Swanepoel at the double
By TMX Archives on 15th Jun 09
Gareth Swanepoel took a double win for his Kawasaki Racing team in the MX1 class at the fourth round of the ACU Maxxis British Motocross Championship yesterday, at Hawkstone Park in Shropshire.
He led both races from the start taking gate to flag wins in both motos. During race one he kept a fairly consistent lead over the chasing Billy MacKenzie on the CAS Honda until the end when he extended his lead to over 12 seconds.
The current ACU Maxxis British Motocross Champion, MacKenzie didn't capitalise on his pole position and started the first lap in fourth place. He soon arrived in second place, and held it for the rest of the race which is a good solid result as he is still nursing a thumb injury.
Championship leader, Brad Anderson on the PAR Homes Honda gave chase but had to settle for third gathering more points to extend his title lead.
Race two saw Anderson slot straight into second place behind Swanepoel, and James Noble dropped into third. Noble crashed heavily and lost his podium position to Carl Nunn who was pushing hard and maintained his podium position until the finish.
Anderson has extended the title lead with 173 points, 31 clear of Noble who is running second. The man who has made the biggest improvement is Billy MacKenzie who is now third in the Championship with 127 points.
Swanepoel said; "I've been training and working really hard. I had two good starts and I was able to get away. I have a run of GPs now so I'm glad to have got a result here.”
The fifth round of the ACU Maxxis MX1 Championship will take place at Lyng in Norfolk on the 12th July.
MX1 Race one results:
1 Gareth Swanepoel Kawasaki Racing Team 35:32.869
2 Billy MacKenzie CAS Honda 35:45.691
3 Brad Anderson PAR Homes Honda 35:49.114
4 James Noble MVR-D Suzuki 35:52.149
5 Tom Church Buildbase CCM Racing 36:09.338
6 Jason Dougan Phoenix tools/CCM Racing 36:23.209
7 Carl Nunn MVR-D Racing Suzuki 36:40.180
8 Bryan MacKenzie Twisted 7 Honda 37:00.881
9 Alex Snow Team KTM UK 37:02.662
10 Mark Jones Samsung Yamaha 37:26.339
MX1 Race two result:
1 Gareth Swanepoel Kawasaki Racing Team 36:25.088
2 Brad Anderson PAR Homes Honda 36:31.136
3 Carl Nunn MVR-D Racing Suzuki 36:42.091
4 James Noble MVR-D Suzuki 37:12.656
5 Billy MacKenzie CAS Honda 37:13.901
6 Bryan MacKenzie Twisted 7 Honda 37:22.882
7 Kristian Whatley LPE Kawasaki 37:32.517
8 Jason Dougan Phoenix tools/CCM Racing 37:43.278
9 Scott Columb Relentless Suzuki 38:00.072
10 Jamie Lewis Nigel Arnold KTM 38:02.099
MX1 Championship points:
1. Brad Anderson 173
2. James Noble 142
3. Billy MacKenzie 127
4. Gareth Swanepoel 125
5. Carl Nunn 125
6. Scott Columb 91
7. Tom Church 90
8. Jason Dougan 86
9. Kristian Whatley 77
10. Zach Osborne 66