Super Karr
By Dick Law on 1st Jun 12
The ever-smiling Matiss Karro got to grips with a hot and dusty Milton MX Park, to win all three of his MX1 races and fire himself to the top of the Maxxis British Championship.
Elliott Banks-Browne set the pace in the MX2 class, winning all of his races to take the red plate for the series, but Mel Pocock had a disastrous day where nothing seemed to go right.
Superpole winner Karro led the pack in the first MX1 race with wildcard Josh Coppins second and series leader Kevin Strijbos back in sixth.
Three laps later, at the back of the track, Coppins stalled his Yamaha handing second place to Stephen Sword with Gert Krestinov third and Kristian Whatley fourth.
By halfway Karro was controlling the race from the front with Sword in a lonely second place, while Shaun Simpson now had Krestinov under pressure, having found a way past Whatley.
Karro crossed the line almost nine seconds clear of Sword, followed by Simpson and Krestinov, with Coppins
making his way back from ninth to fifth.
It looked like Sword was going to get the holeshot at the start of race two, but Karro slipped up the inside and snatched it away, while Nathan Parker crashed out, aggravating his knee in the process.
With ten minutes left on the clock Karro had managed to open up a gap over Simpson as Strijbos, from seventh at the start, found a way past Coppins for third.
Karro took his second win of the day by just under seven seconds from Simpson, with Strijbos third and Coppins fourth.
In the first of the MX2 races Banks-Browne got the holeshot, with Buildbase Honda rider Nicolas Aubin in a close second place.
Lap after lap Aubin stayed with Banks-Browne but just couldn't get close enough to attempt a pass as they crossed the finish-line just four seconds apart.
Banks-Browne claimed his second holeshot of the day in race two followed by Aubin who had Bryan MacKenzie all over his back wheel.
On lap two, Aubin made a mistake and MacKenzie was through into second, but only for a couple of laps as Aubin regrouped and re-took second spot.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS JUNE 1
MAXXIS BRITISH MX1 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Milton Park, nr Northampton (ACU Events Ltd)
1 Mattis Karro (STR KTM) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Shaun Simpson (Monster BikeIt Yamaha) 20 + 22 + 22 = 64
3 Josh Coppins (Fro IDS Yamaha) 16 + 18 + 18 = 52
4 Stephen Sword (Tyco TAS Suzuki) 22 + 14 + 16 = 52
5 Kristian Whatley (PAR Honda) 15 + 16 + 20 = 51
6 Gert Krestinov (Route77 MVRD Honda) 18 + 15 + 7 = 40
7 Jamie Law (D3 Racing KTM) 11 + 11 + 11 = 33
8 Kevin Strijbos (HM Plant KTM UK) 12 + 20 + 0 = 32
9 Alex Snow (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 5 + 10 + 12 = 27
10 Martin Barr (Maxxis Henderson Kawasaki) 14 + 13 + 0 = 27
11 Alfie Smith (JK Rinaldi Yamaha) 10+9+5=24, 12 Dorren Coutts (PAR Honda) 9+12+0=21, 13 Ashley Wilde (Sandbach SM Kawasaki) 6+7+0=13, 14 Matthew Moffat (Dean Moff Star KTM) 8+5+0=13, 15 Marc De Reuver (Lanes Kawasaki) 13+0+0=13, 16 Wayne Garrett (JAR Honda) 7+4+0=11, 17 Josh Waterman (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 0+8+0=8, 18 Aston Bird (Gateway Kawasaki) 1+6+0=7, 19 Tony Craig (Mickey Oates Honda) 4+0+0=4, 20 Sam Simmons (Motoward Yamaha) 0+3+0=3, 21 Jamie Skuse (Apico Suzuki) 3+0+0=3, 22 Luke Benstead (Colchester Kawasaki) 0+2+0=2, 23 Ross Hill (Danger UK Suzuki) 2+0+0=2, 24 Michael Mahon (VMX KTM) 0+1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Karro, 2 Sword, 3 Simpson, 4 Krestinov, 5 Coppins, 6 Whatley, 7 Barr, 8 De Reuver, 9 Strijbos, 10 Law, 11 Alfie Smith, 12 Coutts, 13 Moffat, 14 Garrett, 15 Wilde, 16 Snow, 17 Craig, 18 Skuse, 19 Hill, 20 Bird.
RACE TWO: 1 Karro, 2 Simpson, 3 Strijbos, 4 Coppins, 5 Whatley, 6 Krestinov, 7 Sword, 8 Barr, 9 Coutts, 10 Law, 11 Snow, 12 Alfie Smith, 13 Waterman, 14 Wilde, 15 Bird, 16 Moffat, 17 Garrett, 18 Simmons, 19 Benstead, 20 Michael Mahon.
MX1/ MX2 SHOOTOUT: 1 Karro, 2 Simpson, 3 Kristian Whatley, 4 Coppins, 5 Stephen Sword, 6 Elliott Banks-Browne, 7 Steven Lenoir, 8 Bryan MacKenzie, 9 Alex Snow, 10 Jamie Law, 11 Neville Bradshaw, 12 Mel Pocock, 13 Stuart Edmonds, 14 Gert Krestinov, 15 Ray Rowson, 16 Alfie Smith, 17 Nathan Watson, 18 James Cottrell, 19 Graeme Irwin, 20 Hamish Harwood.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Karro 248 points, 2 Simpson 239, 3 Strijbos 238, 4 Sword 188, 5 Krestinov 176, 6 Whatley 145, 7 Law 131, 8 De Reuver 130, 9 Barr 125, 10 Snow 119, 11 Parker 102, 12 Coutts 94, 13 Dougan 91, 14 Alfie Smith 86, 15 Moffat 57, 16 Coppins 52, 17 Bird 45, 18 Wilde 41, 19 Garrett 35, 20 Waterman 33,... 34 Baldwin 4,...
NEXT ROUND: June 24 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC).
MAXXIS BRITISH MX2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 4 – Milton Park, nr Northampton (ACU Events Ltd)
1 Elliott Banks-Browne (HM Plant KTM) 25 + 25 + 15 = 65
2 Neville Bradshaw (Evotech Stevens Hon) 16 + 20 + 10 = 46
3 Nicolas Aubin (Buildbase Honda) 22 + 22 + 0 = 44
4 Bryan MacKenzie (Rockstar KTM) 14 + 16 + 13 = 43
5 Steven Lenoir (Samsung Yamaha) 6 + 18 + 14 = 38
6 Graeme Irwin (Samsung Yamaha) 18 + 15 + 2 = 35
7 Ray Rowson (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 12 + 14 + 6 = 32
8 Mel Pocock (Monster BikeIt Yamaha) 20 + 2 + 9 = 31
9 James Cottrell (Pulse DB Honda) 15 + 13 + 3 = 31
10 Stuart Edmonds (Tyco TAS Suzuki) 13 + 1 + 8 = 22
11 Nathan Watson (PAR Honda) 9+7+4=20, 12 Hamish Harwood (DBG Eastwood Honda) 7+9+1=17, 13 Jordan Booker (Buildbase Honda) 0+12+0=12, 14 Matt Burrows (SBW Honda) 2+10+0=12, 15 Alexander Eriksson (Twisted7 PC Monster Kawasaki) 0+11+0=11, 16 Liam Garland (RFX Kawasaki) 11+0+0=11, 17 Lewis Tombs (John Banks Honda) 10+0+0=10, 18 Shane Carless (Rockstar KTM) 1+8+0=9, 19 Luke Hawkins (Apico Suzuki) 8+0+0=8, 20 Adam Sterry (PAR Honda) 3+4+0=7, 21 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kawasaki) 4+3+0=7, 22 Jake Millward (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 0+6+0=6, 23 Alan Keet (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 0+5+0=5, 24 Sunny Thompson (Lanes Kawasaki) 5+0+0=5.
RACE ONE: 1 Banks-Browne, 2 Aubin, 3 Mel Pocock, 4 Irwin, 5 Bradshaw, 6 Cottrell, 7 MacKenzie, 8 Stuart Edmonds, 9 Rowson, 10 Garland, 11 Tombs, 12 Watson, 13 Hawkins, 14 Harwood, 15 Lenoir, 16 Thompson, 17 Walkley, 18 Sterry, 19 Burrows, 20 Carless.
RACE TWO: 1 Banks-Browne, 2 Aubin, 3 Bradshaw, 4 Lenoir, 5 MacKenzie, 6 Irwin, 7 Rowson, 8 Cottrell, 9 Booker, 10 Eriksson, 11 Burrows, 12 Harwood, 13 Carless, 14 Watson, 15 Millward, 16 Keet, 17 Sterry, 18 Walkley, 19 Mel Pocock, 20 Stuart Edmonds.
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 (of 8) rounds: 1 Banks-Browne 235 points, 2 Mel Pocock 216, 3 Bradshaw 183, 4 Lenoir 175, 5 MacKenzie 173, 6 Aubin 151, 7 Irwin 146, 8 Booker 109, 9 Stuart Edmonds 96, 10 Cottrell 90, 11 Tombs 87, 12 Watson 75, 13 Osborne 69, 14 Walkley 67, 15 Keet 66, 16 Remmer 51, 17 Tonus 50, 18 Carless 49, 19 Sterry 44, 20 Rowson 42,...
NEXT ROUND: June 24 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC)
BRITISH MXY2 CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 – Milton Park, nr Northampton (ACU Events Ltd)
1 Tommy Alba (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 22 + 25 = 47
2 Rob Muscat (Honda) 25 + 20 = 45
3 Dan Thornhill (Grittenham Meredith Suzuki) 18 + 22 = 40
4 Robert Davidson (Honda) 20 + 18 = 38
5 Michael Eccles (WPR KTM) 16 + 16 = 32
6 Oliver Osmaston (MXW Honda) 14 + 14 = 28
7 Ben Watson (PAR Honda) 13 + 13 = 26
8 Adam Darbyshire (Honda) 15 + 11 = 26
9 James Harrison (Lanes Kawasaki) 10 + 12 = 22
10 Glen McCormick (Watt Kawasaki) 8 + 9 = 17
11 Fraser Wakeford (Dixon Academy Yamaha) 6+10+0=16, 12 Liam Knight (Mavrick KTM) 9+7+0=16, 13 Arminuas Jasikonis (Route77 KTM) 0+15+0=15, 14 Sam Winterburn (Appleyard Yamaha) 7+5+0=12, 15 Jack Gardner (MX Racing KTM) 11+1+0=12, 16 Matthew Callaghan (Honda) 12+0+0=12, 17 Alec Carefoot (Carefoot PLC Honda) 2+8+0=10, 18 Luke Newman (Kawasaki) 4+6+0=10, 19 Simon Booth (Hammond Suzuki) 5+4+0=9, 20 Ryan Snaith (Underdog KTM) 0+3+0=3.21 Jamie Ellis (Rocket Centre Kawasaki) 3+0+0=3, 22 Jonathan Cole (Dextra Crescent Suzuki) 0+2+0=2, 23 Jacob Joyce (Bubblitex KTM) 1+0+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Muscat, 2 Alba, 3 Davidson, 4 Thornhill, 5 Eccles, 6 Darbyshire, 7 Osmaston, 8 Watson, 9 Callaghan, 10 Gardner, 11 James Harrison, 12 Knight, 13 McCormick, 14 Winterburn, 15 Wakeford, 16 Booth, 17 Newman, 18 Ellis, 19 Carefoot, 20 Joyce.
RACE TWO: 1 Alba, 2 Thornhill, 3 Muscat, 4 Davidson, 5 Eccles, 6 Jasikonis, 7 Osmaston, 8 Watson, 9 James Harrison, 10 Darbyshire, 11 Wakeford, 12 McCormick, 13 Carefoot, 14 Knight, 15 Newman, 16 Winterburn, 17 Booth, 18 Snaith, 19 Cole, 20 Gardner.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 5) rounds: 1 Thornhill 125 points, 2 Muscat 116, 3 Davidson 105, 4 Alba 93, 5 Watson 84, 6 Bayliss 77, 7 James Harrison 74, 8 Eccles 68, 9 Winterburn 55, 10 Howell 52, 11 Wakeford 48, 12 Jasikonis 47, 13 Darbyshire 45, 14 McCormick 40, 15 Osmaston 37, 16 Kelly 34, 17 Bamfield 28, 18 Gardner 28, 19 Brooks 21, 20 Knight 20,...
NEXT ROUND: June 26 – Porters Pit, Desertmartin, NI (Cookstown MCC).
BRITISH MXY85 CHAMPIONSHIP
Milton Park, nr Northampton (ACU Events Ltd)
1 Will Keogh (Vampires Rock KTM) 22 + 22 = 44
2 Todd Kellett (Twisted 7 Kawasaki) 15 + 25 = 40
3 Jordan Eccles (KTM) 20 + 20 = 40
4 Josh Gilbert (Buildbase Honda) 25 + 14 = 39
5 Gradie Featherstone (DFB KTM) 18 + 16 = 34
6 Lewis Houghton (Danger UK KTM) 12 + 18 = 30
7 Robert Yates (Suzuki) 14 + 15 = 29
8 Jay Hague (JLP KTM) 13 + 12 = 25
9 Joe Jefferies (Apico Suzuki) 16 + 9 = 25
10 Alfie Bowtell (KTM) 9 + 13 = 22
RACE ONE: 1 Gilbert, 2 Keogh, 3 Eccles, 4 Featherstone, 5 Jefferies, 6 Kellett, 7 Yates, 8 Hague, 9 Houghton, 10 Sam Braithwaite (G Force Susp KTM),...
RACE TWO: 1 Kellett, 2 Keogh, 3 Eccles, 4 Houghton, 5 Featherstone, 6 Yates, 7 Gilbert, 8 Bowtell, 9 Hague, 10 Jamie Carpenter (MX World KTM),...
