SMC Championship Finale Long Buckby 05/10/14
Report: Fraser Law
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The 2014 South Midland Centre Championship season finale took place at Long Buckby with the track once again prepped to a fantastic standard. Two new sections kept things interesting as well as reducing speeds on the faster sections. A beautiful sunny day also made it feel more like July than October.
James Russell wrapped up the Expert Championship at the previous event, which meant he didn't need to race this round. This left things more open than usual in the Expert Class. Luke Spence looked to have the class victory in his grasp after winning the first two races in style. However a mistake on one of the hills in race three left the door open for Rob Barney to finally get a win after chasing Luke hard in the first two races. Luke recovered to 5th but it wasn't enough to secure the overall which went to Rob. Dale Raynor's return to form continued with a pair of top 3 finishes netting him third overall. Also showing a big improvement after an injury break, Mark Boswell finished fourth after a great 3rd place in race two.
In the Junior A class Matt Smith took another two wins on his way to Expert staus in 2015, coming through the field from outside the top 10 in each race. Second overal went to smooth riding John Barnes, with Kyle Creevy close behind him in both legs as well as the overall. The overall results didn't tell the full story of the Junior finals however. Fraser Law led the first half of race one until crashing out in spectacular style. Race two he led once again only to lose the lead to Matt Smith after a small error on the final lap. Dave Holmes dominated the Junior B group with two straight wins. Aaron Read took second overall by a single point from Richard Teager, both taking second in one of the races.
In the Two Stroke class Rob Barney was unstoppable, taking three straight wins on his way to the overall. Paul Willis took two second places as well as second overall, while Tony Leishman took third in a faster then usual two stroke class. Tony was also victorious once again in the Premier O40 class on his way to another SMC Championship, despite some close racing with Adam Collins who held on to win race one despite the Tony's constant pressure. Third each time went to Fraser Law. The Elite O50 class was dominated by Richard Wright who took three race wins in style. Nigel Miller took his beautiful 500 Honda to second overall from Nicholas Baum and Reg Willis.
Running the Under 40 class with the two stroke class meant another overall for Rob Barney, again from Paul Willis. Harvey South continued to improve on his second visit to the circuit, taking a fine third overall.
Results:
Expert: 1 Rob Barney, 2 Luke Spence, 3 Dale Raynor, 4 Mark Boswell, 5 Alex Meadows, 6 Simon Wyse
Junior A: 1 Matthew Smith, 2 John Barnes, 3 Kyle Creevy, 4 Matthew Ryan, 5 Lindsay Judge, 6 David Flitney
Junior B: 1 Dave Holmes, 2 Aaron Reid, 3 Richard Teager, 4 Matthew Knight, 5 Matthew Mason, 6 Daniel Tyldesley
SMC 2 Stroke: 1 Rob Barney, 2 Paul Willis, 3 Tony Leishman, 4 Martin Streeton, 5 Stephen Wallis, 6 James Lewis
Premier O40: 1 Tony Leishman, 2 Adam Collins, 3 Fraser Law, 4 Darren William, 5 Matthew Mason, 6 Scott Robertson
Elite O50: 1 Richartd Wright, 2 Nigel Miller, 3 Nicholas Baum, 4 Reg Willis, 5 Richard Jochacy, 6 Richard Ford
Under 40: 1 Rob Barney, 2 Paul Willis, 3 Harvey South, 4 Kyle Creevy, 5 Scott Pohlman, 6 Martin Streeton
Workers: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Ashley Batten, 3 James Higgins, 4 Andrew Green, 5 Gerard Scott, 6 Sam Waterman
Expert | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | Expert Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
149 | Rob Barney | 42 | 42 | 45 | 129 | 1 | 2 | Mark Boswell | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
331 | Luke Spence | 45 | 45 | 37 | 127 | 2 | 84 | Adam Collins | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
6 | Dale Raynor | 40 | 37 | 42 | 119 | 3 | |||||||||
2 | Mark Boswell | 37 | 40 | 38 | 115 | 4 | |||||||||
48 | Alex Meadows | 36 | 38 | 40 | 114 | 5 | |||||||||
308 | Simon Wyse | 38 | 36 | 36 | 110 | 6 | |||||||||
84 | Adam Collins | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 | 7 | |||||||||
41 | Tom Harwood | 34 | 34 | 68 | 8 | ||||||||||
Junior A | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | Junior Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
81 | Matthew Smith | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | 231 | Kyle Creevy | 45 | 42 | 87 | 1 | ||||
710 | John Barnes | 42 | 40 | 82 | 2 | 72 | Fraser Law | 32 | 45 | 77 | 2 | ||||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 40 | 38 | 78 | 3 | 83 | Brad Willis | 42 | 33 | 75 | 3 | ||||
405 | Matthew Ryan | 36 | 36 | 72 | 4 | 22 | Tom Thierens | 34 | 40 | 74 | 4 | ||||
174 | Lindsay Judge | 38 | 34 | 72 | 5 | 115 | Aaron Wills | 38 | 35 | 73 | 5 | ||||
371 | David Flitney | 32 | 37 | 69 | 6 | 95 | Mindaugas Skema | 35 | 37 | 72 | 6 | ||||
161 | Harvey South | 34 | 35 | 69 | 7 | 317 | Simon Collins | 36 | 36 | 72 | 7 | ||||
52 | Scott Pohlman | 29 | 33 | 62 | 8 | 151 | Jacob Wills | 33 | 38 | 71 | 8 | ||||
121 | Paul Atkinson | 30 | 32 | 62 | 9 | 23 | Cameron Curtis | 37 | 34 | 71 | 9 | ||||
410 | Sam Harwood | 31 | 29 | 60 | 10 | 16 | Aaron Read | 30 | 32 | 62 | 10 | ||||
761 | Scott Chamberlain | 24 | 30 | 54 | 11 | 93 | Matthew Mason | 31 | 31 | 62 | 11 | ||||
72 | Fraser Law | 11 | 42 | 53 | 12 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 28 | 29 | 57 | 12 | ||||
135 | Darren Williams | 25 | 28 | 53 | 13 | 651 | Ian Thompson | 29 | 28 | 57 | 13 | ||||
59 | Gary Shaw | 28 | 24 | 52 | 14 | 14 | Richard Wright | 40 | 0 | 40 | 14 | ||||
83 | Brad Willis | 37 | 15 | 52 | 15 | ||||||||||
22 | Tom Thierens | 18 | 31 | 49 | 16 | ||||||||||
115 | Aaron Wills | 26 | 23 | 49 | 17 | ||||||||||
95 | Mindaugas Skema | 21 | 26 | 47 | 18 | ||||||||||
317 | Simon Collins | 22 | 25 | 47 | 19 | ||||||||||
151 | Jacob Wills | 16 | 27 | 43 | 20 | ||||||||||
217 | Ehren Wood | 20 | 22 | 42 | 21 | ||||||||||
23 | Cameron Curtis | 23 | 19 | 42 | 22 | ||||||||||
3 | Adam Carter | 19 | 20 | 39 | 23 | ||||||||||
80 | Lewis Carter | 17 | 21 | 38 | 24 | ||||||||||
108 | Billy Fountain | 35 | 0 | 35 | 25 | ||||||||||
14 | Richard Wright | 33 | 0 | 33 | 26 | ||||||||||
69 | Charlie Hucker | 14 | 18 | 32 | 27 | ||||||||||
711 | Ben Symons | 13 | 17 | 30 | 28 | ||||||||||
186 | Stephen Pole | 12 | 16 | 28 | 29 | ||||||||||
25 | Neil Stimson | 27 | 0 | 27 | 30 | ||||||||||
241 | Taylor Bolgiani | 15 | 0 | 15 | 31 | ||||||||||
531 | John Currie | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
102 | Alex Fountain | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
Junior B | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | Clubman Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
133 | Dave Holmes | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | 186 | Stephen Pole | 45 | 45 | 90 | 1 | ||||
16 | Aaron Read | 38 | 42 | 80 | 2 | 15 | Luke Macey | 42 | 40 | 82 | 2 | ||||
44 | Richard Teager | 42 | 37 | 79 | 3 | 276 | Ashley Batten | 37 | 42 | 79 | 3 | ||||
787 | Matthew Knight | 36 | 40 | 76 | 4 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 40 | 37 | 77 | 4 | ||||
93 | Matthew Mason | 40 | 35 | 75 | 5 | 24 | Andrew Green | 35 | 38 | 73 | 5 | ||||
311 | Daniel Tyldesley | 37 | 36 | 73 | 6 | 82 | William Best | 33 | 36 | 69 | 6 | ||||
124 | Nicholas Baum | 34 | 38 | 72 | 7 | 117 | Rob Ashworth | 34 | 35 | 69 | 7 | ||||
171 | Jack Bennett | 32 | 34 | 66 | 8 | 101 | Glenn Warren | 38 | 0 | 38 | 8 | ||||
181 | Scott Allen | 35 | 30 | 65 | 9 | 401 | Louis Knibbs | 36 | 0 | 36 | 9 | ||||
461 | Richard Lowe | 31 | 31 | 62 | 10 | ||||||||||
15 | Luke Macey | 33 | 29 | 62 | 11 | ||||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 26 | 33 | 59 | 12 | ||||||||||
213 | Stephen Wallis | 30 | 23 | 53 | 13 | ||||||||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 20 | 32 | 52 | 14 | ||||||||||
12 | Sam Waterman | 24 | 28 | 52 | 15 | ||||||||||
651 | Ian Thompson | 27 | 25 | 52 | 16 | ||||||||||
144 | Simon Tucker | 23 | 26 | 49 | 17 | ||||||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 29 | 20 | 49 | 18 | ||||||||||
31 | Matthew Cefai | 22 | 24 | 46 | 19 | ||||||||||
140 | Ben Newby | 25 | 21 | 46 | 20 | ||||||||||
112 | Rob Harwood | 16 | 27 | 43 | 21 | ||||||||||
24 | Andrew Green | 18 | 22 | 40 | 22 | ||||||||||
32 | Rudy Bieleveld | 21 | 18 | 39 | 23 | ||||||||||
82 | William Best | 14 | 19 | 33 | 24 | ||||||||||
117 | Rob Ashworth | 15 | 17 | 32 | 25 | ||||||||||
39 | Richard Ford | 13 | 16 | 29 | 26 | ||||||||||
101 | Glenn Warren | 28 | 0 | 28 | 27 | ||||||||||
177 | Joseph Hardwicke | 12 | 14 | 26 | 28 | ||||||||||
401 | Louis Knibbs | 19 | 0 | 19 | 29 | ||||||||||
585 | Alex Simmons | 17 | 0 | 17 | 30 | ||||||||||
131 | Matthew Hughes | 0 | 15 | 15 | 31 | ||||||||||
11 | James Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
54 | Martin Raynor | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
2ST | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | 2 ST Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
149 | Rob Barney | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
931 | Paul Willis | 38 | 42 | 42 | 122 | 2 | 38 | Martin Streeton | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
4 | Tony Leishman | 40 | 38 | 40 | 118 | 3 | 11 | James Lewis | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | ||
38 | Martin Streeton | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 | 4 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 | 4 | ||
213 | Stephen Wallis | 33 | 34 | 36 | 103 | 5 | |||||||||
11 | James Lewis | 33 | 35 | 35 | 103 | 6 | |||||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 31 | 32 | 34 | 97 | 7 | |||||||||
521 | Richard McDermott | 42 | 40 | 82 | 8 | ||||||||||
787 | Matthew Knight | 36 | 37 | 73 | 9 | ||||||||||
80 | Lewis Carter | 36 | 36 | 10 | |||||||||||
3 | Adam Carter | 35 | 35 | 11 | |||||||||||
241 | Taylor Bolgiani | 34 | 34 | 12 | |||||||||||
32 | Rudy Bieleveld | 33 | 33 | 13 | |||||||||||
140 | Ben Newby | 32 | 32 | 14 | |||||||||||
Premier | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | Premier Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 45 | 45 | 132 | 1 | 4 | Tony Leishman | 42 | 45 | 45 | 132 | 1 | ||
84 | Adam Collins | 45 | 42 | 42 | 129 | 2 | 84 | Adam Collins | 45 | 42 | 42 | 129 | 2 | ||
72 | Fraser Law | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | 72 | Fraser Law | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | 3 | ||
135 | Darren William | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 | 4 | 93 | Matthew Mason | 37 | 36 | 37 | 110 | 4 | ||
93 | Matthew Mason | 36 | 35 | 36 | 107 | 5 | 909 | Scott Robertson | 36 | 37 | 36 | 109 | 5 | ||
909 | Scott Robertson | 34 | 36 | 35 | 105 | 6 | 317 | Simon Collins | 35 | 35 | 38 | 108 | 6 | ||
317 | Simon Collins | 33 | 34 | 37 | 104 | 7 | 385 | Danny Boylan | 33 | 34 | 35 | 102 | 7 | ||
461 | Richard Lowe | 35 | 33 | 34 | 102 | 8 | 71 | Richard Diggens | 31 | 33 | 32 | 96 | 8 | ||
385 | Danny Boylan | 30 | 31 | 33 | 94 | 9 | 117 | Rob Ashworth | 32 | 32 | 31 | 95 | 9 | ||
49 | Wayne Parkes | 32 | 30 | 32 | 94 | 10 | 18 | Robert Hollis | 38 | 38 | 76 | 10 | |||
144 | Simon Tucker | 29 | 32 | 30 | 91 | 11 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 34 | 34 | 11 | ||||
71 | Richard Diggens | 27 | 29 | 29 | 85 | 12 | 68 | Brad Parkins | 34 | 34 | 12 | ||||
117 | Rob Ashworth | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | 13 | |||||||||
18 | Robert Hollis | 38 | 38 | 76 | 14 | ||||||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 31 | 31 | 15 | |||||||||||
68 | Brad Parkins | 31 | 31 | 16 | |||||||||||
Elite | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | Elite Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
14 | Richard Wright | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 14 | Richard Wright | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
168 | Nigel Miller | 42 | 40 | 40 | 122 | 2 | 57 | Reg Willis | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
124 | Nicholas Baum | 40 | 38 | 42 | 120 | 3 | 44 | Trevor Roberts | 38 | 40 | 40 | 118 | 3 | ||
57 | Reg Willis | 38 | 37 | 38 | 113 | 4 | 902 | James Higgins | 40 | 38 | 38 | 116 | 4 | ||
19 | Richard Jochacy | 37 | 36 | 37 | 110 | 5 | |||||||||
39 | Richard Ford | 34 | 35 | 36 | 105 | 6 | |||||||||
44 | Trevor Roberts | 35 | 34 | 35 | 104 | 7 | |||||||||
902 | James Higgins | 36 | 31 | 34 | 101 | 8 | |||||||||
54 | Martin Raynor | 33 | 33 | 66 | 9 | ||||||||||
76 | Stephen Morgan | 32 | 32 | 64 | 10 | ||||||||||
158 | Michael Simmons | 42 | 42 | 11 | |||||||||||
Under 40 | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | Under 40 Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
149 | Rob Barney | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | 231 | Kyle Creevy | 45 | 45 | 45 | 135 | 1 | ||
931 | Paul Willis | 40 | 42 | 40 | 122 | 2 | 38 | Martin Streeton | 42 | 42 | 42 | 126 | 2 | ||
161 | Harvey South | 38 | 40 | 36 | 114 | 3 | 95 | Mindaugas Skema | 38 | 40 | 38 | 116 | 3 | ||
231 | Kyle Creevy | 37 | 38 | 33 | 108 | 4 | 15 | Luke Macey | 34 | 37 | 37 | 108 | 4 | ||
52 | Scott Pohlman | 36 | 37 | 35 | 108 | 5 | 11 | James Lewis | 35 | 38 | 35 | 108 | 5 | ||
38 | Martin Streeton | 34 | 34 | 31 | 99 | 6 | 53 | Ian Tindle | 33 | 36 | 34 | 103 | 6 | ||
3 | Adam Carter | 31 | 35 | 26 | 92 | 7 | 115 | Aaron Wills | 40 | 40 | 7 | ||||
95 | Mindaugas Skema | 30 | 33 | 28 | 91 | 8 | 22 | Tom Thierens | 40 | 40 | 8 | ||||
6 | Dale Raynor | 42 | 38 | 80 | 9 | 16 | Aaron Read | 37 | 37 | 9 | |||||
11 | James Lewis | 24 | 29 | 22 | 75 | 10 | 151 | Jacob Wills | 36 | 36 | 10 | ||||
15 | Luke Macey | 23 | 26 | 25 | 74 | 11 | 101 | Glenn Warren | 36 | 36 | 11 | ||||
213 | Stephen Wallis | 22 | 28 | 23 | 73 | 12 | |||||||||
41 | Tom Harwood | 36 | 34 | 70 | 13 | ||||||||||
53 | Ian Tindle | 19 | 25 | 21 | 65 | 14 | |||||||||
787 | Matthew Knight | 32 | 30 | 62 | 15 | ||||||||||
44 | Richard Teager | 26 | 30 | 56 | 16 | ||||||||||
69 | Charlie Hucker | 25 | 27 | 52 | 17 | ||||||||||
32 | Rudy Bieleveld | 21 | 27 | 48 | 18 | ||||||||||
81 | Matthew Smith | 42 | 42 | 19 | |||||||||||
410 | Sam Harwood | 37 | 37 | 20 | |||||||||||
174 | Lindsay Judge | 35 | 35 | 21 | |||||||||||
80 | Lewis Carter | 33 | 33 | 22 | |||||||||||
761 | Scott Chamberlain | 32 | 32 | 23 | |||||||||||
22 | Tom Thierens | 32 | 32 | 24 | |||||||||||
115 | Aaron Wills | 29 | 29 | 25 | |||||||||||
16 | Aaron Read | 29 | 29 | 26 | |||||||||||
101 | Glenn Warren | 28 | 28 | 27 | |||||||||||
241 | Taylor Bolgiani | 27 | 27 | 28 | |||||||||||
151 | Jacob Wills | 24 | 24 | 29 | |||||||||||
Workers | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | Workers Club | r1 | r2 | r3 | total | pos | ||||
72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 45 | 1 | 72 | Fraser Law | 45 | 45 | 1 | ||||||
276 | Ashley Batten | 42 | 42 | 2 | 276 | Ashley Batten | 42 | 42 | 2 | ||||||
902 | James Higgins | 36 | 40 | 3 | 902 | James Higgins | 36 | 40 | 3 | ||||||
24 | Andrew Green | 38 | 38 | 4 | 24 | Andrew Green | 38 | 38 | 4 | ||||||
307 | Gerard Scott | 40 | 37 | 5 | 307 | Gerard Scott | 40 | 37 | 5 | ||||||
12 | Sam Waterman | 37 | 36 | 6 | |||||||||||