Wat a day for Ben
By TMX Archives on 14th Jun 07
"WHAT a difference a day makes'' and so it proved for round four of the BYMX Championship. The event was hosted by the Oxford Ixion Club on the water starved, arid terrain of Howton Court Pontrilas. Water starved and arid that was until nature intervened turning the virtual dust bowl into a mud bath for the start of the second days racing.
Difficult conditions all around for both days, butat the end of it all were we any clearer as too knowing who might bepolishing silverware come the autumn? Well maybe!
PAR-KTM starlet Ben Watson, with a style and panache that belies hisage, again took the Junior 65cc section by the scruff of the neck andtotally dominated with three race wins. At the end of the day it wasCallan Cooper with the other race win, two second places and a thirdwho stood proudly on the second step on the podium, while in thirdposition overall was Jack Heath.
With another string of fine, gritty, fast pacedrides Jack is also keeping the pressure right on in the race for thechampionship. Corrie Southwood, Tom Neal, Max Acres and Matty Callaghanall had their moments too at different times over the weekend inanother great display from the 65cc guys.
Isle of Man flying machine Jamie McCanney, whomissed the last round through injury, returned with vengeance in theSmall-wheel 85cc division. Reeling off two scorching race wins and acouple of third places he took the overall by a single point from aresurgent Dan Thornhill.
Dan took a race win, and showing the best form ofhis season so far, seemed to relish the tricky conditions and was a tadunlucky not to take the overall win for himself. Rob Muscat took thefinal race victory and it could have been two with a little more luckas he put in another terrific weekends work for third overall.
Series leader Matthew Flemming had to settle forfourth and the unlucky Scott Aldridge, who found himself trapped underhis machine when odds on for a last race win, finished in fifth placeoverall.
Redline KTM runner Josh Spinks topped out in theBig-wheel 85s courtesy of a race win and three runner-up places and hewas the only rider who looked like putting any kind of decent challengeon Sam Davis. Awesome is the only word to describe Sam's performance ashe destroyed a quality field with another hat-trick of race wins toconsolidate his position at the head of the championship table.
BYMX NATIONAL YOUTH MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 - Howton Court, Pontrilas, Herefordshire
(Oxford Ixion MCC)
JUNIOR 65cc: 1 Ben Watson 175 points, 2 CallanCooper 169, 3 Jack Heath 157, 4 Corrie Southwood 145, 5 Tom Neal 144, 6Max Acres 142, 7 Matthew Callaghan 140, 8 Michael Eccles 136, 9 LiamKnight 127, 10 Chubbie Hammond 121, 11 Luke Smith 116, 12 Brad Todd109, 13 Sam Wragg106, 14 Ben Green 104, 15 Robert Davidson 100.
SMALL-WHEEL 85cc: 1 Jamie McCanney 170 points, 2Dan Thornhill 169, 3 Rob Muscat 154, 4 Matthew Fleming 142, 5 ScottAldridge 133, 6 James Rutter 130, 7 Bradley Pocock 123, 8 Bradley Banks120, 9 Damon Brooks 120, 10 Luke Norris119, 11 Nathan Watson 114, 12Sonny Oliver 105, 13 Ben Howell 105, 14 Andrew Reid 105, 15 LiamGarland 101.
BIG-WHEEL 85cc: 1 Josh Spinks 171 points, 2 SamDavis 170, 3 Richie Worrall 156, 4 Connor Walkley 148, 5 JamesHutchinson 138, 6 Luke Hawkins 136, 7 Jake Shipton 134, 8 DanielMcCanney 131, 9 Daniel Hutchinson 125, 10 Jackson Evans 123, 11 AlfieSmith 114, 12 Steven Craig 113, 13 Jim O Neill 111, 14 Jake Millward99, 15 Jonathan Jones 94.
125cc INTERMEDIATE: 1 Daniel Arnold 163 points, 2Will Worden 161, 3 Lewis Tombs 154, 4 Lewis Trickett 143, 5 JackRowland 135, 6 Bradley Smith 132, 7 Michael McCammond 125, 8 PeterWainright 117, 9 David Games 116, 10 Ben Mycock 115, 11 Steven Smith112, 12 Thomas Williamson 108, 13 Scott James 106, 14 Callam Walsh 104,15 Gary Percival 102.
PREMIER: 1 Lewis King 158 points, 2 Mel Pocock153, 3 Alex Rockwell 143, 4 Matthew Moffat 140, 5 Luke Burton 135, 6Aaron Smith 133, 7 Edward Allingham 129, 8 Joe Gregory 121, 9 GavinFoulson 115, 10 Josh Waterman 114, 11 Jack Hawes 106, 12 StevenMcCaughey 105, 13 Jamie Sandham 105, 14 Gregory Fisher 105, 15 DanielBrough 97.
Next Round - July 7/8, Haverigg, Cumbria.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, June 15, 2007.