Showing posts with label Geoff Cain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geoff Cain. Show all posts
Tim Neave, Geoff Cain, Drogo Michie, Anthony Brown, and Gary Inman
Here you go, please see attached your FTW riders in all their glory :)
It
was a brilliant day's racing, close, tough but fair. If people want
more information about spectating or riding, check here - http://www.dirttrackriders.co.uk
If people want more information about the photos, then please click here - http://www.thefooleryoftom.com/flat-track
Cheers!
Tom
Geoff Cain & Anthony Brown
Well the season has got underway.......... > The venue Norfolk Arena Speedway Circuit > > > The new season brings a new club the DTRA (dirt track riders association) > with Anthony taking the reins & doing a great job organising a very well attended event! > > I am racing in the "pro" class as well as thunderbike this year. > Anthony is in restricted & thunderbike. > > My pro qualifying went better than I expected running battling for third but eventually finishing forth. > I ended up qualifying in eighth for the final. > In the final I made a few mistakes & lost the tow to the leading pack & finished 10th > > Anthony in restricted had some great races battling in every race ended up with two seconds & a win > In the final getting the holeshot & finishing an strong second. > > Thunderbike qualifying went well for me & I ended on the front row for the final. > Getting a good start I got into second & quickly got pushed back to forth with a mistake from third place I snuck through. > Ending happy with a podium. > Anthony did a good job too in qualifying he ended up starting in fifth. > Being caught in first corner mayhem & punted back to last, managed to pick the way back up to a good six finish. > > It was a good first meeting for me & Anthony, but more importantly for the DTRA > Next we are going trail riding in Spain & soon after the next DTRA round at Rye House Speedway Track > See you there? > Co Built Geoff #45 Co Built Anthony #47
Co-Built
Just checkin in with some FTW blog news. We got our first ever Co-Built 1-2-3 on the podium yesterday.
Great racing on a superslick track on a hot summers day. (rare in the UK this year).
FTWCO rider Tim Neave was there still in plaster from his crash at Oxford he should be back in action in the next few weeks.
3 Co-Builts on the podium = 3 FTWCO shirts on the podium.
Cheers
Anthony (and Geoff)
Newbold Visits Cain and Brown in U.K.
My trip across the pond to hang out with the Co-Built fellows was a total blast. FTW!The guys left out nothing for me. I raced a proper flat track bike, won a big fuckin' trophy after battling an Italian on mini bikes, saw speedway and long track speedway in Holland (fucking insane!) Rode dirt bikes on the Roman highway, rode epic trails in Wales, Trials bikes, scooters, Street touring solo, dualsport rides, oh and was the judge of the best bike contest for Sideburn party! Fuckin Awesome. Thanks FTW for uniting two wheelers world wide. Keep it slideways. -#747
Flat track in the U.K. with Anthony Brown and Geoff Cain
We pulled it off. Flew in Dave Aldana as a special guest and had us a great couple of nights of hanging and racing in the UK. Geoff #45 and Me #47 were representing for FTWCO. I managed to get a second in the final behind the Flying Italian Jacopo Monti. Geoff hung in the for a 5th place with a sick motor. results were the icing on the cake. The real deal was racing Flattrack in the UK on a warm evening under floodlights in front of a large crowd with a legend and an inspiration. It can't get much better, except our next round is at the UK Moto GP, Rossi's dad is coming!We had already been busy this year. Two meetings and 4 podiums.
I had a First and Third in the two classes we ride at our opening round in Scunthorpe.
Geoff took a second and a third in our second round at Rye House.
We have a full season ahead including trips onto mainland europe, 5 Co-Built bikes running this year which are complete builds by us in the UK, plus we have a Royal Visit from #747 Newbold to look forward to in the summer.
That trip is a direct result of you guys at FTWCO so thanks for your inspiration.
More soon
Anthony #47
News from Anthony Brown #47 and Geoff Cain #45 on UK Flattrack
Me (47)and Geoff (45) have been riding all UK shorttrack rounds and a couple of Euro rounds as well. We rode a big meeting in Teterow, Germany at the beginning of September. I got knocked off by a flying highsided bike in the 3rd corner of the 1st heat. It pretty much sucked and I had to sit out the rest of the meeting. Geoff was riding well and progressed through the heats to make the final. He had made himself a Ti hotshot, so once the sun went down and the floods came on he broke it out. The sheet of sparks was pretty impressive and the crowd seemed to like it!
Anyway, the next day we drove from Northern Germany down through Czech Republic to Austria. The next round took place on a small grippy track which is normally used for quad racing. I was still feelin' pretty sore but figured having driven a couple of days I might as well ride. Geoff had a ton of bike troubles but I managed to make the final.
Since then we have ridden a couple of UK rounds the last of which was on Sunday.
Anyway, it's been a great season so far. Got a hillclimb going down this weekend and some more flattrack coming up soon after so I will be sure to keep you guys posted. Anthony
Anthony Brown
5/31
Race Report as promised
May 29th/Amman Valley,Wales
It was a rainy wet Saturday morning as we drove across the Severn Bridge into Wales. We were pretty sure that Saturdays Mefo Cup Euro Flattrack round would be cancelled. We set up our pit and waited. The start time was pushed back and back as the rain continued. Finally at 6pm the rain had stopped and the track had started to drink the surface water.
By 6.30 pm we were covered from head to toe in the slate-like shale. It was all you could do to stack enough tear offs to last the 6 laps. That said for a track that had seen so much water but the surface was great. We finished riding at about 10:30, no great results for me or Geoff (Co-Built)but we had a blast.
Geoff was riding a new bike we only finished it on Friday Evening. The first couple of races were tough for him and he had some problems. There was some frantic action between the races getting things sorted.
After racing we had a great BBQ and talked crap 'til we could take no more and retired to the back of the van.
Sunday was the third round of the UK Shorttrack series. The day was completely different. We opened the van door and the sun was shining.
The track had dried and even in practice was starting to get a little dusty. The racing was hard and fast, most of the European guys had stayed over for the UK round so there was a big field. Racing both Shorttrack and Thunderbike classes meant loads of racing so the day seemed long. For the first time this season I failed to make my Thunderbike final but the good news was Geoff made it through. I leant my bike to our Co-Built team mate Guto (a local hero with a wild style) his bike had dropped a chain in the race just before the final. Both Finals were great racing, a blanket would have covered the first 3 riders in both cases.
June15th/Homberg, Germany
Last weekend just gone, Myself and Geoff were in Germany for the 4th round of this years Flattrack Mefo Cup. 1200mile round trip but it was worth it just to get 120mph out of the van on the autobahn. (I was just a second too slow with the camera tho)
We had a great time except I forgot to check my fuel and ran out in one of the heats.
July 12th/Stoke, Staffordshire
This weekend just gone both me and Geoff were racing at Stoke in the industrial midlands of the UK. We had a great meeting and were both riding well. Geoff made the Shorttrack semi's on his Rotax framer against a field of DTX bikes, and I won the B final. Our main class is Thunderbike. Anyways, we both made the Thunderbike final. I was running ahead of Geoff but he got taken down on the second corner. He remounted but rode out the race a lap down.
I was pushing for forth and just took it over the line. As I was shaking hands and chatting with the rider I beat, we both released that we had an extra lap to complete. So I went from 4t to last!! Anyway thats racing. Well it is for me anyway.
FTW
Anthony
Also check out our feature on the MTV Blog:
http://mtvblogs.co.uk/mtv-news/left-left-left-tight-left/6529
Race Report as promised
May 29th/Amman Valley,Wales
It was a rainy wet Saturday morning as we drove across the Severn Bridge into Wales. We were pretty sure that Saturdays Mefo Cup Euro Flattrack round would be cancelled. We set up our pit and waited. The start time was pushed back and back as the rain continued. Finally at 6pm the rain had stopped and the track had started to drink the surface water.
By 6.30 pm we were covered from head to toe in the slate-like shale. It was all you could do to stack enough tear offs to last the 6 laps. That said for a track that had seen so much water but the surface was great. We finished riding at about 10:30, no great results for me or Geoff (Co-Built)but we had a blast.
Geoff was riding a new bike we only finished it on Friday Evening. The first couple of races were tough for him and he had some problems. There was some frantic action between the races getting things sorted.
After racing we had a great BBQ and talked crap 'til we could take no more and retired to the back of the van.
Sunday was the third round of the UK Shorttrack series. The day was completely different. We opened the van door and the sun was shining.
The track had dried and even in practice was starting to get a little dusty. The racing was hard and fast, most of the European guys had stayed over for the UK round so there was a big field. Racing both Shorttrack and Thunderbike classes meant loads of racing so the day seemed long. For the first time this season I failed to make my Thunderbike final but the good news was Geoff made it through. I leant my bike to our Co-Built team mate Guto (a local hero with a wild style) his bike had dropped a chain in the race just before the final. Both Finals were great racing, a blanket would have covered the first 3 riders in both cases.
June15th/Homberg, Germany
Last weekend just gone, Myself and Geoff were in Germany for the 4th round of this years Flattrack Mefo Cup. 1200mile round trip but it was worth it just to get 120mph out of the van on the autobahn. (I was just a second too slow with the camera tho)
We had a great time except I forgot to check my fuel and ran out in one of the heats.
July 12th/Stoke, Staffordshire
This weekend just gone both me and Geoff were racing at Stoke in the industrial midlands of the UK. We had a great meeting and were both riding well. Geoff made the Shorttrack semi's on his Rotax framer against a field of DTX bikes, and I won the B final. Our main class is Thunderbike. Anyways, we both made the Thunderbike final. I was running ahead of Geoff but he got taken down on the second corner. He remounted but rode out the race a lap down.
I was pushing for forth and just took it over the line. As I was shaking hands and chatting with the rider I beat, we both released that we had an extra lap to complete. So I went from 4t to last!! Anyway thats racing. Well it is for me anyway.
FTW
Anthony
Also check out our feature on the MTV Blog:
http://mtvblogs.co.uk/mtv-news/left-left-left-tight-left/6529
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)