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News
Updates
---Post event---
25 more pictures have been
added to the image section. (Fri',
July 19)
All the
riders that we profiled have now been entered on to the
site. They number 89 in total. (Wed', July 17)
---Saturday---
The final day of competition was run under
the best conditions of the week with only a couple of light
showers passing through during the day. The finals
were run on the modified shorter track that riders also
raced on during Friday.
In the day's last final, Bryan Staring and
Kym Wright swapped places a few times. A small amount
of controversy surrounded the result though as Kym Wright
actually finished the race in front but did not cross the
finish line and actually went just outside the track.
Officials still gave Wright the win due to the fact that
they allowed for him changing his line some 30 yards earlier
to avoid another rider. If Staring had been given the
win he would have been champion as he already led on points
but Wright was given the nod and with it the championship.
Going strictly by the rule book it would seem that Staring
and HRA would have had a good case for a protest but
declined to lodge such a protest in the interests of the
sport.
Click here for
provisional final results from all classes
Images from Saturday
---Friday---
Conditions varied
from scattered showers to sunshine at Chidlow. The
track was altered for today's finals with a couple of short
sections of track deleted from the circuit by bobcat.
This was due to the amount of deep standing water at some
parts of the circuit which was deemed hazardous to rider
safety. The finals commenced today.
Again there were some scoring problems today, the mud
covering the bikes making the job of the scorers immensely
difficult. Trying to keep track of, or identify, the
riders was extremely hard to say the least.
Summary of results - These scores are the points scores so
far in the finals. Competition wraps up tomorrow
(Sat'). Some classes still have one final left to run
while others still have two finals left.
Click here for
provisional Friday results complete with brief race reports
Close to 200 action images are up now
Images from Friday
---Thursday---
Conditions again varied
from scattered showers to heavy downpours at Chidlow.
A few more crashes today as things got a little more serious
but no really serious injuries were reported.
Due to the conditions a halt has been put to
competition between the 50cc machines as some of the ruts
and puddles were deep enough for them to get lost in.
Conditions will probably be much the same tomorrow.
Some classes had heats between sets of riders in the same
class due to big entry numbers. Other classes did not
have any heats today. Some classes had multiple heats.
We had a little bit of trouble with results today so please
treat the Thursday results as strictly provisional.
135 Images up from
Tues', Wed' and Thurs'. 45
rider profiles up so far.
Click here for what we have of Thursday's results
Images from Thursday
---Wednesday---
Conditions varied
from scattered showers to very heavy downpours at Chidlow
today. Nonetheless the fearless little gladiators
soldiered on and did their best. The conditions meant
no rider could take advantage of any supposed performance
advantage from their machinery, a true leveller. Great
entertainment, some of the kids showed incredible bike
control skills and made this old hack realise just how
totally devoid of talent he is.
Summary of results - Some classes had heats between sets of
riders in the same class due to big entry numbers.
Other classes did not have any heats today. Some
classes had two heats.
Click here for Wednesday's results
Images from Wednesday
---Tuesday ---
First practice was staged on a
drying track at Chidlow yesterday. No timing or results
are available as it was essentially free practice while
qualifying and competition starts today.
The weather forecast is abysmal to say the
least. Perth is expecting it's roughest day of the
year today with near gale force winds and heavy rain set to
make qualifying a messy affair.
There are now 35 rider profiles on the
site with plenty more to come.
45 images are now in the
images section.
Check out the
2003 MX bikes soon to be
coming on the market.
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Images from Tuesday
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