It was IMBA bag for Scherbinin!
By TMX Archives on 28th May 08
REACHING its milestone 50th anniversary, the Wolverhampton and DAC celebrated this special birthday by hosting the second round of the IMBA European Sidecar-cross championship and opening round of the AMCA solo motocross series at Cleobury Mortimer on Sunday.
REACHING its milestone 50th anniversary, the Wolverhampton and DAC celebrated this special birthday by hosting the second round of the IMBA European Sidecar-cross championship and opening round of the AMCA solo motocross series at Cleobury Mortimer on Sunday.
Renowned for its organisational skills, the Wolves club started the birthday bash with a stunning fireworks display on Saturday evening and had already on site a small trade village and catering facilities to ensure everyone was entertained.
However, the awful wet English weather decided to intervene and become the party pooper, ruining Sunday's proceedings and eventually dictating a premature halt to racing.
In the moto's that were completed, Phil Mercer got his MX2 championship quest off to a flier, earning a brace of victories while reigning MX1 champion, David Campbell, and comeback king, the legendary Gary Davies, shared the MX1 wins.
For the IMBA sidecar lads, just one moto was completed, and Russians Yevgeni Scherbinin/ Sergei Sosnovskikh, representing the Czech Republic, took the win.
In that completed IMBA sidecar race, the line-up featured for the first time, two crews representing the UISP Italian federation.
IMBA EUROPEAN SIDECAR-CROSS CHAMPS
Rd 2 Cleobury Mortimer (Wolverhampton & DAC)
MOTO ONE (& OVERALL): 1 Yevgeni Scherbinin/ Sergei Sosnovskikh (CZ), 2 Simon BRADFORD/ Neil JAMES (GB), 3 Ton van Keulen/ Marcel van Wanrooji (NL), 4 Boudewijn Gommeren/ Jean Pierre Loos (B), 5 Mark BANKS/ Geoff WRIGGLESWORTH (GB), 6 Van Hotte/ Kramer (B), 7 Markus Reipen/ Josy Liebens (D), 8 Luc de Schearmaker/ Levi Vaes (B), 9 Andy GRAHAME/ Neil FRIARY (GB), 10 Gerton Kops/ Thijs van Leuken (NL), 11 Christian Hentrich/ Stefan Effertz (D), 12 Alan PEEVER/ Tony PHILLIPS (GB), 13 Rene Heurkens/ Michel Zwam (NL), 14 Cor de Laat/ Pedro Voets (NL), 15 Petr & Ladislav Vysata (CZ), 16 Gerhard Franke/ Olivier Raskin (D), 17 Norbert Jansen/ Frank Kehlenbach (D), 18 Lambert Kusters/ Wilco Zonnerberg ( (NL), 19 Martin Krieg/ Roland Peterer (CH), 20 William BRADFORD/ Jeffrey JAMES (GB), 21 Marc Bosch/ Bernd Sinnstein (CH), 22 Glen & Graham HOWARD (GB), 23 Cor van Berlo/ Joey van de Venne (NL), 24 Werner Pflugshaupt/ Michel Bruno (CH), 25 Pietro Muriena/ Corrado Poroprato (Italy), 26 Steven FRANCE/ Lee MACHIN (GB), 27 Ron & Stuart FRANCE (GB), 28 Andrea Baron/ Fanelli Giuliano (I).
Opening the AMCA solo championship season, a very focussed Phil Mercer led the first MX2 clash with Jamie Dobson in hot pursuit.
As the moto settled down and Mercer extended his advantage at the front, all eyes were on battles further downfield with Lee Dunham charging particularly hard. From well outside the top ten places he began reeling in the leading pack.
Despite the atrocious conditions, Lee got back to a superb third at the flag behind a stylish and comfortable winner Mercer with Matt Porter in second.
AMCA MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 1 Cleobury Mortimer
MX2 CLASS
MOTO ONE: 1 Phil Mercer (Delkevic Kawasaki), 2 Matt Porter (Select Homes Honda), 3 Lee Dunham (MotoXtreme Kawasaki), 4 Dale Halls (KTM), 5 James Shaw (Delkevic Kawasaki), 6 Aran Agius (Thornbury MX Kawasaki), 7 Jamie Dobson (Honda), 8 Andy Marchant (KTM), 9 Martyn Perkins (Kawasaki), 10 Sean Frayne (Honda), 11 Owen Delaney (T&W Yamaha), 12 Scott Mathia (Wulfsport KTM), 13 Sean Tranter (Yamaha), 14 Lee Payne (Malin Floors Yamaha), 15 Simon Lane (Sutton Honda), 16 Rob Clark (Suzuki), 17 Jack Taylor (KTM), 18 Dean Haughton (Yamaha), 19 Craig Chamberlain (Honda), 20 Darren Dobson (Honda).
MOTO TWO: 1 Mercer, 2 Dunham, 3 Mathia, 4 Taylor, 5 Payne, 6 James Lane (Sutton MX Honda), 7 Porter, 8 Pete Weaver (Honda), 9 Sean Tranter (Yamaha), 10 Michael Reynolds (Yamaha), 11 S Lane, 12 Chamberlain, 13 Shaun Pearce (Honda), 14 Clark, 15 Hookham (Kawasaki), 16 Dobson, 17 Ashley Hudson (Yamaha), 18 Agius, 19 Tom Neesam (Delkevic Kawasaki), 20 Adam Castledine (Suzuki).
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Mercer 50 points, 2 Dunham 42, 3 Porter 36, 4 Mathia 29, 5 Payne 23, 6 Taylor 22, 7 Tranter 20, 8 Dobson 19, 9 Agius 18, 10 Halls 18, 11 S Lane 16, 12 Shaw 16, 13 J Lane 15, 14 Weaver 13, 15 Marchant 13, 16 Clark 12, 17 Perkins 12, 18 Reynolds 11, 19 Chamberlain 11, 20 Frayne 11,...
AMCA MOTOCROSS CHAMPS
Rd 1 Cleobury Mortimer
MX1 CLASS
MOTO ONE: 1 David Campbell (450F Honda), 2 Ben Saunders (450F Delkevic Kawasaki), 3 Gary Davies (450F Cradley Kawasaki), 4 Brad O'Leary (450F AMS KTM), 5 Tom Fish (450F MH International Transport Suzuki) 6 Charlie Hollis (450F Mission Control Honda), 7 Danny Blakeley (250 Silvester Yamaha), 8 Clinton Barrs (450F Fowler KTM), 9 Rick Du-Feu (450F Delkevic Kawasaki), 10 Sean Eckersley (450F Delkevic Kawasaki), 11 Richard Meakin (450F Honda), 12 Aaron Crowder (450F Sandiford Honda), 13 James Russell (450F Kawasaki), 14 Chris Neesam (450F Kawasaki), 15 Shaun Sabin (450F Honda), 16 Ed Reynolds (250 Kawasaki), 17 Stuart Rawlings (250 Honda), 18 Gary Chappell (250 Yamaha), 19 Gary Threadgold (450F Kawasaki), 20 Stephen Tillotson (450F Kawasaki).
MOTO TWO: 1 Davies, 2 Campbell, 3 O'Leary, 4 Du-Feu, 5 Hollis, 6 Saunders, 7 Barrs, 8 Jamie Powell (450F Stevens Yamaha), 9 Fish, 10 Meakin, 11 Tillotson, 12 Eckersley, 13 Blakeley, 14 Russell, 15 Richard Whalley (450F Honda), 16 Paul Coward (450F Honda), 17 Martin Jones (450F Honda), 18 Chapell, 19 Ben Smith (450F Kawasaki), 20 Clinton Thomas (450F Honda).
SERIES STANDINGS: 1 Campbell 47 points, 2 Davies 45, 3 O'Leary 38, 4 Saunders 37, 5 Hollis 31, 6 Du-Feu 30, 7 Fish 28, 8 Barrs 27, 9 Blakeley 22, 10 Meakin 21, 11 Eckersley 20, 12 Russell 15, 13 Powell 13, 14 Tillotson 11, 15 Crowder 9, 16 Neesam 7, 17 Sabin 6, 18 Whalley 6, 19 Chappell 6, 20 Coward 5,...
For full report and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, May 30, 2008
In MX2 class Matt Porter posted a second and seventh to take an impessive third overall.