SMC Round 3 at Badby 20/05/12

Report: Fraser Law

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Paul Burns the competition

The resurgence of interest in the 2012 SMC Series continued at Badby where Round 3 was hosted by Northampton Motorcyclists Club. The large entry of riders were treated to a new noise-reducing track layout that provided close exciting racing all day. A break in the recent run of wet weather meant the hilltop circuit was in prime condition, dry but never dusty apart from a single wet corner that steadfastly refused to dry out all day.

In the Expert class 2011 champion Dale Raynor lost out on the overall by a single point to Paul Burn. Paul improved on a first leg third to win the other two, while Dale won the first and finished runner up twice. Michael McClurg finished third battling closely with the leaders each time. The final race proved incredibly close and had the crowd on their feet as all three were within striking distance of the win, with Paul somehow staying in front to the flag.

In the Junior A group Ben Putnam secured overall first with a win and a second. The second race win and second overall went to resident track expert Ian Teverson, who would surely have won the first as well if he'd not missed the start. Jordan Wills took third overall with consistent second and third place finishes. Rupert Fairclough and James Chambers tied on points at the head of the Junior B class. Both took a win and a third, Rupert taking first overall by virtue of his win in race two. Finishing second both times out and missing the win by a single point was Gary Shaw.

The Elite Over 40 and Over 50 classes once again provided the fullest line ups of the day. Tony Leishman took yet another overall victory, but was unable to catch the smooth riding Cliff Lester in the final race. Cliff took second from Mark Bland who progressed to third each time on the screaming two stroke, despite being out dragged each time on the long uphill start. Nigel Miller dominated the Over 50 class with the only hat trick of the day. Sam Boak took second overall from the hard charging Andrew Brightman.

In the 2 stroke class Tony Leishman took another overall from Mark Bland. Jono Bourn took a well-deserved third behind them. Race wins also went to Gary Putnam and Thomas Harwood, but they didn't feature overall after only taking part in one leg each. In the Workers handicap race James Chambers snatched victory from a less than pleased Hayley Rilings. Fraser Law was only able to reach third after receiving an enormous time penalty at the start.

Round 4 of the 2012 SMC now takes place at Toddington on the rescheduled date of June 10.

Results:

Expert: 1 Paul Burn, 2 Dale Raynor, 3 Michael McClurg, 4 Mark Boswell, 5 Joe Wyse, 6 James Barnwell

Junior A: 1 Ben Putnam, 2 Ian Teverson, 3 Jordan Wills, 4 Glyn Litchfield, 5 Billy Fountain, 6 Jono Bourn

Junior B: 1 Rupert Fairclough, 2 James Chambers, 3 Gary Shaw, 4 Wayne Parkes, 5 Richard Sabin, 6 Jack Fosketh

Over 40: 1 Tony Leishman, 2 Cliff Lester, 3 Mark Bland, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Steve Bottoms, 6 Steve Gilbey

Over 50: 1 Nigel Miller, 2 Sam Boak, 3 Andrew Brightman, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Mike Freeman, 6 Steve Mitton

Under 40: 1 Ian Teverson, 2 Ben Huckerby, 3 Jordan Wills, 4 Steven Chilvers, 5 Glyn Litchfield, 6 James Chambers

2 Stroke: 1 Tony Leishman, 2 Mark Bland, 3 Jono Bourn, 4 Paul Atkinson, 5 Tom Burn, 6 Christian Livesey

Workers: 1 James Chambers, 2 Hayley Rilings, 3 Fraser Law, 4 James Higgins, 5 Stephen Cole, 6 Gerard Scott

Full results:

Expert Club Expert
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
97 Paul Burn 15 20 20 55 1 1 Dale Raynor 20 20 20 60 1
1 Dale Raynor 20 17 17 54 2 2 Mark Boswell 17 17 17 51 2
7 Michael McClurg 17 13 15 45 3 74 James Barnwell 15 15 15 45 3
2 Mark Boswell 13 15 13 41 4 84 Adam Collins 13 11   24 4
10 Joe Wyse 11 11 10 32 5 818 Ben Huckerby   13   13 5
74 James Barnwell 10 10 11 31 6
84 Adam Collins 8 8   16 7
818 Ben Huckerby   9   9 8
124 Trevor Edwards 9     9 9
Junior A  Club Junior 
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
O1 Ben Putnam 20 17   37 1 108 Billy Fountain 17 20   37 1
6 Ian Teverson 13 20   33 2 102 Alex Fountain 20 17   37 2
16 Jordan Wills 17 15   32 3 29 Tom Parkes 15 15   30 3
282 Glyn Litchfield 11 10   21 4 281 Todd Bucknall 10 13   23 4
108 Billy Fountain 6 13   19 5 23 Cameron Curtis 13 10   23 5
35 Jono Bourn 8 11   19 6 197 Steve Chilvers 11 11   22 6
102 Alex Fountain 9 9   18 7 55 James Chambers 9 9   18 7
410 Thomas Harwood 10 7   17 8 67 DAVID BAIN 8     8 8
286 Darren Flitney 15 e   15 9
217 Ryan Fleck 5 8   13 10
41 Richard Teverson 7 6   13 11
29 Tom Parkes 4 5   9 12
371 Mike Soane 2 3   5 13
721 Paul Atkinson 3 2   5 14
281 Todd Bucknall f 4   4 15
197 Steve Chilvers b 1   1 16
377 Tim Soane 1 g   1 17
23 Cameron Curtis a a   0  
191 Gary Scotney c   0  
17 Billy Reid d b   0  
501 Tom Burn e c   0  
71 James Curtis g d   0  
188 Graham Hunt h   0  
110 Danny Williams i   0  
280 Mark Hooper j   0  
66 Chris Hackett k   0  
622 Mark Reid l f   0  
27 Graham Webb m     0  
Over 40  Club Over 40
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
4 Tony Leishman 20 20 17 57 1 4 Tony Leishman 20 20 20 60 1
21 Cliff Lester 17 17 20 54 2 428 Mark Bland 17 17 17 51 2
428 Mark Bland 15 15 15 45 3 72 Fraser Law 15 15 15 45 3
72 Fraser Law 13 11 13 37 4 84 Adam Collins 13 13 13 39 4
173 Steve Bottoms 11 13 9 33 5 28 Lee Robinson 11 11 11 33 5
147 Steve Gilbey 10 9 11 30 6 771 Wayne Parkes 10 10 10 30 6
84 Adam Collins 9 10 10 29 7 307 Gerard Scott 7 9 9 25 7
28 Lee Robinson 6 8 8 22 8 67 David Bain 8 8 6 22 8
42 Rupert Fairclough 7 6 7 20 9 120 Giles Agar 4 7 7 18 9
622 Mark Reid 8 7 e 15 10 117 Rob Ashworth 6 8 14 10
98 James Paton 4 2 5 11 11 13 Stephen Cole 9   9 11
105 Tony Fricker 1 3 6 10 12 174 Jon Curtis 5     5  
771 Wayne Parkes 5 1 4 10 13
66 Chris Hackett 3 4 3 10 14
188 Graham Hunt   5 5 15
50 Kevin Turnbull 2 a 2 4 16
307 Gerard Scott d c 1 1 17
13 Stephen Cole a 0  
67 David Bain b e d 0  
88 Kevin Fossey c b c 0  
117 Rob Ashworth e a 0  
114 Richard Wallis f f 0  
174 Jon Curtis g 0  
120 Giles Agar h g b 0  
Over 50  Club Over 50
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
68 Nigel Miller 20 20 20 60 1 89 Andrew Brightman 20 20 17 57 1
148 Sam Boak 13 17 17 47 2 57 Reg Willis 17 15 20 52 2
89 Andrew Brightman 15 15 11 41 3 106 Steve Mitton 15 17 10 42 3
57 Reg Willis 11 11 15 37 4 222 Martyn Raynor 13 13 13 39 4
64 Mike Freeman 9 10 13 32 5 156 Pete Chapman 11 11 15 37 5
106 Steve Mitton 10 13 6 29 6 45 Roger Knibbs 10 10 11 31 6
444 Sean Bennett 17 8 25 7
222 Martyn Raynor 7 9 8 24 8
156 Pete Chapman 6 7 10 23 9
901 Alan Bourn 8 6 9 23 10
45 Roger Knibbs 4 4 7 15 11
76 Steve Morgan 5 5   10 12
2 Stroke  Club 2 Stroke
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
4 Tony Leishman 17 20 15 52 1 4 Tony Leishman 20 20 20 60 1
428 Mark Bland 15 17 13 45 2 428 Mark Bland 17 17 17 51 2
35 Jono Bourn 13 15 11 39 3 24 Christian Livesey 15 15 15 45 3
721 Paul Atkinson 11 13 10 34 4 152 Matthew Knight 13 13 13 39 4
501 Tom Burn   11 17 28 5 127 James Higgins 11 11 11 33 5
24 Christian Livesey 9 9 9 27 6
152 Matthew Knight 8 8 8 24 7
127 James Higgins 7 7 7 21 8
280 Mark Hooper 11 10   21 9
410 Thomas Harwood   20 20 10
9 Gary Putnam 20   20 11
110 Danny Williams 10   10 12
12 Jonathan Lucas 6     6 13
Under 40  Club Under 40
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
6 Ian Teverson 13 15 20 48 1 29 Tom Parkes 17 17 20 54 1
818 Ben Huckerby 15 20 35 2 197 Steven Chilvers 15 15 17 47 2
16 Jordan Wills 17 17 34 3 55 James Chambers 11 13 15 39 3
29 Tom Parkes 10 11 13 34 4 818 Ben Huckerby 20 20   40 4
197 Steven Chilvers 8 9 11 28 5 24 Christian Livesey 9 11 13 33 5
282 Glyn Litchfield 9 8 10 27 6 23 Cameron Curtis 13   13 6
55 James Chambers 6 7 9 22 7 317 Simon Collins 10     10 7
O1 Ben Putnam 20 20 8
24 Christian Livesey 3 6 8 17 9
10 Joe Wyse 17 17 10
286 Darren Flitney 15 15 11
27 Graham Webb 13 13 12
41 Richard Teverson 11 11 13
217 Ryan Fleck 10 10 14
23 Cameron Curtis 7 7 15
110 Danny Williams 5 5 16
317 Simon Collins 4     4 17
Junior B  Club Clubman
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
42 Rupert Fairclough 15 20   35 1 771 WAYNE PARKES 20 20   40 1
55 James Chambers 20 15   35 2 198 Richard Sabin 17 17   34 2
59 Gary Shaw 17 17   34 3 317 Simon Collins 15 13   28 3
771 WAYNE PARKES 13 13   26 4 106 Steve Mitton 11 15   26 4
198 Richard Sabin 11 11   22 5 117 ROBERT ASHWORTH 9 11   20 5
94 Jack Fosketh 9 9   18 6 307 GERARD SCOTT 10 10   20 6
50 KEVIN TURNBULL 10 7   17 7 25 Tom Rose 8 9   17 7
317 Simon Collins 8 8   16 8 152 MATTHEW KNIGHT 6 8   14 8
106 Steve Mitton 4 10   14 9 19 Hayley Rilings 7 7   14 9
357 Trevor Wells 6 5   11 10 13 Stephen Cole 13   13 10
67 DAVID BAIN 7   7 11 53 IAN TINDLE 4 5   9 11
121 Josh Hartley g 6   6 12 148 SIMON HEDGES 2 6   8 12
117 ROBERT ASHWORTH 2 4   6 13 20 SAM TROLLEY 5 3   8 13
307 GERARD SCOTT 3 3   6 14 127 JAMES HIGGINS 3 4   7 14
13 Stephen Cole 5   5 15
92 Tom Matthews b 2   2 16
61 Jamie Nelson a 1   1 17
25 Tom Rose 1 a   1 18
12 Jonathan Lucas m   0  
152 MATTHEW KNIGHT f d   0  
30 Sam Gryzb n j   0  
702 Ian Clark c b   0  
64 Mike Freeman d c   0  
19 Hayley Rilings e e   0  
114 Richard Wallis j   0  
20 SAM TROLLEY h i   0  
127 JAMES HIGGINS k h   0  
53 IAN TINDLE i g   0  
248 SIMON HEDGES l f   0  
Workers
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
55 James Chambers 20       1
19 Hayley Rilings 17   2
72 Fraser Law 15   3
127 James Higgins 13   4
13 Stephen Cole 11   5
307 Gerard Scott 10   6
120 Giles Agar 9       7

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