HAWKINS EXTENDS PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AT ROUND 5

In the second moto it was Carless from the off from Mellows, but not the best of starts for Hawkins who was well back. Carless was in overdrive at the front and was soon in to his rhythm and was pulling away all the time. By mid race there was a good tussle going on for 3^rd between Mellows, May and Hawkins who was now in 5^th and it wasn’t long before Hawkins got pass May then Mellows and was now in 2^nd and did close on Carless in the closing stages, but it was too much to ask and Carless took the win.

In the last moto it was Hawkins from the off in this one from Mellows and Carless with Hawkins this time in a hurry at the front and pulled out a fair lead by the end of lap 2. Carless was giving his all to get pass Mellows which went on for several laps with Carless eventually finding a gap on lap 5 but by this time Hawkins had a nine second lead, but this was hauled in by Carless and as they went in to the penultimate lap Carless was challenging, but Hawkins held strong for the remainder of the race to take the win and to increase his Championship lead to 12 points at the halfway stage in the series.   

In the over 35 Championship class there was a few wildcard entries including a welcome return to racing for Chris Brown on board a One Industries Honda who had been out for well over 12 months through injury and he showed that he still had it. Championship leader Mark Wilde on the S J Hodder / D W Racing Suzuki again was in top form and was to increase his Championship lead after yet another hattrick of wins, but had to work hard in the second and third races to get pass Brown and Jamie Deadman.     

In the over 40 Championship class again there were several wildcards and they don’t come much bigger than a past GP rider in the shape of Wayne Butt on a 250f TM who was on home soil who produced an excellent display of riding and took a well deserved hattrick of wins with Championship leader Steve Locke on the S J Hodder Honda taking maximum points as leading registered rider with a hattrick of 2^nd’s, but the best performance of the day came from Mark Roberts on the Alan Roberts Garage Honda who showed his class from yesteryears finishing third in all 3 races.

In the over 50 Championship class the day yet again belonged to Championship leader Keith Hanson on the Hanson’s Garage Honda who even though took a nasty tumble and injured his side in the second race still dominated the proceedings with a hattrick of wins.

In the Tyremarks Junior Championship class there was some of the best racing seen this year with some really fast and exciting racing. It was Welshman 18 year old and Championship leader Jay Thomas on the K J Services KTM who had a blinding start in the opening race and powered away at the front, but was kept in sight by the Team Green Kawasaki UK Rider Todd Kellett who after the opening 4 laps caught Thomas and was challenging desperate to get pass which eventually came on the penultimate lap and was to go on to take the win from older brother Ty Kellett who took 2^nd from Anthony Milliar after a last lap spill from Thomas who eventually finished 4^th. In moto 2 Thomas again had the best start and didn’t waste anytime in getting away and was to lap some 6 seconds quicker than other riders on lap 3. Christian Dicks and Jack Stevens had a good battle mid race for 2^nd and 3^rd after Todd Kellett had gone down and it was Stevens who eventually got pass Dicks to take 2^nd behind Thomas who took a comfortable win. The last race again saw Thomas dominate from the front and was to increase his Championship lead with another win with Ty Kellett taking 2^nd, but there was a good battle for 3^rd between Anthony Milliar and young Josh Gilbert on the Bikesport Honda who gave his all, but in the end it was Milliar who took 3^rd by the closest of margins. 

RESULTS

Phoenix Tools Expert Open Championship Race 1

1^st Luke Hawkins (450f Phoenix Tools Honda) 2^nd Shane Carless (450f Oakleaf Kawasaki) 3^rd John May (450f St Blazey Mx Suzuki) 4^th Luke Mellows (450f Meredith Mx Suzuki) 5^th James Dodd (450f TwonineTwo/Burfield Creative/St Blazey Mx Honda) 6^th Jamie Skuse (450f Mx-Zone Suzuki)

Race 2

1^st Carless 2^nd Hawkins 3^rd May 4^th Mellows 5^th Skuse 6^th Luke Hill (450f Hill Power Racing Honda)

Race 3

1^st Hawkins 2^nd Carless 3^rd Mellows 4^th May 5^th Hill 6^th Dodd

M D Racing Over 35’s Championship Race 1

1^st Mark Wilde (450f S J Hodder/D W Racing Suzuki) 2^nd Rick Hanson (250 Hansons Garage RM Suzuki) 3^rd Gavin Flagg (450f J A S Building Contractors Suzuki) 4^th Jamie Deadman (450f Compressed Air Systems Honda) 5^th Jason Fraser (450f Fraser Racing Honda) 6^th Martyn Tucker (450f SR75 Molson KTM)

Race 2

1^st Wilde 2^nd Deadman 3^rd Flagg 4^th R Hanson 5^th Chris Brown (450f One Industries Honda) 6^th Fraser

Race 3

1^st Wilde 2^nd Brown 3^rd Fraser 4^th Deadman 5^th Flagg 6^th Tucker

M D Racing Over 40’s Championship Race 1

1^st Wayne Butt (250f TM) 2^nd Steve Locke (450f S J Hodder Honda) 3^rd Mark Roberts (450f Alan Roberts Garage Honda) 4^th David Ford (350f Projuice KTM) 5^th Jason Roberts (450f Alan Roberts Garage Honda) 6^th Carl Robinson (250f Honda)

Race 2

1^st Butt 2^nd Locke 3^rd M Roberts 4^th D Ford 5^th Paul Ayres (350f S W Dry Wall Ltd KTM) 6^th J Roberts

Race 3

1^st Butt 2^nd Locke 3^rd M Roberts 4^th Wayne Gill (250f Suzuki) 5^th D Ford 6^th Ayres

M D Racing Over 50’s Championship Race 1

1^st Keith Hanson (450f Hansons Garage Honda) 2^nd Ian Nott (450f S J Hodder/J R Racing Kawasaki) 3^rd Steve Chugg (450f Honda) 4^th Tim Hawkins (450f DirtbikXpress Honda) 5^th Robin Sanders (????)

6^th Nicholas Greeney (????)

Race 2

1^st Hanson 2^nd Nott 3^rd Hawkins 4^th Sanders 5^th Chugg 6^th Grenney

Race 3

1^st Hanson 2^nd Nott 3^rd Hawkins 4^th Chugg 5^th Greeney 6^th Paul Huggett (250f Define lines Husq)

Tyremarks Junior Championship Race 1

1^st Todd Kellett (250 Team Green Kawasaki U K) 2^nd Ty Kellett (450f S J Hodder/Rusty PT Kawasaki) 3^rd Anthony Milliar (450f A T Motocross Honda) 4^th Lewis Barfoot (250 Suzuki) 5^th Jay Thomas (250f K J Services KTM) 6^th Olly Jones (250f KTM)

Race 2

1^st Thomas 2^nd Jack Stevens (????) 3^rd Christian Dicks (450f 1^st Call Travel KTM) 4^th L Barfoot 5^th Josh Gilbert (250f Bikesport Honda) 6^th Jones

Race 3

1^st Thomas 2^nd Ty Kellett 3^rd Milliar 4^th Gilbert 5^th L Barfoot 6^th Dicks

Junior B Race 1

1^st Ali Wood 2^nd Andy Bushin 3^rd Stuart Barfoot 4^th Riley Lowe 5^th Graham Beale 6^th Mark Cornish

Race 2

1^st Wood 2^nd Chris Clapham 3^rd Joel Worthington 4^th S Barfoot 5^th Cornish 6^th Andrew Wren

Race 3

1^st Wren 2^nd Lowe 3^rd S Barfoot 4^th Thomas Parker 5^th Adam Ford 6^th Cole Baker-Edwards

Junior C Race 1

1^st Mark Vowles 2^nd Mark Tillyer 3^rd Buster Bright 4^th Tom Matthews 5^th Lewis Reeves 6^th Barry McConnell

Race 2

1^st Tillyer 2^nd Ben Honour 3^rd Matthews 4^th Caryl Rowlinson 5^th Dan Wood 6^th McConnell

Race 3

1^st Nathan Wells 2^nd Adam Dyer 3^rd Vowles 4^th Tillyer 5^th Kevin Spiller 6^th Mark Baldwin