Carter claims Nibley victory! 2022 UK EVO MX Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

Back on Sunday 27th March, the opening round of the 2022 Uk Evo Mx series got underway at North Nibley in Gloucestershire which had attracted a bumper entry in all classes and with the track being watered the previous day it was in good stead to produce some good racing, but before the day got underway a minute’s silence was held for one of the UK Evo MX team Clive Gowen who sadly passed away on March 18th.

Report and Images by Dave Rich

The Evo 125 class had a few of the top runners from the previous year missing but nevertheless, some good racing was to commence. Jordan Carter who in his hay days would ride a bigger bike but he had decided to have a go on a Cr125, and it proved a good day for Jordan as he took a clean sweep of wins and the overall with Ryan Butler having three high scoring races taking second overall just ahead of Tom Moore who also was pretty consistent in all three races, but not such a good day for John May who finished second to Carter in the opening race but was to seize his bike on the opening lap in race 2 and had to use his spare bike in the last race and finished third behind Daryl Bolter which left him way down in tenth overall.

First corner action in the evo 250 class with No 113 Ben Milward leading the way

In the Evo 250 class, there was also drama as it was the YZ Yamaha of Ben Milward who led the opening race for the first lap and was being pressured all the time by the Cr Honda of Jamie Skuse who took over the lead on the second lap and was soon in control until two laps later when he came to a halt as his bike had seized. Milward regained the lead and was a clear winner ahead of fellow YZ rider James Kensington and Jordan Carrier.

Jason Morettes took the overall in the modern 2-stroke over 50’s class

In the second moto again, it was Milward with the best start but a big off on lap 2 dropped Ben down the field and it was Skuse on his spare bike who took over the lead and from there went on untroubled to take the win with Milward taking an excellent second after coming back up through the field and passing Kensington and Carrier on the last lap. The third moto saw Skuse lead from the off and was to set a blistering pace at the front for the first three laps before he again came to a halt, but luckily this time it was a problem with the cut-off switch and he was soon to get going again back in 4th which was where he finished the race, Milward took the win from Carrier and Kensington which gave Milward the overall.

Jordan Carter in action in the Evo 125 class

The Evo 500 class was very competitive and was to produce three different winners. The opening race saw Jamie Dixon just hold off Paul Edge for the win with Aaron Poolman taking the chequered flag in the second moto and Edge winning the last race but the overall went to the KX500 of George Gough with a 4-2-2 scorecard.

George Gough took the Evo 500 class overall with three consistent rides

In the Vets Over 45 class there was a clear hattrick of wins for Phil Lewis but joining in for a bit of fun who had not raced since 2012 was Jeff Perrett and he was to show that he has still got it and was to give his all, especially in the opening race where he clocked the fastest lap time in the race as he battled with Danny Blakeley for several laps eventually getting passed and was to take second behind Lewis. Jeff was in good stead in the second moto again clocking up the fastest lap time and was lying in second before bike issues forced him out. The last race was a battle royal between Blakeley and Lewis with Lewis leaving it until the last lap to get the better of Blakeley for the win with Dean Warren taking third ahead of Perrett who was on a Twinshock taking 4th.

Dirt Hub’s Jeff Perrett made his first race appearance in 12 years on the BNH Triumph

In the Super Evo Under 40’s class, there was a hattrick of wins for Chris McGill on his CR250 Honda whereas in the Super Evo Over 40’s class it was Laurence Wiltshire with the opening race win, and he looked set to win the second race before a problem with his bike gave him a DNF and it was exactly the same for Wiltshire in the last race when leading when the bike problem occurred again and he had another DNF and it was Nathan Davies who finished second to Wiltshire in the opening race who was to take the overall after winning the second and third races and in the Super Evo Over 50’s class, there was a clean sweep of wins for Jason Morris.

Chris McGill was on fire in the Super Evo under 40’s where he took a hattrick of wins

In the Vets Over 60’s class, there was a fine performance from Martin Coleman on his 510 Husqvarna who showed the rest of the field a clean set of heels winning all three races, but there was a good tussle to determine who was going to take second overall between Martin Stokes and Kevin Spiller with Stokes getting the better result in the last race finishing 2nd to Coleman and with Spiller only managing 4th it was Stokes who took second overall by 2 points.

Martin Coleman showed his class in the Vets over 60’s class

The Twinshock Under 50’s class was to produce some of the best racing of the day and with it provided three different winners with Carl Benham winning the opening race, Phillip Peaster triumphant in race 2 and Matt Nash taking the chequered flag in the last race, but consistency was the name of the game which gave Peaster the overall, James Reeves took second overall with Scott Reed third overall, whereas in the Twinshock Over 50’s class there was no stopping the Fasthouse/Butler racing 490 Maico of Terry House once he got into his Rhythm as he was to win all three races by some margin, Richard Benham took second overall with Mark Roberts and Kevin Reed tied on points at the end of the day, but by virtue of the better result in the last race it was Roberts who took third overall.

Terry House was on fire in the Twinshock over 50’s class and took a convincing hattrick of wins

The Under 50’s Modern 2-Stroke class saw Adam Cook totally dominate the races with some fast riding taking a hattrick of wins, but it was second overall which was where the battle was between Ryhs Walker and Thomas Herbert as they were tied on points going into the last race and it was a close thing mid-race but at the line, it was Walker who took 2nd with Herbert putting in a late charge finishing in third so Walker took second overall from Herbert. In the Over 50’s class it was Mike Allport who won the opening race from Rich Vincent with Jason Morettes finishing in third, but Morettes was in fine form in the other two races winning both which was to give him the overall with Vincent second overall by one point after beating Allport’s in the last race.

Nathan Davies took the overall in the Super Evo over 40’s class

The next round takes place at Ford on the 24th of April. For more info go to https://www.ukevomx.com/

Results

Evo 125

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jordan Carter	150	50	50	50
2	Ryan Butler	127	43	45	39
3	Tom Moore	123	37	43	43
4	John Butler	115	41	37	37
5	Kristian Hutchings	105	35	35	35
6	Philip Newman	105	39	33	33
7	Glen Bixby	103	33	39	31
8	Rob Mead	102	31	41	30
9	Daryl Bolter	94	–	47	47
10	John May	92	47	–	45
11	Tim Pearce	88	29	31	28
12	Alex Butler	86	45	–	41
13	Paul Jones	86	30	30	26
14	Neil Long	81	28	28	25
15	Ian Mead	77	26	29	22
16	John Haxton	74	20	27	27
17	Jason Davies	74	24	26	24
18	Jordan White	66	18	25	23
19	Mitchell Griffin	65	25	19	21
20	Warren Clifton	65	22	24	19
21	Mathew Jakeways	57	19	21	17
22	Ben Griffiths	56	27	–	29
23	Tom Sharp	54	16	20	18
24	Paul Watson	46	23	23	–
25	Chris Matthews	41	21	–	20
26	Harry Keen	39	17	22	–

Evo 250

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Ben Milward	147	50	47	50
2	Jordan Carrier	137	45	45	47
3	James Kensington	135	47	43	45
4	Josh Barrs	119	39	39	41
5	Ben Hodgkins	117	37	41	39
6	Steve Stutt	99	43	21	35
7	Dean Stutt	96	22	37	37
8	James Sansom	95	33	33	29
9	Finn Trueman	94	35	29	30
10	Jamie Skuse	93	–	50	43
11	Tom Ware	92	31	30	31
12	Justin Chamberlian	91	27	31	33
13	James Baker	84	30	28	26
14	Ross Kerr	83	29	26	28
15	Gareth Chamberlian	80	28	27	25
16	Kyle Proctor	76	41	35	–
17	Stuart Puddle	74	23	24	27
18	Lee Sims	72	26	23	23
19	Scott Allen	71	25	25	21
20	Bradley Stokes	65	24	17	24
21	Steven Coate	62	20	20	22
22	Ben Dyer	43	21	22	–
23	Andrew Dangerfield	38	19	19	–
24	Paul Annetts	18	–	18	–

Evo 500

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	George Gough	137	43	47	47
2	Alex Wallis	121	39	41	41
3	Joe Maguire	113	37	39	37
4	Alfie Rimmell	109	35	35	39
5	Ben Vincent	103	31	37	35
6	Paul Edge	97	47	–	50
7	Nathan Kennedy	97	33	33	31
8	Jamie Dixon	95	50	–	45
9	Aaron Poolman	93	–	50	43
10	James Price	90	45	45	–
11	Henry Smith	84	41	43	–
12	Edward Williams	33	–	–	33

Vets Over 60’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Martin Coleman	150	50	50	50
2	Martin Stokes	133	41	45	47
3	Kevin Spiller	131	47	43	41
4	Graham Challis	129	45	41	43
5	Vince Crawley	123	43	35	45
6	Mike Sealey	109	33	39	37
7	Aidan Quinn	107	39	29	39
8	Derek Cook	105	37	33	35
9	Nick Keen	105	35	37	33
10	Dave Elliott	92	30	31	31
11	Andy Sturt	88	28	30	30
12	Dave Hunt	85	29	27	29
13	Stephen Wildman	79	25	26	28
14	Duncan Childs	73	26	47	–
15	David White	55	27	28	–
16	Martin Haggerty	31	31	–	–

Super Evo Under 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Christian Mcgill	150	50	50	50
2	Kyle Bennett	135	43	47	45
3	Oliver Weeks	131	45	39	47
4	Lee Brown	127	39	45	43
5	Gary Brown	125	47	43	35
6	Richie Frankcom	119	37	41	41
7	Joel Curtis	115	41	37	37
8	Marcus Booker	109	35	35	39
9	Mark Oakley	97	31	33	33
10	Toby Wright	91	30	31	30
11	Jason Bailey	87	26	30	31
12	Lewis Patterson	86	28	29	29
13	Daryl Sturt	85	29	28	28
14	Jake Harris	80	27	26	27
15	Adam Hawkwood	75	24	25	26
16	Noah Bell	72	23	24	25
17	James Moore	33	33	–	–
18	Toby Cook	27	–	27	–
19	Brett Ayres	25	25	–	–

Super Evo Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Nathan Davies	147	47	50	50
2	Luke Dewey	139	45	47	47
3	Craig Dowding	125	41	41	43
4	Jamie Winbourne	115	35	39	41
5	Simon Marston	114	26	43	45
6	Nick Carter	113	37	37	39
7	Nathan Jones	111	39	35	37
8	Phil Hunt	101	33	33	35
9	Robert Mills	91	27	31	33
10	Nick Brashill	91	31	30	30
11	Dave King	89	30	28	31
12	Max Hendy	88	43	45	–
13	Simon Klemis	58	29	29	–
14	Jason Hasaka	57	28	–	29
15	Laurence Wiltshire	50	50	–	–

Super Evo Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jason Morris	150	50	50	50
2	Ray Chivers	137	43	47	47
3	Nick Dyer	131	45	45	41
4	Mark Mcgill	121	47	29	45
5	Jeff Evans	121	41	37	43
6	Brad Davey	113	35	41	37
7	David Boswell Jones	107	25	43	39
8	Greg Pascoe	107	33	39	35
9	Dave White	103	39	33	31
10	Jamie Gardner	93	29	31	33
11	Kevin Nash	87	27	30	30
12	Ashley Brown	83	26	28	29
13	David Woodbridge	76	23	26	27
14	Mark Finn	76	24	27	25
15	Rob Cook	74	21	25	28
16	Jeremy Tooth	69	22	23	24
17	Matthew Hillier	68	18	24	26
18	Mike Gould	64	20	21	23
19	Mark Russell	63	28	35	–
20	Andy Johnson	60	19	20	21
21	Tim Palmer	58	17	19	22
22	Jon Pinkney	53	31	22	–
23	Dale Hunt	37	37	–	–
24	Clive Mallett	30	30	–	–
25	Andy Pitt	16	16	–	–

Vets Evo Over 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Phillip Lewis	150	50	50	50
2	Danny Blakeley	139	45	47	47
3	Dean Warren	133	43	45	45
4	Simon Jones	125	41	43	41
5	Gary Henson	117	37	41	39
6	Richard Dors	103	33	37	33
7	Martin King	102	35	39	28
8	Paul Ford	98	30	31	37
9	Mark Gessey	95	27	33	35
10	Alex Buckingham	93	31	35	27
11	Jeff Perrett	90	47	–	43
12	Mik Hill	89	29	30	30
13	Stuart James	88	28	29	31
14	Neil Sutton	81	24	28	29
15	Barry Sills	74	21	27	26
16	Gareth Williams	74	26	23	25
17	Jeremy Vaughan	70	20	26	24
18	Bryan Hillman	69	22	25	22
19	Sean Renvoize	63	16	24	23
20	Asa Davies	61	19	21	21
21	Jason Jenner	43	23	–	20
22	John Annely	39	17	22	–
23	Andy Lidington	39	39	–	–
24	Kevin Woolford	25	25	–	–
25	Kevin Ayres	20	–	20	–
26	Kirt Wray	18	18	–	–

Twinshock Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Phillip Peaster	140	43	50	47
2	James Reeves	131	41	45	45
3	Scott Reed	127	45	43	39
4	Carl Benham	116	50	29	37
5	James Humphrey	112	30	41	41
6	Matthew Holcombe	107	37	35	35
7	Chris Taylor	106	39	37	30
8	Matt Nash	97	–	47	50
9	Dan Ridge	91	31	31	29
10	Lee Morton	91	33	30	28
11	James Hudson	90	47	–	43
12	Richard Gardiner	83	28	28	27
13	Josh Church	80	27	27	26
14	Brad Perrett	68	35	–	33
15	Andy Bowles	60	29	–	31
16	Kier Tett	39	–	39	–
17	Jack Bennett	33	–	33	–

Twinshock Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Terry House	150	50	50	50
2	Richard Benham	139	45	47	47
3	Mark Roberts	133	43	45	45
4	Kevin Reed	133	47	43	43
5	Gary Benham	121	41	39	41
6	Dean Bull	107	37	33	37
7	Derek Mills	100	26	35	39
8	Ady Matthews	100	28	37	35
9	Paul Stacey	97	33	31	33
10	Paul Ebsary	87	27	29	31
11	Kevin Butcher	80	39	41	–
12	Gary Biddle	65	35	30	–
13	James Paton	31	31	–	–
14	Malcom Sansom	30	30	–	–
15	Dick Tett	29	29	–	–