Silver' service
By TMX Archives on 3rd Sep 10
The penultimate round of this years Maxxis British Motocross Championship visited the first man-made circuit this year at the Silverstone race track in Northants.
The ACU Events team moved in a few weeks ago to totally revamp the track in preparation for this event and could never have forecast the amount of rain that came down the week before the meeting.
It could have been a disaster, but the team worked 16-hour days to get the circuit ready and were still working on it on the morning of the event, taking a total of over 100,000 gallons of water from the track and also scraping the wet layer off the top surface to enable the meeting to go ahead. Congratulations must go to all the track staff and the ACU, as what was witnessed were some excellent races in the MX1 and MX2 classes, along with the youngsters in the MXY2 championship.
Connor Walkley took the British MXY2 Champion title but had to work really hard to get it. In the MX1 class it was yet another battle, as all the hype that Bobryshev would be missing was not found has he turned up and raced to the surprise of everyone. Stephen Sword continued his assault and took his second overall win on the bounce, to go with the Farleigh overall. In MX2, Zach Osborne and Jake Nicholls were fighting yet again and it was Osborne who excelled again. Both these classes are still undecided and will go down to the last round at Hawkstone Park to decide who will be champion for 2010.
Along with all the regulars at Silverstone the Swedish pairing of the Pulse/ One 28 Swedish Honda team Max Nyberg and Jonas Algotsson where over to get some practice by riding the British Championship. Also noted in the paddock were the rider changes at Samsung Yamaha as Wayne Smith as rejoined the team to the end of the season and beyond, depending on whether Ben Lamay returns to the UK. DBR Honda also had a new rider present in Lewis Rose.
With the track rutting up and getting more technical as the day went on, the first of two races for the young guns went to the line, with Connor Walkley heading the points race coming into this round ahead of Matt Bayliss all Walkley had to do to take the title was to win the race.
However, wild cards Joe Jones and Jesse Wentland gave him a hard fight along with all the regulars.
Walkley made it simple for himself by taking the lead and going on to take a start to finish win.
Jones, normally an Enduro rider, was out to try motocross and put pressure on Walkley from the start but he was headed by Matt Burrows on lap seven for second place.
Jones then came under pressure from Luke Norris and Matt Bayliss but held on to take third place with Norris and Bayliss settling for fourth and fifth.
In race two Wentland moved into the lead after passing Gary Sharp on lap two annd went on to win the race.
Walkley had a bad start and was down in eighth place on lap one, but determinedly fought his way up to third spot.
Jones took fourth with Bayliss just getting fifth from Norris who settled for sixth. Walkley took the overall with Jones and Burrows joining him on the podium in second and third.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICS SEE T+MX SEPTEMBER 3.
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 7 – Silverstone Race Circuit, Northants (ACU Events Ltd)
1 Stephen Sword (Buildbase CCM) 25 + 22 + 22 = 69
2 Evgeny Bobryshev (CAS Honda) 22 + 18 + 25 = 65
3 Jason Dougan (Phoenix Yamaha) 20 + 20 + 20 = 60
4 Brad Anderson (PAR Honda) 16 + 25 + 16 = 57
5 Tom Church (Buildbase CCM) 18 + 14 + 18 = 50
6 Gordon Crockard (Paul Bird Kawasaki) 14 + 16 + 15 = 45
7 Alex Snow (Albion Kawasaki) 15 + 15 + 14 = 44
8 Gert Krestinov (Maxxis Henderson Kawa) 13 + 12 + 13 = 38
9 James Noble (Proppa.com Honda) 12 + 10 + 12 = 34
10 Wayne Smith (Maxxis Henderson Kawa) 11 + 11 + 11 = 33
11 Jamie Lewis (Nigel Arnold Honda) 7+13+9=29, 12 Dorren Coutts (Yamaha) 3+9+10=22, 13 Nathan Parker (Proppa.com Honda) 9+5+8=22, 14 Scott Probert (Apex Cradley Kawasaki) 5+7+5=17, 15 Jamie Law (Bikesport Suzuki) 4+6+6=16, 16 Max Nyberg (Twisted 7 Honda) 6+8+2=16, 17 Stuart Edmonds (Electraction TM) 10+2+3=15, 18 David Willet (Bladez Yamaha) 0+3+7=10, 19 Wayne Garrett (TSR KTM) 0+4+4=8, 20 Carl Nunn (MVR-D Suzuki) 8+0+0=8.21 George Purchase (???) 1+0+1=2, 22 Josh Ash (???) 2+0+0=2, 23 Ross Keyworth (???) 0+1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Sword, 2 Bobryshev, 3 Dougan, 4 Church, 5 Anderson, 6 Snow, 7 Crockard, 8 Krestinov, 9 Noble, 10 Wayne Smith, 11 Edmonds, 12 Parker, 13 Nunn, 14 Lewis, 15 Nyberg, 16 Probert, 17 Law, 18 Dorren Coutts, 19 Ash, 20 Purchase.
RACE TWO: 1 Anderson, 2 Sword, 3 Dougan, 4 Bobryshev, 5 Crockard, 6 Snow, 7 Church, 8 Lewis, 9 Krestinov, 10 Wayne Smith, 11 Noble, 12 Dorren Coutts, 13 Nyberg, 14 Probert, 15 Law, 16 Parker, 17 Garrett, 18 Willet, 19 Edmonds, 20 Keyworth.
RACE THREE: 1 Bobryshev, 2 Sword, 3 Dougan, 4 Church, 5 Anderson, 6 Crockard, 7 Snow, 8 Krestinov, 9 Noble, 10 Wayne Smith, 11 Dorren Coutts, 12 Lewis, 13 Parker, 14 Willet, 15 Law, 16 Probert, 17 Garrett, 18 Edmonds, 19 Nyberg, 20 Purchase.
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Bobryshev 463 points, 2 Sword 430, 3 Anderson 386, 4 Dougan 319, 5 Swanepoel 270, 6 Crockard 267, 7 Church 265, 8 Noble 230, 9 Snow 216, 10 Nunn 165, 11 Coppins 153, 12 Parker 152, 13 Lamay 142, 14 Krestinov 139, 15 Lewis 131, 16 Law 116, 17 Elderfield 94, 18 Dorren Coutts 78, 19 Edmonds 69, 20 Wayne Smith 60,...
FINAL ROUND: October 3 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC Ltd).
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 MOTOCROSS HAMPIONSHIP
Rd 7 – Silverstone Race Circuit, Northants (ACU Events Ltd)
1 Zach Osborne (Bike It Cosworth Yamaha) 22 + 25 + 25 = 72
2 Jake Nicholls (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 25 + 22 + 22 = 69
3 Mel Pocock (Bike It Cosworth Yamaha) 20 + 20 + 18 = 58
4 Martin Barr (PAR Honda) 14 + 16 + 20 = 50
5 Kristian Whatley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 18 + 15 + 15 = 48
6 Elliott Banks-Browne (DB Honda) 16 + 10 + 16 = 42
7 Jordan Booker (KTM) 12 + 11 + 10 = 33
8 Neville Bradshaw (Samsung Yamaha) 15 + 18 + 0 = 33
9 Shane Carless (Moto One KTM) 6 + 12 + 14 = 32
10 Alan Keet (KTM) 11 + 9 + 9 = 29
11 Luke Hawkins (PAR Honda) 9+8+11=28, 12 Bryan MacKenzie (Horsman Kawasaki) 0+13+13=26, 13 Matiss Karro (MVR-D Suzuki) 0+14+12=26, 14 Lewis Tombs (Poole Yamaha) 10+0+7=17, 15 David Goosen (JAR Sealants Honda) 5+0+8=13, 16 Lewis Rose (Buff Husqvarna) 7+0+6=13, 17 Scott Elderfield (PAR Honda) 13+0+0=13, 18 Sunny Thompson (Samsung Yamaha) 0+7+5=12, 19 Josh Waterman (Buff Husqvarna) 8+0+4=12, 20 Anthony Reville (TRM CAS Honda) 0+6+3=9, 21 Alex Erikson (HM Plant Red Bull KTM) 0+5+2=7, 22 James Lassu (Madness Yamaha) 2+2+1=5, 23 Jim Davies (???) 0+4+0=4, 24 Will Worden (Wheeldon Suzuki) 4+0+0=4, 25 James Dodd (Motoxtreme Kawasaki) 0+3+0=3, 26 Jamie Smith (Kawasaki) 3+0+0=3, 27 Ashley Wilde (Manchester Xtreme Yamaha) 0+1+0=1, 28 Ross Hill (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 1+0+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Nicholls, 2 Osborne, 3 Pocock, 4 Whatley, 5 Banks-Browne, 6 Bradshaw, 7 Barr, 8 Elderfield, 9 Booker, 10 Keet, 11 Tombs, 12 Hawkins, 13 Waterman, 14 Rose, 15 Carless, 16 Goosen, 17 Worden, 18 Smith, 19 Lassu, 20 Hill.
RACE TWO: 1 Osborne, 2 Nicholls, 3 Pocock, 4 Bradshaw, 5 Barr, 6 Whatley, 7 Karro, 8 MacKenzie, 9 Carless, 10 Booker, 11 Banks-Browne, 12 Keet, 13 Hawkins, 14 Thompson, 15 Reville, 16 Erikson, 17 Davies, 18 Dodd, 19 Lassu, 20 Wilde.
RACE THREE: 1 Osborne, 2 Nicholls, 3 Barr, 4 Pocock, 5 Banks-Browne, 6 Whatley, 7 Carless, 8 MacKenzie, 9 Karro, 10 Hawkins, 11 Booker, 12 Keet, 13 Goosen, 14 Tombs, 15 Rose, 16 Thompson, 17 Waterman, 18 Reville, 19 Erikson, 20 Lassu.
SERIES STANDINGS after 7 (of 8) rounds: 1 Zach Osborne 452 points, 2 Nicholls 405, 3 Barr 350, 4 Banks-Browne 314, 5 Pocock 288, 6 Whatley 273, 7 Bradshaw 245, 8 Carless 242, 9 Karro 238, 10 Keet 186, 11 MacKenzie 182, 12 Hawkins 158, 13 Elderfield 147, 14 Goosen 103, 15 Rose 102, 16 Tombs 97, 17 Irwin 79, 18 Booker 78, 19 Roczen 75, 20 Moffat 66,...
FINAL ROUND: October 3 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC Ltd).
BRITISH MXY2 MOTOCROSS HAMPIONSHIP
Rd (Final) 4 – Silverstone Race Circuit, orthants (ACU Events Ltd)
1 Connor Walkley (Team Green Kawasaki) 25 + 20 = 45
2 Joe Jones (Throttlespec KTM) 20 + 18 = 38
3 Matt Burrows (Rob Hooper Suzuki) 22 + 13 = 35
4 Luke Norris (Phoenix Honda) 18 + 15 = 33
5 Matt Bayliss (Wooldridge Honda) 16 + 16 = 32
6 Gary Sharp (Drysdale KTM) 9 + 22 = 31
7 Harry Snow (Danger UK Honda) 15 + 11 = 26
8 Jesse Wentland (???) 0 + 25 = 25
9 Christy Harnett (TMC Honda) 13 + 10 = 23
10 Kelvin Townsend (Albion Honda) 10 + 12 = 22
11 Tom Kelly (DB Honda) 14+8=22, 12 Harry McKenna (Danger UK Yamaha) 6+14=20, 13 Bradley Wheeler (???) 12+5=17, 14 James Dunn (Doodson Suzuki) 7+7=14, 15 Christopher Bayliss (???) 8+6=14, 16 John Meara (TMC Honda) 11+1=12, 17 Jansen Day (Honda) 1+9=10, 18 James White (TMC Honda) 4+4=8, 19 Jamie Trankle (Kawasaki) 5+2=7, 20 Shane Mulligan (???) 0+3=3, 21 Dean Hakes (JK Cars Honda) 3+0=3, 22 Darren Wingar (Pope KTM) 2+0=2.
RACE ONE: 1 Walkley, 2 Burrows, 3 Joe Jones, 4 Norris, 5 Matt Bayliss, 6 Snow, 7 Kelly, 8 Harnett, 9 Wheeler, 10 Meara, 11 Townsend, 12 Sharp, 13 Christopher Bayliss, 14 Dunn, 15 McKenna, 16 Trankle, 17 White, 18 Hakes, 19 Wingar, 20 Day.
RACE TWO: 1 Wentland, 2 Sharp, 3 Walkley, 4 Joe Jones, 5 Matt Bayliss, 6 Norris, 7 McKenna, 8 Burrows, 9 Townsend, 10 Snow, 11 Harnett, 12 Day, 13 Kelly, 14 Dunn, 15 Christopher Bayliss, 16 Wheeler, 17 White, 18 Mulligan, 19 Trankle, 20 Meara.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Connor Walkley 179 points (CHAMPION), 2 Matt Bayliss 126, 3 Luke Norris 124, 4 Burrows 119, 5 Joe Jones 119, 6 Kelly 111, 7 Sharp 100, 8 Dunn 79, 9 McKenna 78, 10 Townsend 76, 11 Harnett 67, 12 Shipton 51, 13 Meara 48, 14 Lamont 47, 15 Pocock 47,16 Snow 41, 17 Barnfield 40, 18 Damon Wales 34, 19 Gowan 33, 20 Christopher Bayliss 30