On the 20th April the second round of the MiniMoto Racing Association (MMRA) British Minimoto Championship rolled into Larkhall, 20 miles South of Glasgow for another weekend of fast and furious low capacity, miniature GP racing competition. The first round at Llandow in South Wales had set a very high bar to follow but over the course of two days, both competitors and spectators were treated to some of the hardest fought racing I have seen, across all classes. The circuit itself reminded me of a smaller version of Cadwell Park and a walk of the track at dusk the evening before the meeting commenced indicated that it would be a very fast circuit with very high grip levels. The circuit had everything, fast sweeping bends, a very interesting ‘bus stop’ hairpin at the far end of the circuit before a sweeping ‘straight’, a tight infield double hairpin section and banked elements of the circuit running into a final flip flop downhill section to a tight final corner that was bound to create some last corner action.

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A proposal has been put forward by a number of people to try to keep things running to time. The most obvious way to do it is to change the format from 4 shorter races to 3 longer, thus in effect you get the same track time or thereabouts and time is saved from having less changeovers.

So it is up to you, what do you want?

A reply slip will also be in the next issue of Tiny Bikes due out soon but if you are a minimoto or sidecar rider please vote HERE and have your say.

Please only vote if you are a member of the MMRA.

If you have never been to a minimoto race meeting then you have been missing out on the grass roots of British two-wheeled road racing, with riders as young as 6 scrapping elbow to elbow to prove they have what it takes to become the next Valentino Rossi. It is a sight that you will never forget and it will instil confidence in you that we undoubtedly have some future stars passionately honing their skills on small capacity 2-strokes. It’s not all about kids though, the grids are filled with a mix of ages from 6 to 50’s, every person enjoying the thrill of the competition, wherever their battles on the track. Forget the media sensationalism regarding minimoto’s, these race machines bear little resemblance to the cheap imports tearing illegally around your local estate. These are mini gp bikes, from 39 to70cc of pure adrenalin rush propelling the slick-shod bikes to speeds of 50mph and more and are prepared with as much care and precision as any works gp team.

For 2007 the MiniMoto Racing Association, the UK’s premiere minimoto race series organiser, modified their class structure within their 8 round championship to develop greater competition in the classes and for the first meeting of the season at the South Wales Karting Centre at Llandow on the 31st March/1st April the competitors came in their droves... Click "Read More" below for the full article

We're pleased to announce that the Membership and Race Entry system for 2007 is now online and ready to roll...

Head over to www.mmra.org.uk/acatalog/ to get yerself signed up for next years' season now!

Special bulk-booking 8 for the price of 7 deal on Race Entries, which you can take advantage of up til 23rd March, at which point it'll be removed and you'll be limited to paying the full Race Entry for every round... so if you wanna save yerself £55, get `em filled in and over to us asap!

The 2007 Race Calendar has now been published online. You should be able to see it in a scrolling box to the left... alternatively, follow the "Race Schedule 2007" link to the left which'll take you to the Main MMRA Website where the schedule and further info can all be found. See y'all at Llandow!!

The results are in, and here are your Champions and runners'-up for 2006!! Some retain their crown from the previous year... others gain the crown after a superb seasons' racing. It is with the greatest pleasure that the MMRA appoints the British Champions as follows...


F1 Sidecars
1st Place British Champion `06 - Gordon Martlew & Phil Mapplebeck - 518
2nd Place Runner-Up - Tamzine Hanks & Stefan Castille - 507
3rd Place Runner-Up - Mike Mantell & Louise Hutt - 460

F2 Sidecars
1st Place British Champion `06 - Mick Williams & Sue Morrell - 750
2nd Place Runner-Up - Jon Carver Snr & Jnr - 280
3rd Place Runner-Up - Byron Luce & Psgr - 64

4T Sidecars
1st Place British Champion `06 - Richard Guest & Marc Coyles - 647
2nd Place Runner-Up - Mick Leigh and Psgr - 574
3rd Place Runner-Up - Chris Bell & Psgr - 419

Lets hope we see you again NEXT year to defend your position against the challengers!

For information regarding the MMRA's AGM & Presentation Evening, please see the post in the MMRA's forums over HERE

Just to alert those looking, as I know several have been struggling to find any, there are presently 3 (that I know of) MMRA Competition-Class Sidecars up for sale over at minimotosidecars.org, from as little as £800 ready-to-race... sellers are all active and online ready to respond to enquiries.

See www.minimotosidecars.o...&p=485#485, www.minimotosidecars.o...opic&t=140 and www.minimotosidecars.o...opic&t=134

It has been decided that for future rounds, if we don't get enough voluntary marshals (paid at the usual £20 per day rate), then every entrants name will be placed in a hat, and the marshals chosen by luck of the draw.

At this point, I'd like to refer y'all to your rulebooks, page 2...

And so it begins... the start of the 2006 season is rapidly drawing closer. Links down the lefthand side have been updated with 2006 committee, race calendar, membership forms and race entry forms so get yerself signed up, and get your entires in for the MMRA British Championships!!

Please note, the rules currently displayed are the 2005 versions. We are in the process of updating them at the moment... members will receive a 2006 RuleBook by post very shortly...