It's here in Blax and white
By TMX Archives on 3rd May 07
JORDAN Rose, riding his Albion KTM, took full advantage of Brad Anderson's recurring electrical problems to take the overall victory in the Four-stroke class at round three of the CCM-backed British MMX Championship at the Woodbridge club's Blaxhall circuit, in Suffolk, on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Molson Kawasaki's Ray Rowson continuedhis dominance of the PAR Homes supported Under-21 championship withanother double victory, while a rejuvenated John Mitchell took his ATVWorld Yamaha to two great wins in round two of the British Quadchampionships.
The hard-working members of the Woodbridge clubhad put a lot of work into their sandy track over the winter, reversingthe direction of the track, and it was looking its best with clubmembers working well into the night on Saturday putting down loads ofwater to hold off the dreaded dust.
FOUR-STROKE...
THE fast-starting John May got his Meredith Suzukiinto the first turn in front of Anderson and Rose in the openingFour-stroke heat but by the time they had reached turn three Andersonwas into the lead and Rose was all over the back of May.
By the end of lap three, Anderson and Rose hadalready opened up a sizable lead over the rest of the pack, headed upby PAR Honda's Neville Bradshaw, with May holding off the attentions oflocal rider Sydney Bales, Mark Hucklebridge and another local, AstonBird.
It all went wrong again for Anderson at about thehalfway stage when, with a comfortable lead over Rose, his bike came toa halt and had to be pushed back to the paddock.
A dejected Anderson said after the race; ''It'sthe same problem with the electrics on the bike. We just keep blowingthe stator. We have tried new ones, stronger ones, and old ones offlast year's bikes. We have even had one on a test bed running hot andthey all seem OK till we use them in a race, then they just go. I havea lot of catching up to do now.''
This left Rose way out in front as the impressiveBales passed Bradshaw and May to take second, while behind them 250FSwift Suzuki-mounted Sean Hamblin, out for some extra track time on aGP-off weekend, was cutting his way through the pack on his way to thefront after being out gunned up the strait straight and ending thefirst lap in 19th place.
CCM BRITISH FOUR-STROKE MX CHAMPS
Rd 3 - Blaxhall Pits, near Woodbridge (Woodbridge & DMCC)
1 Jordan Rose (Albion KTM UK) 30 + 27 = 57
2 Sean Hamblin (Swift Suzuki) 25 + 25 = 50
3 Wayne Smith (PAR Homes Honda) 23 + 23 = 46
4 Sydney Bales (Danger UK Honda) 27 + 15 = 42
5 Mark Hucklebridge (Motoxtreme Kawasaki) 19 + 19 = 38
6 Jody Smyth (Wiseco Honda) 17 + 17 = 34
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Smith 148 points, 2Hucklebridge 131, 3 Anderson 120, 4 Jody Smyth 112, 5 Danny Smyth 111,6 Rose 109
NEXT ROUND: May 28 - Asham Woods, Leighton, near Frome (Frome & DUMC&LCC).
UNDER-21...
ELLIOTT Banks-Browne, on his Swift Suzuki, led thefirst Under-21 race into turn one with series later Ray Rowson on hiscase and watching his every move as current champion, Jim Murro, was atthe back after a bad start.
Rowson took the lead on lap three as Banks-Brownecrashed to the back of the pack, while Jamie Law took over second andChris Bastick moved into third.
Luke Remmer, after starting ninth was chargingthrough the field and was up to third, before sliding off and puttinghimself back in ninth again.
So Rowson cruised to a 19 second win over Law,with Alan Keet coming through from 11th on lap one to take a quietthird. Kristian Whatley had made steady progress throughout the race totake fourth with Remmer making his was back to a hard won fifth.
Once again, Banks-Browne got the holeshot in mototwo from Keet, Rowson, Alex Snow and Murro with Law at the back of thepack after having trouble at the start.
Banks-Browne crashed again on lap eight and went back to the paddock which handed the lead to Rowson.
PAR HOMES BRITISH UNDER-21 MX CHAMPS
Rd 3 - Blaxhall Pits, near Woodbridge (Woodbridge & DMCC)
1 Ray Rowson (Molson Kawasaki) 30 + 30 = 60
2 Jamie Law (Relentless Suzuki) 27 + 25 = 52
3 Alan Keet (JMX KTM) 25 + 21 = 46
4 Jim Murro (KTM) 15 + 27 = 42
5 Priit Ratsep (Moggstar KTM) 11 + 23 = 34
6 Ashley Greedy (PAR Homes Honda) 17 + 17 = 34
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Rowson177 points, 2 Law 159, 3 Whatley 112, 4 Keet 103, 5 Murro 98, 6 Greedy89, 7 Priit Ratsep 85, 8 Preston 73, 9 Bastick 70, 10
NEXT ROUND: May 28 - Asham Woods, Leighton, near Frome (Frome & DUMC&LCC).
QUAD...
REIGNING champ John Mitchell got the holeshot atthe start of the first quad heat with Paul Winrow on his Lonestar Hondasecond, but as the field came round to complete the first lap, Winrowhad a very determined Jason Macbeth on his tail, pushing him hard.
By the halfway stage, Macbeth had passed Winrowand set off after Mitchell, while series leader, Joe Maessen, on hisMercuria Yamaha, headed up the rest of the pack, chased by RichardToye, Willie Waggott and Richard Tordoff.
For the rest of the race the leaders spread outwith Mitchell taking the chequered flag almost 13 seconds clear ofMacbeth and Winrow as Maessen, Waggott, Toye and Tordoff filled thenext four places.
Again Mitchell got the holeshot at the start ofrace two with Macbeth and Maessen in his wheel tracks, but after thedust had settled Chris North was seen trapped under his up-turnedmachine in the middle of the start straight, and Lindsey Duke waspinned against the fence halfway along the top straight. Both ridersgot up unaided, but retired back to the paddock.
CCM BRITISH QUAD-CROSS CHAMPS
Rd 2 - Blaxhall Circuit, near Woodbridge (Woodbridge & DMCC)
1 John Mitchell (ATV World Yamaha) 25 + 25 = 50
2 Jason Macbeth (Fourtech Honda) 22 + 22 = 44
3 Joe Maessen (Mercuria GYTR Yamaha) 18 + 20 = 38
4 William Waggott (KIK Honda) 16 + 18 = 34
5 Paul Winrow (Interlock Lonestar Honda) 20 + 14 = 34
6 Justin Reid (F&F GYTR Yamaha) 13 + 16 = 29
SERIES STANDINGS after 2 (of 9) rounds: 1 Maessen85 points, 2 Macbeth 82, 3 Waggott 68, 4 Mitchell 61, 5 Reid 60, 6Winrow 53, 7 Duke 52, 8 Tordoff 49, 9 Toye 47, 10 North 36, 11
NEXT ROUND: May 28 - Asham Woods, Leighton (Frome & DUMC&LCC).
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, May 4, 2007.