ROBIN LUSCOMBE is trailing in the British Sidecar Trials Championship -- the event he has almost made his personal property.

Robin has won the title 10 times and is out to clean up an eleventh time this year, but one slip last Sunday was very expensive.

He was leading the 'Frank Hooper' trial until the last section and then lost just a single penalty point.

"That cost us victory and 20 championship points, but we are still only six points off the top of the championship series," he said.

This weekend he heads for Derbyshire looking to close the gap at the top.

World Champion solo trials rider, Dougie Lampkin made a rare appearance on the local trials scne when he won the Stan Pitts Trophy event at Foxup, beating arch-rival Graham Jarvis.

This weekend they hit the trail for Devon where Lampkin will be aiming to pull clear at top of the national event. A win would would give him 20 points and put him ahead of Graham Jarvis who managed to topple the Silsden rider in the last event of the series -- and currently shares the lead.

For those who want their trials riding closer home the British Youth Championship comes to Laneshawbridge, near Colne, on Sunday.

n On four wheels, Keighley driver Bobby Fryers is firm favourite for another class winning performance in the Yorkshire Auto-Trader Hillclimb Championships at Harewood on Sunday.

A total of 150 speed merchants will be chasing points on the course with Fryers driving Renault clio in class two.

He will be taking on 25 Caterham sports machines, a string of powerful TVR sports cars and 22 road modified saloon cars.

Keighley's Steve Dunn will be in action among the 16 road modified kit cars and hopes to attack Tim Wilson's class record time of 66.52 seconds for the demanding Harewood track. Entrance to the course is £5 for adults which includes a programme and free trackside parking for early arrivals and under-14's are free.

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