With just over a week before the ACU British Track Racing Championship returns to the BMF show, on the 17th and 18th May, excitement levels are rising.
The ACU British Track Racing Championship makes its welcomed return to the show following an agreement between the British Motorcycle Federation, Auto Cycle Union and The Mid Cornwall Premier Motorcycle Club to bring four round of the Championship to the East of England Showground at Peterborough across the May and Tailend Shows.
The opening two rounds of the 2014 Track Racing Championship will take place on the 17th and 18th May, before heading back to the East of England Showground on the 13th September for the third and fourth rounds.
After a winter of competing down under British Sidecar Speedway stars Mark Cossar, Mick Cave and Matt Tyrrell will all be returning to compete in the Track Racing series with the British passengers.
The current British Grass Track 1000cc Sidecar Masters Champion and reigning ACU Track Racing Champion Mark Cossar and new passenger for the Aussie Series only - Darryl Whetstone, combined brilliantly to win the seventh and final round of the prestigious Blackchrome Sidecar Grand Slam Series. For the Track Racing Championship Cossar will be joined by his regular passenger Carl Blyth.
Following the withdrawal of one crew there are just one space left to fill. The 15 confirmed riders for rounds one and two of the BMF are as follows
Mark Cossar / Carl Blyth
Matt Tyrrell / Mark Courtney
Tris Winterburn / Daz Whetstone
Paul Whitelam / TBC
Phillip Wynn / George Moore
Mick Stace / Nick Barker
Mick Cave / Ben Goddard
Richard Moore / Rob Winspear
Robbie Wilson / Bradley Steer
Shaun Harvey / Danny Hogg
Darren Wilce / Jason Farwell
Gareth Little / Sam Foley
Gareth Winterburn / Billy Winterburn
Will Offen / Nicky Owen
Joe Sturtridge / TBC
Limited Discount tickets for ACU Members
Once again the ACU will be offering discounted tickets to the BMF Show for ACU Licence holders. Besides the opportunity to watch some first class track racing, all ACU members can benefit from a special ticket deal negotiated with show organisers, The Mulberry Group.
The discounted tickets are limited in numbers and will be sold on a first come first served basis. ACU members will have access to all of the ancillary daytime activities at the May show and the Tailend show including the Moto Stunts International Show, the BMF’s own Moped Enduro racing (affectionately known as the Moped Mayhem!) along with the and of course the hundreds of trade and club stands who will also be on site.
For those who prefer to camp and make a weekend of it the offer is even better...
Campers can gain access to the site from 14.00 on Friday 16th May and enjoy live bands on both Friday and Saturday evenings.
Following the success of the Blues, Booze & Bikers area, the second stage will be returning with its mix of Blues music together with 20 real ales and 4 real ciders to choose from. In addition to the main hall entertainment with bands such as Bessie and the Zinc Buckets, Grounded, Slack Alice and The Rock Gods to name but a few, so plenty of choice for every taste!
Mulberry’s Managing Director Martin Chick, told us “Since we started working with the BMF in 2010, we’ve tried to understand what makes a great show and what show attendees want and the overwhelming feed-back we’ve received indicates that people want motorcycles, motorcycle related products, daytime entertainment, (preferably motorcycle related), good music and reasonably priced food and drink – cheap entry tickets and oh yes, good weather also helps!”
Limited ACU ticket remain at discounted prices of:
BMF May Show:
Day tickets - £16 reduced from £19 (valid for either Saturday or Sunday)
Weekend camping ticket - £36.00 reduced from £42.00 (entry from 14.00 on Friday)
Tickets can be obtained from: Tracey Cossar in the Track Racing Department at the ACU on 01788 566402 or by email on tracey@acu.org.uk and can be purchased by Credit Card/Debit Card or Cheque made payable to ‘ACU Ltd’