Rider changes for the K Trans Australian Sidecar Championship - March 2013

March 20, 2013 by Gillman Media

Motorcycling Australia has announced some changes to the line-ups for the K Trans Australian Sidecar Championship meetings to be held at Gillman Speedway in Adelaide on 30 & 31 March.

One of the seeded riders, Scott Christopher, has withdrawn because of problems getting his bike running well enough to challenge for the championship, and he has been replaced by Dylan Blain.

Blain got the nod by selectors by virtue of his results in the Queensland and New South Wales Championships. In Queensland he was the third highest point scorer (behind Darrin Treloar and Brodie Cohen), but failed to finish in the final which was won by Treloar ahead of Cohen and Christopher. With Christopher’s withdrawal that makes Blain the next best placed home rider in the Championship, but to further enhance his credentials for a seeded berth he finished second to Treloar in the New South Wales Championship.

Blain’s place in the qualifying meeting has been taken by second reserve Damien Niesche. The first reserve, Clinton Mayes, had earlier gone into the meeting as a replacement for Justin Plaisted, who is under a riding suspension until late April. Plaisted appealed against the length of the suspension, and was selected for the qualifying meeting subject to winning his appeal, but the appeal was heard on Tuesday night and he was not successful.

Full details of the championship meetings are on the Gillman website under the news story “Gillman Speedway K Trans Australian Sidecar Championship Details” posted on Monday, 18 March.