NEWS

BSB MEN TO RACE IN CROFT'S KEN REDFERN TROPHY

23/07/2010

Former MotoGP man is on the entry list at Croft this weekend

Image by Paul Sturman

The prestigious Ken Redfern Trophy is the highlight of an action packed two-day extravaganza at Croft Circuit when the popular North East Motor Cycle Racing Club championship series returns to the Yorkshire track this forthcoming weekend with another capacity field set to battle out the various classes.

Following his death in a road accident near his Hutton Rudby home in 1973, local hero Ken Redfern was one of the sport's biggest stars back then. He enjoyed a good deal of success at Croft as well as finishing second to the legendary Giacomo Agostini on consecutive weekends in 1969 at Mallory Park and Cadwell Park and a race in his memory has been contested every year since 1974, with names such as Kork Ballington, Joey Dunlop, Jamie Whitham and Guisborough's Dennis Hobbs among the winners.

This year, there's a star-studded entry with a number of top British Superbike stars in action, no doubt using the opportunity of some extra practice ahead of the BSB meeting in September.

Splitlath Aprilia's Hudson Kennaugh from South Africa as well as Newcastle team-mate Chris Burns are scheduled to be in action and the British Superbike pairing will be joined by the likes of Scottish Superstock front-runners Jimmy Storrar, Adam and Liam Lyon and David Paton. Runaway Superstock 600 leader Josh Day makes the trip up from Cirencester where he'll be joined by the likes of James East, Geoff Lapworth, Craig McLelland, Matt Bilton and Mike Booth and also expected to challenge will be Ulsterman Nikki Coates and former Laird of Croft Jon Ingram.

Local challengers include Chester le Street's David Bell and Jonathan Nell from Northallerton in the packed entry list.

In addition to the feature event, this weekend includes F125, Classics, Pre-injection 600, Moto 70/80s, 125GP, F400, Mini-twins, F600, Thunder Bikes, four-stroke twins and singles, non-injection 1200, Open sidecars and Open solos action as well as the Ken Redfern Trophy open solo race. Qualifying gets underway at 9.30am on Saturday with Sunday's action commencing at 12.00 noon.

Adult admission is just £12 each day with accompanied children aged 15 and under admitted FREE. There is FREE car parking and FREE paddock access too and for further information, please visit www.croftcircuit.co.uk or call 01325 721815.