Knight went to El' and back
By TMX Archives on 13th May 10
The rescheduled second round of the Metzeler ACU British Enduro Championship took riders to Elgin in north Scotland last weekend where the Grampian Motorcycle Club put on a memorable event. With two long, rough and sandy special tests and plenty of challenging going the event proved to be anything but easy. Enjoying fine weather during both days, David Knight placed his KTM at the top of the Championship class while countryman Daniel McCanney did the same in the Experts on his Gas Gas. Topping the Clubman class was KTM mounted Gethin Humphreys.
In complete contrast to the weather that caused the postponement of the Lossiemouth Enduro at the beginning of April largely clear skies and dry conditions welcomed riders competing in the 2010 BEC's most northerly event – the Grampian Motorcycle Club organised Lossiemouth Enduro.
With a reputation for being tough, this year's event proved to be just that as Championship class riders were faced with two seven-and-a-half hour days and more than two hours of special test racing. Thankfully, the weekend's weather was better than it was in many other parts of the British isles, and much better than it was the last time the BEC visited Scotland.
As expected it was Manxman David Knight who claimed two commanding overall wins in the Championship class. Clearly at home around the rough, whooped-out, sandy special tests, Knighter topped each of the weekend's special tests to finish all but two minutes ahead on day one and then two minutes clear of his nearest challenger on day two.
ACU BRITISH ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 - Elgin (Grampian Motorcycle Club)
Day 1
Championship: 1 David Knight (KTM), 2 Tom Sagar (Suzuki), 3 Daryl Bolter (KTM), 4 Paul Edmondson (Suzuki), 5 Si Wakely (Husqvarna UK), 6 Ashley Wood, 7 Ollie Moyce (Husaberg), 8 Neil Flockart (Suzuki), 9 Ricky Mair (KTM), 10 Edward Jones (KTM), 11 Lee Edmondson (Suzuki), 12 Paul Bolton (KTM), 13 Rheinallt Davies (KTM), 14 Kevin Murray (Yamaha), 15 Andrew Edwards (KTM), 16 Mark Roberts (KTM), 17 Jamie Paget (Husaberg), 18 Chris Hockey (Yamaha), 19 Jon Hinam (KTM), 20 Neil Chatham (Husqvarna).
Expert: 1 Daniel McCanney, 2 Gavin Houson, 3 Fraser Norrie, 4 Arron Poolman, 5 Oliver Hart, 6 Richard Ely, 7 Steve Hunt, 8 Julian Harvey, 9 James Giddings, 10 Gareth Davies, 11 Allyn Scotland, 12 Tudur Davies, 13 Kagen McKenzie, 14 Craig Reynolds, 15 James Burroughs, 16 Tyson Maythom-Jones, 17 Richard Tucker, 18 Alun Jones, 19 Daniel Beaven, 20 Robert Lynn.
Over 40 Expert: 1 Murray Thompson, 2 Jack Twentyman, 3 Karl Greenall, 4. Dave Coles, 5 Ian Barnett.
Clubman: 1 Gethin Humphreys, 2 David McArthur, 3 Paul Chatham, 4 Sam Toy, 5 Craig Roper, 6 Shaun Buchan, 7 Jack Berry, 8 Robbie Turner, 9 Rob Reeve, 10 John Allan, 11 John Bishop, 12 Matthew Willey, 13 Jason Corden, 14 Tony Cotty, 15 Gordon Blackley, 16 Adam Rees, 17 Phil McIntosh, 18 Scott Harvey, 19 Roger Baker, 20 Daniel Jones.
Clubman over 40: 1 Adrian Lappin, 2 Russell Millward, 3 Phillip Smithson, 4 Michael Turner, 5 Paul Davies, 6 Colin Bryan, 7 Paul Hearn, 8 Craig Beattie, 9 Alan Davidson, 10 Darren Osbourne, 11 Brett Moor, 12 Stuart Livingston, 13 Chris Boyce, 14 Graham Howes, 15 Martin Pennycook, 16 Rhett Parker, 17. Spike Corsie, 18 Dylan Davies, 19 Phillip George, 20 Darren Jones.
Sportsman: 1 Stewart Gilchrist, 2 John Pollock.
Day 2
Championship: 1 David Knight (KTM), 2 Tom Sagar (Suzuki), 3 Paul Edmondson (Suzuki), 4 Daryl Bolter (KTM), 5 Greg Evans (KTM), 6 Si Wakely (Husqvarna UK), 7 Ollie Moyce (Husaberg), 8 Kevin Murray (Yamaha), 9 Ashley Wood (Gas Gas), 10 Edward Jones (KTM), 11 Neil Flockart (Suzuki), 12 Paul Bolton (KTM), 13 Lee Edmondson (Suzuki), 14 Chris Hockey (Yamaha), 15 Jamie Paget (Husaberg), 16 Andrew Edwards (KTM), 17 Neil Chatham (Husqvarna), 18 Rheinallt Davies (KTM), 19 Jon Hinam (KTM), 20 Robert Jones (Yamaha).
Expert: 1 Daniel McCanney, 2 Jonny Walker, 3 Gavin Houson, 4 Fraser Norrie, 5 Richard Ely, 6 Gareth Davies, 7 Allyn Scotland, 8 James Giddings, 9 Oliver Hart, 10 Julian Harvey, 11 Craig Reynolds, 12 Steve Hunt, 13 Lewis Belfield, 14 Tudor Davies, 15 Tyson Mathom-Jones, 16 Richard Tucker, 17 Alun Jones, 18 Tom Braddock, 19 Daniel Beaven, 20 Robert Lynn.
Expert Over 40: 1 Murray Thompson, 2 Jack Twentyman, 3 Dave Coles, 4 Ian Barnett.
Clubman 1 Gethin Humphreys, 2 Paul Chatham, 3 David McArthur, 4 Sam Toy, 5 Craig Roper, 6 Jack Berry, 7 Shaun Buchan, 8 Rob Reeve, 9 Jason Corden, 10 Matthew Milley, 11 Adam Rees, 12 John Bishop, 13 Alistair Millar, 14 Saemus Mulddon, 15 Gordon Blackley, 16 Tony Cotty, 17 Roger Baker, 18 Marty Jones, 19 Darren Morgan, 20 Scott Harvey.
Clubman Over 40: 1 Russell Millward, 2 Gavin Johnston, 3 Adrian Lappin, 4 Leslie Winthorp, 5 Phillip Smithson, 6 Michael Turner, 7 Paul Davies, 8 Alan Davidson, 9 Darren Osbourne, 10 Brett Moore, 11 Paul Hearn, 12 Stuart Livingstone, 13 Chris Boyce, 14 Gavin Howes, 15 Spike Corsie, 16 Philip George, 17 Darren Jones, 18 Rhett Parker.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 2010
In round two of the British Enduro Championship David Knight was taking no prisoners as he topped the Championship class on both days.