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Grimshaw & Kullas at the double! 2022 MX Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

The hard-working members of the Michelin MX Nationals, powered by Milwaukee, team travelled to the famous Cadders Hill racetrack at Lyng in Norfolk for round three of their prestigious motocross championship.

Report by Dick Law – Images courtesy of Elliot Spencer – MX Nationals

Three days of work made the historic ex-GP track look like the championship venue it should be, and the riders and loads of spectators turned up to two days of close racing action. On day one of racing, the sun shone from a clear blue sky. But come Sunday, when the pro riders turned up, it turned cloudy and rather cold on the top of Cadders Hill.

With the circuit looking in great condition, as always the anticipation started to build for the ‘Lyfelinez Fastest 40’ opening moto. Harri Kullas (Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha) got the holeshot and led the race and the Leatt MX1 class over the finishing line on the opening lap from John Adamson (ASA United Gas Gas), Tommy Searle (Crendon Fastrack Honda) and Brad Todd (Gabriel KTM). The race order of the top four stayed the same as Kullas, in his smooth, seemingly effortless style pulled further and further ahead. Searle made a mistake under pressure from Todd, allowing Brad through to third place, but two laps later he took the place back and set off after second-place man Adamson.

In the Apico Factory racing MX2 class riders were always going to struggle against the bigger MX1 machines up the long sandy uphill start straight. On the opening lap, it was John Meara stepping in to replace the injured Carlton Husband on the Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki, who was leading the MX2 riders over the line in 11th. He was followed by Jamie Carpenter (GRT Impact KTM) in 15th and the on-form Jamie Law (Apico Husqvarna) and the hard-charging Lewis Hall (LHR KTM), both on 2-stroke 250’s.

Stuart Edmonds (Apico Husqvarna) was moving up the field fast after an average start and was in twelfth place until he landed on the fallen John Meara who went out of the lead in the MX2 after crashing hard over a steep uphill jump. Both riders were injured but it was Edmonds who came off worse with a wrist injury that would see him sit out the rest of the day.

Searle finally caught and passed Adamson with three laps to go, but by the time he snatched second place Kullas had long gone and with him all hope of the race win. Adamson hung on for third, with Todd in a lonely fourth place. Jake Millward (Verde Shiloh KTM) had passed the Jason Meara, the younger of the Meara brother on his Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki, Glen McCormick (Chambers Husqvarna) and Gavin Stevenson on his way to fifth, with Martin Barr (Apico Husqvarna) sixth.

Carpenter crossed the finish line in twelfth place, but first of the MX2 riders. Hall was second from Law, Calum Mitchell (Fabrican Race Team KTM), and Ton Grimshaw (Chambers Husqvarna), with the fast-starting Meara remounting and coming home in sixth after his crash but in obvious pain.

At the start of race two, Kullas and Searle were side by side going into the first turn. Searle turned his head to look over at Kullas, and he moved over towards him, squeezing Kullas against the trackside bank and securing the lead in the race. But Kullas as always kept his cool, took his time and followed Searle for five laps until he found a way past with a calculated move at the top of the hill and then made no mistakes to take race win and the overall. Searle on the other hand did a make a mistake and had a small tip over on the tight corner coming back on to the start straight and had to settle for second again,

Adamson and Todd had gated third and fourth and were in close company for most of the race until three laps to go when Todd slipped past Adamson and started closing in on Searle, taking Adamson with him, as all three finished less than two seconds apart. Petar Petrov (Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki) had a solid, steady ride to come home a distant fifth.

Hall, Mitchell and Grimshaw were the first of the MX2 riders at the start of the race ending lap one in 11th, 12th and 13th place. Hall was charging and worked his way into ninth place in the race as the leading MX2 rider and was looking good for the overall win but then picked up a front wheel puncture pushing him all the way down to 24th in the race and off the podium.

Like the previous round at Landrake Carpenter was involved in a first turn pileup but fought his way forward to finish in 17th in the race, but the fifth MX2. After leading most of the opening MX2 race John Meara eventually pulled out of the second and returned to the paddock, too bruised and battered to continue. Grimshaw was the fastest of the MX2’s and rode a consistent race staying out of trouble and any bad luck to cross the finish line in ninth, well within the 450’s as the winner of the MX2 class. Mitchell was just over seven seconds behind him in second from Law, Sam Nunn (Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha) and Carpenter who fought his way back to fifth.

Overall in the Leatt MX1 class it was Kullas with a two-race win maximum from Searle and Todd, with Adamson fourth losing out on the tie break to Todd. The Apico Factory Racing MX2 class went to Grimshaw on the tie break over Carpenter by virtue of his higher place result in race two. Michell was third, just a single point behind the two leaders, with Law just missing out on the podium as Mitchell finished higher in race two.

RFX Experts

With two wins and two-second place, Shaun Southgate (Herts MX Honda) won the closely fought expert RFX MX1 class from wildcard rider Max Broadbelt. Although winning race two and four Jayden Ashwell (AJP Racing Gas Gas) finished third overall after a big crash in the second moto.
The RFX MX2 class was all about wildcard rider Shane Carless (FUS Husqvarna), as he had four wins from his four starts for a maximum score. Sam Atkinson (Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki) did all he could to stay with Carless and chased him over the finish line in the last two races. Louie Kessell (Honda) was third, just three points behind Atkinson, with Jack Lindsay (Apico Husqvarna) fourth and missing out on the podium position.

Motoverde Amateur

Harry Bradley (Kawasaki), with three wins and a second-place, took the MX1 class and stretched out his championship lead. Callum Gordon (MX Revive KTM) took his first-ever MX Nationals race win for second place just edging out Joshua McCorkell (Husqvarna) on a tie break. Shaun Springer (Gas Gas) won three out of the four MX2 races, but a poor start put pay to his chances of a maximum score for his overall win. Race four winner Dan Brough (Rutzz.co.uk Husqvarna) was second with Luca Pegg (Yamaha) third but on equal points with Brough.

Worx Sports Insurance Clubman MX1

Two wins and two-second place each for Connor Baldry (KTM) and Adam Reeve (Kawasaki) made it yet another tie but it was Baldry who claimed the top step by virtue of his last race win, taking his first-ever MX Nationals race wins along the way too. Billy Saunders (WMS Honda) was a distant third, with Grant Martin (Yamaha) fourth.

Moto Connection Clubman MX2

Ben Wainwright (Wainwright Plant Honda), with two wins and two-second place took the overall win to extend his championship lead. George Boyce (Design Scaffolding Gas Gas) was a close second, scoring the two other moto wins and a second and a third. Toby Lightbown (RFX Whites KTM) was solid coming home third for his first podium of the year.

Seven Youth 125/250

Bayliss Utting (Husqvarna) took his first overall in the MX Nationals with a couple of race wins and two seconds and was obviously chuffed with it. As with some of the other classes, Tyler Westcott (HJA Motorcycles KTM) finished with the same results for yet another tie on points but had to settle for second this time. 14-year-old Mckenzie Marshall (DK Offroad Kawasaki) had his best result of the year coming home third. Charlie Hayman (SJP Moto KTM) remains unbeaten in the Seven Youth 125 class with another four wins from four starts. Ben Mustoe (Matt Gardiner MX KTM) followed Heyman over the finish line in three out of four races, with Tyla Hooley (ASA United Gas Gas) showing improvement in third.

Syntol 85 Lubricants Open 85

Billy Askew (GRT KTM) romped to victory in the big wheel class with an immaculate four race wins. Jake Walker (Gas Gas) pushed hard for second and had some good battles with the fast-improving Josh Vail (SJP Moto Husqvarna) who completed the podium lineup in third. Alfie Geddes-Green (Matt Pope Gas Gas), with three wins and a second, took the small wheel 85s overall win with race one winner Blake Ward-Clarke (JMR KTM) second. Sonny Rooney (Husqvarna) making his MX Nationals debut in 2022 impressed finishing third.

Pro MX1 – Race 1

Pos	Competitor	Diff	Laps
1	Harri Kullas		13
2	Tommy Searle	40.865	13
3	John Adamson	42.112	13
4	Brad Todd	43.554	13
5	Jake Millward	01:10.0	13
6	Martin Barr	01:14.9	13
7	Petar Petrov	01:23.7	13
8	Glen McCormick	01:25.8	13
9	Jason Meara	01:26.1	13
10	Tony Craig W	01:47.5	13
11	Liam Knight	01:54.2	13
12	Ben Edwards	02:14.7	13
13	Luke Parker W	02:21.6	13
14	Gavin Stevenson	1 lap	12
15	Dan Thornhill	1 lap	12
16	Stuart Edmonds	2 laps	11

Pro MX1 – Race 1

Pos	Competitor	Diff	Laps
1	Harri Kullas		13
2	Tommy Searle	20.72	13
3	Brad Todd	21.476	13
4	John Adamson	21.822	13
5	Petar Petrov	01:01.4	13
6	Jake Millward	01:03.7	13
7	Martin Barr	01:20.4	13
8	Jason Meara	01:33.2	13
9	Glen McCormick	01:37.6	13
10	Liam Knight	01:38.3	13
11	Tony Craig W	01:44.5	13
12	Dan Thornhill	01:51.4	13
13	Gavin Stevenson	02:03.1	13
14	Ben Edwards	02:06.3	13
15	Luke Parker W	1 lap	12

Pro MX1 – Overall

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Harri Kullas	50	25	25
2	Tommy Searle	44	22	22
3	Brad Todd	38	18	20
4	John Adamson	38	20	18
5	Jake Millward	31	16	15
6	Petar Petrov	30	14	16
7	Martin Barr	29	15	14
8	Jason Meara	25	12	13
9	Glen McCormick	25	13	12
10	Liam Knight	21	10	11
11	Tony Craig W	21	11	10
12	Ben Edwards	16	9	7
13	Dan Thornhill	15	6	9
14	Gavin Stevenson	15	7	8
15	Luke Parker W	14	8	6
16	Stuart Edmonds	5	5	–

Pro MX2 – Race 1

Pos	Competitor	Diff	Laps
1	Jamie Carpenter		13
2	Lewis Hall	4.555	13
3	Jamie Law	9.441	13
4	Calum Mitchell	10.059	13
5	Tom Grimshaw	10.349	13
6	John Meara	18.063	13
7	Sam Nunn	1 lap	12
8	Ben Putnam	1 lap	12
9	Alfie Jones	1 lap	12
10	Tom Murphy	1 lap	12
11	Rossi Beard	1 lap	12
12	Adam Collings	1 lap	12

Pro MX2 – Race 2

Pos	Competitor	Diff	Laps
1	Tom Grimshaw		13
2	Calum Mitchell	6.544	13
3	Jamie Law	8.906	13
4	Sam Nunn	9.734	13
5	Jamie Carpenter	25.561	13
6	Adam Collings	27.997	13
7	Ben Putnam	1 lap	12
8	Tom Murphy	1 lap	12
9	Lewis Hall	1 lap	12
10	Alfie Jones	7 laps	6

Pro MX2 – Overall

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Tom Grimshaw	41	16	25
2	Jamie Carpenter	41	25	16
3	Calum Mitchell	40	18	22
4	Jamie Law	40	20	20
5	Lewis Hall	34	22	12
6	Sam Nunn	32	14	18
7	Ben Putnam	27	13	14
8	Adam Collings	24	9	15
9	Tom Murphy	24	11	13
10	John Meara	15	15	–
11	Alfie Jones	12	12	–
12	Rossi Beard	10	10	–

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Shaun Southgate	90	20	25	25	20
2	Max Broadbelt W	80	18	22	18	22
3	Jayden Ashwell	76	25	10	16	25
4	Josh Bentley W	68	15	13	22	18
5	Declan Whittle W	62	22	20	20	–
6	Aaron Patstone	56	13	12	15	16
7	Josh Canton W	52	10	14	14	14
8	Ben Clayton W	43	8	11	11	13
9	Luke Mellows	40	11	16	13	–
10	Sunny Thompson W	38	12	8	8	10
11	Nathan Green	36	–	9	12	15
12	Jordan Mccaw	34	16	18	–	–
13	Frazer Norrie	33	7	6	9	11
14	Glen Phillips	31	9	–	10	12
15	Phil Mercer W	29	14	15	–	–
16	Stephen Mullally	16	–	–	7	9
17	Ryan Nock	13	6	7	–	–
18	Jamie Dixon	5	–	5	–	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Shane Carless W	100	25	25	25	25
2	Sam Atkinson	75	15	16	22	22
3	Louie Kessall	72	14	18	20	20
4	Jack Lindsay	68	22	22	6	18
5	Josh Coleman	65	20	15	18	12
6	Jimmy Margetson	57	18	12	13	14
7	Ollie Beamish	50	16	9	14	11
8	Wal Beaney W	44	11	14	12	7
9	Aaron Ongley	41	12	2	11	16
10	Callum Murfitt W	41	10	13	10	8
11	Todd Ritchie W	39	9	7	8	15
12	Ben Kennedy	34	7	11	16	–
13	Jake Preston W	33	13	20	–	–
14	Josh Peters W	33	–	8	15	10
15	Ben Clark	31	8	5	5	13
16	Ross Kersey	23	4	3	7	9
17	Jack Moore	21	6	6	4	5
18	Will Farrow W	19	–	10	9	–
19	Ben Margetson W	18	5	4	3	6

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Harry Bradley	95	25	25	20	25
2	Callum Gordon	80	13	20	25	22
3	Joshua McCorkell	80	20	22	22	16
4	Billy Wynn	78	22	18	18	20
5	John Kirk	64	18	15	16	15
6	Lewis Taylor	52	12	16	11	13
7	Aaron Gardiner	50	14	3	15	18
8	Ross Millard	48	15	10	14	9
9	Stephen Kelly	41	9	14	8	10
10	Jack Seabourne	39	–	12	13	14
11	Kieran Clarke W	37	16	4	5	12
12	Ryan Osborn	37	8	13	10	6
13	David Rushton	35	11	1	12	11
14	Paul Atkinson	32	6	9	9	8
15	Dan Holliday	32	10	11	6	5
16	Alex Christopher	22	5	8	7	2
17	Archie Fisher W	20	7	5	4	4
18	Ben Thomson W	17	4	7	3	3
19	Danny Townsend	14	–	6	1	7
20	Michael Smith	8	3	2	2	1

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Shaun Springer W	97	25	25	25	22
2	Dan Brough	78	15	18	20	25
3	Luca Pegg	76	14	20	22	20
4	Lewis Glynn	61	16	16	14	15
5	Josh Bassett W	60	11	13	18	18
6	Archie Hicks	55	8	15	16	16
7	Harry Foster	51	20	10	7	14
8	Ashley Surridge W	46	12	9	13	12
9	Lewis King-London	44	13	3	15	13
10	Charlie Beamish W	44	22	22	–	–
11	Sam Ongley W	43	10	11	12	10
12	Logan Wilcox	42	18	14	10	–
13	Harry Barker	33	9	5	8	11
14	Arnis Peberz	32	6	7	11	8
15	Calum Watson	27	3	6	9	9
16	Ricky Carter W	19	5	2	5	7
17	Jordan Meredith W	18	2	4	6	6
18	Max Flint	15	7	8	–	–
19	Billy Wilson W	12	–	12	–	–
20	Harry Fletcher	4	4	–	–	–

Clubman MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Connor Baldry	94	22	22	25	25
2	Adam Reeve	94	25	25	22	22
3	Billy Saunders	71	18	15	18	20
4	Grant Martin	64	10	18	20	16
5	James Thompson	55	14	11	15	15
6	Ben Parry W	54	8	20	8	18
7	Michael Graham	52	16	12	10	14
8	Mitch Best	52	20	16	16	–
9	Tim Warners W	51	12	13	13	13
10	Jordan Ambler	38	9	10	9	10
11	Ivan Kerr	37	11	14	12	–
12	Jordan Andrews	31	13	7	–	11
13	Ben Lightbown	30	7	8	6	9
14	Charlie Roper	30	15	4	11	–
15	Tallon Aspden	28	5	9	14	–
16	Harry Whitlock	25	–	6	7	12
17	Ash Senior	13	4	2	–	7
18	Lee Tolan	13	3	5	3	2
19	Dean Rodgers	10	2	3	–	5
20	Ben Watling W	10	1	1	5	3
21	Jack Waterman	8	–	–	–	8
22	Ryan Bowring	8	6	–	2	–
23	Cameron Vickers	6	–	–	–	6
24	Colby Walker	5	–	–	1	4
25	Scott Isherwood	4	–	–	4	–
26	Joshua Rea	1	–	–	–	1

Clubman MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Wainwright	94	25	25	22	22
2	George Boyce	92	20	22	25	25
3	Toby Lightbown	76	22	18	16	20
4	Charlie West	61	11	20	14	16
5	Mitchil Collins	59	15	16	18	10
6	Joseph Hall W	50	8	12	12	18
7	Aaron Framingham	47	16	9	15	7
8	Richy Roberts	46	13	8	13	12
9	Max Fletcher	44	12	14	4	14
10	Jamie Mottram	42	18	11	7	6
11	Tom Haddock	36	10	6	20	–
12	Elliot Cook	35	14	5	3	13
13	Jasper Gibson	27	1	10	1	15
14	Ollie Sheldon	23	3	3	9	8
15	Adam Pierce	22	9	13	–	–
16	Josh Jones	20	2	7	–	11
17	Jack Loveridge	17	7	2	8	–
18	Will Morris	16	5	–	10	1
19	Jake Taylor	15	–	4	6	5
20	Matthew Fuller	15	–	15	–	–
21	Jack Ratcliffe	14	6	–	5	3
22	Hayden Stevens	12	–	1	2	9
23	Liam Deegan	11	–	–	11	–
24	Drew Lane	6	4	–	–	2
25	Dan Houlker	4	–	–	–	4

MXY1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Charlie Heyman	100	25	25	25	25
2	Ben Mustoe	86	22	22	22	20
3	Tyla Hooley	82	20	20	20	22
4	Raife Broadley	68	16	18	16	18
5	Charlie Griffiths	57	14	16	15	12
6	Liam Bennett	56	15	13	13	15
7	Kayde Rayns	49	11	12	12	14
8	Harrison Greenough	47	12	5	14	16
9	Jude Turton W	47	10	15	9	13
10	George Hopkins	47	18	–	18	11
11	Ashden Barlow W	39	8	11	10	10
12	Kyron Carron	35	9	9	8	9
13	Dan Arkell W	32	–	14	11	7
14	Jacob Randell W	29	13	1	7	8
15	Calum Moore	24	5	8	6	5
16	Carl Harris	22	7	10	2	3
17	Brett Kelly	18	6	6	–	6
18	Sid Putnam	18	4	7	5	2
19	Cody Spacagna	13	2	3	4	4
20	Bradley Johnstone	10	3	4	3	–
21	Joe Grace W	5	1	2	1	1

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bayliss Utting	94	25	22	22	25
2	Tyler Westcott W	94	22	25	25	22
3	Mckenzie Marshall	71	16	20	15	20
4	Harvey Cashmore	70	18	16	20	16
5	Eidur Orri Palmarsson W	62	11	15	18	18
6	Hudson Roper	57	12	18	12	15
7	Arai Elcock	52	15	12	11	14
8	Charlie Palmer	48	14	13	10	11
9	Charley Irwin	46	9	11	14	12
10	Joseph Leeks W	41	8	7	13	13
11	Corey Collins	37	10	9	8	10
12	Seth Manners	35	7	10	9	9
13	Jak Taylor	30	–	14	16	–
14	Harley Mower W	26	5	6	7	8
15	Jake Barker	21	6	8	–	7
16	Jake Rackham W	20	20	–	–	–
17	Tye Jones	13	13	–	–	–

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Billy Askew	100	25	25	25	25
2	Jake Walker	84	20	20	22	22
3	Josh Vail	78	22	22	14	20
4	Ollie Bubb	60	12	18	15	15
5	Drew Stock	57	18	14	13	12
6	Charlie Richmond	55	7	12	20	16
7	Chester Hyde	52	15	8	16	13
8	Ryan Waggott	51	14	15	11	11
9	Jamie Keith	49	6	13	12	18
10	Freddie Gardiner	49	13	4	18	14
11	Will Haddock	35	16	9	10	–
12	Gus Mustoe	34	10	11	9	4
13	Jack Bearey	29	8	16	5	–
14	Lewis Spratt W	27	11	7	–	9
15	Connor McGrath W	26	–	10	6	10
16	Isaac Ash	26	5	6	8	7
17	Tyler Jones	24	9	5	4	6
18	Zane Stephens	22	4	3	7	8
19	Alfie Payne W	10	3	2	–	5
20	Cailen Griffiths	8	2	1	2	3
21	Alfie Osborn	6	1	–	3	2
22	Max Walsham	2	–	–	1	1

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alfie Geddes-Green	97	22	25	25	25
2	Blake Ward-Clarke	89	25	22	20	22
3	Sonny Rooney W	78	20	20	22	16
4	Hayden Statt	70	16	16	18	20
5	Finlay Pickering	70	18	18	16	18
6	Lucus Moncrieff	55	15	11	14	15
7	Maison Jones	55	13	15	15	12
8	Danny Flude	52	11	14	13	14
9	Ryan Clift	52	14	13	12	13
10	George Clark	45	12	12	11	10
11	Lewis Jenks	31	–	10	10	11

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