Chris did the Traver'lling!
By TMX Archives on 24th Sep 09
SAM Haslam, probably the furthest travelled competitor, dropped just a single mark to win the 79th Travers Trophy Trial on Sunday.
The event, organised by the Newcastle and District Motor Club was held in perfect weather, around the Weardale area of County Durham, with 40 sections over a road-based, 32-mile single lap.
The trial was the final round of the 2009 Novogar Championship, but also had an eased (Clubman) course which catered for around half of the entry.
After Haslam, there were only three other riders in the mix for the top prize, with Dan Thorpe, Chris Pearson and John Crinson all reckoning on seven at the finish, but both Thorpe and Pearson were credited with lower scores in the final results.
Thorpe said he was hopeful of getting a three at Smallburns after puncturing in the section and pushing out, so was
mystified as to how he ended with a clean, and Pearson felt the same after a giant dab helped him up the two rock steps. Haslam was immaculate here but Crinson needed one, while the rest of the entry all incurred either a three or a five.
NOVOGAR TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 8 (Final) – Travers Trophy Trial (Newcastle & DMC).
NOVOGAR POINTS SCORERS: Chris Pearson (MRS Sherco) 6 marks lost, John Crinson (Birkett Scorpa) 7, Buster Regan (Beta UK) 26 (30x0), Chris Dixon (Scorpa) 26 (28x0), Miles Jones (Montesa 4RT) 29, Simon Welch (270 BVM Beta) 33, Richard Gaskell (250 Scorpa) 35, Lewis Peart (Gas Gas) 37, Shaun Fox (270 Goode Beta) 40, Paul Nicholson (Montesa) 41, Stephen Dixon (250 Scorpa) 42, Michael Lee (300 John Lee Gas Gas) 45, Andrew Jackman (270 Beta) 46, John Charlton (Sherco) 47, Gary Chandler 290 Bel-ray Sherco 52.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds (best 7 scores to count): 1 Chris Pearson 123 (131) points (CHAMPION), 2 John Crinson 107, 3 Matthew Jones 91, 4 Miles Jones 60, 5 Welch 52, 6 Jenkins 50, 7 Regan 46, 8 Farrer 38, 9 Fox 38, 10 Blackman 35, 11 Disney 29, 12 Chilton 28, 13 Wibberley 21, 14 Crease 20, 15 Nicholas 18,...
FINAL NOVOGAR 125cc SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Jonathan Richardson 60 points, 2 Terry Craig 37, 3 Jonathan Walker 20, 4 Jonathon Parry 20, 5 Jamie Bingley 15,...
NOVOGAR OVER 40 CLASS: Mick Boam (Scorpa) 32 marks lost, Gary Pears (Scorpa) 52, Richard Allen (Gas Gas) 75.
FINAL NOVOGAR OVER 40 SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds (best 7 scores to count): 1 Mick Boam 131 (146) points (CHAMPION), 2 Richard Allen 126 (136), 3 David Clinkard 93, 4 Michael James 47, 5 Gary Pears 30, 6 Paul Bennett 28, 7 Stephen Rees 27, 8 Mark Hicken 20, 9 Kevin Morphett 20, 10 Mark Reason 17,...
NON CHAMPIONSHIP CLASSES
EXPERT CLASS: Sam Haslam (Gas Gas) 1 mark lost, Dan Thorpe (Gas Gas) 4.
CLUBMAN ROUTE: Carl Shaw (Montesa) 35 marks lost, Gary Younghusband (Beta) 48, Philip Scott (Scorpa) 48, Phil Clark (Gas Gas) 49, Ian Cheetham (Scorpa) 57, Martin Phillipson (Beta) 62, Stephen Bennett (Montesa) 68, Tim Longstaff (Beta) 68, Derek White (Gas Gas) 70, John Bennett (Beta) 71.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Top of the Novogar points scorers, Champion Chris Pearson, tackles a rocky Weardale section.