Twelve Pre-Injection teams headed north to East Fortune near Edinburgh for their fourth championship round over the weekend of 13^th and 14^th July. Following a wet qualifying session, the weather changed for the better, with a hot and dry weekend for the duration of the event. The Melville club provided food and entertainment, making for a great atmosphere and it was a totally enjoyable weekend for all racers and their supporters.

Almost perfect conditions proved a thankful contrast to that of round two, as teams headed to Donington Park for the third installment of the F.S.R.A. / Lane Building Services Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship, hosted by N.G.R.R.C.

In the F2 class, Rob Fisher, with regular passenger Rick Long back in the chair took their 600 Baker Thundercat to a hat-trick of victories to claim maximum points finishing first on the road in all three races. Next up, and also sealing three wins in the F1 class were Joe Heys / Gary Wheeler (1200 Heys Kawasaki), in what is Joe's fiftieth season of racing!

Having just about recovered from the rain and wind at Oulton Park a fortnight ago, the third round of the 2019 F.S.R.A. Preinjection Sidecar Championship travels to Donington Park on the weekend of the 11^th and 12^th May. This looks set to be an interesting weekend of sidecar racing, with the A.C.U. / F.S.R.A. British F2 Championship also being hosted by N.G.R.R.C. Seventeen Pre-Injection sidecars have entered, comprising of eleven F2 and six F1, this being the greatest turn out so far this year.

Unfortunately the second round of the 2019 F.S.R.A. / Lane Building Services Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship saw fewer competitors – not due to a lack of enthusiasm or interest, but owing to the fact that the shared grid of sidecars was over-subscribed well before the closing date for entries.

Round two of the 2019 F.S.R.A. Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship, sponsored by Lane Building Services and PAGID Racing moves to Oulton Park on Saturday 27^thApril.

The opening round of the 2019 F.S.R.A. / Lane Building Services Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship took place on Sunday 7^th April at Mallory Park. Both races were dominated by former champions, Rob Fisher / Rick Long, returning to the series following an absence of almost two full seasons. However, impressing greatly was sixteen-year-old Matthew Sims, taking a fine third place in the Trophy race as passenger to Hayley Christie in his first competitive outing.

The 2019 F.S.R.A. / Lane Building Services Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship kicks off next Sunday (April 7th) at Leicestershire's Mallory Park circuit. This biggest change to this increasingly popular series is that following discussions and a vote at the A.G.M. last November, is that there are now two distinctive “classes” within the championship.

The 2018 F.S.R.A. Annual Dinner and Dance was held on Saturday 24th November at the Radisson Blu East Midlands Hotel, where the prize presentations were made to mark the end of a successful season for both the A.C.U. / F.S.R.A. British F2 Sidecar Championship, and the F.S.R.A. / Lane Building Services Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship. To see a full list of the trophy winners, please click "read more".

Apologies for the slight delay with this report - slowly drying out (not my drink problems on this occasion - but all the kit clothing and bike etc.)! Well done to the brave that experienced Cadwell’s micro-climate of: rain; snow; sleet; wind – and - more rain! With such adverse weather conditions affecting both days of racing only one race each day could be held. But the good old British spirit and lunacy kept us all going with high levels of morale. 

2018 has seen six weekends of top quality action from the F.S.R.A. / Lane Building Services Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship, and hopefully that precedent will continue at this weekend's concluding round, held at the annual "Sidecar Bash". With the title still to be decided, and a potential 125 points to be scored, it is mathematically possible for any one of eight teams to land the championship - although it will take a monumental effort for anyone to displace leaders John Shipley / Milo Ward, who take a fifty one point advantage to Cadwell Park.

Misfortunes at East Fortune for some saw championship leader board changes, after Simon Horton's Wintec 1100 Suzuki had an excursion to the Scottish countryside in qualifying, ending his racing weekend. This allowed John Shipley / Milo Ward (Ireson 1000 Yamaha) to head the charge against the the fifteen strong grid to earn a maximum sixty points with four wins.

Apologies for the slightly late report (holiday time!), but what a fantastic Sidecar racing event Donington Park proved to be, with sixty plus outfits at the meeting made up of in excess of twenty British F2’s, similar numbers of Pre-Injection machines and complemented with a handful of club racers.

This was another well supported event, featuring twenty Pre-Injection sidecars doing battle over four races in perfect weather conditions.

Quick update from Dave Tibbles.... 

Well what a meeting twenty one championship entries and our first very own races. Thanks all for your support and the new teams, two new teams being first meeting novices. It was a meeting that will go down with great memories for the weather and the clean and close racing.

Thank you to our sponsors FSRA Adrian Lane Building services, Pagid brakes and EMRA club for hosting our championship.

Next round Anglesey 23/24 June with the Wirral 100.

CLICK READ MORE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AND DATES OF REMAINING ROUNDS

THE NEXT ROUND IS THIS WEEKEND 5/6 MAY AT MALLORY PARK

The FSRA Preinjection championship has come alive with a fantastic entry with eighteen teams at Oulton Park and twenty teams entered for Mallory resulting in their own race.

Novice John Shipley jnr with Milo Ward as a last minute stand in passenger winning both round one Oulton park races.

This year’s championship grids are made up of all abilities from novices to old and bald with an all assortments of machine types, long and short chassis of all different manufacturers with lighter 600 engines, bigger heavier 1000cc plus four stroke engines, and 350 to 750 two strokes engines.

Oulton Park suited some but which teams and set up will be more suited for round two the shorter Mallory Park track this weekend?

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2018 starts with a record eighteen entries in the first round of seven for the F.S.R.A. / Lane Building Services Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship, which once again sees the season opener at Cheshire's Oulton Park, on Saturday 28^th of April.

Some details for the first round of the FSRA Championships this weekend, taking place SATURDAY 23rd at Oulton Park. 

For a championship season preview and the list of registered teams for the British F2 and F2 cup click the link to the FSRA site here

From Tim Langham, the timetable for this weekend - click the grey read more box or the article title. 

From Mark Dennis, the live timing for the weekend should appear as if by magic (just like the shopkeeper) on this page on TSL Timing here