Ray's and Shane..
By TMX Archives on 2nd Jul 08
RAY Rowson, on his PAR Homes Honda, was on fire at the weekend as he set fastest time in qualifying and then stormed to two unchallenged wins in the Open class at round four of the British MMX Championship at the rough and tough Hawkstone Park circuit in Shropshire.
But the PAR Homes Honda teams celebrations didn't stop there as in the Under 21 races, Shane Carless gave the team another two victories to shout about.
And in the Quad championship, Paul Winrow (Winrow Honda) tightened his grip on the crown by taking another overall win by finishing second in his first race, and sweeping past Yamaha-mounted Dutchman, Joe Maessen, to win the second.
It was obvious that the Salop club had put a tremendous amount of hard work into its ‘traditional' and excellent motocross circuit as it was as flat
as it could be, and very well watered, so dust was never going to be a problem.
There was a chill in the air on Saturday night which kept the babies' to a minimum, but a bright blue sky on Sunday morning greeted the teams, officials and the more hardy spectators as they got up for the bacon butties. A light shower, for an hour in the afternoon, spoiled things a little bit.
OPEN CLASS
THE writing was on the wall at the start of the first Open class race as Rowson got the holeshot with Neville Bradshaw almost alongside him as the disappeared into the trees for the first time.
The two riders came round at the end of the opening lap with Bradshaw chasing Rowson and that's how it remained for the rest of the race as Bradshaw did all be could to stay with the flying, on-form Rowson.
However, behind then it was all happening. Mark Hucklebridge was walking down the Hawkstone hill holding his arm after one lap and he took no further part in the meeting.
Brian MacKenzie was in third place, with Jordon Rose fourth, and an unwell series leader, Wayne Smith, fourth.
Rose crashed down to 36th on the next lap, giving up a place to Smith and Jody Smyth, with Lewis Gregory making his way up from eighth to sixth in two laps.
Joe Maessen finished second overall in the Quad class
At the halfway stage, Rowson had a seven-second lead over Bradshaw, with MacKenzie and Smith another seven-seconds back.
Gregory had made up one more place and was in fifth, with Smyth and Jim Murro following him.
With six-laps to go Smith caught and passed MacKenzie as Richard Lawson moved into eighth after being 26th on the opening lap.
Rowson crossed the finish line just over 12-seconds clear of Bradshaw, with a struggling Smith over half a minute behind.
Rowson got his second holeshot in race two with Bradshaw, once again, in his wheel-tracks as they sped off into the woods for the first time.
But, as they came round to complete the opening lap, Rose was in second and doing all he could to stay with Rowson.
Smith was fourth and MacKenzie fifth, and that was how it stayed to the flag, with Rose following Rowson over the line just under two-seconds behind him.
Bradshaw was another three-seconds back with Smith a lonesome fourth almost 40-seconds behind Bradshaw.
Gregory was sixth after being 11th on lap one, with Lawson seventh.
After the race, a happy Rowson said: "Two good rides. It can't get much better then this, but it was very hard towards the end.”
And a coughing and ill-looking Smith said: "I picked up a chest-infection in the week and spent Thursday and Friday in bed. I feel really weak, so third overall is a good piece of damage limitation!”
BRITISH OPEN MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 4 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury (Salop MC)
1 Ray Rowson (PAR Homes Honda) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Neville Bradshaw (Honda) 22 + 20 = 42
3 Wayne Smith (Pioneer Yamaha) 20 + 18 = 38
4 Bryan MacKenzie (Twisted7 Kawasaki) 18 + 16 = 34
5 Jordan Rose (STR Honda) 9 + 22 = 31
6 Lewis Gregory (Relentless Suzuki) 16 + 15 = 31
7 Richard Lawson (Twisted7 Kawasaki) 13 + 14 = 27
8 Jody Smyth (Wiseco Honda) 15 + 11 = 26
9 Jonathan Pettitt (TM UK) 12 + 13 = 25
10 Alex Rockwell (Danger UK Honda) 11 + 9 = 20
11 David Willett (250 Yamaha) 7+12=19, 12 Alex Rach (Eurotech KTM UK) 10+8=18, 13 Jim Murro (STR Honda) 14+0=14, 14 Andrew Wilson (450 Honda) 6+7=13, 15 James Lassu (Lassu Suzuki) 0+10=10, 16 Ross Rutherford (JBR MOM Honda) 4+6=10, 17 Carl Brogden (NA Robinson KTM) 8+2=10, 18 Luke Hill (Maunders Kawasaki) 5+4=9, 19 Stuart Morrison (Motoward Yamaha) 3+3=6, 20 Gavin Foulston (Danger UK Honda) 0+5=5, 21 Jamie Skuse (Honda) 1+1=2, 22 Kevin Wells (RJ&I Wells Honda) 2+0=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Rowson, 2 Bradshaw, 3 Wayne Smith, 4 MacKenzie, 5 Gregory, 6 Jody Smyth, 7 Murro, 8 Lawson, 9 Pettitt, 10 Rockwell, 11 Rach, 12 Rose, 13 Brogden, 14 Willett, 15 Wilson, 16 Hill, 17 Rutherford, 18 Morrison, 19 Wells, 20 Skuse.
RACE TWO: 1 Rowson, 2 Rose, 3 Bradshaw, 4 Wayne Smith, 5 MacKenzie, 6 Gregory, 7 Lawson, 8 Pettitt, 9 Willett, 10 Jody Smyth, 11 Lassu, 12 Rockwell, 13 Rach, 14 Wilson, 15 Rutherford, 16 Foulston, 17 Hill, 18 Morrison, 19 Brogden, 20 Skuse.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 6) rounds: 1 Wayne Smith 180 points, 2 MacKenzie 126, 3 Lawson 115, 4 Hucklebridge 100, 5 Rowson 97, 6 Rach 87, 7 Murro 86, 8 Rose 83, 9 Law 71, 10 Rockwell 64, 11 Bradshaw 62, 12 Danny Smyth 58, 13 Michael Phillips 54, 14 Yelland 53, 15 Hill 49, 16 Garrett 39, 17 Mellows 38, 18 Gregory 31, 19 Sandiford-Smith 28, 20 Jody Smyth 26,...
NEXT ROUND: Jul 20 – Blaxhall MP, nr Woodbridge (Woodbridge & DMCC).
PAR HOMES BRITISH UNDER 21 MX CHAMPS
Rd 4 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC)
1 Shane Carless (PAR Honda) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Alex Snow (KTM UK) 22 + 18 = 40
3 Joseph Dark (Meredith Suzuki) 18 + 20 = 38
4 Ashley Greedy (Suzuki) 13 + 22 = 35
5 Kristian Whatley (CCM) 16 + 13 = 29
6 Alan Keet (KTM) 12 + 16 = 28
7 Matthew Moffat (Eurotek KTM) 15 + 12 = 27
8 Robert Hamilton (Pioneer Yamaha) 11 + 15 = 26
9 Daniel Arnold (Pioneer Yamaha) 14 + 8 = 22
10 Jamie Smith (LPE Kawasaki) 20 + 0 = 20
11 Graeme Irwin (Moto One Suzuki) 8+11=19, 12 Ashley Wilde (Sandiford Honda) 5+10=15, 13 David Games (Eurotech Honda) 9+6=15, 14 Luke Benstead (Stamford Suzuki) 0+14=14, 15 Lewis King (Electraction Wulfsport TM) 6+5=11, 16 Edward Allingham (PAR Honda) 7+3=10, 17 David Goosen (Utag Yamaha) 10+0=10, 18 James Dodd (Sandiford Honda) 0+9=9, 19 Danial Preston (Kawasaki) 0+7=7, 20 Joe Gregory (Danger Honda) 3+4=7, 21 Christopher Bastick (KRM Honda) 4+0=4, 22 Ross Hill (Poole Yamaha) 0+2=2, 23 Michael Phillips (NA Robinson KTM) 2+0=2, 24 Brad Cavill (Stevens Yamaha) 0+1=1, 25 Michael McCammond (Moto One Suzuki) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Carless, 2 Snow, 3 Jamie Smith, 4 Dark, 5 Whatley, 6 Moffat, 7 Arnold, 8 Greedy, 9 Keet, 10 Hamilton, 11 Goosen, 12 Games, 13 Irwin, 14 Allingham, 15 King, 16 Wilde, 17 Bastick, 18 Gregory, 19 Phillips, 20 McCammond.
RACE TWO: 1 Carless, 2 Greedy, 3 Dark, 4 Snow, 5 Keet, 6 Hamilton, 7 Benstead, 8 Whatley, 9 Moffat, 10 Irwin, 11 Wilde, 12 Dodd, 13 Arnold, 14 Preston, 15 Games, 16 King, 17 Gregory, 18 Allingham, 19 Hill, 20 Cavill.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 6) rounds: 1 Snow 167 points, 2 Whatley 154, 3 Greedy 138, 4 Dark 128, 5 Carless 124, 6 Preston 83, 7 Moffat 79, 8 Games 78, 9 Shears 68, 10 Arnold 59, 11 Jamie Smith 58, 12 Hamilton 52, 13 Keet 49, 14 King 49, 15 Goosen 45, 16 Dodd 38, 17 Phillips 36, 18 Irwin 33, 19 Waterman 31, 20 Cavill 30,...
NEXT ROUND: Jul 20 – Blaxhall MP, nr Woodbridge (Woodbridge & DMCC).
BRITISH QUAD-CROSS CHAMPS
Rd 4 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops
(Salop MC)
1 Paul Winrow (Winrow Honda) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Joe Maessen (Yamaha) 25 + 22 = 47
3 Paul Holmes (ATV World Yamaha) 20 + 18 = 38
4 Stefan Murphy (Winrow Honda) 18 + 13 = 31
5 William Waggott (KIK Honda) 12 + 16 = 28
6 Carl Bunce (Anderson Suzuki) 14 + 14 = 28
7 Richard Tordoff (Mercuria GYTR Yamaha) 15 + 12 = 27
8 Dave Hammersley (Lamos Yamaha) 16 + 10 = 26
9 Mark Watson (Anderson Suzuki) 5 + 20 = 25
10 John Mitchell (ATV World Yamaha) 10 + 11 = 21
11 Michael McAneney (JB Homes Yamaha) 13+8=21, 12 Wayne Tyson (KIK Honda) 11+9=20, 13 Leon Beda (131 Racing Yamaha) 0+15=15, 14 Justin Reid (Team Can Am) 8+7=15, 15 Richard Toye (Yamaha) 7+3=10, 16 Lindsey Duke (L&G Plant Honda) 4+5=9, 17 Simon Hammersley (Lamos Yamaha) 9+0=9, 18 James Behan (Fourtech ATV Honda) 0+6=6, 19 Jonny Kelly (Aglinton Timber Honda) 6+0=6, 20 Sam Bishop (Fourtech ATV Honda) 0+4=4, 21 Sean Goss (ATV World Yamaha) 3+1=4, 22 David Wray (JMK Honda) 0+2=2, 23 Brian Kerr (Yamaha) 2+0=2, 24 Oliver Sansom (Cromwell Trucks Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Winrow, 2 Maessen, 3 Holmes, 4 Stefan Murphy, 5 Dave Hammersley, 6 Tordoff, 7 Bunce, 8 McAneney, 9 Waggott, 10 Tyson, 11 Mitchell, 12 Simon Hammersley, 13 Reid, 14 Toye, 15 Kelly, 16 Watson, 17 Duke, 18 Goss, 19 Kerr, 20 Sansom.
RACE TWO: 1 Winrow, 2 Maessen, 3 Watson, 4 Holmes, 5 Waggott, 6 Beda, 7 Bunce, 8 Stefan Murphy, 9 Tordoff, 10 Mitchell, 11 Dave Hammersley, 12 Tyson, 13 McAneney, 14 Reid, 15 Behan, 16 Duke, 17 Bishop, 18 Toye, 19 Wray, 20 Goss.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Winrow 189 points, 2 Tordoff 131, 3 Holmes 114, 4 Dave Hammersley 106, 5 Waggott 101, 6 Watson 99, 7 Stefan Murphy 92, 8 Beda 90, 9 Mitchell 85, 10 Bunce 73, 11 McAneney 71, 12 Toye 66, 13 Tyson 65, 14 Duke 62, 15 Simon Hammersley 52,...
NEXT ROUND: Jul 13 – Dean Moor, nr Workington, Cumbria (NETT).
For full report and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, July 4, 2008
