Gilbert shines as the Champs were crowned at Cusses! Michelin MX Nationals Round 5 – Race Report, Full Event Stream & Results

The hammer fell on an epic 2021 Michelin MX Nationals Championship at the Cusses Gorse MX venue near Salisbury at the weekend as the season rounded out in style.

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The Pro MX1 title was already signed, sealed and in the hands of the Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha racer Harri Kullas but there was still plenty to race for with a number of riders looking to impress and show their capabilities ahead of the 2022 team signing merry go round.

One rider who put himself well and truly on the MX1 map was Par Homes Husqvarna’s Josh Gilbert who raced to the overall with a 2-1 day. Shaun Simpson was another welcome returnee to the series and took the opening moto win and second in moto 2 for the number two spot on the podium with Kullas reeling off two silky smooth thirds for the number 3 spot on the box.

Saturday nights Straight Rhythm Champ Dylan Walsh of the Revo Seven Kawasaki team pitched in with two solid moto’s for fourth while Apico Husqvarnas Stuart Edmonds continued his fantastic form of late with fifth. The Phoenix Tools Apico Kawasaki of Jason Meara had good day with sixth, with Elliot Banks Browne having his best outing for the Oakleaf Construction Honda team in seventh.

Meara by being consistent all season long was awarded for second overall in the championship with Edmonds a well deserved third.

While MX1 was done and dusted the Pro MX2 title was going down to the wire between Gabriel Insulation KTM’s John Adamson and the Phoenix Tools Apico Kawasaki of Carlton Husband. Just 10 points separated the duo and with a stronger start in the opening moto Husband would reduce the deficit to 8, after he fended off a late Adamson charge.

Husband’s title race would come crashing down on the opening lap of moto 2, and try as he might he couldn’t reel in Adamson who was going for the moto win duking it out with the Par Homes Husqvarna of Florian Miot and Michael Ellis. Adamson would see out the moto in second and in doing so would be crowned MX2 champion after what has been a stand out season for the Scottish Racer.

Ellis would show great form by winning the opening moto and with a third in the second race would finish the day in second overall behind Miot who showed his credentials with a 2-1 for the number one spot on the day. Adamson would round out the day with third ahead of another Par Homes Husqvarna racer Callum Mitchell who had his season-best performance in fourth. Tom Grimshaw of Chambers Racing Husqvarna went 5-5 for fifth with Husband sixth.

So on the Championship podium, Adamson and Husband were joined by Miot who finished a superb third.

In Expert MX1 Ben Edwards consolidated his series lead finishing the weekend in fourth and taking the title by 53 points over Joe Clayton and Richard Bird. Talking of Clayton he would have another great weekend, continuing his battles with Josh Taylor and taking back to back overalls. Taylor would finish the weekend in second with Charlie Putnam proving good value with third.

Bobby Bruce put the hammer down on his ASA United Gas Gas 125 and blitzed the Expert MX2 field with four wins from four to grab both the weekend overall and the title. At Cusses Louie Kessell had a great weekend with second over Ollie Beamish in third. In the series Jake Preston did enough to secure second with Tom Murphy third.

There was plenty of drama in Amateur MX1 with Sean Wainwright notching up another moto win in the opening race to nail the title before crashing out of the meeting in spectacular fashion in the second race. (Check out @wrkmma on Instagram to see the crash in sequence). John Kirk had a steady weekend with fifth overall which secure second in the championship for him but the battle for the final podium spot went down to the wire with David Rushton, Brad Thornhill and Callum Gordon all in with a shout of that honour. When it mattered though Rushton pulled off a fantastic moto win to gain the podium spot whole Thornhill suffered mechanical issues and Gordon was caught up in other riders mistakes. So the final top five in the series was Wainwright, Kirk, Rushton, Thornhill and Gordon in that order. The weekend overall went the way of Harry Bradley with Rushton second and Joshua McCorkell third.

A moto one DNF for Dan Brough all but ended his Amateur MX2 title chances and Shaun Springer showed why he was to be crowned champion with a sublime performance taking maximum points and the weekend overall. Brough would still claim second in the series with Aaron Gardiner edging out Harry Foster for third. Behind Springer, in the round 5 results were Isle of Wights Mitch Young with Josh Greedy third.

After a phenomenal performance at Landrake Alex Christopher just need to pitch in with 4 good motos to claim the Clubman MX1 crown and he did just that, signing off also by taking the chequers in the final moto. Over the weekend though the round 5 honours would go the way of Grant Martin over Mitch Best in second and Billy Sanders third. Christopher as previously mentioned was the series Champ, with Ivan Kerr second and Matthew Pocock third.

In Clubman MX2 Ben Wainwright firmed up the 2021 title which he would claim ahead of Elliott Pugh and Ricky Roberts. At Cusses Cam Mcdonald joined the party and 2-1-2-1 to take the overall in front of George Boyce and Roberts.

SJP Moto KTM’s Charlie Heyman made it back to back Michelin MX Nationals titles by winning the MXY2 championship by a whopping 98 points over Raife Broadley and George Hopkins. The weekend win though went the way of Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha racer Joe Brookes who beat Heyman to the chequers in the final moto to stake his claim on the round victory. Heyman was second with Broadley third.

The Big Wheel 85’s title fight was the most dramatic of the lot with a last race showdown between Team Matt Gardiner racer Ben Mustoe, and the SJP Moto KTM rider Billy Askew. Askew had a one point lead going into the final moto but both racers threw everything at it swapping the lead with the the race going down to the line with Mustoe getting his nose ahead for the moto win and the title. Fantastic racing and sportsmanship from these young riders. So the series podium was Mustoe, Askew and Tyla Hooley third. Finley Evans was the weekend winner ahead of Mustoe and Hooley.

In the Small Wheel 85’s GRT Holeshot KTM’s Cole McCullough was fantastic once again and was awarded the title as well as the weekend overall. Cole shared the round 5 podium with Drew Stock in second and Gus Mustoe in third, while in the Championship the number two spot went to Chester Hyde who showed great commitment to push his bike over the Cusses Gorse line in race 2 after a mechanical problem, with Stock third.

After the huge success of the 2021 championship registrations are already open for 2022 so head to https://www.mxnationals.co.uk/ and get involved…

Results

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Josh Gilbert	47	22	25
2	Shaun Simpson	47	25	22
3	Harri Kullas	40	20	20
4	Dylan Walsh	34	16	18
5	Stuart Edmonds	33	18	15
6	Jason Meara	29	15	14
7	Elliot Banks-Browne	26	13	13
8	Matin Barr	23	11	12
9	Dan Thornhill	22	12	10
10	Tony Craig	21	14	7
11	Jack Brunell	20	9	11
12	Glenn McCormick	19	10	9
13	Evgeny Bobrychev	16	–	16
14	Brad Todd	16	8	8

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Florian Miot	47	22	25
2	Michael Ellis	45	25	20
3	John Adamson	40	18	22
4	Callum Mitchell	33	15	18
5	Tom Grimshaw	32	16	16
6	Carlton Husband	30	20	10
7	Jamie Wainwright	28	14	14
8	Jamie Law	26	11	15
9	Adam Collings	24	12	12
10	Kyle McNicol	18	7	11
11	Nathan Dixon	17	4	13
12	Matt Burrows	16	8	8
13	Dylan Woodcock	15	6	9
14	Lewis Hall	13	13	–
15	Sam Nunn	10	10	–
16	Charlie Cole	9	9	–
17	Jay Hague	5	5	–

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Joe Clayton	92	20	22	25	25
2	Josh Taylor	88	25	25	20	18
3	Charlie Putnam	80	22	20	16	22
4	Ben Edwards	72	18	16	22	16
5	Richard Bird	70	14	18	18	20
6	George Clarke	59	15	14	15	15
7	Steve Bixby	54	12	15	14	13
8	Aaron Patstone	53	16	10	13	14
9	Jack Beniston	47	11	12	12	12
10	Ben Knight	45	10	13	11	11
11	Phillip Klakow	24	13	11	–	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bobby Bruce	100	25	25	25	25
2	Louie Kessell	88	22	22	22	22
3	Ollie Beamish	71	18	20	13	20
4	Tom Murphy	66	20	14	16	16
5	Jack Lindsay	64	15	16	15	18
6	Aaron Ongley	64	13	18	18	15
7	Jake Preston	61	12	15	20	14
8	Ben Clayton	52	14	11	14	13
9	Kieran Yorke	47	11	12	12	12
10	Gareth Padgett	29	16	13	–	–
11	Ryan Mahwhinney	10	10	–	–	–

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Harry Bradley	91	22	25	22	22
2	David Rushton	87	15	22	25	25
3	Joshua McCorkell	73	20	15	20	18
4	Callum Gordon	64	13	20	18	13
5	John Kirk	60	14	16	14	16
6	Brad Thornhill	55	18	13	15	9
7	Paul Atkinson	53	11	12	16	14
8	Charlie Kent	47	12	14	10	11
9	Jack Seabourne	42	16	18	8	–
10	Sam Gabriel	33	–	–	13	20
11	Adam Reeve	32	–	8	9	15
12	Adam Hayward	32	–	9	11	12
13	Carl Hayward	32	–	10	12	10
14	Sean Wainwright	25	25	–	–	–
15	Tallon Aspden	21	10	11	–	–

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Shaun Springer	100	25	25	25	25
2	Mitch Young	76	22	16	20	18
3	Josh Greedy	67	16	18	18	15
4	Dan Brough	66	–	22	22	22
5	Harry Foster	59	12	20	13	14
6	Harry Barker	58	13	9	16	20
7	Aaron Gardiner	56	11	14	15	16
8	Alex Buchanan	56	20	13	14	9
9	Callum Watson	54	18	11	12	13
10	Connor Baldry	41	9	10	10	12
11	Ben White	37	–	15	11	11
12	Koby Newbold	34	14	12	8	–
13	Sam Lycett	27	10	8	9	–
14	Ryan Deacon	22	15	7	–	–
15	Alex Hamer	17	–	–	7	10

Clubman MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Grant Martin	87	20	20	25	22
2	Mitch Best	85	22	25	18	20
3	Billy Saunders	77	25	14	20	18
4	Matthew Pocock	76	18	22	22	14
5	Alex Christopher	74	15	18	16	25
6	Jordan Ambler	50	13	9	15	13
7	Josh Kirby	50	12	15	12	11
8	Paul Barrand	46	5	16	13	12
9	Miles Dolphin	38	9	–	14	15
10	Jordan Andrews	34	11	6	1	16
11	Michael Graham	34	6	12	6	10
12	Ivan Kerr	27	14	13	–	–
13	Scott Isherwood	24	8	11	4	1
14	Jake Thompson	23	7	–	9	7
15	Ashley Senior	22	3	5	8	6
16	Kyle Noble	20	–	10	2	8
17	Rory Wootton	19	–	–	10	9
18	James Thompson	17	–	8	5	4
19	Kyle Bennett	16	16	–	–	–
20	Harry McDonald	14	–	4	7	3
21	Sam Cornwell	11	2	7	–	2
22	Cameron Vickers	11	–	–	11	–
23	Chris Corthorn	10	10	–	–	–
24	Harry Whitlock	8	–	–	3	5
25	Charlie Roper	4	4	–	–	–
26	Matt Jones	3	–	3	–	–
27	Charlie Green	2	–	2	–	–
28	Dean Rodgers	1	–	1	–	–
29	Lewis Wigger	1	1	–	–	–

Clubman MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Cam Macdonald	94	22	25	22	25
2	George Boyce	74	20	14	20	20
3	Ricky Roberts	69	25	16	14	14
4	Ben Wainwright	67	13	20	16	18
5	Dee-Jay Walker	61	18	18	25	–
6	Elliott Pugh	58	16	22	12	8
7	Ryan Gardiner	54	14	–	18	22
8	Charlie West	54	12	15	11	16
9	Ollie Sheldon	44	8	11	13	12
10	Michael McAlister	43	5	10	15	13
11	Hayden Stevens	41	7	13	10	11
12	Jake Taylor	33	10	–	8	15
13	Jamie Mottram	32	15	8	3	6
14	Jaspers Gibson	31	6	12	4	9
15	Jack Colley	27	11	6	–	10
16	Charlie Parker	16	3	9	1	3
17	William Morris	14	–	–	7	7
18	Mitch Collins	14	–	–	9	5
19	Luke Postlewaite	10	–	–	6	4
20	Joe Smith	9	9	–	–	–
21	Jack Roberts	9	–	4	5	–
22	Max Aspden	9	4	5	–	–
23	Jude Gaylard – Hall	7	–	7	–	–
24	Joseph Roberts	3	–	1	2	–
25	Chris Elcock	3	–	3	–	–
26	Richard Evans	2	–	–	–	2
27	Matthew Fuller	2	2	–	–	–
28	Jack Ratcliffe	2	–	2	–	–
29	Jed Stockham	1	–	–	–	1
30	Edward Bailey	1	1	–	–	–

MXY1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Joe Brookes	94	25	22	22	25
2	Charlie Heyman	94	22	25	25	22
3	Raife Broadley	74	16	18	20	20
4	Leon Ongley	67	20	16	13	18
5	Liam Bennett	56	12	20	11	13
6	Arai Elcock	53	11	12	15	15
7	George Hopkins	50	13	13	18	6
8	Charlie Reynolds	45	10	11	10	14
9	Jake Smith	45	8	14	12	11
10	Charlie Griffiths	44	15	15	14	–
11	Mckenzie Marshall	40	9	10	9	12
12	Tye Jones	32	–	–	16	16
13	Syd Putnam	31	5	9	8	9
14	Robert Storer	29	6	6	7	10
15	Cody Spacagna	27	7	7	6	7
16	Josh Jones	25	4	8	5	8
17	Dan Arkell	19	14	5	–	–
18	Reece Ross	18	18	–	–	–

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jude Morris	88	20	18	25	25
2	Tyler Westcott	85	25	22	16	22
3	Sam Atkinson	81	16	25	20	20
4	Alfie Jones	72	22	20	22	8
5	Ben Clark	65	15	14	18	18
6	Ollie Cole	65	18	16	15	16
7	Leon William	58	14	15	14	15
8	Luca Pegg	50	12	12	12	14
9	Callum Murfitt	45	13	10	10	12
10	Josh Bassett	41	9	13	9	10
11	Shay Arnold	37	8	11	11	7
12	Seth Manners	35	10	9	7	9
13	Corey Collins	30	11	–	8	11
14	Reece Ross	26	–	–	13	13

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Finley Evans	90	25	25	22	18
2	Ben Mustoe	85	20	20	20	25
3	Tyla Hooley	74	18	18	18	20
4	Wal Beaney	69	22	22	25	–
5	Billy Askew	67	15	14	16	22
6	Charlie Richmond	54	12	16	14	12
7	Shaun Mahoney	50	16	12	6	16
8	Josh Vail	49	10	15	13	11
9	Jake Walker	47	13	10	9	15
10	Harrison Greenough	44	14	6	10	14
11	Kyron Carron	40	8	13	12	7
12	Ryan Waggott	35	2	9	15	9
13	Kalvin Kelly	33	9	11	–	13
14	Max Harris	33	6	8	11	8
15	Brandon Hedyat	31	11	7	7	6
16	Will Haddock	30	7	5	8	10
17	Travis Laughton	16	3	3	5	5
18	Mckenzie Gordan-Smith	14	4	2	4	4
19	Carl Harris	9	5	4	–	–
20	Reece Beanie	8	1	1	3	3

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Cole McCullough	97	25	25	25	22
2	Drew Stock	87	20	22	20	25
3	Gus Mustoe	69	15	18	16	20
4	Shane Jones	64	8	20	18	18
5	Chester Hyde	60	18	5	22	15
6	Lucas Moncrieff	55	13	12	14	16
7	Lewis Spratt	55	16	10	15	14
8	Archie-Jay Girdham	52	22	6	12	12
9	Alfie Osborn	52	14	16	11	11
10	Zane Stephens	47	12	15	10	10
11	Zane Sibley-Deakin	37	10	14	–	13
12	Maison Jones	35	9	9	9	8
13	Cailen Jai Griffiths	35	7	13	8	7
14	Louis Challenger	27	6	8	7	6
15	Connor Williams	23	5	7	6	5
16	Reuben Always	22	11	11	–	–
17	Hayden Statt	22	–	–	13	9