SMC Round 6 at Long Buckby with NMCC
Report: Fraser Law
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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
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 | |||||||||||||