Connor Wakes up a Senior champ
By TMX Archives on 9th Oct 08
THE final round of the Pirelli Best of British Series was run by Severn Vally SSC at its Brookethorpe track. Expectations were high that this would be the climax to a very successful championship.
Timed practice went like clockwork with the Open class starting proceedings. Everyone riding to the limit which resulted in the first three races being re-run due to a series of accidents which cost valuable time and only two blocks of racing were completed on day one.
Despite everyone's best efforts the meeting was cancelled early on Sunday morning following heavy overnight rain and deteriorating weather.
A fine display of silverware was on show in the marquee which were presented by our main sponsor Pirelli together with cash prizes for the Open class riders.
Open class started off proceedngs where we were treated to a fine exhibition of riding by support rider Marc Gunter who led from gate to flag in both motos. Where it mattered in the championship Rob Lewis came home in front of Alan Pearce but was unable to claw back enough points to take the title. Clifton Howell, Jake Grossman and Paul Hussey battling out for third on the day with support rider Dexter Marks in close attendance.
AMX produced the best racing in the series with Dominic Foreman holeshotting race one and Matt Gardiner chasing hard. The pace was so quick that when Dominic crashed out a couple of times he allowed the smooth Matt Gardiner to finish well clear and be remounted to gain second spot.
Still in the hunt for the title Dominic's efforts in race two were unbelieveable and not even Matt could stay on his pace. He closed the gap to four points but the rain spoilt his chances of first position.
Pirelli Best of British Series
Final Positions - BSMA (Severn Valley SSC)
Junior: 1 Jack Wilson 1013, 2 Henry Williams 971, 3 Patrick O'Neill 936, 4 Daniel Wheeler 879, 5 Billy King 829, 6 Jamie Carpenter 822, 7 Mitchell Lewis 765, 8 Henry Ebbutt 719, 9 Callum Ford 697, 10 Michael Ellis 681, 11 Jake Curtis Stevens 672, 12 Danny Vierra 662, 13 Corey Coombes 648, 14 Dafydd Billingham 621, 15 Austen Eary 613.
Small-wheel 85cc: 1 Jordan Godwin 1019, 2 Jay Thomas 942, 3 Charlie Mills 904, 4 Christopher Bayliss 856. 5 Jack Weaver 835, 6 Jack Aldridge 795, 7 Ryan Fellowes 755, 8 Aaron Coupland 725, 9 Jordan Edwards 710, 10 Loui Harris 674, 11 George Hunter 659, 12 Charlie Button 640, 13 Jack Hunt 605, 14 Ben Beadle 573, 15 Danielle Marsh 572.
Big-wheel 85cc: 1 Luke Dean 1017, 2 Matthew Bayliss 981, 3 Josh Brine 963, 4 Jordan Divall 797, 5 Toby Harkness 793, 6 Liam Wright 773, 7 Luke Newman 761, 8 Alex Davies 718, 9 Jim Lycett 714, 10 Ryan Thomas 684, 11 George Stanley 646, 12 Kieron Gregory 641, 13 Lee Truman 599, 14 Jake Lord 574, 15 Jordan Carrier 564.
Senior: 1 Connor Wakely 1035, 2 Oliver Rusby 955, 3 Harry McKenna 912, 4 Alex Hussey 888, 5 Ryan Williams 805, 6 Ryan Pryer 756, 7 Benjamin Butler 731, 8 Scott Bales 698, 9 Ben Pearson 678, 10 Aaron Carmichael 675, 11 Darren Webster 674, 12 Connor Pearce 632, 13 Jordan Moyle 591, 14 Joe Wyse 585, 15 Piers Skinner 561.
AMX: 1 Matt Gardner 1011, 2 Dominic Foreman 1007, 3 James Cole 870, 4 Daniel Smith 856, 5 Richard Williams 839, 6 Darren Banwell 835, 7 Ricky Lethaby 824, 8 Jonathan Pikett 743, 9 Daniel Jagielski 742, 10 Mark Young 719, 11 Luke Heaver 690, 12 Anthony Bennett 634, 13 Scott Hambridge 628, 14 Ian James 576, 15 Robert Gilbert 534.
Open: 1 Alan Pearce 1021, 2 Rob Lewis 985, 3 Anthony James 934, 4 Llifon Howell 862, 5 Jake Grossman 828, 6 Paul Hussey 799, 7 Michael Gardner 785, 8 Neil Walton 647, 9 Seb Osbourne 504, 10 Ross Parry 244, 11 James Barney 166, 12 Tye Barrs 109, 13 Mitchell Bates 74.
FOR FULL REPORT, SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2008
Alan Pearce just did enough in the Open class to take the overall series.