Saving the best for last...
By Mike Wood on 27th Sep 07
THE best was certainly saved until the sixth and final round of the IMBA 125cc European Motocross championship, as the Swiss SAM federation served up an absolute cracker of a meeting at Amriswil on Sunday. Played out in front of a simply massive crowd which would be the envy of any motocross promoter back in England, as expected Czech Republic star, Michal Votroubek, did enough to earn the 2007 crown.
Once again though, the lads representing the AMCA did their country proud with a stirring performance...
Despite a moto two crash, Brad O'Leary (Foto-X AMSKTM) finished his IMBA season with a great second overall. Phil Mercer(Delkevic Kawasaki) took fifth overall enough to earn him a richlydeserved runners-up spot in the series. Scott Mathia (Wulfsport KTM)was seventh, James Lane (Honda Equipe) 14th and brave flu victim LeeDunham 21st.
Full report and Pictures in T+MX issue September 28, 2007.
IMBA EUROPEAN 125cc MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 6 (Final) Amriswil, SWITZERLAND
RACE ONE: 1 Andre Adrian (D), 2 Phil MERCER (GB),3 Brad O'LEARY (GB), 4 Michal Votroubek (CZ), 5 Maurice van Kasteren(NL), 6 Mike Baumgartner (CH), 7 Graziano Pevefieri (I), 8 Lee DUNHAM(GB), 9 Patrick van Bruegel (NL), 10 Menno Verleng (NL), 11 KennyBeekmans (NL), 12 Tiziano Pevefieri (I), 13 Kevin Haller (CH), 14 JamesLANE (GB)15 Lukas Elmer (CH),... 19 Scott MATHIA (GB).
RACE TWO: 1 Adrian, 2 MATHIA, 3 T Pevefieri, 4Verleng, 5 van Bruegel, 6 Marc Storms (D), 7 van Kasteren, 8 Haller, 9Maurice Klijn (NL), 10 LANE, 11 Beekmans, 12 G Pevefieri, 13 KimSchafter (CH), 14 Rene Egsgaard (Denmark), 15 DUNHAM,... 27 O'LEARY,...34 MERCER.
RACE THREE: 1 O'Leary, 2 MERCER, 3 Adrian, 4Haller, 5 G Pevefieri, 6 Beekmans, 7 T Pevefieri, 8 Ronnie van Rooji(NL), 9 Sigmund, 10 MATHIA, 11 Votroubek, 12 Storms, 13 van Bruegel, 14Klijn, 15 Alexander Hubner (D),... 17 LANE.
OVERALL: 1 Adrian 170 points, 2 O'LEARY 124, 3 TPevefieri 122, 4 G Pevefieri 117, 5 MERCER 115, 6 Haller 115, 7 MATHIA111, 8 van Breugel 111, 9 Beekmans 109, 10 van Kasteren 106,... 14 LANE86,... 21 DUNHAM 65.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Votroubek 1,043 points(CHAMPION), 2 MERCER 948, 3 van Kasteren 895, 4 T Pevefieri 853, 5 GPevefieri 824, 6 O'LEARY 791, 7 Adrian 681, 8 Mark HOOLEY (GB) 657, 9DUNHAM 650, 10 van Breugel 613, 11 Verleng 610, 12 Egsgaard 577, 13Sigmund 558, 14 LANE 546, 15 Jaromir Romaneik (CZ) 487,... 23 MATHIA332.