Karr crash
By Dick Law on 6th Apr 12
The ever-smiling Matiss Karro survived when others around him were crashing and burning, to top the MX1 class at round two of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship at the legendary Canada Heights circuit in Kent.
While Karro was doing what it takes in the MX1 class, Elliott Banks-Browne overcame a shaky first race to notch up two wins and the overall in the MX2 class.
Series favourite, Arnaud Tonus joined fellow Monster Energy Bike It Yamaha rider Zak Osborne on the injured list, after a first-lap first-race crash which took out Graeme Irwin for the day.
The Sidcup club had put in a lot of time effort over the winter, with the help of ex-racer Richard Rose on the earth-moving equipment.
The track now includes a new bombhole at the top of the track and refaced jumps around the rest of the circuit, but these changes were not to everyone's taste.
Karro was a man on a mission from the start of Sunday's race day, as he set the fastest qualifying time then claimed Superpole from Shaun Simpson, and series leader Kevin Strijbos.
Stephen Sword has upped his pace and led into turn one with Alex Snow in his wheel tracks, as Marc De Reuver slotted in to third spot and was checking out the two leaders' lines in readiness to pounce.
Shaun Simpson was fourth, with local lad Dorron Coutts on his tail, just one place ahead of the still-recovering Kristian Whatley.
With three laps gone and as Sword opened up a bit of a lead, De Reuver, Simpson and Whatley had all found a way past Snow, as Jason Dougan and Gert Krestinov started making their way towards the front.
With four laps to go DeReuver had caught and passed Sword for the lead and the win.
Simpson was less than two seconds behind the leaders, with Whatley a distant fourth, as Krestinov overhauled Dougan for fifth.
Race two was all about Karro as he grabbed the holeshot and managed to keep the fast Strijbos behind him to the chequered flag.
The leading pair had survived an earlier clash which saw both of them having to remount, after following a back-marker into one of the sandy grooves and hitting him.
They remounted in the same order, while the back-marker carried on regardless.
Sword had a lonely race in third, finishing thirty seconds behind the leaders, while Martin Barr moved up from sixth at the start to finish fourth.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+X NEWS APRIL 6
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent (Sidcup & DMCC Ltd)
1 Mattis Karro (STR KTM) 13 + 25 + 20 = 58
2 Stephen Sword (Tyco TAS Suzuki) 22 + 20 + 16 = 58
3 Shaun Simpson (Monster BikeIt Yam) 20 + 12 + 25 = 57
4 Kevin Strijbos (HM Plant KTM UK) 12 + 22 + 22 = 56
5 Kristian Whatley (PAR Honda) 18 + 14 + 14 = 46
6 Marc De Reuver (Lanes Kawasaki) 25 + 0 + 15 = 40
7 Martin Barr (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 7 + 18 + 13 = 38
8 Dorren Coutts (PAR Honda) 10 + 15 + 12 = 37
9 Gert Krestinov (Route 77 MVRD Hon) 16 + 0 + 18 = 34
10 Alex Snow (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 11 + 13 + 10 = 34
11 Nathan Parker (STR KTM) 14+16+0=30, 12 Jamie Law (D3 Racing KTM) 9+7+11=27, 13 Alfie Smith (JK Rinaldi Yamaha) 5+10+9=24, 14 Josh Waterman (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 6+9+6=21, 15 Jason Dougan (Route 77 MVRD Honda) 15+4+0=19, 16 John May (St Blazey Honda) 4+11+0=15, 17 Ashley Wilde (Sandbach SM Kawasaki) 1+6+7=14, 18 Matthew Moffat (Dean Moff Star KTM) 0+8+5=13, 19 Jamie Smith (Regent Honda) 0+2+8=10, 20 Lewis Gregory (Apico Suzuki) 8+0+0=8, 21 Ashley Greedy (TM UK) 3+0+4=7, 22 Wayne Garrett (JAR Honda) 2+5+0=7, 23 Ross Hill (Danger UK Suzuki) 0+0+3=3, 24 Aston Bird (Gateway Kawasaki) 0+3+0=3, 25 Sam Simmons (Motoward Yamaha) 0+0+2=2, 26 Maarten Cremers (Phoenix Tools Honda) 0+0+1=1, 27 Ross Keyworth (???) 0+1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 De Reuver, 2 Sword, 3 Simpson, 4 Whatley, 5 Krestinov, 6 Dougan, 7 Parker, 8 Karro, 9 Strijbos, 10 Snow, 11 Coutts, 12 Law, 13 Gregory, 14 Barr, 15 Waterman, 16 Alfie Smith, 17 May, 18 Greedy, 19 Garrett, 20 Wilde.
RACE TWO: 1 Karro, 2 Strijbos, 3 Sword, 4 Barr, 5 Parker, 6 Coutts, 7 Whatley, 8 Snow, 9 Simpson, 10 May, 11 Alfie Smith, 12 Waterman, 13 Moffat, 14 Law, 15 Wilde, 16 Garrett, 17 Dougan, 18 Bird, 19 Jamie Smith, 20 Keyworth.
RACE THREE: 1 Simpson, 2 Strijbos, 3 Karro, 4 Krestinov, 5 Sword, 6 De Reuver, 7 Whatley, 8 Barr, 9 Coutts, 10 Law, 11 Snow, 12 Alfie Smith, 13 Jamie Smith, 14 Wilde, 15 Waterman, 16 Moffat, 17 Greedy, 18 Hill, 19 Simmons, 20 Cremers.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Strijbos 131 points, 2 Karro 115, 3 Simpson 113, 4 Sword 101, 5 Krestinov 92, 6 Barr 88, 7 De Reuver 70, 8 Coutts 69, 9 Whatley 67, 10 Dougan 64, 11 Parker 62, 12 Law 62, 13 Snow 55, 14 Alfie Smith 44, 15 Moffat 37, 16 Waterman 24, 17 Wilde 19, 18 Hutchinson 18, 19 May 17, 20 Cremers 12,...
NEXT ROUND: May 6 – Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk (Norwich Viking MCC).
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent (Sidcup & DMCC Ltd)
1 Elliott Banks-Browne (HM Plant KTM) 16 + 25 + 25 = 66
2 Neville Bradshaw (Evotech Stevens Hon) 20 + 18 + 22 = 60
3 Mel Pocock (Monster BikeIt Yamaha) 18 + 22 + 20 = 60
4 Nicolas Aubin (Buildbase Honda) 25 + 20 + 15 = 60
5 Bryan MacKenzie (Rockstar KTM) 15 + 16 + 16 = 47
6 Steven Lenoir (Samsung Yamaha) 22 + 0 + 18 = 40
7 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 9 + 9 + 14 = 32
8 Jordan Booker (Buildbase Honda) 14 + 5 + 12 = 31
9 Stuart Edmonds (Tyco TAS Suzuki) 3 + 15 + 9 = 27
10 Shane Carless (Rockstar KTM) 13 + 6 + 8 = 27
11 Alan Keet (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 11+1+13=25, 12 Luke Remmer (MX Protech Yamaha) 0+12+11=23, 13 Lewis Tombs (John Banks Honda) 12+0+10=22, 14 James Cottrell (Pulse DB Honda) 0+14+2=16, 15 Bradley Pocock (Route 77 MVRD Honda) 0+8+7=15, 16 Hamish Harwood (???) 7+2+6=15, 17 Ryan Houghton (Buildbase Honda) 0+10+4=14, 18 Sunny Thompson (Lanes Kawasaki) 0+13+0=13, 19 Anthony Reville (Rev Racing Honda) 5+7+0=12, 20 Alexander Eriksson (Twisted7 PC Monster Kaw) 0+11+0=11, 21 Ray Rowson (Maxxis Henderson Kawasaki) 10+0+0=10, 22 Adam Sterry (PAR Honda) 8+0+0=8, 23 Luke Mellows (Meredith Suzuki) 4+0+3=7, 24 Sean Mitchell (HM Plant KTM UK) 1+0+5=6, 25 Nathan Watson (PAR Honda) 6+0+0=6, 26 Tom Kelly (Rev Racing Honda) 0+4+1=5, 27 Jake Millward (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 2+3+0=5.
RACE ONE: 1 Aubin, 2 Lenoir, 3 Bradshaw, 4 Mel Pocock, 5 Banks Browne, 6 MacKenzie, 7 Booker, 8 Carless, 9 Tombs, 10 Keet, 11 Rowson, 12 Walkley, 13 Sterry, 14 Harwood, 15 Watson, 16 Reville, 17 Mellows, 18 Stuart Edmonds, 19 Millward, 20 Mitchell.
RACE TWO: 1 Banks Browne, 2 Mel Pocock, 3 Aubin, 4 Bradshaw, 5 MacKenzie, 6 Stuart Edmonds, 7 Cottrell, 8 Thompson, 9 Remmer, 10 Eriksson, 11 Houghton, 12 Walkley, 13 Bradley Pocock, 14 Reville, 15 Carless, 16 Booker, 17 Kelly, 18 Millward, 19 Harwood, 20 Keet.
RACE THREE: 1 Banks Browne, 2 Bradshaw, 3 Mel Pocock, 4 Lenoir, 5 MacKenzie, 6 Aubin, 7 Walkley, 8 Keet, 9 Booker, 10 Remmer, 11 Tombs, 12 Stuart Edmonds, 13 Carless, 14 Bradley Pocock, 15 Harwood, 16 Mitchell, 17 Houghton, 18 Mellows, 19 Cottrell, 20 Kelly.
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 8) rounds: 1 Mel Pocock 118 points, 2 Bradshaw 108, 3 Banks Browne 104, 4 Aubin 83, 5 Lenoir 81, 6 MacKenzie 76, 7 Booker 71, 8 Osborne 69, 9 Stuart Edmonds 63, 10 Irwin 51, 11 Tonus 50, 12 Walkley 44, 13 Cottrell 41, 14 Carless 40, 15 Tombs 39, 16 Keet 34, 17 Remmer 31, 18 Watson 28, 19 Bradley Pocock 28, 20 Thompson 23,...
NEXT ROUND: May 6 – Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk (Norwich Viking MCC).
BRITISH MXY2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 1 – Canada Heights, Swanley, Kent (Sidcup & DMCC Ltd)
1 James Harrison (Lanes Kawasaki) 15 + 25 = 40
2 Robert Davidson (Honda) 16 + 20 = 36
3 Dan Thornhill (Meredith Suzuki) 13 + 22 = 35
4 Christopher Bayliss (Helyar Honda) 20 + 15 = 35
5 Ben Howell (KTM) 18 + 14 = 32
6 Rob Muscat (???) 22 + 9 = 31
7 Ben Watson (PAR Honda) 12 + 18 = 30
8 Tommy Alba (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 25 + 0 = 25
9 Michael Eccles (WPR KTM) 11 + 10 = 21
10 Glen McCormick (Watt Kawasaki) 9 + 11 = 20
11 Sam Winterburn (Yamaha) 3+16+0=19, 12 Fraser Wakeford (Dixon Academy Yamaha) 14+5+0=19, 13 Joe Bamfield (Evotech Stevens Honda) 4+13+0=17, 14 James Rutter (Spectrum Hose Honda) 8+8+0=16, 15 Lloyd Pettett (MRS Honda) 0+12+0=12, 16 Arminuas Jasikonis (Route77 KTM) 5+6+0=11, 17 Ryan Monckton (Honda) 7+3+0=10, 18 Jack Gardner (MX Racing KTM) 10+0+0=10, 19 Alec Carefoot (Carefoot PLC Honda) 0+7+0=7, 20 Oliver Osmaston (MXW Honda) 2+4+0=6.21 Ben Harrison (???) 6+0+0=6, 22 Conor Campbell (Yamaha) 0+2+0=2, 23 Luke Newman (Kawasaki) 0+1+0=1, 24 Damon Brooks (Kawasaki UK) 1+0+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Alba, 2 Muscat, 3 Bayliss, 4 Howell, 5 Davidson, 6 James Harrison, 7 Wakeford, 8 Thornhill, 9 Watson, 10 Eccles, 11 Gardner, 12 McCormick, 13 Rutter, 14 Monckton, 15 Ben Harrison, 16 Jasikonis, 17 Bamfield, 18 Winterburn, 19 Osmaston, 20 Brooks.
RACE TWO: 1 James Harrison, 2 Thornhill, 3 Davidson, 4 Watson, 5 Winterburn, 6 Bayliss, 7 Howell, 8 Bamfield, 9 Pettett, 10 McCormick, 11 Eccles, 12 Muscat, 13 Rutter, 14 Carefoot, 15 Jasikonis, 16 Wakeford, 17 Osmaston, 18 Monckton, 19 Campbell, 20 Newman.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 5) rounds: 1 James Harrison 40 points, 2 Davidson 36, 3 Thornhill 35, 4 Bayliss 35, 5 Howell 32, 6 Muscat 31, 7 Watson 30, 8 Alba 25, 9 Eccles 21, 10 McCormick 20, 11 Winterburn 19, 12 Wakeford 19, 13 Bamfield 17, 14 Rutter 16, 15 Pettett 12, 16 Jasikonis 11, 17 Gardner 10, 18 Monckton 10, 19 Carefoot 7, 20 Ben Harrison 6,...
NEXT ROUND: May 6 – Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk (Norwich Viking MCC).
