SMC Rd 1 at Long Buckby with NMCC  30/03/14

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

Mylaps results here.

Full results- 

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