SMC Summer National at Culham Park 01/07/12

Report: Fraser Law

Photos: www.motoxphotos.co.uk

 

The fifth round of the 2012 SMC Championship took place at Culham Park for the first time ever. The event dubbed the 'SMC Summer National' certainly lived up to its billing, with a record entry of nearly 200 adult riders. The popular track with its spectacular hillside jumps was groomed and watered to perfection. Despite some overnight rain and the occasional mild shower, the day was mainly sunny and the large crowd enjoyed some close and exciting racing. With many new riders trying an SMC round for the first time, the championship regulars certainly had their work cut out trying to maintain their usual positions.  The ACU transponder timing truck was on hand to provide both riders and spectators with up to date with results and lap times.

First out on to the track was the large Expert group headed up initially by Vets star Phil Mercer, but an unfortunate accident saw him out of action for the rest of the day. Fraser Wakeford took control and went on to win in style and by some distance, setting the fastest lap time of the day while the track was still smooth. Current SMC Champion Dale Raynor followed him home in front of brothers Chris and Matt Bayliss. In race two Fraser Wakeford was followed home closely by Daniel Latham, the pair around 20 seconds clear of Dale Raynor who just edged out Ryan Pryer. In the final encounter Daniel Latham took the win, second being good enough to give Fraser the overall win. Chris Bayliss took another third from Ryan Pryer. Second overall went Daniel Latham who got faster as the day went on, with Dale Raynor taking a hard fought third place.

The Junior group was split into A, B and C classes after the heats. In the fastest Junior A group Ben Putnam initially took charge at the front of Final 1, in a race that had the crowds on the edge of their seats. Jordan Wills caught and passed him on the step-up jump into the finish line, but Ben never let him get away and passed him back on the very same place a few yards before the chequered flag. This fight took them clear of the following pack, headed up by two more Jordans- Batchelor and Loomes. The second A Final saw Ben take the win again, this time from George Hebden with Jordan Wills in third. A heat race mishap left Stevie Gesner in the Junior B group where he dominated both finals, with Michael Austen in second and Lewis Shorter third both times.  In the C group, James Holt had suffered similarly in his heat race allowing him to win both legs by some of the biggest margins of the day. Daniel Miles took second overall with two second places, from Guy Pickering in third.

The Over 40 class, henceforth known as the Premier class, continues to grow in popularity. Traditionally run in conjunction with the Elite (Over 50) Class, the numbers in both have grown so much this year that they have become standalone classes in their own right. In the Premier Class Tony Leishman notched up his 727th overall class victory, not the exact figure but to the rest of the class it feels like that many. On this occasion however he had to fight for it, consistency gifting him the overall despite Mark Bland winning two out of the three encounters. After winning race 1, a broken gearbox in his 250 meant Tony had to switch to his back up 125. A collision at the start of race 2 left him with too much to do as Mark had already checked out. After getting a taste for winning, Mark then went on to beat Tony in the final race as well, but his fourth place in race 1 relegated him to second overall by just a single point. Cliff Lester took the final step of the podium in all three legs.

In the Elite class Keith Hanson proved to be just that, winning all three motos with ease. Sean Bennett took second in the first race but couldn't catch Nigel Miller in either of the other races and had to be content with third overall. A win and a second place gave Jordan Batchelor overall victory in the popular 2 Stroke class. George Hebden secured second with two top-three finishes, followed by the Premier class pairing of Mark Bland and Tony Leishman. The SMC Championship resumes at Toddington on  September 2nd.

Results:

Expert: 1 Fraser Wakeford, 2 Daniel Latham, 3 Dale Raynor, 4 Chris Bayliss, 5 Ryan Pryer, 6 Michael McClurg

Junior A: 1 Ben Putnam, 2 Jordan Wills, 3 George Hebden, 4 Jordan Loomes, 5 Jordan Batchelor, 6 Aaron Omahony

Junior B: 1 Stevie Gesner, 2 Michael Austin, 3 Lewis Shorter, 4 Glyn Litchfield, 5 Tom Parkes, 6 Ben Burns

Junior C: 1 James Holt, 2 Daniel Miles, 3 Guy Pickering, 4 Aaron Wills, 5 Ricky Hopgood, 6 Andrea Merret

Premier (Over 40): 1 Tony Leishman, 2 Mark Bland, 3 Cliff Lester, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Richard Wright, 6 Ryan Griffiths

Elite (Over 50): 1 Keith Hanson, 2 Nigel Miller, 3 Sean Bennett, 4 Andrew Brightman, 5 Pat Winter, 6 Reg Willis

2 Stroke: 1 Jordan Batchelor, 2 George Hebden, 3 Mark Bland, 4 Tony Leishman, 5 Timmy Andrews, 6 Billy Fountain

 

 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
17  Fraser Wakeford 20 20 17 57 1 1 Dale Raynor 20 20 20 60 1
41 Daniel Latham 10 17 20 47 2 37 David Frankland 17 17 15 49 2
1 Dale Raynor 17 15 9 41 3 2 Mark Boswell 15 15 17 47 3
3 Chris Bayliss 15 b 15 30 4 84 Adam Collins 13 13   26 4
902 Ryan Pryer 4 13 13 30 5
7 Michael McClurg 11 10 8 29 6
149 Robert Barney 7 8 11 26 7
132 Tom Moore 9 11 b 20 8
128 Nicky Watts 6 4 7 17 9
37 David Frankland 8 9 e 17 10
751 Matt Bayliss 13 3 16 11
81 Fraser Curtis 3 6 4 13 12
10 Joe Wyse a 1 10 11 13
234 George Clark h 5 6 11 14
2 Mark Boswell e 7 2 9 15
591 Jack Gregory c d 5 5 16
46 Joe Cundle 5 c 5 17
97 Fred Sparkes f 3 3 18
34 John Hinz d 2 c 2 19
24 Ben Reeves 2 g d 2 20
9 Chris Thorpe b e 1 1 21
87 Paul Edge 1 a a 1 22
170 James Watts f i 0  
124 Trevor Edwards g h f 0  
84 Adam Collins i j 0  
841 Conor Conway j     0  
Junior A  Club Junior 
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
1 Ben Putnam 20 20   40 1 102 Alex Fountain 20 20   40 1
116 Jordan Wills 17 15 32 2 313 John Gill 17 17 2
981 George Hebden 11 17 28 3 108 Billy Fountain 15 17 32 3
123 Jordan Loomes 13 11 24 4 991 Michael Austin 11 15 26 4
711 Jordan Batchelor 15 9 24 5 771 Tom Parkes 10 13 23 5
515 Aaron Omahony 8 10 18 6 23 Cameron Curtis 9 11 20 6
126 Jason Wells 10 8 18 7 197 Steven Chilvers 13     13 7
90 Joshua Blunt b 13 13 8
11 Jack Batchelor 6 6 12 9
130 Timmy Andrews 9 9 10
143 Neil Jago a 7 7 11
27 Graham Webb 3 4 7 12
410 Tom Harwood 7 b 7 13
102 Alex Fountain 1 5 6 14
139 Adrian Rice 5 f 5 15
959 Stephen Atkins 4 h 4 16
284 Charlie Cundle e 3 3 17
70 John Barnes d 2 2 18
313 John Gill 2 2 19
6 George Newman   1 1 20
212 Mark Sproule c 0  
51 Jake Shorter f a 0  
297 Aaron Edwards g 0  
199 Marc Bates h 0  
12 Beth Farmer i 0  
121 Paul Atkinson j 0  
286 Darren Flitney k 0  
108 Billy Fountain l c 0  
197 Steven Chilvers m 0  
501 Tom Burn n e 0  
47 Liam Gill o d 0  
48 Declan Philips p g 0  
179 Will Haysham   i   0  
Junior B  Club Clubman
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
217 Stevie Gesner 20 20   40 1 98 Richard Sabin 17 20   37 1
991 Michael Austin 17 17 34 2 317 Simon Collins 20 17 37 2
881 Lewis Shorter 15 15 30 3 19 Hayley Rilings 13 15   28 3
282 Glyn Litchfield 11 11 22 4 307 Gerard Scott 15 13   28 4
771 Tom Parkes 13 9 22 5 152 Matthew Knight 10 10   20 5
154 Ben Burns 10 10 20 6 721 Joshua Hartley 7 11   18 6
264 Jack Scott 5 13 18 7 18 Ashley Batten 9 8   17 7
187 Chris Matthews 8 7 15 8 117 Rob Ashworth 6 9   15 8
323 Mike Smith 7 5 12 9 53 Ian Tindle 8 7   15 9
864 Bradley Sheath 2 8 10 10 775 Kevin Mahoney 11   11 10
417 Jake Hamblin 3 6 9 11 20 Sam Trolley 5     5 11
59 Gary Shaw 9 b 9 12
146 Danny Clarke 6 2 8 13
171 Matthew Philips i 4 4 14
125 Nathan Wells 1 3 4 15
172 Mark Stewart 4 a 4 16
98 Richard Sabin g 1 1 17
33 Sam Harwood a j 0  
317 Simon Collins b e 0  
204 Dean Hobson c d 0  
23 Cameron Curtis d c 0  
999 Adam Jennings e 0  
92 Tom Matthews f g 0  
50 Kevin Turnbull h h 0  
36 Pete Gall j f 0  
85 Richard Ekley k 0  
28 Damian Sheath l h 0  
231 Adam Gustafson   i   0  
Junior C
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
376 James Holt 20 20   40 1
153 Daniel Miles 17 17   34 2
611 Guy Pickering 15 10   25 3
115 Aaron Wills 13 11   24 4
319 Ricky Hopgood 10 13   23 5
191 Andrea Merret 11 5   16 6
718 Will Surtees b 15   15 7
307 Gerard Scott 9 3   12 8
357 Trevor Wells   9   9 9
702 Ian Clark 3 6   9 10
19 Hayley Rilings d 8   8 11
714 Luke Afford 8 a   8 12
54 Antony Wild r 7   7 13
22 James Greenwood 7 c   7 14
193 Bryan Pounder 6   6 15
883 Marc Wood 1 4   5 16
3 Peter Cox 5 j   5 17
184 Michael Cunningham 2 2   4 18
118 Jake Wills 4 e   4 19
79 Dean Hoey c 1   1 20
91 Jordan Starmer a g   0  
775 Kevin Mahoney e   0  
351 Brandon Bull f h   0  
137 Laurence Osborne g f   0  
152 Matthew Knight h d   0  
18 Ashley Batten i m   0  
53 Ian Tindle j p   0  
150 Rob Smythe k k   0  
49 Dave Chandler l i   0  
721 Joshua Hartley m b   0  
221 Richard Doyle n o   0  
117 Rob Ashworth o l   0  
62 Jessica Pounder p n   0  
16 Scott Maudsley q q   0  
114 Richard Wallis s   0  
20 Sam Trolley t   0  
30 Sam Grzyb u r   0  
Premier 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 17 17 54 1 4 Tony Leishman 20 17 17 54 1
428 Mark Bland 13 20 20 53 2 428 Mark Bland 15 20 20 55 2
21 Cliff Lester 15 15 15 45 3 14 Richard Wright 13 13 13 39 3
72 Fraser Law 10 8 13 31 4 72 Fraser Law 11 10 15 36 4
14 Richard Wright 11 11 8 30 5 5 Ryan Griffiths 17 15 32 5
5 Ryan Griffiths 17 13 30 6 84 Adam Collins 10 11 9 30 6
147  Steve Gilbey 8 7 10 25 7 67 David Bain 8 8 10 26 7
31 Rob Foden 7 4 11 22 8 307 Gerard Scott 7 9 8 24 8
84 Adam Collins 9 10 1 20 9 771 Wayne Parkes 9 7 16 9
15 Chris Sparkes 4 6 9 19 10 120 Giles Agar 3 7 6 16 10
173 Steve Bottoms 6 9 15 11 117 Rob Ashworth 4 5 5 14 11
105 Tony Fricker g 3 7 10 12 128 Lee Robinson 11 11 12
622 Mark Reid 5 5 10 13 175 Andy Green 5 6 11 13
66 Chris Hackett 3 1 5 9 14 159 Ian Rowley 6     6 14
50 Kevin Turnbull 2 2 4 8 15
128 Lee Robinson 6 6 16
67 David Bain d i 3 3 17
60 David Woodbridge b a 2 2 18
771 Wayne Parkes 1 f 1 19
65 Jason Bain a f a 0  
88 Kevin Fossey c 0  
80 Chris Gray e c d 0  
28 Jonathan Bloomfield f d e 0  
188 Steve Wright h b k 0  
357 Trevor Wells i 0  
307 Gerard Scott j e c 0  
99 Chris Short k 0  
77 David Holes l g b 0  
159 Ian Rowley m 0  
29 Richard Diggins n h g 0  
271 Craig Pym o n l 0  
288 Ian Hopgood p l i 0  
175 Andy Green q k 0  
117 Rob Ashworth r m j 0  
120 Giles Agar s j h 0  
Elite 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
32 Keith Hanson 20 20 20 60 1 57 Reg Willis 15 20 20 55 1
68 Nigel Miller 15 17 17 49 2 89 Andrew Brightman 20 17 17 54 2
444 Sean Bennett 17 15 13 45 3 44 Trevor Roberts 11 15 13 39 3
89 Andrew Brightman 13 10 10 33 4 222 Martyn Raynor 13 13 11 37 4
826 Pat Winter 2 13 15 30 5 106 Steve Mitton 17   15 32 5
57 Reg Willis 6 11 11 28 6
225 Gary Burn 9 9 9 27 7
52 Ivano Chiesa 10 8 8 26 8
106 Steve Mitton 11 7 18 9
157 Derek Crook 8 4 6 18 10
808 Bob Afford 7 6 3 16 11
19 Richard Jochacy 5 5 4 14 12
86 John Hitchins 4 3 5 12 13
114 Alan Cooke   7   7 14
76 Steve Morgan 1 2 2 5 15
64 Mike Freeman 3 1   4 16
44 Trevor Roberts b a 1 1 17
222 Martyn Raynor a b a 0 18
2 Strokes  Club 2 Strokes
no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position no. name race 1 race 2  race 3 total position
711 Jordan Batchelor 17 20   37 1 428 Mark Bland 15 20   35 1
981 George Hebden 15 17   32 2 4 Tony Leishman 17 17   34 2
428 Mark Bland 10 15   25 3 14 Richard Wright 13 15   28 3
4 Tony Leishman 11 13   24 4 152 Matthew Knight 10 13   23 4
130 Timmy Andrews 13 9   22 5 775 Kevin Mahoney 11 11   22 5
108 Billy Fountain 20   20 6 108 Billy Fountain 20   20 6
17 Joe Golding 6 11   17 7 241 Christian Livesy 9 10   19 7
14 Richard Wright 9 7   16 8 18 Ashley Batten 8 9   17 8
351 Brandon Bull 5 10   15 9
501 Tom Burn 7 8   15 10
121 Paul Atkinson 8 6   14 11
841 Conor Conway 4 5   9 12
264 Jack Scott 2 4   6 13
152 Matthew Knight b 3   3 14
231 Adam Gustafson 3   3 15
775 Kevin Mahoney a 2   2 16
241 Christian Livesy c 1   1 17
65 Jason Bain 1   1 18
16 Scott Maudsley d b   0  
18 Ashley Batten e a   0  
30 Sam Grzyb   c   0  
             

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