Brimful of Asham
By TMX Archives on 3rd Jun 10
The popular and picturesque Asham Woods circuit, nr Leighton, in Somerset, was the choice destination on Bank Holiday Monday, for the second round of this year's ACU Dunlop supported MX323 competition.
The meeting was handled by the Frome and DMCC on a generally grey day - but was fully illuminated by the sheer brilliance of the day's action in both the MX3 and Under 23 sections.
The course proved to be a challenging mix of old school scrambles charm allied to a super fast lap that included a breathtaking seat of your pants up and downer through a dramatically steep wooded hillside section.
The only unfortunate setback on the day - two lengthy stoppages for serious injuries to sidecar racers. One at the start of the meeting and one at what proved to be the close of proceedings resulting in one race each from the MX3 and Under 23's programmes having to be scratched.
BRITISH MX3 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Asham Woods, Leighton, nr Frome, Somerset (Frome & DUMC&LCC)
1 John May (Suzuki) 25 + 20 = 45
2 Jamie Law (Bikesport Suzuki) 20 + 22 = 42
3 Jamie Lewis (Honda) 15 + 25 = 40
4 Ray Rowson (PAR Honda) 22 + 15 = 37
5 Brad Cavill (Honda) 16 + 16 = 32
6 Alfie Smith (???) 18 + 12 = 30
7 Kevin Wells (Kawasaki) 14 + 14 = 28
8 Daniel Latham (Dirtbikebitz Honda) 13 + 13 = 26
9 Dorren Coutts (???) 5 + 18 = 23
10 Ross Keyworth (???) 11 + 11 = 22
11 Tom Norton (???) 9+10=19, 12 Sam Simmons (???) 12+5=17, 13 Paul Watts (Pope Suzuki) 4+9=13, 14 Jack Ploughman (???) 8+3=11, 15 James Kensington (Honda) 3+7=10, 16 Michael Hand (Corby Kawasaki) 10+0=10, 17 Adam Reynolds (Wadsworth Kawasaki) 0+8=8, 18 Luke Blanchard (???) 6+1=7, 19 Alex Cox (JP Cox Plant Honda) 7+0=7, 20 Jamie Tempest (Yamaha) 0+6=6, 21 Brett Hillman (Thunderroad Honda) 0+4=4, 22 David Frankland (Castledine Honda) 0+2=2, 23 Lee Foyle (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 2+0=2, 24 Benjamin Talbott (Sevenhills Honda) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 May, 2 Rowson, 3 Law, 4 Smith, 5 Cavill, 6 Lewis, 7 Wells, 8 Latham, 9 Simmons, 10 Keyworth, 11 Hand, 12 Norton, 13 Ploughman, 14 Cox, 15 Blanchard, 16 Coutts, 17 Paul Watts, 18 Kensington, 19 Foyle, 20 Talbott.
RACE TWO: 1 Lewis, 2 Law, 3 May, 4 Coutts, 5 Cavill, 6 Rowson, 7 Wells, 8 Latham, 9 Smith, 10 Keyworth, 11 Norton, 12 Paul Watts, 13 Reynolds, 14 Kensington, 15 Tempest, 16 Simmons, 17 Hillman, 18 Ploughman, 19 Frankland, 20 Blanchard.
RACE THREE: Not run.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 5) rounds: 1 Rowson 112 points, 2 May 107, 3 Lewis 100, 4 Law 97, 5 Cavill 79, 6 Wells 68, 7 Skuse 48, 8 Latham 48, 9 Keyworth 42, 10 Griffith 36, 11 Smith 30, 12 Wood 28, 13 Hand 27, 14 Tempest 27, 15 Hillman 27, 16 Paul Watts 24, 17 Coutts 23, 18 Talbott 23, 19 Kensington 22, 20 Rowe 20,...
NEXT ROUND: September 26 – Blaxhall Circuit, nr Woodbridge, Suffolk (Woodbridge & DMCC).
BRITISH UNDER 23 MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Asham Woods, Leighton, nr Frome, Somerset (Frome & DUMC&LCC)
1 Shane Carless (Moto One KTM) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Alan Keet (Suzuki) 25 + 22 = 47
3 Scott Elderfield (Honda) 20 + 20 = 40
4 Josh Waterman (???) 16 + 16 = 32
5 Josh Spinks (Redline KTM) 12 + 18 = 30
6 James Dodd (MotoXtreme Kawasaki) 15 + 15 = 30
7 Matthew Bayliss (Wooldridge Honda) 13 + 12 = 25
8 Ross Hill (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 10 + 14 = 24
9 Lewis Tombs (???) 14 + 8 = 22
10 Matt Burrows (Rob Hooper Suzuki) 11 + 10 = 21
11 Ashley Wilde (Manchester Xtreme Yamaha) 9+11=20, 12 Joe Dark (Suzuki) 18+0=18, 13 Anthony Reville (TRM Honda) 0+13=13, 14 Andrew Sheard (Selwood P&P Hire Suzuki) 7+6=13, 15 Nicky Watts (KTM) 0+9=9, 16 Nick Wadge (Albion Honda) 6+3=9, 17 Jamie Collins (???) 3+5=8, 18 Luke Dean (???) 8+0=8, 19 Daniel Brough (Heatex KTM) 0+7=7, 20 Jason Day (???) 5+0=5, 21 Christopher Wratten (ALC Yamaha) 0+4=4, 22 George Purchase (Sealmoto KTM) 4+0=4, 23 Gareth Rees-Jones (???) 1+2=3, 24 Will Beevor (Kawasaki) 2+1=3.
RACE ONE: 1 Keet, 2 Carless, 3 Elderfield, 4 Dark, 5 Waterman, 6 Dodd, 7 Tombs, 8 Bayliss, 9 Spinks, 10 Burrows, 11 Hill, 12 Wilde, 13 Dean, 14 Sheard, 15 Wadge, 16 Day, 17 Purchase, 18 Collins, 19 Beevor, 20 Rees-Jones.
RACE TWO: 1 Carless, 2 Keet, 3 Elderfield, 4 Spinks, 5 Waterman, 6 Dodd, 7 Hill, 8 Reville, 9 Bayliss, 10 Wilde, 11 Burrows, 12 Nicky Watts, 13 Tombs, 14 Brough, 15 Sheard, 16 Collins, 17 Wratten, 18 Wadge, 19 Rees-Jones, 20 Beevor.
RACE THREE: Not Run.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 5) rounds: 1 Elderfield 115 points, 2 Keet 111, 3 Carless 87, 4 Dark 76, 5 Dodd 73, 6 Spinks 71, 7 Bayliss 65, 8 Wilde 64, 9 Burrows 51, 10 Hill 50, 11 Osborne 44, 12 Waterman 32, 13 Wadge 31, 14 Wratten 28, 15 Nicky Watts 27, 16 Sheard 26, 17 Tom Watts 23, 18 Tombs 22, 19 Brough 15, 20 Reville 13,...
NEXT ROUND: September 26 – Blaxhall Circuit, nr Woodbridge, Suffolk (Woodbridge & DMCC).
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2010
John May zooms his way to victory in the MX3 class, claiming a race win and a third spot in the process.