Ahead of the 'field...
By TMX Archives on 26th Aug 09
TOP class presentation and an expertly-prepared track combined with eventual overall victories for home club riders Lee Dunham and Elliot Barrs meant that Sunday's latest round of the AMCA MX Championships at Nympsfield was just about the perfect day for the organising Dursley MXC. In MX2, current leader Dunham was again in simply majestic form, posting a very strong 1-2-1 scorecard and in the process increased his title chase advantage to 68-points over reigning champion, Phil Mercer.
Over in MX1, after enduring another season badly interrupted by injuries, Elliot Barrs produced a stunning championship comeback with a 1-3-4 card and earned a very richly deserved overall victory.
At the top of the AMCA MX1 table it's still Brad O'Leary who leads although his advantage has been reduced to just 23-points after he suffered a rather painful day, which included a very heavy crash in moto one. With just two round remaining, the MX1 title chase now looks as if it may go right down to the wire as just 53-points separates the top four of O'Leary, Charlie Hollis, Ben Saunders and reigning champion, David Campbell.
Indeed there was drama right from the off in Sunday's MX1 Championship action as Jamie Powell fell in turn one. Then the top two in the title chase – O'Leary and Saunders – were involved in a high-speed collision. As the points hungry pack lined up their first attack of the Nympsfield hill, O'Leary and Saunders touched and crashed. Remarkably they were avoided by virtually the entire field.
Immediately, Saunders race was run, with a broken radiator, although O'Leary, despite being badly bruised, bravely continued in an attempt to still get some vital points on the board.
At the front, Alan Pearce grabbed the holeshot before being passed by both James Russell and Elliot Barrs. For the next five-laps, an impressive Russell led the way before Barrs, much to the delight of the home crowd, took control to earn a very popular win, with Russell maintaining a safe second ahead of Campbell, Brad Turner, Tim Truman, Danny Blakeley. Charlie Hollis brilliantly charged back from an early 28th spot to eighth.
AMCA MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 – Nympsfield (Dursley MXC)
(Sponsored Landcare Services)
1 Lee Dunham (MotoXtreme Kawa) 60 + 54 + 60 = 174
2 Mark Hooley (Craigs KTM) 50 + 60 + 50 = 160
3 Phil Mercer (Delkevic Kawasaki) 45 + 50 + 54 = 149
4 Jack Taylor (Proppa Gear4 KTM) 54 + 45 + 43 = 142
5 Matt Porter (Select Homes Honda) 47 + 43 + 45 = 135
6 Shane Holmes (KTM) 29 + 47 + 47 = 123
RACE ONE: 1 Dunham, 2 Taylor, 3 Hooley, 4 Porter, 5 Mercer, 6 Frayne.
RACE TWO: 1 Hooley, 2 Dunham, 3 Mercer, 4 Holmes, 5 Taylor, 6 Porter.
RACE THREE: 1 Dunham, 2 Mercer, 3 Hooley, 4 Holmes, 5 Porter, 6 Taylor.
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 9) rounds: 1 Dunham 771 points, 2 Mercer 703, 3 Porter 667, 4 Frayne 539, 5 Hooley 510, 6 Holmes 470,,...
NEXT ROUND: August 30 – Condover (Shrewsbury MXC).
AMCA MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 6 – Nympsfield (Dursley MXC)
(Sponsored by Thornbury MX & Tetbury Motor Centre)
1 Elliot Barrs (Marsh Suzuki) 60 + 50 + 47 = 157
2 David Campbell (Corby Kawasaki) 50 + 54 + 50 = 154
3 Charlie Hollis (Proppa Honda) 37 + 45 + 54 = 136
4 James Russell (Homer Honda) 54 + 31 + 45 = 130
5 Tim Truman (Doodson Suzuki) 45 + 41 + 43 = 129
6 Brad O'Leary (Proppa Gear4 KTM) 20 + 60 + 39 = 119
RACE ONE: 1 Elliot Barrs, 2 Russell, 3 Campbell, 4 Turner, 5 Truman, 6 Blakeley.
RACE TWO: 1 O'Leary, 2 Campbell, 3 Elliot Barrs, 4 Saunders, 5 Hollis, 6 Pearce.
RACE THREE: 1 Saunders, 2 Hollis, 3 Campbell, 4 Elliot Barrs, 5 Russell, 6 Trumanl.
SERIES STANDINGS after 6 (of 9) rounds: 1 O'Leary 830 points, 2 Hollis 807, 3 Saunders 789, 4 Campbell 777, 5 Russell 710, 6 Truman 681, 7 Powell 616,...
SUPPORT RACES
Championship Non-Qualifiers (sponsored by Farm Meats): 1 Derek Read 161 points 2 Joseph Meachin 159 3 Paul Conway 144.
Expert (sponsored by Berkeley Heath Commercials/ P&F Meats): 1 Tony Griffiths 110 points 2 Adam Harris 110 3 Dax Blackburn 92.
Senior (sponsored by Berkeley Heath Commercials/ P&F Meats): 1 David Ind 114 points 2 Jordan Morris 114 3 James Pugh 97.
Junior (sponsored by W&RJ Pearce): 1 Joseph Regazzoli 120 points 2 Harry Wilcox 104 3 Sam Pooley 97.
Inter Junior (sponsored by Drill Cut Ltd): 1 Vincent Drewitt 120 points 2 Harvey Dowler 108 3 Jack Hawkins 100.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2009
Jamie Dobson (9) and Sean Frayne go head-to-head in a thrilling MX2 showdown as the pair leap overa a Nympsfield tabletop.