SMC Championship Finale Long Buckby 05/10/14 

Report: Fraser Law

Photos: www.motoxphotos.co.uk

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

Mylaps results here.

Full results- 

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