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Beniston edges it at Culham! 2023 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 6 – Race Report & Results
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Beniston edges it at Culham! 2023 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 6 – Race Report & Results

The Acerbis Amateur National series took a trip down south and to the banks of the River Thames and the pristinely prepared Culham circuit in Oxfordshire where with just a couple of rounds left to run, things are starting to get down to the nitty gritty in terms of championship standings.

Race Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

Joel Fisher

First up to hit the track were the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke pilots where Damon Strydom played the perfect championship management game by claiming the overall through being ultra consistent. 2-2-3-2-3 results were enough to give him the victory with an eight point buffer from runner up Luke Grundie, who tied on points with first race winner Ash Harland but the final race result was the deciding factor and Grundie took second leaving Harland with third. North Easterner Ollie Colmer took a break in his EMX125 schedule to recover from a first race 26th to claim the remaining four moto wins and jump to fourth overall.

James Dent

It was battle royale in the MX Dreams California Open 2 stroke category as Josh Spinks and Rory Jones scrapped for race wins all weekend. Spinks was always fast out of the gate however which played a big role in the outcome and with Jones hounding him the whole way, managed to take home maximum points and a solid gap going into the finale at Cusses Gorse. Jones eventually had to settle for five runner up spots and will be looking to turn the tables on the KTM man in three weeks time. Cumbrian James Dent was again super consistent and was rewarded with third overall ahead of Mitch Armour in fourth and wildcard rider Tommy Alba finished the weekend fifth.

The Boss

All season the closest championship has been the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 class but Culham could have been a defining weekend as series leader Lee Sealey put some distance between himself and closest challengers Alfie Calvert and Jake Winnard as the Kawasaki man claimed the overall honours while Calvert and Winnard finished outside the top 5 overall. Sealey finished tied on points with wildcard Louis Vincent but got the nod by way of the final moto result. Vincent claimed three race wins over the weekend but the third in his final moto put pay to the overall while Joel Fisher had a consistent weekend and took third on the box. Logan Wilcox and Patrick Gilligan rounded out the top five just a point apart.

Nev Bradshaw

The Acerbis sponsored MX1 class was full of action all weekend as series leader Jack Beniston had his hands full as there was a rocket of a 500 to deal with in the hands of former Grand Prix rider Nev Bradshaw. Bradshaw claimed both wins on day one but Beniston turned the tables on day two and took the remaining three wins to take the overall on the tie break leaving Bradshaw to settle for runner up spot overall. Dan Parry had a solid weekend and took home third while Travis Steels finished fourth and former champion of the class James Hutchinson finished the weekend inside the top five.

Riley Voase

In the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open category young Kawasaki pilot Riley Voase has one hand on the 2023 title as he took home yet another overall win and extended his points gap in the process. Kieran Mulloy-Card took the moto three victory which helped him upto runner up overall ahead of Ryan Lowes who led laps over the weekend and stepped up onto the podium taking home third. Lewis Griffin and Lewis Petfield finished the weekend fourth and fifth respectively.

Lily Moreland

In the Motoverde Ladies class it was business as usual for points leader Grace Richards as she tightened her grip on her second Ladies championship by claiming maximum points. Richards didn’t have it all her own way however as Rebecca Newham led laps over the weekend and came so close to taking a race victory in moto three but a last lap pass by Richards denied the Yamaha rider. Grace Packman just pipped former champion Nadiya Jones to the podium as the pair tied on points when all was said and done but the final moto decided the outcome and it was the number 7 that stood on the rostrum.

Emily Noon

Business resumed as usual in the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 class as Ryan Voase did his usual holeshot and leave the rest to fight over second as another maximum points haul means just like son Riley, he has one hand on the title but also his 100% win record is still firmly in tact. Danny Tollett finished runner up aboard his 2 stroke taking four runner up spots and a third ahead of 2022 champ Lee Martin who gave Tollett a run in the final moto to claim a second spot and a valuable couple of points back in the race for second in the series. David Wilcox took home fourth and David Evans rounded out the top five.

Mark Sutherland

It’s not over until the fat lady sings is the slogan for the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 class as series leader Simon Bonsor had a practice crash Saturday morning meaning the weekend was a long one for the GasGas man and his series lead has been demolished. Ady Bradley was the man to claim the overall honours when all was said and done with 2-3-1-2-1 results aboard his Suzuki ahead of Cumbrian Honda rider Richard Miller who claimed the remaining three race victories and has potentially taken over the points lead going into the finale at Cusses with his runner up overall. Andy Watkins pushed hard all weekend and was rewarded with third for his efforts while Nigel Smorfitt and Dave Dunn took home the remaining top five positions.

Cory Nemeth

The final round of series heads to a new venue for the championship and to Cusses Gorse in three weeks time.

Kai Thirlwell

Results

MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 JACK BENISTON 194 36 38 40 40 40
2 NEV BRADSHAW 194 40 40 38 38 38
3 DAN PARRY 171 29 36 36 36 34
4 TRAVIS STEELS 164 30 34 32 32 36
5 JAMES HUTCHINSON 159 38 32 30 34 25
6 CORY NEMETH 143 32 29 28 27 27
7 SIMON BOOTH 142 28 28 25 29 32
8 HARRY LINTON 136 25 26 29 26 30
9 KIA THIRLWELL 134 27 30 26 25 26
10 ED BRISCOE 121 24 18 27 24 28
11 BRADLEY FLAGG 114 22 25 20 23 24
12 TODD RICHIE 112 34 19 – 30 29
13 KEELAN HOPE 112 23 27 34 28 –
14 PETE HAMLETT 106 21 21 21 21 22
15 LUKE TURNER 97 19 17 19 19 23
16 ADAM THIRLWELL 90 20 24 24 22 –
17 LEE HARRISON 72 26 23 23 – –
18 SAM ARBON 58 – – 18 20 20
19 MAX WOOD 56 – – 17 18 21
20 DAN WHITEHEAD 44 – 22 22 – –
21 CHARLIE SELLICK 34 18 16 – – –
22 GLEN PHILIPS 20 – 20 – – –
23 SCOTT BATES 17 – – – 17 –
24 JAKE MARSH 16 – – 16 – –

MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 LEE SEALEY 194 38 38 40 38 40
2 LOUIS VINCENT 194 40 40 38 40 36
3 JOEL FISHER 174 36 28 36 36 38
4 LOGAN WILCOX 154 24 34 28 34 34
5 PATRICK GILLIGAN 153 34 29 32 30 28
6 JAKE WINNARD 148 28 32 29 29 30
7 JACOB RUSSELL 139 30 27 27 28 27
8 LEWIS MEADOWS 130 32 30 12 24 32
9 MYLES REID 127 26 22 26 27 26
10 ALFIE CALVERT 127 29 36 34 9 19
11 BEN WHITE 126 27 23 25 26 25
12 KYRON CARRON 125 8 26 30 32 29
13 JAKE BAKER 109 19 19 24 23 24
14 HAYDEN STEVENS 105 17 20 23 22 23
15 CONNER CHALLINOR 99 22 15 17 25 20
16 RICHIE ROBERTS 96 23 24 19 12 18
17 JOE FIELD 88 18 18 20 19 13
18 RYAN ALLISON 86 25 25 – 14 22
19 RYAN MANLEY 84 15 17 18 17 17
20 GEORGE CLARKE 84 14 16 22 20 12
21 JORDAN HEARN 82 21 14 11 21 15
22 ADAM NEVITT 74 16 – 21 16 21
23 ARRAN MURPHY 67 13 13 15 15 11
24 EZRA BLACKWELL 63 11 11 14 13 14
25 KYLE NOBLE 61 12 12 16 11 10
26 LUKE POSS 43 10 10 13 10 –
27 CALUM PRIDDLE 41 20 21 – – –
28 SCOTT NEWHAM 34 – – – 18 16
29 JENSEN HEAD 18 9 9 – – –

Kieren Mulloy

2 Stroke Open

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 JOSH SPINKS 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 RORY JONES 190 38 38 38 38 38
3 JAMES DENT 176 36 36 36 34 34
4 MITCH ARMOUR 162 34 34 30 32 32
5 TOMMY ALBA 153 32 30 32 30 29
6 DREW ROE 150 30 32 29 29 30
7 REECE WAINE 135 26 29 28 24 28
8 JAMES HANSCOMB 135 28 27 27 27 26
9 JAY CHEEL 132 29 24 26 28 25
10 ALEX NEEDHAM 130 27 26 24 26 27
11 ROSS BENTON 119 23 22 25 25 24
12 CHAE JENKINSON 116 24 25 22 22 23
13 JOSH COLEMAN 106 – – 34 36 36
14 MITCHELL PERRY 85 20 23 19 23 –
15 FRED BOX 76 19 19 18 20 –
16 BEN WALKEN 65 22 20 23 – –
17 JASON MARTIN 63 21 21 21 – –
18 LEWIS MEADOWS 53 25 28 – – –
19 ELLIOT PUSH 41 – – 20 21 –

125cc

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 DAMON STRYDOM 186 38 38 36 38 36
2 LUKE GRUNDIE 178 36 36 38 30 38
3 ASH HARLAND 178 40 34 34 36 34
4 OLLIE  COLMER 170 10 40 40 40 40
5 PAUL NEAL 162 34 30 32 34 32
6 WESLEY McGAUN 149 32 28 28 32 29
7 HARRY BARKER 147 30 32 29 28 28
8 LUKE NEWMAN 146 28 29 30 29 30
9 SEAN VENESS 131 27 27 27 23 27
10 RYAN WAGGOTT 118 29 25 22 26 16
11 WYATT McGREGOR 117 23 19 24 25 26
12 ADAM DYER 108 21 23 20 22 22
13 BILLY BAYLISS 107 25 21 23 20 18
14 ASH CROSSLEY 105 26 18 25 11 25
15 STU OWEN 103 24 26 26 27 –
16 TOM GOODFELLOW 103 17 24 14 24 24
17 BENNY LEWIS 98 22 20 19 16 21
18 GEORGE POOL 83 18 16 18 14 17
19 SONNY NOBLE 80 19 15 17 17 12
20 REGGIE GESNER 78 20 17 – 18 23
21 LOUIS PERRIN’BROWN 74 15 8 16 15 20
22 JAMIE ARROWSMITH 69 14 14 13 13 15
23 JACK EVANS 62 – 22 21 19 –
24 TOM BLACKWOOD 57 12 10 11 10 14
25 JAKE CHAMBERLAIN 55 16 12 15 12 –
26 MAX WALSHAM 52 11 9 10 9 13
27 LEWIS PROUD 40 – – – 21 19
28 STUART KEEN 36 13 11 12 – –
29 ROS FEGAN 13 – 13 – – –

George Pool

Ladies

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 GRACE RICHARDS 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 REBECCA NEWHAM 190 38 38 38 38 38
3 GRACE PACKMAN 168 34 34 30 34 36
4 NADIYA JONES 168 32 32 34 36 34
5 CATLEN NEWMAN 156 30 30 32 32 32
6 LILLY MORELAND 143 29 28 28 29 29
7 EMILY NOON 138 28 27 27 28 28
8 AMBER McGREGOR 118 – 29 29 30 30
9 LIBBY CHATBURN 108 36 36 36 – –

Vets Over 40

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 RYAN VOASE 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 DANNY TOLLET 188 38 38 38 38 36
3 LEE MARTIN 182 36 36 36 36 38
4 DAVID WILCOX 158 30 34 30 32 32
5 DAVID EVANS 151 34 24 29 30 34
6 ALAN JONES 151 32 32 32 27 28
7 ANDY LILENTHALS 150 29 29 34 28 30
8 MARK SUTHERLAND 131 26 27 26 25 27
9 ANDY DUFILED 123 25 23 25 24 26
10 RORY WOOTTEN 116 – 30 28 29 29
11 LEE BUCK 107 28 26 27 26 –
12 RICHARD BRYCE 96 24 – 24 23 25
13 STEVE RILEY 52 27 25 – – –
14 STEVIE GESNER 34 – – – 34 –
15 PAUL FERGUSON 28 – 28 – – –

Vets Over 50

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 ADY BRADLEY 192 38 36 40 38 40
2 RICHARD MILLER 190 40 40 36 40 34
3 ANDY WATKINS 184 36 38 38 34 38
4 NIGEL SMORFITT 166 32 32 34 36 32
5 DAVE DUNN 158 34 34 32 30 28
6 EWAN JOHNSTON 147 28 30 30 29 30
7 CHRIS ELCOCK 136 27 28 26 26 29
8 SIMON BONSER 135 29 29 9 32 36
9 DAVID HOPKINS 130 24 27 28 25 26
10 ADRIAN LEWIS 128 25 25 29 24 25
11 JOHN GAUNTLETT 127 26 26 25 27 23
12 PAUL WILDMAN WILLIS 125 30 19 21 28 27
13 IAN WILSON 114 21 24 23 22 24
14 LEE DAVIES 110 23 23 24 21 19
15 JOHN PRISTLEY 105 20 22 19 23 21
16 STEPHEN HUMPHIRES 99 18 21 18 20 22
17 BRIAN FRASER 92 19 16 22 19 16
18 MICHALE JOHNSTON 91 16 20 17 18 20
19 COLIN BERRY 81 15 18 15 16 17
20 ALAN REECE 69 11 14 12 14 18
21 IAN POSS 69 17 17 20 15 –
22 STANLEY MORPHET 68 13 8 16 17 14
23 NEIL JENKINSON 66 12 13 13 13 15
24 JOHN CARD 55 14 15 14 12 –
25 TONY PRIESTLEY 49 22 – 27 – –
26 IVOR GILFORD 43 9 12 11 11 –
27 DAVID CLAYBORN 39 10 9 10 10 –
28 SIMON SMART 17 7 10 – – –
29 BRIAN MUNDAY 11 – 11 – – –
30 ANDY STEPHENS 8 8 – – – –

Junior Open

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 RILEY VOASE 194 40 36 38 40 40
2 KIERAN MULLOY-CARD 178 38 32 40 32 36
3 RYAN LOWES 170 32 38 34 38 28
4 LEWIS GRIFFIN 162 30 34 30 34 34
5 LEWIS PETFIELD 158 36 28 26 30 38
6 LUKE RICHARDSON 157 29 30 32 36 30
7 SHEA RYAN 146 27 29 29 29 32
8 SAMUEL RAYNER 128 26 27 27 22 26
9 BEN HUGHES 126 25 24 28 24 25
10 TAYLOR MISSELBROOK 126 28 26 25 26 21
11 LIAM GUNNING 126 34 40 36 – 16
12 JACK GALTLAND 115 21 23 24 25 22
13 TYLER WILCOX 110 19 13 22 27 29
14 DYALN HARRISON 102 24 25 15 19 19
15 DAN NEVITT 85 4 17 18 23 23
16 JACK TOMPLINSON 85 15 21 19 16 14
17 JAKE BASHFORD 83 13 14 16 20 20
18 RODGER FREAN 80 14 20 17 12 17
19 SAM HAMER 77 6 19 20 17 15
20 KURT RICHARDSON 71 17 18 – 18 18
21 FINNLY ABOTT 68 20 3 – 21 24
22 DAN EVANS 68 18 12 12 13 13
23 JAMES MILNE 64 1 – 8 28 27
24 ANTONIO SOUZE 64 16 22 11 15 –
25 GEORGE BRANT 61 12 16 14 11 8
26 LLOYD CLARKE 54 11 11 13 9 10
27 KIERON RILEY 51 23 5 23 – –
28 ALEXANDER WILLIAMS 50 22 7 21 – –
29 GREG THYNNE 49 8 15 – 14 12
30 ZAC CHEEL 45 10 10 9 7 9
31 JACK HOARE 42 5 8 10 8 11
32 KERION DAVIES 28 9 9 – 10 –
33 MATT BENNETT 27 3 4 7 6 7
34 TOM BERRY 21 – 6 5 4 6
35 AIDEN MURPHY 11 – 2 4 1 4
36 MIKE HARBAGE 10 – – – 5 5
37 RICCIE PETFIELD 10 7 – – 3 –
38 BEN LARDNER 8 2 – 6 – –
39 GARY CHESHIRE 6 – 1 3 – 2
40 RYAN WOODS 3 – – – – 3
41 JUCK BUCK 2 – – – 2 –

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