Another one bites the Durs'
By TMX Archives on 12th Oct 07
IN a thrilling finale to the AMCA MX Championship, Brad O'Leary secured his third consecutive 125cc title while David Campbell snatched a dramatic Open class win after season-long rival Ben Saunders had endured absolute heartache.
Leading the final Open class moto at Nympsfieldand seemingly on his way to the crown, Ben was stopped in his trackswhen the race was red-flagged due to a fallen rival. Because this finalclash was still 35-seconds short of reaching the point at which theresult stood, a rerun was deemed necessary.
In that rerun, while Campbell produced a perfectholeshot, Saunders was brought crashing down to earth in a collisionthat also collected Aaron Poolman and Danny Blakeley. Picking himselfup and restarting last, Ben then accidentally hit his cut-out buttonfurther delaying his recovery. So, at the front a surprised but equallydelighted David Campbell took the win and also the AMCA Open classtitle.
With tension naturally high, Brad O'Leary, PhilMercer and Lee Payne started the event separated by just 20-points inthe race for the 125cc crown. Tension then further increased in theO'Leary camp as Brad seized his number one race bike duringqualification, forcing him to jump aboard a new, unused 2008 machine.Quickly transferring vital components from his damaged mount, Brad thengave his new bike a winning debut as he took victory in a thrillingfirst moto after passing Lee Payne, Aran Agius, Lee Dunham,Richard-Mike Jones, Phil Mercer and the very fast starting Matt Porter.
**Full report and Pictures in T+MX issue October 12, 2007.
RESULTS
AMCA MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 8 (Final) Nympsfield (Dursley MXC)
AMCA 125cc CHAMPIONSHIP
Race One: 1 Brad O'Leary (FotoX AMS KTM), 2 PhilMercer (Delkevic Kawasaki), 3 Lee Payne (Malin Kawasaki), 4 Matt Porter(Select Honda), 5 Lee Dunham (MotoExtreme Kawasaki), 6 Jamie Dobson(MTR Honda), 7 Aran Agius (Thornbury Kawasaki), 8 Tom Fish (MurrayHarper International KTM), 9 Dan Hill (KTM), 10 Michael Reynolds(Yamaha), 11 Carl Benjamin (Thornbury Kawasaki), 12 Brad Greenwood(KTM), 13 Joe Meachin (Yamaha), 14 Scott Mathia (Wulfsport KTM), 15Dale Halls (Honda), 16 Sam Hyde (Honda), 17 Luke Spence, 18 ShaunScrivens (Yamaha), 19 David Wall (KTM), 20 Dean Haughton (Honda).
Race Two: 1 O'Leary, 2 Porter, 3 Dunham, 4 Mercer,5 Agius, 6 Hill, 7 Mathia, 8 Andy Marchant (KTM), 9 Payne, 10 Meachin,11 Shaun Pearce (Peter Jones Yamaha), 12 Richard Mike-Jones (ServoKTM), 13 Haughton, 14 Owen Delaney (T&W Yamaha), 15 Dobson, 16Jamie Wilson (Yamaha), 17 Hyde, 18 Joseph Barry (Yamaha), 19 Tom Neesam(Delkevic Kawasaki), 20 James Lane (Honda Equipe).
Race Three: 1 Mercer, 2 Dunham, 3 O'Leary, 4Payne, 5 Mike-Jones, 6 Agius, 7 Dobson, 8 Fish, 9 Pearce, 10 Hill, 11Delaney, 12 Porter, 13 Halls, 14 Reynolds, 15 Meachin, 16 Wilson, 17Scrivens, 18 Neesam, 19 Wall, 20 Spence.
Overall on Day: 1 O'Leary 70 points, 2 Mercer 65, 3 Dunham 58, 4 Payne 50, 5 Porter 49, 6 Agius.
Final Series Standings: 1 Brad O'Leary 444 points(Champion), 2 Phil Mercer 430, 3 Lee Payne 404, 4 Porter 353, 5 Lane292, 6 Mark Hooley 243, 7 Delaney 233, 8 Dunham 217, 9 Dobson 216, 10Mathia 212, 11 Agius 212, 12 Pearce 196, 13 Hill 181, 14 Fish 168, 15Greenwood 132, 16 Marchant 122, 17 Benjamin 110, 18 Reynolds 83, 19Halls 82, 20 Jack Taylor 73.
AMCA OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Race One: 1 David Campbell (Honda), 2 Ben Saunders(Race Connections Honda), 3 Aaron Poolman (G&S Patios Kawasaki), 4Charlie Hollis (Invek Honda), 5 Jamie Powell (Stevens Yamaha), 6 AaronCrowder (Sandiford Honda), 7 Clinton Barrs (Wildmoor Wulfsport Honda),8 Paul Burn (Kawasaki), 9 Stephen Tillotson (Delkevic Kawasaki), 10Simon Lane (Honda Equipe), 11 Rick Du-Feu (Delkevic Kawasaki), 12 SteveBailey (Honda), 13 Danny Blakeley (Silvester Yamaha), 14 James Shaw(Delkevic Kawasaki), 15 Craig Chamberlain (Honda), 16 Stuart Rawlings(Artdeans Honda), 17 Marc Popperwell (Honda), 18 Richard Meakin(Honda), 19 Lance Parry (Honda), 20 David Hopkins (KTM).
Race Two: 1 Campbell, 2 Saunders, 3 Powell, 4Lane, 5 Barrs, 6 Crowder, 7 Poolman, 8 Du-Feu, 9 Hollis, 10 Bailey, 11Blakeley, 12 Rawlings, 13 Burn, 14 Chamberlain, 15 Andrew Summerton(Yamaha), 16 Meakin, 17 Parry, 18 Tillotson, 19 Hopkins, 20 SeanEckersley (Delkevic Kawasaki).
Race Three: 1 Campbell, 2 Barrs, 3 Hollis, 4Du-Feu, 5 Powell, 6 Lane, 7 Burn, 8 Poolman, 9 Meakin, 10 Rawlings, 11Gavin Hookham (Honda), 12 Hopkins, 13 Eckersley, 14 Martin Jones(Honda), 15 Bailey, 16 Joshua Williams (Kawasaki), 17 Clinton Thomas(Honda), 18 Saunders, 19 Shaw, 20 Sam Callow.
Overall on Day: 1 Campbell 75 points, 2 Barrs 52, 3 Powell 52, 4 Hollis 50, 5 Poolman 47, 6 Saunders 47.
Final Series Standings: 1 David Campbell 516points (Champion), 2 Ben Saunders 501, 3 Charlie Hollis 367, 4 Crowder338, 5 Barrs 330, 6 Lane 323, 7 Powell 311, 8 Du-Feu 308, 9 Poolman278, 10 Blakeley 194, 11 Bailey 176, 12 David Wright 168, 13Chamberlain 132, 14 Meakin 128, 15 Paul Coward 111, 16 Rawlings, 98, 17Tillotson 81, 18 Hookham 65, 19 Jones 62, 20 Craig Martin 61.