David Knight blitzed Eddy’s Xtreme Enduro

With a slipping clutch and tight chain after casing a jump the Manxman sat patiently 20 yards from the finish line for three-minutes at the end of his tenth lap while the clock ticked over the three-hour mark and still won by a seven-minute margin.

 

The opening round of the ACU 2013 Extreme Enduro Championship, Eddy's Xtreme Enduro, had the hallmarks of a classic event with all of Britain's top riders out in force for a real showdown.

 

Heavy snow in the preceding days made the decision to go ahead and run the event a real gamble even though most of the sections were still ride-able. Torrential overnight rain on Saturday cleared virtually all of the snow and, it was a very different venue that riders arrived at on Sunday morning.

 

The downpours and gusting wind continued early on, up to the point where the first race started at 10am, delayed by 30-minutes to allow the huge backlog of spectators to park and walk down to the course.

 

The Parkwood Off-Road venue at Tong started to fill rapidly by first light as riders and spectators streamed into the event. 

 

The Pro pit area soon became shoulder-to-shoulder with people eager to see Honda rider David Knight, Husaberg's Graham Jarvis, KTM factory rider Jonny Walker and the Gas Gas riders Danny McCanney Alex Wigg and Jack Lee. Beta Extreme Team riders Ben and Dan Hemmingway and James Dabill had plenty of support and interest in their latest machines.

 

The course was longer and tougher than last year with plenty of new challenges added plus, the ground was sodden, the stream was flowing full spate and for the first race of the day there were 85 riders present.

 

All of the usual steep climbs, ravines and stream sections were included but at the far end of the course one of the new sections claimed plenty of victims as riders had several choices of how to conquer a steep climb that was approached through deep water. Either of two very sharp climbs up muddy, rooty banks or via a ravine, which quickly became extremely tough halfway up its length, offering two routes to the top, both narrowing severely. 

 

A time consuming ‘easy' route soon became favourite for many riders.

 

The overall entry was large, so large that the Clubman class was switched to the morning race leaving 50 Pro and Expert riders to battle it out in the afternoon race. 

 

A mix of Veterans, Youth, Sportsmen and Clubman would provide a fantastic spectacle for the crowds that lined every one of the extreme sections.

 

FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX FEBRUARY 1

 

British Extreme Enduro Championship

Rd 1 – Eddy's Xtreme Enduro at Tong, nr Bradford

 

OVERALL PM RACE: 1 David Knight (Knighter.net Honda) (P) 10 laps - 2:00:03 total time, 2 Jonny Walker (Red Bull KORR KTM) (P) 10 - 2:07:24, 3 Danny McCanney (Gas Gas UK) (P) 9 - 2:00:37, 4 Alex Wigg (Gas Gas UK) (P) 9 - 2:08:43, 5 Graham Jarvis (Factory Husaberg D3) (P) 9 - 2:08:55, 6 Paul Bolton (Eurotek KTM) (P) 9 - 2:11:10, 7 Dan Hemmingway (Beta X-treme Team) (P) 9 - 2:14:34, 8 James Dabill (300 Beta Factory) (P) 8 - 2:01:39, 9 Rob Johnson (Slor Husqvarna) (E) 8 - 2:03:39, 10 Lee Edmondson (Edmondson HM) (P) 8 - 2:06:45, 11 Jonathan Richardson (???) (P) 8 - 2:07:44, 12 Gary Daniels (KTM) (P) 8 - 2:11:26, 13 Jack Lee (Gas Gas UK) (P) 8 - 2:12:58, 14 Richard Ely (D3 Racing KTM) (E) 8 - 2:13:29, 15 Juan Knight (Juan Knight Gas Gas) (P) 8 - 2:15:50, 16 Alun Jones (KTM) (P) 8 - 2:16:05, 17 Brad Freeman (KTM Off-Road Schools) (E) 7 - 2:00:07, 18 Ben Hemmingway (Beta X-treme Team) (P) 7 - 2:01:24, 19 Andrew Edwards (KTM) (P) 7 - 2:01:55, 20 Lee Sealey (Midwest Husaberg UK) (E) 7 - 2:03:17, 21 Luke Flack (???) (E) 7 - 2:09:04, 22 Robert Reese (300 KTM) (E) 7 - 2:12:08, 23 Ade Deeley (???) (E) 7 - 2:12:29, 24 Zac Sherwin (Husaberg) (E) 7 - 2:17:31, 25 Josh Law (300 Sandiford Off-Road KTM) (E) 7 - 2:19:35, 26 Anthony Tempcot (300 Sprayzone Sherco) (E) 7 - 2:20:04, 27 Danny Gamble (250 KTM) (E) 6 - 2:00:09, 28 Damian Butler (300 Treads KTM) (E) 6 - 2:01:00, 29 Jeremy Callow (KTM) (E) 6 - 2:02:06, 30 Chris Bryant (300 KTM) (E) 6 - 2:06:19, 31 Jack Ayres (250 Team Snapper KTM) (E) 6 - 2:16:45, 32 Luke Copestake (D3 Husaberg) (E) 6 - 2:18:35, 33 David Herring (300 KTM) (E) 5 - 2:00:27, 34 Christian Cole (300 KTM) (E) 5 - 2:08:37, 35 Jack Staines (Ashby Motoparc ???) (E) 5 - 2:12:08, 36 Harry Eccles (Gas Gas) (E) 5 - 2:20:35, 37 Darren Skillin (200 Sandiford Off-Road KTM) (E) 4 - 2:00:13, 38 Dean Johnson (300 KTM) (E) 4 - 2:00:43, 39 Sean Wainwright (???) (P) 4 - 2:14:37, 40 Phil Hancock (???) (E) 3 - 2:09:06.

PRO CLASS: 1 David Knight 10 laps, 2 Jonny Walker 10, 3 Danny McCanney 9, 4 Alex Wigg 9, 5 Graham Jarvis 9, 6 Paul Bolton 9, 7 Dan Hemmingway 9, 8 James Dabill 8, 9 Lee Edmondson 8, 10 Jonathan Richardson 8, 11 Gary Daniels 8, 12 Jack Lee 8, 13 Juan Knight 8, 14 Alun Jones 8, 15 Ben Hemmingway 7,...

EXPERT CLASS: 1 Rob Johnson 8 laps, 2 Richard Ely 8, 3 Brad Freeman 7, 4 Lee Sealey 7, 5 Luke Flack 7, 6 Robert Reese 7, 7 Ade Deeley 7, 8 Zac Sherwin 7, 9 Josh Law 7, 10 Anthony Tempcot 7, 11 Danny Gamble 6, 12 Damian Butler 6, 13 Jeremy Callow 6, 14 Chris Bryant 6, 15 Jack Ayres 6,...

OVERALL AM RACE: 1 Mick Boam (300 KTM) (C) 7 laps - 2:05:58 total time, 2 Sam Ludgate (300 Gas Gas) (C) 7 - 2:06:00, 3 Anthony Ayrton (250 Sandiford Gas Gas) (V) 7 - 2:08:54, 4 Craig Parkes (Oakland International KTM) (V) 7 - 2:12:23, 5 Mike Gilby (DirtBike Action ???) (Y) 7 - 2:15:55, 6 Scott Stephenson (300 KTM) (V) 7 - 2:16:14, 7 Martin Craven (FatCat Eurotek KTM) (V) 7 - 2:21:55, 8 Reese Morewood (300 Sherco) (C) 6 - 2:00:29, 9 Jason Crossland (Road & Trails Gas Gas) (V) 6 - 2:01:29, 10 Jack Chapman (200 Cown Leisure KTM) (C) 6 - 2:02:48, 11 Antoine Criq (???) (Y) 6 - 2:03:07, 12 Adam Jones (250 KTM) (C) 6 - 2:06:35, 13 Chris Salt (150 Kriega KTM) (V) 6 - 2:07:13, 14 Pete Bailey (Webuyanybike ???) (C) 6 - 2:07:48, 15 Ben Clark (???) (C) 6 - 2:09:23, 16 Ben Brierley (300 KTM) (S) 6 - 2:10:06, 17 Jack Edmondson (85 Fast Eddy KTM) (Y) 6 - 2:10:10, 18 Matthew North (250 KTM) (C) 6 - 2:10:15, 19 Chris Ball (250 C Ball Forrestry KTM) (V) 6 - 2:11:16, 20 James Morehouse (125 Yamaha) (C) 6 - 2:12:10, 21 Andy Johnson (250 Suzuki) (C) 6 - 2:12:56, 22 Tom Collett (250 Arden M/cs Husqvarna) (S) 6 - 2:16:33, 23 Michael Gorst (MBX Graphics ???) (S) 6 - 2:16:59, 24 Joe Wheeler (250 KTM) (C) 6 - 2:17:18, 25 Andrew Keate (300 Gear Box Centre KTM) (V) 6 - 2:18:58, 26 Michael Kay (250 Vee RubberKTM) (C) 6 - 2:26:14, 27 Nathan Bolton (300 Rocket Centre ???) (C) 5 - 2:00:23, 28 David Haith (300 Haith Group KTM) (S) 5 - 2:00:52, 29 Michael Pye (150 KTM) (S) 5 - 2:01:25, 30 Geraint Rogers (250 KTM) (V) 5 - 2:03:11, 31 Henry Morehouse (200 Gas Gas) (C) 5 - 2:03:14, 32 Ben Kirkham (250 MW Honda) (C) 5 - 2:03:57, 33 Dan Phillips (250 Golden Tyre KTM) (C) 5 - 2:04:54, 34 Nathan Ball (125 C Ball Forrestry KTM) (Y) 5 - 2:05:56, 35 Keith Jenkins (250 KTM) (V) 5 - 2:06:20, 36 Lee Hattersley (Syd Smiths ???) (C) 5 - 2:06:28, 37 Ian McMahon (KTM) (C) 5 - 2:10:12, 38 Neil Crayston (250 D3 Racing KTM) (S) 5 - 2:11:28, 39 Ryan Heinz (150 KTM) (S) 5 - 2:15:30, 40 Mike Windsor (KTM) (C) 5 - 2:19:07, 41 Steve Norbury (250 Oakland International KTM) (S) 5 - 2:21:47, 42 Ryan Phillips (Husqvarna) (Y) 5 - 2:21:56, 43 Eddie Sloane (???) (S) 5 - 2:22:37, 44 Colin Blunt (300 KTM) (V) 5 - 2:23:17, 45 Martyn Thomas (250 KTM) (V) 5 - 2:27:20, 46 Ian Worrall (250 KTM) (V) 4 - 2:01:33, 47 Steven Anderson (???) (S) 4 - 2:02:28, 48 Lee Parry (200 Jenbrook Construction KTM) (S) 4 - 2:02:30, 49 Jack Ditchfield (Putoline KTM) (C) 4 - 2:03:05, 50 Liam Robinson (Robinson Contracting Husqvarna) (S) 4 - 2:06:30,...

CLUBMAN CLASS: 1 Mick Boam 7, 2 Sam Ludgate 7, 3 Reese Morewood 6, 4 Jack Chapman 6, 5 Adam Jones 6, 6 Pete Bailey 6, 7 Ben Clark 6, 8 Mathew North 6, 9 James Morehouse 6, 10 Andy Johnson 6, 11 Joe Wheeler 6, 12 Michael Kay 6, 13 Nathan Bolton 5, 14 Henry Morehouse 5, 15 Ben Kirkham 5,...

VETS CLASS: 1 Anthony Ayrton 7, 2 Craig Parkes 7, 3 Scott Stephenson 7, 4 Matin Craven 7, 5 Jason Crossland 6, 6 Chris Salt 6, 7 Chris Ball 6, 8 Andrew Keate 6, 9 Geraint Rogers 5, 10 Keith Jenkins 5, 11 Colin Blunt 5, 12 Martyn Thomas 5, 13 Ian Worrall 4, 14 Roger Wiithington 4, 15 Andy Pulfrey 3,...

YOUTH CLASS: 1 Mike Gilby 7, 2 Antoine Criq 6, 3 Jack Edmondson 6, 4 Nathan Ball 5, 5 Ryan Phillips 5, 6 Joe Edge 4, 7 Ronnie Hill 4, 8 Josh Bailey 4, 9 Brandon Sharples 4, 10 Jack Fewings 4, 11 Robbie Wallis 3, 12 Samuel Kozyra 2,...

SPORTSMAN CLASS: 1 Ben Brierley 6, 2 Tom Collett 6, 3 Michael Gorst 6, 4 David Haith 5, 5 Michael Pye 5, 6 Neil Crayston 5, 7 Ryan Heinz 5, 8 Steve Norbury 5, 9 Eddie Sloane 5, 10 Steven Anderson 4, 11 Lee Parry 4, 12 Liam Robinson 4, 13 Dennis Sharpe 4, 14 Andrew Mills 4, 15 Paul Raine 4,...