Australian Sidecar Championship line-up finalised

The line-up for the 2022 Australian Sidecar Championship at the Gillman Speedway in Adelaide has been finalised after the Blumberg Hotel Birdwood sponsored Qualifying meeting last night.

The sixteen teams are:

The seeded riders based on the first four placegetters from last year’s championship plus the four other highest placed riders from various state championships:

Mark Plaisted/Ben Pitt (SA/Vic) Australia #1

Warren Monson/Andrew Summerhayes (Vic) Australia #2

Mick Headland/Brenton Kerr (SA/Vic) Australia #3

Darrin Treloar/Blake Cox (NSW) Australia #4

Brodie Cohen/Jesse Headland (Qld/SA) Queensland #1

Brendon Warke/Mitchell Danks-Firth (Qld) Queensland #2

Shane Hudson/Adam Constable (NSW) NSW #2

Kane Golding/Isaac Amos (SA) SA #2

The highest eight point scorers from last night's qualifying round:

Kym Menadue/Shane Dolan (SA) 14 points (3-3-3-2-3)

Byren Gates/Eli Bock (Vic) 13 points (3-3-3-3-1)

Shane Rudloff/Scott Morris 11 points (2-1-3-2-3)

Max Howse/Riley Commons (NSW) 10 points (3-2-2-1-2)

Stuart Firth/Timothy Green (Qld) 9 points (1-3-3-T-2)

Jake Treloar/Eli Wright (NSW) 8 points (2-2-1-3-X)

Mark Mitchell/Tony Carter (SA/Vic) 7 points (3-0-0-1-3)

Paul Hemsworth/Adam Botham (NSW) 7 points (1-2-1-3-FX)