Au, Au, Au Aubin’s magic
By TMX Archives on 10th Aug 12
After five rounds of the Red Bull Pro Nationals it couldnt be any tighter at the top of the MX1 standings with Frenchman Nico Aubin and Scot Stephen Sword locked together on 167 points apiece. Tyco Suzuki TAS rider Sword had lead the championship chase from round one but following the weekends round at Canada Heights its Buildbase Hondas Aubin whos taken the overall at the last two rounds - who now holds the series leaders red plate by virtue of more race wins.
In the MX2 class a 2-4 card was good enough for the win for Neville Bradshaw who increased his
championship lead to 29 points from Frenchman Steven Lenoir. Nathan Watson, last year's Rookie champ, continued his progression in the adult ranks with third overall to move into third in the title chase.
As you should all know by now the MX1 and MX2 men race together at the Red Bull Pro Nationals with both classes scored separately and as the combined might of the pro field thundered into the opening left-hander after the long drag up the start straight it was the Tyco Suzukis of Swordy and team-mate Martin Barr at the front.
But the Scot got pushed wide and then stalled his 450, restarting at the back and leaving himself a whole heap of work to do at the start of the opening 25-minute plus two lap moto.
While Barr went on to win the race by six seconds from MVR-D Honda's Jason Dougan who had a great first race back after wrist surgery, Swordy could only recover to 18th at the flag as Aubin came home fourth behind Oakleaf Kawasaki's Alex Snow to close to within three points of the series lead.
First MX2 pilot across the line was Emberson Yamaha's Graeme Irwin in fifth followed by Bradshaw in seventh and Watson eighth.
Race two saw Aubin pull a monster holeshot and from then on the win was in the bag for the Frenchman.
After a race-long chase Swordy came home second over 23 seconds adrift with MVR-D Honda's Gert Krestinov fourth, just behind the first MX2 finisher Steven Lenoir who made up for a first race no-score.
Brian MacKenzie was the next MX2 man in sixth with Matt Moffat bring home his 250cc two-smoker in ninth, one place ahead of Bradshaw who did enough to take the overall by five points.
FOR FULL REPORT AND PICTURES SEE TMX NEWS AUGUST 10
RED BULL PRO NATIONALS
Rd 5 – Canada Heights, Sidcup (Events22)
Pro MX1 Class
1 Nicolas Aubin (Buildbase Honda) 18 + 25 = 43
2 Martin Barr (Tyco Suzuki Suzuki) 25 + 16 = 41
3 Jason Dougan (Route77 MVR-D Honda) 22 + 14 = 36
4 Stephen Sword (Tyco Suzuki Suzuki) 13 + 22 = 35
5 Alex Snow (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 20 + 15 = 35
6 Gert Krestinov (Route77 MVR-DHonda) 14 + 20 = 34
7 Ray Rowson (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 15 + 18 = 33
8 Josh Waterman (Suzuki) 11 + 13 = 24
9 Jack Brunnel (Kawasaki) 12 + 12 = 24
10 Bradley Wheeler (Kawasaki) 10 + 11 = 21
11 Kieran Clarke (Honda) 8 + 10 = 18
12 Dorren Coutts (PAR Honda) 16 + 0 = 16
13 Richard Van Baaren (TM) 9 + 0 = 9
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Aubin 167 points, 2 Sword 167, 3 Barr 156, 4 Krestinov 130, 5 Snow 116, 6 De Reuver 83, 7 Waterman 80, 8 Rowson 73, 9 Jamie Law 59, 10 Coutts 58,...
Pro MX2 Class
1 Neville Bradshaw (Evotech Stevens Honda) 22 + 18 = 40
2 Matthew Moffat (DCC Cars KTM) 15 + 20 = 35
3 Nathan Watson (PAR Red Bull Honda) 20 + 14 = 34
4 Bryan MacKenzie (Rockstar KTM) 10 + 22 = 32
5 Stuart Edmonds (Tyco Suzuki) 16 + 16 = 32
6 Lewis Tombs (Honda) 14 + 15 = 29
7 Jordan Booker (Buildbase Honda) 13 + 13 = 26
8 Graeme Irwin (Emberson RFX Yamaha) 25 + 0 = 25
9 Steven Lenoir (Emberson RFX Yamaha) 0 + 25 = 25
10 Luke Remmer (MX Protech Yamaha) 11 + 12 = 23
11 James Cottrell (DB Racing Honda) 18 + 5 = 23
12 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 9 + 11 = 20
13 Matthew Bayliss (Honda) 12 + 8 = 20
14 Alan Keet (Dyer & Butler Suzuki) 7 + 9 = 16
15 Alex Eriksson (Twisted7 Kawasaki) 8 + 7 = 15
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Bradshaw 168 points, 2 Lenoir 139, 3 Watson 120, 4 Irwin 112, 5 Edmonds 110, 6 Moffat 102, 7 Cottrell 101, 8 Booker 86, 9 Remmer 79, 10 Lewis Tombs 74,...
NEXT ROUND: August 24/25 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Events 22).
BRITISH TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP
Rd 5 – Canada Heights, Sidcup (Events22)
Expert Open Two-stroke Class
1 Matthew Moffat (DCC Cars KTM) 20 + 25 + 25 = 70
2 Josh Waterman (Suzuki) 22 + 22 + 20 = 64
3 Lewis King (Wulfsport TM) 18 + 20 + 22 = 60
4 Carlton Husband (JLP Racing KTM) 25 + 16 + 18 = 59
5 Steve Bixby (KTM) 16 + 18 + 14 = 48
6 Robert Hamilton (G&G Ross Suzuki) 15 + 14 + 15 = 44
7 George Baldwin (???) 14 + 13 + 16 = 43
8 Warren Field (Super MX KTM) 13 + 15 + 13 = 41
9 Ty Kellett (Twisted7 Kawasaki) 11 + 10 + 12 = 33
10 Steve Martin (WE Precision KTM) 10 + 11 + 9 = 30
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Moffat 359 points, 2 King 296, 3 Waterman 273, 4 Husband 269, 5 Hamilton 229, 6 Bixby 219, 7 Field 184, 8 Green 121, 9 Pottenger 118, 10 Thomas 111,...
Junior Open Two-stroke Class
1 Robbie-Joe Waller (Park n Load Suz) 25 + 22 + 25 = 72
2 Adam Harris (Podium Werx Kawasaki) 20 + 25 + 22 = 67
3 Jordan Moyle (Yamaha) 22 + 20 + 20 = 62
4 Ashley Cotterell (KTM) 15 + 18 + 18 = 51
5 Frankie Bennett (KTM) 16 + 16 + 16 = 48
6 Timmy Andrews (Yamaha) 18 + 14 + 15 = 47
7 George Stanley (Suzuki) 10 + 13 + 13 = 36
8 Jason Harris (Euro Car Parts Yamaha) 11 + 9 + 12 = 32
9 Richard Ely (KTM) 12 + 8 + 10 = 30
10 David Finnamore (G&G Ross Yamaha) 14 + 15 + 0 = 29
SERIES STANDINGS after 5 rounds: 1 Waller 361 points, 2 Harris 330, 3 Jordan Moyle 220, 4 Harris 172, 5 Harper 155, 6 Ashley Cotterell 148, 7 Stanley 143, 8 West 133, 9 Bunn 102, 10 Connor 98,
Expert 125cc Two-stroke Class
1 Lewis King (Wulfsport TM) 25 + 25 + 25 = 75
2 Carlton Husband (KTM) 22 + 20 + 22 = 64
3 Michael Eccles (KTM) 20 + 22 + 20 = 62
4 Luke Kennett (Wightlink Yamaha) 16 + 18 + 16 = 50
5 Danny Tollet (NMA KTM) 18 + 14 + 15 = 47
6 Ryan Pottenger (Wulfsport TM) 15 + 12 + 14 = 41
7 Callum Sloman (KTM) 12 + 16 + 12 = 40
8 Elliott Reeves (ST Builders KTM) 13 + 13 + 13 = 39
9 Warren Field (Super MX KTM) 0 + 15 + 18 = 33
10 David Finnamore (Yamaha) 14 + 11 + 0 = 25
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 King 274 points, 2 Husband 265, 3 Eccles 239, 4 Kennett 184, 5 Tollet 184, 6 Field 174, 7 Pottenger 147, 8 Reeves 143, 9 Kirk 105, 10 Eccles 86,...
Junior 125cc Two-stroke Class
1 Ryan Snaith (Underdog KTM) 20 + 22 + 22 = 64
2 Jake Fry (Churchill MX Yamaha) 25 + 18 + 20 = 63
3 Alec Everitt (KTM) 14 + 25 + 11 = 50
4 Callum Cree (CCMX Graphics KTM) 22 + 11 + 15 = 48
5 Steven Robinson (Suzuki) 18 + 12 + 16 = 46
6 Nicki Banks (KTM) 13 + 20 + 13 = 46
7 Jordan Bachelor (Juggins Yamaha) 5 + 13 + 25 = 43
8 Toby Stubberfield (Stubberfield Suzuki) 15 + 8 + 18 = 41
9 Timmy Andrews (Yamaha) 10 + 14 + 14 = 38
10 Callum Wardman (CCS LtdKTM) 6 + 16 + 10 = 32
SERIES STANDINGS after 4 rounds: 1 Snaith 219 points, 2 Everitt 214, 3 Bachelor 204, 4 Cree 202, 5 Banks 149, 6 Wardman 133, 7 Fry 132, 8 Banks 126, 9 Bachelor 109, 10 Parker 73,...
NEXT ROUND: August 24/25 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Events 22).
