Jack Lindsay keeps pressure on series leader
By Press Release on 26th May 21
British Motocross Championship Lyng Stuart Edmonds Jamie Law Matt Burrows Jack Lindsay
After a wet week in the lead-up to the Revo ACU British Motocross Championship fuelled by Gulf Race Fuels, the track and paddock at Lyng had held the rain well and the team were prepared for the loamy conditions, opting for paddle tyres to make the most of the starts.
Qualifying proved tough in MX1, with Stuart Edmonds struggling to find a rhythm and not getting his quick laps in initially, though he still managed to finish 16th fastest for the session.
Stuart Edmonds
In MX2, Jamie Law said he felt good, and the times between his 15th position to eighth were all within a second, so racing would be close.
Matt Burrows struggled by pushing too much initially instead of going with the flow, which meant 29th at the end of the session.
Jack Lindsay did not have an easy ride in the MXY2 qualifier, finishing sixth fastest by the time the clock had run down.
In MX1 race one, Stuart did not get out the gate well and was outside the points in the first third of the race. He managed to collect himself and get into a rhythm and fight his way to 16th at the flag. In race two, Stuart felt good, though did not get the jump on the MX1 pack again. This time he worked quickly to gain positions on what was a tough and demanding track by the end of the day. Stuart made 13th position at the flag on the one-liney technical circuit.
Jamie Law
In MX2 race one, Jamie managed to get out the gate well, though was caught in a pile-up at the bottom of the bombhole on the first lap, leaving it all for him to do from a lowly 34th position. As we have come to expect from the tough Cumbrian, Jamie put on a display of his race craft to fight through the field and finish in a respectable 17th position. Race two showed another great start as he rounded off the lap in eighth position and the first two-stroke. After a few laps, he settled into 11th position and finished the day in 15th overall.
Matt Burrows
Matt managed to avoid the first lap pile-up in race one coming out in 18th position, which he managed to maintain for most of the race finished 20th and scoring his first MXGB point. Unfortunately, in the second race, Matt suffered a technical problem, which meant he had to pull out on lap three.
Jack Lindsay was off to a flyer in MXY2 race one with the holeshot. After some solid laps and gaping second by five seconds he made a mistake which led to a small crash and loss of concentration. He continued in third place and crossing the line in fourth place. Race two was a little disappointing for Jack, as a decent start saw him in fifth and then started to progress at the halfway point to fourth, before making a further mistake and finishing ninth for fourth overall in the class. Jack now sits second in the MXY2 championship.
Dylan Brown: "The technical nature of the track and the impact of the weather in the first MX1 race made it hard going. Fair play to Stuart. He kept pushing and made up some places when the going was getting tough in both races. That said, it was the same for everybody and even the best in the world didnt have an easy time of it.
"Lyng is one of those tracks where the results could go either way, most of the time it depends on the start, and in the pro classes, there was only Jamie who managed to make an in-road into the top 10 off the gate. He was unlucky to be collected in the first lap pile-up of race one, otherwise, wed have been knocking on the door of a top 10 finish in MX2.
"Matt struggled again though will keep pushing on and going for the results we know he is capable of. Sometimes you just need a bit of luck.
"Jack had a really good round, all things considered, he was unlucky in the first race, though unfortunately, thats the nature of racing. When we fall off, we need to get back on and keep going. Props to him though as he's now second in the MXY2 championship. Next week is the first round of the MX Nationals and were aiming for better results across the classes there."
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