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Kellett kills it at Hawkstone! 2021 Michelin MX Nationals Round 2 – Report and Results

Hawkstone Park in Shropshire was the host venue for the second round of the 2021 Michelin MX Nationals at the weekend and as always the historic track served up some great racing throughout the classes.

Images courtesy of Elliot Spencer – MX Nationals

With the unfortunate date clash situation meaning some racers were missing on Saturday, some new heroes emerged which has seen the championship standings blown wide open in a few classes meaning that everyone will need to bring their A game to the remaining rounds.

Fresh back from injury Martin Barr was lightning-fast from the trap in Saturdays mixed Pro/Expert MX1 moto’s and he couldn’t be caught going 1-1 with veteran Tony Craig second in moto one ahead of Gav Stevenson and Todd Kellett.  Kellett would finish second in Saturdays second moto ahead of Craig and Stevenson but it was Sunday when Kellett really came to life on his Yamaha France Machine, upping his game to beat big guns Shaun Simpson, Harri Kullas, Tommy Searle and Barr in moto one.

Simpson showed his sand prowess in moto two and kept the chasing Kullas at bay with Searle third, Kellet fourth and Jake Millward fifth.

When the points were totalled though it was Kellett who took the overall from Barr and Stevenson with Kellett now leading the Championship with a 12 point advantage over Kullas.

The Pro MX2 class was down to three racers on Saturday and of the three Nathan Dixon had the speed and churned out two race wins from Jamie Wainwright and Carlton Husband who was nursing a nasty shoulder injury.

The racing moved up a notch on Sunday with some great action in MX2 which saw Jamie Carpenter claim his first-ever Pro motocross race victory after fending off the advances of the hard-charging Lewis Hall who finished second. Veteran Jamie Law would finish third with Tom Grimshaw fourth and Brad Anderson fifth.

In an eventful moto two it was Hall who pulled clear early on in the moto with Carpenter pinned to the back, but a mechanical failure for Hall saw the evergreen Anderson claim the moto victory ahead of Carpenter, Law, Grimshaw and John Adamson.

The weekend podium though saw Dixon on the top step over Wainwright and Husband with the latter now topping the standings from Dixon and Carpenter.

Ben Edwards was the master of the Expert MX1’s racking up four moto wins methodically make his way to the front in each race for a well deserved overall victory to back up his round one success.  George Sim-Mutch was the most consistent of the next batch of racers and attacked the track all weekend long earning second on the box with Richard Bird third.

Team Green Kawasaki’s Cullen Scott came of age in the Expert MX2 category going through the card to make it a memorable weekend for the young racer who now tops the championship by 12 points over Jake Preston. Talking of Preston he would end the weekend with second while Ollie Beamish was third. ASA United Gas Gas’s Tom Murphy looked a solid podium contender but a fall and a DNF in the first moto on Sunday pinned him down to fourth.

The racing in the Amateur classes is always eventful and you cannot keep your eyes off it for a second. Sean Wainwright continued his form from Fatcat, taking the chequers three times to steal the honours ahead of John Kirk who got his head down in the final race to win the last moto. The third and final podium spot could have gone to any number of contenders but it was David Rushton who had the strongest set of point-scoring rides and deserved his place on the box.

Dan Brough’s return to the series has been a fruitful one and he maxed out in Amateur MX2, keeping round 1 winner Sean Springer behind him with Charlie Hamlet third. Springer still tops the championship standings but he only has a slender 8 point lead over Brough so round three will be interesting between these two.

The Alex Christopher/Ivan Kerr battled raged on in Clubman MX1 with Charlie Green also throwing himself in the mix but with two moto wins to the others one apiece it was Christopher who would grab the overall from Kerr and Green, with Christopher now seven points up on Kerr in the standings.

Elliot Pugh and Guy Prince went head to head for Clubman MX2 glory with Pugh the king of Saturday with both victories with Prince hammering home the same feat on Sunday with a pair of wins. At the end of the weekend though Pugh would be on top followed by Prince and Jamie Mottram with round one winner Ben Wainwright in fourth.  It’s as tight as you can get it in the standings now with Pugh and Wainwright tied in the lead on 158 points with Prince just one point further back on 157. Roll on round three.

In the MXY2 125’s 2020 Big Wheel 85 champ Charlie Heyman reeled off two victories on Saturday while Bailey Johnson bared his teeth on Sunday taking the chequers in both moto’s. With a solid weekend though it was Heyman who stole the glory ahead of Raife Broadley and George Hopkins, with Heyman now leading the championship charge but with just a 7 point lead over Johnson.

Round 1’s top two MXY2 250′ riders Alfie Jones and Jude Morris were absent on Saturday which paved the way for Ben Clark to up his game and notch up two wins. The aforementioned Jones and Morris shared the race spoils on Sunday, but when it came to the podium Clark would stand on the top step flanked by Luca Pegg in second and Lewis Glynn third.  At the head of the championship chase, Clark is in pole position with Jones seven points further back.

On Saturday Josh Vail and Harrison Greenough went at it for Big Wheel 85 glory with a win each but a big crash on Sunday for Greenough classed him out of contention for the weekend overall that went the way of Vail. The big guns of Wal Beaney, Billy Askew and Tyla Hooley showed up on Sunday and would finish in that order in both moto’s. On the box though Vail was joined by Jack Fletcher and Lennox Dickinson who both had great weekends. Vail now controls the series being five points ahead of Askew.

Chester Hyde came to the podium party armed with a double dose of Saturday moto wins and two solid race results on Sunday to claim a notable victory for the youngster. Hyde was joined on the box by Hayden Statt and Lewis Spratt who kept Sunday chargers Cole McCullough, Drew Stock and Freddie Gardiner off of the podium. McCullough, who took the chequers in both Sunday moto’s sits at the top of the table after two rounds, 8 clear of Hyde.

Results

Pro MX1

 

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Todd Kellett 83 18 22 25 18
2 Martin Barr 80 25 25 16 14
3 Gavin Stevenson 59 20 18 8 13
4 Tony Craig 58 22 20 9 7
5 Gary Gibson 48 15 16 7 10
6 Shaun Simpson 47 22 25
7 Harri Kullas 42 20 22
8 Jason Meara 42 16 15 5 6
9 Tommy Searle 38 18 20
10 Jake Millward 31 15 16
11 Josh Gilbert 29 14 15
12 Liam Knight 24 12 12
13 Glenn McCormick 24 13 11
14 Stuart Edmonds 20 11 9
15 Dan Thornhill 14 6 8
16 Brad Todd 10 10

 

Pro MX2 

 

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Nathan Dixon 76 25 25 14 12
2 Jamie Wainwright 68 22 22 10 14
3 Carlton Husband 59 20 20 9 10
4 James Carpenter 47 25 22
5 Brad Anderson 41 16 25
6 Jamie Law 40 20 20
7 Tom Grimshaw 36 18 18
8 Lewis Hall 30 22 8
9 John Adamson 28 12 16
10 Callum Mitchel 26 15 11
11 Kyle McNicol 24 11 13
12 Florian Miot 22 13 9
13 Sam Nunn 15 15

 

Expert MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Ben Edwards 100 25 25 25 25
2 George Sim-mutch 79 22 13 22 22
3 Richard Bird 74 18 20 18 18
4 Charlie Putnam 71 14 22 15 20
5 Shaun Southgate 68 20 16 16 16
6 Aaron Patstone 62 16 18 13 15
7 Joe Clayton 61 13 14 20 14
8 Josh Taylor 47 11 15 11 10
9 Harry Bradley 44 12 12 8 12
10 Jay McCrum 39 10 8 10 11
11 Jordan Mccaw 38 15 7 12 4
12 Simon Booth 35 9 11 6 9
13 John Robson 27 14 13
14 Rob Cross 27 8 10 9
15 Ben Hayward 20 7 1 7 5
16 Junior Thomas 18 5 9 4
17 Matt Lomas 17 6 6 5
18 Jamie Dixon 16 2 3 3 8
19 Bradley Maddever 16 3 4 2 7
20 Stephen Mullally 15 4 5 6
21 Aiden Wigger 4 1 2 1

Expert MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Cullen Scott 100 25 25 25 25
2 Jake Preston 80 22 22 16 20
3 Ollie Beamish 73 15 16 20 22
4 Tom Murphy 54 20 18 16
5 Jack Moore 53 13 14 14 12
6 Ben Clayton 52 11 15 13 13
7 Kieran Yorke 43 14 15 14
8 Louie Kessell 40 22 18
9 Rob Hollyoake 36 16 20
10 Ben Kennedy 33 18 15
11 Harry Barker 25 12 13
12 Ryan Mawhinney 18 18

Amateur MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Sean Wainwright 97 25 25 25 22
2 John Kirk 89 22 20 22 25
3 David Rushton 63 15 18 16 14
4 Paul Atkinson 61 12 15 18 16
5 Brad Thornhill 60 20 6 14 20
6 Joshua McCorkell 55 13 11 13 18
7 Joe Roberts 52 10 22 9 11
8 Luke Oldfield 51 11 13 12 15
9 Callum Gordon 50 16 10 11 13
10 Tallon Aspden 44 6 16 10 12
11 Carl Hayward 43 8 12 15 8
12 Scott Hail 38 18 20
13 Daniel Townsend 29 5 8 7 9
14 Adam Hayward 28 3 7 8 10
15 Charlie Roper 25 7 5 6 7
16 Christ Neesam 23 9 14
17 Pete Bulley 19 4 9 6
18 Les Mitchell 16 2 4 5 5
19 Stephen Kelly 14 14
20 Grant Turtley 1 1

Amateur MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Dan Brough 100 25 25 25 25
2 Shaun Springer 84 22 22 18 22
3 Charlie Hamlet 75 15 18 22 20
4 Harry Foster 67 14 15 20 18
5 Aaron Gardiner 63 16 20 15 12
6 Alfie Calvert 54 13 14 16 11
7 Lewis Taylor 50 20 4 13 13
8 Harry Fletcher 45 4 16 10 15
9 Lewis King-London 43 13 14 16
10 Ben White 38 6 7 11 14
11 Toby Lightbown 34 12 10 3 9
12 Arnis Paberz 33 10 9 8 6
13 Connor Baldry 33 11 11 6 5
14 Matt Hockenhull 33 9 12 12
15 Jak Henderson 30 7 6 7 10
16 Elliot Cook 27 8 8 4 7
17 Callum Watson 23 5 5 5 8
18 David Finnamore 21 18 3
19 Harry Barker 9 9
20 Alex Buchanan 3 3

Clubman MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Alex Christopher 92 25 22 20 25
2 Ivan Kerr 85 20 25 18 22
3 Charlie Green 83 22 18 25 18
4 Matthew Pocock 77 15 20 22 20
5 Jordan Andrews 62 18 16 14 14
6 Lee Tolan 56 16 15 9 16
7 Ashley Senior 52 12 14 13 13
8 Sam Cornwell 49 9 10 15 15
9 Harry McDonald 44 11 13 10 10
10 Colby Walker 42 8 11 11 12
11 Alistar Stark 42 14 7 12 9
12 Dean Rodgers 40 13 16 11
13 Kyle Bennett 30 7 12 4 7
14 Matt Smith-Bowen 24 6 3 7 8
15 Ryan Jones 20 4 6 5 5
16 Jordan Ambler 18 10 8
17 Rory Wootton 16 3 9 2 2
18 Lewis Wigger 15 5 6 4
19 Carl Mcilroy 13 2 4 1 6
20 Tom Brown 13 5 8
21 Steven Liston 6 3 3
22 Lee Sims 3 2 1
23 Scotty Williamson 2 1 1

Clubman MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Elliott Pugh 94 25 25 22 22
2 Guy Prince 92 20 22 25 25
3 Jamie Mottram 67 14 15 20 18
4 Ben Wainwright 65 22 10 18 15
5 Adam Pearce 62 18 16 14 14
6 Michael McAlister 61 15 20 10 16
7 Ricky Roberts 60 16 8 16 20
8 Daniel Shutt 51 13 14 11 13
9 Charlie West 48 11 13 12 12
10 Mitch Collins 46 12 9 15 10
11 Jack Colley 44 10 12 13 9
12 Keeton Stewart 38 9 18 11
13 Jude Gaylard – Hall 25 3 6 8 8
14 Mike Booth 24 6 5 6 7
15 Matthew Fuller 20 7 4 9
16 James Benson 19 5 7 7
17 Jake Taylor 19 8 11
18 Max Fletcher 12 4 3 5

MXY2 125’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Charlie Heyman 94 25 25 22 22
2 Raife Broadley 73 22 22 9 20
3 George Hopkins 73 20 18 20 15
4 Charlie Reynolds 71 15 20 18 18
5 Arai Elcock 64 18 16 14 16
6 Reece Ross 59 16 14 16 13
7 Jayden Haigh 55 13 15 13 14
8 Bailey Johnson 50 25 25
9 Joseph Leeks 45 14 10 15 6
10 Charlie Griffiths 43 11 11 12 9
11 Ashden Barlow 41 8 13 10 10
12 Charlie Irwin 37 9 9 8 11
13 Tye Jones 30 10 12 1 7
14 Hudson Roper 23 11 12
15 Jake Smith 23 7 8 8
16 Josh Jones 22 6 7 5 4
17 Syd Putnam 19 4 4 6 5
18 Calum Moore 16 5 6 2 3
19 Jude Turton 13 12 1
20 Joe Jordan 12 2 5 4 1
21 Cody Spacagna 9 1 3 3 2
22 Charlie Palmer 7 7
23 Jayden Abbink 5 3 2

MXY2 250’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Ben Clark 88 25 25 18 20
2 Luca Pegg 74 22 22 15 15
3 Lewis Glynn 65 18 20 14 13
4 Josh Bassett 61 20 16 13 12
5 Leon William 56 16 18 8 14
6 Ethan Sillis 49 12 14 12 11
7 Jake Barker 49 15 15 11 8
8 Alfie Jones 47 22 25
9 Tyler Stevenson 47 14 13 10 10
10 Sam Atkinson 42 20 22
11 Jude Morris 41 25 16
12 Jamie Luffman 40 11 11 9 9
13 Tyler Westcott 34 16 18
14 Kristian Paberzs 25 13 12

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Josh Vail 74 18 25 15 16
2 Jack Fletcher 68 20 15 18 15
3 Lennox Dickinson 56 15 16 12 13
4 Billy Askew 50 25 25
5 Jack Meara 46 14 7 13 12
6 Harrison Greenough 45 25 20
7 Wal Beaney 44 22 22
8 Ryan Waggott 44 22 22
9 Bradley Johnstone 41 12 11 8 10
10 Ellis Poole 41 13 14 7 7
11 Ollie Bubb 41 10 13 14 4
12 Tyla Hooley 40 20 20
13 Will Haddock 40 6 18 2 14
14 Issac Ash 38 11 10 9 8
15 Ben Mustoe 34 16 18
16 Carl Harris 34 8 12 5 9
17 Tyler Jones 25 7 9 4 5
18 Jake Davies 21 10 11
19 Max Harris 17 11 6
20 Deegan Byers 17 5 6 3 3
21 Corey Gordon 17 9 8
22 Brett Kelly 16 16
23 Kyron Carron 6 6

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Chester Hyde 76 25 25 10 16
2 Hayden Statt 73 22 13 20 18
3 Lewis Spratt 64 16 18 16 14
4 Zane Sibley-Deakin 60 18 16 15 11
5 Zane Stephens 59 14 20 12 13
6 Alfie Osborn 58 20 15 11 12
7 Rhys Whyment 57 11 22 14 10
8 Cole McCullough 50 25 25
9 Jorge Parkin 45 15 12 9 9
10 Drew Stock 44 22 22
11 Cailen Jai Griffiths 41 13 14 7 7
12 Freddie Gardiner 33 13 20
13 Gus Mustoe 33 18 15
14 Tyler Townsend 33 10 11 6 6
15 Maison Jones 28 12 8 8
16 Louis Challenger 24 9 10 5

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