The Luke of a champ!
By TMX Archives on 28th May 08
THERE was glorious sunshine at the weekend and some fantastic battles as the Moggstar ACU BYMX series moved north to the East Cumbria club's British championship track, situated at Brampton, for round three of the championship.
Lots of hard work in the week running-up to the event by all in the East Cumbria club meant the track was in perfect condition and the scene set for some fantastic battles in all classes.
The first race of the weekend saw the Big-wheel 85cc class take to the track, and it was championship leader, PAR Honda man Luke Hawkins, who showed why he is leading the championship by taking an impressive lead in front of Jake Page and Matthew Flemming. Page stayed with Hawkins for most of the race until a mishap on lap six saw him go out of the race, letting Flemming take over in second while Hawkins went on to win comfortably. Bradley Pocock claimed third, with Daniel Hutchinson coming home fourth.
Race two and Hawkins took-off in the lead again, leaving Page and Flemming to battle it out with Hutchinson in their wheel tracks, Page once again let Flemming into second and was in a battle for third with Pocock and Hutchinson for the rest of the race. Hawkins had a clear win, with Flemming second, and Page eventually claimed third ahead of Paul Coates who came from behind after Pocock went out, and Hutchinson had a couple of offs.
In the Small-wheel 85cc class, Jordan Godwin took race one from start to finish leaving everyone else to battle for the positions behind. James Dunn claimed second place, while Callan Cooper battled with Rickie Rodderick for third, Rodderick eventually getting past Cooper on lap five to take it.
Race two saw Rodderick take the lead on lap one, but Dunn was on his tail and took over in the lead on lap two. Cooper then got past to try and catch Dunn, but Godwin was on his tail with young Ben Watson in tow. Dunn took the win, with Godwin second, Watson third and Cooper fourth.
The Junior 65cc class saw some exciting battles in race one with Robert Yates leading from start to finish for the win. Ben Green was on his tail throughout the race but could not get past and had to settle for second. With championship leader Ryan Snaith getting a bad start, Jason Meara held third place, with Danny Lefear in fourth, until Snaith came back to take both of them on lap four and claim the third position.
MOGGSTAR BYMX CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 3 - East Cumbria MXC, Brampton
JUNIOR 65cc: 1 Robert Yates 177 points, 2 Ben Green 171, 3 Jason Meara 153, 4 Danny Lefear 142, 5 Jay Lamb 139, 6 Lewis Houghton 128, 7 Josh Gilbert 126, 8 Curtis Ferguson 124, 9 Jack Wilson 119, 10 Stuart Simpson 118, 11 Sam Braithwaite 111, 12 Aaron Piper 110, 13 Greg Hylett 109, 14 David Galvin 104, 15 Josh Coleman 100.
BIG-WHEEL 85cc: 1 Luke Hawkins 180 points, 2 Matthew Flemming, 160, 3 Ryan Houghton 149, 4 Daniel Hutchinson 142, 5 Bryn Clarke 135, 6 Jamie McCanney 128, 7 Paul Coates 126, 8 Bradley Pocock 123, 9 Damon Brooks 122, 10 Josh Brine 121, 11 Lewis Parkinson 112, 12 Bradley Banks 107, 13 Jake Page 107, 14 Luke Dean 105, 15 Jake Gowan 96.
SMALL-WHEEL 85cc: 1 James Dunn 174 points, 2 Jordan Godwin 174, 3 Ben Watson 154, 4 Micheal Eccles 143, 5 Corie Southwood 135, 6 Matthew Callaghan 127, 7 Connor Clarke 121, 8 Luke Cockburn 117, 9 Callan Cooper 117, 10 Tom Neal 110,11 Rickie Rodderick 109, 12 David Allingham 108, 13 Glen McCormick 102, 14 Robert Davidson 96, 15 Danny Stalker 95.
OPEN: 1 Mel Pocock 132 points, 2 Scott Elderfield 127, 3 Edward Allingham 107, 4 Josh Spinks 107, 5 Tommy Fenwick 6 Joe Gregory 105, 7 Lewis Trickett 97, 8 Lewis King 96, 9 David Games 93,10 Josh Waterman 89, 11 Daniel McCanney 86, 12 Connor Walkley 78, 13 Nathan Rooks 70, 14 James Hutchinson 70, 15 Jamie Jackson 68.
Next Round - June 21/ 22.
For full report and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, May 30, 2008
James Dunn powers his way to the overall for the weekend in the Small-wheel 85cc class.