Maxx power
By TMX Archives on 1st Jul 11
The second half of the Maxxis British MX championship kicked off in style at the former GP circuit of Desertmartin in Northern Ireland.
All three championships were turned on their heads as front-runners crashed their way out of contention and allowed some new boys to jump on the podium.
The action was fast and frenetic, the crowd was committed and enthusiastic and the organisers gave us the perfect track to race on...it was a weekend to behold.
Qualifying in any form of motorsport usually sets the tone for the day's racing and MX2 Superpole at Desertmartin could not have been more pertinent.
The Bike-It Cosworth Yamaha pairing of Arnaud Tonus and Zach Osborne headed the opening session from Jake Nicholls but the real action came at the end of Superpole.
Osborne stormed around the full GP-length circuit determined to set a good time but he fell at the final corner and left himself back in 12th.
His day got worse from then on. For the record Tonus set another pole position with a time of 1min 53secs. LPE Henderson Kawasaki star Bryan Mackenzie was second with TAS Suzuki rider Mel Pocock flying in third.
The opening heat was a stormer. East Anglian pairing of Jake Nicholls and Elliot Banks-Browne headed the first lap and both hit the ground running determined to be the first MX2 winner not to come from the Dixon Yamaha camp.
The Dixon boys were floundering in mid-pack and at the end of lap one the title race took a huge turn which very few could have predicted.
Series leader Zach Osborne went down three-quarters of the way round lap one and let an awful lot of riders past before he got going again.
Unbelievably just 100 yards later he was down again after jumping downhill onto a stricken Anthony Reville.
Osborne went down hard and his race and overall chances were gone.
Out front Nicholls (HM Plant KTM) and Banks-Browne on a DB Honda were charging round leaving Mel Pocock to hold firm in third.
Tonus was showing his class by zooming past half the pack before taking Pocock on the very last lap.
The fight for victory was spoiled when Banks-Browne smashed himself hard out back, eventually limping home fourth.
This jumped Tonus and Pocock up to second and third leaving Nicholls to take victory in his first Maxxis event on his return from injury.
Heat two was an Arnaud Tonus benefit as he led from start to finish and consolidated the series points he gained in heat one.
Jake Nicholls was on fire again bombing to second ahead of a tremendous set-to for third.
Bryan Mackenzie, EBB and Mel Pocock were chasing each other from corner to corner enthralling the capacity crowd.
Bry Mac held on for third with Elliot sneaking ahead of Pocock after going back and forth more than once during the heat.
Osborne could not do better than eighth.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX JULY 1
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC)
1 Arnaud Tonus (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 22 + 25 + 25 = 72
2 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 25 + 22 + 20 = 67
3 Elliott Banks-Browne (DB Honda) 18 + 18 + 18 = 54
4 Bryan MacKenzie (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 15 + 20 + 13 = 48
5 Steven Clarke (Maxxis Apico Suzuki) 14 + 10 + 16 = 40
6 Mattis Karro (Route77 MVR-D Honda) 11 + 14 + 14 = 39
7 Ray Rowson (Samsung Yamaha) 13 + 15 + 8 = 36
8 Mel Pocock (TAS Suzuki) 20 + 16 + 0 = 36
9 Zach Osborne (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 0 + 13 + 22 = 35
10 Neville Bradshaw (Route77 MVR-D Hon) 16 + 4 + 15 = 35
11 Stuart Edmonds (Wulfsport TM) 7+12+11=30, 12 Lewis Tombs (MVR-D Honda) 12+7+4=23, 13 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 9+0+12=21, 14 James Cottrell (DB Honda) 8+11+0=19, 15 Jordan Booker (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 0+8+9=17, 16 Ashley Wilde (Sandbach SMB Yamaha) 0+6+10=16, 17 Lewis Rose (Buff Husqvarna) 6+9+0=15, 18 Michael McCammond (???) 4+0+7=11, 19 Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda) 10+0+0=10, 20 Nathan Watson (HMP Red Bull KTM) 3+0+6=9, 21 Daniel Hutchinson (???) 0+0+5=5, 22 John Phillips (DirtBike-Gym Suzuki) 0+5+0=5, 23 Edward Allingham (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 5+0+0=5, 24 Matt Bayliss (Wooldridge Helyar Honda) 0+1+3=4, 25 Matt Burrows (Edmondson Racing KTM) 0+2+2=4, 26 Kayne Lamont (Maxxis Apico Suzuki) 0+3+0=3, 27 Sunny Thompson (Bikesport Kawasaki) 2+0+0=2, 28 Erki Kahro (MVR-D Honda) 0+0+1=1, 29 Shane Carless (Moto1 KTM) 1+0+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Nicholls, 2 Tonus, 3 Pocock, 4 Banks-Browne, 5 Bradshaw, 6 MacKenzie, 7 Clarke, 8 Rowson, 9 Tombs, 10 Karro, 11 Hawkins, 12 Walkley, 13 Cottrell, 14 Edmonds, 15 Rose, 16 Allingham, 17 McCammond, 18 Watson, 19 Thompson, 20 Carless.
RACE TWO: 1 Tonus, 2 Nicholls, 3 MacKenzie, 4 Banks-Browne, 5 Pocock, 6 Rowson, 7 Karro, 8 Osborne, 9 Edmonds, 10 Cottrell, 11 Clarke, 12 Rose, 13 Booker, 14 Tombs, 15 Wilde, 16 Phillips, 17 Bradshaw, 18 Lamont, 19 Burrows, 20 Bayliss.
RACE THREE: 1 Tonus, 2 Osborne, 3 Nicholls, 4 Banks-Browne, 5 Clarke, 6 Bradshaw, 7 Karro, 8 MacKenzie, 9 Walkley, 10 Edmonds, 11 Wilde, 12 Booker, 13 Rowson, 14 McCammond, 15 Watson, 16 Hutchinson, 17 Tombs, 18 Bayliss, 19 Burrows, 20 Kahro.
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 8) rounds: 1 Tonus 329 points, 2 Osborne 298, 3 Banks-Browne 267, 4 Pocock 214, 5 MacKenzie 181, 6 Rowson 175, 7 Karro 148, 8 Clarke 133, 9 Nicholls 123, 10 Keet 122, 11 Edmonds 119, 12 Elderfield 118, 13 Booker 100, 14 Reville 89, 15 Bradshaw 82, 16 Tombs 70, 17 Wilde 66, 18 Cottrell 64, 19 Roelants 54, 20 Bayliss 50,...
NEXT ROUND: July 24 – Foxhill MP, Wanborough, nr Swindon (Foxhill Promotions Ltd).
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC)
1 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Martin Barr (Proppa.com KTM) 22 + 22 + 20 = 64
3 Kristian Whatley (Samsung Yamaha) 20 + 20 + 22 = 62
4 Alex Snow (Lanes Kawasaki) 18 + 16 + 14 = 48
5 Nathan Parker (Proppa.com KTM) 15 + 15 + 16 = 46
6 Jamie Law (D3 KTM) 16 + 14 + 15 = 45
7 Gert Krestinov (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 4 + 18 + 18 = 40
8 Wayne Garrett (Moto1 KTM) 14 + 12 + 12 = 38
9 Ross Rutherford (JBR Madison Honda) 13 + 10 + 13 = 36
10 Sam Simmons (Motoward Yamaha) 8 + 8 + 10 = 26
11 Aston Bird (MPS Husqvarna) 9+6+8=23, 12 Gordon Crockard (TAS Suzuki) 12+11+0=23, 13 Jamie Smith (Regent Honda) 7+13+0=20, 14 Tony Craig (MOM Honda) 0+7+11=18, 15 Richard Bird (Bodytech Watt KTM) 10+0+7=17, 16 Robert Hamilton (G&G Ross Yamaha) 0+4+9=13, 17 Peter Mitchell (Rinaldi Vantech Kawasaki) 0+5+6=11, 18 Maarten Cremers (Phoenix CCM) 11+0+0=11, 19 Alex Butler (Corby Kawasaki) 3+2+5=10, 20 Charles Stuart (Watt KTM) 6+1+2=9, 21 Arunas Gelazninkas (Route77 Kawasaki) 0+9+0=9, 22 Alex Rach (???) 5+0+0=5, 23 Kieran Scheele (Dirt-Bike Gym Suzuki) 0+0+4=4, 24 Jim Davies (Wulfsport TM) 0+0+3=3, 25 Tony Cuddy (Honda) 2+0+1=3, 26 Ross Hill (Danger UK Suzuki) 0+3+0=3, 27 Kelvin Townsend (Wheeldon Suzuki) 1+0+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Anderson, 2 Barr, 3 Whatley, 4 Snow, 5 Law, 6 Parker, 7 Garrett, 8 Rutherford, 9 Crockard, 10 Cremers, 11 Bird, 12 Bird, 13 Simmons, 14 Jamie Smith, 15 Stuart, 16 Rach, 17 Krestinov, 18 Butler, 19 Cuddy, 20 Townsend.
RACE TWO: 1 Anderson, 2 Barr, 3 Whatley, 4 Krestinov, 5 Snow, 6 Parker, 7 Law, 8 Jamie Smith, 9 Garrett, 10 Crockard, 11 Rutherford, 12 Gelazninkas, 13 Simmons, 14 Craig, 15 Bird, 16 Mitchell, 17 Hamilton, 18 Hill, 19 Butler, 20 Stuart.
RACE THREE: 1 Anderson, 2 Whatley, 3 Barr, 4 Krestinov, 5 Parker, 6 Law, 7 Snow, 8 Rutherford, 9 Garrett, 10 Craig, 11 Simmons, 12 Hamilton, 13 Bird, 14 Bird, 15 Mitchell, 16 Butler, 17 Scheele, 18 Davies, 19 Stuart, 20 Cuddy.
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 (of 8) rounds: 1 Anderson 323 points, 2 Whatley 291, 3 Barr 247, 4 Sword 197, 5 Dougan 194, 6 Krestinov 188, 7 Church 183, 8 Snow 177, 9 Parker 168, 10 Law 150, 11 Irwin 148, 12 Simpson 138, 13 Crockard 112, 14 Garrett 109, 15 Coutts 79, 16 Rutherford 66, 17 Jamie Smith 54, 18 Schiffer 46, 19 Cremers 45, 20 Simmons 42,...
NEXT ROUND: July 24 – Foxhill MP, Wanborough, nr Swindon (Foxhill Promotions Ltd).
BRITISH MXY2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC)
1 Adam Sterry (RMJ Honda) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Ryan Houghton (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 20 + 22 = 42
3 John Meara (TMC Honda) 18 + 18 = 36
4 Mark Perfect (KTM) 15 + 20 = 35
5 Jake Millward (Team Green Kawasaki) 14 + 15 = 29
6 Jordan Divall (Evo-Tec Honda) 16 + 13 = 29
7 Joe Bamfield (KTM) 13 + 14 = 27
8 James Dunn (JCS KTM) 25 + 0 = 25
9 Jordan Keogh (???) 12 + 9 = 21
10 Chris Bayliss (Wooldridge Honda) 9 + 11 = 20
11 Damon Brooks (Team Green Kawasaki) 7+12+0=19, 12 Jack Kelly (Malin Feehily KTM) 0+16+0=16, 13 Murray Clunie (Moto1 KTM) 4+10+0=14, 14 Jamie Ellis (Rocket Centre Honda) 8+5+0=13, 15 Mark Cavill (???) 6+6+0=12, 16 Bradley Wheeler (KMUK Kawasaki) 11+0+0=11, 17 Harry Snow (Kawasaki) 2+8+0=10, 18 James Yates (Brettex Honda) 3+7+0=10, 19 Glenn McCormick (???) 10+0+0=10, 20 Connor Campbell (HMP Red Bull KTM) 5+0+0=5.21 Luke Newman (Team Green Kawasaki) 0+4+0=4, 22 Jamie Kelly (???) 0+3+0=3, 23 Jordan McClelland (???) 1+2+0=3, 24 Rhys Yates (Brettex Honda) 0+1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Dunn, 2 Sterry, 3 Houghton, 4 Meara, 5 Divall, 6 Perfect, 7 Millward, 8 Bamfield, 9 Keogh, 10 Wheeler, 11 McCormick, 12 Bayliss, 13 Ellis, 14 Brooks, 15 Cavill, 16 Campbell, 17 Clunie, 18 James Yates, 19 Snow, 20 McClelland.
RACE TWO: 1 Sterry, 2 Houghton, 3 Perfect, 4 Meara, 5 Jack Kelly, 6 Millward, 7 Bamfield, 8 Divall, 9 Brooks, 10 Bayliss, 11 Clunie, 12 Keogh, 13 Snow, 14 James Yates, 15 Cavill, 16 Ellis, 17 Newman, 18 Jamie Kelly, 19 McClelland, 20 Rhys Yates.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 5) rounds: 1 Houghton 158 points, 2 Divall 147, 3 Sterry 131, 4 Dunn 130, 5 Millward 122, 6 Perfect 107, 7 Meara 85, 8 Bamfield 71, 9 Muscat 68, 10 McLean 60, 11 Clarke 50, 12 Wales 48, 13 Wheeler 46, 14 Shipton 45, 15 Bayliss 41, 16 Brooks 40, 17 Rutter 39, 18 Pocock 38, 19 Pettett 33, 20 Jack Kelly 31,...
NEXT ROUND: August 14 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns, nr Berwick-on-Tweed (Borders MXC).
