Ando's Duns 'n' dusted
By TMX Archives on 19th Aug 11
The picturesque Langton Lees Farm in Duns, Berwickshire, played host to an utterly compelling and totally thrilling round seven of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship.The host club brought the best riders in Britain to one of Scotland's finest gems and produced a wonderful event that befitted the crowning of three Maxxis British Champions.
MX2 gave the bumper crowd some proper hard racing, with no rider giving an inch in pursuit of glory.
The day began with Jake Nicholls on his HM Plant KTM nicking pole in Q1 before series leader, Arnaud Tonus, blitzed to a SuperPole lap time of 2:25.211, a clear 2.7 seconds ahead of hot streaking Bryan MacKenzie riding an LPE Kawasaki.
Race one was a delight to watch as scraps reigned throughout. Elliott Banks-Browne broke into a useful lead ahead of Mel Pocock, Bryan MacKenzie and Arnaud Tonus.
Jake Nicholls and Neville Bradshaw were in a heap on the first race corner but scored fifth and sixth respectively scoring points that went long way to putting the pair on the box at the day's end.
'EBB' tried to bolt away at the front but Tonus quickly moved from fourth to second. Mel Pocock lost an excellent chance of third with a crash two laps from the flag.
Tonus, with an eye on the title, moved to strike with three-laps to go and Elliott simply had no answer. 'Bry Mac' picked up a tremendous third after a ding-dong battle with Mattis Karro, but both Karro and MacKenzie missed the podium due to problems later in the day.
Karro crashed heavily in race three and 'Bry Mac' had his moto two ruined by a dislodged coolant hose. The rest of the day belonged to Tonus.
'EBB' crashed hard at the start of race two and despite grabbing sixth in the moto and fighting hard in race three, his title challenge was blighted by injury.
Tonus was at the heart of a classic heat two. 'Bry Mac' led until his bike stopped on lap-five leaving Nicholls in front with Messrs Pocock, Bradshaw, Karro and Tonus all in tow.
Tonus can add determination to his growing list of attributes as he carved past the three in front and hounded Nicholls for several laps.
Jake was in fine form but a small mistake on the final lap let in the classy Swiss runner and gave him another race win. Bradshaw grabbed third at the flag.
Heat three became a Tonus Championship benefit as the Dixon Yamaha star amassed enough points to be crowned British MX2 champ at the first attempt.
The Swiss ridwer gave the Scottish faithful an exhibition of grace and style as he scored his first triple race win of the season and duly walked away a deserved champion.
A real gentleman, Tonus, will be very welcome in next year's series. For the record Jake Nicholls secured fourth in the race and second on the day despite not being happy with himself and Maunders Honda runner, Neville Bradshaw, bagged a fantastic third overall.
MX1 welcomed back home hero Billy MacKenzie to the ranks after a two-year sojourn racing in Australia. Billy, riding an LPE Kawasaki, upset the regulars with a stunning SuperPole lap but put himself in the midst of the title race between PAR Honda's Brad Anderson and Samsung Yamaha's young charger Kristian Whatley.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX AUGUST 19
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 7 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns, nr Berwick-on-Tweed (Borders MXC)
1 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Kristian Whatley (Samsung Yamaha) 20 + 22 + 22 = 64
3 Billy MacKenzie (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 22 + 20 + 20 = 62
4 Martin Barr (Proppa.com KTM) 18 + 16 + 15 = 49
5 Tom Church (HMP Red Bull KTM) 8 + 18 + 18 = 44
6 Gert Krestinov (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 14 + 15 + 14 = 43
7 Alex Snow (Lanes Kawasaki) 16 + 14 + 13 = 43
8 Nathan Parker (Proppa.com KTM) 13 + 13 + 16 = 42
9 Tony Craig (MOM Honda) 12 + 10 + 10 = 32
10 Matthew Moffat (Danger UK KTM) 10 + 9 + 12 = 31
11 Ross Rutherford (JBR Madison Honda) 11+11+8=30, 12 Josh Waterman (Moto1 KTM) 9+8+11=28, 13 Gordon Crockard (TAS Suzuki) 15+12+0=27, 14 Jamie Smith (Regent Honda) 4+7+9=20, 15 Will Worden (Gibbs Wheeldon Suzuki) 5+5+7=17, 16 Maarten Cremers (Phoenix CCM) 6+6+2=14, 17 Dorren Coutts (Yamaha) 7+4+0=11, 18 Peter Mitchell (Rinaldi Vantech Kawasaki) 0+0+6=6, 19 Ryan McLean (???) 0+2+4=6, 20 Kelvin Townsend (Wheeldon Suzuki) 0+0+5=5, 21 Jim Davies (Wulfsport TM) 0+3+1=4, 22 Adam Reynolds (Kawasaki) 0+0+3=3, 23 Sam Simmons (Motoward Yamaha) 3+0+0=3, 24 Arunas Gelazninkas (Route77 Kawasaki) 1+1+0=2, 25 Kieran Scheele (Dirt-Bike Gym Suzuki) 2+0+0=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Anderson, 2 MacKenzie, 3 Whatley, 4 Barr, 5 Snow, 6 Crockard, 7 Krestinov, 8 Parker, 9 Craig, 10 Rutherford, 11 Moffat, 12 Waterman, 13 Church, 14 Coutts, 15 Cremers, 16 Worden, 17 Jamie Smith, 18 Simmons, 19 Scheele, 20 Gelazninkas.
RACE TWO: 1 Anderson, 2 Whatley, 3 MacKenzie, 4 Church, 5 Barr, 6 Krestinov, 7 Snow, 8 Parker, 9 Crockard, 10 Rutherford, 11 Craig, 12 Moffat, 13 Waterman, 14 Jamie Smith, 15 Cremers, 16 Worden, 17 Coutts, 18 Davies, 19 McLean, 20 Gelazninkas.
RACE THREE: 1 Anderson, 2 Whatley, 3 MacKenzie, 4 Church, 5 Parker, 6 Barr, 7 Krestinov, 8 Snow, 9 Moffat, 10 Waterman, 11 Craig, 12 Jamie Smith, 13 Rutherford, 14 Worden, 15 Mitchell, 16 Townsend, 17 McLean, 18 Reynolds, 19 Cremers, 20 Davies.
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Brad Anderson 453 points (CHAMPION), 2 Whatley 375, 3 Barr 357, 4 Krestinov 281, 5 Church 280, 6 Snow 273, 7 Parker 262, 8 Sword 222, 9 Dougan 194, 10 Crockard 183, 11 Law 150, 12 Irwin 148, 13 Simpson 138, 14 Rutherford 110, 15 Garrett 109, 16 Coutts 107, 17 Jamie Smith 107, 18 Cremers 68, 19 MacKenzie 62, 20 Benstead 54,...
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 7 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns, nr Berwick-on-Tweed (Borders MXC)
1 Arnaud Tonus (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 16 + 22 + 18 = 56
3 Neville Bradshaw (Route77 MVR-D Hon) 13 + 20 + 20 = 53
4 Elliott Banks-Browne (DB Honda) 22 + 15 + 16 = 53
5 Mel Pocock (TAS Suzuki) 14 + 16 + 15 = 45
6 Bryan MacKenzie (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 20 + 0 + 22 = 42
7 Shane Carless (Moto1 KTM) 15 + 12 + 14 = 41
8 Mattis Karro (Route77 MVR-D Honda) 18 + 18 + 0 = 36
9 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 12 + 11 + 11 = 34
10 Alan Keet (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 10 + 10 + 10 = 30
11 John Phillips (DirtBike-Gym Suzuki) 6+9+13=28, 12 Jordan Booker (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 11+2+12=25, 13 Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda) 8+7+5=20, 14 James Cottrell (DB Honda) 7+13+0=20, 15 Stuart Edmonds (Wulfsport TM) 5+14+0=19, 16 Luke Mellows (Meredith Suzuki) 3+4+9=16, 17 Matt Burrows (Edmondson Racing KTM) 2+6+8=16, 18 Lewis Tombs (MVR-D Honda) 0+8+7=15, 19 Sunny Thompson (Bikesport Kawasaki) 9+0+4=13, 20 Anthony Reville (PAR Honda) 4+0+6=10, 21 Daniel Hutchinson (Bikesport KTM) 0+5+0=5, 22 Erki Kahro (MVR-D Honda) 0+1+3=4, 23 Luke Norris (Phoenix Tools Kawasaki) 0+3+0=3, 24 Liam Garland (Samsung Yamaha) 0+0+2=2, 25 Daniel Brough (Helyar Honda) 0+0+1=1, 26 Matt Bayliss (Wooldridge Helyar Honda) 1+0+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Tonus, 2 Banks-Browne, 3 MacKenzie, 4 Karro, 5 Nicholls, 6 Carless, 7 Pocock, 8 Bradshaw, 9 Walkley, 10 Booker, 11 Keet, 12 Thompson, 13 Hawkins, 14 Cottrell, 15 Phillips, 16 Edmonds, 17 Reville, 18 Mellows, 19 Burrows, 20 Bayliss.
RACE TWO: 1 Tonus, 2 Nicholls, 3 Bradshaw, 4 Karro, 5 Pocock, 6 Banks-Browne, 7 Edmonds, 8 Cottrell, 9 Carless, 10 Walkley, 11 Keet, 12 Phillips, 13 Tombs, 14 Hawkins, 15 Burrows, 16 Hutchinson, 17 Mellows, 18 Norris, 19 Booker, 20 Kahro.
RACE THREE: 1 Tonus, 2 MacKenzie, 3 Bradshaw, 4 Nicholls, 5 Banks-Browne, 6 Pocock, 7 Carless, 8 Phillips, 9 Booker, 10 Walkley, 11 Keet, 12 Mellows, 13 Burrows, 14 Tombs, 15 Reville, 16 Hawkins, 17 Thompson, 18 Kahro, 19 Garland, 20 Brough.
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Arnaud Tonus 470 points (CHAMPION), 2 Banks-Browne 384, 3 Osborne 323, 4 Pocock 301, 5 MacKenzie 272, 6 Nicholls 241, 7 Karro 228, 8 Bradshaw 183, 9 Edmonds 178, 10 Rowson 175, 11 Booker 157, 12 Clarke 154, 13 Keet 152, 14 Elderfield 118, 15 Cottrell 115, 16 Tombs 103, 17 Reville 99, 18 Walkley 99, 19 Phillips 74, 20 Hawkins 69,...
FINAL ROUND: October 2 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC).
BRITISH MXY2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns, nr Berwick-on-Tweed (Borders MXC)
1 Adam Sterry (RMJ Honda) 25 + 22 = 47
2 Jake Millward (Team Green Kawasaki) 22 + 18 = 40
3 Joe Bamfield (KTM) 18 + 16 = 34
4 Harry Snow (Kawasaki) 20 + 12 = 32
5 Jordan Divall (Evo-Tec Honda) 11 + 20 = 31
6 Bradley Wheeler (KMUK Kawasaki) 16 + 14 = 30
7 Chris Bayliss (Wooldridge Honda) 14 + 15 = 29
8 Ryan Houghton (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 2 + 25 = 27
9 Jack Kelly (Malin Feehily KTM) 12 + 13 = 25
10 Luke Newman (Team Green Kawasaki) 7 + 10 = 17
11 Murray Clunie (Moto1 KTM) 8+9+0=17, 12 Patrick Major (???) 9+8+0=17, 13 Damon Brooks (Team Green Kawasaki) 10+7+0=17, 14 John Meara (TMC Honda) 15+0+0=15, 15 Mark Perfect (KTM) 13+0+0=13, 16 Darren Wingar (Trevor Pope KTM) 0+11+0=11, 17 Andrew McNichol (???) 6+4+0=10, 18 Jake Penny (Yamaha) 5+2+0=7, 19 Alec Carefoot (???) 0+6+0=6, 20 James White (TMC Honda) 1+5+0=6.21 Simon Booth (???) 3+3+0=6, 22 Jamie Ellis (Rocket Centre Honda) 4+1+0=5.
RACE ONE: 1 Sterry, 2 Millward, 3 Snow, 4 Bamfield, 5 Wheeler, 6 Meara, 7 Bayliss, 8 Perfect, 9 Jack Kelly, 10 Divall, 11 Brooks, 12 Major, 13 Clunie, 14 Newman, 15 McNichol, 16 Penny, 17 Ellis, 18 Booth, 19 Houghton, 20 White.
RACE TWO: 1 Houghton, 2 Sterry, 3 Divall, 4 Millward, 5 Bamfield, 6 Bayliss, 7 Wheeler, 8 Jack Kelly, 9 Snow, 10 Wingar, 11 Newman, 12 Clunie, 13 Major, 14 Brooks, 15 Carefoot, 16 White, 17 McNichol, 18 Booth, 19 Penny, 20 Ellis.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Ryan Houghton 185 points (CHAMPION), 2 Adam Sterry 178, 3 Jordan Divall 178, 4 Millward 162, 5 Dunn 130, 6 Perfect 120, 7 Bamfield 105, 8 Meara 100, 9 Wheeler 76, 10 Bayliss 70, 11 Muscat 68, 12 McLean 60, 13 Brooks 57, 14 Jack Kelly 56, 15 Clarke 50, 16 Wales 48, 17 Shipton 45, 18 Snow 42, 19 Rutter 39, 20 Pocock 38,...
