Red hot 'pepper
By TMX Archives on 6th May 10
The Ride-XC team excelled themselves this weekend with the amazing new venue Culpepper Hill, set high above Shaw in Lancashire.
The Ride XC team constructed a wide and flowing track using the best features of this open hillside grassland venue and the result of this effort was corner to corner racing with no ruts or over-used whoops that some venues offer.
The weekend started with a Saturday practice day where the
riders got their first look at Culpepper Hill and as expected the feedback was excellent.
Sunday started early for the Youth riders as they lined up for an 8.45am start. Bang on time the Youth riders were off using 95 per cent of the adult course. In the senior B class a close battle was being fought out between Doltan Shannon and Dan Suddaby with Dan taking the win by a 48 second margin from Doltan with Ross Johns third.
In the Junior class, Sol Coburn was the winner from Liam Crowe and Chloe Maloney.
Next it was the turn of the quads, and with Durham based David Baldwin on the line the riders had their target man, but as soon as the start signal was sounded it was Baldwin on his Anderson Suzuki who was straight into the lead with John Robson and Andy Warren all chasing hard but although Robson and Warren went for it, they could not catch Baldwin who took the win by a 28-second margin over John Robson with Andy Warren a further two minutes adrift.
LAZER X-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Culpepper Hill, nr Shaw, Lancs (Ride XC)
MAIN SOLO RACE
Expert: 1 Ryan Staveley 22 - 0:51 time penalties, Ben Howard 22 - 1:43, 3 Warren Haslett 22 - 5:06, 4 Luke Lusher 22 - 3:50, , 5 David Wilson 21 - 0:12, 6 Ian Payne 21 - 5:40.
Clubman: 1 Lee Taylor 21 - 5:31, 2 Neil Marshall 20 - 0:45, 3 Marcus Firth 20 - 1:05, 4 Jack Colley 20 - 2:08, 5 Jordan Johns 20 - 3:05, 6 Rob Pearce 20 - 3:34.
Over 40: 1 Anthony Crowe 22 - 5:35, 2 Ian Coburn 21 - 4:28, 3 Mike Alty 20 - 2:52, 4 Nigel Travis 20 - 5:30, 5 Colin McNee 20 - 5:52, 6 Brian Williams 19 - 4:59.
Sportsman: 1 Lee Hargreaves 19 - 0:25, 2 Tom Leonard 19 - 0:59, 3 Glynn Broughton 19 - 1:17, 4 Ian Hayworth 19 - 1:22, 5 Ryan Newbury 19 - 3:01, 6 Darren Moloney 19 - 5:27.
Novice: 1 Danny Atkinson 19 - 0:04, 2 Jack Taylor 19 - 5:22, 3 Tony Pedersen 18 - 5:03, 4 John Walton 17 - 1:36, 5 Paul Taylor 17 - 1:47, 6 Gary Ellison 16 - 5:50.
Senior A: 1 Adam McCarthy 18 - 2:13.
YOUTH RACE
Senior B: 1 Dan Suddaby 10 - 2:45 time penalties, 2 Doltan Shannon 10 - 3:33, 3 Ross Johns 9 - 0:05, 4 Archie Flack 9 - 2:30, 5 Jamie Dilworth 9 - 0:08, 6 Megan Wilson 8 - 4:16.
Junior: 1 Sol Coburn 9 - 6:55, 2 Liam Crowe 7 - 1:28, 3 Chloe Maloney 7 - 2:42, 4 Tobbie Flack 6 - 3:23.
QUAD RACE
Expert Quad: 1 Dave Baldwin 19 - 1:32 time penalties, 2 John Robson 19 - 2:00, 3 Andy Warren 19 - 4:46, 4 Trevor Sykes 18 - 0:34, 5 Billy Hall 17 - 0:32.
Clubman Quad: 1 Danny Loyde 19 - 4:35, 2 Monty Jones 18 - 0:12, 3 Tom Claireaux 18 - 0:50, 4 Andrew McStein 16 - 0:38, 5 Chris Coomer 15 - 0:03.
Sportsman/ Novice Quad: 1 Alec Ainsworth 17 - 2:53, 2 Keith Everitt 17 - 3:19, 3 Matthew Ambler 17 - 3:23, 4 David Plant 16 - 2:47, 5 Reece Burke 15 - 2:38, 6 Ken Jones 14 - 0:47.
Quad 4x4 Class: 1 Tim Clarke 16 - 4:38, 2 Katie Hodgeson 13 - 6:34.
FOR FULL STORY, SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2010
Luke Lusher takes to the air at Culpepper Hill on his way to fourth place in the Expert Solo class.