OK Well it was brilliant weekend spoiled only by a major off By Becci Ellis and a number of mechanical breakages but thankfully Becci (fastest lawnmower in the world) came away with a broken ankle some bruised ribs and bumps.
After going through the timing gear we think she had lost her footing on the bike resulting in her going onto the grass verge about 300 yards further down the course for about quarter of a mile then hit a molehill or soft patch resulting in her sliding one way and the bike cartwheeling the other way stopping about 35/40 yards further down the track.
She was immediately attended by the paramedics who contacted the air ambulance as a precaution and they air lifted her to hospital nearby.
After having a cast fitted to her broken ankle and being assessed for anything else she was released to her husband and home as she had been fully concious all the time......one very lucky lady
With that out of the way we now return to normal reporting
Overnight rain had cleared away on Saturday morning leaving a clean and dry track for us to share with the World Wheelie Competition.Wind was mostly behind us and fluctuated from single figures up to the occasional gust of around 16/18 mph but these gusts reduced during the day until the track closed early due to the above incident.Sunday was much the same with almost still conditions to a very slight headwind/slight crosswind/slight tailwind but always in single figures 3 to 9 mph.
With an even larger mix of machinery than normal we saw the first outing of Zef Eisenbergs V8 motorcycle based on two bored out Busa cylinders topped with modified Busa heads and the rest of it home built to a very high standard and finished only hours before the event,unfaired again in Streetfighter style running several times over 200 with a best of 206.228 mph.
Just as unusual was the Dodge Viper motored bike of Alan Millyard again without any significant fairings running a best of 182.511 mph but I an sure would have been faster over a longer course.
Back to the normal runners and we Had Becci Ellis fastest for Saturday before her "off" with a best of 259.542 mph,closely followed by Jack Frost with a best of 254.457 mph,Les Marsh 245.622 and myself at 234.977 mph.Mika Syren (speeduck on here) managed a sighting run of 234 523mph in the morning but next run exploded the clutch splitting the crankcase and other things after travelling to the event for three days so sad for himbut was able to take the motor to John Warrington in Malton who worked long into the night with Mika to have it back on site nearly ready to go in the morning,sadly it did not last out Sunday due to another issue.
Dave Taylor husband of Joanne (Tinkerbell 1710) formally our fastest lady rider had an outing on their turbo Busa road bike with a best of 217.737 Paul Brookes (busapaul) again on his turbo Busa 213.476.Neil Raynor a new entry at 211.441 mph again turbo Busa Darren Schaeffer on a Turbo B king 202.808 mph
A special mention to Andy Slade who has only one arm due to a crane collapsing on him at work and was finding it hard to crack 200mph as he cant launch the turbo Busa hard,he was given special permission to start a little further back than the mile mark and promptly ran a 205.127 mph and was as happy as I have ever seen a rider to gain his goal after 8 long years of effort even to get back on a bike.
While we are on special riders our 72 year old Pete Williams won the nitrous class with a 202.199 mph and our other new Finnish rider Petri Hakkinen who arrived with Mika on his 1622cc normally aspirated Busa won the N/a modified class with a storming 215.910 mph from Terry Smith 204.634 mph and (Bazz) Barry Millar 202.763 mph who sadly "rodded" his motor on Sunday after thousands of road miles and many 200mph runs.
