Riders on the storm!
By TMX Archives on 13th Jul 12
Gutted doesnt quite come close to how the team at Red Bull Pro Nationals promoters, Events 22, were feeling, after they were forced to cancel Sundays racing at round three of the series at Canada Heights due to a waterlogged venue.But even with the rain-shortened weekend there were still 15 cracking races on the Saturday, with the Red Bull Elite Youth Cup and Open Two-stroke pilots locking horns on the demanding Kent circuit.
In the Rookie class Jake Millward did his best to make amends for his round two DNF, by taking a brace of wins and a second, which was good enough for him to leapfrog Dan Thornhill at the top of the points table.
In the first race Ben Putnam took the first holeshot of the day but his lead was short-lived as he was quickly caught and passed by James Harrison, who led unchallenged to the flag.
With Harrison unable to replicate his first-moto form, the battle for top honours was between Millward and Liam Garland, with Millward doubling up to take the series lead.
"Yeah, it went really well – I felt really good on the bike and the bike was running well, I can't fault it,” said a happy Millward.
"I managed to come away with two wins and a second, which I'm more than happy with.
"The track held up really well – it's a bit slippery in the woods but other than that it's not too bad.”
The BW85 class was all about Gradie Featherstone.
A bad start in the first moto and a little love-tap with a backmarker saw his day get off to a less than stellar start.
He had to fight his way through the field, finishing a mere four seconds behind second-placed Josh Gilbert as Mitchell Lewis claimed the win.
In the second and third outings Featherstone made sure of his starts and managed to take two fairly comfortable wins ahead of Gilbert, who made it a trio of seconds.
"In the first race I got off a pretty bad start, but managed to pull up to third and within a couple of seconds of the leaders before a backmarker got tangled in my back wheel, so I ended up finishing in third,” explained Featherstone.
"I won the last two today which was really good – I pulled a gap and kept it so that was really good for me.”
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS JULY 13
RED BULL ELITE YOUTH CUP
Rd 3 – Canada Heights, Swanley (Events 22)
Rookie Class
1 Jake Millward (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 42 + 45 + 45 = 132
2 Liam Garland (RFX Kawasaki) 36 + 42 + 42 = 120
3 Ben Watson (PAR Red Bull Honda) 39 + 36 + 33 = 108
4 James Harrison (Lanes Kawasaki) 45 + 33 + 30 = 108
5 Dan Thornhill (Meredith MX Suzuki) 24 + 39 + 36 = 99
6 Jordan Divall (Evo Tech Stevens Honda) 30 + 28 + 39 = 97
7 Lloyd Pettett (Honda) 33 + 22 + 26 = 81
8 Robert Davidson (Plumco Honda) 28 + 20 + 28 = 76
9 Joe Bamfield (Evo Tech Stevens Honda) 20 + 24 + 24 = 68
10 Rob Muscat (MXW Honda) 19 + 26 + 22 = 67
11 Shaun Springer (Twisted7 TG Kawa) 26 + 30 + 0 = 56
12 Ben Putnam (SPH Groundworks Yam) 22 + 17 + 17 = 56
13 Liam Knight (Maverik KTM) 13 + 19 + 18 = 50
14 Dima Fircks (Motoward Yamaha) 14 + 15 + 20 = 49
15 Jack Kelly (Malin KTM) 17 + 14 + 11 = 42
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Millward 513 points, 2 Thornhill 489, 3 Watson 481, 4 Divall 356, 5 Muscat 354, 6 Davidson 353, 7 Kelly 303, 8 Garland 298, 9 Harrison 295, 10 Springer 284, 11 Putnam 242, 12 Callaghan 216, 13 Meadows 198, 14 Osmaston 181, 15 Tommy Alba 178,...
Big-wheel 85cc Class
1 Gradie Featherstone (DFB KTM) 39 + 45 + 45 = 129
2 Josh Gilbert (Buildbase Albion Honda) 42 + 42 + 42 = 126
3 Jordan Eccles (KTM) 36 + 39 + 39 = 114
4 Mitchell Lewis (MXW Honda) 45 + 28 + 28 = 101
5 Lewis Houghton (Danger UK KTM) 28 + 36 + 36 = 100
6 Greg Hyett (Williams MX KTM) 33 + 20 + 33 = 86
7 Scooter Webster (Vampires Rock KTM) 20 + 30 + 30 = 80
8 Will Keogh (Vampires Rock KTM) 26 + 33 + 18 = 77
9 Alfie Bowtell (Helipad KTM) 22 + 24 + 26 = 72
10 Todd Kellett (Twisted7 TG Kawasaki) 30 + 0 + 24 = 54
11 Jordan Moxey (Hardcore KTM) 14 + 18 + 22 = 54
12 Connor Hughes (Ducksmart KTM) 11 + 22 + 19 = 52
13 Alfie Mountford (KTM) 17 + 16 + 17 = 50
14 Ethan Gatenby (QR Plastering KTM) 19 + 14 + 16 = 49
15 Adam Day (Honda) 18 + 17 + 13 = 48
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Gilbert 525 points, 2 Kellett 445, 3 Keogh 386, 4 Featherstone 362, 5 Webster 354, 6 Moxey 326, 7 Lewis 321, 8 Bowtell 300, 9 Braithwaite 282, 10 Eccles 281, 11 Day 279, 12 Gatenby 254, 13 King 226, 14 Jamie Carpenter 207, 15 Hyett 203,...
Small-wheel 85cc Class
1 Keenan Hird (Motone Craigs KTM) 42 + 45 + 45 = 132
2 Taylor Hammal (KTM) 39 + 42 + 33 = 114
3 Dylan Woodcock (Extreme Works TM) 36 + 36 + 36 = 108
4 Albie Wilkie (Evo Tech Honda) 45 + 20 + 42 = 107
5 George Grigg-Pettitt (Powerband KTM) 28 + 39 + 24 = 91
6 Jed Etchells (Hardcore KTM) 26 + 30 + 28 = 84
7 James McFayden (Feehily KTM) 19 + 33 + 30 = 82
8 Alexander Brown (KTM) 33 + 28 + 19 = 80
9 Marcus Phelps (Intertherm KTM) 11 + 22 + 39 = 72
10 Dexter Douglas (Sandiford KTM) 30 + 17 + 22 = 69
11 Charlie Cole (KTM) 24 + 26 + 17 = 67
12 Joe Jacques (KTM) 17 + 16 + 26 = 59
13 Bradley Flagg (JAS Contracts KTM) 18 + 24 + 14 = 56
14 Harry Kimber (Twisted7 TG Kawasaki) 14 + 19 + 20 = 53
15 Oliver Consterdine (KTM) 20 + 13 + 16 = 49
STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Hird 497 points, 2 Phelps 414, 3 Brown 379, 4 Wilkie 377, 5 Etchells 368, 6 McFayden 360, 7 Drew Warren 337, 8 Hammal 333, 9 Grigg-Pettitt 320, 10 Jacques 306, 11 Douglas 304, 12 Kimber 233, 13 Cole 233, 14 Consterdine 193, 15 Shepherd 187,...
Junior 65cc Class
1 Christopher Mills (Powerland UK KTM) 45 + 42 + 45 = 132
2 Scott Russell (AMI Algas KTM) 33 + 39 + 42 = 114
3 Gary Ashley (Charge Clothing Kawasaki) 42 + 33 + 36 = 111
4 Ben Clark (GMX KTM) 36 + 28 + 30 = 94
5 Tom Grimshaw (Powerband KTM) 1 + 45 + 39 = 85
6 Rossi Beard (Bespoke Spas KTM) 39 + 30 + 10 = 79
7 Callum Gasson (Albion TG Kawasaki) 18 + 26 + 33 = 77
8 Conor Ford (MXVice KTM) 26 + 24 + 26 = 76
9 Jack Scott (Simon Wilson KTM) 30 + 19 + 20 = 69
10 Jack Wankling (Central Accident Rep KTM) 24 + 17 + 24 = 65
11 Kacey Hird (Motone Craigs KTM) 28 + 36 + 0 = 64
12 Jack Carpenter (KTM) 14 + 22 + 28 = 64
13 Callum Mitchell (Hardcore Cobra) 22 + 18 + 19 = 59
14 Ryan Thomson (Drysdale KTM) 17 + 16 + 17 = 50
15 Eddie Jay Wade (???) 16 + 11 + 22 = 49
STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Grimshaw 514 points, 2 Mills 502, 3 Russell 484, 4 Beard 435, 5 Gasson 375, 6 Wankling 350, 7 Hird 334, 8 Scott 311, 9 Clark 282, 10 Hall 265, 11 Ford 239, 12 Max Ingham 224, 13 Carpenter 221, 14 Ashley 196, 15 Hanscomb 190,...
NEXT ROUND: July 21/22 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns, nr Berwick-on-Tweed (Events 22).
BRITISH TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Canada Heights, Swanley (Events 22)
Open Expert Class
1 Matthew Moffat (DCC Cars KTM) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Lewis King (Wulfsport TM UK) 22 + 18 + 22 = 62
3 carlton Husband (JLP Racing KTM) 18 + 22 + 20 = 60
4 George Baldwin (???) 14 + 20 + 18 = 52
5 Robert Hamilton (G&G Ross Suzuki) 16 + 16 + 15 = 47
6 Steve Bixby (KTM) 11 + 15 + 16 = 42
7 Warren Field (Super MX KTM) 13 + 14 + 14 = 41
8 Ashley Thomas (IDS Transport Suzuki) 15 + 13 + 12 = 40
9 Joe Cundle (???) 9 + 12 + 13 = 34
10 Cory Nemeth (KTM) 12 + 10 + 10 = 32
11 Steve Martin (West End Precision KTM) 10 + 11 + 9 = 30
12 Billy Raffle (KTM) 7 + 8 + 11 = 26
13 Kevin Green (KTM) 6 + 9 + 8 = 23
14 Josh Waterman (Suzuki) 20 + 0 + 0 = 20
15 Ryan Pottenger (Wulfsport TM UK) 8 + 3 + 7 = 18
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Moffat 220 points, 2 King 175, 3 Husband 154, 4 Waterman 142, 5 Hamilton 138, 6 Bixby 130, 7 Thomas 111, 8 Field 102, 9 Max Nyberg 79, 10 Jake Gowan 66, 11 Pottenger 66, 12 Green 63, 13 Sean MacDonald 60, 14 Ray Rowson 54, 15 Martin 53,...
Open Junior Class
1 Robbie Joe Waller (Park n Load Suzuki) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Adam Harris (Podium Werx Kawasaki) 20 + 22 + 22 = 64
3 Jordan Moyle (Yamaha) 22 + 20 + 18 = 60
4 Oliver Weeks (???) 16 + 16 + 20 = 52
5 George Hebden (???) 15 + 18 + 15 = 48
6 Ashley Cotterell (???) 14 + 14 + 16 = 44
7 Jason Harris (Euro Car Parts Yamaha) 11 + 12 + 12 = 35
8 Matthew Harper (KTM) 10 + 11 + 11 = 32
9 Harry Hinson (Helyar Suzuki) 0 + 15 + 14 = 29
10 Liam Gill (???) 8 + 8 + 13 = 29
11 James King (Allfield Financial KTM) 7 + 10 + 10 = 27
12 Josh Stewart (KTM) 13 + 13 + 0 = 26
13 Ben Crane (???) 9 + 9 + 6 = 24
14 Tim Connor (JC Heating Honda) 5 + 6 + 9 = 20
15 Jamie West (Windoor Services KTM) 18 + 0 + 0 = 18
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 rounds: 1 Waller 214 points, 2 Harris 197, 3 West 133, 4 Moyle 118, 5 Harper 107, 6 Harris 103, 7 Stewart 88, 8 Zak Biggs 87, 9 King 64, 10 Michael Evans 62, 11 George Stanley 61, 12 Bunn 56, 13 Connor 53, 14 Michael Graham 52, 15 Weeks 52,...
NEXT ROUND: July 21/22 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns, nr Berwick-on-Tweed (Events 22).
