Motor Sport: Dougie Lampkin again jets away this week for a triple arena trial date with a visit to Castelon on Friday being followed by a trip to Torino in Italy for Saturday and Sunday.

Brother Harry and cousin James are also now making inroads into motorcross with Harry having already upgraded after only three months of the speed stuff.

It has been a busy time for the Lampkins with Alan, former top trials and scrambled rider of the 70s and 80s, turning the clock back at Armthorpe on Sunday when he watched his son James hit the race tracks for the first time riding a powerful brand new 250cc Honda machine. Alan, better known nationally as Sid, went along to keep on eye on James who is normally well to the front in trials in this country.

"I thought I had better make myself useful," said the former BSA factory rider as he scraped inches of caked mud from the number plates of the new bike between races. "I reckon it would be about 1972 since I raced and that would be on a Swedish Husqvarna. That's 26 years."

James, who acts as driver mechanic on the world trials circus with cousin Dougie in the summer, slid off once when he stalled the engine on a corner but concentrated on finishing his first speed event rather than take risks on the muddy Armthorpe track. Ninth overall out of a field of 32 competitors was good by any standards.

Harry Lampkin also took part in the meeting, upgraded since his triple win a week ago, so he rode in Clubman B category and was well placed in the first race until he slid off. However he bounced back to finish fifth in the second event.

James Smith, from Lothersdale, rocketed round to win the first novice race and was well placed in race two until he slid off in the foul conditions

"I just went down in the mud but got back and into fifth place, that put me second in the overall results on points," said a mud caked Smith after the ordeal.

Thorne Motor Club promoted the meeting and were lucky not to have to cancel for the second time in a month due to the paddock being a sea of mud and many parts of the track being rutted almost hub deep in places.

Meanwhile, Martin Bean had no problems winning all his races at the Pickering MC motocross near Easingwold where conditions remained dry but further east at Harwood Dale the rain was torrential throughout the Scarborough DMC youth trial.

Graham Jarvis headed the awards list after the annual Wetherby Motor Club's Stan Cox Trophy Trial at Bayliss Gapp Farm, high above Bewerley on Sunday where a massive entry of 147 riders took part in the event.

John Lampkin and his GP Beta team riders Ben and Dan Hemingway took the three expert awards behind winner Jarvis. Guiseley teenager Chris Carter won the novice prize from Skipton's Paul Preston.

Gerald Rathmell won the clubman class from three wheel ace Robin Luscombe.

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