SMC Rd 1 at Long Buckby with NMCC
Round one of the 2014 SMC Championship finally got
under way at Long Buckby hosted by NMCC, after the event had to be put back
two weeks because of the terrible weather. With the track still suffering in
parts from the ravages of an incredibly wet winter, a shortened course was
adopted which missed the worst of the mud and provided for some excellent
racing.
In the Expert class James Russell set about his title
defence in the best possible way with a first place overall. Michael McClurg
signalled his intent to put up a strong challenge this year, leading James
in race one until the closing stages and taking the win in race two. Both
riders have opted for new KTM machines this year, with Michael choosing the
two stroke. Behind them were two previous champions returning from long
injury breaks. Mark Boswell finished third, from Dale Raynor who got faster
as the day went on after taking it easy at the start of the day.
Joe Tobutt took a maximum wins in the Junior A class,
winning by a considerable margin and posting lap times that would have put
him to three in the Expert class. Second overall went to Matthew Smith, who
also finished runner up both times. Mark Bland took third overall in one of
the three classes competed in. In the Junior B class the first five riders
finished in a totally different order in both legs. Tom Thierens took the
overall with a third and a first, just beating Mindaugas Skema’s first and
fourth. Danny Snith finished a close third after a fourth and a second.
In the Premier O40 class perennial SMC champion Tony
Leishman once again took the overall victory after Ryan Griffiths crashed
spectacularly out of race two. Behind him Adam Collins and Fraser Law traded
positions all day, but in the end Adam came out two points in front for
second. Richard Wright started his Elite O50 campaign as he means to go on
with a straight hat-trick of wins. Second each time was Colin Prince,
followed by Steve Gilbey in third. The Under 40 and 2 Stroke classes ran
together on the day which was ideal for any riders that were both under 40
and riding a two stroke. Matthew Smith and Mark Gordon did just that to take
first and second in both classes. Ben Huckerby finished third in the Under
40 class, and Mark Sharman took third in the 2 Stroke class.
Round two of the SMC takes place on April 13 at
Daventry.
Results:
Expert: 1 James Russell, 2 Michael McClurg, 3
Mark Boswell, 4 Dale Raynor, 5 Simon Wyse, 6 James Barnwell
Junior A: 1 Joe Tobutt, 2 Matthew Smith, 3 Mark
Bland, 4 Sean Avery, 5 Steven Chilvers, 6 Justin Carter
Junior B: 1 Tom Thierens, 2 Mindaugas Skema, 3
Danny Smith, 4 Aaron Read, 5 Cameron Curtis, 6 Neil Stimson
Premier O40: 1 Tony Leishman, 2 Adam Collins, 3
Fraser Law, 4 Kevin Turnbull, 5 Tony Fricker, 6 Matthew Mason
Elite O50: 1 Richard Wright, 2 Colin Prince, 3
Steve Gilbey, 4 Michael Simmons, 5 Reg Willis, 6 Nigel Miller
Under 40: 1 Matthew Smith, 2 Mark Gordon, 3 Ben
Huckerby, 4 Steven Chilvers, 5 Kyle Creevy, 6 Mindaugas Skema
2 Stroke: 1 Matthew Smith, 2 Mark Gordon, 3 Mark
Sharman, 4 Ben Huckerby, 5 Tony Leishman, 6 James Lewis
Workers race: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Andrew Green, 3
Gerard Scott, 4 Ryan Griffiths, 5 Stephen Cole
Expert | Expert Club | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | |||
1 | James Russell | 45 | 42 | 45 | 132 | 1 | 1 | James Russell | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
7 | Michael McClurg | 42 | 45 | 42 | 129 | 2 | 2 | Mark Boswell | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | |||
2 | Mark Boswell | 40 | 40 | 38 | 118 | 3 | 17 | Harry Turner | 38 | 40 | 40 | 118 | 3 | |||
6 | Dale Raynor | 36 | 38 | 40 | 114 | 4 | 74 | James Barnwell | 40 | 38 | 37 | 115 | 4 | |||
308 | Simon Wyse | 38 | 37 | 37 | 112 | 5 | 84 | Adam Collins | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 | 5 | |||
74 | James Barnwell | 37 | 35 | 32 | 104 | 6 | ||||||||||
811 | Stephen Marlow | 35 | 32 | 36 | 103 | 7 | ||||||||||
17 | Harry Turner | 33 | 36 | 34 | 103 | 8 | ||||||||||
286 | Darren Flitney | 32 | 34 | 35 | 101 | 9 | ||||||||||
84 | Adam Collins | 31 | 33 | 33 | 97 | 10 | ||||||||||
800 | Mark Sharman | 34 | 34 | 11 | ||||||||||||
91 | Craig Golding | 30 | 30 | 12 | ||||||||||||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 13 | ||||||||||||||
Junior A | Junior Club | |||||||||||||||
no. | competitor | r1 | r2 | total | pos | no. | competitor | r1 | r2 | total | pos | |||||
55 | Joe Tobutt | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | j | 55 | Joe Tobutt | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | ||||
81 | Matthew Smith | 42 | 42 | 84 | 2 | 428 | Mark Bland | 42 | 42 | 84 | 2 | |||||
428 | Mark Bland | 37 | 40 | 77 | 3 | j | 197 | Steven Chilvers | 37 | 40 | 77 | 3 | ||||
310 | Sean Avory | 38 | 35 | 73 | 4 | 72 | Fraser Law | 40 | 37 | 77 | 4 | |||||
197 | Steven Chilvers | 33 | 38 | 71 | 5 | j | 901 | Justin Carter | 38 | 38 | 76 | 5 | ||||
901 | Justin Carter | 34 | 36 | 70 | 6 | j | 231 | Kyle Creevy | 36 | 36 | 72 | 6 | ||||
72 | Fraser Law | 36 | 34 | 70 | 7 | j | 8 | Robbie Hollis | 33 | 35 | 68 | 7 | ||||
371 | David Flitney | 32 | 37 | 69 | 8 | 18 | Robert Hollis | 34 | 34 | 68 | 8 | |||||
333 | Mike Smith | 35 | 32 | 67 | 9 | 83 | Brad Willis | 35 | 33 | 68 | 9 | |||||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 31 | 33 | 64 | 10 | j | 22 | Tom Thierens | 30 | 32 | 62 | 10 | ||||
121 | Paul Atkinson | 28 | 31 | 59 | 11 | name+C21:C40 | 95 | Mindaugas Skema | 32 | 30 | 62 | 11 | ||||
18 | Robert Hollis | 29 | 28 | 57 | 12 | j | 16 | Aaron Read | 28 | 31 | 59 | 12 | ||||
114 | Paul Cooper | 27 | 29 | 56 | 13 | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 31 | 27 | 58 | 13 | |||||
8 | Robbie Hollis | 25 | 30 | 55 | 14 | j | 151 | Jacob Wills | 27 | 29 | 56 | 14 | ||||
83 | Brad Willis | 30 | 25 | 55 | 15 | j | 307 | Gerard Scott | 29 | 26 | 55 | 15 | ||||
59 | Gary Shaw | 26 | 27 | 53 | 16 | 3 | James Beeby | 25 | 28 | 53 | 16 | |||||
410 | Sam Harwood | 24 | 26 | 50 | 17 | 93 | Matthew Mason | 26 | 24 | 50 | 17 | |||||
191 | Mark Gordon | 40 | 40 | 18 | 68 | Brad Parkins | 24 | 25 | 49 | 18 | ||||||
14 | Richard Wright | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Junior B | Clubman | |||||||||||||||
no. | competitor | r1 | r2 | total | pos | no. | competitor | r1 | r2 | total | pos | |||||
22 | Tom Thierens | 40 | 45 | 85 | 1 | j | 186 | Stephen Pole | 42 | 45 | 87 | 1 | ||||
95 | Mindaugas Skema | 45 | 38 | 83 | 2 | j | 276 | Ashley Batten | 45 | 37 | 82 | 2 | ||||
116 | Danny Smith | 38 | 42 | 80 | 3 | 411 | Tom Best | 40 | 42 | 82 | 3 | |||||
16 | Aaron Read | 34 | 40 | 74 | 4 | j | 82 | William Best | 38 | 40 | 78 | 4 | ||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 42 | 32 | 74 | 5 | j | 53 | Ian Tindle | 37 | 36 | 73 | 5 | ||||
292 | Neil Stimson | 36 | 36 | 72 | 6 | 51 | Stephen Wyles | 36 | 34 | 70 | 6 | |||||
420 | Declan Phillips | 32 | 37 | 69 | 7 | 24 | Andrew Green | 35 | 33 | 68 | 7 | |||||
151 | Jacob Wills | 33 | 34 | 67 | 8 | j | 117 | Rob Ashworth | 34 | 32 | 66 | 8 | ||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 35 | 31 | 66 | 9 | j | 919 | Harvey Adams | 33 | 31 | 64 | 9 | ||||
883 | Marc Wood | 30 | 35 | 65 | 10 | 15 | Luke Macey | 35 | 35 | 10 | ||||||
3 | James Beeby | 29 | 33 | 62 | 11 | j | 651 | Ian Thompson | 38 | 24 | 11 | |||||
93 | Matthew Mason | 31 | 28 | 59 | 12 | j | ||||||||||
68 | Brad Parkins | 27 | 30 | 57 | 13 | j | ||||||||||
186 | Stephen Pole | 24 | 29 | 53 | 14 | c | ||||||||||
19 | Richard Jochacy | 26 | 26 | 52 | 15 | |||||||||||
411 | Tom Best | 23 | 27 | 50 | 16 | c | ||||||||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 28 | 22 | 50 | 17 | c | ||||||||||
82 | William Best | 22 | 25 | 47 | 18 | c | ||||||||||
311 | Robert Tysoe | 18 | 23 | 41 | 19 | |||||||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 21 | 20 | 41 | 20 | c | ||||||||||
555 | Alex Simmons | 17 | 21 | 38 | 21 | |||||||||||
51 | Stephen Wyles | 20 | 18 | 38 | 22 | c | ||||||||||
50 | Kevin Turnbull | 37 | 37 | 23 | ||||||||||||
24 | Andrew Green | 19 | 17 | 36 | 24 | c | ||||||||||
117 | Rob Ashworth | 16 | 16 | 32 | 25 | c | ||||||||||
919 | Harvey Adams | 14 | 15 | 29 | 26 | c | ||||||||||
158 | Guy Pickering | 25 | 25 | 27 | ||||||||||||
651 | Ian Thompson | 24 | 24 | 28 | ||||||||||||
15 | Luke Macey | 19 | 19 | 29 | c | |||||||||||
776 | Stuart Janaway | 15 | 15 | 30 | ||||||||||||
Premier | Premier Club | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | |||
4 | Tony Leishman | 40 | 45 | 45 | 130 | 1 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 40 | 45 | 45 | 130 | 1 | |||
84 | Adam Collins | 37 | 42 | 38 | 117 | 2 | 84 | Adam Collins | 37 | 42 | 38 | 117 | 2 | |||
72 | Fraser Law | 38 | 40 | 37 | 115 | 3 | 72 | Fraser Law | 38 | 40 | 37 | 115 | 3 | |||
50 | Kevin Turnbull | 35 | 36 | 35 | 106 | 4 | 105 | Tony Fricker | 34 | 37 | 36 | 107 | 4 | |||
105 | Tony Fricker | 32 | 37 | 36 | 105 | 5 | 33 | Dean Devereux | 30 | 36 | 35 | 101 | 5 | |||
93 | Matthew Mason | 30 | 34 | 33 | 97 | 6 | 93 | Matthew Mason | 32 | 35 | 34 | 101 | 6 | |||
33 | Dean Devereux | 27 | 35 | 34 | 96 | 7 | 71 | Richard Diggens | 29 | 33 | 33 | 95 | 7 | |||
71 | Richard Diggens | 26 | 32 | 32 | 90 | 8 | 117 | Rob Ashworth | 28 | 34 | 32 | 94 | 8 | |||
117 | Rob Ashworth | 25 | 33 | 31 | 89 | 9 | 428 | Mark Bland | 42 | 42 | 84 | 9 | ||||
428 | Mark Bland | 42 | 42 | 84 | 10 | 901 | Justin Carter | 38 | 40 | 78 | 10 | |||||
901 | Justin Carter | 38 | 40 | 78 | 11 | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 45 | 45 | 11 | ||||||
651 | Ian Thompson | 28 | 30 | 58 | 12 | 18 | Robert Hollis | 36 | 36 | 12 | ||||||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 45 | 45 | 13 | 317 | Simon Collins | 35 | 35 | 13 | |||||||
18 | Robert Hollis | 36 | 36 | 14 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 33 | 33 | 14 | |||||||
317 | Simon Collins | 34 | 34 | 15 | 24 | Andrew Green | 31 | 31 | 15 | |||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 31 | 31 | 16 | ||||||||||||
24 | Andrew Green | 29 | 29 | 17 | ||||||||||||
Elite | Elite Club | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | |||
14 | Richard Wright | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 14 | Richard Wright | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
58 | Colin Prince | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | 57 | Reg Willis | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | |||
147 | Steve Gilbey | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | 45 | Roger Knibbs | 38 | 40 | 40 | 118 | 3 | |||
150 | Michael Simmons | 38 | 37 | 38 | 113 | 4 | 44 | Trevor Roberts | 40 | 38 | 38 | 116 | 4 | |||
57 | Reg Willis | 36 | 38 | 35 | 109 | 5 | ||||||||||
168 | Nigel Miller | 34 | 36 | 36 | 106 | 6 | ||||||||||
148 | Sam Boak | 35 | 35 | 34 | 104 | 7 | ||||||||||
444 | Sean Bennett | 37 | 28 | 37 | 102 | 8 | ||||||||||
27 | Robin Prince | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | 9 | ||||||||||
19 | Richard Jochacy | 32 | 34 | 32 | 98 | 10 | ||||||||||
45 | Roger Knibbs | 30 | 32 | 31 | 93 | 11 | ||||||||||
44 | Trevor Roberts | 31 | 31 | 29 | 91 | 12 | ||||||||||
76 | Steve Morgan | 29 | 29 | 30 | 88 | 13 | ||||||||||
54 | Martyn Raynor | 30 | 30 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Under 40 | Under 40 Club | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | |||
81 | Matthew Smith | 45 | 45 | 42 | 132 | 1 | 818 | Ben Huckerby | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 | 1 | |||
191 | Mark Gordon | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 2 | 197 | Steven Chilvers | 45 | 40 | 42 | 127 | 2 | |||
818 | Ben Huckerby | 37 | 38 | 38 | 113 | 3 | 231 | Kyle Creevy | 40 | 38 | 40 | 118 | 3 | |||
197 | Steven Chilvers | 38 | 37 | 37 | 112 | 4 | 95 | Mindaugas Skema | 38 | 36 | 38 | 112 | 4 | |||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 35 | 36 | 36 | 107 | 5 | 11 | James Lewis | 31 | 35 | 36 | 102 | 5 | |||
95 | Mindaugas Skema | 34 | 34 | 35 | 103 | 6 | 16 | Aaron Read | 37 | 37 | 74 | 6 | ||||
11 | James Lewis | 26 | 33 | 33 | 92 | 7 | 276 | Ashley Batten | 35 | 34 | 69 | 7 | ||||
16 | Aaron Read | 33 | 34 | 67 | 8 | 919 | Harvey Adams | 32 | 34 | 66 | 8 | |||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 30 | 32 | 62 | 9 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 30 | 33 | 63 | 9 | |||||
919 | Harvey Adams | 30 | 31 | 61 | 10 | 74 | James Barnwell | 45 | 45 | 10 | ||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 25 | 31 | 56 | 11 | 17 | Harry Turner | 42 | 42 | 11 | ||||||
7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 12 | 281 | Todd Bucknall | 37 | 37 | 12 | |||||||
74 | James Barnwell | 42 | 42 | 13 | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 36 | 36 | 13 | |||||||
54 | Dale Raynor | 42 | 42 | 14 | 15 | Luke Macey | 35 | 35 | 14 | |||||||
17 | Harry Turner | 36 | 36 | 15 | 22 | Tom Thierens | 34 | 34 | 15 | |||||||
281 | Todd Bucknall | 35 | 35 | 16 | 151 | Jacob Wills | 33 | 33 | 16 | |||||||
15 | Luke Macey | DNF | 32 | 32 | 17 | 68 | Brad Parkins | 32 | 32 | 17 | ||||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 32 | 32 | 18 | ||||||||||||
420 | Declan Phillips | 31 | 31 | 19 | ||||||||||||
22 | Tom Thierens | 29 | 29 | 20 | ||||||||||||
151 | Jacob Wills | 28 | 28 | 21 | ||||||||||||
68 | Brad Parkins | 27 | 27 | 22 | ||||||||||||
2 Stroke | 2 Stroke club | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | |||
81 | Matthew Smith | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 818 | Ben Huckerby | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 | 1 | |||
191 | Mark Gordon | 40 | 42 | 42 | 124 | 2 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 40 | 40 | 42 | 122 | 2 | |||
800 | Mark Sharman | 38 | 40 | 37 | 115 | 3 | 11 | James Lewis | 35 | 38 | 40 | 113 | 3 | |||
818 | Ben Huckerby | 36 | 37 | 40 | 113 | 4 | 428 | Mark Bland | 45 | 45 | 90 | 4 | ||||
4 | Tony Leishman | 35 | 36 | 38 | 109 | 5 | 276 | Ashley Batten | 37 | 37 | 74 | 5 | ||||
11 | James Lewis | 31 | 35 | 36 | 102 | 6 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 35 | 36 | 71 | 6 | ||||
428 | Mark Bland | 37 | 38 | 75 | 7 | 15 | Luke Macey | 38 | 38 | 7 | ||||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 33 | 34 | 67 | 8 | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 38 | 38 | 8 | ||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 30 | 33 | 63 | 9 | 22 | Tom Thierens | 36 | 36 | 9 | ||||||
54 | Dale Raynor | 42 | 42 | 10 | ||||||||||||
15 | Luke Macey | 35 | 35 | 11 | ||||||||||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 34 | 34 | 12 | ||||||||||||
22 | Tom Thierens | 32 | 32 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Workers | Workers Club | |||||||||||||||
no. | competitor | r1 | no. | competitor | r1 | |||||||||||
72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 72 | Fraser Law | 45 | |||||||||||
24 | Andrew Green | 42 | 24 | Andrew Green | 42 | |||||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 40 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 40 | |||||||||||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 38 | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 38 | |||||||||||
13 | Stephen Cole | 37 | 13 | Stephen Cole | 37 | |||||||||||