Report: BSMA Bridgestone - Round 4
By TMX Archives on 15th Jun 16
Round four of the BSMA Bridgestone Series took place at Warmington Lane with a perfectly prepared track.
Unfortunately by late Saturday afternoon the weather changed for the worse and going into the third block after the Novice/ Vets race the the meeting had to be abandoned for the day.
With the weather forecast good for Sunday and water draining from the track well, the organising committee were hoping to continue with the meeting on Sunday.
However, again with rain coming down during the night and also again on Sunday morning the committee had no other option but to cancel for safety reasons.
On the Saturday first to take to the track was the Vets/ Novice class this was the only class that managed to get three races in before the rain came.
Novice rider Neil Davies took the overall from red plate holder Jack Smith, with a win in the opener and two seconds.
Smith earned two wins and a fourth to take second spot from wild card, as Rob Shem, Ben Gardner and Jake Nicholls completed the top five positions.
The Veteran class was dominated by red plate holder, Simon Bracey who took all three wins. Only five-points separated the next three positions with Jason Gillett taking second from John Gauntlett and Gary Mason third and fourth respectively, with Gary Jones completing the top five.
The AMX/ Open class had their third moto red flagged for safety reasons as Zac Stealey and Harry Linton finished on equal points with both having a win and a second.
So top spot went to Zac Stealey with a win in the second race. Darren Webster and Jake Ford also finished on equal points, so it came down to the second race for positions and Webster took the better position from Ford with Ben Bird fifth.
The Open Class was dominated by fast-gating Chris Grindle ahead of Alan Pearce with third to Andy Fitzgerald. Nathan Bache was fourth ahead of Lee Powell.
The Auto riders headed to the very demanding track with relish. Freddie Bartlett posted two wins as red plate holder Shaun Mahoney recorded two second places.
Freddie Gardner was third from wild card entry, Danny Webster, ahead of Kieran Paget.
There were battles all day between the top two Junior 65cc riders and both finished on the same points, which resulted in Keelan Hope tying top spot from red plate holder, Tyler Smith.
Third was Tom Goodfellow with Ben Humphries fourth and a consistant Jack Viner fifth. The SMW 85 produced some brilliant racing with first and second finishing on joint points and first place eventually going to wild card rider Ollie Davidson, who took the final moto win from Red Plate holder Ben Watkins.
Consistent riding from Ethan Sills earned the third spot.
The BW85 class produced some exciting racing between Joel Rizzi and Callum Beeken.
Close on Beekens tail was Billy Jones who posted a brace of thirds. Marshall Smith finished equal on points with Thomas Casbeard in fourth and fifth respectively.
With two straight wins Owen Woodhouse extended his advantage at the top of the Senior points table.
Next was Jack Samuel who finished on joint points with Dean Palmer but Samuels higher finish in the final moto gave him the second spot ahead of Palmer.
Senior Open turned into a scrap between wildcard Deon Thomas and second placed Brooklyn Evans.
With a win and a third place apiece the pair finished on joint points with Thomas in top spot, from Evans, with John Mckenzie third.
RESULTS
Auto: 1 Freddie Bartlett 90 points, 2 Shaun Mahoney 86, 3 Freddie Gardner 80, 4 Danny Webster 76, 5 Kieran Paget 74, 6 Harvey Jackson 67, 7 Alfie Osbourne 64, 8 Ben Casey 62, 9 Frankie Jubb 61, 10 Joey Benfield 60.
Junior: 1 Keelan Hope 88, 2 Tyler Smith 88, 3 George Goodfellow 82, 4 Ben Humphries 78, 5 Jack Viner 72, 6 Ellis Poole 69, 7 Jacob Harley 67, 8 Adam Thomas 64, 9 Grace Richards 62, 10 Tate Anderson 60.
SW85cc: 1 Ollie Davidson 88, 2 Ben Watkins 88, 3 Ethan Sills 82, 4 Harrison Mccann 78, 5 Charlie Griffiths 71, 6 Kian Thomas 69, 7 Morgan Evans 66, 8 Harvey Tillotson 65, 9 Billy Duke 63, 10 Jak Taylor 63.
BW85cc: 1 Joel Rizzi 90, 2 Callum Beeken 86, 3 Billy Jones 82, 4 Marshall Smith 74, 5 Thomas Casbeard 74, 6 James Hyett 69, 7 Callum Watson 64, 8 Luke Howells 63, 9 Finley Smith 61, 10 William Wheeler 61.
Senior: 1 Owen Woodhouse 90, 2 Jack Samuel 80, 3 Dean Palmer 80, 4 Jamie Needham 74, 5 Ryan Manley 74, 6 Harry Williams 73, 7 Alex Needham 72, 8 Anthony Lissaman 66, 9 Daniel Bartlett 64, 10 Benito Sidoli 62.
Senior Open: 1 Deon Thomas 86, 2 Brooklyn Evans 86, 3 John Mckenzie 82, 4 Ieuan Harris 76, 5 Joe Roberts 76, 6 Adam Hill 71, 7 Morgan Mcconnell 70, 8 Kelton Gwyther 67, 9 Brad Priest 64, 10 Elliott Pugh 62.
AMX: 1 Zac Stealey 86, 2 Harry Linton 86, 3 Darren Webster 76.
AMX Open: 1 Chris Grindle 90, 2 Alan Pearce 84, 3 Andy Fitzgerald 80.
Novice: 1 Neil Davies 131, 2 Jack Smith 129, 3 Rob Shem 119, 4 Ben Gardner 113, 5 Jake Nicholls 110.
Veteran: 1 Simon Bracey 135, 2 Jason Gillett 121, 3 John Gauntlett 119, 4 Gary Mason 117, 5 Gary Jones 104.
