Michael's trick up his Cleve...
By TMX Archives on 25th Mar 10
MRS Sherco rider Michael Brown, so often the nearly man in Middlesbrough and DMC's Cleveland National, laid that to rest on Sunday, producing a high quality ride to clinch the win at Castleton on the North Yorks Moors.
Not that it was easy for the Scarborough ace as a rejuvenated Shaun Morris last year's winner was not about to relinquish his title, but as so often the case in the past over the final few sections, where Brown has let it slip from his grasp before, this time he nailed it, leaving Morris to swallow the bitter pill of defeat.
Tight on time, Experts appeared at the finish as the sun dipped low and Brown arrived on just seven marks lost.
NATIONAL CLEVELAND TRIAL
Castleton, North Yorks Moors
(Middlesbrough and DMC)
Premier: Michael Brown (MRS Sherco) 8 marks lost.
First Class: Shaun Morris (Gas Gas) 14.
Second Class: Ian Austermuhle (Beta) 23.
Intermediate: Grant Morris (Beta) 30.
First Class: David Pye (Gas Gas) 37, Mark Harrison (Montesa) 38.
Second Class: Stephen Suddes (Gas Gas) 41.
Clubman: Mark Doughty (Sherco) 15.
First Class: Simon Williamson (Gas Gas) 27, Colin Chapman (Gas Gas) 31, Mark Buckworth (Beta) 33, Derek White (Gas Gas) 34.
Second Class: Nathan Stones (Gas Gas) 37, Paul Terry (Gas Gas) 38, Barry Chapman (Gas Gas) 39, Alex Bennett (Sherco) 40.
Middlesbrough DMC Clubman: Phil Perry (Gas Gas) 55mc.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 2010