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Griffiths on fire at Ford! 2023 UK Evo MX Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

Back on Sunday, April 23rd Round 2 of the Uk Evo Mx Championships which was originally to take place at Wickwar in Gloucestershire took place at Ford in Wiltshire. Rain had fallen overnight prior to the race day which made things a bit slippery to start the day, but by the time practice was over the track was nigh on in prime condition for yet another good entry for what has become a very popular series.

Report and Images by Dave Rich

The 125 Evo class saw Jordan Barrs win the opening race but he had to be at his best as fellow CR125 rider Daryl Bolter was all over him in the closing stages and at the line was just a second behind with Kristian Hutchings taking third where as in the second moto it was a breath taking encounter between Hutchings, Barrs and Bolter with literally nothing between them at the line with Hutchings taking it by 0.344 of a second with Bolter 0.192 behind Barrs taking a close third. In the last race, it was Bolter who was to lead early on before a mistake saw Hutchings take over at the front followed by Barrs with these two battling it out all the way to the chequered flag with Hutchings just holding on to take the win from Barrs with Bradley Doyle taking third. Hutchings took the overall by literally one point from Barrs with Bolter taking third overall.

Luke Dean giving his all in the Evo 250 class

In the Evo 250 class there was a dominating performance from Luke Dean on his CR250 who won the opening two races from the CR250 of Jamie Smith with Smith in the last race denying Dean a clean sweep of wins, but it was Dean who took the overall from Smith with Jordan Carrier with a hat trick of third place finishes taking third overall.

The Evo 500 class saw some close racing with Ben Griffiths winning the first two races on his CR500 but he was put under huge pressure in the last moto in the closing stages by Paul Edge who was giving his all trying to find a way past Griffiths which he did on the last lap and just held off Griffiths to take the win, but it was Griffiths who took the overall from Jamie Scott with the KX500 Kawasaki of James Price taking third overall.

There was no stopping Kevin Reed in the Evo over 60’s class

In the Vets Evo over 45 class, it was Kevin Sanders on his CR125 who was to take the overall with two wins and a second with Martin King on his CR250 taking the other win and a second and a third to end the day second overall and third overall went to Steve Bundock where as in the Vets over 60’s class there was no stopping the RM500 Suzuki of Kevin Reed who was to take a hat-trick of wins with Vince Crawley second to Reed in all three races taking second overall and with three third place finishes third overall went to Nick Baum.

The Super Evo under 40’s saw a clean sweep of wins for Scott James on his KX250 with the KX500 of Ryan Allen taking second overall with a hat-trick of second place finishes and Chuck Davies on his KX125 taking third overall with a hat-trick of third place finishes whereas in the over 40’s class it was Nathan Davies who took the overall, but Nathan was denied a clean sweep of wins in the last moto by Luke Dewey who was to complete a 2-2-1 scorecard to give him second overall and taking third overall was Craig Dowding with a hat-trick of third place finishes.

Bradley Clarke turning the power on in the Super Evo under 40’s class

The over 50’s Super Evo Class saw Jason Morris win all three races to give him the overall but who was going to take second overall as both Steve Wells on his KX500 and Max Hendy on his CR250 were tied on points going into the last race so it was all on this race and it was Wells who took second in the race ahead of Hendy with gave Wells second overall by 2 points from Hendy.

The Twinshock under 50’s class saw a clean sweep of wins for Scott Faulkner on his 560 KTM with Matt Nash giving his all in all three races onboard his 250 Red Rocket with a hat-trick of second place finishes behind Faulkner and taking third overall was Phillip Peaster who powered his YZ465 to three consistent finishes where as in the over 50’s Twinshock class there was a fine display from Terry House on his 490 Maico who took a hat-trick of wins, but Terry had to work hard in the opening race when he got stuck in fourth gear and had to run with his bike up one of the hills but he soldiered on and rode the rest of the race in fourth to take the chequered flag. Second overall went to Wayne Twidle on his 250 Red Rocket with a 3-2-2 scorecard and taking third overall was the RM400 Suzuki of Nick Dyer.

Scott Faulkner dominated the Twinshock under 50’s class

The Modern 2-Stroke under 50’s saw Paul Burn dominate all three races on the YZ250 with Jason Williams taking a hattrick of second place finishes to take second overall and Josh Herbert ended the day third overall and in the over 50’s class it was a clean sweep for the KTM125 of Gareth Dunsford with Darren Kenington taking second overall with a hattrick of second place finishes and third overall went to Gary Henson who was third in all three races.

In the WME Pre 85 class there was a win for Matthew Hitchman in the opening race which he followed up with two second place finishes in the other two races to give him the overall with Dean Warren claiming second overall with a 2-3-3 scorecard ahead of Kevin Butcher who took third overall. Nicky Jones was to win the second and third races, but a non-scoring first race saw him end the day eighth overall.

Results

125 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Kristian Hutchings	145	45	50	50
2	Jordan Barrs	144	50	47	47
3	Daryl Bolter	135	47	45	43
4	Bradley Doyle	129	41	43	45
5	Matt Holcombe	121	43	39	39
6	Sheldon Seal	119	37	41	41
7	Neil Long	105	35	33	37
8	Warren Clifton	101	33	35	33
9	Jason Evans	97	31	31	35
10	Jamie Smith	88	30	29	29
11	Jordan Shaw	87	28	28	31
12	Jason Davies	86	26	30	30
13	Steven Shaw	84	29	27	28
14	Daniel Steeds	77	25	25	27
15	Matt Coles	76	39	37	–
16	Ryan Gee	72	23	24	25
17	Chris Tagg	50	24	–	26
18	Matt Colley	27	27	–	–
19	Aaron Colley	26	–	26	–

250 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Luke Dean	147	50	50	47
2	Jamie Smith	144	47	47	50
3	Jordan Carrier	135	45	45	45
4	James Kensington	129	43	43	43
5	Rory Merchant	117	37	39	41
6	Nigel Kibble	115	35	41	39
7	Kyle Proctor	113	39	37	37
8	Tyler Green	111	41	35	35
9	Dean Stutt	95	31	31	33
10	James Baker	87	28	30	29
11	Steven Stutt	86	27	28	31
12	Ross Kerr	84	29	27	28
13	Robin Wilkins	81	30	24	27
14	David Alderton	75	16	29	30
15	Matt Wells	74	33	19	22
16	Scott Allen	73	25	23	25
17	Dan Bevan	73	24	25	24
18	Stuart Puddle	71	26	22	23
19	Lee Sims	62	22	20	20
20	Matthew Gurke	56	20	18	18
21	James Sansom	52	–	26	26
22	Nathan Kennedy	51	18	16	17
23	Will Steeds	49	17	17	15
24	Jason Plank	44	23	–	21
25	Eleanor Calby	40	21	–	19
26	Graham Arnold	35	19	–	16
27	Ben Hodgkins	33	–	33	–
28	Mark Chamberlain	21	–	21	–
29	764	15	15	–	–
30	Luke Sims	15	–	15	–

Evo 500

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Ben Griffiths	147	50	50	47
2	Jamie Scott	137	47	47	43
3	James Price	131	43	43	45
4	Philip Dyson	131	45	45	41
5	Paul Edge	128	41	37	50
6	Alex Wallis	119	39	41	39
7	Edward Williams	111	35	39	37
8	Martin Humphries	99	33	33	33
9	Stephen Coulson	97	31	31	35
10	Dan Gould	72	37	35	–

Evo Vets Over 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Kevin Sanders	145	50	45	50
2	Martin King	142	45	50	47
3	Steve Bundock	125	43	39	43
4	Gary Chappell	121	29	47	45
5	Alan Farr	111	41	43	27
6	Glyn Moreton	107	39	35	33
7	Stuart James	105	37	33	35
8	Neil Aldridge	104	24	41	39
9	Alex Buckingham	103	35	31	37
10	Barry Sills	90	30	29	31
11	Mark Hutchinson	82	22	30	30
12	Rob Keyworth	82	31	22	29
13	Paul Rainey	80	28	27	25
14	Alex Luckes	78	27	23	28
15	Gareth Williams	75	23	26	26
16	Phil Gee	75	25	28	22
17	Neil Sutton	70	33	37	–
18	Clyde Deacon	63	21	21	21
19	Mark Smith	60	20	20	20
20	Kevin Allen	59	19	16	24
21	Sean Renvoize	56	18	19	19
22	Johnathon Briggs	55	–	14	41
23	Nigel Mundy	53	17	18	18
24	Jason Jenner	50	26	24	–
25	John Ryall	48	–	25	23
26	Nick Noble	47	15	15	17
27	Andy Lidington	47	47	–	–
28	Paul Woolford	33	16	17	–
29	Stuart Kingston	14	14	–	–

Evo Vets Over 60

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Kevin Reed	150	50	50	50
2	Vince Crawley	141	47	47	47
3	Nick Baum	135	45	45	45
4	Graham Challis	125	43	41	41
5	Aidan Quinn	119	39	37	43
6	Rob James	115	37	39	39
7	Doug Carrier	103	35	31	37
8	David White	101	31	35	35
9	Keith Ricketts	95	29	33	33
10	Kevin Ayres	92	33	30	29
11	Johnny Stagg	89	30	28	31
12	Kevin Spiller	84	41	43	–
13	Derek Cook	59	–	29	30

Super Evo Under 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Scott James	150	50	50	50
2	Ryan Allen	141	47	47	47
3	Chuck Davies	135	45	45	45
4	Oliver Weeks	129	43	43	43
5	Richie Frankcom	117	37	41	39
6	Jack Drogan	111	39	37	35
7	Lee Brown	108	41	30	37
8	Robert Palmer	101	31	29	41
9	Dave Anthony	101	35	33	33
10	George Miles	94	29	35	30
11	Daniel Spencer	86	28	27	31
12	Sam Mercer	77	25	25	27
13	Marcus Alba	75	24	26	25
14	Ben Setchell	74	23	23	28
15	Max Luckes	74	26	22	26
16	Alex Davies	72	33	39	–
17	Bradley Clarke	68	27	20	21
18	Lewis James	66	22	21	23
19	Harry Lindsey	60	19	19	22
20	Gareth Morgans	58	30	28	–
21	James Herrind	53	–	24	29
22	Ben White	49	18	31	–
23	James teenan	45	21	–	24
24	Brett Ayres	20	20	–	–

Super Evo Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Nathan Davies	147	50	50	47
2	Luke Dewey	144	47	47	50
3	Craig Dowding	135	45	45	45
4	Phil Hunt	121	41	41	39
5	Robert Mills	119	33	43	43
6	Neil Thomas	119	39	39	41
7	Andrew Marriott	111	37	37	37
8	Micheal Anderson	105	35	35	35
9	Jason Hasaka	64	31	33	–
10	Nick Carter	43	43	–	–

Twinshock Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Scott Faulkner	150	50	50	50
2	Matt Nash	141	47	47	47
3	Phillip Peaster	131	43	43	45
4	James Reeves	129	41	45	43
5	Allen Waring	123	45	39	39
6	Scott Reed	121	39	41	41
7	Matthew Bennett	109	35	37	37
8	Nigel Davies	101	33	33	35
9	Johnathan Pickett	99	31	35	33
10	Alfie Reeves	91	30	31	30
11	Aaron Baker	61	–	30	31
12	Brad Perrett	37	37	–	–

Twinshock Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Terry House	150	50	50	50
2	Wayne Twidle	139	45	47	47
3	Nick Dyer	133	43	45	45
4	Mark Taylor	131	47	43	41
5	Mark Russell	125	41	41	43
6	Ian Mills	109	37	35	37
7	Andrew Davis	99	35	31	33
8	Adam Tabrett	76	–	37	39
9	Kelvin Bailey-Jones	74	–	39	35
10	Jason Winstanley	72	39	33	–
11	Alistair Patterson	62	33	29	–
12	David Holland	61	31	30	–
13	Steve Winstanley	28	–	28	–

WME Pre 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Matthew Hitchman	129	45	42	42
2	Dean Warren	122	42	40	40
3	Kevin Butcher	113	40	35	38
4	James Hudson	112	38	38	36
5	Dave Russell	107	36	36	35
6	Stuart White	100	34	32	34
7	Jason Davies	96	32	31	33
8	Nicky Jones	90	–	45	45
9	Steve Ryan	90	30	29	31
10	Ben Millichap	86	24	30	32
11	Dean Bull	83	26	28	29
12	Craig Levett	81	28	26	27
13	Craig Ruck	80	29	25	26
14	Harvey Bennion	71	23	23	25
15	Neil Sutton	69	35	34	–
16	Nigel Green	67	22	22	23
17	Craig Jennings	66	25	21	20
18	Nick Major	66	33	33	–
19	Phil Jones	64	21	19	24
20	Andrew Batten	61	31	–	30
21	Ben Bates	58	18	18	22
22	Stuart Priest	57	19	17	21
23	Wayne Stratford	54	27	27	–
24	Dean Eggleton	52	–	24	28
25	John Gerrish	52	17	16	19
26	Neil Mcmullan	40	20	20	–

Modern 2 Stroke

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Paul Burn	150	50	50	50
2	Gareth Dunsford	150	50	50	50
3	Jason Williams	141	47	47	47
4	Darren Kenington	141	47	47	47
5	Gary Henson	135	45	45	45
6	Josh Herbet	133	43	45	45
7	Anthony Tanner	129	43	43	43
8	Nicky Jones	127	45	43	39
9	Dougie Jameson	123	41	41	41
10	Andy Statham	117	41	41	35
11	George Baylis	115	39	39	37
12	Adrian Jennings	113	39	33	41
13	Darren Shortt	113	37	37	39
14	Keith Chandler	111	35	39	37
15	Henry Dunsford	107	31	33	43
16	Anthony Twidle	107	37	37	33
17	Ben Cryer	105	35	35	35
18	Jeremy Timms	101	33	35	33
19	Tom Cumber	94	33	31	30
20	John Young	93	31	31	31
21	Andrew Markey	88	28	29	31
22	Tom Burn	88	30	30	28
23	Taylor Levett	83	26	28	29
24	Lewis Smith	82	29	26	27
25	Callum Swan	78	25	27	26
26	Luke Cumber	70	24	21	25
27	Luke Pitt	70	23	24	23
28	George tucker	70	27	25	18
29	Ben Mason	69	22	23	24
30	Dean Tucker	61	20	19	22
31	Luke Murley	60	19	20	21
32	Chad Evans-Samuel	54	18	17	19
33	Ben Whitmore	52	16	16	20
34	Matthew Dyke	52	17	18	17
35	Lewis Sills	46	15	15	16
36	Jason Weeks	43	21	22	–
37	Brandon Chamberlain	28	14	14	–

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