SMC Round 6 at Long Buckby with NMCC

Report: Fraser Law

Pictures: www.motoxphotos.co.uk

 

For round six of the 2013 SMC Championships Long Buckby National Track was in prime condition. Plenty of mid-week rain left the circuit tacky and dust free, and for once the weather forecast was right in predicting an unseasonably warm and sunny day.

James Russell continued to dominate the Expert class taking yet another overall victory. This week he didn’t have it all his own way however, with three different race winners during the day and some very close racing. Joe Wyse was a runaway winner in race one, followed by James Russell and Harry Turner. In race two James took the win from Michael McClurg who’s results got better as the day went on, with Joe Wyse on third. The final leg saw Michael take the victory from James, with Joe third once again. Michael and Joe tied on points for second, with James extending his series lead by another four points.

Jonathan Brighton took two straight wins for the overall victory in the Junior A class. Tony Leishman proved he can still cut it in the Juniors with two runner-up finishes ahead of Justin Carter in race one, and John Gill in race two. Justin was hindered in race two by his Husaberg shedding its exhaust. James Curtis won both Junior B finals, first time out after a close battle with James Chambers and followed home by Kevin Turnbull in the second.

In the Premier class Ryan Griffiths won all three legs to take another overall win. Behind him however the positions changed every race. Simon Wyse was closest to him in race one, but an injury in race two saw him sit out the rest of the day. Mark Owens took runner-up in race two from Cliff Lester in third, while race three saw Tony Leishman just edging out Cliff for second by the narrowest of margins. Steve Worts looked all set for a hat-trick of wins in the Elite class after two straight victories. Nobody had told Steve Gilbey however, who found some extra energy from somewhere in the heat of the last race, to overtake him and win the final leg.

Tom Harwood took wins in the first two U40 races after breaking his Suzuki and borrowing Michael McClurg’s Honda.  A fall in race three stopped him taking a clean sweep, but he was able to climb back up the leaderboard high enough to still take the overall. Kyle Creevy finished second, with Carl Bottomley rounding out the podium. In the 2 Stroke classification it was Jordan Anderton who finished ahead of James Chambers and James Lewis, these three finishing in that same order in all three races.

Just two rounds of the 2013 SMC Championships remain, but with plenty of points still up for grabs the final placings are by no means certain.

 

Results:

Expert: 1 James Russell, 2 Michael McClurg, 3 Joe Wyse, 4 Harry Turner, 5 Mark Boswell, 6 Adam Collins

Junior A: 1 Jonathan Brighton, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 David Edge, 4 Justin Carter, 5 Mark Taylor, 6 John Gill

Junior B: 1 James Curtis, 2 Kevin Turnbull, 3 Gerard Scott, 4 Mindaugas Skema, 5 Sam Harwood, 6 Wayne Parkes

Premier O40: 1 Ryan Griffiths, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 Cliff Lester, 4 Mark Owens, 5 Adam Collins, 6 Fraser Law

Elite O50: 1 Steve Worts, 2 Steve Gilbey, 3 Reg Willis, 4 Nigel Miller, 5 Sam Boak, 6 Bob Mott

U40: 1 Tom Harwood, 2 Kyle Creevy, 3 Carl Bottomley, 4 Tom Parkes, 5 Steven Chilvers, 6 Jordan Anderton

2 Stroke: 1  Jordan Anderton, 2 James Chambers, 3 James Lewis, 4 Ian Tindle, 5 Matthew Knight, 6 Sam Chapman

Workers: 1 Ryan Griffiths, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Reg Willis, 4 Andrew Green, 5 Gerard Scott, 6 Ashley Batten

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.
9 James Russell 42 45 42 129 1 * 9 James Russell 45 45 45 135 1
7 Michael McClurg 38 42 45 125 2 17 Harry Turner 42 42 42 126 2
10 Joe Wyse 45 40 40 125 3 84 Adam Collins 40 40 40 120 3
17 Harry Turner 40 38 37 115 4 *              
2 Mark Boswell 37 37 38 112 5
84 Adam Collins 35 36 36 107 6 *
124 Trevor Edwards 34 35 35 104 7
8 Simon Wyse 36     36 8
             
no. Junior A race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos. no. Club Junior  race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos.
119 Jonathan Brighton 45 45   90 1 4 Tony Leishman 45 45   90 1
4 Tony Leishman 42 42   84 2 * 231 Kyle Creevy 42 38   80 2
412 David Edge 38 38   76 3 313 John Gill 36 42   78 3
901 Justin Carter 40 36   76 4 197 Steven Chilvers 37 40   77 4
252 Mark Taylor 37 37   74 5 29 Thomas Parkes 40 37   77 5
313 John Gill 31 40   71 6 * 71 James Curtis 34 35   69 6
197 Steven Chilvers 33 35   68 7 * 307 Gerard Scott 32 33   65 7
231 Kyle Creevy 36 32   68 8 * 34 Mindaugas Skema 30 34   64 8
121 Paul Atkinson 32 34   66 9 177 Wayne Parkes 31 32   63 9
29 Thomas Parkes 35 30   65 10 * 72 Fraser Law 38     38 10
161 Connor Dickens 30 31   61 11 83 Brad Willis   36   36 11
212 Carl Bottomley 26 33   59 12 42 Rupert Fairclough 35     35 12
420 Declan Phillips 28 29   57 13 55 James Chambers 33     33 13
3 Dan Butler 27 28   55 14              
92 Tom Matthews 25 27   52 15
72 Fraser Law 34     34 16 *
22 Jordan Anderton 29     29 17
83 Brad Willis   26   26 18 *
42 Rupert Fairclough 24     24 19 *
             
no. Junior B race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos. no. Club Clubman race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos.
71 James Curtis 45 45   90 1 *J 256 Samuel Chapman 45 45   90 1
50 Kevin Turnbull 35 42   77 2 273 Thomas Rose 40 42   82 2
307 Gerard Scott 40 37   77 3 *J 242 Andrew Green 42 38   80 3
34 Mindaugas Skema 36 38   74 4 *J 100 Hayley Rilings 37 40   77 4
133 Sam Harwood 33 40   73 5 411 Tom Best 36 37   73 5
177 Wayne Parkes 38 34   72 6 *J 53 Ian Tindle 35 35   70 6
167 Christopher Brewin 34 36   70 7 276 Ashley Batten 38     38 7
256 Samuel Chapman 32 35   67 8 * 82 William Best   36   36 8
326 Andrew Horner-Glister 31 32   63 9              
273 Thomas Rose 29 31   60 10 *
100 Hayley Rilings 27 30   57 11 *
787 Matthew Knight 23 33   56 12
242 Andrew Green 30 26   56 13 *
32 Christopher Read 25 28   53 14
15 Luke Macey 26 27   53 15
115 Stephen Wyles 24 24   48 16
411 Tom Best 22 25   47 17 *
55 James Chambers 42     42 18 *J
53 Ian Tindle 19 22   41 19 *
18 Jason Green 37     37 20
354 Stephen Jones   29   29 21
276 Ashley Batten 28     28 22 *
82 William Best   23   23 23 *
21 Richard Doyle 21     21 24
70 Rob Jones 20     20 25
             
no. Premier O40 race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos. no. Club Premier O40 race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos.
5 Ryan Griffiths 45 45 45 135 1 * 5 Ryan Griffiths 45 45 45 135 1
4 Tony Leishman 40 38 42 120 2 * 4 Tony Leishman 42 40 42 124 2
36 Cliff Lester 38 40 40 118 3 * 36 Cliff Lester 40 42 40 122 3
91 Mark Owens 37 42 38 117 4 84 Adam Collins 38 38 38 114 4
84 Adam Collins 36 37 37 110 5 * 72 Fraser Law 37 37 37 111 5
72 Fraser Law 34 36 35 105 6 * 42 Rupert Fairclough 36 36 36 108 6
58 Colin Prince 31 35 36 102 7 307 Gerard Scott 33 35 35 103 7
42 Rupert Fairclough 33 34 34 101 8 * 909 Scott Robertson 32 33 34 99 8
307 Gerard Scott 28 32 33 93 9 * 177 Wayne Parkes 35 34   69 9
909 Scott Robertson 27 30 32 89 10 * 242 Andrew Green 34 31   65 10
50 Kevin Turnbull 32 33   65 11 234 Graham Walsh 30   33 63 11
177 Wayne Parkes 30 31   61 12 * 33 Dean Devereux 29 32   61 12
242 Andrew Green 29 28   57 13 * 67 David Bain 31     31 13
234 Graham Walsh 25   31 56 14 *
33 Dean Devereux 24 29   53 15 *
21 Richard Doyle 23 27   50 16
8 Simon Wyse 42     42 17
901 Justin Carter 35     35 18
67 David Bain 26     26 19 *
             
no. Elite O50 race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos. no. Club Elite O50 race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos.
169 Steve Worts 45 45 42 132 1 57 Reg Willis 45 45 45 135 1
147 Steve Gilbey 42 42 45 129 2 156 Pete Chapman 40 42 42 124 2
57 Reg Willis 40 40 38 118 3 * 44 Trevor Roberts 42 40   82 3
168 Nigel Miller 38 38 40 116 4 38 James Higgins     40 40 4
148 Sam Boak 37 37 37 111 5              
111 Bob Mott 36 36 36 108 6
19 Richard Jochacy 35 35 35 105 7
88 John Hitchins 34 34 34 102 8
144 Simon Tucker 32 33 33 98 9
151 Kevin Brooks 33 32 30 95 10
156 Pete Chapman 30 31 32 93 11 *
44 Trevor Roberts 31 30   61 12 *
38 James Higgins     31 31 13 *
182 Tim Tyack 29     29 14
             
no. 2 Stroke race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos. no. Club 2 Stroke race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos.
22 Jordan Anderton 45 45 45 135 1 55 James Chambers 45 45 45 135 1
55 James Chambers 42 42 42 126 2 * 11 James Lewis 42 42 42 126 2
11 James Lewis 40 40 40 120 3 * 53 Ian Tindle 38 40 40 118 3
53 Ian Tindle 37 38 38 113 4 * 256 Samuel Chapman 40     40 4
787 Matthew Knight   37   37 5 38 James Higgins 37     37 5
256 Samuel Chapman 38     38 6 *
38 James Higgins 36     36 7 *
no. U 40 race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos. no. Club U 40 race 1 race 2 race 3 overall pos.
  410 Tom Harwood 45 45 35 125 1 231 Kyle Creevy 45 42 42 129 1
  231 Kyle Creevy 42 38 40 120 2 * 29 Thomas Parkes 42 45 40 127 2
  212 Carl Bottomley 34 42 42 118 3 197 Steven Chilvers 40 40 45 125 3
  29 Thomas Parkes 38 40 38 116 4 * 55 James Chambers 37 38 38 113 4
  197 Steven Chilvers 33 37 45 115 5 * 68 Brad Parkins 38 37 36 111 5
  22 Jordan Anderton 35 36 37 108 6 34 Mindaugas Skema 36 34 37 107 6
  161 Connor Dickens 37 35 34 106 7 11 James Lewis 35 36 35 106 7
  55 James Chambers 31 34 36 101 8 * 53 Ian Tindle 33 35 34 102 8
  68 Brad Parkins 32 33 32 97 9 * 256 Samuel Chapman 34     34 9
  34 Mindaugas Skema 30 30 33 93 10 *
  11 James Lewis 29 32 31 92 11 *
  53 Ian Tindle 27 31 30 88 12 *
  18 Jason Green 40     40 13
  420 Declan Phillips 36     36 14
  787 Matthew Knight   29   29 15
  256 Samuel Chapman 28     28 16 *
               
     
no. Club workers race 1 pos.      
5 Ryan Griffiths 45 1          
72 Fraser Law 42 2          
57 Reg Willis 40 3          
242 Andrew Green 38 4          
307 Gerard Scott 37 5          
276 Ashley Batten 36 6    
38 James Higgins 35 7