SMC Season Finale at Long Buckby with NMCC
Report: Fraser Law
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At the end of a miserably cold and wet October week
most other meetings around the country were abandoned. NMCC were determined
however to finish off the SMC calendar in style and the centrally located
hillside circuit of Long Buckby had been spared the majority of the rain.
However a freak monsoon rain storm the night before made conditions in
practise tough going, but with the track drying fast it was in prime
condition by mid-morning.
In the Expert class James Russell opted for a weekend
off after clinching the 2013 Championship at the previous round. With second
and third still to be decided between Michael McClurg and Joe Wyse nobody
else was taking it so easy. Michael gave it everything to take 3 straight
wins by impressive margins. Behind him and no doubt due to the conditions,
the positions changed in every race with no clear pattern emerging. Joe Wyse
took second overall after finishing runner-up in race two, with Tom Harwood
close behind in third.
Jonathan Brighton continued his recent domination of
the Junior A class with wins in both finals, and enough points to see him
easily through to the Expert ranks next year. Alex Fountain and Darren
Flitney both shared a second and a third place, Alex taking the runner-up
spot by virtue of his higher placed finish in the final leg. Kyle Creevy
took first overall in the Junior B class with first and second place
finishes. Richard Wright won the first but decided not to take part in the
second. Gerard Scott took second overall with two consistent third place
finishes, with Glen Warren rounding out the podium.
Kyle also proved the man to beat in the Under 40 class,
three second places giving him the overall win by a single point. Steven
Chilvers just missed out after winning the first and then finishing third on
the two other occasions, with James Chambers taking third overall. In the
Premier Class Mark Owens stopped by to take the overall win with one, three,
two finishes. Ryan Griffiths won the second and third legs but missed the
opener. Tony Leishman got the better of Mark in race two but had to settle
for second overall, with Fraser Law third.
The Elite class saw Richard Wright dominate with a
hat-trick of wins. Behind him Steve Gilbey finished second each time, with
Nigel Miller just edging out Reg Willis for third. The 2 stroke class saw
another dominant performance, Mark Bland this time winning all three races.
Connor Dickens finished second twice but missed out in the second race.
Consistent top 3 finishes then gave James Chambers second overall, with Ian
Tindle taking a well-deserved third.
The visiting Partridge Ventilation Pre-83 125 series
put on a fantastic show for the spectators. With lap times capable of
embarassing all but the front runners they showed just what can be achieved
on 30 year old machinery. Paul Baldwin won two out of three races on his way
to overall victory, and would surely have won the other as well had it not
been for an unfortunate accident in race two. Lee Holland capitalised on
this to win race two, and consistent top three finishes in the other two
legs gave him second overall. Dean Warren took third overall with two
fourths and a third.
Results:
Expert: 1 Michael McClurg, 2 Joe Wyse, 3 Tom
Harwood, 4 Harry Turner, 5 Chris Wright, 6 Jordan Wright
Junior A: 1 Jonathan Brighton, 2 Alex Fountain,
3 Darren Flitney, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Billy Fountain, 6 Steven Chilvers
Junior B: 1 Kyle Creevy, 2 Gerard Scott, 3 Glen
Warren, 4 Mindaugas Skema, 5 Aaron Wills, 6 Kevin Foyle
Under 40: 1 Kyle Creevy, 2 Steven Chilvers, 3
James Chambers, 4 Tom Parkes, 5 Mindaugas Skema, 6 Brad Parkins
Premier Over 40: 1 Mark Owens, 2 Tony Leishman,
3 Fraser Law, 4 Adam Collins, 5 Tony Fricker, 6 Gerard Scott
Elite Over 50: 1 Richard Wright, 2 Steve Gilbey,
3 Nigel Miller, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Bob Mott, 6 Sam Boak
2 Stroke: 1 Mark Bland, 2 James Chambers, 3 Ian
Tindle, 4 James Lewis, 5 Connor Dickens, 6 Jordan Anderton
Partridge Ventilation Pre-83 125: 1 Paul
Baldwin, 2 Lee Holland, 3 Dean Warren, 4 Paul Lippitt, 5 Sean McCrea, 6
Colby Walker
Workers: 1 Glen Warren, 2 Ryan Griffiths, 3
Fraser Law, 4 Andrew Green, 5 Ashley Batten, 6 Gerard Scott
no. | Experts | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | no. | Club Experts | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | |||
7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 17 | Harry Turner | 40 | 40 | 45 | 125 | 1 | |||
10 | Joe Wyse | 38 | 42 | 37 | 117 | 2 | 114 | Jordan Wright | 45 | 45 | 90 | 2 | ||||
410 | Tom Harwood | 37 | 40 | 38 | 115 | 3 | 84 | Adam Collins | 42 | 42 | 84 | 3 | ||||
17 | Harry Turner | 36 | 35 | 40 | 111 | 4 | * | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 42 | 38 | 80 | 4 | |||
49 | Chris Wright | 38 | 42 | 80 | 5 | |||||||||||
114 | Jordan Wright | 42 | 37 | 79 | 6 | * | ||||||||||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 40 | 34 | 74 | 7 | * | ||||||||||
84 | Adam Collins | 36 | 36 | 72 | 8 | * | ||||||||||
no. | Junior A | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | no. | Club Junior | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | |||
119 | Jonathon Brighton | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | 72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | |||||
102 | Alex Fountain | 40 | 42 | 82 | 2 | 197 | Steven Chilvers | 42 | 42 | 84 | 2 | |||||
286 | Darren Flitney | 42 | 40 | 82 | 3 | 29 | Thomas Parkes | 40 | 40 | 80 | 3 | |||||
72 | Fraser Law | 38 | 37 | 75 | 4 | * | 231 | Kyle Creevy | 37 | 38 | 75 | 4 | ||||
108 | Billy Fountain | 35 | 38 | 73 | 5 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 36 | 36 | 72 | 5 | |||||
197 | Steven Chilvers | 37 | 34 | 71 | 6 | * | 34 | Mindaugas Skema | 34 | 37 | 71 | 6 | ||||
212 | Carl Bottomley | 33 | 36 | 69 | 7 | 177 | Wayne Parkes | 35 | 35 | 70 | 7 | |||||
161 | Connor Dickens | 32 | 35 | 67 | 8 | 14 | Richard Wright | 38 | 38 | 8 | ||||||
29 | Thomas Parkes | 34 | 33 | 67 | 9 | * | ||||||||||
121 | Paul Atkinson | 30 | 32 | 62 | 10 | |||||||||||
1 | John Barnes | 36 | 36 | 11 | ||||||||||||
22 | Jordan Anderton | 31 | 31 | 12 | ||||||||||||
83 | Brad Willis | 0 | 13 | * | ||||||||||||
no. | Junior B | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | no. | Club Clubman | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | |||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 42 | 45 | 87 | 1 | *J | 317 | Simon Collins | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | ||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 40 | 40 | 80 | 2 | *J | 82 | William Best | 42 | 42 | 84 | 2 | ||||
71 | Glen Warren | 37 | 38 | 75 | 3 | 273 | Thomas Rose | 40 | 38 | 78 | 3 | |||||
34 | Mindaugas Skema | 32 | 42 | 74 | 4 | *J | 276 | Ashley Batten | 36 | 40 | 76 | 4 | ||||
115 | Aaron Wills | 38 | 36 | 74 | 5 | 256 | Samuel Chapman | 37 | 37 | 74 | 5 | |||||
145 | Kevin Foyle | 35 | 37 | 72 | 6 | 242 | Andrew Green | 38 | 35 | 73 | 6 | |||||
177 | Wayne Parkes | 36 | 35 | 71 | 7 | *J | 40 | Louis Knibbs | 36 | 36 | 7 | |||||
317 | Simon Collins | 34 | 34 | 68 | 8 | * | ||||||||||
82 | William Best | 33 | 33 | 66 | 9 | * | ||||||||||
182 | Andrew Cone | 28 | 32 | 60 | 10 | |||||||||||
273 | Thomas Rose | 31 | 29 | 60 | 11 | * | ||||||||||
256 | Samuel Chapman | 29 | 28 | 57 | 12 | * | ||||||||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 27 | 30 | 57 | 13 | * | ||||||||||
787 | Matthew Knight | 25 | 31 | 56 | 14 | |||||||||||
242 | Andrew Green | 30 | 25 | 55 | 15 | * | ||||||||||
387 | Sean Bushey | 24 | 26 | 50 | 16 | |||||||||||
14 | Richard Wright | 45 | 45 | 17 | *J | |||||||||||
40 | Louis Knibbs | 27 | 27 | 18 | * | |||||||||||
118 | Jacob Wills | 26 | 26 | 19 | ||||||||||||
no. | Premier O40 | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | no. | Club Premier O40 | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | |||
9 | Mark Owens | 45 | 40 | 42 | 127 | 1 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 45 | 42 | 42 | 129 | 1 | |||
4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 | 2 | * | 72 | Fraser Law | 42 | 38 | 40 | 120 | 2 | ||
72 | Fraser Law | 40 | 37 | 38 | 115 | 3 | * | 84 | Adam Collins | 40 | 40 | 38 | 118 | 3 | ||
84 | Adam Collins | 38 | 38 | 36 | 112 | 4 | * | 105 | Tony Fricker | 38 | 37 | 37 | 112 | 4 | ||
105 | Tony Fricker | 36 | 34 | 35 | 105 | 5 | * | 307 | Gerard Scott | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | 5 | ||
307 | Gerard Scott | 34 | 33 | 34 | 101 | 6 | * | 177 | Wayne Parkes | 37 | 35 | 35 | 107 | 6 | ||
177 | Wayne Parkes | 35 | 32 | 33 | 100 | 7 | * | 242 | Andrew Green | 34 | 34 | 33 | 101 | 7 | ||
242 | Andrew Green | 32 | 31 | 31 | 94 | 8 | * | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 0 | 45 | 45 | 90 | 8 | ||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 0 | 45 | 45 | 90 | 9 | * | 909 | Scott Robertson | 35 | 0 | 34 | 69 | 9 | ||
247 | Lee Keyton | 0 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 10 | ||||||||||
88 | Stephen Wright | 37 | 35 | 0 | 72 | 11 | * | |||||||||
909 | Scott Robertson | 33 | 0 | 32 | 65 | 12 | ||||||||||
no. | Elite O50 | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | * | no. | Club Elite O50 | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | ||
14 | Richard Wright | 45 | 45 | 42 | 132 | 1 | 14 | Richard Wright | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
147 | Steve Gilbey | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 | 2 | 57 | Reg Willis | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | |||
168 | Nigel Miller | 40 | 38 | 38 | 116 | 3 | * | 44 | Trevor Roberts | 40 | 40 | 0 | 80 | 3 | ||
57 | Reg Willis | 37 | 40 | 37 | 114 | 4 | ||||||||||
111 | Bob Mott | 35 | 36 | 40 | 111 | 5 | ||||||||||
148 | Sam Boak | 38 | 37 | 36 | 111 | 6 | * | |||||||||
44 | Trevor Roberts | 34 | 34 | 0 | 68 | 7 | ||||||||||
23 | Gary Curtis | 36 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 8 | ||||||||||
no. | 2 Stroke | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | * | no. | Club 2 Stroke | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | ||
428 | Mark Bland | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | * | 428 | Mark Bland | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
55 | James Chambers | 40 | 42 | 40 | 122 | 2 | * | 55 | James Chambers | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
53 | Ian Tindle | 38 | 38 | 37 | 113 | 3 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | |||
11 | James Lewis | 37 | 37 | 36 | 110 | 4 | * | 11 | James Lewis | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 4 | ||
161 | Connor Dickens | 42 | 0 | 42 | 84 | 5 | 256 | Samuel Chapman | 0 | 0 | 37 | 37 | 5 | |||
22 | Jordan Anderton | 0 | 40 | 38 | 78 | 6 | * | |||||||||
256 | Samuel Chapman | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 7 | ||||||||||
no. | U 40 | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | * | no. | Club U 40 | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | ||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 1 | * | 231 | Kyle Creevy | 42 | 45 | 45 | 132 | 1 | ||
197 | Steven Chilvers | 45 | 40 | 40 | 125 | 2 | * | 197 | Steven Chilvers | 45 | 42 | 42 | 129 | 2 | ||
55 | James Chambers | 38 | 37 | 37 | 112 | 3 | * | 55 | James Chambers | 40 | 38 | 40 | 118 | 3 | ||
29 | Thomas Parkes | 37 | 38 | 36 | 111 | 4 | * | 29 | Thomas Parkes | 38 | 40 | 38 | 116 | 4 | ||
34 | Mindaugas Skema | 35 | 36 | 34 | 105 | 5 | * | 34 | Mindaugas Skema | 36 | 37 | 37 | 110 | 5 | ||
68 | Brad Parkins | 36 | 34 | 32 | 102 | 6 | * | 68 | Brad Parkins | 37 | 36 | 36 | 109 | 6 | ||
53 | Ian Tindle | 34 | 32 | 31 | 97 | 7 | * | 53 | Ian Tindle | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 | 7 | ||
11 | James Lewis | 33 | 31 | 30 | 94 | 8 | 11 | James Lewis | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | 8 | |||
212 | Carl Bottomley | 0 | 45 | 45 | 90 | 9 | ||||||||||
161 | Connor Dickens | 40 | 0 | 38 | 78 | 10 | ||||||||||
22 | Jordan Anderton | 0 | 35 | 35 | 70 | 11 | ||||||||||
787 | Matthew Knight | 0 | 33 | 33 | 66 | 12 | ||||||||||
182 | Andrew Cone | 32 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 13 | ||||||||||
273 | Thomas Rose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2* | Brandon Bull | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
no. | Pre-83 125 | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | overall | pos. | ||||||||||
7 | Paul Baldwin | 45 | 42 | 45 | 132 | 1 | ||||||||||
427 | Lee Holland | 40 | 45 | 42 | 127 | 2 | ||||||||||
116 | Dean Warren | 38 | 38 | 40 | 116 | 3 | ||||||||||
700 | Paul Lippitt | 36 | 40 | 37 | 113 | 4 | ||||||||||
95 | Sean McCrea | 33 | 36 | 35 | 104 | 5 | ||||||||||
901 | Colby Walker | 34 | 35 | 33 | 102 | 6 | ||||||||||
902 | Callum Walker | 35 | 34 | 32 | 101 | 7 | ||||||||||
222 | Vince Crawley | 31 | 33 | 34 | 98 | 8 | ||||||||||
43 | Andrew Holland | 30 | 31 | 36 | 97 | 9 | ||||||||||
33 | Tony Noble | 28 | 32 | 30 | 90 | 10 | ||||||||||
123 | Mark Caswell | 26 | 29 | 31 | 86 | 11 | ||||||||||
402 | Tom Holland | 42 | 38 | 80 | 12 | |||||||||||
200 | Kevin Sanders | 37 | 37 | 74 | 13 | |||||||||||
22 | Scott Hands | 32 | 30 | 62 | 14 | |||||||||||
20 | Bradley Hands | 27 | 29 | 56 | 15 | |||||||||||
329 | Jim Shand | 29 | 29 | 16 | ||||||||||||
no. | Workers | race 1 | pos. | no. | Club workers | race 1 | pos. | |||||||||
71 | Glen Warren | 45 | 1 | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 45 | 2 | |||||||||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 42 | 2 | 72 | Fraser Law | 42 | 3 | |||||||||
72 | Fraser Law | 40 | 3 | 242 | Andrew Green | 40 | 4 | |||||||||
242 | Andrew Green | 38 | 4 | 276 | Ashley Batten | 38 | 5 | |||||||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 37 | 5 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 37 | 6 | |||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 36 | 6 | |||||||||||||