Dibs back in the groove
By Colin Bullock on 15th Jun 12
REIGNING British Trials Champ James Dabill finally eased into the lead of the 2012 series in east Yorkshire on Sunday,after beating first-round winner and early series leader Michael Brown in his own back yard, as round three moved into the famous Low North Park, Harwood Dale.With the amount of wet weather in the country over the preceding week the question was, Who would want to be setting out a British Championship Trial?
That was the task facing Scarborough and DMC though and what the organisers did was to look at no fewer than 22 possible hazards before selecting the final 15 for the event, taking the conditions into account.
Even so it turned out to be a tough day for the majority of the riders in both Championship and Expert series, with the majority of scores, in this no-stop event, exceeding three figures.
The Experts were away first away at 9.30am and they headed out to the first two subs which were furthest away from the car park area.
Nobody from the group cleaned the first hazard although there were a handful of rides for single dabs.
John Crinson, Tom Affleck and James Graham were the only three riders to clean section two, but this hazard was not so bad as the third which was a long uphill muddy gully with rock steps.
Rider after rider made spirited efforts only to fall foul of the last step, before Adam Milner had a superb ride for a dab which really did not look on.
Tom Hick was next best posting a forceful two before exiting the ends card.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS JUNE 15
TRC ACU BRITISH SOLO TRIALS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Low North Park, Harwood Dale, nr Scarborough (Scarborough & DMC)
CHAMPIONSHIP CLASS
1 James Dabill (Beta) 12 + 5 + 6 = 23
2 Michael Brown (Gas Gas) 11 + 15 + 11 = 37
3 Alexz Wigg (Gas Gas) 30 + 29 + 32 = 91
4 Sam Haslam (Gas Gas) 32 + 31 + 28 = 91
5 Ross Danby (Jotagas) 30 + 33 + 33 = 96
6 Sam Connor (Beta) 21 + 32 + 47 = 100
7 Andy Chilton (Ossa) 40 + 36 + 31 = 107
8 Ricky Wiggins (Gas Gas) 44 + 37 + 31 = 112
9 Gary Macdonald (Sherco) 39 + 31 + 43 = 113
10 Ben Morphett (Sherco) 34 + 34 + 48 = 116
11 Dan Clark (Beta) 27 + 47 + 47 = 121
12 Ian Austermuhle (Beta) 39 + 48 + 40 = 127
13 George Morton (Beta) 58 + 38 + 36 = 132
14 Jack Spencer (Beta) 48 + 38 + 47 = 133
15 Dan Thorpe (Gas Gas) 42 + 47 + 47 = 136
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 6) rounds: 1 Dabill 55 points, 2 Brown 54, 3 Wigg 38, 4 Danby 37, 5 Macdonald 34, 6 Connor 32, 7 Haslam 31, 8 Austermuhle 21, 9 Clark 17, 10 Morphett 16, 11 Thorpe 15, 12 Wiggins 13, 13 Chilton 12, 14 Morton 6, 15 Evans-Luter 4, 16 Spencer 2, 17 Sadler 2, 18 Cox 2, 19 Kendrew 1, 20 Fry 1.
EXPERT CLASS
1 Simon Kershaw (Beta) 16 + 17 + 26 = 59
2 John Crinson (Beta) 29 + 13 + 22 = 64
3 Tom Affleck (Gas Gas) 21 + 21 + 24 = 66
4 Adam Milner (Beta) 17 + 26 + 34 = 77
5 Jack Howell (Beta) 27 + 30 + 30 = 87
6 Tom Hick (Beta) 29 + 21 + 38 = 88
7 Joel Edwards (Beta) 33 + 29 + 30 = 92
8 James Graham (Gas Gas) 28 + 42 + 35 = 105
9 Richard Timperley (Sherco) 32 + 27 + 50 = 109
10 Josh Woods (Gas Gas) 36 + 37 + 36 = 109
11 Matt Maynard (Gas Gas) 42 + 38 + 34 = 114
12 Ben Sprigg (Gas Gas) 46 + 44 + 39 = 129
13 Corey Dubik (Gas Gas) 38 + 34 + 59 = 131
14 Andrew Blackman (Ossa) 46 + 42 + 46 = 134
15 Steve Suddes (Gas Gas) 46 + 44 + 45 = 135
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 6) rounds: 1 Crinson 54 points, 2 Timperley 44, 3 Milner 41, 4 Hick 32, 5 Affleck 29, 6 Blackman 22, 7 Kershaw 20, 8 Regan 18, 10 Woods 16, 11 Howell 15, 12 Farrer 13, 13 Joel Sadler 11, 14 Ben Sprigg 9, 15 Graham 8,...
YOUTH SUPPORT CLASS (Non-champs)
1 Jack Price (Gas Gas) 25 + 21 + 18 = 64
2 Rob Waite (Beta) 19 + 26 + 23 = 68
3 Iwan Roberts (Beta) 27 + 26 + 34 = 87
4 Jack Stones (Gas Gas) 33 + 30 + 36 = 99
5 Billy Bolt (Beta) 43 + 36 + 42 = 121
6 James Stones (Gas Gas) 38 + 40 + 49 = 127
NEXT ROUND: July 15 – Anthony Rew Solo Trial at Ruby Rocks, Rippon Tor, nr Ashburton, Devon (West of England MC).
