Blistering heat, sweat and tears!
By TMX Archives on 14th Jun 07
HONDA riders Mark Eastwood and David Willett dominated proceedings at the fourth round of the DEP Two-stroke British Championship at Skelder Bank, Whitby, on Sunday, and with the track looking in prime condition this may well have been the best round of two-stroke racing so far this year.
The weather was blistering hot on the Sunday and blistering was theoperative word as lots of riders were struggling with hands blisteringwith the combination of heat, sweat and sometimes tears.
The MCF team put on another fine round of championship racing butthe early morning qualifying session was in doubt after the paddockawoke to thick fog coming in from the North Sea, but thankfully thingswere on track by 9am and the fog disappeared back into the sunnyatmosphere.
The 125cc classes were away first on the greasy early morningsurface, and Jonathan Pettitt, Stuart Edmonds and David Willett tookthe top three qualifying spots in the class, with Pettitt a full twoseconds quicker than anyone else.
In the 125 C group Aaron Bruce put in a great day's racing by takingmotos two and three, chased hard in both by heat one winner SteveHarris. Michael Randall, Matt Hopkins, Simon Collins, Leon Wilson andStuart Duffill also performed exceptionally well on a tough anddemanding championship circuit.
The same can be said in the 125 B class where all the ridersperformed heroics on such a technical track with the majority makingtheir first trip to Skelder Bank.
Making the most of it up front was James Potter who scorched to twowins. Lee Baggs managed to scupper Potter's maximum by taking the mototwo win by eight seconds. Ashley Crossley, David Rawlins, BradleyHowlett, Ady Peedle, Lucas Harris, Michael Deeley and Michael Garrettput on a great show for the large crowd in attendance and anyone one ofthese riders could have landed a podium position.
Two riders stood head and shoulders above the rest at Whitby in the125cc Expert races, overall winner David Willet and TM's Stuart Edmonds.
DEP BRITISH TWO-STROKE MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 - Skelder Bank, Whitby
125cc Junior: 1 Paul Shires 132 points, 2 Adam Wheeler 112, 3 ChrisGlover 104, 4 John Butler 95, 5 Sam Holloway 94, 6 Lee Holland 90, 7George Winn 86, 8 Steve Birkinshaw 84, 9 Sean Stevens 78, 10 David Ford63.
125cc Expert: 1 David Willet 135 points, 2 Jonathan Pettitt 120, 3Steve Bixby 105, 4 Jim Davies 98, 5 Jim Scafton 88, 6 Matt Ridgway 88,7 Stuart Edmonds 84, 8 Nicky Watts 80, 9 Brett Wheeler 77, 10 DarrenRedman 71.
250cc Junior: 1 Ricky Lethaby 135 points, 2 Eddy Carr 126, 3 AlexSmith 108, 4 Ian Fagg 102, 5 Alex Giles 99, 6 Drew Smith 86, 7 ScottSenter 78, 8 Neil Watton 75, 9 Darren Marklove 72, 10 Paul Huggins 60.
250cc Expert: 1 Mark Eastwood 135 points, 2 Ryan Voase 123, 3 DavidWillet 120, 4 Stuart Flockhart 108, 5 Ben Taylor 99, 6 Chad Yarranton90, 7 Lewis Rose 76, 8 Alex Wilson 68, 9 Andre David 66, 10 NeilFlockhart 61.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, June 15, 2007.