Bob Collier Memorial MX at Long Buckby  18/05/14

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report: Fraser Law

Once a year the Northampton Motorcyclists Club run a memorial meeting at Long Buckby in honour of Bob Collier, with all proceeds going to Leukemia Research.  This meeting always attracts a large number of spectators, and this year was no exception. Nearly all the rider classes were full with reserve lists, with the added attraction of a round of the British Clubmans Sidecarcross Championship, and the first round of the new SMC 2 Stroke & EVO Championships. For this event the entire track had been rebuilt to a very high standard, and watered repeatedly in the preceding days. Despite all the preparation the weather had other ideas, race day proving to be the hottest of the year. Whilst this was great for the spectators, by the end of the day dust became an unwelcome visitor.

The first race out on the track was a combination of the Elite Over 50 class, and the ‘Friends of Bob’. The ‘Friends of Bob’ class saw Mark Bussey take victory in both races in determined style to win the Bob Collier Shield. David Muddiman finished runner up both times, with Eagan Bruley taking the final podium spot. Richard Wright won the first Elite O50 race as usual but had to settle for third second time out, giving him second overall. Mark Spruce won the second race after finishing runner up in the first to take the overall win. Colin Prince finished third overall after two top three places.

Next out were the sidecars. With a very impressive 27 outfits on the line the racing was close and exciting throughout the field. Simon Bradford and Luke Peters proved unbeatable with wins in both races. Behind them positions were very different in each race.  Richard Jenkins and Dan Chamberlain proved the most consistent to take second overall, from Arthur Walton and Faye Barnes. The sidecars are rarely seen in action in this centre but always prove very popular with the crowds.

In the Expert class Dexter Marks set about upsetting the form book after a very impressive ride to victory in the first race. A bad start in race two left him with too much to do however. James Russell was not about to accept defeat and hit the front early in race two and maintained his lead to the end. This gave James his familiar first overall by virtue of his last race win, with Dexter in second overall. Third overall went to Michael McClurg who was in the top four all day.

In the Junior A final Stevie Worts took victory despite the best efforts of Mark Bland in second. Justin Carter finished third after leading at the start,  just holding off a fast charging Matthew Smith. Tom Thierens took another impressive win in Junior B final. Second went to Simon Smith, from Robbie Wilson in third. The new SMC 2 Stroke Championship proved very popular, though none of the riders could catch Dexter Marks who took wins in both races by some distance. Second place overall went to Mark Bland with two third places. Second place in both races went to different Expert riders who only competed once, Dale Raynor in the first and Michael McClurg in the second. Darren Flitney’s consistent top 5 finishes gave him third overall.

The SMC EVO class saw Mark Elliott and Barry Burbidge tie on points for the overall with a win and a second each. Mark took the overall victory with the win in race two. Another points tie for third and fourth saw Bruce Garside take third ahead of Ian Mead for the same reason.  Last race of the day was the ever competitive Premier Over 40 class. Simon Wyes lead from the front and took the overall with two clear victories. Justin Carter followed Tony Leishman home in third in the first race, but was able to reverse this position in race two and take second overall after another tie on points. Tony had to be content with third overall after coming through the pack in the second race.

Results:

Expert: 1 James Russell, 2 Dexter Marks, 3 Michael McClurg, 4 Joe Wyse, 5 Simon Wyse, 6 Jack Gregory

Junior A: 1 Stevie Worts, 2 Mark Bland, 3 Justin Carter, 4 Matthew Smith, 5 Steven Chilvers, 6 Ashley Hutchings

Junior B: 1 Tom Thierens, 2 Simon Smith, 3 Robbie Wilson, 4 Callum McClurg, 5 Scott Chamberlain, 6 Jacob Wills

Premier O40: 1 Simon Wyse, 2 Justin Carter, 3 Tony Leishman, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Nigel Whitehead, 6 Adam Collins

Elite O50: 1 Marc Spruce, 2 Richard Wright, 3 Colin Prince, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Andrew Brightman, 6 Robin Prince

Friends of Bob: 1 Mark Bussey, 2 David Muddiman, 3 Eagan Bruley, 4 Dan Loveday, 5 Glen Warren, 6 Trevor Roberts

SMC 2 Stroke: 1 Dexter Marks, 2 Mark Bland, 3 Darren Flitney, 4 Tony Leishman, 5 Rob Mead, 6 Jordan Anderton

SMC EVO: 1 Mark Elliott, 2 Barry Burbidge, 3 Bruce Garside, 4 Ian Mead, 5 Neil Harris, 6 Adrian Matthews

British Clubmans Sidecarcross Championship: 1 Simon Bradford / Luke Peters, 2 Richard Jenkins / Dan Chamberlain, 3 Arthur Walton / Faye Barnes, 4 Danny Gray / Louis Gray, 5 Mark Banks / A N Other, 6 Roger Blackman / Eric Maguire

Mylaps-

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Results:

Expert: 1 James Russell, 2 Dexter Marks, 3 Michael McClurg, 4 Joe Wyse, 5 Simon Wyse, 6 Jack Gregory

Junior A: 1 Stevie Worts, 2 Mark Bland, 3 Justin Carter, 4 Matthew Smith, 5 Steven Chilvers, 6 Ashley Hutchings

Junior B: 1 Tom Thierens, 2 Simon Smith, 3 Robbie Wilson, 4 Callum McClurg, 5 Scott Chamberlain, 6 Jacob Wills

Premier O40: 1 Simon Wyse, 2 Justin Carter, 3 Tony Leishman, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Nigel Whitehead, 6 Adam Collins

Elite O50: 1 Marc Spruce, 2 Richard Wright, 3 Colin Prince, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Andrew Brightman, 6 Robin Prince

Friends of Bob: 1 Mark Bussey, 2 David Muddiman, 3 Eagan Bruley, 4 Dan Loveday, 5 Glen Warren, 6 Trevor Roberts

SMC 2 Stroke: 1 Dexter Marks, 2 Mark Bland, 3 Darren Flitney, 4 Tony Leishman, 5 Rob Mead, 6 Jordan Anderton

SMC EVO: 1 Mark Elliott, 2 Barry Burbidge, 3 Bruce Garside, 4 Ian Mead, 5 Neil Harris, 6 Adrian Matthews

British Clubmans Sidecarcross Championship: 1 Simon Bradford / Luke Peters, 2 Richard Jenkins / Dan Chamberlain, 3 Arthur Walton / Faye Barnes, 4 Danny Gray / Louis Gray, 5 Mark Banks / A N Other, 6 Roger Blackman / Eric Maguire

Mylaps results here.

Full results- 

Expert									Expert Club
no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos			no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos
1	James Russell	42	45		87	1			1	James Russell	45	45		90	1
163	Dexter Marks	45	42		87	2			811	Stephen Marlow	38	42		80	2
7	Michael McClurg	40	38		78	3			55	Joe Tobutt	40	40		80	3
309	Joe Wyse	37	36		73	4			84	Adam Collins	36	38		74	4
308	Simon Wyse	30	40		70	5			124	Trevor Edwards	37	37		74	5
591	Jack Gregory	35	35		70	6			17	Harry Turner	42			42	6
811	Stephen Marlow	32	37		69	7
55	Joe Tobutt	33	33		66	8
871	Paul Edge	34	32		66	9
6	Dale Raynor	31	34		65	10
124	Trevor Edwards	29	30		59	11
84	Adam Collins	27	31		58	12
17	Harry Turner	38			38	13
32	Thomas Moore	36			36	14
286	Darren Flitney	28			28	15
Junior A									Junior Club
no.	competitor	r1	r2	total	pos				no.	competitor	r1	r2	total	pos
912	Stevie Worts	45		45	1				428	Mark Bland	45		45	1
428	Mark Bland	42		42	2	j			901	Justin Carter	42		42	2
901	Justin Carter	40		40	3	j			197	Steven Chilvers	40		40	3
81	Matthew Smith	38		38	4				72	Fraser Law	38		38	4
197	Steven Chilvers	37		37	5	j			231	Kyle Creevy	37		37	5
551	Ashley Hutchings	36		36	6				800	Jack Kearsley	36		36	6
72	Fraser Law	35		35	7	j			8	Rob Hollis	35		35	7
212	Carl Bottomley	34		34	8				95	Mindaugas Skema	34		34	8
153	Daniel Miles	33		33	9				317	Simon Collins	33		33	9
231	Kyle Creevy	32		32	10	j			22	Tom Thierens	32		32	10
371	Grant Blundell	31		31	11				151	Jacob Wills	31		31	11
114	Paul Cooper	30		30	12				16	Aaron Read	30		30	12
800	Jack Kearsley	29		29	13	j			115	Aaron Wills	29		29	13
62	Thomas Parkes	28		28	14				651	Ian Thompson	28		28	14
107	David Muddiman	27		27	15
8	Rob Hollis	26		26	16	j
95	Mindaugas Skema	25		25	17	j
410	Sam Harwood	24		24	18
256	Samuel Chapman	23		23	19
317	Simon Collins	22		22	20	j
91	Phillip Hammersley	21		21	21
284	Arron Frazer				DNF
191	Mark Gordon				DNF
108	Billy Fountain				DNF
Junior B									Clubman
no.	competitor	r1	r2	total	pos				no.	competitor	r1	r2	total	pos
22	Tom Thierens	45		45	1	j			186	Stephen Pole	45		45	1
140	Simon Smith	42		42	2				53	Ian Tindle	42		42	2
519	Robbie Wilson	40		40	3				919	Harvey Adams	40		40	3
78	Callum McClurg	38		38	4				411	Tom Best	38		38	4
161	Scott Chamberlain	37		37	5				276	Ashley Batten	37		37	5
151	Jacob Wills	36		36	6	j			117	Rob Ashworth	36		36	6
16	Aaron Read	35		35	7	j			51	Stephen Wyles	35		35	7
101	Nicholas Hope	34		34	8
186	Stephen Pole	33		33	9	c
19	Richard Jochacy	32		32	10
115	Aaron Wills	31		31	11	j
702	Ian Clarke	30		30	12
53	Ian Tindle	29		29	13	c
651	Ian Thompson	28		28	14	j
919	Harvey Adams	27		27	15	c
237	George Thomas	26		26	16
56	Richard Davies	25		25	17
411	Tom Best	24		24	18	c
143	Lee Spencer	23		23	19
441	Arran Aris	22		22	20
276	Ashley Batten	21		21	21	c
117	Rob Ashworth	20		20	22	c
51	Stephen Wyles	19		19	23	c
779	Rupert Hills	18		18	24
184	Rob Levy	17		17	25
906	Tom King	16		16	26
x	Glenn Warren	15		15	27
69	Richard England				DNF
160	Danny Smith				DNF
82	William Best				DNF
23	Cameron Curtis				DNF
284	Arron Frazer				DNF
24	Andrew Green				DNF
Premier									Premier Club
no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos			no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos
308	Simon Wyse	45	45		90	1			901	Justin Carter	42	45		87	1
901	Justin Carter	40	42		82	2	c		4	Tony Leishman	45	42		87	2
4	Tony Leishman	42	40		82	3	c		72	Fraser Law	40	40		80	3
72	Fraser Law	38	38		76	4	c		46	Nigel Whitehead	37	38		75	4
46	Nigel Whitehead	36	37		73	5	c		84	Adam Collins	38	37		75	5
84	Adam Collins	37	36		73	6	c		317	Simon Collins	36	36		72	6
42	Rupert Fairclough	35	35		70	7			909	Scott Robertson	35	35		70	7
294	Mark Elliott	34	34		68	8			117	Rob Ashworth	31	34		65	8
96	Tim Manton	32	33		65	9			33	Dean Devereux	34			34	9
153	Daniel Miles	33	31		64	10			307	Gerard Scott	33			33	10
50	Kevin Turnbull	28	32		60	11			71	Richard Diggens	32			32	11
317	Simon Collins	30	30		60	12	c
909	Scott Robertson	29	29		58	13	c
552	Dave Hutchings	24	28		52	14
117	Rob Ashworth	21	26		47	15	c
522	Alan Forsyth	18	24		42	16
143	Lee Spencer	31			31	17
418	Colin Wilson		27		27	18
33	Dean Devereux	27			27	19	c
307	Gerard Scott	26			26	20	c
460	Richard Lowe	25			25	21
540	Jamie Nelson		25		25	22
x	Glenn Warren	23			23	23
71	Richard Diggens	22			22	24	c
420	Piers Waddington	20			20	25
221	Richard Doyle	19			19	26
371	Grant Blundell
105	Tony Fricker
107	David Muddiman
Elite									Elite Club
no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos			no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos
31	Marc Spruce	42	45		87	1			14	Richard Wright	45	45		90	1
14	Richard Wright	45	40		85	2	c		57	Reg Willis	42	42		84	2
58	Colin Prince	40	42		82	3			89	Andrew Brightman	40	40		80	3
57	Reg Willis	38	37		75	4	c		44	Trevor Roberts	38	37		75	4
89	Andrew Brightman	36	36		72	5	c		902	James  Higgins	37	36		73	5
27	Robin Prince	37	33		70	6			64	Michael Freeman	34	38		72	6
418	Colin Wilson	35	34		69	7			156	Pete Chapman	36	35		71	7
19	Richard Jochacy	34	32		66	8			45	Roger Knibbs	35	34		69	8
118	Barry Burbidge	27	38		65	9
144	Simon Tucker	32	31		63	10
106	Stephen Mitton	33	29		62	11
44	Trevor Roberts	30	30		60	12	c
64	Michael Freeman	23	35		58	13	c
902	James  Higgins	29	28		57	14	c
156	Pete Chapman	28	27		55	15	c
45	Roger Knibbs	26	25		51	16	c
43	Richard Tett	24	26		50	17
54	Martin Raynor	25	24		49	18
904	John Mitchinson	31	0		31	19
Friends of Bob
no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos
34	Mark Bussey	45	45		90	1
107	David Muddiman	42	42		84	2
162	Eagan Bruley	40	38		78	3
299	Dan Loveday	34	40		74	4
x	Glenn Warren	38	35		73	5
44	Trevor Roberts	35	36		71	6
106	Stephen Mitton	36	34		70	7
276	Ashley Batten	37	32		69	8
145	Mick Collier	33	33		66	9
64	Michael Freeman	28	37		65	10
540	Jamie Nelson	31	31		62	11
100	Hayley Rilings	32	0		32	12
18	Robert Hollis	30	0		30	13
196	James Falkner	29	0		29	14
SMC 2 Stroke									2 Stroke club
no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos			no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos
163	Dexter Marks	45	45		90	1			428	Mark Bland	45	45		90	1
428	Mark Bland	40	40		80	2	c		4	Tony Leishman	42	42		84	2
286	Darren Flitney	37	38		75	3			281	Todd Bucknall	38	40		78	3
4	Tony Leishman	38	37		75	4	c		818	Ben Huckerby	40	36		76	4
905	Rob Mead	35	36		71	5			11	James Lewis	35	38		73	5
22	Jordan Anderton	32	34		66	6			53	Ian Tindle	34	37		71	6
281	Todd Bucknall	34	32		66	7	c		38	Martin Streeton	37			37	7
142	Daniel Cooper	30	35		65	8			13	Stephen Cole	36			36	8
481	Zak Howlett	31	33		64	9
818	Ben Huckerby	36	27		63	10	c
293	Danny Beckett	28	31		59	11
11	James Lewis	27	30		57	12	c
53	Ian Tindle	26	29		55	13	c
781	Jason Mann	23	28		51	14
7	Michael McClurg		42		42	15
6	Dale Raynor	42			42	16
38	Martin Streeton	33			33	17	c
13	Stephen Cole	29			29	18	c
904	John Mitchinson	25			25	19
555	Kyde Hartwell				0	20
SMC EVO
no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos
294	Mark Elliott	42	45		87	1
118	Barry Burbidge	45	42		87	2
39	Bruce Garside	38	40		78	3
93	Ian Mead	40	38		78	4
170	Neil Harris	35	37		72	5
128	Adrian Matthews	37			37	6
234	Graham Walsh	36			36	7
902	James  Higgins	34			34	8
33	Dean Devereux				0	9
311	Robert Mott				0	10
Sidecars
no.	name	r1	r2	r3	total	pos
100	Simon Bradford /  Luke Peters	25	25		50	1
2	Richard Jenkins / Dan Chamberlain	20	16		36	2
20	Arthur Walton / Faye Barnes	15	18		33	3
23	Danny Gray /    Louis Gray	11	20		31	4
25	Mark Banks /          A N Other	18	13		31	5
27	Roger Blackman /    Eric Maguire	12	15		27	6
211	Ross Bowers /     Guy Eastman	22			22	7
14	Stephen Parr /     Ian Sheppard		22		22	8
120	Thomas Smith /  Andy Smith	8	14		22	9
8	Andy Breacher /     A N Other	10	12		22	10
45	Harrison Payne / Richard Dixon	9	11		20	11
6	Stuart Brown /  Josh Chamberlain	16			16	12
540	Jamie Nelson /    Brad Connor	6	10		16	13
90	Lloyd Evans /     Brian Gray	7	7		14	14
13	Shaun Mallows /   Colin Dunkley	14			14	15
44	Nick Jarvis Ryan /  Humphries	13			13	16
121	George Kinge /    Zac Snell	2	9		11	17
35	David Millard / Matthew Connor	1	8		9	18
322	Tilo Maguire /     Ben White	3	6		9	19
193	Peter Thomas /   Ben Blythe	4	3		7	20
94	Robert Barnes /     Jo Reynolds	5	2		7	21
333	Andrew Houghton /    Sam Houghton		5		5	22
224	Shane Horton /  Rosie Jackson		4		4	23
113	Neil Warrington /  Daniel Spencer		1		1	24
40	James Ferryman / Sarah Ferryman				0	25
354	Stephen Jones /  Rob Jones				0	26
99	M.Millard /    D.Millard				0	27