Full factory at Fatcat! 2021 Michelin MX Nationals Round 1 – Race Report & Results

The Michelin MX Nationals went full factory at the opening round of their 2021 championship at Fatcat Motoparc last weekend.

Images courtesy of Elliot Spencer – MX Nationals

The sun was out, spectators were allowed and the live streaming was free, but from a rider’s perspective, the track was brutal and took its toll over the four motos for each and every class.

Reigning champion Tommy Searle was an early victim succumbing to an illness that saw him bow out of the event after Saturdays first moto after he gained pole in qualifying and Dylan Walsh would suffer an injured leg as a result of a broken leg following a crash in the first Fastest 40 moto on Sunday.

In a change in format for the series, Saturday saw the Pro classes split into their respective MX1 and MX2 classes, joining the Expert groups.

In Pro MX1 Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha rider Harri Kullas was in unbelievable form firing in with four silky smooth wins. Behind Kullas, Scotmans Shaun Simpson continues to battle his way into form finishing second in each moto. Todd Kellett made his return to the MX Nationals profitable with a trip to the podium in third edging out Liam Knight in fourth.

Conrad Mewse was as expected a class act in MX2 having to do it the hard way and fight through the pack, but on each occasion, he would take the class win, also going close in the final Fastest 40 moto to being the first-ever MX2 rider to win the joint race after a great battle with Kullas. Nestled in behind Mewse was a whole gaggle of riders who on occasions through the weekend showed the speed to make the podium but with a consistent set of motos it was John Adamson who claimed the number two spot with James Carpenter in third after a fantastic second place in the final race.

Great sportsmanship between Conrad Mewse and Harri Kullas

In the Expert MX1 group Scottish racer Ben Edwards rattled off three moto wins before reigning champ Shaun Southgate battled back to take the chequers in their final moto which secured him second overall behind Edwards in a super tough class. Jordan Mccaw had a superb weekend to finish third keeping the fast-starting Josh Taylor who enjoyed mixing it with the Pro’s in fourth.

Bobby Bruce on his ASA United Gas Gas 125 was a sensation in the Expert MX2 going through the card as well as being the first MX2 rider to win the combined Expert race. Tom Murphy made it an ASA United 1-2 by railing is 250f to second while, new Spiral Graphics owner Jake Preston on his Verde Substance KTM was third.

Sean Wainwright feasted on three race victories to bring home the Amateur MX1 win over Moto two winner Scott Hail, who racked up some decent Planet Moto Holidays first lap points with some great starts. John Kirk was just a point shy of Hail and finished third with Callum Gordon in fourth after crashing big in the last race.

In Amateur MX2 Shaun Springer maxed out with four from four returning after a while away from the MX Nationals. David Finnamore was consistent all weekend long and nailed second with another returnee Dan Brough in third. Brough who returned to action in last year’s series after some time out is showing signs that he will be a surefire contender for the title.

It all boiled down to the last moto in the Clubman MX1 between Alex Christopher and Irishman Ivan Kerr. Going into the final moto Kerr had two wins from Christophers one, but Christopher rocketed from the gate and sailed clear, taking the final moto chequers and the overall from Kerr, with Matt Pocock in third and ASA United Gas Gas boss Lee Tolan in fourth.

Another of the Wainwright clan, Ben methodically picked his way through the pack in each moto to land the Clubman MX2 victory ahead of Max Fletcher in second. There was an emotional first race win for Daniel Shutt who hasn’t been racing that long and the points helped him to claim the third and final podium spot. Well done Daniel.

In the Youth 125, Bailey Johnson was solid notching up three moto wins to take the overall, with Ollie Colmer continuing his strong season in second and Jayden Haigh third. Newly elevated Big Wheel 85 champ Charlie Heyman had a big crash on day one and was struggling, but he came back fighting on day two winning the third race and showing he will be one to watch for the title.

Alfie Jones paced it well in the Youth 250’s. The young man mountain is fit and strong and didn’t panic when he got behind and made the final third of each moto his own to pull clear of the field going 1-1-1-1. Jude Morris was lightning-fast from the start and led a good number of laps to finish second overall. Tyler Wescott on a new ride for Planet Moto Gas Gas was solid and consistent like last year and was always there and took third.

Tyla Hooley was mega quick and smooth in the Big Wheel 85’s and after racking up the opening three moto’s wins it didn’t look like anyone could stop him but disaster would strike at the start of the final moto when he crashed out hard. He tried to muscle it out but was in too much pain with what we understand was a broken shoulder. Billy Askew and Ben Mustoe would both ride great, and would take advantage of Hooley’s downfall finishing first and second respectively with Hooley holding onto third.

Cole McCullough was faultless in the Small Wheel 85’s

In the Small Wheel 85’s Cole McCullough annihilated the field, pulling a couple of holeshot over the Big Wheels and giving them something to think about. Reece Jones was a clear second-placed overall with Brandon Buckley third.

The series now moves onto the famous Hawkstone Park in Shropshire on the 19th & 20th June with spectator tickets now on sale via https://www.mxnationals.co.uk/buy-tickets/

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Harri Kullas	100	25	25	25	25
2	Shaun Simpson	88	22	22	22	22
3	Todd Kellett	71	15	16	20	20
4	Liam Knight	67	16	15	18	18
5	Brad Todd	60	14	18	12	16
6	Stuart Edmonds	58	13	14	16	15
7	Dan Thornhill	53	12	13	14	14
8	Gary Gibson	42	9	10	10	13
9	Gavin Stevenson	42	7	12	13	10
10	Jason Meara	41	11	8	11	11
11	Dylan Walsh	40	20	20	–	–
12	Tony Craig	37	6	7	15	9
13	Glenn McCormick	33	10	11	–	12
14	Jake Millward	27	18	9	–	–
15	Tommy Searle	8	8	–	–	–

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Conrad Mewse	100	25	25	25	25
2	John Adamson	75	22	18	15	20
3	James Carpenter	70	16	14	18	22
4	Carlton Husband	66	15	13	20	18
5	Steven Clarke	63	18	20	13	12
6	Ashton Dickinson	61	20	22	9	10
7	Callum Mitchel	57	13	15	16	13
8	Jamie Law	49	10	11	12	16
9	Tom Grimshaw	47	9	9	14	15
10	Nathan Dixon	46	11	10	11	14
11	Brad Anderson	39	12	12	6	9
12	Kyle McNicol	36	7	8	10	11
13	Lewis Hall	33	14	16	3	–
14	Sam Nunn	28	6	7	7	8
15	Florian Miot	22	–	–	22	–
16	Jake Sheridan	21	3	6	5	7
17	Jamie Wainwright	17	5	4	8	–
18	Robert Yates	10	–	–	4	6
19	Matt Burrows	9	4	5	–	–
20	Jay Hague	8	8	–	–	–

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Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Edwards	97	25	25	25	22
2	Shaun Southgate	89	20	22	22	25
3	Jordan Mccaw	80	22	18	20	20
4	Josh Taylor	66	18	16	16	16
5	Richard Bird	62	14	12	18	18
6	John Robson	61	16	20	12	13
7	Charlie Putnam	53	11	14	13	15
8	Joe Clayton	50	7	15	14	14
9	Steve Bixby	49	13	13	11	12
10	Ben Hayward	41	12	9	9	11
11	Aaron Patstone	41	15	11	15	–
12	Bradley Maddever	32	9	5	8	10
13	Jamie Dixon	32	8	8	7	9
14	Junior Thomas	30	10	10	10	–
15	Stephen Mullally	19	6	7	6	–
16	Ross Kersey	17	5	4	–	8
17	Aiden Wigger	10	4	6	–	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bobby Bruce	100	25	25	25	25
2	Tom Murphy	80	22	22	14	22
3	Jake Preston	74	20	12	22	20
4	Ryan Mahwhinney	71	16	20	20	15
5	Cullen Scott	66	18	14	18	16
6	Ben Kennedy	64	13	18	15	18
7	Jack Lindsay	58	14	15	16	13
8	Jack Moore	55	15	16	12	12
9	Ollie Beamish	49	11	13	11	14
10	Gareth Padgett	47	12	11	13	11
11	Kieran Yorke	37	10	9	9	9
12	Ben Clayton	30	–	10	10	10
13	Tomas Hardcastle	16	–	8	8	–

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Sean Wainwright	91	25	16	25	25
2	Scott Hail	87	22	25	20	20
3	John Kirk	86	20	22	22	22
4	Callum Gordon	63	18	20	18	7
5	Stephen Kelly	62	10	18	16	18
6	Brad Thornhill	61	16	14	15	16
7	Joshua McCorkell	54	14	12	14	14
8	Chris Neesam	44	12	8	9	15
9	Tallon Aspden	42	9	11	10	12
10	Paul Atkinson	40	6	10	11	13
11	David Rushton	40	15	13	12	–
12	Justin Robinson	38	–	15	13	10
13	Pete Bulley	36	13	7	5	11
14	Charlie Roper	32	7	9	8	8
15	Joe Roberts	30	8	6	7	9
16	Carl Hayward	28	11	5	6	6

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Shaun Springer	100	25	25	25	25
2	David Finnamore	82	22	20	20	20
3	Dan Brough	76	18	18	22	18
4	Alex Buchanan	68	20	22	4	22
5	Aaron Gardiner	60	13	16	16	15
6	Lewis King-London	57	15	14	15	13
7	Harry Foster	54	16	10	14	14
8	Lewis Taylor	49	–	15	18	16
9	Adam Hayward	48	14	12	13	9
10	Mitch Young	42	8	13	9	12
11	Connor Baldry	42	10	9	12	11
12	Toby Lightbown	41	11	11	11	8
13	Jak Henderson	35	7	8	10	10
14	Elliot Cook	32	12	5	8	7
15	Harry Fletcher	26	9	6	5	6
16	Callum Watson	24	5	7	7	5
17	Charlie Parker	20	6	4	6	4
18	Mike Booth	7	4	3	–	–

Clubman MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alex Christopher	94	25	22	22	25
2	Ivan Kerr	94	22	25	25	22
3	Matthew Pocock	78	20	20	18	20
4	Lee Tolan	66	15	13	20	18
5	Jordan Andrews	60	18	11	15	16
6	Sam Cornwell	55	16	18	6	15
7	Rory Wootton	54	13	12	16	13
8	Ashley Senior	54	14	15	13	12
9	Dean Rodgers	44	12	16	2	14
10	Kyle Bennett	40	7	8	14	11
11	Alistar Stark	35	10	14	11	–
12	Steven Liston	33	5	9	10	9
13	Jack Colley	31	9	–	12	10
14	Tom Brown	23	6	7	7	3
15	Colby Walker	22	3	2	9	8
16	Carl Mcilroy	20	4	5	4	7
17	Charlie Green	19	11	–	8	–
18	Ryan Jones	14	–	6	3	5
19	Lee Sims	12	1	4	1	6
20	Jordan Ambler	10	–	10	–	–
21	Lewis Wigger	9	–	–	5	4
22	Harry McDonald	8	8	–	–	–
23	Scotty Williamson	7	2	3	–	2
24	Alfie Rimell	2	–	1	–	1

Clubman MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Wainwright	93	25	18	25	25
2	Max Fletcher	81	22	22	15	22
3	Daniel Shutt	79	18	25	16	20
4	Mitch Collins	69	16	13	22	18
5	Guy Prince	65	14	20	18	13
6	Keatan Stewart	64	13	15	20	16
7	Elliott Pugh	64	20	16	13	15
8	Michael McAlister	52	12	14	12	14
9	Ricky Roberts	49	15	8	14	12
10	Matthew Fuller	42	9	12	10	11
11	Jamie Mottram	42	11	11	11	9
12	Charlie West	37	10	9	8	10
13	Jake Taylor	26	7	10	9	–
14	James Benson	25	8	6	5	6
15	Jude Gaylard – Hall	20	–	7	6	7
16	Mike Booth	15	–	–	7	8

Youth 250

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alfie Jones	100	25	25	25	25
2	Jude Morris	82	22	22	20	18
3	Tyler Westcott	76	20	18	18	20
4	Ben Clark	66	18	16	16	16
5	Sam Atkinson	64	–	20	22	22
6	Harvey Cashmore	56	15	12	15	14
7	Lewis Glynn	55	16	15	13	11
8	Luca Pegg	53	10	14	14	15
9	Leon William	51	14	13	12	12
10	Corey Collins	46	12	11	10	13
11	Josh Bassett	41	11	10	11	9
12	Jake Barker	40	13	8	9	10
13	Jamie Luffman	31	8	7	8	8
14	Connor Warren	18	9	9	–	–

Youth 125

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bailey Johnson	97	25	25	22	25
2	Ollie Colmer	71	22	20	7	22
3	Jayden Haigh	64	18	16	12	18
4	Leon Ongley	63	15	18	15	15
5	Charlie Heyman	60	4	11	25	20
6	James Barker	60	16	22	14	8
7	Jude Turton	57	14	14	13	16
8	Raife Broadley	56	13	13	16	14
9	Joe Brookes	55	20	15	20	–
10	Liam Bennett	39	11	7	9	12
11	Hudson Roper	37	10	12	2	13
12	Arai Elcock	35	9	9	11	6
13	Charlie Griffiths	33	12	6	4	11
14	Reece Ross	30	7	3	10	10
15	Ashden Barlow	27	8	10	–	9
16	Charlie Palmer	23	5	8	3	7
17	Charlie Reynolds	21	6	4	8	3
18	George Hopkins	18	–	–	18	–
19	Kieran Boughen	15	2	5	6	2
20	Jake Smith	14	3	1	5	5
21	Josh Jones	7	–	2	1	4
22	Ben Putnam	2	1	–	–	1

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Billy Askew	87	20	20	22	25
2	Ben Mustoe	84	22	22	18	22
3	Tyla Hooley	75	25	25	25	–
4	Josh Vail	68	18	16	14	20
5	Ryan Waggott	61	13	14	16	18
6	Harrison Greenough	54	15	8	15	16
7	Ashton Boughen	54	16	18	20	–
8	Max Harris	48	14	10	9	15
9	Kyron Carron	45	7	13	12	13
10	Brett Kelly	44	12	7	11	14
11	Ollie Budd	37	9	15	1	12
12	Charlie Richmond	35	–	12	13	10
13	Oliver Rigby	34	10	9	7	8
14	Will Haddock	32	8	11	2	11
15	Jake Davies	29	11	4	8	6
16	William Murphey	22	6	6	5	5
17	Jack Meara	21	4	–	10	7
18	Carl Harris	16	–	1	6	9
19	Tyler Jones	15	2	5	4	4
20	Issac Ash	12	3	3	3	3
21	Brandon Hedyat	5	5	–	–	–
22	Louis Vincent	2	–	2	–	–
23	Travis Laughton	1	1	–	–	–

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Cole McCullough	100	25	25	25	25
2	Reece Jones	86	22	20	22	22
3	Brandon Buckley	71	18	18	15	20
4	Freddie Gardiner	70	20	22	14	14
5	Chester Hyde	66	16	16	18	16
6	Harlow Green	65	15	15	20	15
7	Drew Stock	57	14	14	11	18
8	Hayden Statt	52	13	10	16	13
9	Alfie Osborn	49	12	13	13	11
10	Zane Stephens	39	8	9	12	10
11	Lewis Spratt	38	10	11	5	12
12	Cailen Jai Griffiths	38	11	8	10	9
13	Zane Sibley-Deakin	36	7	12	9	8
14	Maison Jones	29	9	5	8	7
15	Louis Challenger	22	5	7	4	6
16	Tyler Townsend	21	4	6	6	5
17	Ronan Mallett	17	6	4	7	–