You do the Math!

Talking of maiden victories, in MX2 the popular Scott Mathia bagged his first ever AMCA Championship moto win, a feat then also achieved by Brandon Benjamin in the final Long Lane race.

 

Much to the delight of the crowd and a certain, proud father, Pete Mathia, 26-year-old Scott also claimed a richly deserved maiden overall MX2 win joined on the podium by KTM two-stroke ace Ben Saunders and Brandon Benjamin.

 

Over in MX1, Lee Payne started the campaign in truly fantastic form, totally demolishing his opposition to bag three  moto wins with reigning champ, Lee Dunham, in second and Clinton Barrs third. The class at Long Lane prove impressively productive for the Barrs clan as Clinton's brother Tye was seventh while cousin Elliot bagged a strong fifth. 

 

MX2 opened proceedings and there was drama in qualifying as top runner Lewis Abbott was forced out after suffering a knee injury. Making brave comebacks after recent injuries, Ryan Morris, Sean Frayne and James Lane all made the cut. Morris' comeback was truly remarkable, more than a month ahead of schedule after breaking his leg, Ryan aboard the Cradley Kawasaki was 12th fastest.

 

Also worthy a mention in the Qualifying session was young Joseph Del Busso, who posted a time inside the top ten despite his machine grinding to a halt after just two laps when he ‘dropped' a valve.

 

Lane, Edward Briscoe and Bradley Bird all fell in turn one, so fast starting Paul Neale led the way before being displaced by Ben Saunders. Three laps in and Neale crashed, dropping back to 21st as a four-way battle raged at the front with Saunders being hounded by Mathia, reigning champ Shane Holmes and series debutant Jack Cox, with Adam Wells a lonely fifth.

 

Lap five and Mathia was the boss, and that's the way it stayed as he blasted to that first ever championship moto win while hard charging Holmes also passed Saunders for second. Cox, Wells and Carl Benjamin, who rounded off the top six, while early leader Neale eventually finished 12th.  

 

Neale again led the charge in moto two as Holmes tasted the dirt, crashing and restarting last.

 

Four laps in and Mathia buoyed by his race one success had moved to the front of the pack while early challengers Martin Jones dropped to an eventual eighth and Brad Nixon disappeared from proceedings. Upfront, Mathia remained composed to bag another win from Saunders, Neale and Carl Benjamin. After gating in 13th, Cox displayed speed by getting back to earn fifth despite surviving a last lap scare when he collided with Wells.

 

With the unfortunate Wells forced out, Brandon Benjamin slotted into sixth spot. Ride of the moto – Shane Holmes, who recovered from last back to 16th. 

 

Could Scott Mathia go on to claim a hat-trick? Well while the unlucky Holmes again fell, Mathia ensured that his dream was well and truly possible as he controlled the early exchanges in the final clash with Brandon Benjamin, Neale, Cox, Del-Busso and Aled Bellis charging hard.

 

By lap two Neale had moved up to second only to be forced backwards following another mistake.

 

Up front though and despite suffering from a recently dislocated left shoulder, Mathia still bravely hung on to the lead despite being rapidly reeled in by Benjamin and Saunders, who had initially gated eighth.

 

FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS JUNE 15

 

AMCA MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 1 – Long Lane, Telford (Newport MCC)

 1 Scott Mathia (250F Suzuki) 60 + 60 + 50 = 170

 2 Ben Saunders (250F KTM) 50 + 54 + 54 = 158

 3 Brandon Benjamin (250F Kawasaki) 37 + 43 + 60 = 140

 4 Jack Cox (250F Yamaha) 47 + 45 + 47 = 139

 5 Paul Neale (250F Kawasaki) 31 + 50 + 43 = 124

 6 Carl Benjamin (250F Kawasaki) 43 + 47 + 31 = 121

 7 Ryan Crowder (250F Honda) 35 + 41 + 41 = 117

 8 Scott Williams (250F Suzuki) 41 + 37 + 39 = 117

 9 Shane Holmes (250F KTM) 54 + 25 + 14 = 93

10 Sean Frayne (250F Honda) 33 + 24 + 35 = 92

11 Jack Forrest (250F Honda) 39+29+23=91, 12 James Lane (250F Honda) 22+35+21=78, 13 Ryan Jones (250F KTM) 29+31+17=77, 14 Matthew Hockenhull (250F KTM) 13+33+29=75, 15 Christopher Hill (???) 12+27+33=72, 16 Matthew Bath (???) 24+21+26=71, 17 Luke Smith (???) 26+17+24=67, 18 Richard Gray (250F Kawasaki) 23+16+27=66, 19 Martin Jones (250F Kawasaki) 25+39+0=64, 20 Joseph Del-Busso (250F Honda) 20+23+19=62, 21 Dean Swift (???) 17+22+22=61, 22 James Chadwick (250F Honda) 0+19+37=56, 23 Clinton Thomas (250F Honda) 19+14+20=53, 24 Edward Briscoe (250F Suzuki) 0+26+25=51, 25 Bradley Bird (???) 18+18+11=47,...

RACE ONE: 1 Mathia, 2 Holmes, 3 Saunders, 4 Cox, 5 Wells, 6 Carl Benjamin, 7 Williams, 8 Forrest, 9 Brandon Benjamin, 10 Crowder, 11 Frayne, 12 Neale, 13 Ryan Jones, 14 Roe, 15 Smith, 16 Martin Jones, 17 Bath, 18 Gray, 19 Lane, 20 Steven Owen.

RACE TWO: 1 Mathia, 2 Saunders, 3 Neale, 4 Carl Benjamin, 5 Cox, 6 Brandon Benjamin, 7 Crowder, 8 Martin Jones, 9 Williams, 10 Lane, 11 Hockenhull, 12 Ryan Jones, 13 Forrest, 14 Christopher Hill, 15 Briscoe, 16 Holmes, 17 Frayne, 18 Del-Busso, 19 Swift, 20 Bath.

RACE THREE: 1 Brandon Benjamin, 2 Saunders, 3 Mathia, 4 Cox, 5 Bellis, 6 Neale, 7 Crowder, 8 Williams, 9 Chadwick, 10 Frayne, 11 Christopher Hill, 12 Carl Benjamin, 13 Hockenhull, 14 Gray, 15 Bath, 16 Holmes, 17 Frayne, 18 Del-Busso, 19 Swift, 20 Bath.

SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 7) rounds: 1 Mathia 170 points, 2 Saunders 158, 3 Brandon Benjamin 140, 4 Cox 139, 5 Neale 124, 6 Carl Benjamin 121, 7 Crowder 117, 8 Williams 117, 9 Holmes 93, 10 Frayne 92, 11 Forrest 91, 12 Lane 78, 13 Ryan Jones 77, 14 Hockenhull 75, 15 Christopher Hill 72, 16 Bath 71, 17 Smith 67, 18 Gray 66, 19 Martin Jones 64, 20 Del-Busso 62,... 

NEXT ROUND: July 8 – FatCat MP, Armthorpe, nr Doncaster (Potteries MXC).

 

AMCA MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP

Rd 1 – Long Lane, Telford (Newport MCC)

 1 Lee Payne (450F Honda) 60 + 60 + 60 = 180

 2 Lee Dunham (450F Kawasaki) 50 + 47 + 50 = 147

 3 Clinton Barrs (450F Kawasaki) 54 + 50 + 43 = 147

 4 Shaun Pearce (450F Honda) 43 + 45 + 54 = 142

 5 Elliot Barrs (???) 31 + 54 + 45 = 130

 6 Stephen Tillotson (450F Honda) 45 + 41 + 37 = 123

 7 Tye Barrs (450F Kawasaki) 33 + 43 + 35 = 111

 8 Luke Spence (450F Honda) 26 + 35 + 47 = 108

 9 Tim Burrows (450F KTM) 41 + 31 + 24 = 96

10 Chad Yarranton (???) 35 + 27 + 33 = 95

11 Michael Reynolds (450F Suzuki) 27+37+26=90, 12 Luke Dean (450F Honda) 47+0+41=88, 13 Lewis Belfield (450F Kawasaki) 37+26+25=88, 14 Scott Bates (450F KTM) 25+29+27=81, 15 Jamie Dobson (450F KTM) 0+39+39=78, 16 Michael Smith (450F Honda) 29+25+22=76, 17 Joshua Williams (450F Kawasaki) 24+19+23=66, 18 Robert Lewis (???) 39+23+0=62, 19 Simon Lane (450F Honda) 21+20+20=61, 20 Aran Agius (450F Kawasaki) 0+21+31=52, 21 Joseph Barry (450F Kawasaki) 0+33+19=52, 22 Jamie Smith (450F Suzuki) 0+22+29=51, 23 Marc Popperwell (450F Kawasaki) 20+18+11=49, 24 Joshua Scott (???) 22+16+10=48, 25 Richard Meakin (450F Honda) 23+24+0=47,...

RACE ONE: 1 Payne, 2 Clinton Barrs, 3 Dunham, 4 Dean, 5 Tillotson, 6 Pearce, 7 Burrows, 8 Lewis, 9 Belfield, 10 Yarranton, 11 Tye Barrs, 12 Elliot Barrs, 13 Michael Smith, 14 Reynolds, 15 Spence, 16 Bates, 17 Williams, 18 Meakin, 19 Scott, 20 Lane.

RACE TWO: 1 Payne, 2 Elliot Barrs, 3 Clinton Barrs, 4 Dunham, 5 Pearce, 6 Tye Barrs, 7 Tillotson, 8 Dobson, 9 Reynolds, 10 Spence, 11 Barry, 12 Burrows, 13 Bates, 14 Yarranton, 15 Belfield, 16 Michael Smith, 17 Meakin, 18 Lewis, 19 Jamie Smith, 20 Agius.

RACE THREE: 1 Payne, 2 Pearce, 3 Dunham, 4 Spence, 5 Elliot Barrs, 6 Clinton Barrs, 7 Dean, 8 Dobson, 9 Tillotson, 10 Tye Barrs, 11 Yarranton, 12 Agius, 13 Jamie Smith, 14 Bates, 15 Reynolds, 16 Michael Smith, 17 Meakin, 18 Lewis, 19 Jamie Smith, 20 Agius.

SERIES STANDINGS after 1 (of 7) rounds: 1 Payne 180 points, 2 Dunham 147, 3 Clinton Barrs 147, 4 Pearce 142, 5 Elliot Barrs 130, 6 Tillotson 123, 7 Tye Barrs 111, 8 Spence 108, 9 Burrows 96, 10 Yarranton 95, 11 Reynolds 90, 12 Dean 88, 13 Belfield 88, 14 Bates 81, 15 Dobson 78, 16 Michael Smith 76, 17 Williams 66, 18 Lewis 62, 19 Lane 61, 20 Agius 52,...

SUPPORT CLASSES

AMCA Championship Non-qualifiers: 1 Stuart Keen 155 points, 2 Jordan Barrs 151, 3 Wayne Williams 127, 4 Adam Castledine 124, 5 Matthew Jones 117, 6 Richard Hathaway 111.

Expert Unlimited: 1 Shaun Scrivens 170, 2 Brad Tranter 152, 3 Daniel Henry 142.

Senior Unlimited: 1 Frazer Martin 180, 2 Joe Higgins 158, 3 Luke Woodland 147.

Junior Unlimited: 1 Joe Bailey 165, 2 Christopher Talbot 153, 3 Ashley Talbot 148.

NEXT ROUND: June 17 – Nympsfield, nr Stroud (Dursley MXC).