Colin Appleyard Motorcycles Spring Motocross 13/3/11
2011 SMC Round One at BADBY hosted by Northampton Motorcyclists Club
Report: Fraser Law
Photos:
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The 2011 SMC Championship got underway at the
picturesque hill top circuit of Badby sponsored by Colin Appleyard
Motorcycles. With little rain in the previous week and some excellent track
preparation, the circuit was in pristine condition for the series to get
underway. Early morning drizzle and fog provided exactly the right amount of
watering to keep the dust at bay all day. By the time practise got underway
the sun had burned through the clouds and it remained out for the majority
of the day. The soft top layers of soil soon gave rise to multiple berms on
every corner of this extremely fast and exciting track.
Robert Barney used the occasion to gain some track time
before returning to Belgium. Riding in three different classes he put on a
dominant display on his 2 stroke Honda, winning eight out of his nine races.
Showing impressive stamina, he actually managed to win three consecutive
races in a row at one point. His first overall victory came in the Expert
Class, where Ryan Griffiths was the only person to beat him all day taking
the win in the first leg. Dale Raynor got faster as the day went on
finishing second to Rob in the final two legs to claim second overall. Mark
Boswell was smooth and consistent with third places in all three legs.
In the Junior A finals the first three places were the
same both times out. James Herring dominated both legs by some distance, but
behind him the racing was fierce and very close at times. Ben Huckerby
eventually took second spot both times with Trevor Edwards third. Both
Martin Streeton and Mark Bland suffered problems in the Junior Heats,
leaving them unusually in the B Group. Martin won both legs from Mark, with
third place going to 'Jumping' James Chambers.
In the Over 40 class 2010 Champion Tony Leishman was
once again the man to beat, denied the hat trick by a fall in race two which
relegated him to second. Behind him Richard Wright and Fraser Law had some
close battles, with Richard finishing in front at the finish to take second
overall and snatch victory in the second race after Tony's mistake. Sean
Bennet won a clean sweep of all three Over 50 class races, with usual winner
Andrew Brightman relegated to second this time out. Nick Bragg finished
consistently in the top four to take the final podium position. The Under 40
class was the setting for another Rob Barney domination, taking all three
legs in style. Second place overall went Ryan Griffiths with Joe Wyse taking
third. Rob's second hat trick of the day came in the 2 stroke class, this
time it was Tony Leishman's turn to take the runner up position with Jason
Bain getting better as the day went on to finish third overall.
After such an exciting and well attended opening round
it looks as if this is going to be a great year for the SMC Championship.
Round 2 of the 2011 SMC takes place at Toddington with L&DMCC on 20/3/11.
Results-
Expert: 1 Robert Barney, 2 Dale Raynor, 3 Mark
Boswell, 4 Ryan Griffiths, 5 Jared Pickford, 6 Jordan Wright
Junior A: 1 James Herring, 2 Ben Huckerby, 3
Trevor Edwards, 4 Thomas Harwood, 5 Billy Fountain, 6 Fraser Law
Junior B: 1 Martin Streeton, 2 Mark Bland, 3
James Chambers, 4 Karl Crowther, 5 Ashley Kiely, 6 Will Surtees
Over 40: 1 Tony Leishman, 2 Richard Wright, 3
Fraser Law, 4 Steve Gilbey, 5 Greg O'Callaghan, 6 Kevin Turnbull
Over 50: 1 Sean Bennet, 2 Andrew Brightman, 3
Nick Bragg, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Richard Watts, 6 Archie Leishman
Under 40: 1 Robert Barney, 2 Ryan Griffiths,
3Joe Wyse, 4 Billy Fountain, 5 Jordan Wright, 6 Jack Barnwell
2 Stroke: 1 Robert Barney, Tony Leishman, 3
Jason Bain, 4 Bill Brightman, 5 Martin Streeton, 6 Mark Bland
Workers: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Giles Agar, 3 Dan
Holmes, 4 Gerard Scott, 5 James Higgins, 6 Andrew Green
club | Expert | |||||||||||||
Experts | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | ||
11 | Robert Barney | 17 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 6 | Dale Raynor | 15 | 20 | 20 | 55 | 1 | |
6 | Dale Raynor | 13 | 17 | 17 | 47 | 2 | 2 | Mark Boswell | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 2 | |
2 | Mark Boswell | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 3 | 1 | Ryan Griffiths | 20 | 11 | 15 | 46 | 3 | |
1 | Ryan Griffiths | 20 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 4 | 21 | Jack Barnwell | 11 | 13 | 13 | 37 | 4 | |
192 | Jared Pickford | 11 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 5 | 74 | James Barnwell | 13 | 15 | 28 | 5 | ||
16 | Jordan Wright | 7 | 13 | 10 | 30 | 6 | ||||||||
8 | Joe Wyse | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 7 | ||||||||
21 | Jack Barnwell | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 8 | ||||||||
74 | James Barnwell | 10 | 11 | 21 | 9 | |||||||||
9 | Stuart Scott | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||
club | Junior | |||||||||||||
Junior A | name | race 1 | race 2 | total | pos | name | race 1 | race 2 | total | pos | ||||
611 | James Herring | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 | 611 | James Herring | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 | |||
818 | Ben Huckerby | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2 | 818 | Ben Huckerby | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2 | |||
124 | Trevor Edwards | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | 72 | Fraser Law | 15 | 13 | 28 | 3 | |||
41 | Thomas Harwood | 9 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 15 | Jacob Lowe | 10 | 15 | 25 | 3 | |||
28 | Billy Fountain | 6 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 125 | Brad Willis | 11 | 9 | 20 | 4 | |||
72 | Fraser Law | 11 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 3 | James Beeby | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | |||
317 | Tim Soane | 8 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 48 | Cameron Curtis | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | |||
134 | Ricky Scotney | 10 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 38 | Martin Streeton | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | |||
14 | Richard Wright | 13 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 84 | Adam Collins | 13 | 13 | 8 | ||||
191 | Gary Scotney | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 428 | Mark Bland | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | |||
286 | Darren Flitney | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 55 | James Chambers | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10 | |||
15 | Jacob Lowe | 10 | 10 | 12 | 199 | Bill Brightman | 9 | 9 | 11 | |||||
3 | James Beeby | 5 | 5 | 13 | ||||||||||
47 | Harry Burden | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | |||||||||
84 | Adam Collins | 4 | 4 | 15 | ||||||||||
50 | Kevin Turnbull | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||
110 | John Barnes | 2 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
44 | James Houlihan | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
125 | Brad Willis | |||||||||||||
199 | Bill Brightman | |||||||||||||
48 | Cameron Curtis | |||||||||||||
51 | Mike Smith | |||||||||||||
club | clubman | |||||||||||||
Junior B | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | ||
38 | Martin Streeton | 20 | 20 | 40 | 424 | Ashley Kiely | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 | ||||
428 | Mark Bland | 17 | 17 | 34 | 141 | Tom Austin | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2 | ||||
55 | James Chambers | 13 | 15 | 28 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 11 | 15 | 26 | 3 | ||||
26 | Karl Crowther | 15 | 11 | 26 | 64 | Hayley Rilings | 13 | 13 | 26 | 4 | ||||
424 | Ashley Kiely | 11 | 10 | 21 | 46 | Andrew Lowe | 15 | 8 | 23 | 5 | ||||
118 | Will Surtees | 9 | 9 | 18 | 375 | Ashley Rilings | 9 | 11 | 20 | 6 | ||||
141 | Tom Austin | 7 | 7 | 14 | 242 | Andrew Green | 10 | 10 | 20 | 7 | ||||
42 | Rupert Fairclough | 13 | 13 | 52 | Matthew Knight | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | |||||
86 | Michael Hackett | 6 | 6 | 12 | 20 | Sam Trolley | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | ||||
211 | Tom Mott | 2 | 8 | 10 | ||||||||||
159 | Gary Shaw | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||
24 | Kyle Reeves | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
35 | Steve Powell | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
98 | Kyle Reeves | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||
64 | Hayley Rilings | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||
46 | Andrew Lowe | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
375 | Ashley Rilings | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
242 | Andrew Green | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
39 | Kevin Taylor | |||||||||||||
19 | Joe Nightingale | |||||||||||||
52 | Matthew Knight | |||||||||||||
20 | Sam Trolley | |||||||||||||
club | O40 | |||||||||||||
O40 | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | ||
4 | Tony Leishman | 20 | 17 | 20 | 57 | 1 | 72 | Fraser Law | 17 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 1 | |
14 | Richard Wright | 17 | 20 | 17 | 54 | 2 | 5 | Greg O'Callaghan | 15 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 2 | |
72 | Fraser Law | 11 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 84 | Adam Collins | 20 | 15 | 10 | 45 | 3 | |
147 | Steve Gilbey | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 46 | Richard Lowe | 10 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 4 | |
5 | Greg O'Callaghan | 9 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 65 | Jason Bain | 9 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 5 | |
50 | Kevin Turnbull | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 6 | 201 | Giles Agar | 7 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 6 | |
84 | Adam Collins | 15 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 27 | James Higgins | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 7 | |
46 | Richard Lowe | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 13 | Stephen Cole | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | ||
42 | Rupert Fairclough | 9 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 67 | David Bain | 8 | 9 | 17 | 9 | |||
65 | Jason Bain | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 114 | Jon Curtis | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | ||
105 | Tony Fricker | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 64 | Hayley Rilings | 5 | 6 | 11 | |||
13 | Stephen Cole | 8 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 242 | Andrew Green | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||
66 | Chris Hackett | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | ||||||||
201 | Giles Agar | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |||||||||
77 | Wayne Parks | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | ||||||||
67 | David Bain | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | |||||||||
117 | Robert Ashworth | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||||||||||
27 | James Higgins | |||||||||||||
64 | Hayley Rilings | |||||||||||||
242 | Andrew Green | |||||||||||||
114 | Jon Curtis | |||||||||||||
club | O50 | |||||||||||||
O50 | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | ||
444 | Sean Bennett | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | 89 | Andrew Brightman | 11 | 20 | 20 | 51 | 1 | |
89 | Andrew Brightman | 8 | 17 | 17 | 42 | 2 | 10 | Nick Bragg | 17 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 2 | |
10 | Nick Bragg | 13 | 13 | 15 | 41 | 3 | 57 | Reg Willis | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 2 | |
57 | Reg Willis | 11 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 4 | 49 | Richard Watts | 20 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 3 | |
49 | Richard Watts | 17 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 5 | 222 | Martyn Raynor | 13 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 5 | |
100 | Archie Leishman | 10 | 11 | 10 | 31 | 6 | ||||||||
76 | Steve Morgan | 7 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 7 | ||||||||
222 | Martyn Raynor | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 8 | ||||||||
411 | Bob Mott | 15 | 7 | 22 | 9 | |||||||||
club | U40 | |||||||||||||
U40 | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | ||
11 | Robert Barney | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | 1 | Ryan Griffiths | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | |
1 | Ryan Griffiths | 17 | 15 | 15 | 47 | 2 | 55 | James Chambers | 11 | 15 | 15 | 41 | 2 | |
8 | Joe Wyse | 11 | 11 | 17 | 39 | 3 | 21 | Jack Barnwell | 15 | 17 | 32 | 3 | ||
28 | Billy Fountain | 9 | 10 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 24 | Chris Livesey | 11 | 17 | 28 | 4 | ||
16 | Jordan Wright | 13 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 424 | Ashley Kiely | 9 | 13 | 22 | 5 | |||
21 | Jack Barnwell | 10 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 74 | James Barnwell | 17 | 17 | 6 | ||||
55 | James Chambers | 6 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 20 | Sam Trolley | 13 | 13 | 7 | |||
286 | Darren Flitney | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 199 | Bill Brightman | 13 | 13 | 8 | ||||
74 | James Barnwell | 15 | 15 | 9 | 48 | Cameron Curtis | 10 | 10 | 9 | |||||
24 | Chris Livesey | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 8 | 8 | 10 | ||||
47 | Harry Burden | 11 | 11 | 11 | 75 | Dan Holmes | 7 | 7 | 11 | |||||
424 | Ashley Kiely | 4 | 6 | 10 | 12 | |||||||||
232 | Stuart Mayes | 8 | 8 | 13 | ||||||||||
20 | Sam Trolley | 7 | 7 | 14 | ||||||||||
199 | Bill Brightman | 7 | 7 | 15 | ||||||||||
98 | Kyle Reeves | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||||||||||
48 | Cameron Curtis | 5 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||||
86 | Michael Hackett | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
211 | Tom Mott | 2 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 2 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||||
118 | Will Surtees | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||||||||||
75 | Dan Holmes | 0 | 22 | |||||||||||
club | 2 Stroke | |||||||||||||
2 Stroke | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | pos. | ||
6 | Robert Barney | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | 65 | Jason Bain | 13 | 15 | 17 | 45 | 1 | |
4 | Tony Leishman | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 199 | Bill Brightman | 10 | 17 | 15 | 42 | 2 | |
65 | Jason Bain | 9 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 3 | 38 | Martin Streeton | 20 | 20 | 40 | 3 | ||
199 | Bill Brightman | 7 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 4 | 428 | Mark Bland | 17 | 20 | 37 | 4 | ||
38 | Martin Streeton | 15 | 15 | 30 | 5 | 27 | James Higgins | 9 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 5 | ||
428 | Mark Bland | 13 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 375 | Ashley Rilings | 7 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 6 | ||
27 | James Higgins | 5 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 7 | 52 | Matthew Knight | 8 | 9 | 9 | 26 | 7 | |
51 | Mike Smith | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | 67 | David Bain | 11 | 13 | 24 | 8 | |||
375 | Ashley Rilings | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 13 | Stephen Cole | 15 | 15 | 9 | |||
52 | Matthew Knight | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 10 | ||||||||
67 | David Bain | 8 | 9 | 17 | 11 | |||||||||
66 | Chris Hackett | 6 | 10 | 16 | 12 | |||||||||
13 | Stephen Cole | 11 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||
100 | Archie Leishman | 4 | 4 | 14 | ||||||||||
Workers | ||||||||||||||
72 | Fraser Law | 20 | 20 | 1 | ||||||||||
75 | Dan Holmes | 17 | 17 | 2 | ||||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 15 | 15 | 3 | ||||||||||
27 | James Higgins | 13 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||||
242 | Andrew Green | 11 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||
52 | Matthew Knight | 10 | 10 | 6 | ||||||||||