2013 SMC Championship Rd 1 at Daventry hosted by NMCC.

Report: Fraser Law

Photos: www.motoxphotos.co.uk

7 days was all it took to transform the popular Daventry circuit from a rain abandoned winter practise session to a full on dry and hard packed summer motocross meeting. With spring finally here it was time to get the South Midland Centre Championships underway, and a larger than average entry enjoyed a bright sunny day. The full gates and enthusiasm of all concerned certainly bode well for what looks like being an epic season.

James Russell returned to the SMC Championship in fine style, taking 3 straight wins in the Expert class. At various times during the day he was challenged hard by Dale Raynor, Michael McClurg and Jordan Wright but held of all advances to win round one. Jordan Wright put on a show for two stroke fans showing amazing speed on his 250 KTM, Michael McClurg was fast all day but suffered a few mishaps along the way and Dale Raynor sadly exited from race three with a suspected broken leg.

In the Junior A class it was all change at the front in both legs. Ben Jeffs came out on top in the points after a first leg third and a win in race two. Jordan Hughes won the first but had to settle for third overall after 5th in race two. Tying on points with him but taking second overall by virtue of the last race position, was Michael Austin with a second and a third.

In the Junior B class final race winner Danny Boylan took the overall by a single point from Marc Wood, despite a sixth in race one. Marc Wood's races were more consistent, improving on a first race fourth by moving up to second in race two. Richard Lowe had to settle for third overall after a bad start in the final race.

The Premier and Elite classes for riders over 40 go from strength to strength in the SMC, with both classes over subscribed at round one. With laptimes at the front matching those of the Junior A class age is clearly no indication of speed. All three wins in the Premier O40 class went to Ryan Griffiths, with Cliff Lester second each time out. Current SMC Premier class champion Tony Leishman came out best in a close battle for third place with Mark Bland. Recently promoted to the Elite O50 class, Richard Wright took full advantage of this to win all three races, ahead of Reg Willis who edged Sam Boak out of second by a single point. Despite finishing second in the two final legs,  Nigel Miller finished lower down the order after a mix up of the race order saw him miss the first encounter.

Jordan Wright carried his pace from the Expert class into the the Under 40 and Two Stroke classes winning races one and three, but issues in race two saw him finish further down the leader board. Some of his fellow Expert riders also decided not to participate in all three legs of the Under 40 class, which left consistent finishing Tom Parkes ideally placed to take the overall win. Enduro supremo Jack Lee finished in seocnd place just a point behind, with Declan Philips on the final step of the podium. In the Two Stroke class Mark Bland managed to turn the tables on his close adversary from the Premier class Tony Leishman. This time it was Mark that finished in front for the win from Tony, with Jack Lee in third. Hayley Rilings took full advantage of the handicapped start in the Workers race to build up an unassailable lead. Despite doing his best to catch her, her sheer pace on the track was too much for Ryan Griffiths who had to settle for second.

 

Results:

Expert: 1 James Russell, 2 Jordan Wright, 3 Michael McClurg, 4 James Barnwell, 5 Paul Edge, 6 Joe Wyse

Junior A: 1 Ben Jeffs, 2 Michael Austin, 3 Jordan Hughes, 4 Darren Flitney, 5 George Fountain, 6 Joe Tobutt

Junior B: 1 Danny Boylan, 2 Marc Wood, 3 Richard Lowe, 4 Sam Harwood, 5 Simon Collins, 6 Kevin Turnbull

Premier O40: 1 Ryan Griffiths, 2 Cliff Lester, 3 Tony Leishman, 4 Mark Bland, 5 Fraser Law, 6 Adam Collins

Elite O50: 1 Richard Wright, 2 Reg Willis, 3 Sam Boak, 4 Andrew Brightman, 5 Robert Mott, 6 Richard Jochacy

Under 40:  1 Tom Parkes, 2 Jack Lee, 3 Declan Philips, 4 Kyle Creevy, 5 Jordan Wright, 6 Mindaugas Skema

2 Stroke: 1 Mark Bland, 2 Tony Leishman, 3 Jack Lee, 4 Ian Tindle, 5 Jordan Wright, 6 Stephen Cole

Workers: 1 Hayley Rilings, 2 Ryan Griffiths, 3 Joe Tobutt, 4 Fraser Law, 5 Gerard Scott, 6 Andrew Green

 

 

Full results- 

Experts Club Experts 
Rider No Rider Name   race 1  race 2 race 3 Overall  Position Rider No Rider Name   race 1  race 2 race 3 Overall  Position
9 James Russell 45 45 45 135 1 9 James Russell 45 45 45 135 1
114 Jordan Wright 40 42 37 119 2 114 Jordan Wright 40 42 40 122 2
7 Michael McClurg 35 37 42 114 3 74 James Barnwell 36 38 42 116 3
74 James Barnwell 34 38 40 112 4 818 Ben Huckerby 35 37 38 110 4
87 Paul Edge 33 36 38 107 5 84 Adam Collins 34 36 37 107 5
10 Joe Wyse 36 35 36 107 6 6 Dale Raynor 42 40 0 82 6
124 Trevor Edwards 29 33 35 97 7 331 Luke Spence 38 0 0 38 7
818 Ben Huckerby 31 32 33 96 8 5 Ryan Griffiths 37 0 0 37 8
31 Stuart Scott 32 31 31 94 9              
410 Thomas Harwood 27 30 34 91 10
84 Adam Collins 28 29 30 87 11
6 Dale Raynor 42 40 0 82 12
331 Luke Spence 38 0 0 38 13
5 Ryan Griffiths 37 0 0 37 14
1 Ricky Lethaby 30 0 0 30 15
             
Junior A  Club Junior 
Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2   Overall Position Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2   Overall Position
12 Ben Jeffs 40 45   85 1 991 Michael Austin 45 42   87 1
991 Michael Austin 42 40   82 2 14 Richard Wright 38 40   78 2
441 Jordan Hughes 45 37   82 3 72 Fraser Law 40 38   78 3
286 Darren Flitney 37 38   75 4 29 Tom Parkes 42 35   77 4
157 George Fountain 38 35   73 5 313 John Gill 30 45   75 5
51 Joe Tobutt 36 36   72 6 157 Mark Richardson 37 36   73 6
108 Billy Fountain 34 34   68 7 231 Kyle Creevy 35 34   69 7
170 Tony Bayliss 31 33   64 8 228 Jack Lee 29 37   66 8
14 Richard Wright 32 32   64 9 55 James Chambers 33 33   66 9
72 Fraser Law 33 31   64 10 83 Brad Willis 34 32   66 10
29 Tom Parkes 35 24   59 11 34 Mindaugas Skema 32 31   63 11
313 John Gill 13 42   55 12 68 Brad Parkins 31 30   61 12
157 Mark Richardson 29 25   54 13 851 Danny Boylan 25 29   54 13
121 Paul Atkinson 26 26   52 14 46 Richard Lowe 27 29   56 14
161 Scott Chamberlain 22 28   50 15 307 Gerard Scott 26 26   52 15
17 Ryan Flack 20 27   47 16 22 Tom Thierens 24 27   51 16
420 Declan Philips 25 21   46 17 23 Cameron Curtis 36     36 17
336 Curtis Wright 21 22   43 18 42 Rupert Fairclough 28     28 18
158 Guy Pickering 24 19   43 19              
231 Kyle Creevy 19 23   42 20
228 Jack Lee 11 30   41 21
61 Connor Dickens 18 20   38 22
55 James Chambers 16 18   34 23
83 Brad Willis 17 17   34 24
34 Mindaugas Skema 15 16   31 25
3 Mike Smith 30     30 26
102 Alex Fountain   29   29 27
68 Brad Parkins 14 15   29 28
99 Stephen Jackson 28     28 29
69 Steven Worts 27     27 30
23 Cameron Curtis 23     23 31
35 Jono Bourn 12     12 32
             
Junior B Club Clubman
Rider No Rider Name   race 1  race 2   Overall Position Rider No Rider Name   race 1  race 2   Overall Position
851 Danny Boylan 36 45   81 1 317 Simon Collins 45 45   90 1
883 Marc Wood 38 42   80 2 x Jamie Nelson 42 40   82 2
46 Richard Lowe 40 37   77 3 273 Thomas Rose 40 37   77 3
133 Sam Harwood 35 40   75 4 82 William Best 37 36   73 4
317 Simon Collins 34 38   72 5 117 Robert Ashworth 36 35   71 5
50 Kevin Turnbull 33 36   69 6 257 Joshua Hartley 29 42   71 6
169 Craig Brooks 32 34   66 7 11 James Lewis 35 34   69 7
307 Gerard Scott 37 29   66 8 100 Hayley Rilings 30 38   68 8
211 Tom Mott 30 35   65 9 242 Andrew Green 38 29   67 9
22 Tom Thierens 31 32   63 10 276 Ashley Batten 32 33   65 10
70 Karl Hurst 29 33   62 11 53 Ian Tindle 33 32   65 11
x Jamie Nelson 27 30   57 12 411 Tom Best 34 31   65 12
293 Luke Boyce 28 25   53 13 661 Lewis Richardson 31 30   61 13
273 Thomas Rose 26 26   52 14 167 Charlie Bain 28     28 14
82 William Best 23 24   47 15              
117 Robert Ashworth 22 23   45 16              
281 Todd Bucknall 45     45 17
11 James Lewis 21 22   43 18
42 Rupert Fairclough 42     42 19
95 Elizabeth Cornell 14 27   41 20
257 Joshua Hartley 9 31   40 21
100 Hayley Rilings 11 28   39 22
242 Andrew Green 24 14   38 23
93 Matthew Mason 25 13   38 24
411 Tom Best 20 17   37 25
276 Ashley Batten 16 20   36 26
53 Ian Tindle 17 19   36 27
60 Helen Morgan 15 21   36 28
136 Richard England 19 12   31 29
437 Ryan Gee 12 18   30 30
661 Lewis Richardson 13 16   29 31
315 Luke Masey 18     18 32
19 Richard Jochacy   15   15 33
186 Steven Pole 10     10 34
167 Charlie Bain 8     8 35
             
             
ClubOver 40's
Over 40's Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall  Position
Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall  Position 5 Ryan Griffiths 45 45 45 135 1
5 Ryan Griffiths 45 45 45 135 1 36 Cliff Lester 42 42 42 126 2
36 Cliff Lester 42 42 42 126 2 4 Tony Leishman 40 38 40 118 3
4 Tony Leishman 40 38 40 118 3 428 Mark Bland 38 40 38 116 4
428 Mark Bland 38 40 38 116 4 72 Fraser Law 37 36 37 110 5
72 Fraser Law 37 36 37 110 5 84 Adam Collins 36 37 36 109 6
84 Adam Collins 36 37 36 109 6 173 Steven Bottoms 35 35 35 105 7
282 Glyn Litchfield 35 33 34 102 7 105 Tony Fricker 34 34 33 101 8
173 Steven Bottoms 34 35 33 102 8 42 Rupert Fairclough 33 33 34 100 9
58 Colin Prince 32 34 35 101 9 67 David Bain 32 32 32 96 10
105 Tony Fricker 33 32 30 95 10 33 Dean Devereux 29 30 29 88 11
42 Rupert Fairclough 31 31 32 94 11 307 Gerard Scott 31 23 31 85 12
67 David Bain 30 30 29 89 12 117 Rob Ashworth 25 27 28 80 13
50 Kevin Turnbull 28 29 31 88 13 909 Scott Robertson 27 26 27 80 14
30 Christopher Gray 25 27 28 80 14 120 Giles Agar 26 25 26 77 15
93 Matthew Mason 26 26 27 79 15 13 Stephen Cole 30 31   61 16
33 Dean Devereux 24 25 24 73 16 100 Hayley Rilings   28 30 58 17
307 Gerard Scott 29 15 26 70 17 234 Graham Walsh   29 25 54 18
117 Rob Ashworth 20 22 23 65 18 242 Andrew Green 28 24   52 19
909 Scott Robertson 22 21 22 65 19 500 John Crolla 24     24 20
120 Giles Agar 21 20 21 62 20
13 Stephen Cole 27 28   55 21
100 Hayley Rilings   23 25 48 22
234 Graham Walsh   24 20 44 23
242 Andrew Green 23 19   42 24
500 John Crolla 19     19 25
Club Over 50's
Over 50's Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall Position
Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall Position 14 Richard Wright 45 45 45 135 1
14 Richard Wright 45 45 45 135 1 57 Reg Willis 42 40 42 124 2
57 Reg Willis 40 38 40 118 2 89 Andrew Brightman 40 42 37 119 3
148 Sam Boak 42 37 38 117 3 44 Trevor Roberts 36 38 36 110 4
89 Andrew Brightman 38 40 33 111 4 156 Pete Chapman 35 37 38 110 5
111 Robert Mott 36 35 37 108 5 45 Roger Knibbs 38 36 35 109 6
19 Richard Jochacy 37 34 36 107 6 54 Martyn Raynor 36 35   71 7
76 Steve Morgan 35 33 35 103 7              
44 Trevor Roberts 32 36 32 100 8              
156 Pete Chapman 31 32 34 97 9
45 Roger Knibbs 34 31 31 96 10
168 Nigel Miller   42 42 84 11
54 Martyn Raynor 33 30   63 12
             
             
Club Under 40's 
Under 40's  Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall  Position
Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall  Position 228 Jack Lee 40 42 40 122 1
29 Tom Parkes 35 40 36 111 1 29 Tom Parkes 38 45 38 121 2
228 Jack Lee 36 37 37 110 2 231 Kyle Creevy 37 38 37 112 3
420 Declan Philips 34 33 34 101 3 34 Mindaugas Skema 33 37 36 106 4
231 Kyle Creevy 33 31 35 99 4 11 James Lewis 32 35 34 101 5
114 Jordan Wright 45   45 90 5 53 Ian Tindle 30 33 33 96 6
34 Mindaugas Skema 27 29 31 87 6 114 Jordan Wright 45   45 90 7
87 Paul Edge 40 45   85 7 55 James Chambers 34 36   70 8
11 James Lewis 26 25 29 80 8 68 Brad Parkins 35 32   67 9
171 Jake Lord 38 42   80 9 661 Lewis Richardson 31 34   65 10
53 Ian Tindle 24 23 28 75 10 818 Ben Huckerby     42 42 11
51 Joe Tobutt   26 40 66 11 331 Luke Spence 42     42 12
158 Guy Pickering 32 34   66 12 313 John Gill   40   40 13
61 Connor Dickens   30 32 62 13 22 Tom Thierens 36     36 14
883 Marc Wood   27 33 60 14 317 Simon Collins     35 35 15
55 James Chambers 28 28   56 15              
68 Brad Parkins 29 22   51 16              
661 Lewis Richardson 25 24   49 17
818 Ben Huckerby     42 42 18
331 Luke Spence 42     42 19
57 George Fountain     38 38 20
35 Jono Bourn   38   38 21
108 Billy Fountain 37     37 22
3 Mike Smith   36   36 23
17 Ryan Flack   35   35 24
313 John Gill   32   32 25
286 Darren Flitney 31     31 26
22 Tom Thierens 30     30 27
317 Simon Collins     30 30 28
315 Luke Macey 23     23 29
             
             
Club 2 Stroke
2 Stroke Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall  Position
Rider No Rider Name  race 1 race 2 race 3 Overall  Position 428 Mark Bland 42 45 40 127 1
428 Mark Bland 42 45 40 127 1 4 Tony Leishman 40 42 42 124 2
4 Tony Leishman 40 42 42 124 2 228 Jack Lee 38 40 38 116 3
228 Jack Lee 38 40 38 116 3 11 James Lewis 35 37 37 109 4
11 James Lewis 34 37 37 108 4 53 Ian Tindle 33 35 36 104 5
53 Ian Tindle 32 35 36 103 5 114 Jordan Wright 45   45 90 6
114 Jordan Wright 45   45 90 6 13 Stephen Cole 36 38   74 7
13 Stephen Cole 35 38   73 7 661 Lewis Richardson 34 36   70 8
661 Lewis Richardson 33 36   69 8 22 Tom Thierens 37     37 9
286 Darren Flitney 37     37 9 38 James Higgins 32     32 10
22 Tom Thierens 36     36 10
315 Luke Macey 31     31 11
38 James Higgins 30     30 12
Workers
Rider No Rider Name   race 1 Overall  Pos.   Club Pos.
100 Hayley Rilings 45 45 1   1
5 Ryan Griffiths 42 42 2   2
51 Joe Tobutt 40 0 3    
72 Fraser Law 38 40 4   3
307 Gerard Scott 37 38 5   4
242 Andrew Green 36 37 6   5
38 James Higgins 35 36 7   6
13 Stephen Cole 34 35 8   7
273 Thomas Rose 33 34 9   8