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Grimshaw & Kullas on top at Landrake! 2022 MX Nationals Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

Two very different weather days tested the Michelin MX Nationals, powered by Milwaukee, team to the maximum last weekend at round two of the series. But once again, hard work and good organisation produced another great meeting with larger crowds of spectators that have never been seen at this venue before.

Report by Dick Law – Images courtesy of Dave Rich

On Saturday, the sun shone on and off all day, making the hilly Landrake track just over the Devon border in Cornwall hard and dusty in places. Unfortunately, overnight it started to rain, which then turned to drizzle by morning, and that carried on all Sunday till just after racing had finished for the day.

There was a few fallers on the first corner which included John Adamson, Jake Millward and Jamie Carpenter

The smooth-riding Harri Kullas and his Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha were in their element on Sunday as he won the first muddy and slippery Leatt Pro MX1 race with ease and then backed that up with a comfortable and safe second place in race two.

But, while Kullas was winning the Leatt Pro MX1 part of the combined pro MX1 and MX2 race, we had a new winner in the Apico Pro-MX2s as Tom Grimshaw (Chambers Gas Gas) with a win, and a second-place scored his first-ever national overall win.

Kullas got the holeshot at the start of the first combined pro race from Tommy Searle (Crendon Fastrack Honda), Gosh Gilbert (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna), Glenn McCormick (Chambers Husqvarna) and Dan Thornhill (Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha). Thornhill was making a return to racing from a shoulder injury.

With Landrake’s uphill start and with the slippery conditions, the MX2 riders were at a disadvantage at the start as the bigger bike powered away.

Josh Gilbert on home soil won the second Pro MX1 race

Carlton Husband (Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki) was the first of the MX2s in ninth place, with Rossi Beard (Lexa MX KTM), Steve Clarke (Crendon Fastrack Honda) and Grimshaw all in his wheel tracks. But as the riders disappeared around the opening lap Jake Millward (Verde Shiloh KTM), Jason Meara (Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki) and Jamie Carpenter (GRT KTM) were in a bit heap in turn one. All riders got up and continued with the race, but later, when Carpenter finished the race, his injuries were more severe than he first thought, and he was rushed to hospital and will be out of racing for a time.

Tommy Searle pressured Gilbert in the closing stages until on the last lap when Gilbert left the door open entering one of the table tops and Searle pounced on the chance and went through

Meanwhile, back at the front, as Kullas stretched out a lead Gilbert passed Searle for second place at the end of lap one and started to open up a bit of gap.

Stuart Edmonds (Apico Husqvarna) must have found the conditions to his liking as he gated eighth but soon passed his teammate Martin Barr, Brad Todd (Gabriel KTM), Thornhill and McCormick and then slotted into fourth place, which is where he finished the race.

On the MX2 side of things, the fast-starting Husband was slipping back into the pack as first Steven Clarke, and then Grimshaw passed him. Jay Hague (Crendon Fastrack Honda) had started his race in sixteenth but made his way to tenth before slipping back to fourteenth place in the trying conditions.

As the race came to a close, and while Kullas stretched his lead, Searle upped his pace and closed in on second place man Gilbert and, in a last-lap do or die move, snatched second away from him on the last lap.

Overall, in the MX1s, it was Kullas by over twelve seconds from Searle and Gilbert who crossed the finish line side by side. Edmonds was on his own in fourth with his teammate Barr fifth.

On the MX2 side of things, Grimshaw finished eleventh on the track but first of the MX2 riders and was over ten seconds clear of second-place man Hague. Florien Miot (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna) was a distant third from Husband, the last rider on the lead lap. The injured Carpenter was fifth.

Gilbert got the holeshot at the start of race two from Edmunds, Kullas, Law, Barr and McCormick, with Searle in seventh place and Clarke, the first of the MX2s, one place behind Searle. Kullas had passed Edmunds for second place by the end of the first lap, and Law slipped down to eighth place. Clarke crashed down to thirteenth place and pulled out of the race three laps later.

Harri Kullas was in top form in the tricky conditions

Searle was on the move, and as the race was four laps old, he was in fourth place, which was where he finished as the top three of Gilbert Kullas, and Edmunds remained in the order.

No 301 Shaun Southgate and No 57 Richard Bird battling it out in the Expert MX1 Championship

Miot crossed the finish line in sixth from ninth at the start but was the first MX2 rider home. Grimshaw was within two seconds of him as he held off repeated challenges for his second MX2 rider from a charging Hague. Law ended his race in fourth place, with Calum Mitchell (Fabrican KTM) fifth.

Overall, in the MX1s, it was Kullas from Gilbert, Searle, and Edmunds, while in the MX2s, it was Grimshaw from Miot and Hague with Husband just missing out on a podium position.

Charlie Putnam gave his all on both days and was rewarded with the overall in the Expert MX1 class

With a win and three strong finishes, Charlie Putnam (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna) won the expert RFX MX1s with Jaydon Ashwell (AJP Gas Gas), who seemed to like the trying conditions of day two as he won both races, giving him second overall. James Dodd was third, with race two winner Shaun Southgate (Herts MX Honda) missing out on a podium finish.

Louie Kessell was consistant on both days and took the Expert MX2 class overall

Louie Kessell (Honda) won the first three of his four races over the weekend, but a not so good start in his last race meant he had to settle for second in the race but still gave him the overall expert RFX MX2 win. Josh Coleman (Holeshot KTM) didn’t finish out of the top four all weekend for second overall, with Jack Lindsay (Apico Husqvarna) third and race four winner Aaron Ongley (723 Racebike KTM) missing out on a top three.

Expert start

With a win, two second places and a third, Billy Wynn won the Motoverde Amateur MX1 overall as three-race winner Harry Bradley crashed out a fourth place in his third race and finished thirty third. Ross Millard was third overall.

Harry Bradley won three of the four Amateur MX1 races but went down in the third race

Dan Brough (Rutzz.co.uk Husqvarna) finished second to Luca Pegg (Yamaha) in the first of the Motoverde Amateur MX2 races but then went on to win the next three races for the overall. Pegg backed up his win by finishing in the top five for second overall, with Lewis King-London (Streamteck Honda) third.

Mitch Best (Blackphone Honda) was unbeaten in the Worx Financial Clubman MX1, taking four wins from four starts. Conner Baldry (KTM) chassed him over the finish line on three out of the four occasions for second overall, with Billy Saunders (WMS Honda) third.
Richy Roberts (Rutzz Racing Husqvarna) didn’t finish out of the top three on his way to winning the Moto Connection Clubman MX2 overall from Charlie West (Gas Gas) and Matthew Pocock (Yamaha).

With three wins and a second-place wildcard, Tyler Westcott won the 250F side of the combined Seven MXY2 and MXY125 overall from race three winner Jak Taylor (Team Green Kawasaki), with another wildcard rider, Ben Zeale, third.

Charlie Heyman was in command in the MXY1 class

There was no stopping Charlie Heyman (SJP Moto KTM) in the Seven MXY125 side of the race as he won all four of his races. Joe Brooks (GRT KTM) followed Hayman over the finish line in every race, with Ollie Colmer (GRT KTM) third in each race.

It was tight at the top of the Syntol big wheel side of the combined 85cc races as only two points separated the overall winner Jake Walker (Gas Gas) from runner up Billy Askew (GRT KTM). Josh Vail (SJP Husqvarna) was third overall, just one point behind Askew for the closest finish of the weekend.

Billy Askew won both Big Wheel 85 races on the Saturday

Archie-Jay Girdham (SJP Husqvarna) dominated the Syntol small wheel side of the races with four wins from four starts. Hayden Statt (Manchester MC KTM) was second, with Blake Ward-Clarke (JMR KTM) third.

Round three will be the weekend of the 29th and 30th of May at Lyng in Norfolk, which is a sandy natural track with an extensive history.

No 75 Aaron Ongley and No 771 Ollie Beamish battling it out in the Expert MX2 class

Results

Fastest 40 – Overall

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Harri Kullas	47	25	22
2	Josh Gilbert	45	20	25
3	Tommy Searle	40	22	18
4	Stuart Edmunds	38	18	20
5	Martin Barr	32	16	16
6	Glen McCormick	26	12	14
7	Brad Todd	24	14	10
8	Tom Grimshaw	23	10	13
9	Dan Thornhill	23	15	8
10	Florien Miot	21	6	15
11	Jay Hague	19	7	12
12	John Adamson	18	9	9
13	Steven Clarke	13	13	–
14	Jamie Law	11	–	11
15	Jake Millward	11	11	–
16	Calton Husband	10	5	5
17	Liam Knight	8	8	–
18	Petar Petrov	7	–	7
19	Calum Mitchell	6	–	6
20	Jamie Carpenter	4	4	–
21	Rossi Beard	4	–	4
22	Lewis Hall	3	–	3
23	Joshua Taylor	3	3	–
24	Michael Ellis	2	2	–
25	Jason Meara	2	–	2
26	Adam Collings	1	–	1
27	Jake Sheridan	1	1	–

Pro MX1 – Overall

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Harri Kullas	47	25	22
2	Josh Gilbert	45	20	25
3	Tommy Searle	40	22	18
4	Stuart Edmunds	38	18	20
5	Martin Barr	32	16	16
6	Brad Todd	28	14	14
7	Glen McCormick	27	12	15
8	Dan Thornhill	27	15	12
9	John Adamson	23	10	13
10	Jason Meara	16	6	10
11	Ben Edwards	15	7	8
12	Steven Clarke	13	13	–
13	Petar Petrov	11	–	11
14	Jake Millward	11	11	–
15	Alfie Smith W	9	–	9
16	Liam Knight	9	9	–
17	Joshua Taylor	8	8	–

Pro MX2 – Overall

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Tom Grimshaw	47	25	22
2	Florien Miot	45	20	25
3	Jay Hague	42	22	20
4	Calton Husband	33	18	15
5	Rossi Beard	27	13	14
6	Jamie Law	26	8	18
7	Lewis Hall	25	12	13
8	Jake Sheridan	25	14	11
9	Calum Mitchell	23	7	16
10	Adam Collings	22	10	12
11	Alfie Jones	21	11	10
12	Tom Murphy	18	9	9
13	Jamie Carpenter	16	16	–
14	Michael Ellis	15	15	–

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Charlie Putnam	85	25	20	18	22
2	Jayden Ashwell	82	16	16	25	25
3	James Dodd W	75	15	22	20	18
4	Shaun Southgate	75	13	25	22	15
5	Jordan Mccaw	65	18	12	15	20
6	Richard Bird	60	20	18	10	12
7	Josh Waterman	53	22	15	16	–
8	Sonny Thompson W	45	9	11	11	14
9	Ben Clayton W	45	10	10	12	13
10	Luke Mellows	39	11	14	14	–
11	Glen Phillips	37	8	–	13	16
12	Jamie Dixon	34	7	7	9	11
13	Adam Wells	29	12	9	8	–
14	George Clark W	27	14	13	–	–
15	Stephen Mullally	21	6	8	7	–
16	Aiden Wigger	11	5	6	–	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Louie Kessall	97	25	25	25	22
2	Josh Coleman	82	22	20	22	18
3	Jack Lindsay	76	20	22	14	20
4	Aaron Ongley	67	13	14	15	25
5	Jimmy Margetson	64	16	13	20	15
6	Kieren Yorke	52	12	11	18	11
7	Sam Atkinson	52	18	18	16	–
8	Ben Clark	46	11	9	10	16
9	Harvey James W	46	9	12	11	14
10	Ollie Beamish	45	10	10	13	12
11	Bailey Johnson	39	14	16	9	–
12	Ross Kersey	33	8	–	12	13
13	Ben Franklin W	30	15	15	–	–

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Billy Wynn	89	20	22	25	22
2	Harry Bradley	78	25	25	3	25
3	Ross Millard	72	18	18	20	16
4	Joshua McCorkell	68	14	12	22	20
5	Aaron Gardiner	63	16	14	18	15
6	Josh Greedy W	57	9	20	16	12
7	David Rushton	52	15	11	13	13
8	Ryan Osborn	46	10	8	14	14
9	Lewis Taylor	40	4	9	9	18
10	Callum Gordon	40	12	16	4	8
11	Tyron Cleaver	37	22	15	–	–
12	Stephen Kelly	37	13	13	11	–
13	Billy Collins	29	11	6	12	–
14	Dan Holliday	26	5	10	5	6
15	Michael Smith	24	2	4	7	11
16	Ben Thomson W	24	1	3	10	10
17	Alex Christopher	24	8	7	2	7
18	Tallon Aspden	23	7	5	6	5
19	Jack Seabourne	23	6	2	15	–
20	Paul Atkinson	21	3	1	8	9

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Dan Brough	95	20	25	25	25
2	Luca Pegg	85	25	16	22	22
3	Lewis King-London	67	15	18	20	14
4	Ryan Tanner W	62	22	22	18	–
5	Archie Hicks	58	18	10	15	15
6	Harry Foster	53	9	14	14	16
7	Sam Ongley W	51	10	15	13	13
8	Logan Wilcox	50	8	12	12	18
9	Harry Fletcher	50	12	20	8	10
10	Arnis Peberz	45	14	11	11	9
11	Keelan Southwood W	41	5	6	10	20
12	Max Flint	38	7	13	7	11
13	Alex Buchanan	38	13	9	16	–
14	Calum Watson	34	6	7	9	12
15	Harry Barker	23	11	8	4	–
16	Ben White	16	16	–	–	–
17	Luke Coker W	13	2	5	6	–
18	Jack Roberts W	12	3	4	5	–
19	Tom Hughes W	4	4	–	–	–

Clubman MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Mitch Best	100	25	25	25	25
2	Connor Baldry	86	22	22	20	22
3	Billy Saunders	74	20	14	22	18
4	Greg Kingston W	61	16	18	14	13
5	Brad Taylor W	60	18	15	13	14
6	James Thompson	59	15	13	15	16
7	Grant Martin	58	–	20	18	20
8	Ivan Kerr	54	13	16	16	9
9	Ryan Davis	34	–	10	12	12
10	Harry Whitlock	30	9	9	9	3
11	Jordan Andrews	28	7	7	8	6
12	Joe Croft	27	6	11	10	–
13	Ash Senior	25	8	8	1	8
14	Ryan Bowring	24	–	4	5	15
15	Keaton Stewart	24	12	12	–	–
16	Adam Reeve	23	14	3	6	–
17	Charlie Roper	21	10	–	11	–
18	Jordan Ambler	21	11	6	4	–
19	Dean Rodgers	13	–	–	2	11
20	Joshua Rea	10	–	–	–	10
21	Scott Isherwood	9	4	5	–	–
22	Ben Lightbown	8	1	–	7	–
23	Matt Smith-Bowen	7	–	–	–	7
24	Jack Waterman	6	2	–	–	4
25	Colby Walker	5	–	–	–	5
26	Ollie Kingston W	4	–	1	3	–
27	Michael Graham	3	3	–	–	–
28	Lewis Wigger	2	–	–	–	2
29	Cameron Vickers	2	–	2	–	–
30	Harry McDonald	1	–	–	–	1

Clubman MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Richy Roberts	89	22	22	25	20
2	Charlie West	68	16	14	16	22
3	Matthew Pocock	63	18	13	18	14
4	Max Fletcher	62	20	20	14	8
5	Tom Haddock	61	15	12	22	12
6	Ben Wainwright	61	25	25	2	9
7	George Boyce	59	11	16	7	25
8	Ollie Sheldon	49	13	6	15	15
9	Jack Colley	43	12	9	6	16
10	Drew Lane	43	–	10	20	13
11	Giles Richards	42	2	11	11	18
12	Elliot Cook	38	3	15	9	11
13	Toby Lightbown	30	14	–	13	3
14	Josh Jones	26	6	7	3	10
15	Jack Loveridge	24	–	5	12	7
16	Jasper Gibson	23	5	18	–	–
17	Liam Deegan	22	9	1	10	2
18	Mitchil Collins	19	7	8	4	–
19	Aaron Framingham	14	–	4	5	5
20	Will Morris	14	8	2	–	4
21	Jude Garland	10	1	–	8	1
22	Matthew Fuller	10	10	–	–	–
23	Jake Taylor	7	4	3	–	–
24	Jack Ratcliffe	6	–	–	–	6
25	Hayden Stevens	1	–	–	1	–

MXY1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Charlie Heyman	100	25	25	25	25
2	Joe Brooks	88	22	22	22	22
3	Ollie Colmer	80	20	20	20	20
4	Tyla Hooley	70	18	18	16	18
5	Ben Mustoe	63	16	14	18	15
6	Charlie Griffiths	58	13	16	15	14
7	Leon Ongley	51	14	10	11	16
8	Raife Broadley	49	12	11	13	13
9	George Hopkins	49	8	15	14	12
10	Louis Vincent W	47	15	13	8	11
11	Liam Bennett	37	11	12	6	8
12	Kayde Rayns	36	9	9	12	6
13	Harrison Greenough	31	7	8	7	9
14	Jude Turton W	30	10	1	9	10
15	Sid Putnam	20	5	5	3	7
16	Carl Harris	17	4	4	5	4
17	Kyron Carron	17	–	7	10	–
18	Brett Kelly	15	2	6	4	3
19	Cody Specagna	13	6	–	2	5
20	Calum Moore	9	3	3	1	2
21	Logan Powell W	2	–	2	–	–
22	Bradley Johnstone	1	1	–	–	–

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tyler Westcott W	97	25	25	22	25
2	Jak Taylor	91	22	22	25	22
3	Ben Zeale W	66	15	18	15	18
4	Hudson Roper	66	13	20	20	13
5	Bayliss Utting	54	16	15	11	12
6	Harvey Cashmore	52	9	9	14	20
7	Finlay Evans	48	18	14	16	–
8	Seth Manners	46	7	11	13	15
9	Charlie Palmer	45	12	12	10	11
10	Tye Jones	45	11	16	8	10
11	Aria Elcock	44	5	13	12	14
12	Mckenzie Marshall	38	20	–	18	–
13	Jacob Randell W	30	14	–	–	16
14	Jake Barker	30	8	8	6	8
15	Leon Williams	29	10	10	9	–
16	Corey Collins	29	6	7	7	9

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jake Walker	85	20	15	25	25
2	Billy Askew	83	25	25	18	15
3	Josh Vail	82	18	20	22	22
4	Freddie Gardiner	67	9	18	20	20
5	Ollie Bubb	65	15	16	16	18
6	Charlie Richmond	63	22	22	9	10
7	Ryan Waggott	54	16	14	11	13
8	Drew Stock	52	13	12	15	12
9	Isaac Ash	50	12	9	13	16
10	Chester Hyde	41	14	13	14	–
11	Gus Mustoe	37	11	10	5	11
12	Jack Bearey	35	10	11	–	14
13	Tyler Jones	35	8	8	10	9
14	Zane Stephens	29	6	7	8	8
15	Braidy Tucker W	24	7	6	4	7
16	Cailen Griffiths	22	5	5	6	6
17	Ripley Carter W	20	4	4	7	5
18	Max Walsham	13	3	3	3	4
19	Will Haddock	12	–	–	12	–
20	Tyler Townsend	6	2	2	2	–

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Archie-Jay Girdham	100	25	25	25	25
2	Hayden Statt	80	20	22	20	18
3	Blake Ward-Clarke	78	18	20	18	22
4	Alfie Geddes-Green	77	22	13	22	20
5	Joel Winstanly Dawson W	64	16	18	16	14
6	Lucus Moncrieff	60	15	15	15	15
7	Finlay Pickering	57	14	16	14	13
8	Danny Flude	51	12	10	13	16
9	Maison Jones	49	13	14	10	12
10	Archie Congdon	39	8	9	11	11
11	George Clark	35	9	8	8	10
12	Ryan Clift	33	10	11	12	–
13	Lewis Jenks	32	11	12	9	–

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