Knight to remember
By TMX Archives on 30th Aug 07
ROUND five of the Race Spec BSMA Series was held at Whiteway Barton on a revised date, unfortunately clashing with the British GP at Donington, but did not affect the high quality of racing with all the top race positions being hotly contested, no pun intended as the riders competed in the blistering heat.
Host club South West Association did an excellentjob with a perfectly prepared track and even with the high temperatureskept the dust under control. For the first time competitors at thisvenue it was a real eye opener compared to the relatively flat circuitin East Anglia, but we were to witness some fantastic racing.
Junior riders were first away both days but werenot intimidated by the big hills. Liam Knight, series leader, had analmost perfect weekend with three excellent wins and a second spot.Michael Burfield taking the second race win only to have a DNF in racethree. Taylor Vernon was very quick finishing second overall even aftera fall in race two just edging out Aaron Coupland who was veryimpressive all weekend and looked like taking the final moto only to becaught on the line by Liam Knight. Danny Lanfear, Greg Hyett andAlistair Evans all had a good weekend's racing.
Inter 85cc Small-wheel pilot Josh Brine startedday one as he finished the last meeting with two consecutive wins. Apoor start to the second day wih a second and third position still gavehim the overall finishing equal on points with the series leader MrConsistent, Daniel Thornhill, with an impressive race three win. JackTimms always in contention if not holeshotting made some mistakesfinishing in third place with a determined win in the final race,nothing more than he deserved for his weekend's efforts. Jim Lycett,Lloydd Lettett and Luke Newman completed the top six.
BSMA MOTOCROSS SERIES
Rd 5 - Whiteway Barton (South West Assn)
Junior: 1 Liam Knight 178, 2 Taylor Vernon 161, 3Claron Coupland 160, 4 Danny Lanfear 152, 5 Gregg Hyett 144, 6 AlistairEvans 141, 7 Daniel Wheeler 133, 8 Lewis Houghton 131, 9 JamieBuckingham 125, 10 Tyler Holland 124.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Josh Brine 174, 2 DanielThornhill 174, 3 Jack Timms 157, 4 Jim Lycett 154, 5 Lloyd Pettett 144,6 Luke Newman 140, 7 Zac Alsop 136, 8 Jonathan Cole 128, 9 Lee Truman124, 10 Joshua Ebbutt 122.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Connor Walkley 176, 2 JoshSpinks 174, 3 Ty Kellett 162, 4 Aaron Jenner 152, 5 David Sweet 149, 6Jake Alsop 138, 7 Liam Wright 136, 8 Ben Pearson 131, 9 Liam Taylor127, 10 Adam Kilpatrick. 125.
Senior 125cc: 1 Lewis Trickett 174, 2 Lewis Abbott158, 3 Jamie Houghton 148, 4 Myles Baldwin 143, 5 Connor Pearce 142, 6Matt Rogers 141, 7 Ross Keyworth 137, 8 Jamie Trankle 135, 9 DavidGames 133, 10 Jake Blick 132.
Senior 250F: 1 Josh Waterman 178, 2 Jamie Smith168, 3 Charlie Evans 161, 4 Matthew Hornby 149, 5 Nicholas Wadge 147, 6George Purchase 141, 7 Charlie Hughes 138, 8 Joshua Dare 134, 9 RyanPottenger 132, 10 Thomas Watson 132.
AMX: 1 Rob Lewis 166, 2 Dominic Foreman 162, 3James Cole 159, 4 Tim Truman 145, 5 Kirk Richards 141, 6 Gareth ReesJones 137, 7 Kieran Coburn 131, 8 Sean Lock 130, 9 Kevin Hughes 127, 10Ant Hovan 126.
