Wild' things
By TMX Archives on 5th May 11
Round two of the BSMA Doodson Motorsport GT Cup was held at Wildtracks, Chippenham, a superb venue managed by a very professional team which ensured that all was completed early.
Aaron Jenner won the first MX1 race but had to work hard to get the better of Adam Cook and Phil Mercer who suffered a puncture. It was left to Cook to challenge followed by Scott Hubbard, fast-starting Charlie Heatley and Scott Bates. Race two holeshot went to Adam Cook but he crashed heavily out of the meeting. A battle ensued between Jenner and Mercer, the lead changing several times with Mercer taking the flag from Jenner, Scott Bates and Mark Young. Same again in race three with Mercer taking the win from Jenner with the improving Max Tranah third. The final encounter saw Jenner take the win and first overall from Mercer, Jake Hassel and Tranah.
MX2 star Seb Osbourne made no mistakes although he had to settle for second in race one powered to easy wins in the next three encounters. Ricky Lethaby won race one and was consistently second with Ryan Williams in third. Rowan Hill improved as the weekend progressed with Nicky Watts having a poor second day to drop behing Alan Pearce on a 125.
The 125 Championship saw Welsh wizard Ben Howell ride to a maximum. The race was on for second with Corie Southwood and Matthew Thomas each taking a turn at runner-up with the decision going to Corie with Matthew just edging out Ryan Butler, Paul Wildman Willis and Connor Pearce.
MXY2 saw South African Damon Strydom take the second maximum of the weekend, his super smooth style making the track look easy. Tommy Alba never stopped trying to close the gap and was clear in second in a very competitive group.Jay Thomas, runner up in race one, had to work very hard to take the final podium position as he had to share top six positions with Alex Davies and Zac Alsop. Mason Law completed the top six.
Big wheel 85 pilot Jack Gardner looked to take a certain maximum with thre wins on race one. He had a disaster in race four but was back to normal in the final race chased to the line by Jordan Bachelor. Just three points covered the next three riders, Curtis Blamey third just one point ahead of race four winner Conrad Mewse, Josh Coleman taking fifth with three third positions in his last three outings.
Sid Evans was another maximum rider in the Small-wheel 85s. Tommie Schofield chased hard but was unable to hang on to Evans but took four runner-up positions.Michael Elles consolidated a good weekend's riding in third with the improving David Keet fourth.
Junior Championship maximum went to Harry Kimber who showed a clean pair of heels to the group. Harry Wichman worked hard with four second spots for overall runner-up with Callum Green third.
In the Auto Championship sponsored by Husqvarna James Hyett was unbeatable on the day having to come from the back in race four. Luke Williamson took second overall despite having crashed-out in race three. Joel Rizzi and Jack Scally finished equal on points with Joel getting the decision. Samuel Davies, winner of race four, finished fifth overall from Louie Kessell.
The BSMA thank the management and the First Aiders for all their efforts during the weekend and the riders and teams for making it such a successful event. Special thanks to all the sponsors for their continued support. See you all for round three at Wroxton on May 28/29.
BSMA Doodson Motorsport GT Cup
Rd 2 - Wildtracks, Chippenham
MX1: 1 Aaron Jenner, 2 Scott Bates, 3 Scott Hubbard, 4 Charlie Heatley, 5 Jake Hassell, 6 Mark Young, 7 Phil Mercer, 8 Tom Moore, 9 Max Tranah, 10 Kurt Freeguard.
MX2: 1 Seb Osbourne, 2 Ricky Lethaby, 3 Ryan Williams, 4 Rowan Hill, 5 Alan Pearce, 6 Nicky Watts, 7 Scott Hambridge, 8 Liam Taylor, 9 Jamie Austin Carter, 10 Mitchell Walker.
125: 1 Ben Howell, 2 Corie Southwood, 3 Matthew Thomas, 4 Ryan Butler, 5 Paul Wildman Willis, 6 Connor Pearce, 7 Jac Atkinson, 8 Christian Lyth, 9 David Sweet, 10 Alec Carefoot.
MXY2: 1 Damon Strydom, 2 Tommy Alba, 3 Jay Thomas, 4 Alex Davies, 5 Zac Alsop, 6 Mason Law, 7 Lewis Dowsett, 8 Ryan Fellowes, 9 Mitchel Bligh, 10 Sion Talbot.
Big-wheel 85: 1 Jack Gardner, 2 Jordan Bachelor, 3 Curtis Blamey, 4 Conrad Mewse, 5 Josh Coleman, 6 Alistair Evans, 7 Robert Yates, 8 Jack Seabourne, 9 Rob Holyoake, 10 Daniel Neale.
Small-wheel 85: 1 Sid Evans, 2 Tommie Schofield, 3 Michael Ellis, 4 David Keet, 5 Henry Siddiqui, 6 Luke Craig, 7 Troy Willerton, 8 Aaron Gordon, 9 Billy King, 10 Alex Walton.
Juniors: 1 Harry Kimber, 2 Harry Wishman, 3 Callum Green, 4 Gary Ashley, 5 Taylor Hampshire, 6 Jordan Hearn, 7 Perry Galloway, 8 Ryan Allison, 9 Charlie Kent, 10 Callum Beeken.
Autos: 1 James Hyett, 2 Luke Williamson, 3 Jack Rizzi, 4 Jack Scally, 5 Samuel Davies, 6 Louie Kessell, 7 Lewis Pyne, 8 Frank Cutmore, 9 Ike Carter, 10 James Rowe.
