Maxx power
By TMX Archives on 7th Oct 11
The final round of the 2011 Maxxis British Motocross Championship rolled up at a wonderfully groomed Hawkstone Park, under the finest sky this country has seen in 100 Octobers.
Surely this was the most fitting of venues for a series finale where – despite the two main Championships having already been sewn-up – Hawkstone served notice that motocross is not dead in this country yet.
We waved goodbye to some old-stagers at their very last Maxxis but welcomed with open arms some riders just planting the seeds of what could be very fruitful careers. The 2011 MX2 champ Arnaud Tonus laid down a qualifying lap of 2:07.1 – a time which wasn't beaten all day - and promptly nailed the rest of his class to the wall.
Tonus repeated the 2:07 in Superpole and left Jake Nicholls and the rest three seconds or more further back.
The first moto turned out like so many in 2011, with Tonus grabbing an early lead and galloping off for an unchallenged victory.
The story behind was slightly different with Bryan Mackenzie, Mel Pocock and Neville Bradshaw having a great dust-up for second.
Jake Nicholls sat in fifth ahead of another conflict between Steven Clarke and newly crowned MXY2 Champion Ryan Houghton.
HM Plant KTM rider Houghton, in his first adult outing, chased Clarke hard before coming a gutser at the top of Hawkstone Hill and rolling almost to the bottom.
As the moto wore on Nicholls and Clarke settled for fifth and sixth and Bry Mac piled on the coals to secure second.
Bradshaw meanwhile had designs on third, but Pocock held firm to the chequered flag under enormous pressure.
Heat two followed much the same pattern, with the same seven riders getting the drop on the rest of the field.
Houghton this time collected his seventh-place score, surely a sign of things to come for the youngster from Chelmsford.
Clarke carded another healthy sixth with Pocock, Bradshaw and Bry Mac in the thick of things in the top five.
LPE Kwacka runner MacKenzie scored best again (third) holding off more pressure from Bradshaw (Maunders Honda).
Nicholls had earlier bolted at the front knowing full-well that a midweek illness would seriously dent his stamina.
Tonus, calm enough in second, was like a lion stalking his prey lap after lap, until Jake wilted with four laps to go.
Tonus cruised to another chequered flag leaving little room for sentiment.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX OCTOBER 7
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 8 (Final) – Hawkstone Park,
nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC)
1 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 25 + 22 + 25 = 72
2 Martin Barr (Boost Energy KTM) 22 + 25 + 18 = 65
3 Tom Church (HMP Red Bull KTM) 18 + 20 + 22 = 60
4 Gert Krestinov (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 16 + 18 + 20 = 54
5 Kristian Whatley (Samsung Yamaha) 20 + 16 + 16 = 52
6 Alex Snow (Lanes Kawasaki) 15 + 15 + 15 = 45
7 Dorren Coutts (Yamaha) 14 + 12 + 13 = 39
8 Matthew Moffat (Danger UK KTM) 13 + 11 + 14 = 38
9 Jamie Law (D3 KTM) 11 + 14 + 12 = 37
10 Louis Calvin (Boost Energy KTM) 8 + 10 + 11 = 29
11 Nathan Parker (Boost Energy KTM) 12+13+0=25, 12 Luke Benstead (Colchester Kawasaki) 2+7+10=19, 13 Nathan Watson (HMP Red Bull KTM) 10+9+0=19, 14 Ross Rutherford (JBR Madison Honda) 7+4+7=18, 15 Lewis Gregory (Maxxis Apico Suzuki) 0+8+8=16, 16 Arunas Gelazninkas (Route77 Kawasaki) 0+6+9=15, 17 Sam Simmons (Motoward Yamaha) 6+5+3=14, 18 George Baldwin (Honda) 5+2+4=11, 19 Peter Mitchell (Rinaldi Vantech Kawasaki) 0+3+6=9, 20 Will Worden (Gibbs Wheeldon Suzuki) 4+0+5=9, 21 Josh Waterman (Moto1 KTM) 9+0+0=9, 22 Jackson Evans (Samsung Yamaha) 3+1+1=5, 23 Kelvin Townsend (Wheeldon Suzuki) 0+0+2=2, 24 Ben Talbott (Wulfsport Honda) 1+0+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Anderson, 2 Barr, 3 Whatley, 4 Church, 5 Krestinov, 6 Snow, 7 Coutts, 8 Moffat, 9 Parker, 10 Law, 11 Watson, 12 Waterman, 13 Calvin, 14 Rutherford, 15 Simmons, 16 Baldwin, 17 Worden, 18 Evans, 19 Benstead, 20 Talbott.
RACE TWO: 1 Barr, 2 Anderson, 3 Church, 4 Krestinov, 5 Whatley, 6 Snow, 7 Law, 8 Parker, 9 Coutts, 10 Moffat, 11 Calvin, 12 Watson, 13 Gregory, 14 Benstead, 15 Gelazninkas, 16 Simmons, 17 Rutherford, 18 Mitchell, 19 Baldwin, 20 Evans.
RACE THREE: 1 Anderson, 2 Church, 3 Krestinov, 4 Barr, 5 Whatley, 6 Snow, 7 Moffat, 8 Coutts, 9 Law, 10 Calvin, 11 Benstead, 12 Gelazninkas, 13 Gregory, 14 Rutherford, 15 Mitchell, 16 Worden, 17 Baldwin, 18 Simmons, 19 Townsend, 20 Evans.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Brad Anderson 525 points (CHAMPION), 2 Kristian Whatley 427, 3 Martin Barr 422, 4 Church 340, 5 Krestinov 335, 6 Snow 318, 7 Parker 287, 8 Sword 222, 9 Dougan 194, 10 Law 187, 11 Crockard 183, 12 Irwin 148, 13 Coutts 146, 14 Simpson 138, 15 Rutherford 128, 16 Garrett 109, 17 Jamie Smith 107, 18 Benstead 73, 19 Moffat 69, 20 Cremers 68,...
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 8 (Final) – Hawkstone Park,
nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC)
1 Arnaud Tonus (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Bryan MacKenzie (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 22 + 20 + 20 = 62
3 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 16 + 22 + 22 = 60
4 Neville Bradshaw (Route77 MVR-D Hon) 18 + 18 + 18 = 54
5 Mel Pocock (TAS Suzuki) 20 + 16 + 16 = 52
6 Steven Clarke (Maxxis Apico Suzuki) 15 + 15 + 11 = 41
7 Alan Keet (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 13 + 11 + 14 = 38
8 Ashley Wilde (Sandbach SMB Yamaha) 9 + 9 + 12 = 30
9 Jordan Booker (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 0 + 12 + 15 = 27
10 Anthony Reville (PAR Honda) 10 + 13 + 0 = 23
11 Kayne Lamont (Maxxis Apico Suzuki) 12+0+9=21, 12 Tom Kelly (DB Honda) 11+0+8=19, 13 Lewis Tombs (MVR-D Honda) 7+6+5=18, 14 Stuart Edmonds (Wulfsport TM) 8+10+0=18, 15 Luke Mellows (Meredith Suzuki) 5+5+6=16, 16 Matt Burrows (Edmondson Racing KTM) 3+4+7=14, 17 Ryan Houghton (HMP Red Bull KTM) 0+14+0=14, 18 John Phillips (DirtBike-Gym Suzuki) 14+0+0=14, 19 Shane Carless (Moto1 KTM) 0+0+13=13, 20 Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda) 6+3+4=13, 21 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kawasaki) 0+2+10=12, 22 Luke Norris (Phoenix Tools Kawasaki) 4+7+0=11, 23 Sunny Thompson (Bikesport Kawasaki) 0+8+0=8, 24 Erki Kahro (MVR-D Honda) 2+0+3=5, 25 Jake Milward (???) 1+0+2=3, 26 Liam Garland (Samsung Yamaha) 0+0+1=1, 27 Bryn Clarke (Honda) 0+1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Tonus, 2 MacKenzie, 3 Pocock, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Nicholls, 6 Steven Clarke, 7 Phillips, 8 Keet, 9 Lamont, 10 Kelly, 11 Reville, 12 Wilde, 13 Edmonds, 14 Tombs, 15 Hawkins, 16 Mellows, 17 Norris, 18 Burrows, 19 Kahro, 20 Milward.
RACE TWO: 1 Tonus, 2 Nicholls, 3 MacKenzie, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Pocock, 6 Steven Clarke, 7 Houghton, 8 Reville, 9 Booker, 10 Keet, 11 Edmonds, 12 Wilde, 13 Thompson, 14 Norris, 15 Tombs, 16 Mellows, 17 Burrows, 18 Hawkins, 19 Walkley, 20 Bryn Clarke.
RACE THREE: 1 Tonus, 2 Nicholls, 3 MacKenzie, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Pocock, 6 Booker, 7 Keet, 8 Carless, 9 Wilde, 10 Steven Clarke, 11 Walkley, 12 Lamont, 13 Kelly, 14 Burrows, 15 Mellows, 16 Tombs, 17 Hawkins, 18 Kahro, 19 Milward, 20 Garland.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 8 rounds: 1 Arnaud Tonus 545 points (CHAMPION), 2 Elliott Banks-Browne 384, 3 Mel Pocock 353, 4 MacKenzie 334, 5 Osborne 323, 6 Nicholls 301, 7 Bradshaw 237, 8 Karro 228, 9 Edmonds 196, 10 Steven Clarke 195, 11 Keet 190, 12 Booker 184, 13 Rowson 175, 14 Reville 122, 15 Tombs 121, 16 Elderfield 118, 17 Cottrell 115, 18 Walkley 111, 19 Wilde 97, 20 Phillips 88,...
BRITISH VETERAN MOTOCROSS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 (Final) – Hawkstone Park,
nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC)
1 Phil Mercer (KTM) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Jason Morris (Dirt Bike-Gym Suzuki) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Brian Wheeler (Maxxis Henderson Kawasaki) 18 + 20 = 38
4 Greg Hanson (Moto Xtreme Kawasaki) 20 + 18 = 38
5 Darren Scott (???) 16 + 16 = 32
6 Garry Jones (???) 15 + 15 = 30
7 Anthony Kahl (???) 14 + 14 = 28
8 Fred Sparkes (???) 13 + 12 = 25
9 Ewan Johnston (???) 11 + 13 = 24
10 Keith Rice (JK Racing Honda) 12 + 9 = 21
11 Paul Curtis (KTM) 9+8=17, 12 Anthony Houseman (Houseman Engines KTM) 5+10=15, 13 Alan Eaves (???) 8+6=14, 14 Richard Brown (KTM) 10+3=13, 15 Alan Magee (Honda) 7+5=12, 16 Robert Glynn (Suzuki) 0+11=11, 17 Andrew Little (???) 4+7=11, 18 Stephen Rowlands (Yamaha) 6+4=10, 19 Trevor Sheppard (KTM) 3+2=5, 20 Mark Gessey (???) 2+1=3.21 Darren Pocock (Pro Decal Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Mercer, 2 Morris, 3 Greg Hanson, 4 Wheeler, 5 Scott, 6 Jones, 7 Kahl, 8 Sparkes, 9 Rice, 10 Johnston, 11 Richard Brown, 12 Curtis, 13 Eaves, 14 Magee, 15 Rowlands, 16 Houseman, 17 Little, 18 Sheppard, 19 Gessey, 20 Pocock.
RACE TWO: 1 Mercer, 2 Morris, 3 Wheeler, 4 Greg Hanson, 5 Scott, 6 Jones, 7 Kahl, 8 Johnston, 9 Sparkes, 10 Glynn, 11 Houseman, 12 Rice, 13 Curtis, 14 Little, 15 Eaves, 16 Magee, 17 Rowlands, 18 Richard Brown, 19 Sheppard, 20 Gessey.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Greg Hanson 132 points (CHAMPION), 2 Jason Morris 122, 3 Brian Wheeler 106, 4 Mercer 97, 5 Sparkes 69, 6 Richard Brown 65, 7 Jones 64, 8 Lewis 62, 9 Ricky Hanson 46, 10 Thomas 45, 11 Glynn 45, 12 House 42, 13 Curtis 42, 14 Rice 39, 15 Houseman 35, 16 Magee 33, 17 Scott 32, 18 Kahl 28, 19 Bradley 27, 20 Elford 26,...
