Brad has a Silver lining
By TMX Archives on 3rd Mar 10
THE 2010 Maxxis British Motocross Championship got under way at the Little Silver circuit amid rumours that a severe weather warning for the South West would put the meeting on hold.
After a burst of heavy rain early on Friday, the club made enquiries of the Met Office in nearby Exeter and, armed with a detailed forecast for Sunday, made the decision to go ahead with the event.
Thankfully, Sunday was dry and no further precipitation affected the area of the circuit and luck shone on the Little Silver club as it kicked off the series in style. A good-ish crowd turned out in the end to witness some great battles, which raged all day long, with the new three-race format of racing for the two Maxxis classes, and two races for the supporting British Ladies Championship.
In MX1, reigning British champion PAR Honda's Brad Anderson had to fight hard all day for his overall win with new man on the block, Evgeny Bobryshev, and the Russian's CAS Honda teamster, Gareth Swanepoel, who gave him a hard time from the start.
In the MX2 battles Zach Osborne overcame problems in race one – where the surprise winner was Graeme Irwin – to take the next two to claim the overall on the day.
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Little Silver MP, nr Exminster, Devon (Little Silver MC)
1 Zach Osborne (Bike It Yamaha) 18 + 25 + 25 = 68
2 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant KTM) 15 + 22 + 22 = 59
3 Martin Barr (PAR Honda) 20 + 16 + 20 = 56
4 Kristian Whatley (LPE Kawasaki) 16 + 20 + 18 = 54
5 Graeme Irwin (HM Plant KTM) 25 + 12 + 16 = 53
6 Elliott Banks Browne (DB Honda) 22 + 18 + 12 = 52
7 Alan Keet (KTM) 12 + 14 + 15 = 41
8 Mel Pocock (Bike It Yamaha) 14 + 11 + 13 = 38
9 Shane Carless (Moto One KTM) 10 + 13 + 10 = 33
10 Matiss Karro (MVR-D Suzuki) 13 + 15 + 4 = 32
11 Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda) 11+9+11=31, 12 Neville Bradshaw (Samsung Yamaha) 7+7+14=28, 13 Joe Dark (Suzuki) 9+10+3=22, 14 Lewis Tombs (Poole Yamaha) 3+8+8=19, 15 Bryan MacKenzie (Twisted 7 Husqvarna) 6+0+6=12, 16 Jordan Brooker (KTM) 8+4+0=12, 17 David Goosen (JAR Sealants Honda) 2+0+9=11, 18 James Dodd (Motoxtreme) 4+6+0=10, 19 Matthew Moffat (MXW Kawasaki) 0+2+7=9, 20 Jack Rowland (KTM) 5+0+2=7.
RACE ONE: 1 Irwin, 2 Banks Browne, 3 Barr, 4 Osborne, 5 Whatley, 6 Nicholls, 7 Pocock, 8 Karro, 9 Keet, 10 Hawkins, 11 Carless, 12 Dark, 13 Brooker, 14 Bradshaw, 15 MacKenzie, 16 Rowland, 17 Dodd, 18 Tombs, 19 Goosen, 20 Allingham.
RACE TWO: 1 Osborne, 2 Nicholls, 3 Whatley, 4 Banks Browne, 5 Barr, 6 Karro, 7 Keet, 8 Carless, 9 Irwin, 10 Pocock, 11 Dark, 12 Hawkins, 13 Tombs, 14 Bradshaw, 15 Dodd, 16 Allingham, 17 Brooker, 18 Wadge, 19 Moffat, 20 Burton.
RACE THREE: 1 Osborne, 2 Nicholls, 3 Barr, 4 Whatley, 5 Irwin, 6 Keet, 7 Bradshaw, 8 Pocock, 9 Banks Browne, 10 Hawkins, 11 Carless, 12 Goosen, 13 Tombs, 14 Moffat, 15 MacKenzie, 16 Waterman, 17 Karro, 18 Dark, 19 Rowland, 20 Smith.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 8) rounds: As Overall above.
NEXT ROUND: March 21 – Mallory Park, Leicestershire (ACU Events Ltd).
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Little Silver MP, nr Exminster, Devon (Little Silver MC)
1 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 14 + 25 + 18 = 57
2 Gareth Swanepoel (CAS Honda) 11 + 20 + 25 = 56
3 Evgeny Bobryshev (CAS Honda) 25 + 22 + 8 = 55
4 Stephen Sword (Buildbase CCM) 12 + 18 + 20 = 50
5 Jason Dougan (Phoenix Yamaha) 15 + 16 + 15 = 46
6 Alex Snow (Albion Kawasaki) 18 + 14 + 13 = 45
7 Gordon Crockard (Paul Bird Kawasaki) 13 + 15 + 14 = 42
8 Tom Church (Buildbase CCM) 9 + 10 + 22 = 41
9 James Noble (Proppa Honda) 16 + 5 + 11 = 32
10 Carl Nunn (MVR-D Suzuki) 7 + 7 + 16 = 30
11 Ben Lamay (Samsung Yamaha) 8+13+6=27, 12 Jamie Lewis (Nigel Arnold Honda) 6+11+9=26, 13 Ray Rowson (PAR Honda) 20+6+0=26, 14 Jordan Rose (Henderson LPE Kawasaki) 0+12+12=24, 15 Jamie Law (Bikesport Suzuki) 10+8+4=22, 16 Pascal Leuret (MAR Racing) 22+0+0=22, 17 Scott Probert (Apex Cradley Kawasaki) 5+9+5=19, 18 Nathan Parker (Proppa Honda) 3+1+7=11, 19 Lewis Gregory (Motoextreme Kawasaki) 0+0+10=10, 20 Wayne Smith (Henderson LPE Kawasaki) 4+3+0=7.
RACE ONE: 1 Bobryshev, 2 Leuret, 3 Rowson, 4 Snow, 5 Noble, 6 Dougan, 7 Anderson, 8 Crockard, 9 Sword, 10 Swanepoel, 11 Law, 12 Church, 13 Lamay, 14 Nunn, 15 Lewis, 16 Probert, 17 Wayne Smith, 18 Parker, 19 Skuse, 20 Lassu.
RACE TWO: 1 Anderson, 2 Bobryshev, 3 Swanepoel, 4 Sword, 5 Dougan, 6 Crockard, 7 Snow, 8 Lamay, 9 Rose, 10 Lewis, 11 Church, 12 Probert, 13 Law, 14 Nunn, 15 Rowson, 16 Noble, 17 May, 18 Wayne Smith, 19 Edmonds, 20 Parker.
RACE THREE: 1 Swanepoel, 2 Church, 3 Sword, 4 Anderson, 5 Nunn, 6 Dougan, 7 Crockard, 8 Snow, 9 Rose, 10 Noble, 11 Gregory, 12 Lewis, 13 Bobryshev, 14 Parker, 15 Lamay, 16 Probert, 17 Law, 18 Seb Osborne, 19 Nyberg, 20 May.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 8) rounds: As Overall above.
NEXT ROUND: March 21 – Mallory Park, Leicestershire (ACU Events Ltd).
BRITISH LADIES MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Little Silver MP, nr Exminster, Devon (Little Silver MC)
1 Natalie Kane (HM Plant KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Elien De Winter (NL - KTM) 18 + 22 = 40
3 Danielle Hipgrave (Hipgrave KTM) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Stacey Fisher (Honda) 20 + 15 = 35
5 Kerry Wilson (???) 22 + 12 = 34
6 Jane Daniels (AD Motors KTM) 15 + 16 = 31
7 Hannah McLeod (Dennis Irvine KTM) 9 + 18 = 27
8 Tanya Dentith (KTM) 13 + 13 = 26
9 Sophie Thomas (Kawasaki) 14 + 11 = 25
10 Louise Williams (Motopross KTM) 7 + 14 = 21
11 Tess Hayward (R4 Racing KTM) 11+9=20, 12 Georgie Hayhurst (???) 12+8=20, 13 Sacha Williams (KTM) 8+10=18, 14 Charlie Ryall (Triple R Yamaha) 10+6=16, 15 Emma Batchelor (Honda) 5+5=10, 16 Rose Wyatt (Wyatt Fencing Kawasaki) 6+2=8, 17 Leonie Smith (KTM) 0+7=7, 18 Helen Morgan (Hi-Tech Suzuki) 3+4=7, 19 Laura Ward (Yamaha) 4+3=7, 20 Nina Thomas (Wheeldon Suzuki) 0+1=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Kane, 2 Wilson, 3 Fisher, 4 De Winter, 5 Hipgrave, 6 Daniels, 7 Sophie Thomas, 8 Dentith, 9 Hayhurst, 10 Hayward, 11 Ryall, 12 McLeod, 13 Sacha Williams, 14 Louise Williams, 15 Wyatt, 16 Batchelor, 17 Ward, 18 Morgan.
RACE TWO: 1 Kane, 2 De Winter, 3 Hipgrave, 4 McLeod, 5 Daniels, 6 Fisher, 7 Louise Williams, 8 Dentith, 9 Wilson, 10 Sophie Thomas, 11 Sacha Williams, 12 Hayward, 13 Hayhurst, 14 Smith, 15 Ryall, 16 Batchelor, 17 Morgan, 18 Ward, 19 Wyatt, 20 Nina Thomas.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 3) rounds: As Overall above.
NEXT ROUND: July 17/18 – West Devon MCC at Doncaster MP, Finningley, South Yorkshire.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2010
Race one winner Evgeny Bobryshev (777) takes the MX1 holeshot from the chasing pack which included John May (35), Ray Rowson (111), Pascal Leuret (47) and Alex Snow (31).