The ACU would like to congratulate the British Sidecar Motocross team of Stuart Brown and Josh Chamberlain for claiming a third place finish in the FIM World Sidecar Motocross Championship. This is the second year running that the pairing have finished third in the World.
The brilliant thing about this achievement is that the Team does not have a massive sponsorship package like many of the other top GP teams, and they still have to work during the week. They do not have a big garage or massive race trucks, but what they do have are two very dedicated riders and a "Norman", Norman Brown is a legend; he is the team manager, mechanic, and van driver. The bike is kept with Norman and that is where the magic happens, the bike is maintained to a standard that any professional racing team would envy.
This season the team only had one race where they didn't score a point, when a blocked fuel breather slowed them. They have collected points in every other race, even when the gearbox broke. It was their consistency that won through. The team went into the final GP at Rudersburg in Germany holding second place in the world after taking wins in both races at the previous Swiss GP. Conditions at the final GP were difficult with rain all day and their rival came ahead of them in both races which resulted in them finally took third in the world for another brilliant achievement.
Photo by Chris Helm