A Good Friday for Thorpe
By Mike Wood on 13th Apr 07
GREAT racing, great organisation, super weather and a bumper crowd present to witness two former English World Motocross Champions in action - those were the ingredients which made the annual Good Friday Mike Brown Memorial Motocross another roaring success at Rushmead Race Park.
Topping the bill at the Marshfield MXC event was triple World king Dave Thorpe, joined by former World 250cc champion, Neil Hudson. The only disappointment was that the third English motocross legend Graham Noyce was a non-starter. However, the large crowd was still able to witness a Thorpe master-class performance as a mixture of past and present stars, which also included former GP riders Brian Wheeler and Lee King, chased him.
In the three races held which brings together friends and family in memory of Mike Brown, the immaculate Thorpe won the opening two clashes before eventually being defeated by a determined young-gun Tom Brown in the final moto.
MIKE BROWN MEMORIAL MOTOCROSS
Rushmead Race Park (Marshfield MXC (AMCA)
Old Friends: 1 Dave Thorpe (450 Honda), 2 Brian Wheeler (450 Kawasaki), 3 Lee King (250 Kawasaki), 4 Mitch Boyland (250 Kawasaki), 5 Tom Brown (450 Kawasaki).
Expert Open: 1 Arran Poolman (450 Honda), 2 Simon Lane (450 Honda), 3 Eddy Carr (250 Suzuki), 4 Robert Drinkwater (250 Yamaha), 5 Gavin Flagg (450 Yamaha).
Expert 125cc: 1 Lee Dunham (250 Motoextreme Kawasaki), 2 Steven Locke (250 Suzuki), 3 Mitchell Pearce (250 Kawasaki), 4 James Lane (250 Honda), 5 Carl Dezis (250 Honda).
Senior Open: 1 Sam Higgins (250 Yamaha), 2 Luke Tucker, 3 Joe Tucker, 4 Rob Shrapnell (450 Honda), 5 Daniel Meredith (250 Suzuki).
Senior 125cc: 1 Jamie Carroll (250 KTM), 2 Jonathan Dennis, 3 Shayne Headon (125 KTM), 4 Luke May (250 Suzuki), 5 Matthew White (250 Honda).
Junior Open: 1 Andrew Bowles (426 Yamaha), 2 Tom Day (450 KTM), 3 Daniel Gould (450 Honda), 4 James Watson, 5 Henry Messenger (450 Kawasaki).
Junior 125cc Over 18: 1 James White (125 Honda), 2 Daniel Pearce (250 Kawasaki), 3 Jason d'Ovidio (250 Yamaha), 4 Mark Weeks (250 Honda), 5 Jeremy Wilcox (125 Suzuki).
Junior 125cc Under 18: 1 Brendon Rivers (125 Kawasaki), 2 Thomas Fishlock (250 Honda), 3 Mitchell Smith, 4 Jamie Pellow (250 Honda), 5 Jack Rowlinson (85 Honda).
Inter Junior: 1 Harrison Lye (Kawasaki), 2 Matthew Bateman (85 Suzuki), 3 Kieran Banks (Kawasaki), 4 Jake Snook (85 Kawasaki), 5 Thomas Woodward (85 Kawasaki).
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 13, 2007.