Rowson lays down the Law
By TMX Archives on 6th Apr 07
MARK Hucklebridge on his MotoXtreme Kawasaki came away from a rough, tough Matchams Park as top points scorer in an all action opening round of the CCM backed British MMX Four-stroke Championship.
But he didn't have it all his own way and PARHonda rider Wayne Smith pushed him all the way as reigning champion,and fastest man on the track, Pioneer Yamaha's Brad Anderson, droppedout of race and the running for the overall after only a quarter of thefirst heat.
While the Four-stroke races were up for grabs,Molson Kawasaki's Ray Rowson completely dominated the PAR HomesUnder-21 championship by setting the fastest qualifying time andstorming to two convincing race wins.
The track at Matchams MX World was in goodcondition after having a lot of water sprayed on it following a weekwithout rain, and with a strong wind drying it out, the only place thatsuffered from dust was the paddock.
All the grading and levelling made for a very fasttrack in practice though with fastest man Anderson doing a lap in a bitunder a minute and a half, almost two seconds faster than Jordan Rosein second.
PAR HOMES BRITISH UNDER-21 MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 1 - Matchams Park, nr Ringwood
(Matchams MX World)
1 Ray Rowson (Molson Kawasaki) 30 + 30 = 60
2 Jamie Law (Relentless Suzuki) 25 + 27 = 52
3 Kristian Whatley (Ruddock KTM) 27 + 25 = 52
4 Kristjan Ratsep (Moggstar KTM) 21 + 23 = 44
5 Alan Keet (JMX KTM) 23 + 17 = 40
6 Chris Bastick (Danger UK KTM) 11 + 21 = 32
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 8) rounds: 1 Rowson60 points, 2 Law 52, 3 Whatley 52, 4 Kristjan Ratsep 44, 5 Keet 40, 6Bastick 32, 7 Dark 30, 8 Brunell 28, 9 Greedy 25, 10 King 24, 11 Priit Ratsep 17, 12 Luke Hill17, 13 Aaron Smith 16, 14 Murro 10, 15 Preston 10, 16 Bucas 10, 17Thomas 8, 18 Snow 7, 19 Meredith 6, 20 Simmons 5, 22 Hay 4, 23 Watts 4, 24 0 2, 25 Wells 2.
NEXT ROUND: Apr 15 - Whiteway Barton, Kingsteignton, Devon (West of England MC).
CCM BRITISH FOUR-STROKE MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 1 - Matchams Park, nr Ringwood (Matchams MX World)
1 Mark Hucklebridge (Motoxtreme Kawasaki) 30 + 25 = 55
2 Wayne Smith (PAR Homes Honda) 27 + 27 = 54
3 Danny Smyth (Wiseco Honda) 25 + 19 = 44
4 Jody Smyth (Wiseco Honda) 21 + 21 = 42
5 Bryan MacKenzie (Twisted7 Kawasaki) 23 + 13 = 36
6 David Yelland (Phoenix Honda) 19 + 15 = 34
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 8) rounds: 1Hucklebridge 55 points, 2 Smith 54, 3 Danny Smyth 44, 4 Jody Smyth 42,5 Bryan MacKenzie 36, 6 Yelland 34, 7 Anderson 30, 8 Lewis 27, 9 Rach 23, 10 Bales 21, 11 Johnson 20, 12Yarranton 20, 13 Hillman 19, 14 May 18, 15 Phillips 15, 16 Gillett 13,17 Joseph Stevens 12, 18 Morland 7, 19 Ayres 6, 20 Morrison 5, 22 Milward 4, 23 Frayne 2.
NEXT ROUND: Apr 15 - Whiteway Barton, Kingsteignton, Devon (West of England MC).
CCM BRITISH SIDECAR-CROSS CHAMPS
Rd 1 - Matchams Park, nr Ringwood, Hants (Oxford Ixion MCC)
1 Van de Boomen/ Van de Wiel (Zabel VMC) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Watson/ Watson (Zabel VMC) 20 + 22 = 42
3 Brown/ L Peters (Cradley Zabel VMC) 18 + 20 = 38
4 M Kinge/ Dance (KTM VMC) 15 + 15 = 30
5 Eastman/ Kirwin (KTM VMC) 16 + 13 = 29
6 Lyne/ Girling (Zabel VMC) 12 + 16 = 28
SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 6) rounds: 1 Van De Boomen 50 points, 2Watson 42, 3 Brown 38, 4 M Kinge 30, 5 Eastman 29, 6 Lyne 28, 7Oldfield 23, 8 Derks 22, 9 Pelling 21, 10 Wilkinson 19, 11 Balsillie 18, 12 Breacher16, 13 Jarvis 16, 14 Dan Millard 14, 15 Jenkins 14, 16 Stevens 14, 17Keane 11, 18 Butler 11, 19 Gibson-Barton 9, 20 Foden 5, 22 Dave Millard 3, 23 Peacock 2, 24 Topp 2, 25 Batt 1,...
NEXT ROUND: May 28 - Asham Woods, Leighton, nr Frome, (Frome & DUMC&LCC).
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 6, 2007.