Class D Newcomer
Designed very much to attract new sidecar teams to the sport, Elliott and Graham Tickner proved the point that you do not need to spend a fortune to compete. They won the series on an air-cooled Fantic mono-shock machine from the mid-eighties. In truth, this class had very poor support with only four championship points’ scorers. They won seven of the eight rounds they contested and finished runner-up once to Toby Churchill and Tom Church.
As you can find out in a feature on page 72 in this magazine on sidecar trials, the UK TRS importer Steve Saunders and his son James contested the final round on a borrowed outfit to take the win. The last time Steve Saunders competed in a sidecar trial was 11 years ago in a Pre-65 trial! Son James was right in at the deep end having never before in his life taken to the chair of a sidecar. In the end, after, shall we say, some meaningful discussions, they both agreed they had enjoyed their day at the event!
ROUND 11, NORMANDY CUP
RESULTS: 1: Steve & James Saunders (SXS TRS UK) 115.
2018 ACU WESSEX PLANT HIRE (BRISTOL) BRITISH SIDECAR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
RESULTS: 1: Elliott & Graham Tickner 157; 2: Toby Churchill/Tom Church 37; 3: Steve & James Saunders 20; 4: Aleyn Taggart/Sam Baxter 17. Trial Magazine would like to thank the Crabtree family for their support with coverage of the 2018 year’s action. Thank you.