Ben's king of the 'stone age
By TMX Archives on 16th Sep 09
IT'S all change at the top of the AMCA MX1 Championship table as, with just one round remaining, Ben Saunders has leap-frogged both leader Brad O'Leary and Charlie Hollis to lead the way with a 23-point advantage.
During Sunday's penultimate round at Walterstone, Saunders blasted to a perfect maximum points score while O'Leary endured a day he would rather forget. After falling in the opening two motos and having to recover from last back for a very hard earned ninth and 13th places respectively, Brad finished the day with a far more productive third spot.
Meanwhile, in MX2, Lee Dunham reeled off another overall win and now requires just 32-points from the final round to confirm a richly deserved, first ever AMCA MX2 title.
Although fast-starting Mark Hooley scored a moto win at Walterstone, the advantage still belongs to Phil Mercer in the battle to finish MX2 runner-up, as he edged 13-points ahead of rival Matt Porter.
With tension naturally high at Walterstone, the riders' resolve, concentration and character was to be pushed to the limit by a series of delays which resulted in the first championship moto of the day eventually blasting off nearly three hours-behind schedule.
AMCA MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Sponsored by Domestic & General Information)
Rd 7 – Walterstone (Hereford MXC)
1 Lee Dunham (MotoXtreme Kawa) 47 + 60 + 54 = 161
2 Phil Mercer (Delkevic Kawasaki) 45 + 54 + 47 = 146
3 Shane Holmes (KTM) 50 + 45 + 50 = 145
4 Mark Hooley (Craigs KTM) 54 + 26 + 60 = 140
5 Matt Porter (Select Homes Honda) 43 + 47 + 43 = 133
6 Sean Frayne (Honda) 35 + 50 + 45 = 130
RACE ONE: 1 Taylor, 2 Hooley, 3 Holmes, 4 Dunham, 5 Mercer, 6 Porter.
RACE TWO: 1 Dunham, 2 Mercer, 3 Frayne, 4 Porter, 5 Holmes, 6 Neale.
RACE THREE: 1 Hooley, 2 Dunham, 3 Holmes, 4 Mercer, 5 Frayne, 6 Porters.
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Dunham 1102 points, 2 Mercer 953, 3 Porter 940, 4 Hooley 804, 5 Frayne 773, 6 Holmes 749.
FINAL ROUND: October 4 – Norley (Mid Cheshire MXC).
SUPPORT RACE RESULTS
EXPERT UNLIMITED (Sponsored by Fusion MX Design): 1 Glen Phillips 120 points 2 Tye Barrs 108 3 Chris Rudd 97.
SENIOR UNLIMITED (Sponsored by Bethell Motors): 1 Joshua Webb 120 points 2 Ryan Jones 104 3 Jamie Smith 97.
JUNIOR UNLIMITED (Sponsored by Chris Ratcliffe Electrical Contractor): 1 Jamie Linton 114 points 2 Miles James 107 3 Joseph Hale 89.
INTER JUNIOR (Sponsored by AB Stainless): 1 Josh Jones 114 points 2 Macauley Davies 114 3 Shane Hooper 100.
AMCA MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
(Sponsored by AJP Industrial)
Rd 7 – Walterstone (Hereford MXC)
1 Ben Saunders (Delkevic Kawasaki) 60 + 60 + 60 = 180
2 Elliot Barrs (Marsh Suzuki) 54 + 54 + 45 = 153
3 David Campbell (Corby Kawasaki) 50 + 45 + 54 = 149
4 Charlie Hollis (Proppa Honda) 43 + 47 + 47 = 137
5 Brad Turner (Ride MX Yamaha) 47 + 39 + 43 = 129
6 Jamie Powell (KTM) 41 + 43 + 41 = 125
RACE ONE: 1 Saunders, 2 Elliot Barrs, 3 Campbell, 4 Turner, 5 Russell, 6 Hollis.
RACE TWO: 1 Saunders, 2 Elliot Barrs, 3 Russell, 4 Hollis, 5 Campbell, 6 Powelll.
RACE THREE: 1 Saunders, 2 Campbell, 3 O'Leary, 4 Hollis, 5 Elliot Barrs, 6 Turner.
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Saunders 969 points, 2 O'Leary 946, 3 Hollis 944, 4 Campbell 926, 5 Russell 805, 6 Truman 800.
FINAL ROUND: October 4 – Norley (Mid Cheshire MXC).
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
The opening MX2 clash where Lee Payne (3) made his comeback ride, alongside Jack Taylor (10) and Mark Hooley (17) as they tussle for supremacy.