Cul' runnings
By TMX Archives on 24th Sep 09
WITH a race in hand, Kristian Whatley vlinched the 2009 ACU MMX British Open Championship at a sunny Culham Moto Parc, as his only real rival for the series, Carl Nunn was involved in a horrific multiple rider crash in race one and was carried away with a suspected broken ankle.
Meanwhile, in the PAR Homes Under 21 Championship Scott Elderfield crashed twice in the final race of the series, but still managed to become champion as his main challengers, Shane Carless and Graeme Irwin, both self destructed in one way or another.
Winrow Honda-mounted Paul Winrow had already clinched the MMX British QuadX crown at the previous round at Blaxhall, but Jason MacBeth and Paul Holmes had second and third to sort out before the end of the day.
The hill side track was in good condition and well watered at the start of racing, but the sandy surface soon cut up with big berms forming on most of the corners and whoops down most of the straights.
OPEN
In the Open class Wayne Smith and Whatley were side by side going into turn one at the start of the first Open class race, but the race was short-lived as it was stopped when Nunn and John May went down in a heap at an unsighted landing off one of the jumps. As rider after rider, despite a yellow flag being waved, came flying over the jump a pile of bodies and bikes built up causing the race to be red-flagged.
UNDER 21
Scott Elderfield got the holeshot at the start of the first Under 21 race and as the dust settled, Jack Brunel was in a heap in turn one.
On lap two Jake Nicholls had found his stride and breezed passed Elderfield and into a lead that would never be threatened, as he built up a bigger and bigger lead over the rest of the field.
Nicholls took his first win of the day by just under 16 seconds from Elderfield with Shane Carless crossing the line in third, but later being disqualified for overtaking under yellow flag conditions. Alan Keet was credited third, from eighth on the opening lap, while Luke Hawking had a great ride for fourth.
QUAD
Quad Champion Winrow got the holeshot at the start of the first race, with Holmes in his wheel tracks and already trying to find a way passed as they went round turn one.
James Beham had a good start and was in third, with Lindsey Duke and Leon Beda following while John Mitchell was down in tenth. For lap after lap Holmes put Winrow under pressure, but the ten time Quad Motocross Champion is use to that, but while that was going on, Beda was closing in on the pair, until on lap five Holmes was through to the lead, and on lap seven, Beda was into second.
BRITISH OPEN MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 6 – Culham MP, nr Abingdon, Oxon
(Nora-MX)
1 Elliott Banks-Browne (LPE Kawasaki) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Kristian Whatley (LPE Kawasaki) 25 + 20 = 45
3 Neville Bradshaw (DB Honda) 18 + 22 = 40
4 Danny Smyth (Eastwood Honda) 16 + 18 = 34
5 John May (Meredith Suzuki) 15 + 16 = 31
6 Luke Benstead (???) 14 + 14 = 28
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Kristian Whatley 242 points (CHAMPION), 2 Brad Anderson 188, 3 Carl Nunn 171, 4 Smyth 156, 5 Snow 150, 6 Bradshaw 145, 7 Banks-Browne 140, 8 Law 121, 9 Columb 109, 10 Barr 85, 11 Rose 69, 12 May 63, 13 Jamie Smith 63, 14 Benstead 55, 15 Mellows 55, 16 Wilde 54, 17 Crockard 51, 18 Willet 50, 19 Simmons 50, 20 Lloyd Vercuil 45,...
BRITISH UNDER 21 MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 6 – Culham MP, nr Abingdon, Oxon
(Nora-MX)
1 Jake Nicholls (Red Bull KTM UK) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Alan Keet (Kawasaki) 20 + 22 = 42
3 Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda) 18 + 20 = 38
4 Scott Elderfield (PAR Honda) 22 + 16 = 38
5 David Goosen (D&B KTM) 14 + 18 = 32
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Scott Elderfield 254 points (CHAMPION), 2 Shane Carless 225, 3 Graeme Irwin 211, 4 Sandberg 174, 5 Rockwell 151, 6 Keet 148, 7 Goosen 110, 8 Nicholls 100, 9 Tombs 99, 10 Dodd 93, 11 Dark 87, 12 Hawkins 67, 13 Arnold 60, 14 Remmer 59, 15 Waterman 57, 16 Lassu 51, 17 Hutchinson 48, 18 Greedy 48, 19 Moffat 46, 20 Cavill 40, 21 McLaren 36, 22 Cottrell 32, 23 Burrows 32, 24 Allingham 27, 25 Arnold 25,...
BRITISH QUAD-CROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 9 – Culham MP, nr Abingdon, Oxon
(Nora-MX)
1 Paul Holmes (KTM UK) 25 + 22 = 47
2 John Mitchell (ATV World Yamaha) 16 + 25 = 41
3 Stefan Murphy (SM Racing Honda) 18 + 18 = 36
4 Paul Winrow (Winrow Honda) 22 + 14 = 36
5 Carl Bunce (Anderson Suzuki) 15 + 16 = 31
6 Leon Beda (ATV World Yamaha) 20 + 11 = 31
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 9 rounds: 1 Paul Winrow 387 points (CHAMPION), 2 Paul Holmes 334, 3 Jason MacBeth 318, 4 Stefan Murphy 257, 5 Bunce 244, 6 Beda 241, 7 Reid 219, 8 Mitchell 214, 9 Waggott 203, 10 Behan 161, 11 Watson 159, 12 Cowan 158, 13 Wray 129, 14 Davies 122, 15 Duke 106,...
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
Scott Elderfield (60) leads a hoard of Under 21 class contenders into the first corner.