Dan good show
By TMX Archives on 20th Jul 12
Ross Danby won his first ever ACU British Trials Championship round at the West of Englands Anthony Rew trial at Ruby Rocks, Bagtor Barton, in Devon on Sunday.
His victory ended a three-year domination by pals and rivals James Dabill and Michael Brown and gave Steve Saunders' Jotagas business its first Championship victory.
Steve said: "I'm obviously delighted for both Ross and Jotagas and this is a result of some serious hard work over the last few months, getting both rider and machine fine tuned.
"It follows up his earlier national win at the Victory in April.”
Danby recovered well from an early first-lap five on section two, going on to clean the rest of the lap until the final section where the tight gully before a steep climb out of the stream took him for a couple of dabs, to end his lap on seven.
Michael Brown in the meantime took an early lead with five marks spread over four sections up the second half of the course.
Michael cleaned the opening seven sections along with fellow Gas Gas rider Alexz Wigg.
Reigning British champ and 2012 series leader going into the trial, James Dabill had an opening lap to forget after dropping a five on the waterfall at section seven, and then following this with another stop on the approach to the exit on section eleven.
Another three dabs saw James finish his opening loop of the dozen sections down in the unusual territory of sixth place, behind Wiggy, Sam Connor and an on-form Ben Morphett.
Connor and Dabill were the only two riders to master the final hazard, enjoying the applause from a decent spectator gallery as they cleared the last step after climbing out of the stream.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS JULY 20
TRC ACU BRITISH SOLO TRIALS CHAMPS
Rd 4 – Anthony Rew Trial at Ruby Rocks, Rippon Tor, Devon (West of England MC)
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1 Ross Danby (Jotagas) 7 + 2 + 3 + - = 12
2 Michael Brown (Gas Gas) 5 + 2 + 7 + - = 14
3 James Dabill (Beta) 13 + 1 + 6 + - = 20
4 Sam Connor (Beta) 10 + 5 + 13 + - = 28
5 Alexz Wigg (Gas Gas) 8 + 10 + 10 + - = 28
6 Ben Morphett (Sherco) 12 + 8 + 10 + - = 30
7 Sam Haslam (Gas Gas) 15 + 15 + 12 + - = 42
8 Richard Sadler (Sherco) 19 + 13 + 21 + - = 53
9 Dan Thorpe (Gas Gas) 21 + 17 + 16 + - = 54
10 Andy Chilton (Ossa) 29 + 14 + 14 + - = 57
11 James Fry (Sherco) 29 + 23 + 11 + - = 63
12 Bradley Cox (125 Beta) 39 + 23 + 10 + 1 = 73
13 Guy Kendrew (Ossa) 35 + 28 + 12 + - = 75
14 Chris Pearson (Sherco) 23 + 27 + 23 + 2 = 75
15 Ricky Wiggins (Gas Gas) 45 + 27 + 26 + - = 98
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 6) rounds: 1 Brown 71 points, 2 Dabill 70, 3 Danby 57, 4 Wigg 49, 5 Connor 45, 6 Haslam 40, 7 Macdonald 34, 8 Morphett 26, 9 Thorpe 22, 10 Austermuhle 21, 11 Chilton 18, 12 Clark 17, 13 Wiggins 14, 14 Sadler 10, 15 Fry 6, 16 Cox 6, 17 Morton 6, 18 Evans-Luter 4, 19 Kendrew 4, 20 Chris Pearson 2.
EXPERT CLASS
1 John Crinson (Beta) 12 + 7 + 0 + - = 19
2 Richard Timperley (Sherco) 10 + 4 + 6 + - = 20
3 Simon Kershaw (Beta) 10 + 13 + 5 + - = 28
4 Adam Milner (Beta) 11 + 9 + 11 + - = 31
5 Tom Hick (Beta) 12 + 8 + 14 + - = 34
6 Tom Affleck (Gas Gas) 17 + 7 + 13 + - = 37
7 Ross Hancock (Beta) 11 + 18 + 14 + - = 43
8 Andrew Blackman (Ossa) 22 + 12 + 19 + - = 53
9 Grant Laming (Gas Gas) 20 + 19 + 18 + - = 57
10 James Graham (Gas Gas) 25 + 18 + 18 + - = 61
11 Keelan Hancock (Gas Gas) 22 + 7 + 20 + 13 = 62
12 Steve Suddes (Gas Gas) 28 + 14 + 21 + - = 63
13 Joel Edwards (Beta) 31 + 21 + 17 + - = 69
14 Kyle Jacobs (Beta) (14x0) 28 + 24 + 21 + - = 73
15 Josh Woods (Gas Gas) (11x0) 30 + 22 + 21 + - = 73
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 6) rounds: 1 Crinson 74 points, 2 Timperley 61, 3 Milner 54, 4 Hick 43, 5 Affleck 39, 6 Kershaw 35, 7 Blackman 30, 8 Edwards 21, 10 Woods 17, 11 Howell 15, 12 Graham 14, 13 Farrer 13, 14 Joel Sadler 11, 15 Hancock 9.
YOUTH SUPPORT CLASS (Non-champs)
1 Luke Walker (Sherco) 24 + 13 + 13 + - = 50
NEXT ROUND: August 5 – MacKenzie Trial at Addingham Moorside, nr Silsden (Yeadon Guiseley & DMC Ltd).
