A job well Duns...
By TMX Archives on 6th May 10
THE Maxxis British Championship road-show rolled into Scotland for the third round of the series, at the beautifully prepared Duns track devised by Johnny Hamilton and Borders MXC.
After last year's attempt was spoiled by bad weather the club was looking forward to the weather being kind, and that's exactly what they got – along with the weather, they got what must be the best racing action witnessed this year.
In the MX1 class, there was close racing all day between a host of riders, but it was Evgney Bobryshev who came out on top at the end of play. In MX2 it was just as fierce, but as Zach Osbourne was on fire and won all three races, comfortably leaving everyone else to battle for the other positions.
After commanding the qualifying and Superpole sessions, Zach Osborne showed he was going to be fast around the track, and Jake Nicholls and Martin Barr were going to have to be on top form to beat him.
In race one Osbourne took off in the lead with Barr chasing him hard. Mel Pocock and Nicholls followed, but Osborne just extended his lead lap after lap to take the win.
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns, nr Berwick-on-Tweed (Borders MXC)
1 Zach Osborne (Bike It Cosworth Yam) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Martin Barr (PAR Honda) 22 + 20 + 20 = 62
3 Matiss Karro (MVR-D Suzuki) 15 + 22 + 18 = 55
4 Kristian Whatley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 16 + 18 + 15 = 49
5 Bryan MacKenzie (Kawasaki) 13 + 15 + 16 = 44
6 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 20 + 0 + 22 = 42
7 Elliott Banks Browne (DB Honda 12 + 16 + 14 = 42
8 Mel Pocock (Bike It Cosworth Yamaha) 18 + 13 + 11 = 42
9 Shane Carless (Moto One KTM) 8 + 14 + 13 = 35
10 Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda) 9 + 9 + 10 = 28
11 Edward Allingham (Bike It Cosworth Yamaha) 7+10+6=23, 12 Alan Keet (KTM) 11+12+0=23, 13 Josh Waterman (BUFF Husqvarna) 10+11+0=21, 14 David Goosen (JAR Sealants Honda) 3+8+9=20, 15 Jamie Smith (Kawasaki) 5+0+12=17, 16 Matthew Moffat (MXW Kawasaki) 6+7+4=17, 17 Jack Rowland (KTM) 2+6+8=16, 18 Neville Bradshaw (Samsung Maxxis Yamaha) 14+0+0=14, 19 Lewis Rose (BUFF Husqvarna) 4+5+0=9, 20 Joe Dark (Suzuki) 0+0+7=7, 20 Joe Dark (Suzuki) 0+0+7=7, 21 James Dodd (Motoxtreme Kawasaki) 0+1+5=6, 22 Lewis Tombs (Poole Yamaha) 0+3+2=5, 23 Will Worden (Wheeldon Suzuki) 1+4+0=5, 24 Sunny Thompson (Samsung Maxxis Yamaha) 0+0+3=3, 25 Ashley Wilde (Manchester Xtreme Yamaha) 0+2+1=3.
RACE TWO: 1 Osborne, 2 Karro, 3 Barr, 4 Whatley, 5 Banks Browne, 6 MacKenzie, 7 Carless, 8 Pocock, 9 Keet, 10 Waterman, 11 Allingham, 12 Hawkins, 13 Goosen, 14 Moffat, 15 Rowland, 16 Rose, 17 Worden, 18 Tombs, 19 Wilde, 20 Dodd.
RACE THREE: 1 Osborne, 2 Nicholls, 3 Barr, 4 Karro, 5 MacKenzie, 6 Whatley, 7 Banks Browne, 8 Carless, 9 Smith, 10 Pocock, 11 Hawkins, 12 Goosen, 13 Rowland, 14 Dark, 15 Allingham, 16 Dodd, 17 Moffat, 18 Thompson, 19 Tombs, 20 Wilde.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Osborne 183 points, 2 Nicholls 159, 3 Barr 159, 4 Banks Browne 130, 5 Whatley 129, 6 Karro 126, 7 Pocock 111, 8 Carless 108, 9 Keet 93, 10 Bradshaw 88, 11 Irwin 79, 12 MacKenzie 79, 13 Hawkins 79, 14 Roczen 75, 15 Tonus 58, 16 Waterman 42, 17 Allingham 41, 18 Tombs 34, 19 Goosen 31, 20 Moffat 30,...
NEXT ROUND: June 13 – Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk (Norwich Viking MCC).
Support Class
Overall: 1 Ryan Mclean (???) 25+25=50, 2 Stevie MacKenzie (Yamaha) 22+22=44, 3 Coner Bradley (???) 20+18=38, 4 Colin McClukie (Honda) 16+20=36, 5 Darren Scott (Bikesport Suzuki) 18+16=34, 6 Aidan Bruce (KTM) 15+15=30.
FOR FULL STORY, SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010
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