South Australians Justin Plaisted and Sam Harrison new Australian Sidecar Champions - April 2015

April 6, 2015 by Gillman Media

South Australians Justin Plaisted/Sam Harrison won the Australian Sidecar Championship in Alice Springs last night.

Warren Monson/Matt Morgan finished second and Mick Headland/Jesse Headland third in a dramatic final in which 8-times champion Darrin Treloar (passenger Blake Cox) blew his motor while leading comfortably coming out of final turn.

Treloar (13), Plaisted (13) and Monson (12) were the top three pointscorers in the heats, with Headland (9) winning the last chance semi-final ahead of Damien Niesche/Jack Spear (8), Trent Headland/Darryl Whetstone (11) and Mark Plaisted/Brian Anthony (11).

The Championship was Plaisted’s first as a rider after previously winning three times as passenger for Treloar. He is only the second person to have won as both a passenger and a rider, joining Bob Levy who won in 1962 and 1966.

Heat points: Darrin Treloar / Blake Cox 13 (1-3-3-3-3), Justin Plaisted / Sam Harrison 13 (3-3-2-3-2), Warren Monson / Matt Morgan 12 (2-3-3-2-2), Trent Headland / Darryl Whetstone 11 (3-2-3-0-3), Mark Plaisted / Brian Anthony 11 (2-2-1-3-3), Mick Headland / Jesse Headland 9 (1-3-1-1-3), Damien Niesche / Jack Spear 8 (0-1-2-3-2), Dylan Blain / Hamish Golding 8 (1-2-2-2-1), Dave Bottrell / Ben Pitt 7 (3-1-2-1-0), Grant Bond / Glenn Cox 6 (0-2-3-R-1), Rob Patterson / Adam Lovell 6 (3-Xi-R-1-2), Shane Hudson / Brad Pitt 6 (2-1-0-2-1), Arron Hartwig / Teagan Hartwig 3 (Xi-1-Xi-1-1), Scott Christopher / Tyler Moon 2 (2-0-N-N-N), Russell Mitchell / Juston Winchester 1 (0-0-1-0-0), Mark Drew / Steven Blair 1 (1-0-R-N-N), Hayden Bond / Brady Cox (res) 1 (1-0-0), Byren Gates / Michael O’Loughlin (res) 2 (2-0)

Photo: Justin Plaisted/Sam Harrison courtesy of Judy Mackay.