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Classic Sidecar racers Rob Cameron from West Kingsdown, Kent & his agile passenger Andy Smith from the Cotswolds contested in the1st Belgium Classic TT Road Race event at the spectacular Gedinne street circuit near the Ardennes Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd September.

 

 The experienced British sidecar team having raced the famous Isle of Man TT races previously managed to secure pole position in the Saturday morning timed training despite this being their first European race meeting together using their BMW classic sidecar.

 

 The Cameron & Smith duo followed this by winning the afternoon race finishing some 28 seconds ahead of two Belgium sidecar teams both having previous knowledge of the Gedinne circuit.

 

 With such a convincing win over the locals on the tricky & challenging closed street circuit the British team were applauded by the Belgium crowds and presented with their trophies in an evening presentation ceremony. During this race Cameron & Smith set a new lap record for this circuit….

 

 The duo has now set 4 new lap records this year using their immaculately prepared classic BMW sidecar. The class is set with strict rules stating that all components must have been purchasable pre 1972. 

The Sunday timed training in wet conditions went along smoothly and again the duo started from pole but the race did not end, as the team would have liked.

After gaining the lead on the first lap the ignition cutout lead broke and ended the chance of another victory.

 

Cameron said “ We have had an amazing time here and have been treated like Royalty by the locals. Everyone is so friendly and we were made to feel so welcome by the organising club, it’s a shame we had such a stupid problem in the second race stopping us from finishing.

 

  The problem was fixed in minutes; we will make amends at our next race in the UK later this month. I would like to thank everyone that has helped us so far this season”.

 

You can see and follow the teams progress on their new website www.cameronracing.co.uk 

 

Their next British Championship round is at Snetterton in Norfolk on 16th & 17th September “The race of Aces” where the ex World Champion Phil Read will make an appearance

 

Gedinne 2nd & 3rd September 2006