Motul Hare Scramble
By TMX Archives on 5th Dec 07
another win!WOR Events staged the fourth and penultimate round of its Motul Winter Hare Scrambles series and the weather really played a part in the day's proceedings as torrential overnight rain left some parts of the Nantmawr Quarry venue in a very slippery state indeed.
The decision was made by the switched-on race staff to run the whole event over just two hours instead of the intended three-hour duration. This was a decision that was welcomed by all come the end of the event and ensured that all the planning and entry limits, decided upon the week beforehand, paid off.
All the marshals were placed in strategic points of the course to enable alllevels of rider to get through the ‘harder' sections, so the race flowed throughout the two hours with everyone having a great winter blast on their bikes.
The course was superb with the fantastic quarry offering hard-standing parking and a brilliant spectator arena for the pit crews and friends.
The sky cleared and no rain fell for the duration of the race which was just so freaky – literally right up to the start and then as soon as the race finished the sideways rain made its presence felt.
Paul Bolton was in sparkling form and is a rider who really excels in these kinds of gloopy conditions. The Sandiford Honda rider was out on a 250cc four-stroke and looked the part from the very off, as he shadowed Suzuki-mounted Jason Thomas into the quarry as they both com-pleted their first lap.
By lap two, Paul was out in front of the rest while Jason was out of the running, as a high-speed get off put paid to the flying Thomas's day.
Moving up into the runner-up position from that point onwards was Rowland Morris (250 Yamaha) with another fine ride to a well-deserved second place.
MOTUL WINTER HARE SCRAMBLES SERIES
Rd 4 – Nantmawr Quarry (WOR Events)
Expert: 1 Paul Bolton 12 laps - 9:27 time penalties, 2 Rowland Morris 11 - 5:32, 3 Rob Reese 11 - 6:33, 4 Lincoln Brewster 11 - 9:25, 5 Andy Cripps 11 - 11:54, 6 Harry Hillas 10 - 2:00, 7 David Myres 10 - 3:13, 8 Jason Crossland 10 - 11:43.
Clubman: 1 Alun Jones 10 - 14:43, 2 Aled Humphreys 9 - 0:44, 3 Rob Loney 9 - 3:18, 4 Josh Taylor 9 - 5:35, 5 Gary Daniels 9 - 7:57, 6 Carl Critchlow 9 - 10:31.
Over 35: 1 Ian Barnett 10 - 8:48, 2 Jack Twentyman 10 - 9:13, 3 Gary Benniman 9 - 3:37, 4 Alan Hopwood 9 - 13:38, 5 Andy Wilson 8 - 12:20, 6 Des Cowley 6 - 5:28.
Over 45: 1 Colin Jones 10 - 12:37, 2 Dave Smith 9 - 4:45, 3 Dennis Harrison 9 - 4:50, 4 Paul Davies 7 - 0:19, 5 Tony Gunn 7 - 9:48, 6 Delwyn Pugh 7 - 14:36.
Hobby: 1 Iifion Davies 8 - 16:07, 2 Paul Holmes 5 - 21:17, 3 Steve Littler 3 - 1:03.
Youth: 1 Owain Humphreys 9 - 12:10, 2 Gareth Davies 9 - 15:02, 3 Gethin Humphreys 8 - 6:53, 4 Joe Deakin 8 - 7:42, 5 Josh Parry 6 - 11:16, 6 Owain Davies 6 - 18:03.
Sportsman: 1 Barnaby Moore 9 - 7:51, 2 Lee Cotterill 8 - 5:59, 3 Edward Turner 8 - 7:23, 4 Paul England 8 - 8:07, 5 Kev Freeman 8 - 8:42, 6 Ben Ball 8 - 9:02.
Novice: 1 Tom Beedles 8 - 11:32, 2 Ryan Faulks 7 - 6:09, 3 Alec Trawford 7 - 10:17, 4 Darren Heyes 7 - 11:46, 5 Matt Gill 7 - 13:28, 6 Gareth Lewis 6 - 2:54.
Over 40: 1 Craig Parkes 9 - 6:25, 2 Tom Humphreys 8 - 13:03, 3 John Wadsworth 8 - 14:27, 4 Rob Lambert 7 - 12:56, 5 Duane Sutch 4 - 27:00.
For full report and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, December 7, 2007