Gillett gets his gLad rags on!
By TMX Archives on 12th Oct 06
ON Sunday, the final round of the 2006 Remedies Bar Motocross Championship took place at Ladram Bay.
A lot of rain had fallen prior to the event but the track was in perfect condition and rode really fast. This produced some of the best racing witnessed in the series this year.
Despite the fact that he'd already clinched the Expert Open crown, there was a hat-trick of wins for David Yelland, though he had to work hard for victory in the first moto. Alex Snow got the hole-shot and held him off until lap nine when he seemed to lose momentum going up one of the hills and Yelland sneaked through on the inside. Snow followed Yelland to the chequered flag in the other two races to notch up three second places.
In Expert 125cc, it went right down to the wire with defending champ, Ben Griffith, leading by just one-point at the start of proceedings from Luke Hill and Andrew Gillett who were tied in second spot.
In the opening race Daniel Preston got a flier off the line from Anthony Swift, but Gillett was there in third and was soon on the move up to second and giving chase.
Hill, who still hasn't fully recovered after breaking his wrist just three weeks earlier, was back in fifth, with Griffith all over him and these two had a real tussle early on. Griffith squeezed by on lap two.
Meanwhile, at the front, Gillett caught Preston and, on lap three, he took the lead on a fast left-hander.
Preston had no reply and Gillett took the win.
REMEDIES BAR MX SERIES Final Rd – Ladram Bay
Remedies/ BikeWorx Expert Open Champs
Race One: 1 David Yelland (450F Phoenix Tools Honda), 2 Alex Snow (450F Maximum Solutions Suzuki), 3 Wayne Shimell (450F Albion Honda), 4 Jordan Carter (450F Stones Supplies Honda), 5 Henry Western (450F Albion Honda), 6 Jesse Petersen (450F MX World Honda).
Race Two: 1 Yelland, 2 Snow, 3 Western, 4 Shimell, 5 Carter, 6 Jason Lewis (450F RHR Select Windows Yamaha).
Race Three: 1 Yelland, 2 Snow, 3 Western, 4 Carter, 5 Lewis, 6 Shimell.
Final Series Standings: 1 David Yelland 1,072 points, 2 Henry Western 912, 3 Jason Lewis 761, 4 Jordan Carter 718, 5 Darren Banwell 562, 6 Andy Trollope 518, 7 Jesse Petersen 488, 8 Darren Brooking 449.
Easyfit Expert 125
Race One: 1 Andrew Gillett (250F Paul Green Kawasaki), 2 Daniel Preston (250F MXCoach Kawasaki), 3 Andrew Sheard (250F AdarMX Kawasaki), 4 Darren Shears (250F Vospers Honda), 5 Jamie Skuse (250F Taylor Kawasaki), 6 Luke Hill (250F Phoenix Honda).
Race Two: 1 Preston, 2 Shears, 3 Gillett, 4 Ben Griffith (250F BikeWorx Honda), 5 Hill, 6 Sheard.
Race Three: 1 Shears, 2 Preston, 3 Skuse, 4 Hill, 5 Gillett, 6 Griffith.
Final Standings: 1 Andrew Gillett 888 points, 2 Luke Hill 875, 3 Ben Griffith 872, 4 Daniel Preston 775 (most wins), 5 Jamie Skuse 775, 6 Andrew Sheard 598, 7 Daniel Wyatt 482, 8 James Dodd 472.
MD Racing Junior Champs
Race One: 1 Kurt Brain (450F Honda), 2 Jamie Webb (250F Yamaha), 3 Steven Dyson (450F Honda), 4 Tim Pearce (450F Honda), 5 Mitch Boyland (250F MotoXtreme Kawasaki), 6 Tom Harvey (125 Honda)
Race Two: 1 Webb, 2 Lee Skinner (250F Phoenix Tools Honda), 3 Dyson, 4 Pearce, 5 Boyland, 6 Brad Cavill (125 Yamaha).
Race Three: 1 Webb, 2 Dyson, 3 Alex Martin (450F Yamaha), 4 Cavill, 5 James Williams (250 Honda), 6 Pearce.
Final Series Standings: 1 Kurt Brain 996 points, 2 Lee Skinner 706, 3 Steven Dyson 678, 4 Tim Pearce 581, 5 Mitch Boyland 531, 6 Tom Harvey 497, 7 Gary Down 474, 8 Luke Priddle 417.
Junior B
Race One: 1 Anthony Milliar (450F Honda), 2 Vincent Thorpe (450F Suzuki), 3 Lance Towell (450F Suzuki), 4 Ryan Thorpe (250F Suzuki), 5 Ian Bryne (450F Honda), 6 Gary Morrison (450F Suzuki).
Race Two: 1 V Thorpe, 2 Milliar, 3 Towell, 4 Danny Richards (250F Kawasaki), 5 R Thorpe, 6 Oliver Stone (450F Honda).
Race Three: 1 V Thorpe, 2 Milliar, 3 Towell, 4 Richards, 5 Morrison, 6 Stone.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, October 13, 2006