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Fast & Furious at Culham! 2022 Apico BSMA Nationals Round 4 – Race Report & Results

Round 4 of the 6-round series took the Apico BSMA national to the gruelling sandy Oxfordshire circuit of Culham. The pace was something out of a Fast and Furious movie with some top wildcard riders making an appearance ahead of another meeting next weekend.

Report and Images by Ady Cowshall – Images of Speed

The mixed Senior class were treated to a perfectly prepared surface both days. McKenzie Marshall would have been untouchable in all his races had he and Kia Reason not collected each other in turn two as they both went for the same piece of real estate – both the #555’s going down with Marshall last away by half a lap! Morgan Walters took advantage taking the 250f win but it was the 125 of Oliver Ruddock who crossed the line first, with Levi Davies and Charlie Hucklebridge just holding on ahead of the charging Marshall. Marshall annihilated the field from there on in, Walters and Davies only had 2 points separating them in the chase for podium pie and likewise, Tristan Daniels got the better of equal points scoring James Rowsell by virtue of his higher placed finish over the weekend. Ruddock took a maximum in the 125’s 22 points clear of nearest rival and first-time podium finisher Alfie Smith with a close call for third between Daniel Wood and Ayjay Simpson. Jamie Kuehn looked a little out of sorts claiming 5th.

Mx1 looked to be a foregone conclusion as Corey Hockey took his two-stroke to 4 out of 4 without putting a wheel wrong but Ryan Voase got closest in moto 2 keeping the pressure on till the flag. The battle for second was intense as Voase and Charlie Way locked bars and had Steve Bixby not taken a hard fall in moto 2 that could have been a three-way as it was Bixby pushing Voase in moto 1 for second. Josh Greedy had a lonely weekend with 4th overall being just off the lead group but with no challenges from the pair behind of Jake Strange and Thomas O’Connor.

MX2 saw a surprise pole in qualifying for Harvey James, less than 2 hundredths quicker than Alfie Jones. Jones only there on Saturday blitzed the competition with 2 wins giving a masterclass to the watching crowd. James couldn’t match his qualification performance after showing some great speed, numerous times giving Adam Harris, the championship leader, a tough time, but lack of energy due to a week in bed sapped his levels as he faded back from great starts. Josh Taylor clung onto the roost of Jones on Saturday and after taking runner-up on both occasions looked set for the overall, but Harris stepped up his game after following Taylor home on Saturday.

The overnight rain gave the track a different feel for Sunday seemingly suiting Harris and his Fantic smoker all the better as an exciting trio of Harris Danny Rapson and Taylor could have been covered with a race mat! Rapson too looked to favour Sundays going after only managing 6-10 finishes on the previous day. James was initially in on the action but after several soil samples dropped out of the furious pace. Consistent racing put Connor Jago in 4th overall ahead of Finn Eddy and the Josh’s of Talbot and Jones. The screaming 125 of Liam Gale would have been inside the top 5 had he not DNF’d the first moto rounding out the final 3 motos with a 6-5-6 scorecard.

The Vet’s action was dominated by the over 35 championship leader, Jamie Dobson taking 4 straight wins without much hassle from the rest of the combined field. Gian Sivori looked to be throwing down some hot laps in qualifying and certainly came out swinging in moto 1 with a win in the over 45’s following Dobson home a not-to-distant 10 seconds behind but took no further part after possibly being involved in a red flag incident in moto 2 – handing over the baton to Simon Bonzer. But Bonzer made a mess of moto 2 allowing Richard Green to put his Tech 7’s in the door for the overall. Bryan Tucker got in on the action with a great start to the weekend grabbing a second in moto2, with 9th in the race, setting him up for a solid 3rd overall ahead of Mark Bonning on the evo 125 Honda, Darren Hansford and Brian Grimes, with consistency rewarding him with 6th. At the front of the field, Sam Callow was unchallenged for 2nd just needing to find another few seconds a lap to get on terms with Dobson. Wildcard enduro rider Tom White found the sandy going to his liking as he ran consistently up front rewarding him with 3rd overall in the 35’s with James Jackaman running well for 4th. Sean Kettlewell benefited from Ian James’s playing with his bucket and spade but both were lucky to have not been knocked back a place after William Ell rang his bell in the final moto, cross rutting along the bottom straight.

Small wheel wildcard rider Alfie Geddes-Green obliterated the field with a superb show of riding. Untroubled all weekend with a qualification time that would have placed him inside the top 5 in the big wheel! A distraught Jensen Severn was robbed of 2nd overall after snapping a chain in the third moto. Travis Bixby capitalised on Severn’s misfortune and the inconsistency of most of the top runners as he got away with his bad result in moto 3 for 2nd overall. Ollie Jewitt suffered the same misfortune in the final moto and having run 2nd to Geddes-Green in moto2. Harley O’Callaghan had some great races but a DNF took him out of contention while Marley Alder’s lap times should have put him on the podium but a race 1 9th dropped him down. Archie Congdon gelled with the track better on Sunday but his efforts the previous day placed him 7th overall ahead of Elvis Totney and Severn. Maison Jones’s poor first race left him trailing behind Finlay Stead.

The Junior racing went Arthur Moore’s way taking 4 out of 4 with some tough battles in the early going but his superior speed forged him to the front for a well-deserved win. William Dennis was looking set for a great 2nd overall after Saturday beating championship rival Cohen Jagielski but he had close company both outings from Jett Gardiner, who kept up his run of 3rd place and finished all weekend to take the second step. Jagielski didn’t look himself on Saturday and Sunday turned it around to take second in both motos saving his weekend with a 4th overall. Dennis only gained 3 points on his rival. Harry Cuddy took his blu cru machine to 5th with a best result of 4th in the final moto Arthur King managed to beat Tommie Perfect in the tie break for 6th with his higher placed finishes.

Tommy Wood’s unbroken win streak came to an end on Saturday after taking more than his fair share of soil samples in the first moto, but he bounced back as strong as ever to take the other 3 moto wins. Charley Wilcock took his first win of the series and was the only rider to be able to say he’s won a race this season in the championship hunt. From there on in he had to settle for bridesmaid which after qualifying in only 7th to take the overall must have been jubilant. Freddy Graham put in a great first moto 2nd which proved invaluable to keep the 2nd step on the podium as Wood ended up a solitary point behind. Austin Edwards 6th overall could have been so much more after bringing home two third-place finishes but it wasn’t to be as Mason Staddon took advantage of Sony Saunders poor 3rd moto to tie up 4th.

The Big wheel 85’s provided what was possibly the fiercest battles of the weekend. Top gun in the class was wildcard Charlie Richmond with teammate Freddie Gardiner running a 1-2 in both of Saturday’s motos but Gardiner DNF’d the final moto dropping him out of contention. It wasn’t a whitewash by team Gardiner MX by any means as those first two motos had some big punchers all trading places with Chester Hyde, Ollie Bubb, Brandon Hedayat and Drew Stock all mixing it up with championship rivals Kai Thorpe and Riley Voase. Drew Stock took the better of Ollie Bubb in the first but Bubb pulled a 2nd out of the hat in the final moto to secure 2nd overall ahead of Hyde whose best result of 3rd in the 2nd moto kept him on the podium. Stock missed out due to a 9th and only managed 4th overall while Thorpe’s excellent final moto 3rd kept him in the top 5.

Results

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Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	CHARLEY WILCOCK	174	45	43	43	43
2	FREDDY GRAHAM	162	43	41	37	41
3	TOMMY WOOD	161	26	45	45	45
4	MASON STADDON	150	37	35	39	39
5	SONNY SAUNDERS	145	39	39	30	37
6	AUSTIN EDWARDS	144	41	30	41	32
7	FORREST ROBERTS	139	33	37	34	35
8	MASON FOREMAN	128	34	31	29	34
9	HUNTER GROVES	126	32	33	31	30
10	FINLEE POPE	126	28	34	35	29
11	PRESTON CHORLEY	123	30	29	33	31
12	JIMMY BALL	117	35	22	32	28
13	GEORGE MILNES	105	29	25	27	24
14	CHARLIE PARK	102	25	28	23	26
15	HARRISON ASHWOOD MCNEILL	99	14	24	28	33
16	JAKE BRYANT	93	16	26	24	27
17	GEORGE HICKINBOTTOM	91	24	27	17	23
18	JASPER MORGAN	86	23	21	21	21
19	LOUIE LANGFORD	85	22	23	20	20
20	TAYLOR CLARKE	79	21	20	19	19
21	MORRISON HIBBERT	74	27	–	25	22
22	AVA PEEDLE	73	20	17	18	18
23	WILLIAM KING	68	18	19	16	15
24	GEORGE WHITE	66	17	18	15	16
25	HEELEY COYNE	63	31	32	–	–
26	HUGO ROBERTS	61	19	16	14	12
27	FREDDIE DENNIS	54	12	15	13	14
28	EVAN WILLIAMS	52	13	14	12	13
29	TYLER MOSS	51	–	–	26	25
30	REGGIE CORNELL	43	10	13	11	9
31	FLETCHER WRIGHT	43	11	11	10	11
32	ZACHARY GROVES	40	9	12	9	10
33	HENRY VAUGHAN VAUGHAN	39	–	–	22	17
34	BEAU BARRAND	34	8	10	8	8
35	MCKENZIE ALLEN	22	15	–	–	7

Junior 65

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	ARTHUR MOORE	180	45	45	45	45
2	JETT GARDINER	164	41	41	41	41
3	WILLIAM DENNIS	162	43	43	39	37
4	COHEN JAGIELSKI	159	34	39	43	43
5	HARRY CUDDY	148	37	37	35	39
6	ARTHUR KING	135	35	32	34	34
7	TOMMIE PERFECT	135	33	34	33	35
8	THEO STEAD	129	25	35	37	32
9	TERRY CHALLINOR	122	39	28	26	29
10	JOHN SLADE	120	30	29	31	30
11	SPENCER NEWMAN	117	23	33	30	31
12	OAKLAN WINNALL	114	31	30	28	25
13	JIMMY BOXALL	111	27	24	32	28
14	JAKE DIXON	98	24	25	25	24
15	OSCAR BIRD	87	26	27	8	26
16	FINLEY RUNDLE	87	22	26	18	21
17	WILL KREMER	83	29	22	5	27
18	TATE VINCENT	80	19	23	23	15
19	FREDDIE JOYNER	76	17	16	21	22
20	JAKSON ROSS	75	28	20	27	–
21	RUEBEN JENKINS	70	21	5	24	20
22	BRODIE NOCK	67	20	14	16	17
23	ALFIE COTTER	65	16	6	20	23
24	NIXON COPPINS	63	32	31	–	–
25	CAIDEN BRAND	62	–	–	29	33
26	TYLER PEATY	60	18	11	19	12
27	LUCAS GROVES	60	13	19	14	14
28	SYD WILLIAMS	58	7	18	22	11
29	OLLY HADLOW	56	15	13	15	13
30	FREDDIE GURNEY	51	4	15	13	19
31	OLIVER BARDOE	49	9	17	17	6
32	MAX GILMORE	45	5	12	12	16
33	FRANCIS NELLIST	45	6	10	11	18
34	TOM WHITE	40	14	8	9	9
35	HARRY DEARLE	36	12	7	7	10
36	CALLUM HARPER	34	11	9	10	4
37	BAILEY Oâ€™CALLAGHAN	26	8	4	6	8
38	THOMAS BAILEY	24	10	3	4	7
39	RYLEE BYRNE	21	–	21	–	–
40	JAXON BUNN	10	2	2	3	3
41	SEERSHA JONES	9	3	1	–	5

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	ALFIE GEDDS- GREEN	180	45	45	45	45
2	TRAVIS BIXBY	152	41	39	33	39
3	OLLIE JEWITT	148	37	43	37	31
4	MARLEY ALDER	144	32	35	34	43
5	FINLAY STEAD	144	35	37	35	37
6	MAISON JONES	140	29	33	43	35
7	ARCHIE CONGDON	135	31	31	39	34
8	ELVIS TOTNEY	131	33	34	31	33
9	JENSON SEVERN	125	43	41	–	41
10	HARLEY Oâ€™CALLAGHAN	112	39	32	41	–
11	DANNY JEMAL	105	25	23	27	30
12	THEO RICHARDSON	105	27	28	26	24
13	REGAN WOODS	104	28	27	29	20
14	JESSIE-LEE JESSOPP	101	26	22	24	29
15	MAX WILLIAMS	100	21	26	28	25
16	ZAC BUBB	99	23	25	25	26
17	DANIEL SHEPPARD	98	24	24	23	27
18	CHARLIE JAMES	93	34	29	30	–
19	FREDDY RICHARDS	79	18	18	21	22
20	LUIE LEWIS	79	22	20	16	21
21	MAX GREENWELL	69	19	17	17	16
22	CONNOR LUKE	68	20	15	18	15
23	GEORGE CLARK	60	30	30	–	–
24	GEORGE WHITE	59	16	14	12	17
25	LEWIS DAY	59	15	16	14	14
26	OLIVER PARRY	57	17	21	–	19
27	SONNY BIXBY	56	–	19	19	18
28	JACOB LUKER	52	–	–	20	32
29	TYLER COOPER	50	–	–	22	28
30	KALEB COPELAND	50	14	13	11	12
31	MICKY ANGLES-HOOKLEY	36	–	–	13	23
32	RYAN CLIFT	32	–	–	32	–
33	RICCO HARDY	28	–	–	15	13

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	CHARLIE RICHMOND	135	45	45	45
2	OLLIE BUBB	121	39	39	43
3	CHESTER HYDE	115	35	41	39
4	DREW STOCK	110	41	32	37
5	KAI THORPE	108	33	34	41
6	BRANDON HEDAYAT	107	37	35	35
7	RILEY VOASE	105	34	37	34
8	ZANE SIBLEY-DEAKIN	93	32	31	30
9	LEWIS EVANS	87	26	28	33
10	FREDDIE GARDINER	86	43	43	–
11	OAKLEY KETTLE KETTLE	85	27	29	29
12	JACK EVANS	84	23	30	31
13	CONNOR WILLIAMS	79	25	27	27
14	NOEL BROOKS	71	28	11	32
15	ASHTON SOMERVILLE	71	17	26	28
16	BRAIDY TUCKER	70	21	25	24
17	JONAS BROWN	68	22	21	25
18	JOSEPH WRIGHT	66	19	24	23
19	CONNOR WILLIAMS	64	31	33	–
20	JACOB FRANCIS	63	20	23	20
21	HOLLIE ROBERTS	58	18	19	21
22	MAX BEAUMONT	57	16	22	19
23	LUKE HODGSON	52	15	15	22
24	HARLEY QUINN	47	12	17	18
25	HENRY FENNER	47	13	18	16
26	TROY WEAVER	45	8	20	17
27	ASHTON PHILLIPS	40	11	14	15
28	HARRY JOHNSON	38	10	16	12
29	ALFIE PAYNE	30	30	–	–
30	LEWIS PARK	30	9	12	9
31	RILEY SAUNDERS	29	29	–	–
32	AUSTIN SANDFORD	27	14	13	–
33	WILL TURNER	26	–	–	26
34	SEBBY MOORE	24	24	–	–
35	HOLLY WILLIAMS	14	–	–	14
36	HARRY CAUDLE	13	–	–	13
37	ZAK MURPHY	11	–	–	11
38	LACEY JOHNSON	10	–	–	10

Seniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	OLIVER RUDDOCK	180	45	45	45	45
2	MCKENZIE MARSHALL	176	41	45	45	45
3	MORGAN WALTERS	170	45	41	43	41
4	LEVI DAVIES	168	43	43	39	43
5	ALFIE SMITH	158	41	41	41	35
6	DANIEL WOOD	150	37	37	37	39
7	TRISTAN DANIELS	150	39	39	35	37
8	JAMES ROWSELL	150	37	37	37	39
9	AYJAY SIMPSON	148	35	43	27	43
10	JAMIE KUEHN	144	34	39	34	37
11	JOE BEAUMONT	141	33	35	32	41
12	KAI REASON	141	35	31	41	34
13	HARRISON JEPSON	138	34	35	34	35
14	MACKENZIE MARSHALL	129	32	34	31	32
15	DANNY MOORE	122	29	32	28	33
16	ALFIE CREALOCK-LOVELL	118	21	34	31	32
17	THOMAS JAGO	117	30	28	30	29
18	ALFIE THOMPSON	117	29	29	29	30
19	CURTIS ROBERTS	115	27	28	29	31
20	JAKE OGORMAN	111	39	33	39	–
21	JACK RANNER	110	30	30	26	24
22	TEGAN NIGHTINGALE	105	26	26	24	29
23	CAMERON WOODBURN	105	25	27	25	28
24	TEDDY HYDE	99	32	–	33	34
25	HARRY BUTCHER	98	24	25	22	27
26	MAX HOARE	96	–	32	33	31
27	GRACE PACKMAN	95	–	30	32	33
28	LEWIS BAILEY	93	23	22	23	25
29	DREW RIGBY	90	31	29	–	30
30	OSCAR KNIGHTS	90	22	24	21	23
31	JOEL KREMER	89	28	31	30	–
32	LOUIE HUTCHINS	87	18	23	20	26
33	CHARLIE HUCKLEBRIDGE	86	43	–	43	–
34	IEUAN JONES	78	19	20	17	22
35	LEYTON DUFFY	66	33	33	–	–
36	JACK HOARE	39	20	–	19	–
37	PIRAN GWENNAP	37	–	21	16	–
38	FINLEY HORN	35	–	–	35	–
39	RILEY HALSTEAD	31	31	–	–	–
40	LEWIS BONSER	18	–	–	18	–

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	COREY HOCKEY	180	45	45	45	45
2	RYAN VOASE	168	43	43	41	41
3	CHARLIE WAY	166	39	41	43	43
4	JOSH GREEDY	154	37	39	39	39
5	JAKE STRANGE	134	31	35	34	34
6	THOMAS O’CONNOR	127	30	29	35	33
7	DAN MAULE	124	23	33	37	31
8	PAUL BARRAND	120	27	30	31	32
9	THOR TUCKER	112	28	27	29	28
10	CONNOR NEWELL	110	24	25	32	29
11	JACK HANSFORD	108	25	28	28	27
12	RHYS GRIMES	96	21	23	26	26
13	JAMIE HIBBERD	90	29	31	30	–
14	GRANT TUCKER	89	20	21	24	24
15	TOBIAS SAMMUT	72	35	–	–	37
16	NICKY WATTS	71	34	37	–	–
17	JOSH SCOT	68	–	–	33	35
18	KYLE CREEVY	67	33	34	–	–
19	CONNOR DICKENS	64	32	32	–	–
20	TOBY BROOK	64	19	22	–	23
21	MAX WOOD	57	–	–	27	30
22	JAMES PARK	52	26	26	–	–
23	ASHTON COX	50	–	–	25	25
24	RICHARD CURTIS	46	22	24	–	–
25	STEVEN BIXBY	41	41	–	–	–
26	JOSEPH RITCHIE	18	18	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	ADAM HARRIS	172	41	41	45	45
2	JOSH TAYLOR	170	43	43	41	43
3	HARVEY JAMES	154	39	39	39	37
4	DENNY RAPSON	150	35	31	43	41
5	CONNOR JAGO	127	32	32	32	31
6	FINN EADY	118	33	33	20	32
7	JOSH TALBOT	115	25	26	31	33
8	JOSH JONES	113	29	22	33	29
9	KIERAN GREGORY	110	26	30	24	30
10	LIAM GALE	107	–	35	37	35
11	LIAM GUNNING	105	24	28	25	28
12	GEORGE POOL	104	30	25	22	27
13	JESSE WREN	102	34	–	34	34
14	DANIEL BARTLETT	99	17	29	27	26
15	DAN CROCKER	97	22	23	28	24
16	THOMAS CASBEARD	92	28	34	30	–
17	ALFIE JONES	90	45	45	–	–
18	KULLEN EVANS	90	23	21	21	25
19	RYAN REYNOLDS	80	20	19	19	22
20	JAKE EVANS	78	18	20	17	23
21	CALLUM GREEN	74	–	–	35	39
22	MICHAEL PARSONS	74	37	37	–	–
23	GEORGE ELSDEN	71	19	17	14	21
24	TROY GILLETT	68	21	24	23	–
25	JOEL WORTHINGTON	66	15	16	15	20
26	LAWRY HERBERT	60	14	12	16	18
27	TOBY ENGLISH	58	31	27	–	–
28	CAIN LAST	57	12	15	11	19
29	CALLUM WATSON	56	27	–	29	–
30	LORENZO SAMMUT	54	11	14	12	17
31	JACK DAVIES	50	16	18	–	16
32	OLIVER BARNS	26	–	–	26	–
33	MATT JENKINS	24	–	–	9	15
34	JAK YOUNG	23	10	13	–	–
35	PAUL O’HAGAN	19	8	11	–	–
36	MICHAEL SUMMERS	19	9	–	10	–
37	KIERAN WOOD	18	–	–	18	–
38	WAYNE GREGORY	13	–	–	13	–
39	KRISTIAN GIBBONS	13	13	–	–	–
40	JACK ADAMSON	7	7	–	–	–

Vets

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JAMIE DOBSON	180	45	45	45	45
2	SAM CALLOW	172	43	43	43	43
3	SIMON BONSER	170	43	37	45	45
4	RICHARD GREEN	170	41	45	41	43
5	BRYAN TUCKER	166	39	43	43	41
6	TOM WHITE	162	41	41	41	39
7	JAMES JACKAMAN	156	37	39	39	41
8	MARK BONNING	154	37	39	39	39
9	DARREN HANSFORD	150	35	41	37	37
10	SEAN KETTLEWELL	138	33	33	35	37
11	IAN JAMES	138	35	34	34	35
12	MARK WILLIAMS	135	33	33	34	35
13	BRIAN GRIMES	135	32	34	35	34
14	PHILLIP JONES	130	32	32	32	34
15	KEVIN MCCARTHY	129	31	32	33	33
16	JAMIE EPPLESTONE	125	31	31	30	33
17	JAMES WHITE	118	28	30	29	31
18	WILLIAM ELL	113	39	37	37	–
19	JASON FISHER	111	25	28	28	30
20	SCOTT EATON	109	27	27	26	29
21	LEE BAGGS	102	34	35	33	–
22	LEE EATON	100	22	25	25	28
23	ASHLEY MAIR	100	26	24	24	26
24	BEN CANNINGS	99	24	23	27	25
25	DAVID WARNER	98	23	26	22	27
26	CHRIS PEATY	93	30	–	31	32
27	SAMANTHA FOX	90	21	22	23	24
28	CARL ROBINSON	69	34	35	–	–
29	GUY LANGMEAD	58	29	29	–	–
30	GIAN SIVORI	45	45	–	–	–
31	PETER STRANGE	32	–	–	32	–
32	DAVE ROGERS	30	30	–	–	–

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