Aubin blows ’em away at Duns
By Team TMX on 27th Jul 12
With bright sun on Saturday followed by high winds on Sunday, the Red Bull Pro Nationals are still at the mercy of Mother Nature.
But round four of the UK's most exciting MX series still managed to fit in two action-packed days of top-flight racing, as it enjoyed a debut foray into Scotland.
The spectacular Duns Motocross facility in the Scottish Borders was the venue and 3,000 fans were treated to five blocks of racing for the rising stars of the Red Bull Elite Youth Cup, plus two Pro motos, as well as three races each for the Open class and 125cc two-stroke pilots.
Following the disappointment of round three at Canada Heights, when the Sunday programme was washed out, the elements were still throwing their weight around.
This time it was high winds rather than heavy rain causing trouble on the Sunday but the riders just gritted their teeth and got on with the job.
The Pro Show is the big draw, with the MX1 and MX2 riders mixing it up in a pair of full-on races on the Sunday and two riders dominating to take a maximum points haul.
In MX1 feisty Frenchman Nico Aubin did the business both times out, despite a couple of gutsy rides from series leader Stephen Sword.
Swordy, still hurting from a big crash in Ireland last month, rode through the pain barrier to keep DT's main man honest, but his recent lack of laps – plus a fading rear brake second time out – proved pivotal.
"It's been a really good day so I'm pretty happy as from the beginning of the season I've been having trouble finding myself,” admitted Nico. "In the first moto I passed nearly everybody coming right from the back.
"In the second I started from maybe third or fourth, made the pass straight away and put in four fast laps before getting bad arm pump.
"From there I was just cruising, keeping an eye behind me as I didn't want to take any risks and crash, so I'm really pleased.”
With Marc De Reuver – who was second overall going into Duns – crashing out of the opener and a non-starter for race two, Swordy had a great chance to extend his lead in the series.
But his 2-3 card meant he only increased his advantage by a single point to eight, as Aubin advanced to second in the standings.
Full report and pictures and results in TMX, issue dated July 27, 2012
RESULTS RED BULL PRO NATIONALS Rd 4 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns (Events22)
Pro MX1 Class
1 Nicolas Aubin (Buildbase Honda) 25 + 25 = 50 2 Stephen Sword (Tyco Suzuki Suzuki) 22 + 20 = 42 3 Gert Krestinov (Route77 MVR-DHonda) 18 + 22 = 40 4 Martin Barr (Tyco Suzuki Suzuki) 20 + 15 = 35 5 Alex Snow (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 16 + 18 = 34 6 Jamie Law (D3 Racing KTM) 14 + 16 = 30 7 Dorren Coutts (PAR Honda) 15 + 14 = 29 8 Ray Rowson (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 13 + 13 = 26 9 Ashley Wilde (Sandbach SM Kawasaki) 10 + 12 = 22 10 Nathan Parker (KTM) 11 + 11 = 22
Pro MX2 Class
1 Neville Bradshaw (Evotech Stevens Honda) 25 + 25 = 50 2 Matthew Moffat (DCC Cars KTM) 22 + 18 = 40 3 Stuart Edmonds (Tyco Suzuki) 15 + 22 = 37 4 James Cottrell (DB Racing Honda) 18 + 16 = 34 5 Nathan Watson (PAR Red Bull Honda) 16 + 13 = 29 6 Jordan Booker (Buildbase Honda) 13 + 14 = 27 7 Lewis Tombs (Honda) 14 + 12 = 26 8 Connor Walkley (Maxxis Henderson Kaw) 12 + 11 = 23 9 Luke Remmer (Mxprotech Yamaha) 11 + 10 = 21 10 Graeme Irwin (Emberson Yamaha) 0 + 20 = 20 11 Steven Lenoir (Emberson Yamaha) 20 + 0 = 20 12 Lewis Trickett (Twisted7 Kawasaki) 10 + 9 = 19 13 Tom Kelly (Malin Honda) 9 + 8 = 17 14 Luke Hawkins (Apico Suzuki) 0 + 15 = 15 15 Alex Eriksson (Twisted7 Kawasaki) 8 + 7 = 15
RED BULL ELITE YOUTH CUP Rd 4 – Langton Lees Farm, Duns (Events22)
Rookie Class
1 Jake Millward (Oakleaf Kawasaki) 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 + 45 = 225 2 Ben Watson (PAR Red Bull Honda) 42 + 42 + 42 + 42 + 33 = 201 3 Dan Thornhill (Meredith Suzuki) 33 + 39 + 39 + 39 + 42 = 192 4 James Harrison (Lanes Kawasaki) 39 + 24 + 33 + 36 + 39 = 171 5 Jordan Divall (Evo Tech Stevens Honda) 36 + 36 + 22 + 33 + 36 = 163 6 Joe Bamfield (Evo Tech Stevens Honda) 28 + 33 + 30 + 30 + 19 = 140 7 Robert Davidson (ANSA Honda) 20 + 30 + 36 + 19 + 22 = 127 8 Jack Kelly (Malin Honda KTM) 22 + 28 + 28 + 22 + 26 = 126 9 Matthew Callaghan (Preston Docks Honda) 24 + 18 + 24 + 26 + 30 = 122 10 Ben Putnam (SPH GroundworksYamaha) 26 + 22 + 26 + 18 + 16 = 108
Big-wheel 85cc Class
1 Josh Gilbert (Buildbase Albion Honda) 45 + 45 + 26 + 45 + 39 = 200 2 Gradie Featherstone (DFB KTM) 36 + 30 + 39 + 42 + 42 = 189 3 Mitchell Lewis (MXW Racing Honda) 26 + 42 + 42 + 39 + 33 = 182 4 Jordan Eccles (KTM) 42 + 36 + 36 + 30 + 28 = 172 5 Todd Kellett (Twisted7 TG Kawasaki) 13 + 39 + 45 + 26 + 45 = 168 6 Scooter Webster (Vampires Rock KTM) 39 + 33 + 22 + 36 + 30 = 160 7 Will Keogh (Vampires Rock KTM) 28 + 28 + 20 + 28 + 36 = 140 8 Alfie Bowtell (Helipad Co KTM) 30 + 26 + 30 + 24 + 24 = 134 9 Jordan Moxey (KTM) 24 + 24 + 33 + 20 + 22 = 123 10 Will Jeonney (National Minimix KTM) 20 + 18 + 28 + 33 + 19 = 118
Small-wheel 85cc Class
1 Taylor Hammal (KTM) 45 + 45 + 45 + 24 + 42 = 201 2 Marcus Phelps (Intertherm KTM) 39 + 33 + 39 + 45 + 39 = 195 3 Keenan Hird (Motone Craigs KTM) 42 + 42 + 42 + 18 + 45 = 189 4 Dylan Woodcock (Extreme Works TM) 26 + 39 + 36 + 42 + 33 = 176 5 James McFayden (Feehily KTM) 36 + 36 + 33 + 33 + 26 = 164 6 Alexander Brown (KTM) 33 + 28 + 26 + 36 + 36 = 159 7 Dexter Douglas (Sandiford KTM) 28 + 30 + 30 + 39 + 19 = 146 8 George Grigg-Pettitt (Powerband KTM) 30 + 26 + 22 + 26 + 28 = 132 9 Jed Etchells (Hardcore KTM) 24 + 18 + 28 + 28 + 24 = 122 10 Harry Kimber (Twisted7 TG Kawasaki) 18 + 24 + 20 + 22 + 20 = 104 Junior 65cc Class
1 Christopher Mills (Powerland UK KTM) 45 + 42 + 45 + 45 + 45 = 222 2 Tom Grimshaw (Powerband KTM) 42 + 39 + 42 + 42 + 39 = 204 3 Scott Russell (AMI Algas KTM) 39 + 45 + 39 + 30 + 42 = 195 4 Rossi Beard (NMA Bespoke Spas KTM) 36 + 30 + 33 + 33 + 36 = 168 5 Kacey Hird (Motone Craigs KTM) 33 + 33 + 36 + 39 + 22 = 163 6 Callum Gasson (Albion TGKawasaki) 30 + 36 + 17 + 36 + 30 = 149 7 Ben Clark (GMX KTM) 28 + 28 + 30 + 28 + 33 = 147 8 Conor Ford (MXVice KTM) 26 + 22 + 28 + 26 + 26 = 128 9 Ryan Thomson (Drysdale KTM) 22 + 26 + 26 + 22 + 24 = 120 10 Jack Wankling (CA Repairs KTM) 24 + 20 + 22 + 19 + 28 = 113
