Cub’s Classic
As the suspense mounted in the hall of the Leven Centre on Saturday evening after the pre65 Scottish was over, the big question on everyone’s lips was who had won? There were favourites, of course, and the previous day’s results often give a clue as to who is in contention and the riders themselves have a pretty good idea how they have done, but nothing is certain until the very last moment.
The riders are counted down, marks are noted and then, finally, the winner is announced and in this case a new record was set. Yes, it is hard to believe that after nearly 40 years of classic trials action in the Highlands there are still records to be set and the opportunity to do something that has never been done before and in Dan Thorpe lifting the winner’s trophy in 2019, his name joins another ‘D Thorpe’ on the silverware… that of his father Dave Thorpe… and they have become the only father and son riders to have won the Pre65 Scottish. Even better from our point of view, Thorpe the
