Henry's round, May's title
By TMX Archives on 4th Oct 07
ON Sunday the West of England MC hosted the penultimate round of the Remedies Bar Motocross Championship, at Whiteway Barton, near Kingsteignton, which incorporated the Ford Trophy. Water was put on the track in preparation for the meeting and with rain overnight, the track was in prime condition and produced some fast racing.
In Expert Open, John May on his Meredith Suzukiclinched the Remedies Open title, but was unable to take the overall onthe day and the Ford Trophy. That went to Henry Western who had threeconsistent rides.
There was no stopping May in the opener after hehit the front on the opening lap, but there was a good tussle behindhim between Clinton Barrs and Western. Barrs eventually claimed second.
Second time out, Western took an early lead fromJesse Petersen and George Davis, who had a better start in this one,but the two series leaders, May and Jamie Skuse, suffered terriblestarts.
Western stormed away and was untroubled en route to the chequered flag, while Carter just held off Davis to take second.
Ross Sturmey grabbed the hole-shot from May in thefinal encounter, but it wasn't long before May hit the front and was onhis way.
Western went down in the first corner and was lastaway, but gritted his teeth and started a chase through the field. Bythe end of lap three he was up to sixth. Kurt Brain moved into secondon lap three and looked to be pulling away from Sturmey in third, untilon lap five when Brain dropped it and put himself well back.
Western was absolutely flying and moved intosecond on lap six. However, he couldn't catch May in the remainingtime. May secured victory and with it the 2007 Remedies Bar OpenChampionship.
REMEDIES BAR MOTOCROSS SERIES
Rd 15 - Whiteway Barton, nr Kingsteignton (West of England MC)
Remedies Expert Open Champs
Race One: 1 John May (450F Meredith Suzuki), 2Clinton Barrs (450F Wildmoor Honda), 3 Henry Western (450F Honda), 4Jordan Carter (450F Stones Supplies Honda), 5 Kurt Brain (450F SkinnerYamaha), 6 Darren Banwell (450F Honda of Bournemouth).
Race Two: 1 Western, 2 Carter, 3 George Davis (450F MotoXtreme Kawasaki), 4 Brain, 5 Banwell, 6 May.
Race Three: 1 May, 2 Western, 3 Wayne Shimell (450F Phoenix Honda), 4 Carter, 5 Brain, 6 Jamie Skuse (450F Taylor Honda).
Bikeworx Expert 125cc Champs
Race One: 1 Ben Griffith (250F St Blazey Suzuki),2 Luke Hill (250F Maunders Kawasaki), 3 Darren Shears (250F KMBSuzuki), 4 Daniel Wyatt (250F GT Yamaha), 5 Will Payne (250F Honda), 6James Kensington (125 Maunders KTM).
Race Two: 1 Griffith, 2 Shears, 3 Danial Preston(250F MotoXmanix Kawasaki), 4 Hill, 5 Lee Skinner (250F Phoenix Honda),6 Kensington.
Race Three: 1 Preston, 2 Shears, 3 Griffith, 4 Wyatt, 5 Kensington, 6 Skinner.
Phoenix Tools Over 35 Champs
Race One: 1 Steve Locke (450F Honda), 2 TimMaskell (450F Honda), 3 Ian Meredith (250F Honda), 4 Colin Sellwood(250F Honda), 5 Sean O'Neill (450F Yamaha), 6 Rob Lewis (450F Honda).
Race Two: 1 Locke, 2 Richard Peaster (500 Kawasaki), 3 Maskell, 4 Gary Down (450F Honda), 5 O'Neill, 6 Sellwood
Race Three: 1 Maskell, 2 Down, 3 Sellwood, 4 Meredith, 5 O'Neill, 6 Shaun Brooker (250 KTM).
Matt Jones Junior Champs
Race One: 1 Gary Roper (450F Honda), 2 RossFlashman (250F Honda), 3 Tye Bars (250F Suzuki), 4 Nicholas Wadge (250FSuzuki), 5 Alex Martin (450F Suzuki), 6 Luke Priddle (250F Honda).
Race Two: 1 Tom Harvey (250 Honda), 2 Flashman, 3 Lee Lucas (450F Yamaha), 4 Priddle, 5 Martin, 6 Mark Young (250F Yamaha).
Junior B
Race One: 1 Richard Tapscott (250F Kawasaki), 2Matthew White (250F Yamaha), 3 Chris Wadge (250F Suzuki), 4 Scott Brown(???), 5 Jason Tapscott (250F Kawasaki), 6 Sean Kersey (125 KTM).
Race Two: 1 White, 2 R Tapscott, 3 Ian Branfield(250F Kawasaki), 4 Luke Wyatt (450F Kawasaki), 5 Ben Brewer (250F KTM),6 Shaun Stowell (450F Honda).
For full story and pictures, see T+MX NEWS, Friday, October 5, 2007.