SMC Season Finale at Long Buckby with NMCC  20/10/13

Report: Fraser Law

Pictures: www.motoxphotos.co.uk

 

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

Mylaps results here.

Full results- 

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