Mac Dun' well!
By TMX Archives on 18th Jun 08
WHEN Maxxis British Motocross Championship venue selector, Brian Higgins, takes a flying visit to the Langton Lees Farm venue, at Duns, to decide whether or not the circuit is suitable for a round of the best domestic championship in Europe, surely he will only have to decide when' to give it a round, and not if' the venue is suitable.
The site has been given the GP touch by Johnny Hamilton and been cared for by Duns club supremos, Chris and David McVie. Stunning table-tops, triples, wall of death berms, a multitude of lines to use around the circuit and the awe inspiring views make this an exciting prospect for championship riders of all classes.
Last weekend saw, the fourth round of the Safe Access Scottish Adult Motocross Championship go ahead with Bryan MacKenzie taking the overall championship honours with a clean sweep of wins from reigning Scottish champ Neil Flockhart. Due to an earlier round being cancelled, this was actually the third round in the series and went ahead with an Adult B class and four of the Youth division classes.
MacKenzie was in a class of his own in the three championship motos, scooping the pole position by nearly two and a half seconds over Tony Craig and Neil Flockhart. A really good
battle ensued behind MacKenzie in race one with second placed Craig holding off Graham Riley and Flockhart, who clattered 'bars on more than one occasion in the closing laps.
Race two saw MacKenzie and Flockhart vie for the lead using the fast straights and multi-line corners to pass and re-pass each other before the former made a pass stick and head off for the win ahead of Flockhart and third placed Tony Craig.
The final £50 and crate of Monster drink holeshot prize went to Flockhart before the ‘fully focussed and concentrating' MacKenzie snatched the lead and blasted off for the win ahead of Flockhart. In the killer B class, Stuart Whitelaw just eased to the overall honours over runner-up Paul Chiappa, who was unlucky to have a shocker of a first race finishing sixth, but redeemed himself with two subsequent race wins.
Stewart Treloar took the Youth 125cc win with three comprehensive race wins from Nick Walters and Sandy ‘Belgian' Pate, whilst Fraser Flockhart also claimed three wins to take the honours in the Big-wheel 85cc class, this time beating runner-up Andy McNicoll and Arran Munro.
The Small-wheel 85cc class saw Reece Wilson better a first race second spot with two wins to snatch the overall win from first race winner, Jack Taylor.
The Junior 65cc class saw another Mackenzie take the win, this time Connor, took advantage of a DNF by overall runner-up Adam Crother in the first race to stand atop the podium
Safe Access Highland Ltd Scottish Adult MX Champs
Rd 3 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns (Scottish MXC)
Race one: 1 Bryan MacKenzie, 2 Tony Craig, 3 Graham Riley, 4 Neil Flockhart, 5 Ross Rutherford, 6 Tommy Fenwick.
Race two: 1 MacKenzie, 2 Flockhart, 3 Craig, 4 Rutherford, 5 Craig Trew, 6 Bobby Gold.
Race three: 1 MacKenzie, 2 Flockhart, 3 Riley, 4 Gold, 5 Fenwick, 6 Gavin Robertson.
Overall: 1 MacKenzie 135 points, 2 Flockhart 122, 3 Riley 112, 4 Gold, 5 Fenwick 105, Sean MacDonald 99.
B class: 1 Stuart Whitelaw 129, 2 Paul Chiappa 125, 3 Brian Errington 116, 4 Ian McQueen 106, 5 Scott Ross 106, 6 Gavin Lowes 105.
Youth 125cc: 1 Stewart Treloar 135, 2 Nick Walters 126, 3 Sandy Pate 120, 4 Kyle Smith 112, 5 Mark Thomson 110, 6 Robert Jack 35.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Fraser Flockhart 135, 2 Andrew McNicoll 126, 3 Arran Munro 120, 4 Scott Foote 112, 5 Harry Cooper 110, 6 Kyle McNicoll 104.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Reece Wilson 132, 2 Jack Taylor 127, 3 Sean Williamson 122, 4 David Irvine 114, 5 Ryan McNicoll 108.
Junior 65cc: 1 Connor MacKenzie 129, 2 Adam Crother 90.