Multi national sidecar trials champion Jon Tuck and passenger Matt Sparkes came out of retirement to win the BSSA Wessex Round A.C.U. British Sidecar Championship at Beaconfield Farm, West Harptree on Sunday. The Bristol contenders demonstrated their remarkable skills to head the expert class with a clear ten penalty safety margin over Rochester son and father duo Rupert and Chris Kimber.
The bad luck that took the Kimbers out of two championship rounds transferred to Robin and Sam Luscombe. They finished in third place behind Team Kimber, by a single penalty. "We had a failure in section seven on Sunday morning. The Beta machine engine slowed to tick over speed. We stopped a metre short of the section ends cards. The throttle cable had become detached from the carburetor slide. That part refitted and we were able to resume battle" commented Robin.
With rivals Adrian and Arron Smith down in sixth place Team Luscombe have closed the gap to Smith down to five championship points. The other Isle of Man pairing of Gary Flowers and Antony Smith were fourth and are now second ranked, one point behind the Smiths. Peter Dale and Barry Pocock reigned supreme in the Inter class from standings leaders Tony Crabtree and Jamie Howe followed by Glastonbury's Steve Radford and Mike Redstone. Yate's Phil Sparkes and passenger Roger Tuck won their third Clubman class from Collumpton pairing Paul Churchill and Kevin Parnell.
Sparkes and Tuck have a thirty one point lead in the championship with one dropped score implemented. Roger Tuck rode his last sidecar trial and emigrated to Greece on Monday morning. The eighth round in the championship will be organised by the Mansfield Maun M.C.C. on June 10.