A good, hot Currie!
By TMX Archives on 19th Nov 08
THE sun always shines on the righteous, so goes the old saying, and there must have been at least 180 righteous motocrossers at the opening round of the Melville MC's Winter Motocross Series at the fabulously prepared stubble-field at Loch-houses, near Dunbar, south of Edinburgh, at the weekend. The sun was out all day to warm the many spectators' cockles as we were offered some hot-blooded racing by the Adult, Youth and Quad riders, desperate to get in some competition before they receive, hopefully, new machinery and kit from Santa.
Sean MacDonald got into some Adult A class ‘Strictly Come Crashing' positions during his first race when he ‘‘...grabbed too much front brake'' and headed south, finishing in sixth place.
However, the KTM man gave himself top marks in the following motos by taking the subsequent race wins and the overall honours. Jamie Duncan took the opening win but didn't feature again all day. Peter Kelly and Colin McLuckie scored well to snatch runner-up and third places respectively.
One to watch in future enduros, Neil Chatham topped the Adult B class after three races wins kept him ahead of Cumbrian karting supremo, Justin Edgar, and man on a come-back after 20-odd years away, former Scottish championship contender, David Lawson, who finished in runner-up and third places respectively.
Another man with maximum points was Steven Currie Snr in Adult C, as runner-up, John Moody, stayed consistent ahead of third placed man, Danny Stewart.
Some 17 Quads took to the start. Smooth riding by overall winner John Crawford kept him ahead of runner-up Ian Neill and Richard Telford in third place. However, the final race was won by Andy Britton.
The Youths played their part on the day as Steven Craig's first and third race wins were split by a second race second spot for the overall honours on the day. Second race winner Mark Perfect had to settle for runner-up spot once Craig was back on the boil. Jake Boyes was nearly one of the boys in third spot.
MELVILLE WINTER MX SERIES
Lochhouses, nr Dunbar (Melville MC)
Adult A: 1 Sean McDonald, 2 Peter Kelly, 3 Colin McLuckie, 4 Robert Brown, 5 Jason Edgar, 6 David Houston.
Adult B: 1 Neil Chatham, 2 Justin Edgar, 3 David Lawson, 4 John Skelton, 5 Gary Turner, 6 Paul Benham.
Adult C: 1 Steven Currie (Snr), 2 John Moody, 3 Danny Stewart, 4 Iain Martin, 5 David Watson, 6 Stuart Campbell.
Quad: 1 John Crawford, 2 Ian Neill, 3 Richard Telford, 4 Robert Graham, 5 Mark Wilson, 6 Jamie Clunie.
Youth MX2: 1 Steven Craig, 2 Mark Perfect, 3 Jake Boyes, 4 Daniel Monks, 5 Russell Valentine, 6 Ryan Johnson.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Mathew Fleming, 2 Kane Young, 3 Andrew McNicoll, 4 Jason James, 5 Harry Cooper, 6 Aaron Munro.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 John Adamson, 2 Greg Queen, 3 Dean McLeod, 4 Jack Taylor, 5 Sean Williamson, 6 Fraser Pohlen.
Junior 65cc: 1 Kyle ‘Rusty' Peebles, 2 Tara McLeod, 3 Scott McLean, 4 Aaron MacDonald, 5 Lee Perfect, 6 Morgan Legge.
Auto 50cc: 1 Lewis Dow, 2 Jordan Gill, 3 Lyle Crothers, 4 Dominic Stevenson, 5 Daniel Chisholm, 6 Gregor Campbell.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008
John Crawford took the Quad class with some smooth riding.