weeks. The Sunday meeting will be round three of the UK Championship.

Silverstone Moto GP update, is that the plans of the site where the track is going to be have been drawn up and are now waiting approval from the MD of Silverstone. Once they have been approved then we hope to do a test in early April.

Rule Changes
The Hotbox rule has been scrapped but the 2 minutes to re- start the stopped race will still apply.
Mini Bike tec rules have simplified, 150cc Air Cooled 4 stroke machines with max size wheels 19" front 16" rear.
Junior Class, is also made simpler with up to 100cc two stroke and 200cc four stroke for (9-11yrs) and up to 150cc two stroke or 250cc four stroke (12-15yrs)

Entries and Registrations
Although our insurance has once again increased, we still feel that the entry fees must remain the same as they were in 2009, Shorttrack and Thunderbikes £45, Mini's £40 and Juniors £35 and £15 extra for two classes.
Registration will also remain the same as 2009, £65 for Shorttrack & Thunderbike ( includes a front number board),Mini bike and Juniors £25.
Registration forms will be sent out or e- mailed this weekend. Will any potential new members please contact the shorttrack office (01673 878426) for registion forms. Thankyou.

10 national number riders were part of the Live Arena at the Auto sport show at the NEC Birmingham this weekend. The show was run over 4 days with over 40'000 spectators coming in to watch the action. The shorttrack riders rubbed shoulders with Jenson Button, Martin Brundle, Murry Walker and many more stars of the car racing world. The Riders were part of a 55 minute show, with all types motorsport racing, which was repeated throughout the day, often in front of up to 5000 spectators per show. The track was a concrete surface with a rubber coating, which made for good racing as the riders were able to back it in hard on the brake and hook up pretty good out of the turns, demonstrating what a great sport shorttrack is.

We've tried to hold back from going public with our 2010 dates because we are still waiting for 3 to be confirmed but as we've had many calls this week asking for our dates we've decided to now release them.
The three that have still to be confirm are the BMF show at Peterborough, Silverstone Moto GP and Amman Valley.

The championship starts at our traditional venue of the Norfolk Arena and then on to the BMF show, who are only runnng one event this year at the Peterborough Show ground. We hope to run a two day event this year at our only half- mile track at Amman Valley, as it is quite a long trip for most of our riders. Then the big news is we hope to be racing on the Friday and Saturday evenings of the Moto GP weekend at Silverstone. It has still to be confirmed but Silverstone have offered to put a temporary track in on one of their big car parks and want us to run during the evening so that we can provide entertainment to thousands of fans at the Moto GP.
Then it's up to the peaks and to High Edge Raceway, Buxton, followed in August by the annual TT race at the Norfolk Arena. The ACU National Titles and Round 7 will be held at Rye House Speedway track and the final round of the year will be back at Scunthorpe Raceway after missing the venue from our calendar in 2009. We are pleased to confirm that we will be running the Shorttrack Class, Thunderbikes, Juniors and Mini Bikes at all 8 Rounds of the Championship.

2010 Pozzani Silkolene ShorttrackUK Championship Dates

April 11th - Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn, Norfolk..........Shorttrack
May 15th/16th - BMF Show,Peterborough...................Shorttrack
May 29th/30th - Amman Valley, S. Wales....................1/2 Mile (TBC)
June 18th/19th - Silverstone, (Moto GP) Weekend.....Shorttrack (TBC)
August 1st - Buxton, Derbyshire..................................Shorttrack
August 22nd - Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn...................TT
September 19th - Rye House Speedway, Herts.........Shorttrack (ACU Nationals)
October 3rd - Scunthorpe Raceway, Lincs..................Shorttrack

TWO TIMES JUNIOR SHORTTRACK CHAMPION TOM WOOLLEY SECURES A WORK'S RIDE WITH CCM AT 15 YEARS OF AGE.

ROUND 1 AT THE NORFOLK ARENA ATTRACTED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RIDERS IN SHORTTRACK UK HISTORY SO FAR, TOTALLING 75.

WE RAN 3 SUCCESSFUL FLATTRACK FRIDAYS AT KINGS LYNN, TO HELP GET NEW RIDERS RACING.

RICHARD ' MAGIC' MASON WON ROUND 2 AT THE BMF SHOW IN MAY IN HIS SECOND EVER CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING.

THE SUN CAME OUT JUST IN TIME, AFTER 2 DAYS OF RAIN AT AMMAN VALLEY OUR ONLY 1/2 MILE RACE TRACK LOOKED AS IF IT MIGHT BE CALLED OFF, BUT THE SUN CAME JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME.

Miracles can happen twice ! 7 times AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr came to England for the second time and gave us a great Sideburn Evening and some lessons on how to ride at Flattrack at FT Experience School. Once again he showed an awesome display of racing skill by winning the last round of the Championship.

Number 1 plates were handed out to Peter Boast for the Shorttrack Championship and the Thunderbikes, Sam Woolley took his brother's number 1 plate for the Juniors, Robert Curl Shorttrack Quad Championship and Darren Trapmore the first Number 1 plate for Mini Bikes.

We ran the first ever indoor flattrack meeting at Braintree to a sell out crowd!

Marco Belli getting Injured in Austria with a broken collarbone and two ribs and missing three rounds of the Championship. Steve Hall also getting injured at a Mefo round in Belgium and having to sit he rest of the season out.

National Number 8 John Bell annoucing his retirement from the sport,he was great competitor and his proffesional attitude and being an all round nice guy will be missed from the paddock.

Speedway Star Edward Kennett took the top step on the podium to become the first ever winner of an indoor Shorttrack meeting at the Braintree Bonanza on 27th December. With the Arena full to capacity and the fanastic field of 28 riders all lined up on parade, it was one shorttrack's finest moments so far !
The Heat races can only be described as some of the toughest racing ever seen in the uk with many tough passing monovers being made, riders banging elbows and bouncing off the fence. Ade Collins on the BVS Honda was looking the master of the Towerland's track with three straight wins including passing works CCM rider Tom Woolley in heat 8 on the last lap. Eddy Kennett was also looking good with two wins and a 4th. Just to prove how tough the meeting was, after the heat races we saw Pete Boast, Tim Greig,Geoff Baldock and Victor Bull all eliminated!

Semi 1, Saw the race being stop after a lap when Paul Hurry had a massive high side in turn three, with the crowd giving him a big round applause when he got up and made the restart. Ade Collins made the Hole Shot with Glyn Cowboy Pocklington in second. As the laps wound down riders traded places in the mid pack but Collins was away an Glyn had Derek Brindley on his tail trying every thing to make a move on the out side. It was Collins who took the win from Pocklington and Brindley, both of whom transferd to the final, with Rusty Hodgson 4th having to take the 'last chance' route to the final.

Semi 2, Saw Eddy Kennett lead from start to finish for the win. It was the battle for second where the action was with Marco Belli on his first outing on the new Zaeta and Paul Cooper riding the FT Experience 450 CCM. Cooper Man held off Marco for 4 laps but the 3 times UK Champ made his move and took second spot from Cooper who held on to take his transfer spot to the final.

The Last Chance race was a 6 lap dash with 8 riders and only two places left for the final. It was Dynomax rider Rusty Hodgeson who took the win, with a fantastic ride from road racer Gary Johnson taking second place and just missing out on the final in third was TT superstar Steve Plater.

The Grand Final was 12 laps of mayhem! Collins was on pole, next to him Kennett and completing front row Glyn Pocklington. From the lights Kennett made a electric start with Pocklington trying to pass him on the outside. Lap 1 it was Kennett, Pocklington, Collins and Belli. On lap 3, Collins wheelied out of turn four, landed on the side of Pocklington and some how passed him and Marco Belli was coming under pressure from Paul Cooper. By lap 7 Collins looked like he was closing the gap on Kennett but by lap 10 Kennett had pulled away from him. Glyn was now getting some pressure from Marco Belli and Cooper but the England Speedway star had it all under control and took his first Shorttrack Grand final win from Collins and Pocklington.

1ST #08 EDWARD KENNETT...........450 SILKOLENE HONDA
2ND #90 ADE COLLINS....................450 BUCKINGHAM VAN SALES HONDA
3RD #71 GLYN POCKLINGTON.......450 HELMETS4U HONDA
4TH #06 MARCO BELLI....................450 ZAETA
5TH #02 PAUL COOPER...................450 F T EXPEREINCE CCM
6TH #49 RUSTY HODGESON...........510 DYNOMAX CCM
7TH #25 DEREK BRINDLEY..............450 ARROW HONDA
8TH #16 GARY JOHNSON.................450 FT EXPEREINCE CCM

Tim Neave on his 150 Honda was on top form to win all four races of the Junior Class, second spot went to Ben Chatterton riding shorttrack for the first time and road race star Sam Hornsey was 3rd.

Final Result
1st Tim Neave.....................150 Honda
2nd Ben Chatterton............150 Honda
3rd Sam Hornsey................230 CCM
4th Oliver Brindley.............85 kawasaki
5th Joshua Haith.................85 Kawasaki
6th Sam Woolley.................85 Kawasaki
7th Flynn Scott.....................85 KTM

Mini Bike Class
Some of the hardest and closet racing came from the mini bikes at Braintree. It looked like Mark Richardson was on for the win, until the double points race when he crashed twice, injured his knee and was unable to take part in the restart. Darren Trapmore took full advantage and won the last race to give him the overall win.

Final Result
1st Darren Trapmore.................150 latenhammer x trail
2nd Victor Bull............................150 pit bike
3rd John Pohlman......................150 X trail
4th Mark Richardson..................150 Pit Bike
5th Geoff Bull SNR.....................150 Pit Bike
6th Mick Trapmore.....................150 latemhammer x trail

We would like to apologise to the fans that we had to turn away, it was beyond our wildest dreams that we would be full to capacity,so we would urge fans to buy online tickets for next year to avoid dissapointment.

THE DAYS ARE COUNTING DOWN TO THE FIRST EVER INDOOR SHORTTRACK MEETING IN EUROPE. THE PROGRAMMES ARE PRINTED AND THERE IS A GREAT FEATURE FROM SIDEBURN MAGAZINE ABOUT THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME FROM THE EARLY 70'S WHEN INDOOR SHORTTRACK FIRST STARTED IN THE STATES. THE STORY TELLS YOU WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THERE WITH 45'000 SPECTATORS WATCHING 25 RIDERS IN A RACE! PROGRAMMES WILL BE ON SALE FOR £2 AT THE ENTRANCE.

SHORTTRACK in the press again
Journalist Chris Moss who has become a regular spectator at Shorttrack meetings, has written a great 5 page feature on Shorttrack in this month's Motorcycle Sport and Leisure. The ACU's latest Sportmoto Magazine has almost a page on the forthcoming Braintree indoor meeting. Also MCN has a great pic of Marco at the BMF in it this week and of course our press officee Derek Barclay has been doing a great job leading up to the indoor meeting with articles in the Speedway Star!

More indoor action for shorttrack
Shorttrack riders will be rubbing shoulders with Formula 1 and World Rally Car drivers at the Auto Sport International show at the NEC Arena Birmingham on 14th to 17th Jan 2010. Every year thousands of fans go to watch the live arena which is part of the Auto sport Show, where different motor sports get the chance to run demo races, including WEC Rally Cars, F1 Stockcars, they even run a F1 car and now for 2010 Shorttrack! Ten riders have been chosen to run demo races as part of the show. It will be a great opportunity to show our sport to some new motor sport fans and to get our sponsors some great coverage. For more info go to the auto sport website. http://www.autosport-international.com/

The 2010 season will kick off at the traditional Venue of the Norfolk Arena on Sunday April 11th, the full Championship dates should be completed in the next couple of weeks,so please keep checking the site.

Some sad news for shorttrack is that national number #8 Jon Bell has announced his retirment from the sport due to the down turn in his buisness. Jon, who has been racing Shorttrack from the very start in 2005, has always been a great competitor, especially on blue grooved tracks. He had some great races including wins at Flattrack Fridays pro class. We at shorttrack thank him for his support over the years, wish him well and hope see him again on the dirt.
Jon has got his Hybred KTM for sale, Check the 'For sales' page out for the full spec.

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CAN YOU KEEP QUIET !
After 2 complaints from track owners and a letter from the ACU warning us that they had reports that some Shorttrack machines are over noise limit, we will be doing noise testing on all machines in 2010.
The decible reading for all machines (including Juniors and Mini Bikes) is 98 dBA at 2 metres.

The Gallery page has just been updated with a history of the Shorttrack Championship.

BRAINTREE BONANZA ON TV
The Sky TV Extreme channel programme Blood Sweat and Gears will be filming the full meeting at Braintree and it will be shown early in the new year. This will be another first for Shorttrack in the UK, until now we have not had any TV coverage and this will be a big step forward for the sport.

Chris Carr's KTM coming to England !
Sam Hornsey from Bucknell,Shropshire phoned the Shorttrack office to inform us that he just bought one of Chris's Hybred KTM's which should be shipped out to the UK by January. Sam who is still only 15 has been competing in the British 125 Road Race Championship with much success. He turns 16 in February and hopes to compete in the British 125 GP Championship and the Shorttrack UK Championship in 2010.

Marco Belli (1) was back on top form again in is own country to take the Win in Final Round of the European Mefo Flattrack Cup in Terenzano, Italy. His fellow country man Jacopo Monti (5) pushed Marco hard has did Swiss rider Jan- Willam Janson (15) but Belli held his cool to take the win in the Final.
England's Peter Boast took 4th place on the day, which was good enough to collect his 3rd Number 1 plate of the season by Winning the European Championship for 2009.

1st #1 Marco Belli (it).......................600 Woods Rotax
2nd #5 Jacopo Monti (it)..................600 Woods Rotax
3rd #15 Jan- Willam Janson(CH)......525 KTM
4th #54 Pete Boast (GB)....................450 Suzuki
5th #28 Helbe Scheper (NL)..............450 Honda
6th #4 Henderik Mulder(NL)................450 Yamaha
7th #44 Ronald Shamier(NL)..............450 Honda
8th #27 Tom van Ness(CH)...................600 Rotax
9th #97 Alberto Nerduzzi(it)...............600 Honda
10th # 15 Mick Janson(NL)...........525 KTM

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
1st Pete Boast, 2nd Jan- Willam Janson, 3rd Marco Belli, 4th Helbe Scheper, 5th Handrik Mulder, 6th Steve Hall.

Most people might not have even noticed the bright red leathers or even the immaculately prepared Rotax dirt tracker. And since he was pitted like everyone else under an awning in the relatively dark infield of the Pomona Fairplex' 5/8ths mile dirt track, he pretty much blended in as just another old guy out for a bit of fun in Gene Romero's West Coast Flat Track Series.

But for those who knew him or of him, there was no mistaking John Kocinski. Even at the age of 40, he didn't look any different than the 32-year-old who last raced a Vance & Hines Ducati in the AMA Superbike Series in 2000. And not much different than the youngster who won a 250cc World Championship in 1990 and the World Superbike Championship in 1997.

"When I called the leathers company and told them I needed a suit, they asked me what size," Kocinski said with a smile from his pit on Saturday night in Pomona. "I told them to make ‘em the same size as I wore before. They said, ‘You sure?' "

The highlight for Kocinski on Saturday night in Southern California was a victory over up-and-coming dirt tracker turned road racer J.D. Beach in the eight lap semi-final of the K&N Open class - with Kocinski holding the kid off to take the win and advance to the main event. In the main, Kocinski finished 11th on his Bondio Fabrication-backed Rotax (arguably the trickest bike in the paddock), but this wasn't in a field of slackers. The winner was Harley-mounted Henry Wiles - the man who a few minutes earlier came away with the win in the AMA Grand National Twins final.

SHORTTRACKUK'S PRACTICE TRACK IS OPEN NEXT SUNDAY ,1ST NOVEMBER BUTTHE SAD NEWS IS THAT IT COULD BE THE LAST EVER TIME. THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AGENCY HAVE HAD 2 COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE OVER THE YEAR AND NOW ARE THREATENING LEGAL ACTION ON THE LAND OWNER. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE LAND OWNER WHO IS VERY KEEN FOR US TO CONTINUE USING THE TRACK AND WE ARE HOPING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE' SO WE CAN CONTINUE USING THE TRACK IN 2010 . MANY RIDERS HAVE ENJOYED PRACTICING ON THE 400 METRE CLAY OVAL AND IT WOULD BE GREAT SHAME TO LOSE THE VENUE.
PRACTICE STARTS 12PM TO 5PM, £25 PER RIDER,

JUST CALL 07711307306 FOR MORE INFO or WEATHER CHECK..
THE TRACK IS LOCATED ON THE BARDNEY ROAD COMING OUT OF FISKERTON VILLAGE,NR LINCOLN.

Flattrack Cup 2009!
Terenzano will host the championship deciding flat track finale on their beautiful short track. It is situated in the north-east of Italy, and they have recently hosted the penultimate speedway GP.
Pete Boast from England is leading by 8 points. Then comes the still injured Steve Hall with 50 points, followed by Halbe Scheper with 49 points, Jan-Willem Jansen with 48 points and Henderik Mulder with 41 points. We also welcome back from injury the defending champion Marco Belli who has a realistic chance of a good podium finish.
So the heat will be on!

Jared Mees #21 has been crowned USA Grand National Twins Champion and will be running the number one plate in 2010.

GNC points total top 6, 1st #21 Jared Mees 142pts,2nd #1Kenny Coolbeth 135pts,3rd #43 Sammy Halbert 125pts,4th #42 Brayn Smith 119pts,5th #3 Joe Kopp 117pts,6th Chris Carr 114pts.

At Stafford motorcycle Show last week this fantastic Pukka Works Honda RS 750 was on display on Phil Denton Engineering Stand.The bike was first raced by Freddie spencer then in later by anOther former GP rider Doug Chandler hence Dougs Number on the machine. The Bike is now owned by a Dutch Collector and Phil is doing a full restoration on the bike and hopes to have it up and running pretty soon. We asked Phil to ask the Collector to see if he would be interested to see it in action in the UK ????

CHRIS CARR CONQUERS RYE HOUSE........BOAST TAKES THE UK TITLE...............

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7 times Grand National Champ CHRIS CARR won the final round of the Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack UK Championship at Rye House Speedway Stadium on Sunday. Chris said the standard of riders had gone up a league after having to work hard to win his heat, as Ade Collins riding the Buckingham Van Sales Honda lead Chris for 6 of the 8 laps.

Semi 1 saw Pete Boast on the works Suzuki and Marco Belli on a works CCM hit the front with Chris in third spot. For the first three laps they traded places but Carr moved up front and began to gap Boast and Belli. The race was stopped on lap 6 when Richard Mason and his bike went through the mesh fence and landed on the dog track! After a short delay Richard was able to take his place in the line out. Chris took the win from Boast, Belli and Justin Hargate on the Helmets4U Honda, with first time finalist Steve Coles Honda in 5th.

Semi 2 was a great display from Tom Woolley on the works CCM with a start to finish win, 2nd was Ade Collins still keeping his chances of the UK title alive, 3rd Glyn Cowboy Pocklington on a Helmets4U Honda, 4th Daz Trapmore on the Kindrade Honda and final transfer spot went to Jon Bell on a 525 KTM.

In the Last chance the win went to Italian Jacobo Monti on the 600 Woods Rotax with Rusty Hodgeson racing the Dynomax CCM taking the last spot for the Grand Final.

For the 12 lap Grand Final around the perfect condition, banked Rye House Track, the front row line up was Boast, Woolley,Carr and Collins with the other 8 finalist conpleting the grid. As the tapes went up it was Ade Collins who hole shotted, with Carr, Boast, Pocklington, Woolley and Marco Belli rounding up the top six. Collins and Carr were side by side for two laps with Boast waiting for any mistake by the 2 front runners and 15 year old Tom Woolley moved into 4th spot. On lap 3 Chris Carr took the lead on the HM Plant Honda, Boast was pressing Collins and Marco Belli had now moved into 5th spot. On lap 6 Jacopo Monti went down on turn 1 but did great job of getting his bike off the track so the race continued. Lap 7 sawTom Woolley hit the back of Boast going into turn 3, somehow they both stayed on but Tom dropped behind his team mate Marco. By lap 10 Chris was pulling away from the field, Collins, Boast, Belli and Tom Woolley stayed a close packed bunch. On the last lap Chris had a six bike length lead plenty of time to pull a wheellie as he crossed the line, Collins took a fine 2nd but Boast took 3rd place giving him the 2009 Pozzani Silkolene ShorttrackUK Championship and the number 1 plate for 2010,Tom Woolley pulled great move off to beat his team mate Marco to 4th spot.

1st # 4 Chris Carr.........................450 HM Plant Honda
2nd # 90 Aidan Collins...............450 BVS Honda
3rd # 54 Pete Boast....................450 Team Suzuki
4th # 93 Tom Woolley................510 Team CCM
5th # 1 Marco Belli......................510 Team CCM
6th # 71 Glyn Pocklington..........450 Helmets4u Honda
7th # 84 Justin Hargate..............450 Helmets4u Honda
8th # 20 Darren Trapmore..........450 Kindrade Honda
9th # 8 Jon Bell............................525 KTM
10th # 28r Steven Coles.............450 Honda
11th # 49Rusty Hodgson............510 Dynomax CCM
12th# 5 Jacopo Monti..................600 woods Rotax
2009 Championship, Boast 106,Collins 94,Mason 70,Belli 68,Greig 58,Pocklington 54

REDMAX THUNDERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP

Jacopo Monti travelled all the way from Italy so that he could race with Chris Carr which he did! He also dominated the Thunderbike Class and took a great win in the Final. Jon Lee rode the big 710 Scooter Farm Honda to a good second place from Steve Coles on the little Honda Bros.

Redmax Thunderbike Final Result
1st # 5 Jacopo Monti.........................600 Woods Rotax
2nd # 76 Jon Lee................................710 Scooter Farm Honda
3rd # 28 Steve Coles..........................600 Bros Honda
4th # 4r Paul Harrison..........................600 Woods Rotax
5th # 80r Tim Stevens..........................600 CCM
6th # 13r Gary Inman...........................600 Scooter Farm Woods Rotax
7th # 3r Paul Sheldon..........................600 CCM
8th # 66 Geoff Bull............................... 600 Yamaha
9th # 72 Wayne Drake........................... 650 Yamaha
10th # 88 Paul Scott............................ 600 Rotax
11th # 31 Dave Arnold......................... 600 Scooter Farm Rotax
12th # 47 Anthony Brown................... 600 Co Built Rotax

Championship Result, Boast 101,Coles 92, Lee 86,May 69,Inman 65,Arnold 48

SHORTTRACK JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Tim Neave took a clean sweep in the Junior Shorttrack Class with 4 out of 4 wins in his first ever full Shorttrack meeting but he still had to battle hard in a couple of races to beat Championship winner Sam Woolley, with 3rd going to Oliver Brindley.

1st Tim Neave.........................150 Xtrail
2nd Sam Woolley................... 65 Kawasaki
3rd Oliver Brindley................ 65 Kawasaki
4th Hazz Truelove.................. 65 KTM
5th Joshua Haith.................... 65 Kawasaki
6th Flyn Scott........................ 65 KTM
7th Tom Welbourne.............. 150 x port

Championship Results - Sam Woolley 120, Welbourn 117, Brindley 70, Haith 51, Neave 29, Truelove 22

Some of the best racing of the day took place in the Mini Bike Class. Four riders who featured at the top end of all the races were England under 21 speedway Star Lewis Bridger, former Grasstracker Mark Richardson, Steven Rhodes and Darren Trapmore. In every race these four were swapping places every time but It was Mark Richardson who came out as top points scorer from Darren Trapmore, with Steven Rhodes in 3rd spot. Lewis broke down in the Double Points race.

Shorttrack Mini Bike Results
1st Mark Richardson..................150 x sport
2nd Darren Trapmore.................150 x Trail
3rd Steven Rodes.......................150 x sport
4th Mick Trapmore...................... 150 X Trail
5th Marshall Kinrade................... 150 x Trail
6th Lewis Bridger........................150 x sport

Championship Result Trapmore 64, Richardson 54,Allott 43,Trapmore 40,Kinrade 31,Rhodes 25

Race Result, 1st chris Carr, 2nd Pete Boast, 3rd Jacopo Monti, 4th Marco Belli, 5th Tom Woolley,6th Ade Collins, 7th Jon Bell, 8th Ben Baker

Graham & Darren ....Chris with poster signed by the riders.....Line Out semi 2.........................

Thankyou to all riders, fans and staff for great meeting.
Pics by Steven Baldock.

#46 Anthony Brown has been campaining his 600 Co-Built Rotax in the Shorttrack Championship with good success this season.Now Anthony and his buddy Geoff have started building frames and complete bikes to order and have a new website up and running WWW.CO-BUILT.NET or for more info call Anthony on 07834971715.

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Peter Boast came away with his second ACU National Title and a 14 point lead in the Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Championship on Sunday at the well attend BMF Show at Peterborough. Heat races were run on the Saturday and the top 24 riders progressed to Sunday's Semi finals.

Semi 1 saw Championship points leader Ade Collins on the BVS Honda on pole after an unbeaten run in the heat races. On the first lap Adain's bike stopped down the back straight while he was second to young Tom Woolley on the Works CCM Machine. Tom lead from start to finish with Boastie in a safe second and good ride from Revin Kevin Armstrong to take third.

Semi 2 was action from the word go with Richard Magic Mason crashing in front of the pack on the first bend and STUK's number 1 plate holder Marco Belli hitting the fence on the way out of the corner. After the melee it was local hero Victor Bull who took the lead, with a young, charging Ben Baker close behind on his new 450 Honda. On lap 6 Ben made a fantastic move around Victor and romped home to a victory with Bull 2nd, Rusty Hodgeson 3rd, Marco managed to get up to 4th spot and last transfer to the final went to Justin Hargate.
In the last chance race Magic Mason made no mistake this time and won, Captain Highside John Lee was 2nd, just taking last transfer spot from David Haith and Ade Collins.

For the Grand Final, the former Junior riders Tom Woolley and Ben Baker had the first pick of the gate positions, Tom took 2 and Ben 3, with Boastie on 1 and Victor Bull on 4 to complete the front row, the remaining 8 riders took the next two rows.
As the tapes went up Tom Woolley stalled his CCM o the line, amazingly the rest of the pack missed him and it was Boastie who hole shotted the field. On the first lap it was Boast, Baker, Bull, Hodgeson, Belli, Daz Trapmore, Armstrong and Mason to round top 8. By lap 4 Boast and Baker began to pull away from the field and the battle for 3rd was on with Vic Bull, Rusty Hodgson, Belli, Mason and Justin Hargate all swapping places.
By lap 8 Ben was on Boastie's tail just waiting to pounce ,Bull was still just holding onto 3rd, with Mason and Hogson trying everything to get past. Lap 10 saw Boast and Baker well clear of the pack, with the crowd focused on the 3rd place dice with Mason banging elbows with Bull and Rusty Hodgson pressing both of them hard. On the last lap Boast was still under pressure from Baker who couldn't quite pass him by the chequered flag and Boastie took the honours,while Victor Bull did well to hold onto 3rd spot from Magic Mason and Rusty Hodgson.

Pozzani Silkolene UK Championship and ACU National Championship
GRAND FINAL RESULT

1st 54 Peter Boast.............................450 Team Suzuki
2nd 7 Ben Baker................................450 Honda
3rd 15 Victor Bull...............................525 No Bull KTM
4th 98 Richard Mason.......................450 AMP Racing Honda
5th 49 Rusty Hodgson......................510 Dynomax CCM
6th 84 Justin Hargate........................450 Helmets4u Honda
7th 1 Marco Belli................................510 Team CCM
8th 20 Darren Trapmore....................450 Kindrade Honda
9th 61 Kevin Armstrong....................450 Suzuki
10th 25 Derek Brindley......................450 Arrow Honda
11th 76 John Lee................................710 Scooter Farm Honda
12th 93 Tom Woolley.........................510 Team CCM

Championship points, Boast 92,Collins 78,Mason 70,Tim Greig 58,Belli 57,Glyn Pocklington 44.

The RedMax Thunderbike Final was won from start to finish by Peter Boast on the Suzuki SV Twin machine, John Lee riding the 710 v twin Honda held on to 2nd from a charging Richard May on the big 710 single CCM Machine.

1st 54 Peter Boast.......................650 Team Suzuki
2nd 76 John Lee..........................710 Scooter Farm Honda
3rd 9 Richard May........................710 Team CCM
4th 28r Steve Coles.......................650 Bros Honda
5th 80r Tim Stevens......................600 CCM
6th 47r Anthony Brown.................600 Rrotax Co Built
7th 4r Paul Harrison.......................600 Woods Rotax
8th 66 Geoff Bull...........................600 Yamaha
9th 31r Dave Arnold.......................600 Scooter Farm Rotax
10th 59r Steve Hillary....................750 Redmax Harley Davidson
11th 13r Gary Inman......................600 Scooter Farm Woods Rotax
12th 72r Wayne Drake...................750 Yamaha

Tom Welbourn is the new ACU National Junior Shorttrack Champion!
A good field of junior riders attended Peterborough but It was Tom Welbourn who took a clean sweep by winning all 4 races including the double points race. Sam Woolley rode well to pick a good second place and also riding well was Oliver Brindley who took the last spot on the Podium.

Shorttrack Junior Results
1st 4 Tom Welbourne..................150 Pit Bike
2nd 11 Sam Woolley................... 65 Kawasaki
3rd 5 Oliver Brindley.................. 65 Kawasaki
4th 17 Joshua Haith.................... 65 Kawasaki
5th 77 Flyn Scott......................... 65 Kawasaki
6th 206 Hazz Truelove............... 65 Kawasaki
7th Tim Neave............................ 230 Kinrade CCM

ROB CURL won the Shorttrack Quad Championship in style, by winning at Peterbough and beating 2 times Champ Alan Hooker in a great double points race. Going into the Final round of the Quads Championship at Peterbourgh Rob was tied on points with Charlie Welbourn but it was Rob's brother Ian who won Heat 1.
Heat 2 went to Charlie Wellbourn with Alan Hooker 2nd and in heat 3 this time it was Rob Curl who took the the 1st spot, with Hooker 2nd again and Ian 3rd.

So it was all down to the last race for double points. Rob made the hole shot with Hooker 2nd and Wellbourn 3rd. Alan put pressure on Rob and Charlie was putting pressure on Alan . By Lap 4 Charlie hit problems and dropped out giving Rob Curl the title but he didn't ease up and kept the throttle wide open to hold Alan off and to take the chequred flag, with Rob's brother Ian taking last spot on the podium.

1st 88 Rob Curl...........................350 Banshee
2nd 1 Alan Hooker.......................350 Banshee
3rd 77 Ian Curl.............................350 Banshee
4th 7 Charlie Wellbourn.............525 outlaw KTM
5th 3 Mark Graves.......................525 Polaris

Scratch for Cash Race Result
1st Marco Belli
2nd Tom Woolley
3rd Victor Bull
4th Richard Mason
5th Derek Brindley
6th Ben Baker

Hemets 4U B race winner Mark Richardson.

Thankyou to all Riders, Staff and Race Fans.
Pics By Chippy Wood and Steve Baldock.

Round 5 of the International Mefo Sport Flattrack Cup was hosted by the Belgian Speedway fan club in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, making it the first ever flattrack race in Europe’s capital country. The beautiful and well packed Helzold stadium welcomed new comers Piet-Gosse Hoekstra from Fryslan, Andreas Perr and Helly Kaltenhauser from Bavaria in addition to the regular rider field from England, Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The qualifying races immediately produced close battles, with sixth place being fought for just as hard as first. The crowd was treated to a barrage of passing maneuvers, as riders were gaining and losing positions every lap. Unfortunately Mick Jansen and championship leader - hot shot - Steven Hall were forced to retire after making contact with the wall. Also the paddocks were well visited by the fans curious to see the beautiful big wheeled flat track motorcycles, some of them home built. The grid girls welcomed the best riders to the all deciding, twelve lap grand final with J.W. Jansen, Boast, Baldock and Mulder on the front row, ready to decide the day. England’s Peter Boast took the hole shot, with Swiss resident Jan-Willem Jansen right on his tail, they immediately opened up a little gap from the battle for third position. With Boast keeping the door shut, and Jansen looking, trying, poking left and right. It wasn’t until the second to last lap that Jansen found an opening while they were lapping other riders, to take first position and receive the checkered flag from Europe’s coolest flag Marshall Benny Kupers. Right behind them it was Dutchman Halbe Scheper who made his way through the field with a flawless race to claim his second podium of the season. Heusden-Zolder proved once again that flat track racing is an excellent spectator sport, keep checking the website for a race near you!
Round 5, Heusden-Zolder(B), Expert results:
1. #15 Jan-Willem Jansen, Adetswil(CH), Dutch-Brothers KTM
2. #54 Pete Boast, Market Rasen(UK), team Suzuki
3. #28 Halbe Scheper, Emmer-Compascuum(NL), Honda
4. #13 Hendrik Mulder, Roderesch(NL), Mulder-Yamaha
5. #64x Geoff Baldock, Market Rasen(UK), KTM
Championship positions: 1 Pete Boast 58ptn, 2 Steve Hall 50ptn, 3 Halbe Scheper 49ptn, 4 Jan-Willem Jansen 48ptn, 5 Henderik Mulder 41ptn,....

Kinrade National Pro Class..................................................Restricted Plate Class................................................Thunderbike Class.............

1st #54 Pete Boast.........450 Suzuki....................1st# 47r Anthony Brown........600 Rotax...................1st # 61 Kevin Armstrong ....C&J Rotax
2nd #93 Tom Woolley.....450 CCM......................2nd # 22r Mike Ryan........490 Honda..........................2nd # 80 Tim Stevens.............604 CCm
3rd# 71 Glyn Pocklington H4U 450 Honda.......3rd .# 92r Mark Whitelam...450 Honda.......................3rd # 47 Anthony Brown .... ..600 Rotax
4th# 64 Geoff Baldock .....520 KTM.....................4th# 27r Colin Batchford.....600 Rotax.......................4th 27r Colin Batchford........600 Woods
5th# 7 Ben Baker......250 KXF...............................5th..#43 Matt Moore...........640 KTM..........................5th# 22 Mike Ryan ................644 CCM
6th# 8 John Bell..................525 KTM....................6th # 12r Ian Cramp............450 Honda......................6th# 44r Lez Stevens...........650 Yamaha

Shorttrack Quad Class..............................................................Mini Bike Class

1st #4 Tom Welbourn..........250 Honda.............................1st# 30 Mark Richardson...........150 X-Port
2nd# 7 Charlie Welbourn...525 outlaw.............................2nd# 71Glyn Pocklington............150 FT Xtrail
3rd# 3 Mark Graves............525 Polarise.........................3rd# 54 Pete Boast.........................150 FT X trail

Kenny Coolbeth won the Indy Mile last weekend from Bryan Smith and Jared Mees, which gave a clean sweep for the Harley factory team. Last year's winner Chris Carr was 4th and Jake Johnson 5th. The Pro 450 Expert class was won by J.D.Beech on a 450 Honda from Brad Baker also on a 450 Honda. Shorttrackuk's Pete Boast failed to quailfy for the Night show by 0.7 second, he was 38th fastest out 50 riders but only 32 made the cut.
One of the biggest cheers from the 25 thousand spectators was when Kenny Roberts turned some fast laps on the TZ750 Flattracker, even Valentino Rossi who was at the meeting was stood on his seat cheering for Kenny every time he came past!
COOL BIKES AT INDY

Willie McCoy's xr 750 ...................Aprilia 550 ............................Ducati 750.............................Mick Kirkness 750 Suzuki

KR checking his TZ..............Girl Flattracker Nicole Cheza Pit..450 DTX Ready for Rossi...........Sunset at indy

HENRY WILES WINS PEORIA TT
AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Singles Championship: (18 riders / 25 laps) 1. Henry Wiles (Kaw); 2. JR Schnabel (Yam); 3. Shaun Russell (Hon); 4. Mick Kirkness (Suz); 5. Joe Kopp (Hon); 6. Chris Carr (Hon); 7. Sammy Halbert (Yam); 8. Jake Johnson (Hon); 9. Bryan Smith (Kaw); 10. Brandan Bergen (Hon); 11. Luke Gough (Hon); 12. Kevin Vance (Hon); 13. Jake Mataya (Hon); 14. Kenny Coolbeth (Hon); 15. Aaron King (KTM); 16. Dan Gedeon (Hon); 17. Bryan Bigelow (Hon); 18. Josh Butler (Hon).

BOASTIE TO RACE THE INDY MILE
Shorttrack UK rider PETER BOAST is setting off to the USA on Tuesday to race in the biggest mile race of the year at Indianapolis. 30,000 spectators went to watch Chris Carr win the race last year,which takes place the same weekend that the motogp is racing at the brickyard raceway.
Boastie will be teaming up with the USA Suzuki flattrack team and hopes to do some testing on a half mile early in the week. He will then travel up from Missouri to Indiana to race in the Hotshoe shorttrack meeting on the Friday at Gas City, before trying to qualify for the Indy mile on Saturday. Max Clark of the FT Experience will be turning the wrenches for Pete and Dave Arnold (Scooter Farm Racing)and family will be waving the Union Jack from the stands.

If your Flattrack fan or shorttrack racer then this is must have book on your list.
Mr Sideburn Gary Inman as now got them for sale on is site. This cult book was first published in 1978 and is now updated with a fantastic, embossed linen cover and a few extra pages. Covers everything including what hauler to buy (written in 78 remember), racing lines, technique, prize money and lock wiring. It's a beautiful thing.
Gerald Foster as put the new book together,with fresh pics from the 70'sand a new introduction and even talks about racing in europe.
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WINNER ADE COLLINS............................AUSSIE STAR DARCY WARD..................COWBOY GLYN POCKLINGTON

Round 6 of the Pozzani Silkolene shorttrackUK Championship brought thrills and spills at the only TT event in England on Sunday.
Tim Greig riding the ASR Honda won the first Semi in convincing style from Aussie speedway star Darcy Ward claiming a fromt row start for the Final. The second semi was a great battle between Richard Mason, Ade Collins and Pete Boast, they traded places for most of the race but it was Boast who came out on top from Collins. Mason hit his hand on a marker and knocked his cut out off so had to go to the Last Chance to get through to the final.

The Grand Final was always going to be a battle to see who came out of the first tight hair pin bend where many riders had come to grief during the day. It was Ade Collins who emmerged first from the bend, with Greig second, Boast third and Richard May on the CCM 4th. Lap 4 saw Boast make a hard move on Greig to take 2nd spot while further down the field Mason was moving up from 10th to 7th place. On lap 8 Mason moved past Darcey Ward and Rich May to take up 4th spot, while in front Boastie tried a pass on Collins but ended up wide and dropped a couple of bike lenths, then Magic Mason moved past Greig on the outside of turn 2. By the final lap Boast was on the back of Collins again and Mason was chasing Boast, David Haith moved into 5th spot but by the chequered flag it was Ade Collins who took his third Grand Final win of the season, giving him 4 point lead from Boast in the Championship, with Richard Mason having a great ride to come from the back to get third spot.

Round 6 Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack uk Championship, 9th August, Norfolk Arena, TT Event

1ST # 90 AIDAN COLLINS....................450 BVS HONDA
2ND # 54 PETER BOAST......................450 TEAM SUZUKI
3RD # 98 RICHARD MASON.................450 HONDA
4TH # 10 TIM GREIG..............................450 ASR HONDA
5TH # 17R DAVID HAITH....................... 450 HONDA
6TH # 9 RICHARD MAY........................ 450 TEAM CCM
7TH # 2X DARCY WARD.......................450 FTE CCM
8TH # 20 DAREN TRAPMORE..............450 KINRADE HONDA
9TH # 25R DEREK BRINDLEY.............450 HONDA
10TH# 84 JUSTIN HARGATE...............450 HELMETS4U HONDA
11TH# 66 GEOFF BULL........................450 NO BULL YAMAHA
12TH# 7 BEN BAKER............................250 KAWASAKI

1ST # 54 PETER BOAST.......................650 TEAM SUZUKI
2ND # 28R STEVE COLES.......................600 ROTAX
3RD # 13R GARY INMAN........................600 WOODS ROTAX
4TH # 61 KEVIN ARMSTRONG...............600 CJ ROTAX
5TH # 80R TIM STEVENS..........................600 CCM
6TH # 9 RICHARD MAY............................710 CCM
7TH # 66 GEOFF BULL.............................660 NO BULL YAMAHA
8TH # 22R MIKE RYAN.............................600 CCM
9TH # 31R DAVE ARNOLD......................600 SCOOTER FARM ROTAX
10TH # 27 DAVE BATCHFORD.................600 WOODS ROTAX
11TH # 82R SIMON RUSSELL.................650 KAWASAKI
12TH # 4R PAUL HARRISON..................600 WOODS ROTAX

1ST ALAN HOOKER
2ND MARK RAMSHAW
3RD CHRIS WRIGHT
4TH IAN CURL
5TH ROB CURL
6TH MARK GRAVES

1ST DARCY WARD
2ND ADAM ALLOTT
3RD MARK RICHARDSON
4TH DARREN TRAPMORE
5TH STEVEN RODES
6TH STEVE HAZELL

1ST 98 RICHARD MAGIC MASON..................450 HONDA
2ND 49 RUSTY HODGSON .............................510 DYNOMAX CCM
3RD 10 TIM GREIG............................................450 ASR HONDA
4TH 20 DARREN TRAPMORE..........................450 KINRADE HONDA
5TH 7 BEN BAKER............................................250 KAWASAKI
6TH 2X DARCY WARD......................................450 FTE CCM
7TH 17 DAVID HAITH........................................450 HONDA
8TH 71 GLYN POCKLINGTON.........................450 HELMETS4U HONDA

.REDMAX NEW SHOP NOW OPEN.

Our Thunderbike sponsors Redmax have opened their new shop at Abbotts Ann, Andover
Click on the Redmax Logo to go to their website to see what goodies they have for sale.

Do you recognize the rider? His son is rather competitive in MotoGP! His plan is to develop this bike for a company in Italy who are looking to produce some flat track bikes,he also has been talking to Shorttracks Number 1 Marco Belli and is very interested in racing Flattrack !

Ade Collins dominated round 4 of the Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack UK Championship which took place at Hi Edge Raceway, Buxton. Ade was unbeaten in all his races and he also took top honours in the Dash for Cash race.
With over night rain the track conditions were a little tricky to start with for the heat races but by time it came to the Semi's the track had turned into a hard dusty track. This didn't change Aidan's winning ways as he took the first semi by half the straight away from second placed Richard 'magic' Mason, who had the battle holding off Justin Hargate for 3rd. The second Semi was won by Pete Boast after restart following a first bend crash with other 3 riders, second spot went to' Cowboy' Glyn Pocklington and Geoff Baldock came though the field to take 3rd spot.

As the riders took their places for the 12 lap Grand Final, it was the on form Collins who got the hole shot from Magic Mason, Boast, Baldock, Pocklington and Hargate. On lap 3 Boastie made a move past Mason and by lap 6 Ade Collins was pulling away from the field. Mason was trying to get past Boast again and Geoff Baldock had Helmets4u Team riders Pocklington and Hargate snapping at his heels. On lap 9 Pocklington got past Baldock and on lap 10 Geoff was relegated to 6th as Hargate passed going into the last lap.

Collins had a safe lead but Boastie was still having to ride hard to keeping Magic Mason from passing him. As the chequred flag came out for Aiden for his second Grand Final win this season, Boast held on to second from Mason, 4th Glyn Pocklington, 5th Justin Hargate and Tim Greig just slipping by Geoff Baldock on the last lap to take 6th.

Results Pozzani Silkolene ShorttrackUK Grand Final
1st # 90 Aidan Collins................450 BuckVanSales Honda
2nd # 54 Peter Boast.................450 Team Suzuki
3rd # 98 Richard Mason............450 Honda
4th # 71 Glyn Pocklington.........450 H4U Honda
5th # 84 Justin Hargate.............450 H4U Honda
6th # 10 Tim Greig.....................450 ASR Honda
7th # 64 Geoff Baldock.............525 Robspeed KTM
8th # 8 Jon Bell..........................525 KTM
9th # 49 Rusty Hodgson...........510 Dynomax CCM
10th # 12x Adam Allott..............450 Collins Honda
11th # 20r Daz Trapmore.........450 Kinrade Honda
12th # 25r Derek Brindley.......450 Honda

Championship standings - Collins 56pts,Boast 56pts,Marco Belli 48pts,Greig 46pts,Mason 44pts,Pocklington 41pts

The Redmax Thunderbikes produced some great races on the small Buxton track. It was Peter Boast who took the win in the final from Steve Coles who had to hold off the exciting Wayne Drake on the 650 twin Yamaha. A fine 4th place went to Mr Scooter Farm himself Dave Arnold.

Redmax Thunderbike Results
1st # 54 Peter Boast...............650 SV Team Suzuki
2nd # 28r Steve Coles............650 Bros Honda
3rd # 72r Wayne Drake.............650 XSYamaha
4th # 31r Dave Arnold.............600 Scooter Farm Rotax
5th # 9 Richard May................710 CCM
6th # 13r Gary Inman...............600 Scoter Farm Woods Rotax
7th # 22r Mike Ryan.................600 CCM
8th # 3r Paul Sheldon..............600 CCM
9th # 59r Steve Hillary.............750 Redmax Harley Davidson
10th # 44r Lez Stevens............650 XSYamaha
11th # 27r Colin Batchford.......600 Woods Rotax
12th # 88r Simon Russell........650 Kawasaki

Charlie Welbourn was on top form at Buxton to take the Quad Win,from Rob Curl who injured his arm after avoiding his brother in the Double points race and third placed Mark Graves.
Shorttrack Quads Results
1st Charlie Welborn..........................525 outlaw
2nd Robert Curl..................................350 Banshee
3rd Mark Graves................................525 Polais
4th Ian Curl.........................................350 Banshee
5th Mark Ramsdale............................350 Banshee
6th Mandy Renshaw..........................350 Banshee

MINI BIKES
There was a clean sweep for Mark Richardson in the Mini Bikes, who had to hold Daz Trapmore at bay in all of the races and former grasstrack star Mick Trapmore took 3rd spot.

Shorttrack Junior Class
Sam Woolley held the 1st place plate high when he took the points win from Tom Welbourn who won the Double points race but still didn't get the overal win. Oliver Brindley and Joshua Haith had some great battles but it was Oliver who just manged to take third spot.

Dash for Cash Race Result
1st Ade Collins, 2nd Pete Boast,3rd Geoff Baldock,4th Rusty Hodgson,5th Glyn Pocklington,6th Richard Mason,7thJustin Hargate,8th Jon Bell

Rounds 2 and 3 of the Mefo International Flattrack Cup took place at the weekend and for Marco Belli it was mixed fortunes. Marco won on Saturday in Marianski Lazne on the 1000 metre track riding a borrowed xr1000 Harley Davidson but his fortunes turned on Sunday when dicing mid pack in the Final at Heidenreichstein, when he was involved in a crash with Glyn Pocklington and broke his collar bone and four ribs ouch! Get well soon Marco.
All the Brits did well,Steve Hall was on podium in both meetings with 3rd (CZ) and a great win leading from the front from start to finish to take the honours at the Austrain meeting. Boastie got 4th in (CZ) and was 2nd to Steve in Austria, Glyn finished 7th and 5th after picking him self up after the big crash with Marco and starting at the back of the line out. Anthony Brown rode well and made the finals at both meetings, while Steve Hillary had problems with the big Harley on Saturday but sorted it out for Austria and also made the final. For more info and pics go to www.flatrack.de

You could have been mistaken that you were in southern California with temperatures up in the 20's, bright sunshine and a perfectly prepared deep clay track to race on, some riders described the Norfolk Arena as Flattrack Heaven.

The racing was as good as the setting. Some of the hottest racing took place in the Kinrade National Pro Class, with 'Tiger' Tim Greig riding the ASR 450 Honda taking the points win with 3 wins out 4, the other win went to Pete 'Boastie' Boast giving him second spot overal and 3rd in the points was Glyn 'Cowboy' Pocklington.

Steve Coles dominated the Restricted plate Class with unbeaten record of 4 wins, 2nd place went to Shorttrack newcomer but former USA pro sport rider John Roeder riding a Honda CR500 two stroke and third place to Mike Ryan.

The Thunderbike Class overall win went to Paul Harrison with 3 heat wins riding the Woods Rotax, in 2nd place was Steve Coles who was just 2 points in front of 'Revin' Kevin Armstrong on the C&J Rotax who also had a heat win.

Quad Action was fast and exciting and it was Nick Wright who took the honours from Charlie Welbourn and Rob Curl battling into third spot.

Glyn 'Cowboy' Pocklington proved top man in Mini bikes class with 3 wins, 2nd spot went to grasstrack racer Mark Richardson with one win and Boastie 3rd.

Kinrade National Pro Class..................................................Restricted Plate Class................................................Thunderbike Class.............

1st #10 Tim Greig..........ASR 450 Honda..............1st# 28r Steve Coles........450 Honda....................1st #4r Paul Harrison.....Woods Rotax
2nd# 54 Pete Boast.......450 Suzuki.......................2nd #55x John Roeder....500 Honda.....................2nd#28r Steve Coles.....650 Honda
3rd# 71 Glyn Pocklington H4U 450 Honda..........3rd #22r Mike Ryan...........450 Honda....................3rd # 61 Kevin Armstrong C&J Rotax
4th# 98Richard Mason......450 Honda....................4th# 27r Colin Batchford.600 rotax.......................4th# 80r Tim Stevens......600 ccm
5th# 84 Justin Hargate......H4U 450Honda............5th# 92r Mark Whitelam...450 Honda....................5th# 27r Colin Batchford.600 Woods
6th# 8 John Bell..................525 KTM........................6th# 12r Ian Cramp............450 Honda....................6th# 44r Lez Stevens....650 Yamaha

Shorttrack Quad Class..............................................................Mini Bike Class

1st #34 Nick Wright..............250 Honda.............................1st# 71Glyn Pocklington............150 FT Xtrail
2nd# 7 Charlie Welbourn...525 outlaw.............................2nd# 18 Mark Richardson...........150 X-Port
3rd# 88 Rob Curl..................350 banshee.........................3rd# 54 Pete Boast.........................150 FT X trail
4th# 3 Mark Graves..............525 polais..............................4th Mick Trapmore......................... 150 FT X trail
5th# 2 Paul Munnery............520 KTM
6th# 77 Ian Curl......................350 Banshee

STEVE HALL became the first winner of the Masters of Flattrack and the 3rd different winner (in as many rounds) of the 2009 Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Championship. There was 24 hours of rain leading up to the meeting, but the fantastic 1/2 mile Amman Valley trotting track coped well and drained to produce some exciting racing as the meeting went on.
The Shorttrack Semi 1 was a battle up front with Pete Boast , Steve Hall and Tom Woolley riding his new works CCM machine. Hall got the result from Boast and Woolley. The second Semi saw early leader Richard Magic Mason crash out on lap 3 to hand the lead to Marco belli who went on to win ahead of Ben Wells and Rusty Hodgson.
The Grand Final was an exhausting 12 laps around the 1/2 mile wide open oval. It was Works CCM rider Belli who lead the race from the first bend with Steve Hall chasing him. On lap 3 Hall pulled a great move coming out turn 2 to to take the lead from Belli, while 3 bike lengths back there was 4 way dice for 3rd spot with two Suzuki mounted riders Ben Wells and Pete Boast and 2 Honda mounted riders of Ade Collins and Tim Greig. As the laps counted down Hall began to pull away from Belli, as he in turn pulled away from the 3rd place battle. Also coming up through the field was 15 year old Tom Woolley who moved into 7th place from 10th on the first lap.
With two laps to go it was lining up to a grandstand finish with Marco pulling back up to Steve Hall and in the battle for 3rd Wells, Boast, Colins and Greig were all trading places and begining to pull in the leaders. Steve Hall made no mistakes and received the Chequered Flag in first, with Belli 2nd and Boastie just nicking 3rd on the last corner from Ade Colins, Ben Wells and Tim Greig.
Marco extends his Championship lead and has 48 points, Boast 40, Collins 36, Greig 36 and Hall 33.

Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Championship Grand Final Result Round 3 Amman Valley, Wales

1st # 77 Steven Hall.......................................576 MRS Honda
2nd # 1 Marco Belli.........................................510 CCM
3rd # 54 Peter Boast.......................................450 Suzuki
4th # 90 Aidan Collins.....................................450 BVS Honda
5th # 11 Ben Wells...........................................450 Revs Suzuki
6th # 10 Tim Greig............................................450 ARS Honda
7th # 93 Tom Woolley......................................450 CCM
8th # 71 Glyn Pocklinton...................................450 Helmets4U Honda
9th # 49 Rusty Hodgson....................................450 Dynomax CCM
10th # 84 Justin Hargate....................................450 Helmets4U Honda
11th # 20r Darren Trapmore...............................450 Kinrade Honda
12th # 64 Geoff Baldock ....................................525 Robspeed KTM

Boastie took the win in the RedMax Thunder bike Class
The big 1/2mile track suited the big machines none more so than the Suzuki twin of Pete Boast who won took the win, Kevin Armstrong had to get off the floor after a nasty crash in the first run of the Thunderbike Final to take second spot and 2 times winner this season Captain Highside John Lee made it into third spot.

Redmax Thunderbike Final Result

1st # 54 Peter Boast......................................650 Suzuki
2nd # 61 Kev Armstrong..............................636 C&J Rotax
3rd # 76 John Lee.........................................710 Scooter Farm Honda
4th # 79r Guto Llewelyn...............................600 Husaberg
5th # 97r Luca Tallamona.............................600 Hall's Rotax
6th # 47r Anthony Brown.............................600 Co-Built
7th # 28r Steve Coles....................................650 Honda
8th # 9 Richard May.......................................710 CCM
9th # 31 Dave Arnold.....................................600 Scooter Farm Rotax
10th # 59r Steve Hillary.................................750 Redmax Harley
11th # 44r Lez Stevens...................................650 Yamaha
12th # 2x Ian Howells......................................600 Suzuki

Roger Windebank was unbeaten in all his heats and made no mistakes in the final. Charlie Welborn looked be the only man to give Roger any trouble but it was not to be as Roger won from start to finish, third spot went to Mark Ramsdale who had to share his partner Mandy Renshaw's quad to get a fine 3rd spot.

Shorttrack Quad Final Result
1st # 55 Roger Windebank....................................535 KTM
2nd # 7 Charlie Welbourn......................................525 Outlaw
3rd # 9 Mark Ramsdale...........................................350 Banshee
4th # 88 Robert Curl................................................350 Banshee
5th # 77 Ian Curl.......................................................350 Banshee
6th # 3 Mark Graves.................................................525 Polaris

Head down for Junior Action with a win to Sam Woolley and Second spot for Tom Webourn.

MAGIC MASON
Rookie Richard Mason pulled off a shock result in Round 2 of the Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Grand Final, in his second Championship round winning by a full straightaway from reigning Champion Marco Belli. Richard who finished second to Pete Boast in his Semi was on the front row for the Grand Final in a Itailan sandwich with Marco Belli one side and Jacobo Monti on the other side. It was Belli who hole shotted and lead the first lap but starting second lap Mason made a move coming into turn one and took the lead from Belli. Pete Boast held third spot with Tim Greig on his tail and lap 4 saw first round winner Ade Collins slide off his BVS Honda while in 5th spot. By lap 6 Mason began to pull away from Belli who seemed to be struggling with the set up on the works CCM, Boastie was trying everything to get past Marco and Greig was on Boastie's back mudgard, a bit further down the field the battle for 5th spot was with Steve Hall putting pressure on Jacobo Monti and Ben Wells and Glyn Pocklington swapping places in the 4 way dice.
As the laps counted down Mason just kept pulling a larger lead, Marco was under massive pressure from Boast and Greig, Steve Hall moved into 5th spot and Monti got passed by Pocklington and Wells. By the time it come to the chequered flag Richard Mason took a very impressive win with the Champions of Shorttrack title, Marco hung on to second spot and Boast took the last spot on the podium.

1st # 98r Richard Mason....................450 AMP Racing Honda
2nd # 1 Marco Belli.............................510 CCM
3rd # 54 Peter Boast............................450 Suzuki
4th # 10 Tim Greig................................450 ASR Honda
5th # 77 Steve Hall................................525 MRS KTM
6th # 71 Glyn Pocklington....................450 Helmets4u Honda
7th # 11 Ben Wells................................450 Revs Suzuki
8th # 5x Jacobo Monti...........................636 Woods Rotax
9th # 5r Derek Bindley...........................450 Arrow Honda
10th # 7 Ben Baker.................................250 Kawasaki
11th # 9 Richard May..............................450 CCM
12th # 90 Ade Collins.............................450 BVS Honda

1st # 20r Daz Trapmore .....................450 Kinrade Racing Honda
2nd # 2x Joe Moore............................450 FT Experience CCM
3rd # 47r Ant Brown............................600 Co-Built Rotax

The Remax Thunderbike Final saw the second win of the Season for Jon Lee on the big 710 V twin Honda, the battle was for 2nd and 3rd spot with Richard May ,Steve Coles and Pete Boast. Boastie slipped off on lap 3 which left May and Coles dicing for the number 2 spot, with Kev Armstrong also moving up to the battle but by the flag it was May in second spot and Coles 3rd.

1st # 76 Jon Lee......................710 Skooter Farm Honda
2nd # 9 Richard May................710 CCM
3rd # 28rSteve Coles ...................650 Honda
4th # 61Kev Armstrong...........600 C&J Rotax
5th # 13r Gary Inman.................600 Skooter Farm Woods Rotax
6th # 31r Dave Arnold................600 Skooter Farm Rotax
7th # 97r Luca Talamona............600 Halls Rotax
8th # 27r Colin Batchford...........600 woods Rotax
9th # 54 Pete Boast.....................650 Suzuki
10th # 47 Ant Brown...................600 Co-built Rotax
11th # Steve Hillary....................750 Redmax Harley Davidson
12th # Wayne Drake.....................650 XSYamaha

1st # 22r Mike Ryan..................600 CCM
2nd # 88r Paul Scott..................600 Hybrid CCM
3rd # 37r Steve Hazell..............1200 Harley Davidson

There was some great racing with Sam Woolley and Tom Webourn once again in the Round 2 of the Junior Shorttrack Championship. Tom took 2 race wins but Sam managed to take two race wins including the double points win to take the overall win and a good ride from Oliver Brindley to take home third spot.

1st #11 Sam Woolley..............65 Kawasaki
2nd #4 Tom Webourn...........230 CCM
3rd #5 Oliver Brindley............65 Kawasaki

Thank you to all sponsors,staff and helpers for very successfull meeting, Pics by Chippy

Ade Collins won Round 1 of the Pozzani Silkolene ShorttrackUK Championship 2009. Ade was on top form riding the Buckingham Van Sales Honda, he won his opening heat race and his Semi Final to take pole for the Grand Final. Marco Belli riding the factory CCM won the other Semi Final from a hard charging Andrew Moore on the woods Rotax.
Ade hole shotted the 12 lap grand final from Belli, Moore and Pete Boast and by lap 2 he started to pull away from Marco who had Andrew Moore trying every thing to pass him. On lap 4 Moorey just missed Belli's back wheel by inches and ran off the grove dropping back to 8th place. Tim Greig on the ASR Honda took advantage and moved past Boast to take up third spot. On lap 6 Geoff Baldock went down mid pack with Justin Hargate on the Helmets4u Honda having to lay his bike down to miss him and the race was stopped.
The restart was in the form of a line out and once again Collins got the start from Belli ,Greig , Boast and Glyn Pocklington in 5th spot. Collins edged a lead out in the next 4 laps, Greig and Boast were pressuring Belli but by the Final lap Ade Collins took a great win with Marco holding to second and Tim Greig taking third spot.

Round 1Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Championship
Norfolk Arena
1st #90 Aidan Collins..............Buckingham Van Sales Honda
2nd #1 Marco Belli...................CCM
3rd #10 Tim Greig.....................ASR Honda
4th #54 Pete Boast................... Silkolene Suzuki
5th #71 Glyn Pocklington........Helmets4u Honda
6th #98r Richard Mason...........Honda
7th #100 Andrew Moore............Woods Rotax
8th #8 Jon Bell..............................KTM
9th #84 Justin Hargate................Helmets4u Honda
10th #93r Tom Woolley...............CCM
11th #64 Geoff Baldock...............KTM
12th #11 Ben Wellls .....................Suzuki

Captain Highside, Jon Lee won Round 1 of RedMax Thunder bike Class riding his v twin 710 honda.The strong field of thunder bike riders produced some excellent racing. The final saw Pete Boast on pole, next to him Gary Inman with Lee and Paul Harrison all on the front row, but it was a flag to flag win for Jon lee with Harrison second and Boast taking 3rd spot.

1st #76 Jon Lee....................710 Skooter Farm Honda
2nd #4r Paul Harrison..........600 Woods Rotax
3rd #54 Pete Boast..............650 Suzuki
4th #13r Gary Inman..............600 Woods Rotax
5th #28r Steve Coles.............650 Honda
6th # 9r Richard May..............710 CCM
7th # 71 Glyn Pocklington....1000 Suzuki
8th #27r Colin Batchford........600 Woods Rotax
9th #97r Luca Talamona.........600 Halls Rotax
10th #80r Tim Stevens............600 CCM
11th #47r Anthony Brown.........600 Co-built
12th #82r Simon Russell...........650 Kawasaki

Tom Welbourne got what he has been waitning for as he won his first Junior Shorttrack round. Only four riders entered the Junior Class but it had some great racing with little Sam Woolley battling it out in every race.Tom took 3 heat wins but Sam took the Double points heat after last lap pass, reducing Tom's lead to just 3 points.

12 of some of the best Quad riders gave the spectators some of the best action of the day with some fantastic close racing and a few incidents in the heat races. The B final was declared to Paul Munnery after the race was stopped due to a crash involving Chris Wright , who we are pleased to say was ok after a ride in the ambulance. The final was a great battle up front between Alan and Charlie Welbourne, with Alan riding the two stroke and Charlie the big 520 four stroke. Charlie tried everything to get past but Alan held his line and took the win!

1st #1 Alan Hooker................350 Banshee
2nd #7 Charlie Webourne....520 outlaw
3rd #88 Robert Curl...............350 banshee
4th #34 Nick Wright................350 Banshee
5th #117 Phil George.............700 Yamaha

Round 1 Mini Bike Class
A large entry of Mini Bikes provided some of the best racing of day, with two type of bikes the small wheeled 160 Pit bikes and the 150 Xtrail Flattrack bikes racing together, they found that they were very evenly matched. It was Darren Tapmore on FT 150 who came up to take the oval win.

Ist Darren Trapmore.....X Trail FT 150
2nd Sean Plank..............160 KLX
3rd Andy Reed................160 Pit Bike

DASH For CASH..

24 riders competed in the first ever Dash for Cash in UK Shorttrack. Every rider had a flying timed lap to qualify for the 8 rider, 6 lap race. The top 8 riders that made the race were within .8 of a second of each other.
Dash For Cash Result
6 lap race

1st #100r Andrew Moore........600 Woods Rotax
2nd#10 Tim Greig................ 450 ASR Honda
3rd #54 Pete Boast..............450 Suzuki
4th #1 Marco Belli.................510 CCM
5th #8 Jon Bell.......................525 KTM
6th #64 Geoff Baldock.........525KTM
7th #7 Ben Baker..................250 Kawasaki
8th #11 Ben Wells.................450 Suzuki

Hemets4u Rider of the day............Richard Mason, who made the final in his rookie meeting.

Great news that Thunderbike rider #59r Steve Hillary is to open a brand new Shop/workshop for every thing to do with Flat Track bikes,street trackers and Cafe racers. Steve's shop will be based in Winchester,Hampshire, but if you don't live nere steve you can order parts from his website, www.redmaxspeedshop.com
Even better news for Shorttrack is the REDMAX SPEEDSHOP will be title sponsor for the Thunderbike class in 2009.

8 JON BELL & 61 KEVIN REVIN ARMSTRONG .......ANDREW MOORE......RIDERS ENJOYING THE EVENING SUN

80R TIM STEVENS.......................................71 GLYN POCKLINGTON......82R SIMON RUSSELL.......................

RIDERS GOT THE CHANCE TO PRACTICE ON A HARD BLUE GROOVED KING'S LYNN TRACK ON SUNDAY. IT WAS A GREAT EVENING EXCEPT FOR # 57R COLIN BIRDEN WHO TOOK AN EARLY FALL AND WAS TAKEN TO KINGS LYNN A&E WITH A SUSPECTED BROKEN WRIST AND ANKLE, GET BETTER SOON COLIN.

Do you fancy having a go at Flat Track Racing but don’t want to commit to buying a bike?

If you're unsure whether it’s for you, or maybe other commitments won't allow you to do a full season, then hiring a race bike might be an option.

The CCM FT35 race bikes, (training bikes used on the CCM FT Experience) are available for hire at all UK Championship rounds. The cost is £199 per meeting. All you have to do is pay your entry fee to Shorttrack UK, and turn up with your riding gear. The same deal is also available for juniors who can hire a CCM FT230 for £99. To pre-book a bike contact Max or Linsey on 01522 521420.

Round 1 of the 2009 Mefo International Flattrack Cup took place on Sunday in Neuenkick,Germany and it was Marco Belli, the 2008 Champ who took the honours with a fine win in the Grand Final. Marco, who won 2 of his three heat races, grabbed pole for the final. Next to him was Steve Hall who was the only rider to beat Belli in his heat races, next to Steve was the flying Dutch man Wiemer Borger.
Marco made the hole shot with Hall and Borger dicing for second spot, with three laps gone Marco extended his lead, with Steve second, Pete Boast moved into third and Jan- Willem Janson into 4th. With8 laps gone Belli had 4 bikes length lead with Boast battling hard with Hall for second spot, Tim Greig had moved into 5th spot and was closing on Jan- Willem. With one lap to go Steve Hall had closed back up to Marco but it was too late to make a move and Marco wheelied across the the line to take the Win ! The British lads did well with Steve 2nd , Pete 3rd and Tim 5th. It just shows that the fastest Flattrackers in Europe race in the UK Championship.

1. #1 Marco Belli, Varese (I), team CCM
2. #77 Steve Hall, Harrogate (UK), MRS-KTM
3. #54 Pete Boast, Burgh-on-Bain (UK), team Suzuki
4. #15 Jan-Willem Jansen, Adetswil (CH), Dutch-Brothers KTM
5. #10 Tim Greig, Market Rasen (UK), ASR-Honda
6. #28 Halbe Scheper, Emmer compascuum (NL), Mokobouw-Honda
7. #4 Henderik Mulder, Roderesch (NL), Mulder-Yamaha
8.#5 Wiemer Borger, Assen (NL),KTM

Wrekin Grasstrack Club put a programmed 58 race meeting on at a Sunny Stoke Speedway Stadium, which saw the first action of the year for Shorttrack riders. The 12 rider field produced 5 fantastic heats of racing, which could only be described as some of the closet races of the day, the top 8 riders swopping places in every race.
Race 1 was won by Tim Greig by half bike from Victor Bull after Geoff Baldock lead the race for 5 laps of the 6
Race 2 went to Victor Bull riding his new KTM for the first time with Tim second and Geoff Bull Third
Race 3 saw young Tom Woolley take his adult class victory on a F.T.E CCM, from Glyn Pocklington and Pete Boast
Race 4 Boastie won with a great second spot for Geoff Bull and also great ride for 3rd place from Richard May
Race 5 came down to the last corner with Tom Woolley leading but he just made a bobble and ran wide on the exit of the corner, handing victory to Boast with Pocklington third.

Boastie just took the victory on points from Victor Bull, with Tim Greig getting the last spot on the Podium.
It was a great advert for Shorttrack racing and with the Sun Shining at Stoke! it looks like it could be great 2009 season.

ShorttrackUK are pleased to announce that for 2009 Silkolene will again be supporting the ShorttrackUK Championship along with new sponsors Pozzani water filters.
Silkolene have supported the Shorttrack series from it's very humble beginings back in 2005 and we at Shorttrack are very proud to have a company on board that is recognised for making excellent products for the motocycle industry, which many of the competitors use themselves.
Fuchs-Silkolene has one of the most comprehensive ranges of high performance motorcycle and motorsport lubricants, developed on the race track to ensure ultimate performance and protection.
Shorttrack would like to thank Pete Dalton, Graham Temple and Richard Barrett from Silkolene for making this possible in these difficult times and we look forward to working with them while enjoying their support for our championship.

We are delighted to announce that Pozzani Pure Water Plc, based in Louth, Lincolnshire will become a high profile UK Short Track Series sponsor for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

During Pozzani’s 20 year history the Company has had a long record of sports sponsorship, especially in motor sport. Steve Malloney (Managing Director) says “ We hope our contribution will enable Pete and his team to develop this series into a widely supported, national competition that finally gets the recognition and publicity it richly deserves. It certainly seems to have no shortage of rider enthusiasm, talent and professionalism.”

You may wonder what Pozzani do. Well, they make and distribute small water treatment products such as water filters, filters for your fridge and a host of larger equipment, from water softeners to plant that treats industrial and private water supplies. If you want to find out more, look at their website www.pozzani.co.uk or call them on 01507 608100.

Many of the staff at Pozzani are motorcycle enthusiasts and they are looking forward to the new season with fresh interest.