Sagar's crowned BEC Champ
By TMX Archives on 4th Oct 07
THE Metzeler British Enduro Championship drew to a close at the weekend and KTM-mounted Tom Sagar wrapped up his first ever overall BEC title while Paul Edmondson steered his Suzuki to the outright win at the REME-organised Natterjack Enduro, an event he first won an incredible 20-years ago.
With TM's Euan McConnell having wrapped-up theEnduro 3 title at the penultimate round of the series, a spirited rideby Husqvarna's Daryl Bolter saw him claim the BEC Enduro 1 crown...
D3-RACING KTM's Tom Sagar put the finishingtouches to his impressive 2007 BEC season at the Natterjack Endurowhere the former trials rider claimed his first overall British endurotitle, despite only once managing to finish inside the overall topthree.
Aware that two steady' rides would secure him theBritish crown, Tom was happy to let former four-time world championPaul Edmondson top the results on both days as fourth on day one meantthat Tom needed just a handful of points from day two in order for himto top the champs standings.
''This weekend was all about making sure I wrappedup the title,'' explained Tom at the end of the second day. ''Sandisn't my strongest terrain but all I was really thinking about was thechampionship. I don't think anyone was expecting me to be competitiveenough to win the series, so I just didn't want to make any mistakesand mess things up. I'm thrilled to have won. I've taken a massive stepforward this season and I hope I can continue that next year.''
Paul Edmondson showed everyone the way home onboth days as the Suzuki rider just managed to outpace Husqvarna'srecently crowned European champ, Daryl Bolter, on day one beforefinishing ahead of TM's Euan McConnell on day two.
Clearly enjoying racing around the impressivemotocross test, Edmondson finished less than half-a-second up on Bolteron day one after a faultless ride. ''It was in 1987 that I first won atthe Natterjack, 20-years ago,'' admitted Eddy after the event. ''I'vebeen coming here pretty much every year since but I certainly won't beriding another 20 Natterjacks. I really enjoyed the event but had towork hard to finish ahead of Daryl on the first day.''
That second finish meant that Bolter comfortablytopped the Enduro 1 class and took an important step closer to securinghis second BEC E1 title. Forced to miss the Rhayader event with abroken collarbone, Bolter showed no signs of having recently undergonesurgery.
METZELER BRITISH ENDURO CHAMPS
Rd 5 - Natterjack Enduro, Longmoor, Bordon (BAF MCA)
DAY ONE
Championship Class: 1 Paul Edmondson (Suzuki)1795.45 penalty points, 2 Daryl Bolter (HuskySport Husqvarna) 1796.07,3 Tom Sagar (KTM) 1802.37, 4 Euan Mcconnell (TM) 1809.93, 5 JasonThomas (Suzuki) 1824.83, 6 Si Wakely (Husqvarna) 1838.34, 7 Greg Evans(KTM) 1846.61, 8 Edward Jones (KTM) 1874.91, 9 Ricky Mair (Suzuki)1886.36, 10 Paul Bolton (Honda) 1891.1, 11 Dylan Jones (Yamaha)1902.89, 12 Robert Jones (Yamaha) 1925.03, 13 Andrew Edwards (KTM)1925.97, 14 Lee Edmondson (Honda) 1927.32, 15 Richard Hay (KTM)1934.92, 16 Ashley Wood (Honda) 1938.18, 17 Chris Hockey (Husqvarna)1952.38, 18 Chris Tett (Honda) 1953.3, 19 Ollie Moyce (Yamaha) 1953.94,20 Darren Wheeler (Yamaha) 1960.46, 21 Andy Frost (KTM) 1963.53, 22 TimForeman (Kawasaki) 2019.78.
Expert Class: 1 Darren Carter 1574.61, 2 JulianHarvey 1613.55, 3 Barry Kinley 1628.93, 4 Gareth Hopkins 1635.34, 5James Yearly 1637.64, 6 Derek Little 1642.8, 7 Sam Connor 1645.24, 8Rich Warner 1651.69, 9 Jamie Paget 1651.92, 10 Gav Houson 1657.93, 11Robert Reese 1664.76, 12 Jon Hinam 1668.65, 13 Daz Hughes 1671.8, 14Ian Parker 1674.93, 15 Gordon Clarke 1676.67, 16 Rheinallt Davies1686.46, 17 Robert Lynn 1688.06, 18 Gethin Price 1689.55, 19 ChrisHooper 1692.86, 20 David Brick 1694.83.
Clubman Class: 1 Mike Bailey 1337.58, 2 TudurDavies 1407.38, 3 Tony Gush 1423.36, 4 Lee Bailey 1424.61, 5 NeilChatham 1430.73, 6 Paul Willis 1434.88, 7 Paul Irwin 1437.4, 8 MickArmstrong 1442.05, 9 Richard Ely 1450.03, 10 John Wheeler 1460.85, 11David Lloyd Jones 1471.97, 12 Steve Martin 1475.1, 13 James Giddings1477.7, 14 Freddie Broadway 1581.01, 15 Taff Hicks 1488.17, 16 IanShuttleworth 1498.6, 17 Simon Stebbings 1506.04, 18 Jon Cox 1508.01, 19Richard Walters 1511.59, 20 Craig Beattie 1518.63.
Veteran Class: 1 Adrian Lappin 1386.6, 2 NeilWilliams 1405.58, 3 Greame Naismith 1409.6, 4 David Salkeld 1410.13, 5Mick Seward 1460.41, 6 Nigel Finnigan 1471.6, 7 Mick Kendall 1485.13, 8Gary Jones 1493.21, 9 Kurt Pringle 1516.42, 10 Nick Morgan 1579.19, 11Alan Ranger 1583.38, 12 Neil Wiseman 1612.36, 13 Steve Dopson 1615.51,14 Dennis Harrison 1620.63, 15 Chris Hodgkinson 1630.51, 16 Dave Coles1648.87, 17 Jim Munden 1664.58, 18 Simon Baston 1704.68, 19 GarethEvans 1704.79, 20 Ian Mace 1709.4.
Sportsman Class: 1 Paul Hart 706.09, 2 Chris Lloyd811.78, 3 Mike Smallshaw 876.83, 4 Gordon MacPherson 891.33, 5 BernieCoyne 937.24, 6 Simon Brown 939.03, 7 Stephen hall 947.06, 8 AndyHughes 958.19, 9 Rob Mussell 963.03, 10 Matt Alexander 967.37, 11 PaulMunter 1018.53, 12 Howard Penny 1043, 13 Zade Alassad 1092.37, 14 JohnPlumpton 1107.72, 15 John Coyne 1149.77.
DAY TWO
Championship Class: 1 Paul Edmondson (Suzuki)1715.63, 2 Euan McConnell (TM) 1724.93, 3 Daryl Bolter (Husqvarna)1743.98, 4 Tom Sagar (KTM) 1752.13, 5 Si Wakely (Husqvarna) 1758.47, 6Jason Thomas (Suzuki) 1783.18, 7 Greg Evans (KTM) 1804.97, 8 EdwardJones (KTM) 1809.02, 9 Ricky Mair (Suzuki) 1827.84, 10 Robert Jones(Yamaha) 1836.13, 11 Dylan Jones (Yamaha) 1844.77, 12 Ashley Wood(Honda) 1847.34, 13 Paul Bolton (Honda) 1848.86, 14 Andrew Edwards(KTM) 1874.49, 15 Chris Hockey (Husqvarna) 1884.76, 16 Richard Hay(KTM) 1899, 17 Darren Wheeler (Yamaha) 1917.14, 18 Tim Foreman(Kawasaki) 1921.64.
Expert Class : 1 Darren Carter 1228.8, 2 BarryKinley 1243.33, 3 Sam Connor 1259.41, 4 Julian Harvey 1266.58, 5 GarethHopkins 1268.03, 6 Derek Little 1273.17, 7 Rich Warner 1280.09, 8 JamiePaget 1284.28, 9 Gav Houson 1296.6, 10 Rheinallt Davies 1298.6, 11Christopher Hooper 1298.89, 12 Adam Smith 1302.32, 13 Gordon Clarke1303.04, 14 James Yearly 1305.16, 15 Gethin Price 1305.62, 16 BradleyKing 1309.01, 17 Robert Lynn 1310.05, 18 Robert Reese 1310.26, 19 DavidBrick 1318.93, 20 Daz Hughes 1319.18.
Clubman Class: 1 Richard Ely 1346.42, 2 NeilChatham 1348.97, 3 Mika Bailey 1366.55, 4 Tudur Davies 1370.64, 5 PaulIrwin 1370.83, 6 Tony Gush 1371.91, 7 David Lloyd Jones 1378.96, 8 MickArmstrong 1393.47, 9 Lee Bailey 1403.12, 10 James Giddings 1405.42, 11Ian Shuttleworth 1414.3, 12 John Wheeler 1424.05, 13 Steve Martin1436.43, 14 Simon Stebbings 1442.39, 15 Tyson Maytom Jones 1443.31, 16Freddie Broadway 1448.24, 17 Taff Hicks 1451.09, 18 Stephen Ford1459.29, 19 Paul Spurgeon 1467.02, 20 Adam Ransom 1467.99.
Veteran Class: 1 Adrian Lappin 1337.6, 2 GreameNaismith 1363.81, 3 Neil Williams 1388.27, 4 Pete Archer 1412.25, 5David Salkeld 1431.84, 6 Mick Seward 1445.48, 7 Nigel Finnigan 1452.07,8 Kurt Pringle 1472.93, 9 Mick Tomkinson 1487.56, 10 Alan Ranger1505.09, 11 Dennis Harrison 1506.62, 12 Mick Kendall 1527.61, 13 NeilWiseman 1545.23, 14 Chris Hodgkinson 1574, 15 Dave Coles 1641.35, 16Gareth Evans 1673.88, 17 Marcel Noon 1677.97, 18 Craig Redmond 1685.74,19 Steve Dopson 1689.51, 20 Gary Jones 1707.35.
Sportsman Class: 1 Paul Hart 784.49, 2 Andy Hughes833.68, 3 Chris Lloyd 834.98, 4 Matt Alexander 891.38, 5 GordonMacPherson 905.81, 6 Mike Smallshaw 915.31, 7 Simon Brown 925.18, 8Stephen hall 930.86, 9 Zade Alassad 933.85, 10 Howard Perry 950.59, 11John Plumpton 975.87, 12 Bernie Coyne 998.18, 13 Rob Mussell 1046.97,14 John Coyne 1064.97, 15 Paul Munter 1067.51.
For full story and pictures, see T+MX NEWS, Friday, October 5, 2007.