Report: Northampton MCC
By Team TMX on 21st Oct 15
For the final race of the season, the Long Buckby track was at its magnificent best. As well as full line-ups in almost every class, the club also welcomed the Eastern Centre EVO series for their final round.
To keep things interesting the circuit was run in reverse direction for the first time in at least 20 years, which proved very popular with the riders.
Racing was close and exciting in every class with the new layout having some more technical sections than the traditional route.
Heavy rain earlier in the week made sure that dust was not an issue, the famous red soil of Northamptonshire providing plenty of grip where needed.
Michael McClurg took the overall win in the Expert class, after some very close racing with Paul Edge and Luke Spence. Kristian Hutchings won both the Junior A finals closely followed by Ash Hutchings.
Robbie Hollis took third overall by a single point from Kyle Creevy who got faster as the day went on.
Aaron Read won the B class after just taking the win in the final race on the last lap from Jason Mills who ended up fourth overall.
Race one winner Andrew Mason took second from a consistent finishing Rob Harwood.
Ryan Griffiths finished the season in dominant form, taking wins in all three of the Premier Class races.
Adam Collins finished second each time, as traditional class winner Tony Leishman suffered from a number of uncharacteristic incidents that kept him off the podium. Greg Cox twice edged out Richard Wright with some late in the race charges to take overall victory in the Elite Class.
Steve Gilbey watched the action from a safe third place each time, preferring not to get involved.
In the Super Class Nigel Miller once again proved unbeatable, taking three wins ahead of Reg Willis and Richard Jochacy.
Providing both great racing and extra interest for the spectators, the Easter EVO series raced Long Buckby for the first time.
Gary Gladwin took the first two class wins and the overall from Nick Carter.
Third place finishing Jason Morettes was not to be denied the win in the final leg as he finished off the championship in style.
Kyle Creevy won the U40 class from Jack Lee, though the positons were reversed in the two-stroke class.
Results
Expert: 1 Michael McClurg, 2 Paul Edge, 3 Luke Spence, 4 Ryan Griffiths, 5 Joe Wyse, 6 Adam Collins
Junior A: 1 Kristian Hutchings, 2 Ash Hutchings, 3 Robbie Hollis, 4 Kyle Creevy, 5 Jack Lee, 6 Tim Soane
Junior B: 1 Aaron Read, 2 Andrew Mason, 3 Rob Harwood, 4 Jason Mills, 5 Cameron Curtis, 6 Aaron Wills
Premier O40: 1 Ryan Griffiths, 2 Adam Collins, 3 Fraser Law, 4 James Yarrow, 5 Lee Keyton, 6 Tony Leishman
Elite O50: 1 Greg Cox, 2 Richard Wright, 3 Steve Gilbey, 4 Patrick Winter, 5 Nick Boot, 6 Alan Brown
Super O60: 1 Nigel Miller, 2 Reg Willis, 3 Richard Jochacy, 4 Trevor Roberts, 5 Roger Knibbs
Eastern Centre EVO: 1 Gary Gladwin, 2 Nick Carter, 3 Jason Morettes, 4 Martin King, 5 Kevin Cole, 6 Nicholas Baum
U40: 1 Kyle Creevy, 2 Jack Lee, 3 Tom Allsopp, 4 James Chambers, 5 Ash Rilings, 6 Michael McClurg
2 Stroke: 1 Jack Lee, 2 Kyle Creevy, 3 Tony Leishman, 4 Ian Tindle, 5 Michael McClurg, 6 Andrew Antal
Workers: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Tony Fricker, 3 Scott Robertson, 4 James Higgins, 5 Stephen Cole
