2016 SMC Finale at Long Buckby 16/10/16
Report:
Fraser Law
Photos:
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NMCC hosted the final round of the 2016 ACU South
Midland Centre Motocross Championships at the legendary Long Buckby National
track. As last year they were joined by the Eastern Centre EVO MX Series.
With the track prepped to perfection in the preceding week, expectations
were running high. And then Sunday morning happened.. Heavy rain fell from
around 7:30am right up until practice finally got underway around 11am. By
then the track was demanding to say the least, some riders deciding not to
even venture out. However as the day progressed and the sun shone the track
improved enormously. Apart from a tropical deluge during the second Overs
race that is..
In the Expert Class Michael McClurg made it clear he
wants this championship. Leading every lap he took three straight wins,
showing he’s currently the man to beat in the SMC. Kristian Hutching
finished a clear second each time out, apart from race two where a bad start
left him unable to catch third place finisher Ryan Griffiths. Reece Wain
dominated the Junior Class with two straight wins, running up front with the
fastest of the Experts. Sam Harwood looked on course for second overall
after an impressive showing in race one, but a fall in race two pushed him
back to fourth overall. Rob Hollis took second overall with consistent top
three finishes. Callum McClurg revelled in the difficult conditions,
finishing an excellent third overall.
In the Premier Class Ryan Griffiths made light work
of the competition. He won all three despite falling at the start of race
three and having to come back through the pack. Tony Leishman took second
each time out on his way to another Premier Class SMC Championship. Justin
Carter showed how competitive an Enduro bike can be in the right hands.
Justin took third overall after also coming back from a fall at the start of
race three. In the Elite Class Greg Cox dominated in the difficult
conditions taking all three wins. Fraser Law had to settle for second after
suffering a few mistakes and racing incidents each time out. Bruce Garside
took third overall with some electrifying starts. In the Super Class a rare
mistake from overall winner Nigel Miller allowed Reg Willis through to take
the win the race three. Reg finished runner up, with Richard Jochacy third
each time out.
In the popular Eastern Centre EVO Series, a fall
whilst leading race one robbed Jordan Pasquale of the overall. Despite
dominating races two and three Jordan had to settle for second overall,
though his lap times put him right up with the best all day. Lance Marshall
took first overall by winning that crucial first leg and then finishing
runner up in both the other races. Nick Carter finished a close third
overall, just one point back on Jordan. Tony Leishman took another overall
win in the two stroke class, winning races two and three by a big margin.
Paul Edge won race one but decided to stick to the Expert Class after that.
Ian Tindle finished an impressive runner up overall with Christian Livesey
in third. The U40 class had three different race winners, but consistent top
four finishes gave Jacob Will the overall victory. Ian Tindle was once again
runner up, this time from Louis Knibbs.
Results-
Expert:
1 Michael McClurg, 2 Kristian Hutchings, 3 Ryan
Griffiths, 4 Kyle Creevy, 5 Tom Harwood, 6 Paul Edge
Junior:
1 Reece Wain, 2 Rob Hollis, 3 Callum McClurg, 4
Sam Harwood, 5 George Cox, 6 James Chambers
Premier O40:
1 Ryan Griffiths, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 Justin
Carter, 4 Tony Fricker, 5 Christian Livesey, 6 Matt Mason
Elite O50:
1 Gregory Cox, 2 Fraser Law, 3 Bruce Garside, 4
Kevin Franklin, 5 Jason Bain, 6 James Higgins
Super O60:
1 Nigel Miller, 2 Reg Willis, 3 Richard Jochacy
Eastern EVO:
1 Lance Marshall, 2 Jordan Pasquale, 3 Nick
Carter, 4 Scott Aspinell, 5 Danny Malone, 6 Jamie Tindale
2 Stroke:
1 Tony Leishman, 2 Ian Tindle, 3 Christian
Livesey, 4 Paul Edge, 5 Daniel Loveday
U40:
1 Jacob Wills, 2 Ian Tindle, 3 Louis Knibbs, 4
David Hollis, 5 Luke Macey, 6 Rob Harwood
Workers:
1st equal, Ian Thompson, James Higgins, Tony Fricker, Fraser Law
Expert | Club Expert | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 7 | Michael McClurg | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
551 | Kristian Hutchings | 42 | 40 | 42 | 124 | 2 | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | |||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 40 | 42 | 40 | 122 | 3 | 231 | Kyle Creevy | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | |||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 38 | 36 | 37 | 111 | 4 | ||||||||||
410 | Tom Harwood | 37 | 37 | 36 | 110 | 5 | ||||||||||
87 | Paul Edge | 0 | 38 | 38 | 76 | 6 | ||||||||||
Junior A | Club Junior | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | total | pos | no. | name | r1 | r2 | total | pos | |||||
56 | Reece Wain | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | 8 | Rob Hollis | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | |||||
8 | Rob Hollis | 40 | 42 | 82 | 2 | j | 510 | Callum McClurg | 42 | 40 | 82 | 2 | ||||
510 | Callum McClurg | 38 | 38 | 76 | 3 | j | 146 | George Cox | 38 | 42 | 80 | 3 | ||||
41 | Sam Harwood | 42 | 34 | 76 | 4 | 155 | James Chambers | 40 | 37 | 77 | 4 | |||||
146 | George Cox | 33 | 40 | 73 | 5 | j | 181 | Scott Allen | 36 | 38 | 74 | 5 | ||||
155 | James Chambers | 36 | 36 | 72 | 6 | j | 6 | David Hollis | 37 | 35 | 72 | 6 | ||||
181 | Scott Allen | 32 | 37 | 69 | 7 | j | 115 | Aaron Wills | 35 | 34 | 69 | 7 | ||||
6 | David Hollis | 34 | 33 | 67 | 8 | j | 18 | Robert Hollis | 32 | 36 | 68 | 8 | ||||
377 | Tim Soane | 37 | 29 | 66 | 9 | 163 | Brad Willis | 34 | 33 | 67 | 9 | |||||
40 | Daniel Loveday | 31 | 32 | 63 | 10 | c | 16 | Aaron Read | 33 | 0 | 33 | 10 | ||||
18 | Robert Hollis | 26 | 35 | 61 | 11 | j | 151 | Jacob Wills | 31 | 0 | 31 | 11 | ||||
115 | Aaron Wills | 30 | 31 | 61 | 12 | j | 154 | Louis Knibbs | 30 | 0 | 30 | 12 | ||||
75 | Jamie Berry | 27 | 30 | 57 | 13 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 29 | 0 | 29 | 13 | |||||
163 | Brad Willis | 29 | 28 | 57 | 14 | j | ||||||||||
174 | Tom King | 25 | 27 | 52 | 15 | c | ||||||||||
372 | Tom Smith | 23 | 26 | 49 | 16 | |||||||||||
2 | Lindo Santos | 21 | 25 | 46 | 17 | |||||||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 22 | 24 | 46 | 18 | c | ||||||||||
628 | Fabricio Limas | 17 | 23 | 40 | 19 | |||||||||||
271 | Rob Harwood | 35 | 0 | 35 | 20 | |||||||||||
16 | Aaron Read | 28 | 0 | 28 | 21 | j | ||||||||||
151 | Jacob Wills | 24 | 0 | 24 | 22 | j | ||||||||||
651 | Ian Thompson | 20 | 0 | 20 | 23 | c | Club Clubman | |||||||||
154 | Louis Knibbs | 19 | 0 | 19 | 24 | j | no. | name | r1 | r1 | total | pos. | ||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 18 | 0 | 18 | 25 | j | 40 | Daniel Loveday | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | ||||
68 | Nigel Miller | 16 | 0 | 16 | 26 | c | 174 | Tom King | 42 | 42 | 84 | 2 | ||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 40 | 40 | 80 | 3 | ||||||
350 | Jack Hunton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 651 | Ian Thompson | 38 | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||||||
15 | Luke Macey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 | Nigel Miller | 37 | 0 | 37 | 5 | ||||||
Premier O40 | Club Premier O40 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
5 | Ryan Griffiths | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | c | 5 | Ryan Griffiths | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | c | 4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
901 | Justin Carter | 40 | 40 | 38 | 118 | 3 | c | 901 | Justin Carter | 40 | 40 | 38 | 118 | 3 | ||
39 | Tony Fricker | 38 | 38 | 40 | 116 | 4 | c | 39 | Tony Fricker | 38 | 38 | 40 | 116 | 4 | ||
136 | Christian Livesey | 37 | 37 | 36 | 110 | 5 | c | 136 | Christian Livesey | 37 | 37 | 36 | 110 | 5 | ||
93 | Matthew Mason | 36 | 35 | 37 | 108 | 6 | c | 93 | Matthew Mason | 36 | 35 | 37 | 108 | 6 | ||
561 | Wayne Smith | 35 | 35 | 7 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 36 | 36 | 7 | |||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 36 | 36 | 8 | c | |||||||||||
Elite O50 | Club Elite O50 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
113 | Greg Cox | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | c | 113 | Greg Cox | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
72 | Fraser Law | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | c | 72 | Fraser Law | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
3 | Bruce Garside | 38 | 40 | 40 | 118 | 3 | 3 | Bruce Garside | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | |||
781 | Kevin Franklin | 40 | 38 | 38 | 116 | 4 | c | 65 | Jason Bain | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 4 | ||
65 | Jason Bain | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | 5 | c | 38 | James Higgins | 36 | 37 | 37 | 110 | 5 | ||
38 | James Higgins | 35 | 36 | 36 | 107 | 6 | c | 80 | Mark Stephens | 37 | 36 | 36 | 109 | 6 | ||
80 | Mark Stephens | 36 | 35 | 35 | 106 | 7 | c | 28 | Richard Ford | 35 | 35 | 70 | 7 | |||
28 | Richard Ford | 34 | 34 | 68 | 8 | c | ||||||||||
Super O60 | Club O60 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
68 | Nigel Miller | 45 | 45 | 42 | 132 | 1 | 57 | Reg Willis | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
57 | Reg Willis | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 | 2 | 19 | Richard Jochacy | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | |||
19 | Richard Jochacy | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | ||||||||||
Eastern EVO | ||||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | ||||||||||
232 | Lance Marshall | 45 | 42 | 42 | 129 | 1 | ||||||||||
237 | Jordan Pasquale | 33 | 45 | 45 | 123 | 2 | ||||||||||
117 | Nick Carter | 42 | 40 | 40 | 122 | 3 | ||||||||||
960 | Scott Aspinell | 40 | 38 | 37 | 115 | 4 | ||||||||||
72 | Danny Malone | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 | 5 | ||||||||||
660 | Jamie Tindale | 38 | 35 | 35 | 108 | 6 | ||||||||||
612 | Damien Neal | 36 | 33 | 33 | 102 | 7 | ||||||||||
121 | Dave Watson | 27 | 36 | 36 | 99 | 8 | ||||||||||
132 | Jason Radcliffe | 35 | 30 | 32 | 97 | 9 | ||||||||||
53 | Gareth Clements | 34 | 29 | 31 | 94 | 10 | ||||||||||
65 | Bradley Parradine | 32 | 26 | 30 | 88 | 11 | ||||||||||
55 | Martin Orford | 29 | 27 | 28 | 84 | 12 | ||||||||||
163 | Stephen Farthing | 32 | 34 | 66 | 13 | |||||||||||
169 | Steven Cadd | 30 | 34 | 64 | 14 | |||||||||||
401 | Martin Shean | 31 | 31 | 62 | 15 | |||||||||||
614 | Alan Laverack | 28 | 29 | 57 | 16 | |||||||||||
230 | Andy Davies | 28 | 28 | 17 | ||||||||||||
225 | Ian Mills | 26 | 26 | 18 | ||||||||||||
2St | Club 2St | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 45 | 45 | 132 | 1 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | |||
53 | Ian Tindle | 38 | 40 | 42 | 120 | 2 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 40 | 40 | 42 | 122 | 2 | |||
136 | Christian Livesey | 37 | 42 | 40 | 119 | 3 | 136 | Christian Livesey | 38 | 42 | 40 | 120 | 3 | |||
87 | Paul Edge | 45 | 45 | 4 | 40 | Daniel Loveday | 42 | 42 | 4 | |||||||
40 | Daniel Loveday | 40 | 40 | 5 | ||||||||||||
U40 | U40 | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos. | |||
151 | Jacob Wills | 38 | 40 | 38 | 116 | 1 | 151 | Jacob Wills | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 | 1 | |||
53 | Ian Tindle | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | 2 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 40 | 38 | 38 | 116 | 2 | |||
154 | Louis Knibbs | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 | 3 | 154 | Louis Knibbs | 38 | 40 | 37 | 115 | 3 | |||
6 | David Hollis | 45 | 42 | 87 | 4 | 6 | David Hollis | 45 | 45 | 90 | 4 | |||||
15 | Luke Macey | 40 | 42 | 82 | 5 | 40 | Daniel Loveday | 45 | 45 | 5 | ||||||
271 | Rob Harwood | 45 | 45 | 6 | 115 | Aaron Wills | 42 | 42 | 6 | |||||||
87 | Paul Edge | 45 | 45 | 7 | ||||||||||||
40 | Daniel Loveday | 42 | 42 | 8 | ||||||||||||
115 | Aaron Wills | 40 | 40 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Workers | Club Workers | |||||||||||||||
no. | name | r1 | total | pos. | no. | name | r1 | total | pos. | |||||||
651 | Ian Thompson | 42 | 1 | 651 | Ian Thompson | 42 | 1 | |||||||||
38 | James Higgins | 42 | 1 | 38 | James Higgins | 42 | 1 | |||||||||
39 | Tony Fricker | 42 | 1 | 39 | Tony Fricker | 42 | 1 | |||||||||
72 | Fraser Law | 42 | 1 | 72 | Fraser Law | 42 | 1 | |||||||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 42 | 1 | 276 | Ashley Batten | 42 | 1 |