News - Rumble in Rhayader
By TMX Archives on 12th Jun 06
Britain's premier mid-week motocross series gets off to a flyer at Cwmythig Hill
GP stars Gordon Crockard and Tommy Church take home the lion's share of the big cash prizes in front of over 5000 race fans at round one of the PAR Homes/Bache's Bargains Welsh Open motocross championships.
With big money prizes on the line for both the three-moto Open Expert event and the evening ending dash-for-the-cash races the action comes thick and fast.
It's Monster Mark Hucklebridge who wins the opening gambit as the Crock Star comes through the pack for second but it's a different story in the following two motos as there's no stopping defending champ Brad Anderson who's takes the overall win. But the big money races are still to come and they're the split capacity dash-for-the-cash Grand Finals.
After a tough night spent battling in the pack against the 450s, TC comes out firing on all cylinders to take the win in the 250F class on his Molson Kawasaki. Maximum Solutions Suzuki's Alex Snow takes second with PAR/KRM Honda's Steven Clarke rounding out the podium.
With Anderson on something of a win-streak the bumper crowd expect the north-easterner to take another fine win on the Pioneer Yamaha but Crockard has other ideas. Gordy grabs the holeshot and keeps his nose in front for the full 10 minutes while Anderson desperately seeks a way past the flying Ulsterman.
But there's nowt Brad can do and he has to settle for second behind the Wulfsport Honda team-leader while Jones beats off John May for the final podium spot.
The final two rounds of the cracking Wednesday night series are all set to go off on June 14 and July 12. As always the first race leaves the line at 6:45 so make sure you blag the afternoon off work and get your ass down there. For more details check out www.rdmcc.co.uk