Milton keens
By TMX Archives on 6th May 11
May Day manoeuvres at Milton Park as marvellous Maxxis reached mid point. A bit of a tongue-twister for sure and there were plenty of tight switchbacks built into the ACUs flagship circuit in Northamptonshire.
But if you were looking for serious twists and turns in the race for the British titles, think again as Brad Anderson and Zach Osborne extended their leads – but had to pull out all the stops in a day of truly enthralling racing action.
Also on the card in Northamptonshire was round three of the MXY2 series.
MX2 qualifying was again headed by the Dixon GP stars Zach Osborne and Arnaud Tonus but everyone was in for a surprise in Superpole.
Neville Bradshaw, back after injury and on a Maunders Honda, cleverly put himself in group two of a split Superpole session. The track was drying fast in the May-day sun and Bradshaw blasted to a 1min 50.7second lap to grab first pick of the gate.
Arnaud Tonus holeshot the first race of the day but made a mistake half-way around lap one and gave himself a mountain to climb. Team-mate Osborne took it upon himself to take the race lead and rode unchallenged to victory despite a small spill of his own.
DB Honda star Elliott Banks-Browne rode hard for the duration of the 14-lap race, eventually carding third after the marauding Tonus fought his way back up to second at three-quarter distance. Behind the leading trio an almighty scrap developed between Bradshaw, Mel Pocock, Bryan MacKenzie, Steven Clarke and Ray Rowson.
At the flag, Bry Mac nabbed fourth from a tiring TAS Suzuki runner Pocock with Bradshaw and Rowson completing the top seven.
Race two was a stormer. Osborne overshot the devilishly tight first turn leaving Banks, Tonus and Pocock out front.
Meanwhile, back at the first turn Rowson and Mackenzie were in a heap and their day in the sun wasn't looking so rosy. Banks held off Tonus for a good four laps until the bike got away from him in a tight right-hander and he slipped off his machine.
Tonus, Pocock, Bradshaw and a flying Zach Osborne all sped through and the race was on. Osborne soon disposed of Pocock who was nursing a leg injury from a crash last week in Ireland and Bradshaw who was out of race practice but still as fast as ever. Mel held firm in third with Neville carding a fine fourth. Elliot remained in fifth.
At the sharp end, Zach got the magnets on and was reeling Tonus in at a scarcely believable rate. Arnaud made a small error on lap 12 beside the paddock straight and Zach motored through to his second win of the day and seventh of the 2011 campaign.
The Milton Park crowd were treated to a riding demonstration in heat three as the Bike-it Dixon hot-shots rode like it was the last race of the year. They gated together and left the likes of Elliott Banks and Mel Pocock to settle for third and fourth respectively in the race and indeed overall on the day.
American Osborne went hell for leather trying to break Tonus' spirit but the Swiss is made of stern stuff. Tonus was never more than a second or two adrift and made his move on lap nine. Osborne is never more exciting to watch than when he has to chase a rider down. The No.338 red-plate holder pushed as hard as he could but his challenge came to a halt a lap from the flag when he slipped off the Yamaha power-house in the first corner.
No harm was done however as he soon got back on and still carded second. Osborne's second was good enough to give him the overall - his 72point haul meaning he extends his slender championship lead to six points.
Tonus scored 69 points on the day and another silver medal overall. EBB was chuffed with his second podium in a row, meaning he still has control of third in the series standings.
Special mention must go to Anthony Reville and Sunny Thompson – both just teenagers – who were fantastic on the day in tenth and eleventh overall in a top class field.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX MAY 6
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Milton Park, nr Northampton
(ACU Events Ltd)
1 Zach Osborne (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 25 + 25 + 22 = 72
2 Arnaud Tonus (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 22 + 22 + 25 = 69
3 Elliott Banks-Browne (DB Honda) 20 + 16 + 20 = 56
4 Mel Pocock (TAS Suzuki) 16 + 20 + 18 = 54
5 Neville Bradshaw (Route77 MVR-D Honda) 15 + 18 + 14 = 47
6 Scott Elderfield (Lanes Kawasaki) 11 + 15 + 13 = 39
7 Alan Keet (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 13 + 13 + 8 = 34
8 Stuart Edmonds (Wulfsport TM) 10 + 14 + 9 = 33
9 Ray Rowson (Samsung Yamaha) 14 + 0 + 15 = 29
10 Anthony Reville (PAR Honda) 7 + 12 + 10 = 29
11 Sunny Thompson (Bikesport Kawasaki) 4+11+11=26, 12 Bryan MacKenzie (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 18+5+0=23, 13 Matt Burrows (Edmondson Racing KTM) 8+10+2=20, 14 Jordan Booker (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 3+3+12=18, 15 Matt Bayliss (Wooldridge Helyar Honda) 12+1+4=17, 16 Steven Clarke (Maxxis Apico Suzuki) 0+0+16=16, 17 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 6+7+1=14, 18 Lewis Tombs (MVR-D Honda) 5+0+5=10, 19 Ashley Wilde (Sandbach SMB Yamaha) 2+8+0=10, 20 James Dodd (Motoxtreme Kawasaki) 0+9+0=9, 21 Josh Waterman (Moto1 KTM) 9+0+0=9, 22 John Phillips (DirtBike-Gym Suzuki) 0+0+7=7, 23 Lewis Rose (Buff Husqvarna) 0+0+6=6, 24 Lewis Trickett (Twisted 7 Kawasaki) 0+6+0=6, 25 Scott Probert (Kopparbergs Honda) 0+2+3=5, 26 Luke Mellows (Meridith Suzuki) 1+4+0=5.
RACE ONE: 1 Osborne, 2 Tonus, 3 Banks-Browne, 4 MacKenzie, 5 Pocock, 6 Bradshaw, 7 Rowson, 8 Keet, 9 Bayliss, 10 Elderfield, 11 Edmonds, 12 Waterman, 13 Burrows, 14 Reville, 15 Walkley, 16 Tombs, 17 Thompson, 18 Booker, 19 Wilde, 20 Mellows.
RACE TWO: 1 Osborne, 2 Tonus, 3 Pocock, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Banks-Browne, 6 Elderfield, 7 Edmonds, 8 Keet, 9 Reville, 10 Thompson, 11 Burrows, 12 Dodd, 13 Wilde, 14 Walkley, 15 Trickett, 16 MacKenzie, 17 Mellows, 18 Booker, 19 Probert, 20 Bayliss.
RACE THREE: 1 Tonus, 2 Osborne, 3 Banks-Browne, 4 Pocock, 5 Clarke, 6 Rowson, 7 Bradshaw, 8 Elderfield, 9 Booker, 10 Thompson, 11 Reville, 12 Edmonds, 13 Keet, 14 Phillips, 15 Rose, 16 Tombs, 17 Bayliss, 18 Probert, 19 Burrows, 20 Walkley.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Osborne 263 points, 2 Tonus 257, 3 Banks-Browne 213, 4 Pocock 178, 5 Rowson 139, 6 MacKenzie 133, 7 Keet 122, 8 Elderfield 118, 9 Karro 109, 10 Clarke 93, 11 Edmonds 89, 12 Reville 89, 13 Booker 83, 14 Nicholls 56, 15 Roelants 54, 16 Wilde 50, 17 Bradshaw 47, 18 Tombs 47, 19 Bayliss 46, 20 Probert 46,...
NEXT ROUND: June 26 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC).
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Milton Park, nr Northampton
(ACU Events Ltd)
1 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 25 + 22 + 25 = 72
2 Kristian Whatley (Samsung Yamaha) 22 + 25 + 18 = 65
3 Martin Barr (Proppa.com KTM) 20 + 18 + 20 = 58
4 Jason Dougan (Bike It Cosworth WW Yam) 9 + 20 + 22 = 51
5 Stephen Sword (Buildbase CCM) 18 + 16 + 16 = 50
6 Alex Snow (Lanes Kawasaki) 15 + 14 + 15 = 44
7 Gert Krestinov (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 16 + 13 + 14 = 43
8 Nathan Parker (Proppa.com KTM) 12 + 15 + 11 = 38
9 Tom Church (Buildbase CCM) 14 + 6 + 13 = 33
10 Graeme Irwin (HMP Red Bull KTM) 10 + 12 + 10 = 32
11 Wayne Garrett (Moto1 KTM) 7+11+9=27, 12 Jamie Law (D3 KTM) 0+9+12=21, 13 Luke Benstead (Colchester Kawasaki) 5+8+6=19, 14 Maarten Cremers (Phoenix CCM) 0+10+7=17, 15 Ashley Greedy (Talbot Cabs KTM) 0+7+8=15, 16 Gordon Crockard (TAS Suzuki) 13+0+0=13, 17 Ross Hill (Danger UK Suzuki) 11+0+0=11, 18 Sam Simmons (Motoward Yamaha) 6+0+3=9, 19 Ross Rutherford (JBR Madison Honda) 8+0+1=9, 20 Darren Shears (St Blazey Husqvarna) 4+5+0=9, 21 Jamie Smith (Regent Honda) 2+0+5=7, 22 Brad Cavill (MD Racing Honda) 0+2+4=6, 23 Adam Reynolds (Kawasaki) 0+4+0=4, 24 Arunas Gelazninkas (Route77 Kawasaki) 1+3+0=4, 25 Jim Davies (Wulfsport TM) 0+1+2=3, 26 Ross Flashman (Colin Flashman Honda) 3+0+0=3.
RACE ONE: 1 Anderson, 2 Whatley, 3 Barr, 4 Sword, 5 Krestinov, 6 Snow, 7 Church, 8 Crockard, 9 Parker, 10 Hill, 11 Irwin, 12 Dougan, 13 Rutherford, 14 Garrett, 15 Simmons, 16 Benstead, 17 Shears, 18 Flashman, 19 Jamie Smith, 20 Gelazninkas.
RACE TWO: 1 Whatley, 2 Anderson, 3 Dougan, 4 Barr, 5 Sword, 6 Parker, 7 Snow, 8 Krestinov, 9 Irwin, 10 Garrett, 11 Cremers, 12 Law, 13 Benstead, 14 Greedy, 15 Church, 16 Shears, 17 Reynolds, 18 Gelazninkas, 19 Cavill, 20 Davies.
RACE THREE: 1 Anderson, 2 Dougan, 3 Barr, 4 Whatley, 5 Sword, 6 Snow, 7 Krestinov, 8 Church, 9 Law, 10 Parker, 11 Irwin, 12 Garrett, 13 Greedy, 14 Cremers, 15 Benstead, 16 Jamie Smith, 17 Cavill, 18 Simmons, 19 Davies, 20 Rutherford.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Anderson 248 points, 2 Whatley 229, 3 Sword 197, 4 Dougan 194, 5 Church 183, 6 Barr 183, 7 Krestinov 148, 8 Irwin 148, 9 Simpson 138, 10 Snow 129, 11 Parker 122, 12 Law 105, 13 Crockard 89, 14 Coutts 79, 15 Garrett 71, 16 Schiffer 46, 17 Benstead 35, 18 Cremers 34, 19 Jamie Smith 34, 20 Rutherford 30,...
NEXT ROUND: June 26 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC).
BRITISH MXY2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Milton Park, nr Northampton
(ACU Events Ltd)
1 Ryan Houghton (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 25 + 22 = 47
2 James Dunn (JCS KTM) 20 + 25 = 45
3 Jordan Divall (Evo-Tec Honda) 22 + 20 = 42
4 Jake Millward (Team Green Kawasaki) 16 + 13 = 29
5 John Meara (TMC Honda) 11 + 16 = 27
6 Bryn Clarke (Jet Shed Honda) 12 + 15 = 27
7 Rob Muscat (MX World Honda) 7 + 14 = 21
8 James Rutter (Spectrum Hose Honda) 14 + 6 = 20
9 Ryan McLean (KTM) 10 + 9 = 19
10 Adam Sterry (RMJ Honda) 0 + 18 = 18
11 Joe Bamfield (KTM) 18+0+0=18, 12 Mark Perfect (KTM) 8+8+0=16, 13 Bradley Wheeler (KMUK Kawasaki) 9+7+0=16, 14 Damon Wales (Golden Tyre KTM) 15+0+0=15, 15 James Yates (Brettex Honda) 13+0+0=13, 16 Dan Thornhill (Proppa.com KTM) 0+12+0=12, 17 Lloyd Pettett (MXR Services Honda) 0+11+0=11, 18 Alex Meadows (Chevron MVRD Honda) 1+10+0=11, 19 Rhys Yates (Brettex Honda) 5+4+0=9, 20 Chris Bayliss (Wooldridge Honda) 3+3+0=6.21 Daniel Maxey (AC Powertech KTM) 6+0+0=6, 22 Damon Brooks (Team Green Kawasaki) 0+5+0=5, 23 Cameron Pendreich (Tinto NMA KTM) 4+1+0=5, 24 Jack Kelly (Malin Feehily KTM) 2+2+0=4.
RACE ONE: 1 Houghton, 2 Divall, 3 Dunn, 4 Bamfield, 5 Millward, 6 Wales, 7 Rutter, 8 James Yates, 9 Clarke, 10 Meara, 11 McLean, 12 Wheeler, 13 Perfect, 14 Muscat, 15 Maxey, 16 Rhys Yates, 17 Pendreich, 18 Bayliss, 19 Kelly, 20 Meadows.
RACE TWO: 1 Dunn, 2 Houghton, 3 Divall, 4 Sterry, 5 Meara, 6 Clarke, 7 Muscat, 8 Millward, 9 Thornhill, 10 Pettett, 11 Meadows, 12 McLean, 13 Perfect, 14 Wheeler, 15 Rutter, 16 Brooks, 17 Rhys Yates, 18 Bayliss, 19 Kelly, 20 Pendreich.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 5) rounds: 1 Divall 118 points, 2 Houghton 116, 3 Dunn 105, 4 Millward 93, 5 Sterry 84, 6 Perfect 72, 7 Muscat 68, 8 McLean 60, 9 Clarke 50, 10 Meara 49, 11 Wales 48, 12 Shipton 45, 13 Bamfield 44, 14 Rutter 39, 15 Pocock 38, 16 Wheeler 35, 17 Pettett 33, 18 Brine 28, 19 Thornhill 22, 20 Brooks 21,...
NEXT ROUND: June 26 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC).
