Daniel Winterton (12) exits the wet bend at speed with no brakes to find a slowing Anthony Bougourd in his path. Quick reactions and skill somehow avoided contact. (Pictures by Andrew Le Poidevin)

THE two most sought after trophies were on the agenda at Sunday’s sand-race meeting.
For the car drivers there was the challenge of making their vehicles last for 20 laps to claim the Victoria Trophy, which is more than twice the distance of their normal races, while the bike boys were racing to be crowned King of the Beach.
Beside those races, there was the usual mix of championship and other ongoing trophy races but with no juniors on this programme – all racing in Jersey – there was little time between races for any repairs.
After a delayed start and practice on a grey day, the first race was red flagged after two laps as Ricky Le Cheminant, in his Formula Kawasaki single seater style racing car, spun in the wet bend and got stuck in a hole in the sand. With little body clearance, he could not move without being towed out.
He was able to start the second race but broke a drive shaft on the pretty little car.
In the next race for production saloons, Doug Le Fevre, who had had to rebuild the front suspension after it had collapsed two meetings ago, also got no further than the wet bend before a CV joint broke.