2012 SMC Championship Finale at Long Buckby hosted by
NMCC.
Report: Fraser Law
Photos:
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The 2012 SMC Adult Motocross Championships drew to a close
at the Long Buckby National track hosted by NMCC. This season has seen every
type of track condition and weather possible, mostly when least expected. The
final round was to prove no exception. The perfectly graded circuit suffered
torrential rain for much of the week and while many events chose to cancel, NMCC
bravely soldiered on. Helped by some modifications to the circuit in the wettest
parts and finally a nice sunny weekend, track conditions went from wet and
slippery to drying and fast as the day progressed.
In the Expert class Michael McClurg was always near the
front. He took race one closely followed by Trevor Edwards who revelled in the
tricky conditions. In race two and three Michael tried hard to catch Joe Wyse
but to no avail. Showing a late season burst of speed Joe won both the final
legs, but had to settle for second overall behind Michael due to a fifth place
finish in the tricky race one. David Frankland took third overall with two solid
third place finishes in races two and three.
The pressure was on in the Junior A class, with a number of
riders looking to secure Expert status from the few remaining points on offer.
Tom Harwood took first overall with a win and a second, Ady Peedle was just two
points behind with a win and a third place finish. Aiden Maloney continued his
recent run of good form taking the final podium position. In the Junior B class
Glyn Litchfied dominated the opening race after missing the qualifying heat.
However a nasty finger injury put him out of race two allowing Craig Barrow to
take overall victory from Gary Shaw. Richard Sabin rode consistently to
take third.
In the Premier class Ryan Griffiths took one of the few
hat-tricks of the day. Staying out of trouble at the front he won all three
legs, whilst behind him Mark Bland battled closely all day with Tony Leishman.
Mark took second overall by just two points after beating Tony to the flag in
races one and three. Stephen Harrison was the rider on form in the Elite class,
also winning all three of his race by some distance and revelling in the tough
conditions. Behind him Nigel Miller finished runner up from Reg Willis in all
three encounters.
In the Under 40 class Tom Parkes took the overall by virtue
of his win in the last race. Winner of race one Martin Streeton matched him on
points but had to settle for second overall, with Matthew Knight in third. In
the two stroke class Mark Bland again battled closely with Tony Leishman but was
able to stay in front this time and win all three races.
Results:
Expert: 1 Michael McClurg, 2 Joe Wyse, 3 David
Frankland, 4 Dale Raynor, 5 Trevor Edwards, 6 Jack Gregory
Junior A: 1 Tom Harwood, 2 Adrian Peedle, 3 Aiden
Maloney, 4 Alex Fountain, 5 Darren Flitney, 6 Billy Fountain
Junior B: 1 Craig Barrow, 2 Gary Shaw, 3 Richard
Sabin, 4 Mark Barnett, 5 Glyn Litchfield, 6 Tom Rose
Premier Over 40: 1 Ryan Griffiths, 2 Mark Bland, 3
Tony Leishman, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Tony Fricker, 6 Steve Gilbey
Elite Over 50: 1 Stephen Harrison, 2 Nigel Miller, 3
Reg Willis, 4 Andrew Brightman, 5 Sam Boak, 6 Alan Bourn
Under 40: 1 Tom Parkes, 2 Martin Streeton, 3 Matthew
Knight, 4 Jack Gregory, 5 Jamie Scott, 6 Craig Barrow
2 Stroke: 1 Mark Bland, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 James
Higgins
Workers: 1 Tom Rose, 2 Andrew Green, 3 Gerard Scott,
4 James Higgins
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 | |||
7 | Michael McClurg | 20 | 17 | 17 | 54 | 1 | 9 | David Frankland | 17 | 20 | 20 | 57 | 3 | |||
10 | Joe Wyse | 11 | 20 | 20 | 51 | 2 | 1 | Dale Raynor | 20 | 17 | 17 | 54 | 4 | |||
9 | David Frankland | 13 | 15 | 15 | 43 | 3 | 31 | Jamie Scott | 15 | 15 | 7 | |||||
1 | Dale Raynor | 15 | 11 | 13 | 39 | 4 | ||||||||||
124 | Trevor Edwards | 17 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 5 | ||||||||||
591 | Jack Gregory | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 6 | ||||||||||
31 | Jamie Scott | 9 | 9 | 7 | ||||||||||||
Junior A | club Junior | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | |||
410 | Thomas Harwood | 17 | 20 | 37 | 1 | 102 | Alex Fountain | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 | |||||
172 | Adrian Peedle | 20 | 15 | 35 | 2 | 108 | Billy Fountain | 15 | 17 | 32 | 2 | |||||
95 | Aiden Maloney | 13 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 991 | Michael Austin | 17 | 15 | 32 | 3 | |||||
102 | Alex Fountain | 15 | 13 | 28 | 4 | 182 | Jack Lee | 13 | 13 | 26 | 4 | |||||
286 | Darren Flitney | 8 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 29 | Thomas Parkes | 10 | 11 | 21 | 5 | |||||
108 | Billy Fountain | 10 | 10 | 20 | 6 | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 8 | 10 | 18 | 6 | |||||
991 | Michael Austin | 9 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 197 | Steven Chilvers | 9 | 9 | 18 | 7 | |||||
182 | Jack Lee | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 313 | John Gill | 11 | 11 | 8 | ||||||
29 | Thomas Parkes | 5 | 7 | 12 | 9 | |||||||||||
141 | Jono Bourn | 11 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||
197 | Steven Chilvers | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||||||||||
153 | Dan Miles | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||
313 | John Gill | 6 | 6 | 14 | ||||||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 1 | 3 | 4 | 15 | |||||||||||
Junior B | club clubman | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | |||
74 | Craig Barrow | 17 | 20 | 37 | 1 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 20 | 20 | 40 | 1 | |||||
59 | Gary Shaw | 15 | 17 | 32 | 2 | 198 | Richard Sabin | 17 | 17 | 34 | 2 | |||||
198 | Richard Sabin | 11 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 771 | Wayne Parkes | 13 | 15 | 28 | 3 | |||||
883 | Mark Barnett | 8 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 98 | Tom Rose | 15 | 13 | 28 | 4 | |||||
282 | Glyn Litchfield | 20 | 20 | 5 | 175 | Andrew Green | 11 | 11 | 22 | 5 | ||||||
98 | Tom Rose | 10 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 117 | Rob Ashworth | 9 | 9 | 18 | 6 | |||||
22 | Tom Thierens | 13 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 184 | Ashley Batten | 10 | 8 | 18 | 7 | |||||
11 | Neil Thompson | 7 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 152 | Matthew Knight | 10 | 10 | 8 | ||||||
771 | Wayne Parkes | 3 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 7 | 7 | 9 | ||||||
501 | Tom Burn | 4 | 10 | 14 | 10 | |||||||||||
158 | Rob Smythe | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | |||||||||||
125 | Nathan Wells | 9 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||||
92 | Thomas Matthews | 1 | 7 | 8 | 13 | |||||||||||
93 | Matthew Mason | a | 6 | 6 | 14 | |||||||||||
3 | Tom Goswell | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||||||
175 | Andrew Green | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |||||||||||
122 | Karl Clack | e | 2 | 2 | 17 | |||||||||||
152 | Matthew Knight | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||||
184 | Ashley Batten | b | b | 0 | ||||||||||||
751 | Luke Boyce | c | 0 | |||||||||||||
64 | Michael Freeman | d | 0 | |||||||||||||
16 | Scott Maudsley | f | d | 0 | ||||||||||||
66 | Rupert Hills | g | 0 | |||||||||||||
117 | Rob Ashworth | h | a | 0 | ||||||||||||
901 | Harvey Adams | i | f | 0 | ||||||||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | c | 0 | |||||||||||||
41 | Andrew King | e | 0 | |||||||||||||
Premier O40 | club Premier O40 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | |||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | |||
428 | Mark Bland | 17 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 2 | 428 | Mark Bland | 17 | 15 | 17 | 49 | 2 | |||
4 | Tony Leishman | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 3 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 15 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 3 | |||
72 | Fraser Law | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 | 4 | 72 | Fraser Law | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 4 | |||
105 | Tony Fricker | 13 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 5 | 771 | Wayne Parkes | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | 5 | |||
147 | Steve Gilbey | 8 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 175 | Andrew Green | 9 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 6 | |||
42 | Rupert Fairclough | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 120 | Giles Agar | 10 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 7 | |||
771 | Wayne Parkes | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 117 | Rob Ashworth | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 | ||||
88 | Kevin Fossey | 10 | 8 | 18 | 9 | |||||||||||
175 | Andrew Green | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||
50 | Kevin Turnbull | 6 | 8 | 14 | 11 | |||||||||||
120 | Giles Agar | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | ||||||||||
93 | Matthew Mason | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||
117 | Rob Ashworth | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | |||||||||||
Elite O50 | club Elite O50 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | |||
18 | Stephen Harrison | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | 57 | Reg Willis | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | |||
68 | Nigel Miller | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 89 | Andrew Brightman | 15 | 17 | 17 | 49 | 2 | |||
57 | Reg Willis | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 3 | 106 | Stephen Mitton | 17 | 17 | 3 | |||||
89 | Andrew Brightman | 10 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 156 | Pete Chapman | 15 | 15 | 4 | |||||
148 | Sam Boak | 8 | 13 | 11 | 32 | 5 | ||||||||||
90 | Alan Bourn | 11 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 6 | ||||||||||
64 | Michael Freeman | 9 | 11 | 7 | 27 | 7 | ||||||||||
25 | Gary Burn | 10 | 10 | 20 | 8 | |||||||||||
19 | Richard Jochacy | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 9 | ||||||||||
106 | Stephen Mitton | 13 | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||||
49 | Richard Watts | 7 | 7 | 14 | 11 | |||||||||||
156 | Pete Chapman | 5 | 5 | 12 | ||||||||||||
76 | Stephen Morgan | 5 | 5 | 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 | |||
29 | Thomas Parkes | 15 | 15 | 20 | 50 | 1 | 29 | Thomas Parkes | 17 | 17 | 20 | 54 | 1 | |||
38 | Martin Streeton | 20 | 13 | 17 | 50 | 2 | 38 | Martin Streeton | 20 | 15 | 17 | 52 | 2 | |||
152 | Matthew Knight | 11 | 15 | 26 | 3 | 152 | Matthew Knight | 15 | 15 | 30 | 3 | |||||
591 | Jack Gregory | 20 | 20 | 4 | 31 | Jamie Scott | 20 | 20 | 4 | |||||||
31 | Jamie Scott | 17 | 17 | 5 | ||||||||||||
74 | Craig Barrow | 17 | 17 | 6 | ||||||||||||
901 | Harvey Adams | 13 | 13 | 7 | ||||||||||||
22 | Tom Thierens | 13 | 13 | 8 | ||||||||||||
2 Stroke | club U2 Stroke | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | no. | name | race 1 | race 2 | race 3 | total | position | |||
428 | Mark Bland | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | 428 | Mark Bland | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | 1 | |||
4 | Tony Leishman | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 2 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | 2 | |||
127 | James Higgins | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 3 | 127 | James Higgins | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | 3 | |||