MacKenzie continues his charge
By TMX Archives on 14th Apr 08
The hunt for the 2008 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Champions continued as the third round of the series took place at a wet and muddy Torrington circuit in Devon. Despite the heavy going, Fuchs Silkolene backed rider Billy MacKenzie CAS Honda kept his 100% record intact as he took another two race wins to increase his tally to six victories from six starts. In addition to his overall victory, the reigning MX1 British champion once again stole The Fuchs Silkolene Charity Award, for recording the fastest lap of the day under race conditions.
MacKenzie was in devastating form for the third round in a row, with theyoung Scot topping qualifying by over eight seconds ahead of two gate to flagvictories that left his rivals in his wake. Billy won the second and final MX1moto by the monster margin of one minute and twenty-one seconds to furtherincrease his advantage in the overall standings after three of the eightscheduled events. MacKenzie will take a healthy forty-four point lead to thenext round at Lyng, Norfolk on Sunday 4th May, with the Honda rider looking theclear favourite to retain his title even at this early stage in the domesticseason.
In the MX2 class it was overall winner Stephen Sword Molson Kawasaki whoclaimed The Fuchs Silkolene Charity Award, with his fastest lap time beingrecorded on the opening lap of race two, as was MacKenzie's in the MX1 category.Sword now heads the points table by a single point from Shaun Simpson KTM UK,as this duo continue to scrap it out for top honours on all fronts in the MX2division of the series. Fuchs Silkolene are the official lubricant partners ofthe 2008 championship in addition to being sponsors of this charity award.
The award
Using the information provided by the championship's official timekeepers,the fastest three riders in each class at each round are awarded bonus points ona 5, 3 and 1 basis respectively. In addition to the two class winners beingpresented with prizes at each round, their cumulative points total will alsocount towards a very important overall prize that will be concluded at the lastround in September. The rider with the highest points tally, irrespective ofclass, following the final meeting at Hawkstone Park will be presented with TheFuchs Silkolene Charity Award and a cheque for one thousand five hundred poundsto donate to a recognised charity of their choice.
The Fuchs Silkolene Charity Award
Results Round 3 Torrington 13thApril 2008
MX1
1 - Billy MacKenzie 5 pts
2 - Mark Hucklebridge 3 pts
3 - Tom Church 1 pt
MX2
1 Stephen Sword 5 pts
2 - Shaun Simpson 3 pts
3 - Jason Dougan 1 pt
Overall MX1 to date
1 Mackenzie 15, 2- Church 5, 3 Hucklebridge 3 / Anderson 3, 5 Gundersen1, 5 Jones 1
Overall MX2 to date
1 Sword 9, 2 Simpson 8, 3 Searle 5, 4 Barr 3, 5 Dougan 1 / Leuret 1
Next event: Round 4 - Lyng 4th May 2008