Lucky seven for Dabill
By TMX Archives on 22nd Oct 09
IT was a case of seventh time lucky for James Dabill who finally won a closely-fought Lakes Two-Day National Trial at the weekend when it was once again based in the Cumbrian village of Broughton-in-Furness. That's because you've never ridden a Gas Gas in the Lakes before! pointed-out John Shirt when Dibs' victory was confirmed on Sunday afternoon.
The Gas Gas UK rider just shaded victory by a single mark from arch-rival Michael Brown on the Sherco and fellow JST Gas Gas rider Sam Haslam. Michael and Sam actually had to be separated on the most cleans tie-decider, the Sherco man getting the nod 75 to 69 cleans after both lost just 15-marks over 80 different sections. In the huge Clubman class it was popular Teesside character Roger Williams who took a convincing victory from locals Nick Shield and Andy Wilkinson.
The Lakes was run under ‘No-stop' rules this year and although not all the riders were happy with this, by and large the experiment went off well. There were hiccups certainly but the riders, especially the top runners, entered into the ‘No-stop' spirit, whether they agreed with it or not, and a good competition ensued in both National and Clubman classes.
NATIONAL LAKES TWO-DAY TRIAL
Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria
(Lakes MTA Ltd)
NATIONAL CLASS: James Dabill (JST Gas Gas) 4 + 10 = 14 marks lost, Michael Brown (MRS Sherco) 7 + 8 = 15 (75x0), Sam Haslam (JST Gas Gas) 9 + 6 = 15 (69x0), Jonathan Richardson (MRS Sherco) 11 + 16 = 27, Alexz Wigg (Beta UK) 10 + 18 = 28 (69x0), Ross Danby (JST Gas Gas) 8 + 20 = 28 (64x0), Dan Thorpe (JST Gas Gas) 20 + 11 = 31, Darren Brice (Birkett Scorpa) 26 + 17 = 43, James Fry (MRS Sherco) 24 + 19 = 43, Jack Challoner (Beta UK) 25 + 19 = 44, Joe Baker (Birkett Scorpa) 17 + 29 = 46, Sam Ludgate (Birkett Scorpa) 21 + 27 = 48, Ian Austermuhle (Beta UK) 28 + 24 = 52, Chris Pearson (MRS Sherco) 30 + 29 = 59, Dan Farrer (JST Gas Gas) 24 + 39 = 63, John Shirt (JST Gas Gas) 32 + 35 = 67, Andy Chilton (MRS Sherco) 31 + 43 = 74, Jonny Walker (Gas Gas) 33 + 42 = 75, Shaun Fox (Gas Gas) 35 + 42 = 77, Nigel Crellin (Scorpa) 36 + 44 = 80, Josh Woods (???) 35 + 48 = 83.
CLUBMAN CLASS: Roger Williams (Beta) 13 + 19 = 32 marks lost, Nick Shield (Gas Gas) 26 + 17 = 43, Andrew Wilkinson (Birkett Scorpa) 28 + 20 = 48, Kiaran Hankin (Honda) 18 + 31 = 49, Guy Chandler (Beta) 33 + 24 = 57, Lee Shankie (Sherco) 26 + 31 = 57, Aled Price (Gas Gas) 32 + 26 = 58, Matt Spink (Gas Gas) 26 + 32 = 58, Robin Arnold (Montesa) 27 + 32 = 59, Paul Bennett (Sherco) 33 + 26 = 59, Chris Greenwood (Gas Gas) 22 + 38 = 60, Dave Knaggs (Gas Gas) 30 + 32 = 62, Stuart Gaskell (Scorpa) 28 + 34 = 62, Mark Atkinson (Gas Gas) 36 + 28 = 64, Pete Ruscoe (Gas Gas) 36 + 30 = 66, Liam Robinson (JST Gas Gas) 31 + 36 = 67, Paul Dennis (Gas Gas) 28 + 39 = 67, Andrew Woodward (Gas Gas) 40 + 28 = 68, James Walker (Sherco) 33 + 35 = 68, Nigel Sharp (Gas Gas) 43 + 26 = 69, Damian Owen (Beta) 38 + 35 = 73.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2009
Jonathan Richardson is seen here urging the Sherco up the slabs at Wallenrigg