Godwin's good win
By TMX Archives on 28th Aug 08
THE riders arrived at Cusses Gorse in the rolling Wiltshire countryside for the penultimate round of the BYMX series. Organised by the Devon MCC and with the track prepped during the week by Justin Barclay, the scene was set for some fantastic racing and, as the championship comes to a close with just one more round remaining at Brookthorpe, everyone had to be on top form.
The racing got underway after the qualification period was over and it was the Big-wheel 85cc class that kicked-off the action on day one.
Series leader, Luke Hawkins, set off at the pace we are all accustomed to, taking the lead with Bradley Pocock and Ryan Houghton hard on his back wheel. Hawkins pulled a good lead and took race one with ease, leaving Pocock to come home second and Josh Brine getting third just ahead of Houghton. Race two saw Hawkins again take the lead with Pocock, Dan Thornhill, and Bryn Clarke trying to chase him down. Hawkins went on to win his second race of the day though, Pocock settling for second, whilst Thornhill had to battle for third with Bryn Clarke.
With James Dunn out with a shoulder injury, Jordan Godwin and Michael Eccles must have thought they could get some good points from this meeting in the Small-wheel 85cc class, but the surprise in race one was Tom Neal who took the lead. He had Josh Turner, Eccles and Godwin in tow though and, by lap two, Turner took the lead and left the others to battle it out. Eccles held Godwin for a couple of laps, but Godwin wanted the points and got past. Turner won the race with Godwin and Ben Watson getting second and third, Neal coming home fourth.
Race two saw Godwin take a start to finish race win as he left Rickie Rodderick and Callan Cooper to decide who would take second and third. Rodderick took second with Ben Watson in third after Cooper fell with two laps to go.
In the Junior class, it was all change at the front of race one as Robert Yates, on form, took the lead with Danny Lanfear, Josh Coleman and series leader Ben Green all chasing after him. Yates took a start to finish race win with Lanfear taking second, with Coleman third. Green came off on lap three and let Alfie Bowtell and Jack Wilson past to take fourth and fifth, Green coming home sixth.
Race two and Green bounced back from his disappointing race one finish to take a start to finish win, Lanfear claiming second, with Coleman third after a hard battle with Ryan Snaith.
With just one race on day one in Youth Open, Lewis Trickett showed he likes the hard-pack tracks by taking the lead with Edward Allingham and James Hutchinson chasing after him. Allingham took Trickett on lap six and went on to win with ease.
The race battles further down were changing on every lap and it was the hard charging Scott Elderfield who eventually took second ahead of Sam Davies. Lewis Abbott took fourth, after battling with Trickett and Josh Waterman came through from 12th on lap one to take sixth.
Day two dawned and after overnight rain the track was a little tricky for everyone as the racing got under way for another day of surprises and there were some fantastic shows of racing.
It looked like Luke Hawkins was going for the overall race win as the Big-wheel 85's third heat got under way. He took the holeshot and had a good lead from Matthew Fleming, Ryan Houghton, Aaron Pipon and Daniel Hutchinson. Then it happened. Hawkins hit machine problems on lap one and went out. Fleming took the lead but then he dropped it and Hutchinson, who had made his way past Houghton and Pipon, took the lead and went on to win race three.
Hawkins was back for moto four and took a start to finish race win as Pocock took second place, Luke Dean third and Hutchinson claimed fourth. With Hawkins' DNF in race three, Pocock took the overall, with Hutchinson second and Houghton third. Hawkins finished down in eighth place but still has the lead of the championship by 73 points.
In the Small-wheel 85cc class, Jordan Godwin took the overall on the weekend, taking another two race wins in races three and four. Tom Neal took second, and Rickie Rodderick and Ben Watson took the third
and fourth overall respectively.
Danny Lanfear took the third race win in the Junior class as Josh Coleman finished second, with Jay Lamb third. Race four saw Robert Yates take the win, ahead of Ben Green who fought his way through the pack to take second. Ryan Snaith claimed third after Danny Lanfear, who was second nearly all race, had a couple of offs and finished down in sixth. Lanfear took the overall for the weekend with Yates second and Green third.
Youth Open race two saw Jake Shipton take the lead ahead of David Games and Richie Worrall, but by lap three Elderfield was chasing them down after a few offs. Elderfield took Shipton and went on to win with ease while Allingham, who also had a bad start and a few problems fought his way into second, and Sam Davies finished third.
Race three saw fast-gating Lewis Trickett again got the holeshot ahead of Allingham and Will Worden.
Lap four saw Trickett throw it away as he had a huge get-off on a downhill jump, letting Allingham take over at the front. Worden was in second but under pressure from Elderfied who got by on lap seven and set off after Allingham. Davies pushed Worden down another place as he went past after Elderfield. Allingham took the win with Elderfield second and Davies third, and Allingham took the overall over the weekend from Elderfield and Davis, with Josh Waterman taking fourth after some steady rides all weekend. n
MOGGSTAR BYMX Youth MX CHAMPS
Rd 6 – Cusses Gorse, Wiltshire (West Devon MCC)
Youth Open: 1 Edward Allingham 132 points, 2 Scott Elderfield 129, 3 Sam Davies 120, 4 Josh Waterman 107, 5 Jake Shipton 99, 6 Will Worden 95, 7 Connor Walkley 93, 8 Daniel McCanney 91, 9 Joe Gregory 89, 10 Kelvin Townsend 86.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Bradley Pocock 161 points, 2 Daniel Hutchinson 148, 3 Ryan Houghton 142, 4 Dan Thornhill 140, 5 Jamie McCanney 139, 6 Luke Dean 138, 7 Bryn Clarke 136, 8 Luke Hawkins 135, 9 Aaron Pipon 130, 10 Luke Norris 129.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Jordan Godwin 177 points 2 Tom Neal 160, 3 Rickie Rodderick 152, 4 Ben Watson 150, 5 Corie Southwood 134, 6 Michael Eccles 134, 7 Liam Knight 128, 8 Callan Cooper 124, 9 Connor Clark 122, 10 Joe Collier 119.
Junior 65cc: 1 Danny Lanfear 165 points, 2 Robert Yates 164, 3 Ben Green 156, 4 Josh Coleman 150, 5 Ryan Snaith 141, 6 Jack Wilson 137, 7 Jason Meara 136, 8 Alfie Bowtell 133, 9 Josh Gilbert 124, 10 Dylan Hodgkins 120.
Jordan Godwin took three race wins to take the overall in Small-wheel 85cc.