Motor Sport: Baildon's Steve Patrickson won the fourth round of the British 125cc Championship at Snetterton.

On his Peter Howell Partitions Honda, he charged from the front row of the grid to take the lead on lap three, and opened up a four-second lead towards the end of the race.

Patrickson broke the lap record by 1.2 seconds in the process, but eased up before the finish.

"It was a great race," said Patrickson, "though I had a couple of hairy moments getting past Alan Green and Leon Haslam in the early stages.

"We touched several times, and none of us was giving an inch, but when I got to the front I could control the race and broke away from them."

Patrickson's young team-mate James Howell, 13, from Idle, also had a good day, finishing 13th in the Aprilia RS125 Superteen Challenge on his first visit to the Norfolk circuit.

Graham Jarvis put Bultaco at the top of the Scottish Six Days Trial awards list after a break of 21 years when former world champion Martin Lampkin took top honours on the legendary Spanish bike.

The Kent rider who lives at Summerbridge near Pateley Bridge took a grip on the event from the first day, was never headed and rounded off a great week by not conceding any penalties on the last day.

Steve Colley tried hard to close the gap on the final day and stay ahead of former winner and seven-times world champion Jordi Tarres, who came out of retirement to support the Scottish event.

Bingley's Martin Crosswaite was one of the best riders on the last day, completing the course without penalty. He was also best teenager in the 260-strong entry.

Yeadon and Guiseley MC and Bradford both snatched team prizes. Crosswaite lined up with Braybrook and Ben Hemingway for Yeadon and Guiseley, while Darren Mitchell, Anthony Ayrton and Nathan Wrigglesworth grabbed the Mamore Trophy for Bradford as private owners.

The two-day motor cycle sprint at Elvington raised some eyebrows, especially when Leeds engineer Chris Hannam broke the long-standing Dave Houghton record on his turbocharged machine.

Allerton's Martin Grimwood did two runs on his four-cylinder turbo-charged Honda, then the gearbox bearing failed and wrecked the gearbox.

Chris Woodward went north to Witton Castle to race his 250cc Husqvarna in the Max Equipe North of England Twinshock Championship and netted third spot in his race class, the Bradford rider mastering a very muddy track.

Ian Austermuhle won the Richmond DMC Trial at Park Rash from Durham youth Michael Phillipson. Both are members of the GP Beta team at Silsden.

Trials rider Nick Midgley literally tested the water at Parson Lea in the Bradford DMC Trial. He fell in the river but the observer rescued man and machine and Nick continued, albeit soaked, to claim third in the over-40s.

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