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By TMX Archives on 21st Apr 10
Hard work, creativity and imagination should always be rewarded. So it came with little or no surprise that the excellent Cheshire North West outfit were handed a round of this year's Express Insurance youth series. The fast flowing course at Norley, near Runcorn, in Cheshire, was once again superbly prepped.
Spectacular racing and complete carnage was the order of the day in the hotly contested Youth Open class as two championship contenders crocked themselves in an incident packed weekend of racing.
With Jamie McCanney and Ryan Houghton spending Saturday evening in hospital the Championship fight was now directly between Kawasaki man Connor Walkley and KTM runner Nathan Watson.
Walkley won the first heat of the weekend while Watson was to secure heats three and four - but Welshman Walkley beat his rival in the crucial fifth moto to claim his second overall of the season.
Ben Watson was once again the star of the show in the fast and frenetic Big-wheel 85cc division posting four classy race wins that ultimately moved him clear in the Championship standings.
EXPRESS INSURANCE BYMX
Rd 2 - Norley, near Runcorn (Cheshire North West SSC)
Youth Open: 1 Connor Walkley (Kawasaki) 50 points, 2 Nathan Watson (KTM) 44, 3 Tom Kelly (Honda) 40, 4 Gary Sharp (KTM) 38, 5 Luke Norris (Honda) 36, 6 Chris Shallcross (KTM) 35.
Express Insurance Top Gun Award: Bradley Pocock.
Dunlop Tyre Award: Christopher Shallcross.
Monster Energy Best Performance Award: Glen Fletcher.
CGH Pro Circuit Award: Nathan Watson.
Championship Standings: Walkley 100, Watson 88, Sharp 74, Norris 71, Kelly 69, Pocock 66.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Ben Watson (KTM) 50, 2 James Harrison (Honda) 44, 3 Ben Howell (KTM) 40, 4 Adam Sterry (Honda) 38, 5 Jack Kelly (KTM) 36, 6 Liam Garland (Honda) 35.
Honda Extreme Challenge: 1 James Harrison, 2 Adam Sterry, 3 Liam Garland.
Dunlop Tyre Award: Adam Sterry.
Monster Energy Best Performance Award: Robert Davidson.
CGH Pro Circuit Award: Matthew Callaghan.
Championship Standings: Watson 100, Howell 84, Sterry 76, Harrison 74, Clark 74, Kelly 71.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Oli Osmason (Honda) 50, 2 Josh Gilbert (KTM) 44, 3 Robert Yates (Suzuki) 40, 4 Josh Coleman (KTM) 38, 5 Sam Braithwaite (KTM) 36, 6 Conrad Mewse (KTM) 35.
Dunlop Tyre Award: Robert Yates.
Monster Energy Best Performance Award: Sam Braithwaite.
CGH Pro Circuit Award: Oliver Osmaston.
Championship Standings: Osmaston 100, Yates 84, Gilbert 82, Braithwaite 76, Mewse 71, Evans 69.
Junior: 1 Tom Hume 50, 2 Albie Wilkie 44, 3 Taylor Hammal 40, 4 Keenan Hird 38, 5 James McFayden 36, 6 Jamie Osbourne 35 (All KTM).
Dunlop Tyre Award: Tom Hume.
Monster Energy Best Performance Award: Aaron Woodward.
CGH Pro Circuit Award: Keenan Hird.
Championship Standings: Wilkie 94, Hume 90, Hammal 84, Hird 76, McFayden 72, Jake Edey 69.
TWO-STROKE
Open: 1 Matt Moffat, 2 Christian Taylor, 3 Dan McCanney.
125cc: 1 Josh Waterman, 2 Danny Tollet, 3 James Dunn.
Monster Energy Best Performance Award: Nathan Rooks.
CGH Pro Circuit Award: Danny Tollet.
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2010