COWM RAIDER

Knight's victory made it two out of two but he didn't have things all his own way and the win wasn't in the bag until the final two laps.

 

Shrouded in fog, the superb views of the Cowm Quarry venue were completely obscured at the start of the day. 

 

Visibility was down to a handful of metres in places for the second round of Eddy's X-treme Enduro as the first race got underway. 

 

The riders who made the long trek from Germany must have thought they were at the edge of the world.

 

The course laid out by Paul Edmondson and his crew was hard, the afternoon course was even harder with the addition of some huge loose shale climbs which were to really make their mark in the Pro, Expert and Clubman races. 

 

Even the flat going was tricky as Knighter will testify, following a high speed off midway through.

 

A huge line-up of riders roared off the start and completely disappeared for over 10-minutes until they completed the first lap of the race.

 

Jack Staines had the lead off the start but serious arm pump saw him let fellow Youth class rider Antoine Criq take the lead while Veteran Karl Greenhall grabbed second place. 

 

A quick blast around the MX section at the start led riders to the first rock garden. 

 

The narrow passages halted plenty of contenders and allowed the front-runners to make a decent break. 

 

Greenhall made the most of it and pursued Criq, eventually passing the youngster to take a lead that lasted for over half of the race – but Staines was far from done. 

 

With dogged determination he fought back and with just over 30 minutes remaining he re-took the lead. 

 

Greenhall had no answer as Staines powered ahead, urged on by his dad, Keith. 

 

A convincing win overall was thoroughly well-deserved, finishing more than two minutes clear of veteran Greenhall, while Criq, aboard his Edmondson Racing Beta, grabbed third overall.

 

Will Emery was third in the Youth class while Martin Sandiford grabbed second spot in the Vets, and Anthony Ayrton was third. 

 

Ian McMahon was top Sportsman rider, finishinig more than a minute clear of his nearest rival Joe Edge, as Daniel Sadler finish third in class.

 

Adult Pro: 1 David Knight 18 laps - 37:34 time penalties, 2 Jonny Walker 17 - 31:55, 3 Paul Bolton 17 - 38:23, 4 Ben Hemmingway 16 - 37:09, 5 Marcus Kehr 15 - 30:19, 6 Gary Daniels 14 - 30:12, 7 Dirk Grocholski 12 - 36:22, 8 Marcel Teucher 12 - 39:36, 9 Benny Menzel 11 - 30:04, 10 Eddie Findling 11 - 42:37.

Expert: 1 Lloyd Price 14 - 36:19, 2 Richard Ely 13 - 38:29, 3 Sam Ludgate 13 - 40:17, 4 Zac Sherwin 13 - 34:30, 5 Luke Flack - 35:28, 6 Gary Jenkins - 37:28, 7 Ian Martin 13 - 39:10, 8 Biff Smith 12 - 38:25, 9 Aled Price 12 - 40:02, 10 Ross Hancock 12 - 40:05.

Clubman: 1 Josh Law 12 - 31:48, 2 Henry Morehouse 12 - 39:12, 3 Mick Boam 10 - 39:39, 4 Sam Winterburn 9 - 42:02, 5 Mike Pye 9 - 39:25, 6 Adam Jones 8 - 37:03.

7 Tom Collett 7 - 44:42, 8 Ryan Heinz 7 - 30:07, 9 Lee Hattersley - 45:28, 10 Liam Radcliff - 46:11.

RACE TWO

Sportsman: 1 Ian McMahon 10 - 9:02 time penalties, 2 Joe Edge 10 - 10:20, 3 Daniel Sadler 10 - 12:50, 4 David Foreshaw 9 - 2:28, 5 Lawrence Wright 9 - 7:45, 6 Paul Raine 8 - 8:31, 7 Richard Cutts 8 - 9:06, 8 Mathew Boulter 8 - 9:48, 9 Jason Bancroft 8 - 10:25, 10 Lee Mackay 8 - 12:48.

Veteran: 1 Karl Greenhall 11 - 5:21, 2 Martin Sandiford 11 - 7:19, 3 Anthony Ayrton 10 - 2:17, 4 Jason Crossland 10 - 6:13, 5 Paul Davies 10 - 8:00, 6 Alex Owen 10 - 8:49, 7 Gary Morley 10 - 10:55, 8 Gary Mccoy 10 - 11:15, 9 Gary Parr 10 - 11:23, 10 Howard Blundell 10 - 12:21.

Youth: 1 Jack Staines 11 - 2:43, 2 Antoine Criq 11 - 6:10, 3 Will Emery 9 - 5:28, 4 Nathan Ball 8 - 2:06, 5 Brandon Sharples 8 - 3:48, 6 Ryan Phillips 8 - 9:14.