It’s Jack flash
By TMX Archives on 8th Feb 13
Jack Brunell, mounted on the LPE Maxxis Kawasaki, was the star of the third round of the UK ArenaCross series, staged in front of 6,5000 fans at a packed and throbbing LG Arena, Birmingham, on Saturday evening.
Brunell was unbeaten throughout the night winning both his heats and the grand final.
He also came out on top of the frenetic two-lap head-to-head clashes.
Buildbase Honda's series leader Adam Chatfield, raced to a win and a second in his two heats, plus second overall and second again in the head-to-head and now holds just an eight-point lead in the Championship.
The evening kicked-off with two intense Pro heats and although Neville Bradshaw was fast out of the gate and into the sharp right hander of turn one, Brunell was soon into the lead followed by Putoline Honda's Bradshaw and the solid shape of Eric Sorby in third.
Brunell soon pulled out a handy gap from Bradshaw, with Martin Barr coming through on the VMX KTM to take Sorby and put pressure on Brunell, but in the end they finished in that order.
Chatfield was in action in the second heat, although it was Frenchman Mickael Musquin (Buildbase Honda) who exploded out of the gate and into the crowded first turn.
It was his countryman Charles LeFrancais who hit the front, though, to lead the charge for several laps from reigning champ Tom Church, with Chatfield pushing hard in third. Carl Nunn then took a big crash heading into the quick
right-handed, banked, horseshoe turn and a lap later Chatfield stormed past Le Francois at the same place with a clever move.
Tom Church, looking smooth as ever, then had a slight off as the soft track rutted really quickly and although he was away smartly yet another Frenchman, Cyrille Coulon, took the chance to nip through and they passed the flag as Chatfield,
LeFrancais, Coulon in that order.
Following a breather while the FMX dudes strutted their stuff and the Youth and Rookie races were run, it was time for the final two Pro heats.
In heat three, Damon Strydom went down hard in the first turn and Chatfield again did not make the best of starts as Musquin was quick out the gate.
This race was to be Coulon's race, although, with Musquin initially second before Chatfield came slicing through the pack – but there was to be no catching Coulon.
With just one more heat to go it was LeFrancais, Church, Brunell and Nunn who emerged marginally ahead out of turn one, but Brunell was straight on the case and past Church through the whoops.
This was where he was at his best all night and after chasing Le Francais he raced past the Frenchman at the same place, swooping into the right-hander at the end.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS FEBRUARY 8
UK ARENACROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – LG Arena, The NEC, Birmingham (E22 Sports)
PRO FINAL: 1 Jack Brunell (LPE Kawasaki), 2 Adam Chatfield (Buildbase Honda), 3 Cyrille Coulon (F - Suzuki France), 4 Tom Church (SR75 Molson KTM), 5 Charles LeFrancois (F - Suzuki France), 6 Mickael Musquin (Buildbase Honda), 7 Martin Barr (VMX KTM), 8 Neville Bradshaw (ZA - Putoline Honda), 9 Carl Nunn (SR75 Molson KTM), 10 Graeme Irwin (Heads & Threads Suzuki), 11 Adrien Lopes (F - Buildbase Honda), 12 Stuart Edmonds (Revo Talon Kawasaki).
PRO LCQ: 1 Nunn, 2 Edmonds, 3 Ryan Voase (Kawasaki), 4 Chris Bayliss (Whynotcompair Honda), 5 James Harrison (Lanes Kawasaki), 6 Damon Strydom (Revo Talon Kawasaki), 7 Gordon Crockard (Maxxis LPE Kawasaki), 8 Matt Bayliss (Whynotcompair Honda).
PRO HEAT ONE: 1 Brunell, 2 Bradshaw, 3 Barr, 4 Eric Sorby (F - Lanes Kawasaki), 5 Irwin, 6 Gordon Crockard (Maxxis LPE Kawasaki), 7 Lopes, 8 Strydom, 9 Bayliss, 10 Voase.
PRO HEAT TWO: 1 Chatfield, 2 LeFrancois, 3 Coulon, 4 Church, 5 Musquin, 6 Harrison, 7 Bayliss, 8 Nunn.
PRO HEAT THREE: 1 Coulon, 2 Chatfield, 3 Musquin, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Lopes, 6 Edmonds, 7 Strydom, 8 Crockard, 9 Voase.
PRO HEAT FOUR: 1 Brunell, 2 LeFrancois, 3 Church, 4 Barr, 5 Irwin, 6 Nunn, 7 Bayliss, 8 Harrison.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Chatfield 59 points, 2 Brunnel 51, 3 Bradshaw 47, 4 Church 41, 5 Nunn 38, 6 Barr 36, 7 Coulon 33, 8 Edmonds 29, 9 LeFrancois 26, 10 Musquin 26,...
JUNIOR 65cc FINAL: 1 Rossi Beard (NMA KTM), 2 Preston Williams (TG Kawasaki), 3 Bobby Bruce (Offroad SouthEast KTM), 4 Liam Brosnan (Solent Excavations KTM), 5 Ike Carter (KTM), 6 Ben White (Whites Transport KTM), 7 Buster Hart (NT Haulage KTM), 8 Kurtis Griffiths (MJW Specailist KTM), 9 Vinnie Ray Guthrie (Trevor Pope KTM), 10 Oliver Woods (MJW Specialist KTM), 11 Kayden Algar (MX Racing KTM), 12 Callum Baldwin (KTM), 13 Adam Wells (MX500 KTM), 14 Cameron Jackson (KTM), 15 Abbie Chambers (O'Neal Suzuki), 16 Myles Taylor (Banbury Marquee KTM).
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Rossi Beard 60 points (CHAMPION), 2 Williams 47, 3 White 33, 4 Carter 32, 5 Bruce 28, 6 Kurtis Griffiths 27,...
SW 85cc FINAL: 1 Dylan Woodcock (Kawasaki), 2 Tommy Clark (Connect 4 Recruitment KTM), 3 Matthew Treen (Honda), 4 Callum Mitchell (Hardcore Racing KTM), 5 Adam Collings (Vega Solutions KTM), 6 Callum Beeken (???), 7 Ben Burridge (MJW Specialists Honda), 8 Daniel Fisher (Signfit Signs KTM), 9 Ryan Mundell (MD Racing KTM), 10 Troy Jones (???), 11 Tom Haddock (MJW Specailist), 12 Warren Benner (KTM), 13 Callum Gasson (Moto Xtreme Kawasaki).
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Dylan Woodcock 60 points (CHAMPION), 2 Tommy Clark 47, 3 Ben Burridge 43, 4 Adam Collings 40, 5 Harry Kimber 36, 6 Daniel Fisher 33,...
BW 85cc FINAL: 1 Joe Jefferies (KTM), 2 Mitchell Lewis (MX World Honda), 3 Albie Wilkie (Honda), 4 Billy King (TG Kawasaki), 5 Taylor Hammal (Pope Racing KTM), 6 Myles Jones (???), 7 Joele Hart (KTM), 8 Myles Saunders (MX Moto Graphics KTM), 9 Charlie Caudwell (Honda), 10 Luke Reading (MX500 KTM), 11 Luke Fisher (Signfit Signs Honda), 12 Connor Hughes (Fox Europe KTM).
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Mitchell Lewis 58 points, 2 Joe Jefferies 56, 3 Billy King 47, 4 Taylor Hammal 44, 5 Joele Hart 36, 6 Luke Reading 35,...
ROOKIE FINAL: 1 Frazer Wakefield (Trevor Pope KTM), 2 Ben Putnam (iFly Lanes Kawasaki), 3 Christopher Bayliss (Whynotcompair Honda), 4 Jay Thomas (KJ Services Suzuki), 5 Robert Davidson (Kawasaki), 6 Malachi Mitchell Thomas (SHR TM), 7 Tony Saunders (CMP SSC Yamaha), 8 Luke Dean (GL12 Racing Yamaha), 9 George Clarke (Cabscreens Honda), 10 Aurelien Declercq (F - Kawasaki).
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Luke Dean 44 points, 2 Ben Putnam 43, 3 Christopher Bayliss 42, 4 James Harrison 40, 5 George Clarke 39, 6 Jay Thomas 32,...
NEXT ROUND: February 9 – Echo Arena, Kings Dock, Liverpool (E22 Sports).
