Apparently, there is to be a Protest Ride against tolls, the $56 TAC tax, front numberplates and lack of use of bus lanes.

Date: 5^th July

The assembly area will be the Doncaster Park & Ride, Melway ref map 46 K1. It's left out of the gate, a few metres and left onto the Eastern Freeway which becomes the Eastlink toll road. Eastlink opens Sunday June 29^th . There is a toll free period of a month.

At noon riders will proceed to Frankston at 10 kph under the speed limit. Probably 90 kph most of the trip. The distance will be around 60 km. The destination is the Frankston Civic Centre in Davey Street, Melway ref map 100A C9.

Media Contact: Damien Codognotto OAM, Independent Lobbyist Melbourne. 0419 846 855.

Some photos from the Phillip Island Interclub round are now in the gallery.

Many of our members knew Robbie as a great mate, one of nature's gentlemen , the sort of man who would do anything for you. A very talented racer, as anyone knows.

Taken too soon.

Our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.

From the members and friends of Redline Motorcylce Racing Club

Two time Australian Sidecar champion and Redline President Vince Messina took experienced passenger Darren Dewhurst to Mallala for the first round of this year's Sidecar championship. Vince was again racing Steve Hutchinson's Alvin Kawasaki, but with new suspension that worked a treat. The first race started with all teams attempting to be the first out of turn one. Some teams stayed on the bitumen, but that wasn't necessarily the fastest way around the track! Vince and Darren were third going into turn five when fellow Victorians Mark Knight and passenger Chris Wisener behind them had an extroadinary high peed crash. Sidecars went everywhere trying to avoid the debris. The race was subsequently red flagged and later abandoned as Mark and Chris were attended to by medics and later airlifted to hospital. Mark has thanked RaceSafe Officials for resuscitating him after finding him unconcious and not breathing. The crash also shook up most of the sidecar competitors, who started race two on the Sunday a little less enthusiastically.

After a slow start, Vince and Darren diced all the way to the finish to grab a third in the second behind Soutar/Rowe and Fagan/Napier. The Hazelmans got the better of them in the last race, relegating Vince and Darren to fourth. Vince was pleased with his racing and is certainly looking forward to racing in WA for the third of three Australian Championship rounds. The West Australians are certainly on the pace and a big field is expected at the Kings Of The West meeting.

South Australia was represented by former Australian F1 champions Neville Lush/Scott Martin on their very fast F2 NLR Yamaha 600. NSW was represented by Broken Hills' Mark Gillespie/Peter Harvy with their first appearance at an Australian championship meeting. The next, and second, round of the championship is at Eastern Creek, 18^th to 19^th October.

Provisional F1 Points:

Placing	Race Number	Name	State	Total
1	1	Shane SOUTAR / Jeff ROWE	VIC	50
2	23	Lindsay FAGAN / Dean NAPIER	WA	40
3	41	Vincent MESSINA / Darren DEWHURST	VIC	35
4	11	Robert HAIR / Christopher BURROWS	WA	30
5	44	Paul PINFOLD / Ben THOMSON	WA	30
6	66	Darryn WALKER / Neal WALKER	WA	30
7	17	Neville HAZELMAN / Glen HAZELMAN	VIC	29
8	8	Warren THOMPSON / Juston WINCHESTER	WA	26
9	60	Ron MARTEN / Rodney BELL	VIC	24
10	74	Ronald CURRAN / David JAMES	VIC	17

The second round of Formula Xtreme saw club member Michael Dibb out to improve his third placing in this year's championship. The exciting young racer finished third overall in last year's championship and has been rewarded with a B Grading. Preparations for round two ended prematurely with a high side causing broken bones and a lacerated spleen. With only weeks to recover, Michael took to the Mallala track with the modest aim of finishing races.

After a ninth place in race one, Michael said his crash in race two was disappointing. He only managed a tenth in race three. "The pace up front is frantic, and I don't think that it can be maintained. There are still enough rounds left in the year for a good placing." He's looking for consistency to get back into championship contention. Michael will race in round three at Winton, 31^st May to 1^st June, hopefully having fully recovered from his injuries.

Provisional Points: