Richard's feeling Sharp
By TMX Archives on 28th May 08
THE rivalry between Christian Iddon and Matt Winstanley to be Britain's top Supermoto rider continued over rounds two and three of the British Supermoto Championship staged by the ACU and AMCA at an unusually sunny and dry Rowrah circuit in Cumbria recently.
Even though the pair ride in different classes – which contest the same races – any racer knows, it's being first over the finish line that's important.
But this weekend saw a new name challenging the fast duo of riders as Keith Farmer has found some new pace and is not only challenging for race wins, but is getting them too!
SATURDAY - ROUND 2
CONSISTENCY in the SM1 class gave Lee Jones the overall as race one and two winner Winstanley picked up a rear wheel puncture in the third and last outing of Saturday.
This dropped Winstanley down to third overall, as the smooth style of Ady Smith netted second, with a second, a third and a fourth, slotting in between Jones and Winstanley.
Chris Hodgson who won the third and final race of the day claimed fourth overall, ahead of James Addy.
In the SM2 class, Iddon claimed two wins out of three, but in his second moto of the day he had a spectacular crash while trying to work out a way to pass Farmer and Winstanley. His bike bent and twisted he limped home still in second, handing the class win to Farmer.
SUNDAY - ROUND 3
SUNDAY was a brighter, sunnier day, but the racing was just as fast a furious.
Once again, though there weren't in the same classes, most of the action was again between Iddon and Winstanley.
In the SM1 class Winstanley took three straight wins with James Addy and Ady Smith second and third overall with Chris Hodgson slipped to fourth after a disastrous second race.
BRITISH SUPERMOTO CHAMPS
Rd 2/3 – Rowrah, nr Whitehaven, Cumbria (BSMC)
S1 CLASS (SAT): 1 Lee Jones (450 Aprilia) 18+22+22=62, 2 Ady Smith (450 Freestone KTM) 22+20+18=60, 3 Matt Winstanley (450 Robinson KTM) 25+25+9=59, 4 Chris Hodgson (450 Moto Supplies Husqvarna) 20+11+25=56, 5 James Addy (450 Colin Appleyard KTM) 15+18+20=53, 6 Rob McNealy (450 Husqvarna UK) 14+12+16=42, 7 George Clements (450 Just Bikes Husqvarna) 12+15+15=42, 8 Andy Mitchell (450 Honda) 16+16+10=42, 9 Matthew Pope (450 KTM) 11+13+14=38, 10 Richard Darlington (450 Robinson KTM) 13+14+11=38, 11 Mitch Garnet (450 Kawasaki) 10+10+12=32, 12 Kieren Dixon (450 Coome Valley Honda) 9+9+13=31.
S1 CLASS (SUN): 1 Winstanley 25+25+25=75, 2 Addy 18+22+22=62, 3 Smith 20+20+16=56, 4 Hodgson 22+9+20=51, 5 Jones 9+18+18=45, 6 McNealy 14+15+13=42, 7 Darlington 15+14+12=41, 8 Clements 13+13+14=40, 9 Pope 12+12+15=39, 10 Dixon 11+11+11=33, 11 Mitchell 16+16+0=32, 12 Garnet 10+10+10=30.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 10) rounds: 1 Winstanley 204 points, 2 Smith 180, 3 Hodgson 174, 4 Addy 159, 5 McNealy 130, 6 Pope 122, 7 Mitchell 121, 8 Darlington 117, 9 Clements 116, 10 Jones 107, 11 Dixon 102, 12 Garnet 62, 13 Farmer 25.
S2 CLASS (SAT): 1 Christian Iddon (550 Aprilia) 25+22+25=72, 2 Keith Farmer (550 SM Aprilia) 22+25+22=69, 3 Ricky Higgs (550 Aprilia) 20+18+20=58, 4 Craig Venske (613 Robinson KTM) 18+16+18=52, 5 David Hartley (590 Heavy Duty KTM) 16+20+10=46, 6 Lee Abbott (540 KTM) 15+14+15=44, 7 Will Moore (613 Robinson KTM) 14+13+16=43, 8 Chris Babbitt (650 Husaberg) 13+15+13=41, 9 Ryan Dixon (505 KTM) 12+11+14=37, 10 John Milward (650 Husaberg) 10+10+12=32, 11 Richard Blakeman (613 Robinson KTM) 9+12+11=32, 12 Scott Woodacre (550 DCR Husaberg) 11+0+0=11.
S2 CLASS (SUN): 1 Iddon 25+25+22=72, 2 Farmer 22+20+25=67, 3 Higgs 20+22+20=62, 4 Hartley 18+18+18=54, 5 Blakeman 15+16+16=47, 6 Moore 12+14+15=41, 7 Abbott 11+15+14=40, 8 Babbitt 14+13+13=40, 9 Dixon 13+12+12=37, 10 Milward 10+11+11=32, 11 Venske 16+0+0=16.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 10) rounds: 1 Iddon 219 points, 2 Farmer 188, 3 Higgs 186, 4 Hartley 154, 5 Blakeman 119, 6 Moore 118, 7 Venske 109, 8 Dixon 109, 9 Abbott 84, 10 Babbitt 81, 11 Milward 64, 12 Woodacre 53, 13 Shield 46, 14 Cunliffe 28, 15 Smith 23, ...
CLUBMAN CLASS (SAT): 1 Richard Sharp (450 KTM) 25+25+25=75, 2 Chris Walker (450 KTM) 22+22+22=66, 3 Dale O'Conner (450 Honda) 20+20+20=60, 4 Ben Kirkman (650 MW Honda) 18+13+18=49, 5 Neil Crayston (???) 16+14+15=45, 6 Mick Bertram (450 Jersey Singles KTM) 15+15+13=43, 7 Lee Williams (450 KTM) 8+18+16=42, 8 Michael Craig (450 KTM) 14+12+12=38, 9 Lee Metcalfe (???) 10+11+9=30, 10 Danny French (450 Honda) 11+6+10=27, 11 Leigh Field (450 KTM) 5+7+11=23, 12 Sam Clarke (450 TM) 0+8+14=22, 13 Alan Bourne (450 Honda) 12+10+0=22, 14 Stuart Sharp (450 KTM) 13+9+0=22, 15 David Lynch (539 Husqvarna) 7+5+8=20, 16 Dean Wingate (450 Honda) 0+16+4=20, 17 David Hinch (450 Aprilia) 9+4+6=19, 18 David Rapson (???) 6+2+7=15, 19 Gary Paul (450 Honda) 4+3+5=12, 20 Keith Haycock (450 Honda) 3+0+3=6, 21 Gary Pittendrigh (450 Yamaha) 2+1+2=5.
CLUBMAN CLASS (SUN): 1 Sharp 25+25+25=75, 2 Walker 20+22+22=64, 3 Williams 22+16+20=58, 4 O'Conner 18+20+18=56, 5 Crayston 14+18+16=48, 6 Kirkman 13+15+15=43, 7 Bertram 16+14+12=42, 8 Craig 12+12+11=35, 9 Field 7+13+13=33, 10 Clarke 15+0+14=29, 11 Sharp 10+9+10=29, 12 French 11+11+7=29, 13 Bourne 9+8+9=26, 14 Metcalfe 8+10+8=26, 15 Lynch 6+7+4=17, 16 Hinch 4+4+6=14, 17 Tim Bycroft (???) 3+6+5=14, 18 Pittendrigh 2+5+0=7, 19 Paul 5+0+0=5.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 10) rounds: 1 Walker 181 points, 2 Williams 164, 3 Richard Sharp 150, 4 Kirkman 136, 5 O'Conner 116, 6 Craig 100, 7 Bertram 98, 8 Crayston 93, 9 French 79, 10 Field 67, 11 Bourne 66, 12 Gee 63, 13 Metcalfe 56, 14 Jones 55, 15 Stuart Sharp 51, ...
S3 CLASS (SAT): 1 Lee Cunliffe (250 DCR KTM) 25+22+25=72, 2 Ollie Pope (250 Trevor Pope KTM) 22+25+22=69, 3 Lee Rudd (250 TRM Honda) 20+20+18=58, 4 Shaun Church (250 Grays Bike Kawasaki) 18+18+16=52, 5 Graeme Norris (250 Husqvarna) 16+16+15=47, 6 Justin Bateman (250 Superbike Honda) 15+11+20=46, 7 Oliver Harrison (250 SM Yamaha) 13+14+14=41, 8 Owen Connell (250 TRM Honda) 12+15+13=40, 9 Joel Baldwin (250 KTM) 14+13+10=37, 10 Josh Haselden (250 Honda) 11+12+11=34, 11 Danielle Field (250 LMW KTM) 10+10+12=32.
S3 CLASS (SUN): 1 Pope 25+25+25=75, 2 Cunliffe 22+22+22=66, 3 Bateman 20+20+20=60, 4 Rudd 18+18+18=54, 5 Church 16+16+16=48, 6 Connell 15+15+14=44, 7 Harrison 14+14+15=43, 8 Haselden 13+0+0=13, 9 Baldwin 12+0+0=12, 10 Field 11+0+0=11, 11 Norris 10+0+0=10.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 10) rounds: 1 Pope 219 points, 2 Cunliffe 204, 3 Bateman 162, 4 Rudd 160, 5 Church 158, 6 Harrison 123, 7 Connell 120, 8 Norris 91, 9 Haselden 77, 10 Field 71, 11 Baldwin 70, 12 Hartley 43, 13 Moore 37.
S4 CLASS (SAT): 1 Oliver Harrison (150 SM Honda) 25+25+25=75, 2 Jordan Holliday (150 MW Honda) 20+22+22=64, 3 Jake Dixon (85 Coome Valley Yamaha) 22+20+20=62, 4 James Compton (150 Honda) 18+18+18=54, 5 Scott Wright (150 Honda) 16+16+16=48.
S4 CLASS (SUN): 1 Harrison 25+20+25=70, 2 Dixon 22+25+22=69, 3 Holliday 20+22+20=62, 4 Compton 18+18+18=54, 5 Wright 16+16+16=48.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 10) rounds: 1 Harrison 217 points, 2 Holliday 195, 3 Dixon 187, 4 Compton 159, 5 Wright 142, 6 Robson 54, 7 Jones 42.
SXV CLASS (SAT): 1 David Farmer (450 Aprilia) 22+25+25=72, 2 Shane Parkin (450 Aprilia) 25+22+22=69, 3 Phil Gee (450 Alice Aprillia) 18+20+16=54, 4 Brad Davey (550 Moto Bits Aprilia) 12+18+18=48, 5 Chris Harrison (450 Alice Aprilia) 15+16+14=45, 6 Dean Hillier (450 Aprilia) 16+15+ 8=39, 7 Keith Haycock (450 Aprilia) 11+14+11=36, 8 Dan Marshall (450 Aprilia) 10+12+12=34, 9 Andrew Sellars (550 Aprilia) 9+11+10=30, 10 Darren Lee (550 Supermotodaz Aprilia) 14+0+15=29, 11 Jack Fay (450 Aprilia) 20+9+0=29, 12 Bruce Dingle (450 Jersey Bobsleigh Aprilia) 8+0+20=28, 13 David Hinch (450 Aprilia) 12+13+0=25, 14 Mark Evans (450 Aprilia) 7+0+13=20, 15 Ian McCreadie (550 Aprilia) 0+10+9=19.
SXV CLASS (SUN): 1 Farmer 25+25+25=75, 2 Parkin 22+22+22=66, 3 Fay 16+18+18=52, 4 Dingle 20+20+ 9=49, 5 Hillier 18+10+20=48, 6 Davey 15+14+16=45, 7 Harrison 14+16+15=45, 8 Peter Bennett (550 Aprilia) 12+12+13=37, 9 Evans 11+13+12=36, 10 Gee 13+11+8=32, 11 Marshall 10+9+11=30, 12 Lee 0+15+14=29, 13 McCreadie 8+7+10=25, 14 Sellars 9+8+0=17.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 10) rounds: 1 Farmer 222 points, 2 Parkin 195, 3 Hillier 141, 4 Dingle 141, 5 Davey 136, 6 Harrison 125, 7 Fay 125, 8 Lee 102, 9 Gee 99, 10 Evans 82, 11 Marshall 80, 12 Sellars 60, 13 Bennett 58, 14 Ian McCreadie 44, 15 Cherrett 36, ...
NEXT ROUND: Jun 28 – Swinderby, Lincoln (BSMC).
For full report and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, May 30, 2008
Going for the overall in S1 class Matt Winstanley (2) after two wins suffered a puncture in race three which put him third overall on Saturday.