Jake’s three Cadd trick

And he was riding high and bursting with confidence as he took three wins from three starts in the MX2 class at lastweekend's second round of the Maxxis British Motocross championship, at the historic Cadders Hill, Lyng track in 

Norfolk.

 

Reigning champion, and series red plate holder, Elliott Banks-Browne just didn't have an answer for Nicholls' speed as he and his HM Plant KTM team struggled with bike set-up.

 

But from the other end of the HM Plant awning it was all smiles as their young rising star, Nathan Watson, finished third overall for his first Maxxis podium.

 

In MX1 it was all about the GP runners as Tommy Searle – making his second Maxxis wild card ride on his Pro-circuit Kawasaki, – Tanel Leok (Route 77 Honda) and the returning from injury Matiss Karro (STR KTM) all fought for the overall.

 

For the first time this year the weather was good and the track was dry – in fact so dry that the club went looking for a water bowser on Thursday, so they could water the track Friday and Saturday.

 

Nicholls was fastest in both the qualification and super pole, but only just from the ever improving Watson. 

 

As the gate fell in race one Nicholls got the holeshot and just checked out, leaving behind him a pile of riders and bikes halfway up the start straight. 

 

They all got going again apart from Stephen Sword, whose David Thorpe Honda was too bent to carry on.

 

Banks-Browne had gated second but, as the race went, on came under increasing pressure from Bryan MacKenzie (Pendrich Kawasaki) and Watson, while Neville Bradshaw, on his very revvy Putoline Honda, made his way through the pack after being involved in the start line pile-up.

 

With three laps to go, Watson found a way past the struggling Bank-Browne to snatch second, 30 seconds behind the winner, with Banks-Browne third,  MacKenzie fourth, and Bradshaw eighth, from almost last at the start.

 

Race two was almost a carbon copy of the first with Nicholls getting his second holeshot from Banks-Browne and Watson and young guns Jordon Booker and Adam Sterry fourth and fifth.

 

The top three stayed the same, with Bradshaw fourth after passing Steven Lenoir on the very last lap, as Booker and Sterry held on to fifth and sixth.

 

MacKenzie saved his best start to last as he led the pack into turn one and the start of the third and final MX2 race of the day, with Nicholls, Watson and Banks-Browne all on his case.

 

By the end of the second lap, Nicholls was in the lead again and opening up a lead as Banks-Brown found a way past Watson to take over third place on lap three.

 

And three laps later he pushed MacKenzie down as he moved into second.

 

 

MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 3 – Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk (Norwich Viking MCC Ltd)

 1 Tommy Searle (CLS Monster PC Kaw) 22 + 25 + 25 = 72

 2 Tanel Leok (Route77 MVRD Honda) 25 + 22 + 22 = 69

 3 Matiss Karro (Team STR KTM) 20 + 20 + 20 = 60

 4 Nicolas Aubin (Buildbase Honda Racing) 14 + 18 + 18 = 50

 5 Brad Anderson (Maxxis LPE Kawasaki) 16 + 15 + 16 = 47

 6 Kristian Whatley (MBO Sport Yamaha) 15 + 16 + 10 = 41

 7 Carl Nunn (SR75 Molson KTM) 12 + 12 + 15 = 39

 8 Jason Dougan (Route77 MVRD Honda) 18 + 14 +  7 = 39

 9 Gert Krestinov (Apico Ansa Kawasaki)  9 + 11 + 14 = 34

10 Nathan Parker (Revo Talon Kawasaki) 11 +  9 + 13 = 33

11 Scott Elderfield (CMP Racewear Kawasaki) 10+4+12=26, 12 Dorren Coutts (Maxxis LPE Kawasaki) 13+0+9=22, 13 Jonathan Barragan (Team STR KTM) 8+13+0=21, 14 Tony Craig (MOM Carnegie Honda) 4+8+8=20, 15 Matthew Moffat (Armitage Transport KTM) 5+0+11=16, 16 Steve Ramon (Buildbase Honda) 0+10+5=15, 17 Luke Hawkins (Phoenix Tools Honda) 0+6+3=9, 18 Jamie Law (Dyer & Butler KTM) 0+7+2=9, 19 Ross Rutherford (Pendrich Kawasaki) 6+3+0=9, 20 Alfie Smith (iFly Lanes Kawasaki) 7+0+0=7, 21 Luke Benstead (Danger UK Suzuki) 0+0+6=6, 22 Shane Carless (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 0+5+0=5, 23 Stuart Edmonds (CCR TM) 0+0+4=4, 24 Connor Walkley (Maxxis LPE Kawasaki) 3+1+0=4, 25 Aston Bird (Kawasaki) 2+0+1=3, 26 David Goosen (Site Sealants Kawasaki) 0+2+0=2, 27 Sean Mitchell (Marchetti KTM) 1+0+0=1.

RACE ONE: 1 Leok, 2 Searle, 3 Karro, 4 Dougan, 5 Anderson, 6 Whatley, 7 Aubin, 8 Coutts, 9 Nunn, 10 Parker, 11 Elderfield, 12 Krestinov, 13 Barragan, 14 Smith, 15 Rutherford, 16 Moffat, 17 Craig, 18 Walkley, 19 Bird, 20 Sean Mitchell.

RACE TWO: 1 Searle, 2 Leok, 3 Karro, 4 Aubin, 5 Whatley, 6 Anderson, 7 Dougan, 8 Barragan, 9 Nunn, 10 Krestinov, 11 Ramon, 12 Parker, 13 Craig, 14 Law, 15 Hawkins, 16 Carless, 17 Elderfield, 18 Rutherford, 19 Goosen, 20 Walkley.

RACE THREE: 1 Searle, 2 Leok, 3 Karro, 4 Aubin, 5 Anderson, 6 Nunn, 7 Krestinov, 8 Parker, 9 Elderfield, 10 Moffat, 11 Whatley, 12 Coutts, 13 Craig, 14 Dougan, 15 Benstead, 16 Ramon, 17 Edmonds, 18 Hawkins, 19 Law, 20 Bird.

SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Searle 146 points, 2 Leok 124, 3 Whatley 98, 4 Aubin 89, 5 Barragan 84, 6 Anderson 69, 7 Parker 66, 8 Krestinov 64, 9 Karro 60, 10 Ramon 55, 11 Coutts 51, 12 Edmonds 40, 13 Dougan 39, 14 Nunn 39, 15 Rutherford 39, 16 Elderfield 39, 17 Moffat 34, 18 Smith 32, 19 Carless 30, 20 Craig 29,...

NEXT ROUND: May 12 – Milton Park, nr Northampton (ACU Events Ltd).

 

BRITISH MXY2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 3 – Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk (Norwich Vikings MCC Ltd)

 1 Brad Todd (KTM) 25 + 25 = 50

 2 Ben Putnam (iFly Lanes Kawasaki) 22 + 22 = 44

 3 Robert Davidson (MJW Kick Kawasaki) 16 + 20 = 36

 4 Mathew Callaghan (Honda) 18 + 18 = 36

 5 Gradie Featherstone (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 20 + 13 = 33

 6 Jack Kelly (Malin KTM) 13 + 16 = 29

 7 Liam Knight (RB Racing KTM) 15 + 10 = 25

 8 Tom Neal (Motoshack KTM) 14 +  9 = 23

 9 Christopher Bayliss (Why Not Compare Honda)  7 + 14 = 21

10 John Adamson (AAA Bikesport KTM)  3 + 15 = 18

11 Joe Bamfield (Evotech Stevens KTM) 12+6=18, 12 Ollie Osmaston (Honda) 5+11=16, 13 Jay Lamb (Planet MX KTM) 11+5=16, 14 Glenn McCormick (Norman Watt KTM) 8+7=15, 15 Todd Kellett (Team Green  Kawasaki) 2+12=14, 16 Nathan Dixon (Feehily KTM) 9+4=13, 17 Tom Pallett (LPG Group KTM) 10+3=13, 18 Josh Gilbert (Thorpe OR Centre Honda) 4+8=12, 19 Macauley Madden (MJW Kawasaki) 6+0=6, 20 Will Keogh (MJW Kawasaki) 0+2=2.21 Sam Braithwaite (Underdog Honda) 0+1=1, 22 Corie Southwood (St Blazey Suzuki) 1+0=1.

RACE ONE: 1 Todd, 2 Putnam, 3 Featherstone, 4 Callaghan, 5 Davidson, 6 Knight, 7 Neal, 8 Kelly, 9 Bamfield, 10 Lamb, 11 Pallett, 12 Dixon, 13 McCormick, 14 Bayliss, 15 Madden, 16 Osmaston, 17 Gilbert, 18 Adamson, 19 Kellett, 20 Southwood.

RACE TWO: 1 Todd, 2 Putnam, 3 Davidson, 4 Callaghan, 5 Kelly, 6 Adamson, 7 Bayliss, 8 Featherstone, 9 Kellett, 10 Osmaston, 11 Knight, 12 Neal, 13 Gilbert, 14 McCormick, 15 Bamfield, 16 Lamb, 17 Dixon, 18 Pallett, 19 Keogh, 20 Braithwaite.

SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 5) rounds: 1 Todd 66 points, 2 Putnam 59, 3 Davidson 58, 4 Callaghan 54, 5 Adamson 43, 6 Knight 39, 7 Kelly 38, 8 Osmaston 36, 9 Featherstone 33, 10 Bamfield 30, 11 Bayliss 29, 12 Lamb 26, 13 Neal 23, 14 Kellett 20, 15 Dixon 16, 16 McCormick 15, 17 Southwood 14, 18 Pallett 14, 19 Keogh 13, 20 Gilbert 12,...

NEXT ROUND: May 12 – Milton Park, nr Northampton (ACU Events Ltd).

 

MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 3 – Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk (Norwich Viking MCC Ltd)

 1 Jake Nicholls (Wilvo Nestaan JM KTM) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75

 2 Elliott Banks-Browne (HM Plant KTM UK) 20 + 22 + 22 = 64

 3 Nathan Watson (HM Plant KTM UK) 22 + 20 + 16 = 58

 4 Neville Bradshaw (Putoline Honda) 13 + 18 + 18 = 49

 5 Bryan Mackenzie (Pendrich Kawasaki) 18 +  8 + 20 = 46

 6 Jordan Booker (Kawasaki) 15 + 15 + 12 = 42

 7 Steven Lenoir (Evotech Stevens KTM) 16 + 16 +  9 = 41

 8 Graeme Irwin (Heads & All Threads Suz) 14 + 10 + 14 = 38

 9 James Cottrell (Putoline Honda)  9 + 11 +  7 = 27

10 Lewis Tombs (JAR IFS Honda)  3 + 13 + 10 = 26

11 Adam Sterry (Team STR KTM) 0+14+11=25, 12 Ryan Houghton (Monster Energy Yamaha) 7+0+13=20, 13 Luke Norris (OctX MNE Kawasaki) 10+2+6=18, 14 Martin Barr (VMX Moto KTM) 12+5+0=17, 15 Lewis Trickett (iFly Lanes Kawasaki) 8+0+8=16, 16 James Dunn (HM Plant KTM UK) 0+0+15=15, 17 Edward Allingham (MBO Sport Yamaha) 5+6+4=15, 18 Luke Remmer (MJW Kawasaki) 6+9+0=15, 19 Stephen Sword (Thorpe OR Centre Honda) 0+12+0=12, 20 Ben Watson (HM Plant KTM UK) 11+0+0=11, 21 Ray Rowson (Hawk Racing KTM) 4+4+0=8, 22 Arminas Jasikonis (Route77 Honda) 0+7+0=7, 23 Lewis Gregory (MD Racing Yamaha) 0+0+5=5, 24 Mathew Bayliss (Why Not Compare Honda) 1+0+3=4, 25 Jake Millward (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 0+3+1=4, 26 Aaron Pipon (Martin Racing KTM) 2+1+0=3, 27 Damon Strydom (Revo Talon Kawasaki) 0+0+2=2.

RACE ONE: 1 Nicholls, 2 Nathan Watson, 3 Banks-Browne, 4 Mackenzie, 5 Lenoir, 6 Booker, 7 Irwin, 8 Bradshaw, 9 Barr, 10 Ben Watson, 11 Norris, 12 Cottrell, 13 Trickett, 14 Houghton, 15 Remmer, 16 Allingham, 17 Rowson, 18 Tombs, 19 Pipon, 20 Bayliss.

RACE TWO: 1 Nicholls, 2 Banks-Browne, 3 Nathan Watson, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Lenoir, 6 Booker, 7 Sterry, 8 Tombs, 9 Sword, 10 Cottrell, 11 Irwin, 12 Remmer, 13 Mackenzie, 14 Jasikonis, 15 Allingham, 16 Barr, 17 Rowson, 18 Millward, 19 Norris, 20 Pipon.

RACE THREE: 1 Nicholls, 2 Banks-Browne, 3 Mackenzie, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Nathan Watson, 6 Dunn, 7 Irwin, 8 Houghton, 9 Booker, 10 Sterry, 11 Tombs, 12 Lenoir, 13 Trickett, 14 Cottrell, 15 Norris, 16 Gregory, 17 Allingham, 18 Bayliss, 19 Strydom, 20 Millward.

SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Banks-Browne 134 points, 2 Nathan Watson 103, 3 Lenoir 101, 4 Bradshaw 94, 5 Irwin 90, 6 Nicholls 75, 7 Cottrell 67, 8 Mackenzie 65, 9 Sterry 61, 10 Tombs 50, 11 Barr 47, 12 Jasikonis 45, 13 Booker 42, 14 Houghton 38, 15 Pocock 37, 16 Dunn 30, 17 Trickett 28, 18 Sword 27, 19 Remmer 26, 20 Burrows 25,...

NEXT ROUND: May 27 – Milton Park, nr Northampton (ACU Events Ltd).