SuperBike Lites Round 3:

This meeting started out on a sad note with the passing of Ron Newitt during the week.  His memory was honoured by the running of an old SBL tradition that he enjoyed, the Le Mans start feature race.  Entries were by donation to cancer research and drew a full grid of riders with Sam Heath taking the win and perpetual trophy.

An awkward crash during practice on Saturday has Michael Emery recovering in hospital from a number of broken ribs and back injuries.  We all wish him a speedy recovery and will keep you informed of his progress.

Some excellent winter weather made for great racing in all classes on Sunday. Newcomer Adam Rexhouse rode the wheels off the Top Rider VFR in his first road race meeting and clearly won the Rookie class (2-1-1-1) from Ken Rufus, also racing a 400 for the first time.  Some close racing between Evie and I ended in tears during the second race. Luckily Evie was able to get her machine repaired and back out for the remaining races, but mine was too damaged to continue and will take a good deal of work to get back into shape - that's racing.

Another pleasing sight on the weekend was the grid of five junior riders in their own series.  We really need to encourage more junior participation in our sport.  If you have an interested junior rider, get along to the cart track at Willowbank on Friday nights where they can have a taste of road racing in an expertly supervised and safe environment.  E-mail the secretary for more information.

A big thank you to all the volunteers who helped out on the weekend and especially the officials who work tirelessly behind the scenes to make it all possible.

I'll try and fill in more information from the other classes as it comes to mind.  The full results are here.

Click on the picture below to access the full collection of pictures from Sunday (more than 570!).  Any of these can be purchased by e-mailing the photographer directly on wadjela@internode.on.net

Even more pictures here... 

Thanks to Rex, Daniel Nelson, Daniel Legge and Kyle Ashcroft.