SMC Round 3 at Silverstone 22/5/11


Report: Fraser Law

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Round three of the 2011 South Midland Centre Championships took place at Silverstone MX Park. Under the ever present shadow of the spectacular new £28 million Wing building, the track contrasted sharply to that of its pristine F1 neighbour. Suffering from weeks of extremely dry weather the conditions were tough for some, and despite a lot of track preparation in the days before the event it was not all of the large entry found it to their taste. Strong gusting winds meant that the circuit's massive jumps needed to be approached with some caution. Despite this the racing was close and fierce, as is the nature of such supercross inspired track designs.

James Russell made a welcome return to the club to take top honours in the Expert class. After winning races one and two, he was able to settle for second in the final battle to secure the overall. Chasing him hard for most of the day Luke Burton finished second overall. Darryl Maxwell found speed at the end of the day as others began to tire and snatched victory in the final encounter and the final step on the podium.

Unusually for the Junior A Group the lap position never changed for the first three riders in either race. Alex Meadows lead from start to finish taking both wins, from consistently runner up Chuck Davies. Chris Bick finished third on each occasion. Behind them things were more characteristically unpredictable with positions changing all the time. Jordan Hughes finished fourth overall eventually, from Jamie Scott and Jonathan Tapp. In the Junior B class the points tally between the first three was extremely close. Overall victory went to Jon Bick, ahead of Sonny Stuart and Jared Quinn.

The Over 40 class had a new winner for once. Fraser Law took start to finish wins in the first two races but settled for second in the final encounter once overall victory was secured. Perennial class winner Tony Leishman had to settle for second overall on this occasion, with Adam Collins finishing consistently third. In the Over 50 class Sean Bennett was unbeatable on his way to a hat-trick of wins. Behind him Nigel Miller and Reg Willis battled for second, with Reg taking the first race runner-up position, but Nigel heading him home on the other two occasions for second overall.

In the Under 40 class wins were reserved exclusively for riders named Jordan. Jordan Wills took wins in the first two legs, but finished second overall after sitting out the final leg. Jordan Hughes got faster all day and clinched the overall victory by winning the last race. George Winn finished third overall, again after opting to miss the final race. The 2 stroke class gave Jonathan Tapp three straight wins. Ross Gray took second in both the first and second legs, but a fifth in the final encounter dropped him to third overall after a points tie with Louis Knibbs. The next round of the SMC takes place on May 29th at Toddington hosted by L&DMCC.

 

Results:

Expert: 1 James Russell, 2 Luke Burton, 3 Darryl Maxwell, 4 David Frankland, 5 James Barnwell, 6 Jared Pickford

Junior A: 1 Alex Meadows, 2 Chuck Davies, 3 Chris Bick, 4 Jordan Hughes, 5 Jamie Scott, 6 Jonathan Tapp

Junior B: 1 Jon Bick, 2 Sonny Stuart, 3 Jared Quinn, 4 Ross Gray, 5 Andrew Modd, 6 Alyn Joyce

Over 40: 1 Fraser Law, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 Adam Collins, 4 Richard Clark, 5 David Bain, 6 Richard Lowe

Over 50: 1 Sean Bennett, 2 Nigel Miller, 3 Reg Willis, 4 Aidan Quinn, 5 Andrew Brightman, 6 Nick Bragg

Under 40: 1 Jordan Hughes, 2 Jordan Wills, 3 George Winn, 4 Gerard Scott, 5 Rob Nicholl, 6 Chris Bick

2 Stroke: 1 Jonathan Tapp, 2 Ross Gray, 3 Louis Knibbs, 4 Darren Flitney, 5 Matthew Knight, 6 James Higgins

 
club  Expert
Experts name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
15 James Russell 20 20 17 57 1 37 David Frankland 17 17 20 54 1
40 Luke Burton 17 17 15 49 2 74 James Barnwell 20 15 17 52 2
600 Darryl Maxwell 15 13 20 48 3 2 Mark Boswell 15 20 0 35 3
37 David Frankland 11 10 11 32 4 6 Dale Raynor 11 10 13 34 4
74 James Barnwell 13 9 9 31 5 38 Martin Streeton 0 11 15 26 5
192 Jared Pickford 9 8 13 30 6 21 Jack Barnwell 13 13 0 26 6
888 Michael Hand 6 11 10 27 7
8 Joe Wyse 8 7 8 23 8
2 Mark Boswell 7 15 0 22 9
6 Dale Raynor 4 4 6 14 10
38 Martin Streeton 0 5 7 12 11
21 Jack Barnwell 5 6 0 11 12
707 Ricky Lethaby 10 0 0 10 13
club  Junior 
Junior A name  race 1 race 2 race3 total pos   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos
148 Alex Meadows 20 20   40 1 182 Chuck Davies 20 20   40 1
182 Chuck Davies 17 17 34 2 31 Jamie Scott 17 17 34 2
26 Chris Bick 15 15 30 3 212 Jonathan Tapp 15 15 30 3
24 Jordan Hughes 13 9 22 4 72 Fraser Law 13 13 26 4
31 Jamie Scott 8 13 21 5 84 Adam Collins 11 11   22 5
212 Jonathan Tapp 7 11 18 6 183 Ross Gray 10 10 20 6
601 Rob Nicholl 5 10 15 7
244 Jamie Trankle 9 6 15 8
855 Lee Powell 6 8 14 9
72 Fraser Law 4 7 11 10
62 George Winn 11 11 11
16 Jordan Wills 10 10 12
219 Jon Clark 2 5 7 13
84 Adam Collins 0 4 4 14
317 Tim Soane 1 3 4 15
17 Harry Turner 3 3 16
371 Mike Soane 0 2 2 17
124 Trevor Edwards 0 1 1 18
30 Tom Parkes 0 0 19
59 Gary Shaw 0 0 19
286 Darren Flitney 0 0 19
255 Robert Powell 0 0 0 19
221 Jeff Fennell 0 0   0 19
club  clubman 
Junior B name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
292 Jon Bick 15 20   35 1 46 Andrew Lowe 11 20   31 1
146 Sonny Stuart 17 15 32 2 307 Gerard Scott 13 17 30 2
360 Jared Quinn 13 17 30 3 75 Dan Holmes 15 15 30 3
183 Ross Gray 8 13 21 4 211 Dan Loveday 20 7 27 4
41 Andrew Modd 9 11 20 5 273 Thomas Rose 10 13 23 5
92 Alun Joyce 20 0 20 6 242 Andrew Green 9 10 19 6
251 Jack Marriott 6 10 16 7 179 Tim Rose 6 11 17 7
177 Dan Merrifield 5 9 14 8 152 Matthew Knight 8 9 17 8
424 Dan Fox 11 0 11 9 241 Christian Livesey 17 0 17 9
134 Ricky Scotney 10 0 10 10 20 Sam Trolley 7 8   15 10
46 Andrew Lowe 0 8 8 11
307 Gerard Scott 1 7 8 12
75 Dan Holmes 2 6 8 13
211 Dan Loveday 7 0 7 14
60 Helen Morgan 0 5 5 15
273 Thomas Rose 0 4 4 16
77 Wayne Parkes 4 0 4 17
179 Tim Rose 0 3 3 18
241 Christian Livesey 3 0 3 19
242 Andrew Green 0 2 2 20
25 Steven Simpson 0 1 1 21
152 Matthew Knight 0 0 0 22
20 Sam Trolley 0 0   0 22
club  O40
O40 name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
72 Fraser Law  20 20 17 57 1 72 Fraser Law  20 20 20 60 1
4 Tony Leishman 17 17 20 54 2 84 Adam Collins 17 17 17 51 2
84 Adam Collins 15 15 15 45 3 67 David Bain 15 15 13 43 3
19 Richard Clark 13 11 13 37 4 46 Richard Lowe 13 13 15 41 4
67 David Bain 11 13 9 33 5 201 Giles Agar 11 10 11 32 5
46 Richard Lowe 9 10 11 30 6 242 Andy Green 10 11 10 31 6
116 John Wills 10 9 10 29 7 27 James Higgins 9 0 9 18 7
117 Rob Ashworth 6 7 7 20 8
108 Steve Kendrew 5 8 8 21 9
201 Giles Agar 8 5 6 19 10
242 Andy Green 3 6 5 14 11
27 James Higgins 4 0 4 8 12
77 Wayne Parks 7 0 0 7 13
club  O50
O50 name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
444 Sean Bennett 20 20 20 60 1 57 Reg Willis 20 20 20 60 1
168 Nigel Miller 15 17 17 49 2 89 Andrew Brightman 15 17 17 49 2
57 Reg Willis 17 15 15 47 3 10 Nick Bragg 17 15 15 47 3
454 Aidan Quinn 13 13 11 37 4 256 Pete Chapman 9 11 13 33 4
89 Andrew Brightman 9 10 13 32 5 222 Martyn Raynor 13 8 10 31 5
10 Nick Bragg 11 11 10 32 6 45 Roger Knibbs 10 9 9 28 6
100 Archie Leishman 10 9 8 27 7 49 Richard Watts 0 13 11 24 7
103 Stephen Hollins 8 8 9 25 8 44 Trevor Roberts 11 10 0 21 8
256 Pete Chapman 3 6 7 16 9
76 Steve Morgan 7 4 4 15 10
49 Richard Watts 0 7 6 13 11
222 Martyn Raynor 6 2 5 13 12
45 Roger Knibbs 4 3 3 10 13
44 Trevor Roberts 5 5 0 10 14
club  U40
U40 name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
24 Jordan Hughes 13 17 20 50 1 307 Gerard Scott 13 17 20 50 1
16 Jordan Wills 20 20 0 40 2 75 Dan Holmes 10 20 17 47 2
62 George Winn 17 9 0 26 3 38 Martin Streeton 20 0 0 20 3
307 Gerard Scott 1 6 17 24 4 424 Ashley Kiely 17 0 0 17 4
601 Rob Nicholl 9 15 0 24 5 20 Sam Trolley 0 15 0 15 5
26 Chris Bick 10 13 0 23 6 55 James Chambers 15 0 0 15 6
75 Dan Holmes 0 7 15 22 7 48 Cameron Curtis 11 0 0 11 7
30 Tom Parkes 6 11 0 17 8
219 Jon Clark 7 10 0 17 9
8 Joe Wyse 15 0 0 15 10
38 Martin Streeton 11 0 0 11 11
142 Jamie Whitehouse 2 8 0 10 12
286 Darren Flitney 8 0 0 8 13
20 Sam Trolley 0 5 0 5 14
292 Jon Bick 5 0 0 5 15
424 Ashley Kiely 4 0 0 4 16
55 James Chambers 3 0 0 3 17
48 Cameron Curtis 0 0 0 0 18
club 2 Stroke
2 Stroke name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.   name  race 1 race 2 race 3 total pos.
212 Jonathan Tapp 20 20 20 60 1 212 Jonathan Tapp 20 20 20 60 1
154 Louis Knibbs 13 13 15 41 2 154 Louis Knibbs 15 15 15 45 2
183 Ross Gray 15 15 11 41 3 183 Ross Gray 17 17 11 45 3
286 Darren Flitney 17 17 0 34 4 152 Matthew Knight 13 9 10 32 4
152 Matthew Knight 10 8 10 28 5 27 James Higgins 11 11 9 31 5
27 James Higgins 9 10 9 28 6 211 Dan Loveday 0 10 17 27 6
211 Dan Loveday 0 9 17 26 7 273 Thomas Rose 0 13 13 26 7
273 Thomas Rose 0 11 13 24 8
121 ? 11 0 0 11 9


 


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