Build'ing a good foundation
By TMX Archives on 22nd Feb 07
THE opening round of the Fast Eddy Racing-organised Putoline XC Championship blasted off to a spectacular start last weekend. Nearly 100 riders in the Pro/ Expert afternoon race and 250 in the Clubman/ Novice/ Veteran morning race saw virtually a full line-up for this high profile series... Maximum Solutions Off-Road Team rider, Paul Edmondson, won the Pro class in style on his standard spec Suzuki RM250, giving Suzuki its first major win for a number of seasons. Edmondson held off LPE Kawasaki's Ryan Voase who rode like a man possessed, and pushed Edmondson hard throughout the race. Tom Sagar battled his way to third, with Shane Carless fourth.
The event, held at Buildwas Leisure Park, near Ironbridge, was originally scheduled to run at nearby Boreton Farm but heavy rain throughout the preceding week meant a last minute switch of venue. The decision was made to change on Wednesday, which left only two days to prepare the course and the Fast Eddy Racing crew dug deep and worked hard, then walked around with fingers crossed throughout the weekend. It worked! They pulled it off in fine style.
Buildwas has seen many Enduro events, but nothing on the scale of the Putoline XC series. Some 330 riders on Sunday and 40-plus on Saturday, made parking very tight.
PUTOLINE X-COUNTRY SERIES
Rd 1 - Buildwas (Fast Eddy Racing)
Pro: 1 Paul Edmondson, 2 Ryan Voase, 3 Tom Sagar, 4 Shane Carless, 5 Mike Kock, 6 Edward Jones, 7 Wayne Smith, 8 Andrew Edwards, 9 Dylan Jones, 10 Rowan Jones.
Expert: 1 Jon Hinam, 2 Robert Reece, 3 Gethin Price, 4 Lincoln Brewster, 5 Shane Lewis, 6 Steve Grimshaw, 7 James Jackman, 8 Derek Bawn, 9 Craig Chamberlain, 10 Mark Roberts.
Super Clubman: 1 Martin Jones, 2 Barry Furber, 3 Craig Reynolds, 4 Sean Tranter, 5 Jim Buchanan, 6 Warren Hazlett, 7 Paul Turner, 8 Dennis Harrison, 9 Rudy Austin, 10 Andrew Fletcher.
Clubman 2T: 1 Simon Douglas, 2 AJ Stead, 3 Mike Evans, 4 Jason Phillips, 5 Chris Pritchett, 6 Anthony Griffith, 7 Doug Hall, 8 Emrys Price, 9 Stephen Hancock, 10 Gavin Richards.
Clubman 4T: 1 Stuart Mowbray, 2 Simon Jones, 3 Dave Livesey, 4 James Harvey, 5 Rich Cookland, 6 Callum Coombs, 7 Chris Nunn, 8 David Lote, 9 Gary Simms, 10 S Keedwell.
Ladies: 1 Kate Harrington.
Novice 2T: 1 Marcus Jones, 2 Alan Mugglestone, 3 John Batchelor, 4 Chris Lloyd, 5 Kev Freeman, 6 Russel Baker, 7 John Holt, 8 Colin Lythe, 9 Andy Knowles, 10 Martin Wray.
Novice 4T: 1 Dean Sandland, 2 Gene Morgan, 3 Justin Evans, 4 Mark Sherry, 5 Richard Rudge, 6 Paul Read, 7 Richard Bates, 8 Mark Beresford, 9 Gavin Faircloth, 10 Colin Bott.
Veteran: 1 Steven Davies, 2 Dave Grimshaw, 3 John Lofthouse, 4 Peter Clark, 5 Dave Salkeld, 6 Peter Benton, 7 Bryan Mundy, 8 Joe Martin, 9 Jason Kendrick-Jones, 10 Andrew Prosser.
Youth 65cc: 1 Jordan Pyne, 2 Dylan Bainton, 3 Aaron Coupland, 4 Ryan Turbill, 5 Jack Edmondson.
Youth 85cc: 1 Ben Howell, 2 Joe Deakin, 3 Jonathon Jones, 4 Alex Morgan, 5 Jim Lycett.
Youth 125cc: 1 Scott Hughes, 2 Scott Clifford, 3 Nathan Holby, 4 Joe Russell, 5 Max Woon.
Youth 150cc: 1 Joe Jones, 2 Liam Garbett, 3 Aaron Paskin, 4 Jay Littler.
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX News, Friday, February 23, 2007