Phil fills top spot
By TMX Archives on 6th Sep 07
FOLLOWING his great Bank Holiday Monday win at Wymeswold, Phil Mercer travelled to Cleobury Mortimer on Sunday with a 13-point advantage over reigning AMCA 125cc champ Brad O'Leary.
With the 2007 title race now approaching its final stages, Philproduced another masterclass performance to further extend that lead toa massive 41points by earning a very important overall victory.
Now holding second place in the series is Lee Payne, recording hisfourth consecutive podium placing while O'Leary drops back to thirdfollowing what could well prove to be a championship deciding DNF inmoto two.
Impressive at Wymeswold the previous week, Matt Porter recorded anotherstrong performance to eventually earn a richly deserved runner-up placeon the
podium.
While home-club rider Jamie Dobson produced his own most impressiveshowing of the championship season so far to take fourth overall, thestar performer must have been Mark Hooley in fifth spot. During earlymorning qualifying, Mark suffered a massive crash which totally wreckedthe front end of his KTM. With no spare machine available, Mark'smeeting could well have been over but thanks to the incrediblegenerosity of fellow competitors with the offer of another bike orreplacement parts, he was able to rebuild his damaged mount.
Suffering from tremendous pain from injured ribs and hip, Mark was thenbarely able to climb aboard his bike but still remarkably completed allthree motos. Give that man an award for outstanding bravery!
Just as at Wymeswold, Porter made the fastest start in moto one andthen developed a healthy lead. Giving chase in this first clash wereDobson, Mercer, the incredible Hooley, Owen Delaney, O'Leary, Payne andNixon.
While Mercer was fighting hard to find a way past Dobson, Porter wasright on the gas and continuing to fabricate an impressive ad-vantageat the front.
When Mercer did eventually move on up into second, he remarkably reeledin runaway leader Porter before making a super pass stick on the finallap.
AMCA 125cc MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 6 - Cleobury Mortimer (Wolverhampton & DAC)
Sponsored by Mike Keenan & Find-Ur-Stuff
MOTO ONE: 1 Phil Mercer (Delkevic Kawasaki), 2 Matt Porter (SelectHomes Honda), 3 Jamie Dobson (MTR Honda), 4 Mark Hooley (Servo KTM), 5Lee Payne (Malin Floors Kawasaki), 6 Brad O'Leary (FotoX AMS KTM), 7Tom Fish (Murray Harper Transport KTM), 8 James Lane (Honda Equipe), 9Lee Dunham (MotoExtreme Kawasaki), 10 Scott Mathia (Wulfsport KTM), 11Andy Marchant (KTM), 12 Dan Hill (KTM), 13 Shaun Pearce (Pete JonesYamaha), 14 David Wall (KTM), 15 Shaun Scrivens (Yamaha), 16 MichaelReynolds (Yamaha), 17 Martyn Perkins (KTM), 18 Brad Greenwood (KTM), 19Joe Meachin (Yamaha), 20 Carl Benjamin (Thornbury Kawasaki).
MOTO TWO: 1 Mercer, 2 Porter, 3 Payne, 4 Mathia, 5 Dobson, 6 OwenDelaney (T&W Yamaha), 7 Lane, 8 Marchant, 9 Hooley, 10 Fish, 11Nixon, 12 Dunham, 13 Hill, 14 Aran Agius (Thornbury Kawasaki), 15 JamieWilson (Yamaha), 16 Benjamin, 17 Peter Weaver (Kawasaki), 18 Reynolds,19 Meachin, 20 Scrivens.
MOTO THREE: 1 Payne, 2 O'Leary, 3 Mercer, 4 Porter, 5 Delaney, 6Dobson, 7 Hooley, 8 Lane, 9 Hill, 10 Pearce, 11 Marchant, 12 Meachin,13 Perkins, 14 Greenwood, 15 Dunham, 16 Weaver, 17 Benjamin, 18 Agius,19 Martin Truman (Honda), 20 Sam Hyde (Honda).
OVERALL ON DAY: 1 Mercer 70 points, 2 Porter 62, 3 Payne 61, 4 Dobson 51, 5 Hooley 44, 6 Lane 40.
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Mercer 345 points, 2 Payne 304, 3 O'Leary 299, 4Porter 246, 5 Hooley 243, 6 Lane 227, 7 Delaney 198, 8 Mathia 162, 9Dobson 151, 10 Pearce 143, 11 Fish 142, 12 Dunham 133, 13 Agius 131, 14Hill 100, 15 Greenwood 91, 16 Benjamin 80, 17 Jack Taylor 73, 18Marchant 66, 19 Nixon 64, 20 Reynolds 58,...
SOLO SUPPORT RACES
Expert: 1 Justin Bolton, 2 Craig Chamberlain, 3 Edd Reynolds.
Senior: 1 Arran Nelson, 2 Jack Weston, 3 Dan Eastwood.
Junior: 1 Ash Warrilow, 2 Ash Clewes, 3 Ash Wakeley.
Inter Junior: 1 Mitchell Ingley, 2 Luke Griffin, 3 Jack Vincent.
For full story and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, September 7, 2007.
