Conrad Mewse King of the Hill – takes points lead from team-mate

By Team TMX on 15th Apr 19

British Motocross Championship Lyng Conrad Mewse Bas Vaessen

Following a busy calendar of grand prix rounds, the Hitachi KTM Fuelled By Milwaukee team of Conrad Mewse and Bas Vaessen headed to Lyng for round two of the Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship, held at the Norfolk Cadders Hill motocross track.

Although joint on points, Vaessen went into the weekend looking to defend his red plate from his team-mate.

Mewse had his own ideas and put on a masterclass for the rest of the field in the first moto. Despite Buildbase Hondas Josh Gilbert taking the holeshot and laying down some impressive times early on, the Shepton Mallet rider found his rhythm and made his way clear of the field to take a convincing win

Under pressure in the second half of the race, Bas Vaessen finished fourth, missing out on the podium to Revo Husqvarna rider Alvin Ostlund.

The second moto of the day kept the local crowd enthralled from gate drop to the chequered flag. Ostlunds team-mate Dylan Walsh took to the front early, acting as the locomotive leading the freight train of Ostlund, Gilbert, Mewse and Vaessen through the opening half of the race.

Despite the rough track surface, Mewse systematically picked off those ahead of him one by one, before passing Walsh for the lead on the back section of the circuit. Aided by the dog fight behind him, #426 managed to pull a slight gap and lead the race to the chequered flag.

Vaessen had a much tougher race, battling it out with the remainder of the train who were never any more than a second apart, finishing on the podium just half a second behind second place Walsh.

Conrad Mewse: "Its certainly not gone my way for the last few weeks, but weve managed to turn a corner and Im extremely happy with how this round went, it was a solid performance in all aspects second in qualifying and then both moto wins!

"The guys were on it today, Josh was incredibly fast, but I managed to find some good lines and find some passing places on a very difficult track. It all came together nicely, managed to get out into the lead in the second race and get away from that five-way boxing match. It was a fantastic day, mentally I felt great!

"Hopefully we can carry this on now to Canada Heights."

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