Sporting Digest: Motorcycling

ACU BRITISH CHAMPIONS (Snetterton) Third round: Superbike leg one (14 laps): 1 J Whitham (Yamaha) 16min 52.16sec (ave speed 97.1mph); 2 Heslop (Honda) 16:53.65; 3 R McElnea (Yamaha) 16:57.43; 4 J Moodie (Norton) 16:57.82; 5 R Stringer (Kawasaki) 17:09.26. 250cc (14 laps): 1 P Brown (Honda) 17:32.86 (ave speed 93.44mph); 2 M Barker (Yamaha) 17:33.60; 3 I Newton (Aprilia) 17:33.62; 4 S Sawford (Yamaha) 17:41.30; 5 M Snell (Yamaha) 17:45.10. Supersports 400 (12 laps): 1 M Norman (Yamaha) 15:56.63 (ave 88.14mph); 2 A Murphy (Yamaha) 15:57.02; 3 J Roach (Yamaha) 15:57.20; 4 B Rudd (Yamaha) 15:57.40; 5 I Duffus (Yamaha) 15:57.66. 125cc (12 laps): 1 K Mawdsley (Honda) 16:01.85 (ave 87.67mph); 2 F Mendes (Honda) 16:02.57; 3 R Appleyard (Honda) 16:03.14; 4 S Patrickson (Honda) 16:12.14; 5 P Corrigan (Honda) 16:12.64. Sidecars (12 laps): 1 M Boddice and D Wells (Honda) 16:25.29 (ave 85.8mph); 2 G Smith and T Balazs (Honda) 16:25.30; 3 R Nelson and M Camp (Windle) 16:31.39; 4 R Hanks and T Hanks (Ireson) 16:36.73; 5 C Hallam and M Wynn (Yamaha) 16:41.29. Superbike leg 2 (14 laps): 1 J Whitham (Yamaha) 16:44.62 (ave 97.92mph); 2 S Hislop (Honda) 16:51.48; 3 J Moody (Norton) 16:53.21; 4 R McElnea (Yamaha) 17:03.03; 5 R Stringer (Kawasaki) 17:04.15. Supersport 600 (12 laps): 1 J Moody (Honda) 15:12.81 (ave 92.38mph); 2 I Simpson (Honda) 15:15.28; 3 M Edwards (Honda) 15:21.52; 4 I Duffus (Honda) 15:21.95; 5 D Heal (Honda) 15:28.74. Championship standings: Superbike: 1 Whitham 115pts; 2 Hislop 92; 3 McElnea 90; 4 Moody 54; 5= A Buckingham; M Llewellyn (Honda) 50. 125cc: 1 Mendes 50; 2 A Hatton (Honda) 40; 3 Patrickson 39; 4 Lofthouse 35; 5 Mawdsley 31. Sidecars: 1 Boddice 51; 2 Hanks 43; 3 Biggs 37; 4 Hallam 34; 5 Nelson 28. 250cc: 1 Brown 54; 2 Barker 33; 3 Bosworth 34; 4 Mitchell 29; 5 Sawford 26. Supersport 400: 1 Duffus 44; 2 Murphy 43; 3 Tomes 32; 4 Simpson 30; 5 Rudd 28. Supersport 600: 1 Moody 57; 2 Simpson 52; 3 Edwards 41; 4 Heal 31; 5 Whitby 29.