Brad's pioneering win
By Dick Law on 13th Apr 07
BRAD Anderson, on his Pioneer Yamaha, took his first career heat win at round three of the 2007 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship at Lyng, Norfolk, on Sunday and with it the overall victory in the MX1 class from Billy Mackenzie and James Noble, another career first for the popular north east rider.
But for every winner there is a loser, and at Lyng it was series leader and defending MX1 champion, CAS Honda's Ken De Dycker.
The Belgian actually won the opening MX1 moto, but was penalised a minute when his bike failed a post-race noise test and it didn't get much better in the second race as a rock took off his rear brake hose mid-race, forcing an early trip back to the paddock.
In the MX2 class, the on-form Gareth Swanepoel, on his 250F Molson Kawasaki, was the man on a mission as he took two convincing wins, the first double win in the class this season, passing a cautious Tommy Searle for the win in both races.
The sky was blue, the temperature was hot enough for people to walk about in
T-shirts and the hard working people of the organising Norwich Vikings club had given the riders a hard and fast sand track that was well watered and competitive...
BRITISH MX1 MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 3 - Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk
(Norwich Viking MCC)
1 Brad Anderson (450F Pioneer Yamaha) 30 + 27 = 57
2 Billy MacKenzie (450F DeGroot Kawasaki) 25 + 30 = 55
3 James Noble (450F Multitek Honda) 27 + 23 = 50
4 Gordon Crockard (450F PAR Homes Honda) 23 + 25 = 48
5 Jordan Rose (450F Albion KTM UK) 21 + 21 = 42
6 Mark Hucklebridge (Motoxtreme Kawasaki) 17 + 19 = 36
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Billy MacKenzie 159 points, 2 Crockard 153, 3 De Dycker 134, 4 Noble 134, 5 Anderson 126, 6 Eastwood 88
NEXT ROUND: June 3 - Manor Farm, Langrish, near Petersfield, Hants (Langrish MCRC).
BRITISH MX2 MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 3 - Cadders Hill, Lyng, Norfolk
(Norwich Viking MCC)
1 Gareth Swanepoel (250F Molson Kawasaki) 30 + 30 = 60
2 Tommy Searle (250F KTM UK) 27 + 27 = 54
3 Mike Brown (CAS Honda) 23 + 25 = 48
4 Tom Church (250F Molson Kawasaki) 25 + 21 = 46
5 Martin Barr (250F Bike It Yamaha) 21 + 15 = 36
6 Carl Nunn (250F BikeIt Yamaha) 10 + 23 = 33
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Searle 148 points, 2 Swanepoel 139, 3 Mike Brown 136, 4 Simpson 133, 5 Church 120, 6 Hamblin 109
NEXT ROUND: June 3 - Manor Farm, Langrish, near Petersfield, Hants (Langrish MCRC).
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 13, 2007.