Junior Dragbike Racing, season review.

The weather could not have been better for the final round of the JDB championship this year, and a good job too as all the five  places could have changed!

Giselle Moor looked unstoppable with her 310 points lead at the top of the table, followed by Scott Collier on 760 points, Jordon Bissell and Brett Cordelle were equal in third on 745 points with Joe Dear was fifth on 580 points.  Things changed slightly after signing on where all but Brett were given the extra 100 points for competing in all rounds.

First round of qualifying and it was Jordon at the top of the pile with a 13.02 run on a 12.90 dial
Then Brett, running 11.46 on a 11.20 dial, next  was Joe with a 11.91 run on a 11.60 dial, Scott was fourth with a 11.09 on a 10.20 dial and fifth was Giselle with a 13.40 on a 12.10 dial.

Session two saw no change to the positions, Giselle was a no show, and Scott Jordon and Joe all broke out! Brett didn’t improve his second place slot.

The mums race took place on Saturday afternoon, with Fiona Moor, Sharron Collier, Lynda Sainsbury and Phillipa Cordelle racing alongside ‘Laffin Gas’ rocket car pilot Carolyne Campbell.  This was a dial in race with the winner being best of three closest to dial runs, all on junior bikes of course.  Glynda and Phillipa looking extremely glamorous in figure hugging pink cocktail dresses.  Glynda took the win in the challenge for running closest to her dial as well as the prize for the wobbliest runs, (she is about 7’ tall though) with Fiona Moor in second, her chance of winner being thwarted by the huge cherry she pulled in round three. Sharron Collier broke out on every run so came last, (’my wrist wouldn’t listen when I told it to roll off’ ) Carolyne had to drop out after session one with a mechanical problem and Phillipa came in at third spot but won the prize for chuckle factor, watching her pump up her air shifter in her tight dress.  Huge fun was had by all the kids, laughing and taking the mickey out of their parents, but Giselle Moor  was not happy when her mum went quicker on the junior bike bike than she had.
  
Back to the serious subject of championship racing and session three saw Giselle back on form with a 12.15 run on a 12.10 dial taking her to the top of the pile, Joe took over second spot with a 11.78 on an 11.70 dial, Jordon didn’t improve his position at third, Scott improved his run but not his fourth place with a 10.28 on a 10.15 dial, and Brett broke.

So the final positions were Giselle, Joe, Jordon, Scott, Brett.

At this point in the championship it was Giselle - Scott Jordon Joe Brett with five points between Scott and Jordon!  And the 25 points for RT and closest to dial still had to be awarded!

First round and Giselle got the bye run, Scott and Jordon raced together and Scott took the win, 10.34 on a 10.20 to Jordon’s breakout 12.87, and Brett took the win over Joe, with a brilliant 11.51 on a 11.50 dial in. Joe had a problem and had to coast to the end.

At this point in the championship it was Giselle, Scott Brett with 110 points between Scott and Brett with Brett on a bye in the next round!   

Second round and it was Brett on a bye,  and Scott against Giselle.  Giselle got the start with a 11.95 dial to Scotts 10.20 dial, so Scott waited on the line, chased Giselle, just  passed her and then rolled off to cross the line over his dial in with a 10.24 run! The squeal of rear brake could be heard from the start line! Great and determined riding from Scott Collier.

Finals time and Scott faced up to Brett, but due to a huge oil down in the right hand lane and the curfew time of 5pm quickly approaching nothing could be done but run separate runs on a closest to dial basis.  Brett dialled in a 11.50 and ran a 11.38 so big break out for him, and Scott ran 10.46 on a 10.15 dial in, giving Scott the win and the number two championship plate. 

The final  points for this event were as follows:

So the final championship points standings are as follows:

 
Its been a fantastic year for Junior Bike, the dial ins and reaction times have been incredibly tight, and the points were so close all the way through the year that nobody could guess what the final placing's would be.  Thanks to many people,  most importantly Anthony Hodges and Julia Wilcox for letting this little class run, along with Simon and  Wayne who could not be more helpful with tech info and timing data, and all the great crew at Shakey who make it such a friendly and nice place to race. Thanks also to Carolyne Campbell for her support all year, and last of all but not least of all Thank you to Charlotte and Dave at Dave Beck Racing for sponsoring the class this year. 

These lads and lasses are the future of British motorcycle drag racing and drag bike racers in all classes should recognise and support that, and help us to  get more children into this awesome, talented, professional and top fun class.  Build a bike for your children, buy a bike for your children,  tell all your nieces and nephews about it, we need more riders for this class to carry on and if it has to stop through lack of interest the shame will fall on all of us and no-one will be able to cry that there is  no new talent coming into our sport.  We want motorcycle drag racing to be going on when we’re all too old to twist a throttle, so please help us to do something about it!

WELL DONE TO THE CLASS OF 2008!!!!!!