Junior Dragbike Racing, news.

Hi everybody, this weekend is the third round of the CC Medical Services Junior Drag Bike Championship 2010 at Shakespeare County Raceway UK, and for the first time we can bring you live qualifying news after each round, the qualifying ladder on saturday evening and take you through the eliminations as they happen on Sunday!!! Click on our link to Facebook and join us as a fan, and you will get the weekends action live on your computer! You can also leave messages for the riders as they will all get to read the facebook page in the JDB pits throughout the weekend, and it makes their day when they get a message of support from friends or family at home.  Stay tuned for a fast and furious weekend from the home of Junior Drag Bike Racing, Shakespeare County Raceway, Long Marston Airfield, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8LL. Go to www.shakespearecountyraceway.co.uk for more info!  see you there! Sharron

Report of Round 2 here soon, also up to date points will be on here as soon as we have had them verified. Keep looking back :)

Sharron Collier says that the UK's Junior Drag Bike racers had a great start to the season at Shakespeare County Raceway, but that it could have been a lot different:

The weekend may not have happened at all if it were not for the determination and hard work of the Shakespeare County Raceway crew. With five key members of the team stranded in Dallas by the Icelandic volcano, it could have been curtains for the opening round but the team rallied round and worked over and above the call of duty to make sure that the weekend not only went ahead, but that it was a brilliant success. Along with wall to wall sunshine, this turned out to be a corker of a meeting with a brand new sponsor in the form of CC Medical Services and an eight bike field for the first time ever in JDB, with four new riders and four established riders.

We had three rounds of qualifying after which the positions were as follow:

   1. Brett Cordelle dialled 9.40 ran 9.400
   2. Jordon Bissell dialled 10.00 ran 10.06
   3. Alfie Udall dialled 13.10 ran 13.18
   4. Louis Davies dialled 17.75 ran 17.85
   5. Scott Collier dialled 9.70 ran 9.83
   6. Giselle Moor dialled 11.30 ran 11.74
   7. Jack Wildeman dialled 13.20 ran 14.29
   8. Jasmine Cordelle dialled 16.50 ran 17.68

After racing finished on Saturday evening we took all the riders and their bikes down to the start line where Ian and Dorothy of CC Medical Services presented us with a cheque for £1000, their sponsorship for the 2010 season.This means that we can present prize money to winner and runner up of each round, among many other things.

Sunday was just as sunny and warm as Saturday and we began eliminations. The first round was Brett against Jasmine, brother against sister, with Brett taking the win; Louis was up against Scott, with Scott getting the win; Jordon was racing Jack, with Jordon taking the win; and Alfie was against Giselle, with Alfie getting though to the semis.

In the semi-finals we had Scott and Brett with Scott getting to the line first, and Jordan against Alfie with Jordon beating Alfie to the win.

The final was old stalwarts Jordon against Scott, long time buddies and competitors, with Jordon taking the win.

After the racing Ian and Dorothy of CC Medical Services presented Jordon and Scott with their trophies, and gorgeous trophies they are too. Not only that, but each child was presented with a medal for being a competitor, which was great especially for our new riders who got to take home some bling to show their mates at school! We also gave £30 and £20 to the winner and runner up respectively.

We are so proud of all our riders old and new alike. The old hands were so great at showing the newbies what to do and making them feel welcome, they all got along really well and were good buddies. Our new riders amazed us at times, they picked up the ropes so quickly and soon felt comfortable in a race situation with no dramas, breakdowns or tantrums, and the same for us parents! Everyone did a fantastic job, the new bikes were beautifully turned out (as were the old of course) and all the kids behaved brilliantly throughout the weekend. Truly a credit to their parents and, in Louis' case, grandparents - Louis' bike was built by Grandad Pete, a well known name in drag race circles and we are very proud to have them aboard.

During the afternoon we were given a cash donation by Roy Wilding, who told us that he was very impressed with the class and the riders. Thankyou so much for that Roy, totally out of the blue and much appreciated. What a great man.

Thank you to all the staff at Shakey, they cannot be beaten for their enthusiasm and care for the children and they give our kids so much confidence because of their kindness and approachability. When the kids are happy we are all happy. Thanks to each and every one of you for that. Its going to be a great and record breaking year, keep watching!

This weekend's Public Test and Tune at Shakespeare County Raceway includes the first round of this year's CC Medical Services Junior Drag Bike Championship.

"We have an eight bike field consisting of four established riders and four new junior competitors on new bikes", says Sharron Collier of the Junior Drag Bikes. "It promises to be an exciting start to the season where anything could happen, the new guys were very professional at their first outing two weeks ago. This will certainly stir things up with the 'old' riders, some of whom are on fresh engines which they must now get to a good level of consistency. This is the first time there has ever been an eight bike field in JDB, and there are a few more bikes still being built for later in the year. We would like to say thanks once again to all at Shakespeare County Raceway and to Ian and Dorothy of CC Medical Services for becoming this year's title sponsors. This is going to be a fantastic year for Junior Drag Bike and the class is going from strength to strength. Visit us at www.juniordragbike.co.uk and become a fan on Facebook - search for Junior Drag Bike Club.

We have managed to secure a sponsor for the class for the whole of the 2010 season. A big Thank You and and Welcome to Ian and Dorothy Connop of CC Medical Services who will be supporting us this year: take a look at their web site www.ccmedicalservices.co.uk. We are very pleased to be in partnership with such a prestigious and respected company and we are sure that our little guys and girls will do them proud.

A big thank you also to Anthony, Julie, Jerry and everyone at Shakespeare County Raceway for continuing to support Junior Drag Bike. We always had faith in the class and so did they. We have around ten riders this year, the biggest field ever in JDB, and more in the pipeline. This is going to be a good season!

Junior Drag Bike is for children aged between eight and sixteen years of age, and is run on a dial-in system to keep things as safe as Take a look at our web site at www.juniordragbike.co.uk and also on Facebook for all construction regulations, class rules, rider information, 2010 calendar and lots of other information. If anyone wants to know anything at all please give us a call on 01246 570304.

 Junior Drag Bike Club now has a page on 'Facebook' which is updated regularly and is interactive, so you can all add your own views, news, photos etc.  come and join us at 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/wwwjuniordragbikecouk/Junior-Drag-Bike-Club/89770364047

Its really easy to sign up and great fun. Click on the link and have a look :)

Junior Drag Bike Championship 2010  

We are looking for either a title sponsor for the whole year, or individual round sponsors who just want to sponsor one event. Please contact us on 01246 570304 for more information.