Overseas Sidecar riders start arriving in Adelaide - March 2016

March 9, 2016 by Gillman Media

The overseas riders have started arriving in Adelaide to prepare for the upcoming FIM Speedway Sidecar 1000cc World Cup, which will be held at Gillman Speedway Stadium on the 26th of March.

The first to arrive were British rider Mick Cave and Kiwi Andrew Buchanan who both rode in the Gillman Sidecar Championship last Saturday night, and the next to arrive will be the number 1 and 2 Americans, Joe Jones and Bryan Motis.

Their bikes have already arrived and the riders will be here at the weekend, and the remaining British and New Zealand riders will arrive next week.

All the overseas riders, except Paul Whitelam (Eng), will be riding at the next Gillman meeting, on 19 March.

The full list of overseas riders are Andrew Buchanan/Denny Cox, Dave Gannon/Raymond George, Derek Ramsay/Matthew Ramsay, Aiden Thwaites/Shane Twiss (NZ), Mick Cave/Sam Heath, Paul Whitelam/Damian Egan, Rob Wilson/Liam Brown (England), Joe Jones/Thomas Summers and Bryan Motis/Cody Brant (USA).

They’ll be joined in the World Cup by Australians Darrin Treloar/Blake Cox, Mick Headland/Jesse Headland, Mark Plaisted/Darcy Risstrom, Warren Monson/Matt Morgan, Trent Headland/Darryl Whetstone, Damien Niesche/Mitchell Spear and Dylan Blain/Hamish Golding.