Now he's Farm'ing!
By TMX Archives on 30th Oct 08
IT may not have been the perfect start for Keith Farmer but he's leading the P&O Winter Supermoto Series following Saturday's weather-beaten opener at Bishopscourt.Farmer also enjoyed a British championship race win in the final round which produced a double for Christian Iddon.
At least I got three P&O finishes in difficult conditions, said Farmer who is the defending title-holder. Others fell by the wayside and that helped me to take the lead.
From three starts I had a win and two third place finishes, reflected 22-year-old Farmer from Clogher. However, both Christian Iddon and Matt Winstanley were in fine form.
The two English visitors had a win but they suffered a major blow by retiring from the second race won by Farmer.
In the opening moto, it was Iddon in front for the full distance, leaving Farmer and Winstanley to fight for the runners-up spot.
At the finish, Iddon won by two seconds from Winstanley, with Farmer, a further three seconds adrift, in third.
The second leg was an incident-packed affair with former champion, Davy McKee, falling on the first lap when Iddon was the leader with Farmer second.
Then on lap two, Winstanley, from Wigan, went out while Iddon quit on the fourth lap.
I had a tyre problem and that's why I fell off, explained Iddon who hails from Stockport.
Aware of these incidents, Farmer kept his cool and went on to score a comfortable win over another visitor, Lee Jones.
I badly needed that win, admitted Farmer. The track conditions were a bit of a lottery and I suppose I was lucky to stay upright.
At least I knew that I was leading the P&O going into the final race.
ULSTER SUPERMOTO CHAMPS
Rd 1 Bishopscourt (Supermoto NI)
P&O SERIES Race One: 1 C Iddon, 2 M Winstanley, 3 K Farmer, 4 L Jones, 5 D McKee, 6 C Shield.
Race Two: 1 Farmer, 2 Jones, 3 Shield, 4 A Marks, 5 R Blakeman, 6 C Babbitt.
Race Three: 1 Winstanley, 2 Iddon, 3 Farmer, 4 McKee, 5 Blakeman, 6 D Farmer.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 round: 1 K Farmer 81 points, 2 Winstanley 62, 3 Shield 61, 4 Iddon 60, 5 Blakeman 59, 6 Jones 50.
KTM SOLO Race One: 1 C Walker, 2 C Thompson, 3 L Williams, 4 D McFaul, 5 B Kirkman, 6 S Arnott.
Race Two: 1 Walker, 2 Williams, 3 Thompson, 4 McFaul, 5 Arnott, 6 D O'Connor.
Race Three: 1 McFaul, 2 P Gartland, 3 Thompson, 4 R McGarvey, 5 Arnott, 6 C Coyle.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 round: 1 Thompson 78 points, 2 McFaul 76, 3 Walker 69, 4 Williams 67, 5 Arnott 61, 6 McGarvey 55.
CLUBMAN Race One: 1 L Cunliffe, 2 J Bergin, 3 L Rudd, 4 S Dornan, 5 G Henderson, 6 R Griffiths.
Race Two: 1 Cunliffe, 2 Rudd, 3 Bergin, 4 Henderson, 5 G Dickinson, 6 Dornan.
Race Three: 1 Cunliffe, 2 Dickinson, 3 Rudd, 4 Bergin,5 Griffiths, 6 Dornan.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 round: 1 Cunliffe 95 points, 2 Bergin 78, 3 Rudd 77, 4 Dickinson 63, 5 Dornan 61, 6 A McClelland 47.
QUAD Race One: 1 M Donnelly, 2 C McCartan, 3 N McDermott, 4 A Ebbitt, 5 M Troughton, 6 J Reid.
Race Two: 1 Donnelly, 2 Troughton, 3 Ebbitt, 4 McCartan, 5 McDermott, 6 Reid.
Race Three: 1 Donnelly, 2 Reid, 3 Ebbitt, 4 McCartan, 5 Troughton, 6 McDermott.
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 round: 1 Donnelly 95 points, 2 McCartan 74, 3 Ebbitt 73, 4 Troughton 72, Reid 65, 5 McDermott 65.
BRITISH S1 SUPERMOTO CHAMPS
Rd 11 Bishopscourt, Downpatrick, NI (BSMC)
S1 CHAMPS
1 Matt Winstanley (Robinson KTM) 25 + 22 + 25 = 72
2 Ady Smith (450 Freestone KTM) 22 + 25 + 22 = 69
3 Lee Jones (450 Aprilia) 20 + 20+ 20 = 60
4 James Addy (450 Appleyard KTM) 18 + 18 + 18 = 54
5 Chris Hodgson (Moto Supplies Hus) 16 + 16 + 16 = 48
6 Rob McNealy (450 Husqvarna UK) 15 + 15 + 15 = 45
Race One: 1 Winstanley, 2 Smith, 3 Jones, 4 Addy, 5 Hodgson, 6 McNealy.
Race Two: 1 Smith, 2 Winstanley, 3 Jones, 4 Addy, 5 Hodgson, 6 McNealy.
RACE Three: 1 Winstanley, 2 Smith, 3 Jones, 4 Addy, 5 Hodgson, 6 McNealy.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 11 rounds: 1 Matt Winstanley 669 points (CHAMPION), 2 Ady Smith 596, 3 James Addy 544, 4 Hodgson 529, 5 Clements 400, 6 Matthew Pope 363, 7 McNealy 353, 8 Darlington 302, 9 Jones 260, 10 Mitchell 210, 11 Sharpe 114, 12 Dixon 102, 13 Garnet 62, 14 Norris 58, 15 Farmer 25,
S2 CHAMPS
1 Christian Iddon (550 Aprilia) 25 + 22 + 25 = 72
2 Ricky Higgs (550 Aprilia) 20 + 18 + 22 = 60
3 Richard Blakeman (Robinson KTM) 18 + 20 + 20 = 58
4 Craig Venske (613 Robinson KTM) 15 + 15 + 18 = 48
5 Chris Babbitt (650 Husaberg) 16 + 16 + 16 = 48
6 Keith Farmer (550 SM Aprilia) 22 + 25 + 0 = 47
7 Lee Abbott (540 KTM) 14 + 14 + 0 = 28
Race One: 1 Iddon, 2 Farmer, 3 Higgs, 4 Blakeman, 5 Babbitt, 6 Venske, 7 Abbott.
Race two: 1 Farmer, 2 Iddon, 3 Blakeman, 4 Higgs, 5 Babbitt, 6 Venske, 7 Abbott.
Race Three: 1 Iddon, 2 Higgs, 3 Blakeman, 4 Venske, 5 Babbitt.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 11 rounds: 1 Christian Iddon 628 points (CHAMPION), 2 Keith Farmer 597, 3 Ricky Higgs 596, 4 Hartley 487, 5 Blakeman 448, 6 Venske 442, 7 Dixon 357, 8 Babbitt 340, 9 Moore 304, 10 Abbott 298, 11 Shield 258, 12 Woodacre 98, 13 Milward 64, 14 Mitchell 49, 15 Cunliffe 28,
CLUBMAN CHAMPS
1 Chris Walker (450 KTM) 25 + 25 + 14 = 64
2 Dale O'Connor (450 Honda) 18 + 20 + 25 = 63
3 Lee Williams (450 KTM 22 + 22 + 18 = 62
4 Ben Kirkman (650 MW Honda) 20 + 18 + 22 = 60
5 Chris Harrison (???) 16 + 13 + 16 = 45
6 Michael Craig (450 KTM) 15 + 14 + 13 = 42
7 Anthony Long (???) 14+16+10=40, 8 Darren Wilcock (650 Husaberg) 13+10+15=38, 9 Peter Bennett (???) 0+15+20=35, 10 Neil Crayston (???) 12+12+11=35, 11 Lee Metcalfe (KTM) 11+11+12=34.
Race One: 1 Chris Walker, 2 Williams, 3 Kirkman, 4 O'Connor, 5 Harrison, 6 Craig, 7 Long, 8 Wilcock, 9 Crayston, 10 Metcalfe.
Race Two: 1 Chris Walker, 2 Williams, 3 O'Connor, 4 Kirkman, 5 Long, 6 Peter Bennett, 7 Craig, 8 Harrison, 9 Crayston, 10 Metcalfe, 11 Wilcock.
Race Three: 1 O'Connor, 2 Kirkman, 3 Peter Bennett, 4 Williams, 5 Harrison, 6 Wilcock, 7 Chris Walker, 8 Craig, 9 Metcalfe, 10 Crayston, 11 Long.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 11 rounds: 1 Chris Walker 696 points (CHAMPION), 2 Lee Williams 643, 3 Ben Kirkman 560, 4 O'Connor 539, 5 Bertram 362, 6 Craig 324, 7 Metcalfe 274, 8 Field 194, 9 Bourne 192, 10 Robb 162, 11 Crayston 157, 12 Richard Sharp 150, 13 Bott 133, 14 Hinch 132, 15 Stuart Sharp 121,
S3 CHAMPS
1 Lee Cunliffe (250 DCR KTM) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Lee Rudd (250 TRM Honda) 22 + 22 + 22 = 66
3 James Moore (250 DMR TM) 20 + 20 + 20 = 60
Race One, Two & Three: 1 Cunliffe, 2 Rudd, 3 Moore.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 11 rounds: 1 Ollie Pope 704 points (CHAMPION), 2 Lee Rudd 593, 3 LEE Cunliffe 579, 4 Bateman 470, 5 Harrison 435, 6 Church 373, 7 Cornish 367, 8 Baldwin 272, 9 Field 253, 10 Hartley 191, 11 Roberts 172, 12 Norris 161, 13 Connell 160, 14 Moore 111, 15 Wright 79,
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008