Hard days for Knight
By TMX Archives on 20th Apr 12
KTM Factory rider David Knight strengthened his grip on the 2012 British Enduro Championship at Helmsley last weekend with two clear wins.
On-form Knight had certainly blown away any dust that remained from the first two WEC rounds in Chile and Argentina, but he was not the only Manx-man to have done so.
Gas Gas rider Danny McCanney showed he is also a force to be reckoned with, following Knight home on the opening day of the event despite being in some discomfort with a rib-injury picked up at the recent BSEC round.
The two days of competition were dogged with sleet, snow and showers at times.
Organiser John Kerwin had laid out an impressive 42km loop, mainly through North Yorkshire forests, which saw only a handful of riders stay on time on the opening day.
The Special Test, tough enough in dry conditions, became very hard as the weather took its toll on the Expert and Clubman classes.
Friday's excellent weather conditions soon changed and Saturday morning saw the Championship riders leave in a blizzard.
Memories of the opening round, the Abbey Enduro, came flooding back but an improvement saw the afternoon drier than the morning.
Time checks planned for dry weather were already tight, but became impossible for all but the Championship contenders.
The tricky off-cambers and exposed roots became tougher with every lap on what proved to be a very technical course and test.
Knight proved his ability in the tricky conditions, taking the overall and Championship class E3 win after four tests ahead of McCanney.
KORR's Jonny Walker fought his way to third despite a nasty tumble which saw him taken to hospital.
Tom Sagar, on a Fasteddyracing Honda, took third overall and was top E2 rider, just five seconds ahead of TM's Jordan Rose.
Alex Rockwell rounded out the top three in E2.
Paul Edmondson hadn't ridden competitively since last season's Natterjack, but showed he had lost none of his pace by claiming the top E1/4T spot, four-minutes clear of nearest rivals Rheinallt Davies and MPS Racing's Jack Rowland.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS APRIL 20
ACU DOODSON BRITISH SOLO ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Helmsley Enduro at Helmsley Forest, N Yorks (DirtBike-Action)
DAY ONE
Championship Class: 1 David Knight 1567 penalty points, 2 Daniel McCanney 1620, 3 Tom Sagar 1630, 4 Jordan Rose 1635, 5 Jonny Walker 1636, 6 Alex Rockwell 1652, 7 Paul Edmondson 1658, 8 Graham Jarvis 1678, 9 Jamie Lewis 1690, 10 Lee Edmondson 1693, 11 Ashley Wood 1711, 12 Rheinallt Davies 1863, 13 Jack Rowland 1875, 14 Chris Hockey 2148, 15 Alun Jones 2443, 16 Andrew Edwards 2652, 17 Tim Foreman 2810.
Expert Class: 1 Steve Holcombe 1254, 2 Gethin Humphreys 1295, 3 Owain Humphreys 1346, 4 Richard Ely 1455, 5 Rob Johnson 1583, 6 Oliver Hart 1772, 7 Luke Lusher 1887, 8 James Giddings 2013, 9 James Dent 2044, 10 Jack Lee 2450, 11 Gary Jenkins 2480, 12 George Baylis 2515, 13 Declan Helliwell 2526, 14 Tyson Mayton Jones 2850, 15 Josh Gotts 3076, 16 Joe Chambers 3217, 17 Max Varney 3393, 18 Carl Jones 3724, 19 Jamie Roper 3828, 20 Neil Hawker 4068.
Clubman Class: 1 Aled Price 1395, 2 Brad Freeman 1443, 3 Reece Emson 1491, 4 Gethin Francombe 1516, 5 Lee Green 1620, 6 Jamie Jenkins 1654, 7 Aaron Martin 1798, 8 Ashley Stokes 1839, 9 Billy Robinson 1970, 10 Jack Staines 2004, 11 Craig McGee 2010, 12 Mark Hillier-Rees 2076, 13 Daniel Haswell 2272, 14 Mark Austin 2449, 15 Reece Morewood 2654, 16 James Boyce 2717, 17 Garin Rosser 2829, 18 Jamie Weller 2872, 19 Tony Cotty 2911, 20 Dave Cook 3804.
Over 40 Class: 1 Derek Little 1452, 2 Paul Davies 1467, 3 Paul Sagar 1488, 4 Richard Hay 1493, 5 Murray Thomson 1515, 6 Ian Barnett 1580, 7 Mike Turner 1610, 8 Scott Stephenson 1698, 9 Karl Greenall 1806, 10 David Stokes 1948, 11 James Harvey 2140, 12 David Selkeld 2170, 13 Mick Alty 2257, 14 Nick Morgan 2424, 15 Philip Fallows 2498, 16 Ben Clarke 2794, 17 Anthony Crowe 4102, 18 Joe Beard 4999, 19 Robert Quayle 5434.
Sportsman Class: 1 Andrew Henson 2605, 2 Dave Trenholme 2820, 3 Simon Larner 3474.
