Britain's got Multi talent
By TMX Archives on 28th May 09
BRAD Anderson on his PAR Homes Honda got his head down and charged to two aggressive wins in last weekend's British MMX Championship and in doing so tamed the hot, dusty and rocky Asham Woods track at Leighton, just outside Frome in Somerset.
While Anderson did his thing in the Open class, Shane Carless on his Moto One KTM came out on top of a very competitive Under 21 class, as Paul Holmes on his Team KTM took an exciting Quad overall the previous day while once again Natalie Kane on her MVR-D Suzuki took the DDB British Ladies class by storm.
Despite putting tons of earth on the hilly track, the racing soon pushed that to one side and out came the rocks and dust again on Sunday, but with alterations to some of the corners and some handy early morning rain combined with some watering, Monday's race was a little better.
Anderson got the holeshot at the start of the first Open class race with the on-form Alex Snow as Lloyd Vercuil picked up his KTM in turn one. But as the riders came up from the valley for the first time, Carl Nunn was all over Anderson's case with both riders clashing on many of the corners till Nunn was pushed over the berm, dropping four or five places.
At the halfway stage, Kristian Whatley was on a charge from, by his standards, an average start, and was doing all he could to close the gap on leader Anderson. Anderson kept control of the race and crossed the finish line just under nine seconds clear of Whatley, with Martin Barr third, with Nunn making a late charge fourth.
Once again it was Anderson that hit the front in race two as again, Vercuil went down in the first turn, but this time he took James Watts and Brian Hartland with him as David Willet, after hitting the start gate, went round them to chase after the rest of the pack. Scott Columb was giving Anderson a hard time round the opening lap, but by the time the second race was over Anderson was clear and in control. On lap four, Jack Hawes drove his Suzuki into the paddock with what looked like a rear flat, as Neville Bradshaw made a pit stop on his DB Racing Honda for some new goggles.
By the time the race clock reached half-distance, Whatley had caught and passed Columb for second place at the expense of Snow and Jamie Law. Once again, Whatley did all he could to catch Anderson but had to settle for second, with Columb hanging on to third as Nunn came from tenth on lap one to take fourth place.
After the race, overall winner Anderson said, "It was a hard track to get dialled into with all the rocks and that, but after I settled down and managed to get two wins, so that's not too bad. In race one Carl (Nunn) pushed me out on one turn so I pushed back on the next, its all give and take in this game, if you give it out you must expect it back!”
Second overall Whatley said, "I got a terrible start in race one, but had a great lap after that, overtaking so many people, then it was just a matter of keeping my head down and pushing on finishing second in the end so that's good. Another bad start in race two, about twelfth, but like race one I just kept pushing on and got another useful second”
Carless was the man to beat in the Under 21s as he got the holeshot in the first race, with Matt Burrows chasing after him round the opening lap. But by the end of the first lap Graeme Irwin on his KTM was in his wheel track and the stage was set for a race-long battle for the lead with neither of the young riders giving or taking an inch as they crossed the finish line just three seconds apart.
Behind the leading pair James Dodd was caught and passed by Josh Waterman as Joe Dark, on his Meredith Suzuki crashed out of fourth, went back to 19th, and fought his way back up to sixth at the flag.
Series leader Scott Elderfield just didn't get going on a track he openly says he doesn't like as he ended the first race in 11th place.
Once again Carless got his second holeshot of the day in race two but this time Dodd was in his wheel tracks, but as the race reached lap four, Carless already had a ten second lead as Irwin, Dark, Waterman and Elderfield all fought over second in one of the closest races of this year.
Carless, with the noisy support of a crowd from the ‘valleys' took his second win of the day from Irwin and Waterman with Alan Keet making a late charge for fourth, as Dark slipped back to sixth, one place behind Elderfield.
An eventful day for Carless as he said, "I struggled for the couple of laps in race one till halfway, but when the gear lever fell off and I was stuck in third gear for the rest of the race. I was using the clutch a lot more and was thinking that it would burn out but it held on. In race two I got the holeshot of the re-started race and managed to open up a nice gap till the end of the race.
For full report and pictures see T+MX News, May 29
BRITISH OPEN MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 3 – Asham Woods, Leighton, Somerset (Frome & DUMC&LCC)
1 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Kristian Whatley (LPE Kawasaki) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Carl Nunn (MVR-D Suzuki) 18 + 18 = 36
4 Scott Columb (Relentless Suzuki) 15 + 20 = 35
5 Martin Barr (Relentless Suzuki) 20 + 14 = 34
6 Alex Snow (KTM UK) 16 + 16 = 32
7 Danny Smyth (Eastwood Honda) 14 + 15 = 29
8 John May (Meredith Suzuki) 10 + 13 = 23
9 Jamie Law (Relentless Suzuki) 11 + 12 = 23
10 Elliott Banks-Browne (LPE Kawasaki) 9 + 10 = 19
11 David Willet (Bladez Yamaha UK) 12+6=18, 12 Luke Mellows (Meredith Suzuki) 6+7=13, 13 Neville Bradshaw (DB Honda) 13+0=13, 14 Wayne Garrett (TSR KTM) 7+5=12, 15 Lewis Rose (LPE Kawasaki) 0+11=11, 16 Syd Bales (GH Suzuki) 1+9=10, 17 Luke Hill (Maunders Honda) 5+4=9, 18 Jamie Smith (LPE Kawasaki) 0+8=8, 19 Lloyd Vercuil (JS Racing KTM) 8+0=8, 20 Richard Cannings (Marsh Freight Honda) 3+3=6, 21 Arran Poolman (MotoXtreme Kawasaki) 4+0=4, 22 Sam Simmons (Moto-Ward Yamaha) 2+1=3, 23 Lee Foyle (D&B Suzuki) 0+2=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Anderson, 2 Whatley, 3 Barr, 4 Nunn, 5 Snow, 6 Columb, 7 Smyth, 8 Bradshaw, 9 Willet, 10 Law, 11 May, 12 Banks-Browne, 13 Vercuil, 14 Garrett, 15 Mellows, 16 Hill, 17 Poolman, 18 Cannings, 19 Simmons, 20 Bales.
RACE TWO: 1 Anderson, 2 Whatley, 3 Columb, 4 Nunn, 5 Snow, 6 Smyth, 7 Barr, 8 May, 9 Law, 10 Rose, 11 Banks-Browne, 12 Bales, 13 Smith, 14 Mellows, 15 Willet, 16 Garrett, 17 Hill, 18 Cannings, 19 Foyle, 20 Simmons.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 6) rounds: 1 Whatley 121 points, 2 Anderson 106, 3 Nunn 99, 4 Snow 88, 5 Barr 85, 6 Columb 71, 7 Bradshaw 71, 8 Smyth 69, 9 Law 68, 10 Willet 50, 11 Church 42, 12 Sword 42, 13 Banks-Browne 35, 14 Gregory 34, 15 Vercuil 32, 16 Rose 32, 17 Garrett 28, 18 Mellows 27, 19 May 23, 20 Phillips 23,...
NEXT ROUND: June 28 – Blaxhall MP, nr Woodbridge (Woodbridge & DMCC).
BRITISH UNDER 21 MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 3 – Asham Woods, Leighton, Somerset (Frome & DUMC&LCC)
1 Shane Carless (Moto One KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Graeme Irwin (KTM UK) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Josh Waterman (Danger UK KTM) 20 + 20 = 40
4 James Dodd (MotoXtreme Kawasaki) 18 + 13 = 31
5 Richard Sandberg (Twisted 7 Honda) 14 + 16 = 30
6 Joe Dark (Meredith Suzuki) 15 + 15 = 30
7 Alan Keet (Kawasaki) 11 + 18 = 29
8 David Goosen (KTM) 16 + 10 = 26
9 Scott Elderfield (PAR Honda) 10 + 14 = 24
10 Alex Rockwell (R&T Yamaha) 13 + 11 = 24
11 James Lassu (KTM) 9+12=21, 12 Luke Hawkins (Par Honda) 7+9=16, 13 Matt Burrows (Relentless Suzuki) 12+4=16, 14 Daniel Arnold (LPE Kawasaki) 8+7=15, 15 Brad Cavill (Stevens of Devizes Yamaha) 4+5=9, 16 Ross Hill (KTM) 0+8=8, 17 Lewis Tombs (Yamaha) 0+6=6, 18 Christopher Wratten (Hanson Yamaha) 6+0=6, 19 Jamie Smith (Suzuki) 5+0=5, 20 Joe Barry (Yamaha) 1+3=4, 21 Michael McCammond (TSR KTM) 3+1=4, 22 Lewis Abbott (KTM) 0+2=2, 23 George Purchase (Seal Moto KTM) 2+0=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Carless, 2 Irwin, 3 Waterman, 4 Dodd, 5 Goosen, 6 Dark, 7 Sandberg, 8 Rockwell, 9 Burrows, 10 Keet, 11 Elderfield, 12 Lassu, 13 Arnold, 14 Hawkins, 15 Wratten, 16 Smith, 17 Cavill, 18 McCammond, 19 Purchase, 20 Barry.
RACE TWO: 1 Carless, 2 Irwin, 3 Waterman, 4 Keet, 5 Sandberg, 6 Dark, 7 Elderfield, 8 Dodd, 9 Lassu, 10 Rockwell, 11 Goosen, 12 Hawkins, 13 Hill, 14 Arnold, 15 Tombs, 16 Cavill, 17 Burrows, 18 Barry, 19 Abbott, 20 McCammond.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 6) rounds: 1 Irwin 126 points, 2 Carless 122, 3 Elderfield 116, 4 Sandberg 98, 5 Dark 87, 6 Keet 76, 7 Goosen 74, 8 Rockwell 64, 9 Arnold 60, 10 Waterman 57, 11 Dodd 52, 12 Nicholls 50, 13 Remmer 39, 14 Tombs 33, 15 Cottrell 32, 16 Hawkins 29, 17 Cavill 29, 18 Karro 22, 19 Lassu 21, 20 Burrows 17,...
NEXT ROUND: June 28 – Blaxhall MP, nr Woodbridge (Woodbridge & DMCC).
BRITISH QUAD-CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Asham Woods, Leighton, Somerset (Frome & DUMC&LCC)
1 Paul Holmes (KTM UK) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Paul Winrow (Winrow Honda) 25 + 20 = 45
3 Jason MacBeth (Fourtech Honda) 15 + 22 = 37
4 Leon Beda (ATV World Yamaha) 16 + 18 = 34
5 Joe Maessen (Yamaha) 18 + 16 = 34
6 Stefan Murphy (SM Racing Honda) 14 + 15 = 29
7 Lindsey Duke (L&G Plant Honda) 12 + 14 = 26
8 Justin Reid (Team Can-Am) 13 + 10 = 23
9 Carl Bunce (Anderson Suzuki) 8 + 12 = 20
10 Mattieu Ternynck (Yamaha) 20 + 0 = 20
11 David Cowan (Yamaha) 10+8=18, 12 William Waggott (KIK Honda) 4+13=17, 13 Sean Goss (Yamaha) 5+11=16, 14 James Behan (Fourtech Honda) 6+7=13, 15 Giles Davies (Winrow Honda) 9+4=13, 16 Oliver Sansom (MKM Rocketman Suzuki) 2+9=11, 17 Richard Tordoff (ATV World Yamaha) 11+0=11, 18 David Wray (JMK Honda) 7+0=7, 19 James Hellewell (Filtec KTM) 0+6=6, 20 Sam Harrison (CB Tuning Yamaha) 0+5=5, 21 Sam Bryan (Honda) 3+2=5, 22 Josh Barrett (ATV World Yamaha) 0+3=3,
RACE ONE: 1 Winrow, 2 Holmes, 3 Ternynck, 4 Maessen, 5 Beda, 6 MacBeth, 7 Stefan Murphy, 8 Reid, 9 Duke, 10 Tordoff, 11 Cowan, 12 Davies, 13 Bunce, 14 Wray, 15 Behan, 16 Sean Goss, 17 Waggott, 18 Bryan, 19 Sansom, 20 Thompson.
RACE TWO: 1 Holmes, 2 MacBeth, 3 Winrow, 4 Beda, 5 Maessen, 6 Stefan Murphy, 7 Duke, 8 Waggott, 9 Bunce, 10 Sean Goss, 11 Reid, 12 Sansom, 13 Cowan, 14 Behan, 15 Hellewell, 16 Harrison, 17 Davies, 18 Barrett, 19 Bryan, 20 Cater.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Winrow 178 points, 2 Holmes 157, 3 MacBeth 143, 4 Beda 114, 5 Bunce 99, 6 Stefan Murphy 95, 7 Waggott 80, 8 Reid 79, 9 Maessen 76, 10 Cowan 74, 11 Behan 72, 12 Mitchell 70, 13 Watson 67, 14 Duke 64, 15 Sean Goss 63,...
NEXT ROUND: June 21 – Wroxton, Banbury, Oxon (NORA-MX).
DBB BRITISH LADIES MX CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Asham Woods, Leighton, Somerset (Frome & DUMC&LCC)
1 Natalie Kane (MVR-D Suzuki) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Kerry Wilson (CRM Kawasaki) 18 + 22 = 40
3 Stacey Fisher (Suzuki) 16 + 20 = 36
4 Amber Saunders (Danger UK Yamaha) 13 + 18 = 31
5 Alix Dunlop (Buildbase CCM) 14 + 15 = 29
6 Vickie Parkin (Suzuki) 12 + 16 = 28
7 Hannah McLeod (Dennis Irvine KTM) 15+12=27, 8 Amie Goodlad (Kawasaki) 10+14=24, 9 Nerys Williams (Honda) 22+0=22, 10 Nikki Scott (Hanson Honda) 20+0=20, 11 Louise Powell (Elderfield KTM) 11+7=18, 12 Lia Turton (DBB UK KTM) 8+9=17, 13 Danielle Hipgrave (Hipgrave Roofing KTM) 3+13=16, 14 Georgie Hayhurst (???) 5+11=16, 15 Jane Daniels (AD Motors KTM) 7+8=15, 16 Lesa Dranfield (Yamaha) 4+10=14, 17 Tess Hayward (R4 Racing KTM) 9+1=10, 18 Emma Bachelor (Honda) 1+6=7, 19 Louise Sheppard (Ray Cowles Yamaha) 6+0=6, 20 Rose Wyatt (Wyatt Fencing Kawasaki) 0+5=5, 21 Charlie Ryall (Triple R Yamaha) 0+4=4, 22 Sophie Thomas (Kawasaki) 0+3=3, 23 Andrea Merrett (Super MX Yamaha) 0+2=2, 24 Louise Curtis (Kawasaki) 2+0=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Kane, 2 Nerys Williams, 3 Scott, 4 Wilson, 5 Fisher, 6 McLeod, 7 Dunlop, 8 Saunders, 9 Parkin, 10 Powell, 11 Goodlad, 12 Hayward, 13 Turton, 14 Daniels, 15 Sheppard, 16 Hayhurst, 17 Dranfield, 18 Hipgrave, 19 Curtis, 20 Bachelor.
RACE TWO: 1 Kane, 2 Wilson, 3 Fisher, 4 Saunders, 5 Parkin, 6 Dunlop, 7 Goodlad, 8 Hipgrave, 9 McLeod, 10 Hayhurst, 11 Dranfield, 12 Turton, 13 Daniels, 14 Powell, 15 Bachelor, 16 Wyatt, 17 Ryall, 18 Sophie Thomas, 19 Merrett, 20 Hayward.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 3) rounds: 1 Kane 100 points, 2 Wilson 78, 3 Fisher 74, 4 Dunlop 67, 5 McLeod 62, 6 Saunders 59, 7 Parkin 42, 8 Hipgrave 42, 9 Nerys Williams 40, 10 Dranfield 38, 11 Daniels 37, 12 Powell 34, 13 Hayhurst 29, 14 Hayward 26, 15 Goodlad 24, 16 Sheppard 22, 17 Scott 20, 18 Ryall 19, 19 Turton 17, 20 Wyatt 15,...
NEXT ROUND: September 27 – Landrake MP, nr Saltash, Cornwall (ACU Events Ltd).
Eat my dirt! Paul Winrow kicks up the Leighton dirt at the start of race two, while Joe Maessen (101) gives chase in another thrilling four-wheeled showdown.