Weston Beach Race - Youth Solos
By TMX Archives on 27th Oct 07
A RECORD number of Youth competitors rolled out onto the Weston sands across the weekend to play their own unique part in the 25th anniversary celebrations, with 290 hardy young souls tackling the energy-sapping dunes and motor-munching sand across the Youth Quad, Junior 65cc and 85cc races.
Always a popular draw with the crowds of spectators, the Youth classes proved to be some of the most exciting and closely fought of the weekend, the dry weather and track making things just that little bit easier for the majority of the racers.
YOUTH 65cc
A fierce battled raged at the front of the 62-strong 65cc race as reigning class champion and recently crowned BYMX champ Ben Watson duelled with the Isle of Man's Callan Cooper for supremacy early on.
Callan held the early advantage courtesy of a flier of a start, but Watson knows how to win Weston and had already clawed his way into second place and looked menacing when Cooper threw it away.
He quickly remounted and as the pair circulated virtually together a fall by Watson handed him back the advantage. It was shortlived though and Watson re-took the lead just before Cooper lost any chance of the win when his KTM ran its fuel tank dry.
This left Watson clear out front and, as Cooper ran back to the pits for fuel, he cruised home to an easy win, almost five minutes clear of second placed Corie Southwood who had run an impressive, steady race.
Such was the pace of Watson and Cooper, Callan was able to refuel and get back out on track to still claim third place, albeit a lap down on the lead duo, just in front of Tom Neal and Mark Turner, while Cumbrian Ben Green rounded out the top six on 11 laps.
Lewis Hughes took seventh, just in front of the youngest member of the Edmondson racing clan, Jack, while Taylor Vernon and Jack Staines completed the top ten.
YOUTH 85cc
THERE was bitter disappointment for Josh Spinks in Sunday morning's 167-strong 85cc race as the race long leader's KTM ground to a steaming halt agonisingly close to the end of the hour, costing him a sure-fire win and dropping him to seventh place overall.
As a result the win went to the flying Scott Elderfield, who had his share of problems too. Deemed too young to ride his usual 125cc class machine in the main race, Scott dropped back down to an 85 for the day and overcame a bad start and a long pit-stop to replace a blown silencer to claim the win.
Scything back through the pack, Scott notched up 14 laps in the hour and took the win from Jake Millward by just over one and half minutes, with third placed Steve Holcombe bringing his KTM home just less than 20 seconds behind Millward, in what was the closest result of the whole weekend.
Luke Hawkins, Jamie McCanney and sixth placed Matt Burrows all finished on the same lap as winner Elderfield while Spinks headed up the final top ten finishers George Baldwin, Joe Jones and James Dunn, all on 13 laps.
RESULTS
2007 WESTON BEACH RACE YOUTH SOLO CLASSES
YOUTH 65cc RACE
13 LAPS: 1 Ben Watson (PAR KTM), 2 Corie Southwood (Team Williams KTM).
12 LAPS: 3 Callan Cooper (KTM), 4 Tom Neal (Motoshak (York) KTM), 5 Mark Turner (Road & Track KTM).
11 LAPS: 6 Ben Green (Team Spirit Durham KTM), 7 Lewis Hughes (Roberts Plant KTM), 8 Jack Edmondson (KTM), 9 Taylor Vernon (M Gardiner KTM).
10 LAPS: 10 Jack Staines (1stMX KTM), 11 Kyle Lane (D&N Shotblasting KTM), 12 Josh Gilbert (SCB Albion KTM), 13 Dylan Lewis (Lewis Electrical KTM), 14 Adam James (ET James Suzuki), 15 Oliver Benton (KTM).
9 LAPS: 16 Luke Rudd (KTM), 17 Max Pinny (KTM), 18 Jorja Johnson (KTM), 19 Dylan Hodgkins (All Motocross KTM), 20 Lewis Dowdswell (Chalford Groundworks Kawasaki), 21 Christian Corthorn (Hill Top Tyres Kawasaki), 22 Mitchell Miller (KTM), 23 Ryan Turbill (KTM), 24 Billy Mitchell (KTM), 25 Matthew Dowse (Pure Dirt KTM), 26 George Ellis (Tolway Fixings KTM), 27 Mark Dempsey (CotterMC KTM), 28 Jack Baldwin (KTM), 29 Kyle Peebles (KTM).
8 LAPS: 30 Luca Spiteri (C Spiteri & Son KTM), 31 Bradley Copeland (Poppy KTM), 32 Tony Saunders (SSC KTM), 33 Luke Oldfield (Worcester Bosch KTM).
7 LAPS: 34 Jack Geary (Auto Interiors KTM), 35 Lewis Cannon (KTM), 36 Jordan English (Poole), 37 Warrick Gibbs (Gibbs Forklift KTM), 38 Connor Halligan (Halligan KTM), 39 Tom Goddard (KTM), 40 James Ford (KTM).
6 LAPS: 41 Aaron Coupland (Kawasaki), 42 Che Best (KTM), 43 Benjamin Coleman (Kawasaki).
5 LAPS: 44 Peter Buckley (Suzuki), 45 Jason Jones (???), 46 Joel Curtis (???), 47 Conrad Mewse (South Coast KTM), 48 Andrew Bowden (Adar KTM), 49 Daniel Gibbons (Kawasaki), 50 Jake Gibson (KTM).
4 LAPS: 51 William Turner (KTM), 52 Alex Barter (KTM).
3 LAPS: 53 Alfie Bowtel (KTM), 54 Jack Law (Kawasaki), 55 Jake Dormer (KTM).
2 LAPS: 56 Robbie Dowson (Kawasaki), 57 Billy King (RJ King Recycling KTM), 58 Ethan Taylor (Gat Contracts KTM), 59 Jason Stone (Kawasaki).
1 LAP: 60 Kyle Cook (Kawasaki), 61 Taylor Vardy (Kawasaki), 62 Samuel Huyton (Kawasaki).
YOUTH 85cc RACE
14 LAPS: 1 Scott Elderfield (Honda), 2 Jake Milward (Suzuki), 3 Steve Holcombe (KTM), 4 Luke Hawkins (Par Honda), 5 Jamie McCanney (McCanney Construction Yamaha), 6 Matt Burrows (SB Windows KTM).
13 LAPS: 7 Josh Spinks (Redline KTM), 8 George Baldwin (???), 9 Joe Jones (Suzuki), 10 James Dunn (Swindon Racing Engines Suzuki), 11 Ryan Staveley (Vert Honda), 12 Nathan Watson (Suzuki), 13 Robert Hail (Suzuki), 14 Jonathan Jones (Quick Finishes Yamaha), 15 Josh Brine (Maverik KTM), 16 Mathew Bayliss (Wooldridge Honda), 17 Rhys Jones (Beaufort Motors Suzuki), 18 Ben Pearson (Honda), 19 Callan Cooper (KTM).
12 LAPS: 20 Ben Howell (Par Honda), 21 Nicholas Cole (Rock & Stone Honda), 22 Karl Brittain (Brittains Ice Cream Vans KTM), 23 Aaron Paskin (D&N Shotblasting Suzuki), 24 Scott Sloane (Trax Motorsport KTM), 25 Luke Dean (???), 26 Dan Thornhill (KTM), 27 Joe Deakin (RPM KTM), 28 Mitchell Bligh (Hartley Upholstery Suzuki), 29 Glen Dempsey (Cottermc KTM), 30 Liam Perryman (GWP Kawasaki), 31 Corie Southwood (Team Williams KTM), 32 John Robson (Bikesport Yamaha), 33 Zac Alsop (Flowco KTM), 34 Alex Davies (Hockey Suzuki), 35 James Lycett (Chase Engineerind Svs Honda), 36 Ben Griffiths (Kickstart KTM), 37 Luke Coker (Blingstar DCA Svs Suzuki), 38 Sion Talbot (KTM), 39 Adam Wells (Motomark Honda), 40 Toby Lightbown (Jaxon Honda), 41 Tanisha Thomas (H&H Construction KTM).
11 LAPS: 42 Craig Hancock (Magor Plant Hire KTM), 43 Jordan Godwin (???), 44 James Harrison (JMX Honda), 45 Thomas Davies (Yamaha), 46 Gerwyn Pritchard (???), 47 Jay Thomas (KJ Services KTM), 48 Liam Garland (Yamaha), 49 Lee Truman (Suzuki), 50 Scott Hail (KTM), 51 Tommy Alba (Abatyno Suzuki), 52 Scott Reed (Suzuki), 53 Chris Bayliss (Bayliss Transport Honda), 54 Chris Gunter (Edmundson Elec KT), 55 Blaine Blackwell (M4 Vans Swindon Suzuki).
10 LAPS: 56 Ian McEwan (???), 57 Cameron York (Suzuki), 58 Darryl Prisk (Corus KTM), 59 Ben Thomson (KTM), 60 Jack McCartan (KTM), 61 Lloyd Morgan (KTM), 62 Harry Brookes (KJ Brookes KTM), 63 Bradley York (Suzuki), 64 Harry Bradley (Tamworth Contract Svs), 65 Liam Garbett (Scaffold Services ET James Suzuki), 66 Ben Bunnell (???), 67 Joshua Hill (Honda), 68 John Hawkins (KTM), 69 Tyler Proudfoot (Carinya KTM).
9 LAPS: 70 Corey Davies (???), 71 Ashley Raymond (Motul Suzuki), 72 Ty Kellett (Kawasaki), 73 Edward Turner (Honda), 74 Justin Wood (PW Cars Kawasaki), 75 Jake Thomas (LT Body Repairs Yamaha), 76 Aaron O`Mahony (PJ & W Plumbing & Heating Honda), 77 Taylor Vernon (M Gardiner Suzuki), 78 Scott French (JW Suzuki), 79 Gareth Edevane (Kawasaki), 80 Jamie Ellis (Yamaha), 81 Chelsea Gowland (???), 82 Josh Ford (KTM), 83 Ben Morgan (Yamaha), 84 Brad Freeman (KTM), 85 Oliver Paine (Paines KTM), 86 Josh Hipgrave (J&P Hipgrave KTM), 87 Scott Wintersgill (West Country Decorators KTM).
8 LAPS: 88 Amos Rowell (Yamaha), 89 Jake Fry (Honda), 90 Charlie Hamlet (Feehily Suzuki), 91 Gabrielle Hamlet (Feehily Suzuki), 92 Jack Goddard (Honda), 93 Olly Jones (Yamaha), 94 Keaton Parker-Butler (???), 95 Jodie Weeks (Honda), 96 Charlie Sutton (Sutton Contractors KTM), 97 Cally-Ann Ahearne (Lewis Skip Hire KTM), 98 Sam Watson (Watson Building Kawasaki), 99 Billy Mitchell (KTM), 100 Jordan Pugh (???), 101 Samuel Barton (Suzuki).
7 LAPS: 102 Gavin Roach (Kawasaki), 103 Jonathan Roderick-Evans (Suzuki), 104 Ryhan Hockey (Hockey Yamaha), 105 Rhys Thomas (TBS Skips Yamaha), 106 Ben Stark (Yamaha), 107 Reece Bevan (KTM), 108 Joseph Pomfret (Pomfret Kawasaki), 109 Alex Turnbull (C Spiteri & Son KTM), 110 James East (KJ East Builders Kawasaki), 111 Richard Bleasdale (Tankys Dune Busters), 112 Ryan Farrell (Repsol Honda), 113 Matthew Tiernan (Yamaha), 114 Kieran English (Poole Yamaha), 115 Kyran Lincoln (Aim KTM), 116 Jamie Bevan (Hockey Yamaha), 117 Bradley Sharpless (Sharpless & Son Honda).
6 LAPS: 118 Cory Ahearne (Lewis Skip Hire KTM), 119 Daniel McShane (Yamaha), 120 Robert Hollis (Collin Millard Yamaha), 121 Darrell Mitchell (Yamaha), 122 Adam McCarthy (Yamaha), 123 Luke Parry (Performance Autoworks Honda), 124 Luke Parsons (Suzuki), 125 Ashley Slater (Kawasaki), 126 Lewis Dowell (Honda), 127 Harry Tomkinson (Yamaha), 128 Molly Lincoln (Aim KTM), 129 Max Luckes (Lazer Kawasaki), 130 Henry Kingsley (Honda), 131 Jack Jeffcock (Yamaha).
5 LAPS: 132 Ashley Bowden (CMC KTM), 133 Danni Marsh (Packatrax KTM), 134 Ryan Hall (Acoustic Ceilings Honda), 135 Vinnie Brown (Pump-X Yamaha), 136 Laura Farrell (Apex Bodywork KTM), 137 Lewis Ashby (KTM), 138 Amy Beckett (Little Mook Honda).
4 LAPS: 139 Chad Birkin (Yamaha), 140 Ben Dowdeswell (Chalford Groundwork Kawasaki), 141 Stephen Plant (Honda), 142 Lewys Smith (???), 143 Sophie Collier (Jim Aim KTM), 144 Oliver Macey (Suzuki), 145 Michael Williams (???), 146 Aaron Vardy (KTM), 147 Jacob Quinn (Tankys Dune Busters).
3 LAPS: 148 Ryan Thomas (TBS Skips Yamaha), 149 Liam Boden (???), 150 Callum Imrie (Enviroclear Honda), 151 James Philllips (Honda), 152 Cody Ling (KTM), 153 Jack Artiss (Honda), 154 Danny Blair (MX Coach Kawasaki), 155 Lynford Mundy (???), 156 Jordan Kinch (Honda).
2 LAPS: 157 Jac Evans (Evans & Powell Roofing Suzuki), 158 Declan-Tyler Kelly (Gamecock Inn KTM), 159 Corrye McShane (Yamaha), 160 Samuel Hunt (Honda), 161 Jamie Stevens (Yamaha).
1 LAP: 162 Garin Rosser (KTM), 163 Kieren Tripp (Big 'C' Management Yamaha), 164 Kane Robson (Pope KTM ), 165 Ashley Woolley (Suzuki), 166 Billy Johnson (M Johnson Windows Kawasaki), 167 Luke Huyton (Kawasaki).
BIG-WHEEL 85cc OVERALL: 1 Scott Elderfield 14, 2 Jake Milward 14, 3 Steve Holcombe 14, 4 Luke Hawkins 14, 5 Matt Burrows 14, 6 Josh Spinks 13, 7 George Baldwin 13, 8 Joe Jones 13, 9 Ryan Staveley 13, 10 Robert Hail 13, 11 Jonathan Jones 13, 12 Josh Brine 13, 13 Mathew Bayliss 13, 14 Rhys Jones 13, 15 Ben Pearson 13, 16 Nicholas Cole 12, 17 Karl Brittain 12, 18 Aaron Paskin 12, 19 Scott Sloane 12, 20 Luke Dean 12.
SMALL-WHEEL 85cc OVERALL: 1 Jamie McCanney 14, 2 James Dunn 13, 3 Nathan Watson 13, 4 Callan Cooper 13, 5 Ben Howell 12, 6 Dan Thornhill 12, 7 Corie Southwood 12, 8 James Lycett 12, 9 Luke Coker 12, 10 Tanisha Thomas 12, 11 Jordan Godwin 11, 12 James Harrison 11, 13 Thomas Davies 11, 14 Jay Thomas 11, 15 Liam Garland 11, 16 Lee Truman 11, 17 Scott Hail 11, 18 Tommy Alba 11, 19 Chris Bayliss 11, 20 Harry Bradley 10.