CANCELLED – It is with a very heavy heart that the club management has made the early decision to cancel Thursday’s meeting due to the weather forecast.
A spokesperson for the club has said:
“With sidecar crews coming from across Europe and the UK, we felt we could not risk the expenditure for everyone (and the club) with such uncertain weather.
Article continues below this advertisement “Right now there are no plans to re-stage the meeting, but if that changes and we can find a slot for it we will update you immediately”.
For the final meeting of the 2022 season, the Wightlink Warriors will host the extremely popular sidecar speedway crews at the Smallbrook Stadium in Ryde this Thursday (8th September).
It’s been over 3 years since the sidecars were on track and this week current expectations are that up to 8 specialist speedway chairs will be in action as part of a programme that will also feature 12 solo grasstrack racers with both respective disciplines competing for the NORA British Open Grasstrack Championship sponsored by Computers Network & Maintenance Ltd T/A itcomputers.
The sidecar line-up is expected to include Rachel Cox & Scott Gutteridge, Jake Gerring & Dennis Smit, James Hogg & Scott Goodwin, Ben Ilsley & Damon Hurst, Richard Jenner & Michael Chittenden, Paul Whitelam & Richard Webb and Jordan Smith & Wayne Powell.
The solos should include Arran Butcher, Ben Phillips, Ian Leverington, Jon Freeman, James Laker, Giles Dismore and Luke Tuck with support from Rob Snow, Bill Haynes and Phil Spencer.
Wightlink Warriors co-owner Barry Bishop said:
“Here we are at the end of another enjoyable season, and we go out with a bang with the sidecar racers dicing it up. I’m often asked about when they are coming to the Island and this year, we changed some fixtures around so that we could accommodate them. When we add in the solo’s we are looking at 25 races on the night – a true value-for-money experience that has been the hallmark of our 2022 programme. It will be a wonderful way to bring the curtain down on our on-track season.”
The gates at Smallbrook open at 17:15 with youth demonstration races from 18.10 and the main event at 19:00. The Retreat snack bar and The Premier Lounge will be open as usual for a range of tasty food and drinks.
