Knight rider on a high!
By TMX Archives on 1st Oct 09
THE final round of the BSMA series was hosted for the first time by a very enthusiastic and hard working Coventry Club at a venue near Stratford on a natural track, well prepared and maintained to a high standard all weekend.
THE Junior group was once again dominated by Conrad Mewse who gained maximum points over the weekend. He was chased hard by the improving Albie Wilkie who finished runner-up on four occasions. David Keet, who was never out of the top four, finished a creditable third. Jake Deacon, not having his best set of results was always in contention and always on the pace with non series rider Henry Winchman battling hard just in front of Jake Curtis-Stevens and Dion Lewis.
Small-wheel 85cc rider Liam Knight was to finish the series on a real high, coping well with track conditions and able to handle the pressure from the chasing pack, winning four races, dropping just two points to runner-up Danny Lanfear, like Liam, a very quick and competent rider, never lower than third, with three second places and challenging Liam to the line in most races. Curtis Blamey, recently crowned BSMA champion, showed his potential with three excellent results but mistakes cost him dear in the other races. A heavy crash in race three spoilt Ben Beadle's weekend, but although bruised he managed to complete the programme. A real battle ensued for the junior positions with just a few points separating Dan Neale, Rob Holyoake and Jack Wilson, both Rob and Jack each dropping valuable points but improving as the weekend progressed in this very competitive group.
BSMA BEST OF BRITISH Youth MotoCross Series
Rd 6 – Stratford (Covenrty Junior SSC)
Open: 1 Sebastian Osborne, 2 David Ford, 3 Sean Lock, 4 Paul Husey, 5 Daniel Boucher, 6 M Bates.
AMX: 1 Darren Banwell, 2 James Cole, 3 Richard Williams, 4 Warren Field, 5 Ricky Lethaby, 6 Richard McDermott.
Senior: 1 Jansen Day, 2 James Dunn, 3 Scott Bates, 4 David Sweet, 5 Alex Hussey, 6 Liam Wright.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Alex Meadows, 2 Jack Gardner, 3 Jay Thomas, 4 Luke Newman, 5 Karl Haycock, 6 Rickie Roderick.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Liam Knight, 2 Danny Lanfear, 3 Curtis Blamey, 4 Dan Neale, 5 Jack Wilson, 6 Rob Holyoake.
Junior 65cc: 1 Conrad Mewse, 2 Albie Wilkie, 3 David Keet, 4 Jake Deacon, 5 Henry Winchman, 6 Jake Curtis-Stevens.
Overall Series standings
Junior 65cc: 1 Conrad Mewse 1,121 points, 2 Jake Deacon 1,065, 3 David Keet 1,003, 4 Albie Wilkie 924, 5 Dion Lewis 844, 6 Jake Curtis Stevens 8223, 7 Alexander Walton 822, 8 Harry Linton 768, 9 Tommie Schofield 758, 10 Joe Eiffert 744.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Liam Knight 1,103, 2 Curtis Blamey 1,029, 3 Ben Beadle 924, 4 Greg Evans 974, 5 Rob Holyoake 866, 6 Danny Lanfear 838, 7 Tyron Cleaver 826d, 8 Steven Gilbert 795, 9 Lewis Hughes 776, 10 Jack Hunt 704.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Jay Thomas 954, 2 Luke Newman 945, 3 Jack Gardner 940, 4 Rickie Roderick 877, 5 Alex Meadows 864, 6 Karl Haycock 854, 7 Charley Mills 848, 8 Zac Alsop 848, 9 Jack Timms 846, 10 Chris Grindle 809.
Senior: 1 Aaron Jenner 1,083, 2 Jansen Day 1,055, 3 David Sweet 1,050, 4 Alex Hussey 979, 5 Scott Bates 939, 6 Piers Skinner 837, 7 Cody Ling 788, 8 Liam Wright 757, 9 Ben Pearson 717, 10 Benjamin Butler 713.
AMX: 1 Darren Banwell 1,105, 2 James Cole 1,093, 3 Warren Field 1,019, 4 Patrick Collins 884, 5 Graham Lamb 869, 6 Ryan Pottenger 862, 7 Jonathan Pickett 737, 8 Nathan Housley 639.
Open: 1 David Ford 1,033, 2 Paul Hussey 963, 3 Connor Pearce 945, 4 Daniel Boucher 930, 5 Garry Pottenger 885, 6 Thomas Hambridge 858, 7 Sean Lock 854, 8 Richard Hutton 659.
For full report see T+MX News, Friday, October 2, 2009
Arron Jenner didn't have such a good day on the track, crashing in race four, but had done enough to secure the Senior championship.