Return to Racing- Long Buckby 16/08/20

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NMCC made a triumphant return to racing after almost a full year’s absence, caused by last autumn’s terrible weather and then the global pandemic. Utilising all of the latest ACU Covid-19 regulations, the club finally felt in a position to attempt to run racing once again. The new track prep. crew had worked wonders with the circuit, helped by heavy overnight rain which made conditions close to perfect. With signing on and entering all being done on-line in advance the pre-race admin went very quickly and smoothly, and soon practice was underway. As heavy rain was forecast for the afternoon it was vital that racing started on time, but miraculously the sun came out and the rain stayed away until everyone was well on their way home.

 

First away was the Expert Class where Shane Holmes got faster as the track dried. After a third place first time out he soon found his groove and dominated the two remaining legs. Lewis O’Sullivan also favoured the drying track taking second place in the final two races but had to settle for third overall after a lower position in race one. Consistent top three places gave second overall to Ethan Etheridge. In the Junior Class Shaun Robinson took a clean hattrick of wins. Second and third places were traded each time out by Dan Whitehead and Charlie Sellick. Charlie finally finished in front in the last moto, but fast starting Dan had already done enough to secure second overall. The Clubman Class which is meant to be effectively Junior B featured some fast riders on this occasion. David Edge took all three wins to secure the top step of the virtual podium. Jan Howells finished second overall after being runner-up twice. John Flynn stayed inside the top four all day to finish overall in third.

 

In the Premier O40 class the result was never really in doubt. Laurence Wiltshire took all three wins showing incredible speed, and lap times that would have put him top five in the Expert Class. Second place each time out went to John Barnes who was also looking impressive. Stuart McClurg returned to racing with a fine third place overall. The Elite O50 class has now become by far the largest of the age group categories. Chris Koch revelled in the early tricky conditions to make a triumphant return to racing in first overall. Second place overall just went to recently promoted Tony Fricker, by a single point from hard charging Greg Cox. John Smith looked to have the Super O60 class sewn up after winning the first two encounters, before a dnf in the third dropped him down the order. First place overall then went to Ross Dover, with Reg Willis claiming second overall from Stephen Hollins by a single point.

 

Expert winner Shane Holmes also took on the 2 Stroke and U40 combined class taking the overall once again with two wins and a second place. Corey Blackwell finished second overall in the U40 category, while John Holmes was runner up in the 2 stroke classification. Ashely Batten stormed the workers race, doing just enough to stay in front of the rapidly closing Cameron Curtis. Luke Twelvetree finished third ahead of Sam Waterman.

 

Now that the club are confident of running under Covid-19 regulations, we’ll be back with another meeting on September 20th.

 

Expert: 1 Shane Holmes, 2 Ethan Etheridge, 3 Lewis O’Sullivan, 4 Thomas Allsopp, 5 Jacob Russell, 6 Simon Wyse

Junior: 1 Shaun Robinson, 2 Dan Whitehead, 3 Charlie Sellick, 4 James Thompson, 5 Sam Chapman, 6 Josh Young

Clubman: 1 David Edge, 2 Jan Howells, 3 John Flynn, 4 Jason Mills, 5 Michael Owen, 6 Corey Blackwell

Premier O40: 1 Laurence Wiltshire, 2 John Barnes, 3 Stuart McClurg, 4 Bryan Rouse, 5 Scott Robertson, 6 Matthew Mason

Elite O50: 1 Chris Koch, 2 Tony Fricker, 3 Greg Cox, 4 Rupert Fairclough, 5 Fraser Law, 6 Garry West

Super O60: 1 Ross Dover, 2 Reg Willis, 3 Stephen Hollins, 4 Richard Jochacy, 5 Andy Sturt, 6 Peter Chapman

U40: 1 Shane Holmes, 2 Corey Blackwell, 3 Josh Young, 4 Aaron Smith, 5 Jacob Wills, 6 Sean Kettlewell

2 Stroke: 1 Shane Holmes, 2 John Holmes, 3 Josh Young, 4 Josh Ford, 5 Richard Cox, 6 Thomas Elliott

Workers: 1 Ashley Batten, 2 Cameron Curtis, 3 Luke Twelvetree, 4 Sam Waterman

Mylaps results here. 

Expert r1 r2 r3 total pos. Expert club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
Shane Holmes 40 45 45 130 1 Thomas Allsopp 45 45 45 135 1
Ethan Etheridge 42 40 40 122 2 Simon Wyse 42 42 42 126 2
Lewis O'Sullivan 37 42 42 121 3 Joe Wyse 40 40 40 120 3
Thomas Allsopp 38 38 37 113 4 Cameron Curtis 38 38 38 114 4
Jacob Russell 35 37 38 110 5 Tim Soane 37 37 37 111 5
Simon Wyse 36 36 36 108 6
Joe Wyse 34 35 34 103 7
Aiden Maloney 33 34 35 102 8
Tom Harwood 32 33 33 98 9
Cameron Curtis 31 32 32 95 10
Tim Soane 30 31 31 92 11
Gabrielle Hamlet 29 30 59 12
Junior r1 r2 r3 total pos. Junior club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
Shaun Robinson 45 45 45 135 1 c Shaun Robinson 45 45 45 135 1
Dan Whitehead 40 42 40 122 2 Sam Chapman 40 38 42 120 2
Charlie Sellick 38 40 42 120 3 Max Nethaway 35 42 40 117 3
James Thompson 35 38 38 111 4 George Cox 38 37 37 112 4
Sam Chapman 36 35 37 108 5 c Corey Kay 37 36 38 111 5
Josh Young 33 34 35 102 6 Alexander Churchill 36 35 36 107 6
George Cox 34 29 33 96 7 c Ashley Batten 34 33 35 102 7
Brett Wykes 32 32 31 95 8 Jacob Wills 33 34 34 101 8
Max Nethaway 20 37 36 93 9 c Rob Harwood 42 40 82 9
Henry Maynard 30 30 32 92 10
Corey Kay 29 28 34 91 11 c
Edward Pegram 27 31 29 87 12
Stephen Edmunds 31 27 28 86 13
George Robinson 28 26 30 84 14
Aaron Smith 22 33 26 81 15
Alexander Churchill 26 25 27 78 16 c
Rob Harwood 37 36 73 17 c
Lewis Evans 21 24 25 70 18
Ty Atkins 23 23 46 18
Jamie Richmond 42 42 20
Stephen Atkins 25 25 21
Sean Kettlewell 24 24 22
Thomas Elliott 19 19 23
Clubman r1 r2 r3 total pos. Clubman club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
David Edge 45 45 45 135 1 Jason Mills 45 45 45 135 1
Jan Howells 42 42 40 124 2 Corey Blackwell 40 38 42 120 2
John Flynn 38 40 38 116 3 Charlie Allsopp 42 40 37 119 3
Jason Mills 40 38 36 114 4 c Ryan Blackwell 38 37 40 115 4
Michael Owen 31 36 37 104 5 Lee Hayward 37 36 38 111 5
Corey Blackwell 34 34 35 103 6 c Sam Waterman 36 35 36 107 6
Charlie Allsopp 37 37 26 100 7 c Simon Tucker 32 34 35 101 7
Russell Diggin 29 33 33 95 8 Jack Duggins 34 32 34 100 8
Ryan Blackwell 33 29 32 94 9 c Luke Twelvetree 33 33 32 98 9
Lee Hayward 32 28 31 91 10 c Richard Ford 31 31 31 93 10
Ashley Batten 30 26 28 84 11 c Mark Stephens 30 29 33 92 11
Josh Ford 24 24 30 78 12 Richard Jochacy 35 30 65 12
Jamie Epplestone 8 35 34 77 13 t
Callum Busey 27 25 25 77 14
Richard Oatridge 20 22 29 71 15
Jack Leahy 22 31 18 71 16
Kevin Turnbull 18 23 27 68 17
Ben Cannings 36 32 68 18
Sam Waterman 25 20 22 67 19 c
Jacob Wills 28 27 12 67 20 c
Rhys James 35 30 65 21
Jamie Cowell 21 19 24 64 22
Matthew Mason 19 18 23 60 23 c
Simon Tucker 13 17 21 51 24 c
Jack Duggins 16 14 20 50 25
Ben Richley 26 21 47 26
Luke Twelvetree 14 15 17 46 27 c
Sean Kettlewell 42 42 28
Mark Stephens 10 11 19 40 29 c
Richard Ford 11 13 14 38 30 c
Dan Pattison 9 10 15 34 31
Jack Hunton 15 16 31 32
Richard Jochacy 17 12 29 33 c
Sam Appleton 12 16 28 34
Cameron Millward 23 23 35
Neil Varden 22 22 36
O40 r1 r2 r3 total pos. O40 club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
Laurence Wiltshire 45 45 45 135 1 Stuart McClurg 45 45 45 135 1
John Barnes 42 42 42 126 2 Scott Robertson 42 42 42 126 2
Stuart McClurg 40 38 40 118 3 c Matthew Mason 40 40 40 120 3
Bryan Rouse 38 40 38 116 4
Scott Robertson 36 37 36 109 5 c
Matthew Mason 35 36 35 106 6 c
John Holmes 37 37 74 7
Richard Cox 34 34 8
O50 r1 r2 r3 total pos. O50 club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
Chris Koch 42 45 45 132 1 Tony Fricker 45 45 40 130 1
Tony Fricker 40 42 37 119 2 c Fraser Law 42 40 45 127 2
Greg Cox 38 40 40 118 3 Garry West 38 38 42 118 3
Rupert Fairclough 45 36 36 117 4 Richard Ford 37 36 38 111 4
Fraser Law 37 35 42 114 5 c Mark Stephens 36 35 37 108 5
Garry West 34 34 38 106 6 c Simon Tucker 35 37 36 108 6
Andy Duggins 32 33 35 100 7 Steve Bottoms 40 42 82 7
Kevin Franklin 33 29 34 96 8
Kevin Turnbull 30 32 33 95 9
Richard Ford 29 30 32 91 10 c
Simon Tucker 27 31 30 88 11 c
Mark Stephens 28 28 31 87 12 c
Stephen Atkins 36 38 74 13
Steve Bottoms 35 37 72 14 c
Nick Hunton 27 29 56 15
Philip West 31 31 16
O60 r1 r2 r3 total pos. O60 club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
Ross Dover 42 38 45 125 1 Reg Willis 42 42 45 129 1
Reg Willis 38 40 42 120 2 c Stephen Hollins 40 45 42 127 2
Stephen Hollins 37 42 40 119 3 c Richard Jochacy 45 40 38 123 3
Richard Jochacy 40 37 37 114 4 c Andy Sturt 38 37 40 115 4
Andy Sturt 36 35 38 109 5 c Peter Chapman 37 38 37 112 5
Peter Chapman 35 36 36 107 6 c Trevor Roberts 36 36 72 6
John Smith 45 45 90 7
Trevor Roberts 34 35 69 8 c
U40 r1 r2 r3 total pos. U40 club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
Shane Holmes 45 45 45 135 1 Corey Blackwell 40 45 42 127 1
Corey Blackwell 33 37 40 110 2 c Jacob Wills 42 40 82 2
Josh Young 37 42 79 3 Rob Harwood 45 45 3
Aaron Smith 36 40 76 4 Cameron Curtis 45 45 4
Jacob Wills 36 37 73 5 c Max Nethaway 42 42 5
Sean Kettlewell 35 38 73 6 Alexander Churchill 38 38 6
Rob Harwood 42 42 7 c
Cameron Curtis 42 42 8 c
Max Nethaway 40 40 9 c
Joshua Ford 38 38 10
James Thompson 38 38 11
Richard Cox 35 35 12
Sam Appleton 34 34 13
Ty Atkins 34 34 14
Thomas Elliott 33 33 15
Alexander Churchill 32 32 16 c
2St r1 r2 r3 total pos. 2St club r1 r2 r3 total pos.
Shane Holmes 45 45 42 132 1 Alexander Churchill 45 45 1
John Holmes 37 40 45 122 2
Josh Young 40 42 82 3
Joshua Ford 36 40 76 4
Richard Cox 34 38 72 5
Thomas Elliott 35 37 72 6
James Thompson 42 42 7
Alexander Churchill 38 38 8 c
Workers Workers club
Ashley Batten 45 1 Ashley Batten 45 1
Cameron Curtis 42 2 Cameron Curtis 42 2
Luke Twelvetree 40 3 Luke Twelvetree 40 3
Sam Waterman 38 4 Sam Waterman 38 4

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