Your Leuchy Stars...
By TMX Archives on 25th Jun 08
IN the deep rutted sand of the excellently prepared track at Commerton Farm in Leuchars, Fife, the fourth round of the Moggstar ACU BYMX Youth series, hosted by the Glenrothes Youth MCC, proved to be a nerve jangling affair for some, but an outright delight for the others. The Glenrothes team, led by Bobby Blair, must be congratulated on a very successful weekend. They worked non-stop to make sure everything was right, and hospitality was second to none.
In the Junior 65cc category, series-leader, Ben Green, had the pressure on him to retain his lead in the points table, as Ryan Snaith (back after injury), Robert Yates, winner at Brampton, and Jason Meara were all after the wins.
In race one, Yates took the lead, with Green and Snaith hard on his heels. However, on lap three, Yates made a mistake and let past both Green and Snaith. Snaith then got Green as he also made a mistake in the deep sand, and went on to win race one.
In race two, however, Green rattled a start-to-finish win, with Yates just behind him in second. Jay Lamb would have finished third, but he binned it on the last lap when another rider fell in front of him, which let Snaith claim third. Young Irish rider Jason Meara kept a watchful eye, and took his second fourth place on day one.
Jordan Godwin, the series leader in the Small-wheel 85cc class showed he was out to extend his lead in the championship. He took the lead in the opening lap of race one, with James Dunn and Ben Watson racing hard behind. Dunn came off, letting Watson through, with Liam Garland on his tail. Michael Eccles passed him to finish third behind Godwin and Watson.
A start to finish win, again for Godwin in race two, saw the rest of the field battling for the minor positions, Dunn and Watson were there, but both had get-offs and let Garland through. Dunn fought back to take second, Garland claimed third after Watson again dropped it on the last lap.
Scotland's Matthew Fleming was out to upset series leader Luke Hawkins in the Big-wheel 85cc class, on his home track. Fleming blasted away in the lead in race one, with Jake Page, Bradley Pocock, and Paul Coates hard on his heels. Hawkins had a terrible start, and was off the bike more than once throughout the race, finishing a lowly 13th. Fleming also had problems when his chain came off while leading on the last lap. Page collected the win, with Daniel Hutchinson in second and Pocock third. Fleming eventually came home 19th.
In race two it was Pocock who got out front, with Hawkins hard on his back wheel. Jamie McCanney was also there giving Hawkins a hard time until an off saw Nathan Watson fly past him. Pocock held Hawkins off to take the win, with Watson third.
There was only one race in the Youth Open class on day one. Scotland's Sean McDonald hit the front and held off Scott Elderfield and Joe Gregory until lap five when Elderfield passed him, and then Gregory passed him on lap eight.
Elderfield took the win with ease. Gregory claimed second and McDonald had to settle for third, with Tommy Fenwick just behind in fourth.
Day two of racing dawned to a well-watered track after heavy overnight rain, and winds. But the club worked hard early in the morning to get the track right for another great day's racing.
Up first were the Big-wheel riders. Luke Hawkins showed his disappointing day one results hadn't got to him as he rattled another two start-to-finish race wins.
Daniel Hutchinson claimed second and Ryan Houghton third in race three, while Matthew Fleming and Hutchinson claimed second and third in race four. Hutchinson claimed the overall, Hawkins settling for second, and Pocock taking third.
Michael Eccles took victory in race three of the Small-wheel 85cc class, ahead of Ben Watson and Jordan Godwin.
Race four saw Ben Watson take over after lap one from Eccles to take the win, with Garland and Godwin just behind in second and third. Godwin took the overall and a healthy lead in the championship, from Watson in second. Eccles claimed third place on the day.
The battles continued in Junior 65cc, as Ryan Snaith took the lead in race three. Ben Green took over the lead on lap two, and the battle continued until lap four when Green came off and let Jason Meara take second place. Green eventually finished third.
In the fourth race, Green took over from a fast-starting Snaith to take the win. Behind, the battle for second was between Meara, Robert Yates, Snaith, and Jay Lamb. Meara claimed second and Yates third. Green took the overall, with Snaith second and Meara third.
The Youth Open class' race two saw four riders all out at the front, as Will Worden took the lead on lap one, with David Games, Scott Elderfield and Lewis King all in contention. Worden stalled his bike on the finish straight, letting Games take the lead for one lap before going out. Elderfield took over at the front and was never under any threat to take the win. Tommy Fenwick battled his way through to take second, with King coming home third.
Race three saw Elderfield take off at the front and he was never under any pressure to take a start to finish win. James Hutchinson battled his way through the pack to take the second place, with Will Worden claiming third. Elderfield took the overall and closed in on championship leader Joe Gregory, Gregory only leading by two points at the end of the day. Gregory claimed second overall, with Hutchinson claiming third.
MOGGSTAR BRITISH YOUTH MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 4 – Commerton Farm, Leuchars
(Glenrothes Youth MCC)
Youth Open: 1 Scott Elderfield 135 points, 2 Joe Gregory 116, 3 James Hutchinson 115, 4 Tommy Fenwick 111, 5 Edward Allingham 106, 6 Lewis King 102, 7 Daniel McCanney 97, 8 Connor Walkley 89, 9 Jack Rowland 88, 10 Will Worden 86.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Daniel Hutchinson 162 points, 2 Luke Hawkins 160, 3 Bradley Pocock 151, 4 Ryan Houghton 145, 5 Nathan Watson 141, 6 Josh Brine 138, 7 Paul Coates 130, 8 Matthew Fleming 128, 9 Jake Millward 128, 10 Luke Norris 125.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Jordan Godwin 170 points, 2 Ben Watson 164, 3 Michael Eccles 161, 4 James Dunn 150, 5 Liam Garland 147, 6 Rickie Rodderick 136, 7 Corie Southwood 134, 8 Robert Davidson 119, 9 Danny Stalker 113, 10 Ian Stewart 109.
Junior 65cc: 1 Ben Green 172 points, 2 Ryan Snaith 163, 3 Jason Meara 160, 4 Robert Yates 153, 5 Jay Lamb 145, 6 Sam Braithwaite 141, 7 Stuart Simpson 133, 8 Lewis Houghton 132, 9 Josh Gilbert 130, 10 Gradie Featherstone 129.