Crowder King of Dean Moor RAW Restart! RAW Enduro Rock Oil Championship Round 3 – Race Report and Results

The RAW Enduro Restart has been eagerly awaited by lots of very patient riders, Dean Moor in Cumbria has had nothing but TLC for three months during lockdown.

Report by Raw Media – Images courtesy of CH-Images

Over the weekend a great turn out of Adult and Youth riders were treated to the perfect post lockdown blast out. No tree or stump dodging to worry about meant riders could simply get on with bar to bar competition at its best.

Josh Knight and Cristina Palmer set the scene for the day as the pair pushed each other to the max from the start in Youth A. Palmers MX skills clear to see, however Knights slightly bigger bike gave him a small advantage on the True Enduro aspects of the course. After a 10 lap battle Josh Knight took the win at the flag with Palmer just 40 seconds behind. RAW Enduro Team rider Bert Boam had his first race on a 150, third place was a great start to racing proper bikes. James Lindsey Ran out winner in the Youth B Class, Harry Walker only three minutes behind lost vital time stopping for drinks, but still grabbed a solid second in class. Bradley Crabtree might be the slightest of kids but his pace rewarded him with third on the day.

Sportsman Start

Five auto class riders all completed plenty of laps, no short cuts, these little warriors rode exactly the same track as the adults giving them valuable enduro experience.

Straight into the first adult race of the day at exactly 10:30am, local man Stuart Mowbray grabbed the holeshot and went on to take a very easy win in the sportsman vets class. Nick barrow placed runner up after a great close battle with Kevin Watson who eventually placed third. Sportsman at RAW are as always very competitive. Jonny Bagnall ran out winner on the day with Ryan Chapman enjoying his day around Dean Moor in runner up spot. Sam Boyd had his first RAW Ride in with the adults, he placed a very respectful third. Early race podium prospect Billy Rippon crashed hard on the MX track early on, whilst running up front. Dusted off and after a cuddle with his Mam Billy was sore but relatively well.

Josh Knight

As predicted, Aaron Crowder dominated the Over 50 vets class winning the by over half a lap from Mark Ritchie. David Williams used to race MX with Crowder as kids, in his own words “I could beat him then”, and the Over 50 class had no less than 16 riders which was fantastic to see.

After a short break to add the Quarry section of the course for the afternoon race riders, the main race for the faster riders was started ahead of schedule at 1:15pm.

Tommy Grimmer

Sam Winterburn took a lightning fast start in front of 18 other Expert riders, he grabbed the holeshot at one of his first ever Schoolboy MX

Ryan Crowder

meeting venues. Winterburn held the lead ahead of Lancastrians Ryan Crowder and Jack Spencer for almost the whole race. After refuelling all three riders were running a fast pace literally within meters of each other. With two laps to Go Crowder played his hand by upping his pace to pass and Gap all other experts by an impressive one minute margin at the flag. Sam Winterburn was more than happy on his return to racing taking runner up spot. Jack Spencer placed third at the flag looking tired as he crossed the line. Another mention must go to the young guns Burt Crayston and Jamie Williams, the pair both clattered handlebars a number of times in a titanic battle for 4th and 5th places. Williams using the Steeper Extreme route out of the quarry compared to Craystons “safer” line, meant it was a two stroke v four stroke battle.

Tommy Grimmer topped the ultra-Competitive Clubman class by just 52 seconds at the Flag from Chris Bailey. Chris had a bad crash last year, he now thankfully looks fully fit and recovered ready to finish the season in style on his high spec KTM. Holeshot Hero Scott Hipwell has social media bragging rights this week on insta, Scott smashed the turn one battle and led the race for a good while before settling for a solid safe third on the day.

In the gentleman’s class Paul McSorley was overall winner of Elite Vets ahead of newbie Veteran Neil Marshal. Neil just missed staying on the lead lap by 41 seconds which is no mean feat, considering he spent the whole Youth race helping his daughter Lily get yet another RAW

Jack Spencer

Race finish under her belt.

With the RAW Enduro Rock Oil Championship now the focus for Race director Wayne Braybrook, the attention turns to two Brand new venues in Lancashire for August. There are still some small hurdles to overcome with current restrictions, however Wayne is optimistic that we will get to add some new turf at two stunning new venues to the 2020 Championship.

Thanks to everyone for supporting RAW Enduro in recent weeks, let’s all look forward to our new Normal with Off Road competition continuing at its best.

More details on the RAW Enduro Website, and very soon on the NEW RAW Enduro App on Andriod and Apple… Exciting times, #RAW Progress.

Results

Youth Race – 1.5 Hrs

Youth A

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 20 Josh Knight 10 00:03:08
2 8 Cristina Palmer 10 00:03:48
3 1 Bert Boam 10 00:06:38
4 29 Robbie Gray 9 00:00:11
5 5 Callum Davidson 9 00:01:04
6 9 Daniel Hargreaves 9 00:04:46
7 19 Joe Dakin 9 00:05:44
8 24 Lucas Travers 8 00:02:12
9 15 Holly Inness 8 00:09:18
10 31 Jake Proctor 8 00:10:38
11 21 Karl Hancock 7 00:04:57
12 7 Connor Pickering 7 00:12:40
13 4 Caitlin Winn 6 00:02:01
14 30 Rosie McDowell 6 00:11:15
15 28 Robbie Davidison 5 DNF
16 32 Hayden Stansfield 4 DNF

Youth B

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 17 James Lindsey 9 00:05:46
2 14 Harry Walker 9 00:08:12
3 3 Bradley Crabtree 7 00:03:50
4 11 Evan Sharpe 7 00:13:33
12 Harley Mudie 4 DNF
5 26 Murron Docherty 3 00:08:31

Junior Auto

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 6 Charlie Aspin 6 00:05:56
2 16 Jacob Bragg 6 00:08:20
3 13 Harry Croft 5 00:18:15
4 33 Jake Hannon 4 00:00:41
5 23 Lily Marshal 4 00:05:53

1.5 Hrs Adult Race

Sportsman Vets

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 74 Stuart Mowbray 13 00:01:09
2 46 Nick Barrow 13 00:08:28
3 33 Kevin Watson 13 00:08:49
4 18 Danny Clarke 12 00:02:38
5 28 Jonathan Ward 12 00:03:08
6 39 Mark Vardy 12 00:04:21
7 51 Rob Little 12 00:05:37
8 79 Kieron Norburn 11 00:07:15
9 77 Gary Richardson 11 00:09:45
10 76 Michael Johnston 9 00:01:06
11 78 Stuart Smith 8 00:07:54
12 9 Andy Kirby 4 00:01:31
– 57 Shane Marriott 0 DNS

Sportsman

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 29 Jonny Bargnall 13 00:00:22
2 54 Ryan Chapman 13 00:05:14
3 56 Sam Boyd 13 00:12:02
4 72 Graeme Bird 12 00:00:13
5 27 John Stanley 12 00:01:26
6 4 Adam Curwen 12 00:02:28
7 73 Brandon Bayliss 12 00:03:27
8 55 Ryhss Glasson 12 00:03:48
9 62 Tommy Tate 12 00:05:40
10 43 Michael McNiven 12 00:06:38
11 15 Chris Sanderson 12 00:08:20
12 35 Lee Stoyles 12 00:09:22
13 41 Matt Wakefield 12 00:11:01
14 66 Carl Howes 11 00:00:03
15 40 Matt Holmes 11 00:02:52
16 58 Stefan Bartzsch 11 00:03:05
17 21 Drew Morten 11 00:07:35
18 19 David Simm 11 00:08:17
– 64 Billy Rippon 4 DNF
– 3 Abbie Piggott 0 DNS

Over 50

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 1 Aaron Crowder 13 00:00:54
2 38 Mark Ritchie 13 00:06:26
3 20 David Williams 13 00:08:14
4 8 Andy Dean 13 00:08:23
5 45 Neil Crayston 13 00:08:42
6 47 Paul Cunningham 12 00:01:47
7 16 Colin Mills 12 00:01:59
8 65 Steve Howes 12 00:07:17
9 50 Rob Elston 12 00:07:41
10 69 Stuart Beaty 11 00:00:37
11 37 Mark Peckitt 11 00:00:47
12 68 Andrew Beaty 11 00:06:25
13 26 John Cutmore 9 00:01:22
14 75 Gary Hadwin 9 00:10:54
15 49 Peter Nixon 7 00:00:31
– 59 Stephen Boyle 0 DNF

Novice

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 36 Luke Harrison 12 00:07:59
2 44 Nathan Hanley 11 00:00:49
3 2 Aaron Ward 11 00:04:41
4 17 Conor Bradley 11 00:08:27
5 6 Alex Harrison 11 00:09:49
6 34 Kyle Strall 10 00:01:44
7 81 Ethan Marquiss 10 00:02:04
8 25 Jack Walton 10 00:05:16
9 32 Kevin Iddon 10 00:07:10
10 10 Angus Whiteside 9 00:09:28
11 70 Barry Brown 9 00:09:39
12 23 George Wolstenholme 9 00:11:56
13 67 Garry Hunter 9 00:02:16
14 5 Adrian Sheehan 8 00:03:24
15 14 Chris Coulthread 8 00:05:10
– 7 Andrea Taylforth 7 DNF

Expert

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 28 Ryan Crowder 15 00:03:46
2 30 Sam Winterburn 15 00:04:54
3 14 Jack Spencer 15 00:05:58
4 27 Robert Crayston 15 00:06:53
5 15 Jamie Williams 15 00:07:32
6 17 kieron McCovoy 14 00:02:18
7 25 Phill Hancock 14 00:05:16
8 34 Stuart Mack 14 00:06:14
9 9 Dawson Marriott 14 00:06:59
10 1 Aaron Holmes 14 00:07:38
11 44 Luke Gorse 14 00:08:31
12 43 Brandon Burns 13 00:01:39
13 13 Jack Challoner 13 00:03:15
14 4 Ben Hamilton 13 00:04:58
15 20 Mack Vardy 13 00:07:04
16 2 Adam Currie 13 00:07:41
36 Will Keenan 10 DNF
5 Ben Thompson 10 DNF
10 Declan Helliwell 5 DNF

Clubman

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 35 Tommy Grimmer 13 00:00:55
2 8 Chris Bailey 13 00:01:47
3 31 Scott Hipwell 13 00:02:43
4 40 Callum Bircher 13 00:05:05
5 24 Oli Franklin 13 00:05:28
6 42 George Pearce 13 00:08:29
7 18 Lee Hargreaves 12 00:00:25
8 48 Dennis Sharp 12 00:01:58
9 39 James Scowcroft 12 00:02:48
10 7 Chloe Richardson 12 00:02:56
11 38 Ryan Jones 12 00:05:41
12 16 Josh Hamilton 12 00:06:11
13 3 Adam Russell 12 00:06:28
14 29 Sam Taylforth 11 00:00:30
15 45 Matty Cameron 10 00:10:54
19 Lewis Hamilton 6 DNF
6 Ben Walker 6 DNF
47 Leon Hines 4 DNF
12 Iain Henderson 2 DNF

Elite Vets

Position Number Name # Laps Time Over
1 49 Paul McSorley 13 00:09:50
2 22 Neil Marshal 12 00:00:41
3 37 Richard Dakin 12 00:04:25