Great Weekend for Reeves and Cluze
Gold Race

Warm up for the World Sidecar crews this morning was abandoned due to high winds funnelling through the mountains all round the “Automotdrom Grobnik” circuit. With only one and a half hours before the “Gold Race” was due to start, it was decided that two sidecar teams would take to the track to make a decision whether it was safe to race or not. This decision was up to Bennie Streuer and Goert Koerts, and the French team of Philippe Gallerne and Julien Chesneau. The two teams circulated for two laps and they made the decision that it was safe to race. The race however would be fourteen laps instead of the planned eighteen.

As the lights went out, once again it was Tim Reeves and Gregory Cluze on their “The Relocator” LCR, Kawasaki who took the advantage into the first corner, they were followed by Uwe Gurck and Manfred Wechselberger on their “Polizei Sport Verein Wels” LCR, BMW, right on their tail was Bennie Streuer and Goert Koerts on their “Team Streuer” LCR, Suzuki, by the end of lap one Reeves and Cluze had stamped their authority on the race and had a healthy lead over second place, who now was Streuer and Koerts, they managed to get passed Gurck and Wechselberger by the end of the lap.

Streuer and Koerts gave chase to Reeves and Cluze and managed to get a healthy gap between themselves and third place. This was to stay all through the race, and another second place looked likely, until on the last lap the drive sprocket on their machine sheared off leaving them stranded at the side of the track and the DNF result for them was another blow to their championship.


A great battle all through the race between Gurck and Wechselberger and Finish team Petri Makkula and Harri Asumanie on their “Team Makkula” LCR, BMW, they were to swap places throughout the race. Makkula and Asumanie again did not get the best of starts, but once they had caught Gurck and Wechselberger the battle was on, for the last spot on the podium, the two teams delighted the crowd lap after lap with their battle.

With Streuer out of the race the battle was for second and third places now, and it was Makkula and Asumanie who crossed the line to take second just in front of Gurck and Wechselberger, both teams were delighted with the race and congratulated each and other on a great battle. This was Gurck’s first podium at this level and it takes him and Wechselberger to second in the championship.

Mike Roscher and Anna Burkard on their “Roscher Hanni Racing” LCR, BMW had a great race result, they were sitting behind Jakob Rutz and Thomas Hofer on their “Sidecar Racing Team Rutz” LCR, Yamaha, till lap ten when Rutz and Hofer seemed to slow slightly, giving Roscher and Burkard the opportunity to get close and challenge for fourth place in the race. They fought with Rutz and Hofer and managed to get passed for the fourth place, with Rutz and Hofer taking the chequered flag for fifth place. Philippe Gallerne and Julien Chesneau on their “Team Gallern” RCN, Suzuki managed to get their problem sorted which put them out of the race yesterday, and they were to take the chequered flag for sixth place.

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