Red run!
By Dick Law on 13th May 11
Clean sweeps were the order of the day as Brad Anderson and Elliott Banks-Browne continued their winning ways in front of a packed out Landrake Moto Parc.
The 5,500 motocross fans were kept on the edge of their seats over the course of the weekend as the motocross stars of tomorrow battled it out in the four Red Bull Elite Youth Cup classes, with the racing of a truly exceptional standard.
Not to be outdone, both Red Bull Pro National class races were motocross at its absolute best with reigning MX1 champion PAR Honda's Brad Anderson taking a pair of hard earned victories and 2010's MX2 vice champion Pulse Racing DB Honda's Elliott Banks-Browne stamping his authority with two race wins in the MX2 class.
Is there anyone who can stop Brad Anderson on his PAR Homes Honda winning in the MX1 class? Maybe not, but the competition is getting hotter at the top end of the Red Bull Pro Nationals.
After the MX2 riders had taken all the best positions on the start line, the MX1 riders slotted into what were left with Kristian Whatley on his Samsung Yamaha just left of centre and Anderson far right and with what looked like no clear straight line to the first corner.
However, Anderson being Anderson, that fact wasn't going to stop him.
The gate fell, with Whatley getting the holeshot ahead Stephen Sword, and the flying Elliot Banks-Browne third with Anderson somehow fourth.
Arm-pump seems to bother most riders and early leader Whatley slipped back, to third, and Sword did likewise a little later.
No-one could get even close to Banks-Browne in the MX2 class as Mel Pocock was second, 14-seconds behind with Neville Bradshaw a distant third in class.
Anderson took the lead and eventually win in race one as Shaun Simpson made life hard for himself as he worked through from an initial 14th, to second.
Alex Snow got the holeshot in race two with, once again, Banks-Browne the first MX2 rider.
Sword and Anderson swapped the lead for a while as Whatley dropped his bike, with once again Simpson had to works his way through from an average start to a top three finish.
Pocock was again second MX2 rider home with Ray Rowson third.
After race one, MX1 winner Anderson said: "I thought I was going to get boxed in as I started from the right, but managed to pass lots of riders down the first hill in the deep ruts. I managed to get passed ‘Swordy' and Whatley.”
After the outing, he added: "I didn't get the best of starts but managed to pass Simpson, Swordy and Whatley for the lead. I made some mistakes which allowed Swordy to get back past. I regrouped and found my rhythm again, kept it neat and tidy for the win, which keeps my win streak alive!”
MX2 overall winner and series leader, Banks-Browne explained: "It's good, I couldn't have done any better, two good starts even against the big bike's and two wins. I retain the red leaders number plate – that can't be bad.”
The Fuchs Silkolene 125cc Two-stroke class was a no holds barred contest between Pro Tech Yamaha's Luke Remmer and Yamaha-mounted John Pettitt as the pair seemed to find one another in the latter stages of each of their race outings.
Remmer took the first win, Pettitt the second and they crossed the finish line side-by-side in a thrilling final encounter race to the weekend that could have gone either way.
Jim Davies led race one till a charging Remmer passed him with three laps to go, while Pettitt did things the hard way as he came from sixth at the start to snatch third from Ben Howell on the very last lap.
Early leader Remmer made a mistake in race two, which opened the door to let Pettitt through for the win. However Remmer fought back to second as the race came to a conclusion.
In the final moto, Remmer was in the lead at the end of the first lap, but Pettitt – from 13th on lap one, just kept coming and coming, and crossed the finish line almost beside a tiring Remmer.
Remmer took the overall but with Pettitt claiming second on the day, he holds onto the Red series-leader plate. Howell was third overall and moves up to fourth in the standings.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE T+MX NEWS, MAY 13.
RED BULL PRO NATIONALS
Rd 2 – Landrake MP, nr Saltash,
Cornwall (Events 22)
PRO MX1 CLASS
1 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Shaun Simpson (Red Bull UK Honda) 22 + 20 = 42
3 Stephen Sword (Buildbase CCM) 18 + 22 = 40
4 Kristian Whatley (Samsung Yamaha) 20 + 16 = 36
5 Alex Snow (Lanes Kawasaki) 16 + 18 = 34
6 Martin Barr (Proppa.com KTM) 14 + 14 = 28
7 Dorren Coutts (Yamaha) 13 + 13 = 26
8 Gert Krestinov (Maxxis Henderson Kawasaki) 15 + 10 = 25
9 Nathan Parker (Proppa.com KTM) 10 + 15 = 25
10 Jamie Law (Triple D KTM ) 11 + 12 = 23
11 Gordon Crockard (Relentless TAS Suzuki) 12 + 11 = 23
12 Graeme Irwin (Red Bull UK KTM) 9 + 9 = 18
13 Wayne Garrett (Motone KTM) 8 + 8 = 16
14 Jamie Smith (Regent Honda) 6 + 7 = 13
15 Michael Mahon (Graeme Vigors KTM ) 7 + 6 = 13
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Anderson 100 points, 2 Simpson 84, 3 Sword 74, 4 Barr 68, 5 Whatley 63, 6 Krestinov 57, 7 Snow 47, 8 Parker 47, 9 Law 47, 10 Crockard 42, 11 Irwin 42, 12 Church 31, 13 Coutts 26, 14 Smith 22, 15 Gelasninkas 19,...
PRO MX2 CLASS
1 Elliott Banks-Browne (DB Racing Honda) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Mel Pocock (Relentless TAS Suzuki) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Ray Rowson (Samsung Yamaha) 15 + 20 = 35
4 Matthew Moffat (Danger UK KTM ) 14 + 18 = 32
5 Bryan MacKenzie (Maxxis Henderson Kawa) 18 + 11 = 29
6 Neville Bradshaw (Honda) 20 + 8 = 28
7 Stuart Edmonds (ElectractionTM) 16 + 12 = 28
8 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kawasaki) 10 + 16 = 26
9 Scott Elderfield (Lanes Kawasaki) 13 + 13 = 26
10 Steven Clarke (Hooper Maxxis Suzuki) 12 + 14 = 26
11 Lewis Tombs ( Honda) 6 + 15 = 21
12 Jackson Evans (Samsung Yamaha) 11 + 9 = 20
13 Luke Mellows (Meredith Suzuki) 8 + 10 = 18
14 John Phillips (Dirt Bike Gym Yamaha) 4 + 7 = 11
15 Josh Waterman (MBR KTM) 9 + 0 = 9
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Banks-Browne 100 points, 2 Pocock 88, 3 Elderfield 64, 4 Edmonds 62, 5 MacKenzie 53, 6 Rowson 50, 7 Tombs 44, 8 Clarke 42, 9 Moffat 32, 10 Brunnel 32, 11 Phillips 30, 12 Bradshaw 28, 13 Walkley 26, 14 Kelly 25, 15 Waterman 22,...
NEXT ROUND: June 11/12 – Skelder Bank, nr Whitby.
RED BULL ELITE YOUTH CUP
Rd 2 – Landrake MP, nr Saltash,
Cornwall (Events 22)
ROOKIE CLASS
1 James Dunn (KTM) 33 + 45 + 45 + 42 + 45 = 210
2 Jordan Divall (Honda) 42 + 28 + 42 + 45 + 28 = 185
3 Jamie McCanney (KTM) 39 + 36 + 30 + 39 + 36 = 180
4 Nathan Watson (KTM) 28 + 30 + 36 + 36 + 39 = 169
5 Jake Millward (Kawasaki) 26 + 33 + 33 + 20 + 42 = 154
6 Lloyd Pettett (Honda) 45 + 17 + 24 + 33 + 33 = 152
7 Alex Meadows (Honda) 36 + 24 + 26 + 30 + 26 = 142
8 Tommy Alba (Kawasaki) 24 + 19 + 39 + 24 + 30 = 136
9 Liam Garland (KTM ) 30 + 42 + 28 + 2 + 20 = 122
10 Zac Alsop (KTM) 18 + 26 + 19 + 28 + 24 = 115
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Dunn 414 points, 2 Watson 394, 3 McCanney 341, 4 Divall 337, 5 Millward 320, 6 Alba 281, 7 Garland 254, 8 Meadows 220, 9 Rutter 189, 10 Alsop 181,...
BIG-WHEEL 85cc CLASS
1 Ben Watson (KTM) 42 + 42 + 39 + 45 + 45 = 213
2 Fraser Viner (Honda) 45 + 45 + 45 + 36 + 20 = 191
3 Robert Davidson (Honda) 22 + 39 + 36 + 42 + 33 = 172
4 Tom Neal (KTM) 24 + 33 + 30 + 39 + 42 = 168
5 Jack Gardner (Honda) 12 + 36 + 42 + 33 + 39 = 162
6 Liam Knight (Honda) 36 + 30 + 33 + 15 + 36 = 150
7 Jordan Bachelor (Honda) 39 + 26 + 28 + 28 + 26 = 147
8 Mathew Callaghan (Honda) 33 + 28 + 26 + 22 + 30 = 139
9 Josh Gilbert (Honda) 26 + 22 + 24 + 30 + 28 = 130
10 Nathan Dixon (KTM) 30 + 19 + 20 + 24 + 19 = 112
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Watson 438 points, 2 Viner 357, 3 Davidson 352, 4 Gardner 321, 5 Knight 301, 6 Neal 283, 7 Callaghan 261, 8 Mewse 218, 9 Dixon 212, 10 Eccles 207,...
SMALL-WHEEL 85cc CLASS
1 Sid Evans (Kawasaki) 45 + 45 + 42 + 45 + 42 = 219
2 Jordan Eccles (KTM) 42 + 42 + 45 + 16 + 45 = 190
3 William Keogh (KTM) 39 + 36 + 33 + 26 + 39 = 173
4 Jay Hague (KTM) 36 + 39 + 24 + 42 + 26 = 167
5 Billy King (KTM) 33 + 33 + 36 + 39 + 22 = 163
6 Mitchell Lewis (Honda) 30 + 20 + 39 + 18 + 24 = 131
7 David Keet (Kawasaki) 18 + 24 + 26 + 24 + 36 = 128
8 Albie Wilkie (Suzuki) 28 + 26 + 28 + 22 + 13 = 117
9 Taylor Hammal (KTM) 11 + 19 + 22 + 33 + 30 = 115
10 Ethan Gatenby (Honda) 24 + 22 + 15 + 20 + 33 = 114
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Eccles 406 points, 2 Evans 390, 3 Hague 380, 4 Hammal 273, 5 Lewis 258, 6 Keet 248, 7 King 239, 8 Jeonney 228, 9 Williams 227, 10 Camwell 222,...
JUNIOR 65cc CLASS
1 Harry Kimber (Kawasaki) 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 + 18 = 198
2 Dylan Woodcock (Cobra) 42 + 39 + 36 + 33 + 39 = 189
3 Tom Grimshaw (KTM) 36 + 42 + 39 + 30 + 30 = 177
4 Jed Etchells (KTM ) 30 + 36 + 26 + 42 + 42 = 176
5 Charlie Cole (KTM) 39 + 30 + 33 + 39 + 26 = 167
6 Alexander Brown (KTM) 20 + 33 + 42 + 24 + 45 = 164
7 Oliver Consterdine (KTM) 28 + 26 + 28 + 26 + 36 = 144
8 Archie Osmaston (KTM) 24 + 28 + 30 + 28 + 33 = 143
9 Owen Woodhouse (KTM) 17 + 22 + 19 + 36 + 28 = 122
10 Jack Booker (KTM) 22 + 10 + 22 + 22 + 24 = 100
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Etchells 389 points, 2 Brown 386, 3 Kimber 326, 4 Consterdine 295, 5 Cole 294, 6 Woodcock 282, 7 Osmaston 271, 8 Grimshaw 260, 9 Woodhouse 252, 10 Mills 245,...
NEXT ROUND: June 11/12 – Skelder Bank, nr Whitby.
FUCHS SILKOLENE BRITISH TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 2 – Landrake MP, nr
Saltash, Cornwall (Events 22)
EXPERT 125cc CLASS
1 Luke Remmer (Yamaha) 25 + 22 + 25 = 72
2 John Pettitt (Yamaha) 20 + 25 + 22 = 67
3 Ben Howell (KTM ) 18 + 20 + 20 = 58
4 Jim Davies (TM) 22 + 18 + 10 = 50
5 Nathan Rooks (KTM ) 14 + 16 + 18 = 48
6 Danny Tollet (KTM) 15 + 15 + 16 = 46
7 Charles Statt (Kawasaki) 16 + 13 + 15 = 44
8 Luke Kennett (Honda) 13 + 12 + 14 = 39
9 Jordan Godwin (KTM) 12 + 14 + 12 = 38
10 Ryan Pottenger (TM) 10 + 10 + 11 = 31
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Pettitt 136 points, 2 Remmer 117, 3 Rooks 106, 4 Howell 99, 5 Davies 98, 6 Tollet 98, 7 Statt 83, 8 Kennett 81, 9 Pottenger 70, 10 Godwin 64,...
JUNIOR 125cc CLASS
1 Jamie Houghton (KTM) 25 + 20 + 25 = 70
2 Callum Sloman (Yamaha) 12 + 22 + 22 = 56
3 Thomas Kirk (KTM) 18 + 16 + 20 = 54
4 Terry Lloyd (KTM) 22 + 14 + 16 = 52
5 Simon Booth (Suzuki) 20 + 13 + 15 = 48
6 Ryan Butler (Yamaha) 13 + 18 + 13 = 44
7 Fraser Curtis (KTM ) 0 + 25 + 18 = 43
8 Jake Fry (Yamaha) 16 + 12 + 14 = 42
9 Nicky Banks (???) 15 + 9 + 10 = 34
10 Jonathan Cole (Suzuki) 11 + 10 + 12 = 33
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Houghton 145 points, 2 Kirk 112, 3 Booth 99, 4 Sloman 98, 5 Lloyd 93, 6 Butler 92, 7 Lyth 84, 8 Fry 84, 9 Cole 54, 10 Evans,... 52,...
EXPERT OPEN
1 Daniel Arnold (Honda) 22 + 22 + 25 = 69
2 Matthew Moffat (KTM) 20 + 25 + 22 = 67
3 Stuart Edmonds (TM) 25 + 20 + 15 = 60
4 Will Worden (Suzuki) 18 + 16 + 18 = 52
5 Jim Davies (TM) 15 + 14 + 16 = 45
6 Carlton Husband (KTM) 16 + 15 + 14 = 45
7 Josh Waterman (KTM) 0 + 18 + 20 = 38
8 Matt Burrows (KTM ) 12 + 13 + 12 = 37
9 Zac Blackwell (Yamaha) 10 + 12 + 13 = 35
10 Ross Flashman (Honda) 13 + 11 + 6 = 30
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Moffat 142 points, 2 Edmonds 126, 3 Arnold 115, 4 Worden 100, 5 Husband 97, 6 Burrows 88, 7 Davies 88, 8 Yarranton 55, 9 Bixby 54, 10 Field 52,...
JUNIOR OPEN
1 James Kensington (???) 22 + 25 + 22 = 69
2 Shaun Springer (???) 20 + 22 + 25 = 67
3 Tim Burrows (Suzuki) 11 + 20 + 20 = 51
4 Josh Williams (Honda) 18 + 13 + 18 = 49
5 Jason Martin (???) 15 + 18 + 15 = 48
6 Fraser Curtis (KTM) 13 + 15 + 16 = 44
7 Simon Booth (Suzuki) 14 + 14 + 14 = 42
8 Jacob Grossman (???) 12 + 12 + 13 = 37
9 Christian Lyth (TM) 8 + 16 + 11 = 35
10 Colin Gibson (Honda) 9 + 10 + 10 = 29
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 rounds: 1 Martin 123 points, 2 Williams 100, 3 Grossman 87, 4 Booth 82, 5 Burrows 73, 6 Lyth 73, 7 Kensington 69, 8 Springer 67, 9 Bright 65, 10 Gibson 63,...
NEXT ROUND: June 11/12 – Skelder Bank, nr Whitby.
