Hawk Eye View

By Dave Rich on 25th Oct 13

Last Saturday the final round of the Phoenix Tools Premier Motocross Championships took place at Landrake Moto Parc in Cornwall and attracted a full entry with many wildcards including Brad Anderson and Sunny Thompson.

Heavy rain prior to theHeavy rain prior to the meeting made things a bit tacky for practice, but as the day progressed the sun came out and the track was dry.

In the Expert Open Championship class it was Luke Hawkins who came in to the final round with a fair lead, but with double points on offer he could not afford any bad mistakes.

In the opening race Kelvin Townsend had the best start, but he ran a bit wide at the first swooping right hander and through on the inside came Todd Kellett to head the pack.

Brad Anderson was soon up to second and had Hawkins all over him and Hawkins got past a lap later and was now after Kellett.

But the youngster is no chicken on a motocross track and held off Hawkins until lap five when Hawkins left his breaking later down one of the hills and shot through to take the lead.

Anderson was now starting to push and soon passed Kellett. Hawkins gave his all to hold on to the lead until three laps from the end when Anderson got the better traction out of a right-hander and shot through on the inside to take the win.

Hawkins took second to which was enough to be the Champion with Kellett coming home a well-deserved third.

In moto two it was Hawkins from John May and Luke Hill with Anderson in fourth.

Hawkins was absolutely flying at the front and was powering away. Anderson was up into second by the end of the opening lap and was in pursuit of Hawkins.

On lap four Anderson went down hard after his front wheel washed out, however he remounted just ahead of Kellett and May to remain in second, but he had no answer to Hawkins in this one who raced away for the win.

Anderson soldiered on to take second ahead of Kellett.

In the last moto there was no Anderson who had been taken to hospital with a broken bone in the back of his hand and will be in plaster for two months.

It was Hawkins again with the best start from Hill and May and with a clear track in front of him Hawkins soon pulled away.

Hawkins took the win with Kellett second and Brad Cavill coming through to take third.

In the Over 35 class Championship leader Mark Wilde was a doubtful starter after picking up a serious foot injury at the last round, but he was there knowing that if he didn't ride all would be lost.

The opening race saw Jamie Deadman with a blistering start as he eased away at the front from Wilde and Gavin Flagg.

Flagg was all over Wilde for most of the race looking to get through, but Wilde didn't give an inch and held strong to take second behind Deadman who notched up his first race win this year with Flagg finishing third.

In the second moto it was Deadman with the best start from Flagg with Flagg eventually taking the lead on lap three and from there eased away to take the win.

Jason Fraser came on strong towards the end to take second just ahead of Wilde who took third after a mistake from Deadman mid race.

The last moto saw Wilde with the best start from Flagg and again there was a battle from the off between these two with Flagg eventually finding away past Wilde on lap three to take the lead and the win.

Wilde came home in second to take the MD Racing Over 35 Championship. Finishing in third was Fraser.

In the Over 40 class it was Championship leader Steve Locke who dominated the first two races. But the best race was the last one after Locke had dropped it when leading and Justin Hawkins took over.

He was pressured all the time by fellow Cornishman Roberts who was determined to get past which he did after a slight mistake from Hawkins and it was Roberts who went on to take the win from Hawkins with Locke taking a comfortable third and with it became Over 40 Champion.

In the Over 50 class current championship leader Keith Hanson was still suffering with a broken had which was still in plaster, but he was determined to ride.

It was Hanson who had the early lead in the opening race, but was soon overhauled by Ian Nott whotook the win.

However the table was turned in the second moto as Hanson took the win from Nott, just holding off Simon Goodfellow. In the last one there was only one winner from start to finish as Keith Hanson was crowned Over 50 Champion.

In the Junior class it was Jay Thomas who led going into the final round, but he knew that a DNF would cost him the Championship, so the pressure was on.

In the opening race it was Josh Gilbert who had the best start.

Josh Taylor was a man trying to keep pace with Gilbert early on, but Taylor went down on lap three and up in to second came Ty Kellett who had to settle for second behind Gilbert.

In the second moto it was Ryan Williams with the best start from Gilbert, who wasted no time to get to the front and took Williams over the whoops section on the opening lap.

Williams did keep within striking distance of Gilbert for the entire race, but it was Gilbert who took the win with Williams a close second.

In the last race Gilbert led from the off and was soon in cruse mode, Williams was there in second, but a mistake on the opening lap saw him well down and it was Kellett now in second with Thomas right in his wheel marks.

Gilbert went on to make it a hat-trick of wins, but all eyes were on Thomas who finished second and became Tyremarks Junior Champion. meeting made things a bit tacky for practice, but as the day progressed the sun came out and the track was dry.