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
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 | |||||||||||||