Grimshaw’s unbeaten run continues! 2026 Eastern MX Championship Round 2 – Report & Results

The Woodbridge DMCC hosted round two of the 2026 ACU Eastern Centre MX Championship at the stunning Blaxhall circuit on Sunday 26th of April. Backed by sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore and Rackhams Auto Body Centre, a 200-strong entry list and an action-packed 15-race schedule awaited the gathering crowd who were basking in the Suffolk sunshine.

Race Report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Narna Media

The morning’s qualification session would see Honda rider Tom Grimshaw take top spot in the quest to extend his lead in the championship standings after a maximum points haul at round one. Bayliss Utting and Jake Rackham posted equally quick times, and they would look impressive ahead of Tom Murphy and Callum Murfitt.

Race one of the Expert class would see Max Broadbelt fly out of the gate and grab the holeshot ahead of Grimshaw, Shaun Southgate and Jake Rackham. By the end of the first lap, Grimshaw would make the pass on Broadbelt and into the lead as he looked to check out from the rest of the pack. Bayliss Utting started to make his way through the top five with some smart moves as he soon made his way onto the rear wheel of Murphy in third.

Broadbelt would keep Grimshaw in his sights, but would never get close enough to attempt a pass, and Grimshaw would take the chequered flag for a comfortable victory. Max Broadbelt would finish in second place ahead of Utting in third, who eventually made his way past Murphy after he tangled with a back marker. Jake Rackham finished in fifth and Josh Peters in sixth.

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In race two, it was Tom Murphy who emerged with the holeshot and the early race lead ahead of once again Grimshaw, who had his starts on point all day. Travis Steels was in the mix early on alongside Utting and Luke Benstead. Murphy would hold onto the lead for only two laps as Grimshaw blasted his way past, while Max Broadbelt would move up past Steels and into fourth. Grimshaw weaved his way through the lapped riders well while always in control of the gap back to Murphy and cruised home to take race two victory. Murphy finished in a solid second place ahead of Utting in third and Benstead in fourth. Travis Steels came across the line in fifth ahead of Rackham in sixth.

The final Expert race of the day would see Max Broadbelt claim his second holeshot of the afternoon with the likes of Grimshaw, Southgate and Bayliss Utting all close by. Grimshaw again seized upon the opportunity early on and moved past Broadbelt to take the lead.

Southgate was passed by Utting and then Rackham as he started to drop back after a fine start. Tom Murphy fought his way through after an uncharacteristically poor start and soon made his way up to the top five. Broadbelt soon came under pressure from Rackham on the final few laps as the two Hondas went bar-to-bar in a thrilling end to the race. No one was a match, though, for Tom Grimshaw as he crossed the line to take a clean sweep of the expert class to remain unbeaten after two rounds of the 2026 season. Broadbelt would hold on to second place ahead of Rackham in third, Utting finished in fourth and Murphy in fifth. Luke Benstead capped a consistent afternoon with a sixth-place finish.

The overall in the Expert class went to Tom Grimshaw with a maximum 75 points ahead of Bayliss Utting in second with 58 points and Tom Murphy in third with 56 points.

In the Junior championship class, the overall honours were claimed by Caden Tomlin as he won all three races and carried on his strong start to the season, taking home the full 75 points. In second overall was Craig Down with 64 points, and he looks to maintain his current top spot in the Junior championship standings. In third overall was Sam Rogers with 54 points.

The Support B class overall went to Malachi Stratton with a 1-1-1 ahead of Aaron Smith in second with a 3-4-2 result. In third was James Harper with a 2-2-8.

In the Support C class, it was Matthew Cumming who took the overall with a 1-1-1 ahead of Liam Vant in second with a 2-3-3. In third was Charlie Starsmoore with a 6-7-4 finish.

The Support D class overall was claimed by Colin Stewart, who carded a 1-1-1 ahead of Shaun Tacey in second with a 2-2-2. In third was Andrew Rooke with a 4-4-3.

The Woodbridge DMCC would like to wish all injured riders a full and speedy recovery and pass on their appreciation to all the marshals, officials and medics who worked tirelessly to provide a safe racing environment.

Results

Experts Championship

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	16	Tom Grimshaw	75	25	25	25
2	421	Bayliss Utting	58	20	20	18
3	74	Thomas Murphy	56	18	22	16
4	103	Max Broadbelt	55	22	11	22
5	687	Jake Rackham	51	16	15	20
6	190	Luke Benstead	44	11	18	15
7	301	Shaun Southgate	42	14	14	14
8	500	Callum Murfitt	37	13	12	12
9	22	Travis Steels	37	10	16	11
10	5	Liam Bennett	33	7	13	13
11	661	Joshua Coleman	28	8	10	10
12	49	Luke Parker	28	12	9	7
13	2	Josh Peters	20	15	5	–
14	100	Rob Wood	19	4	6	9
15	57	Chester Hyde	18	6	8	4
16	807	Luca Pegg	16	1	7	8
17	20	William Farrow	15	5	4	6
18	7	Sydney Bales	9	2	2	5
19	48	Adam Collings	9	9	–	–
20	8	Callum McCaul	6	3	3	–
21	911	Benjamin Hayward	3	–	–	3
22	240	Alex Christopher	2	–	–	2
23	164	Billy Stevens	1	–	–	1
24	55	Steve Bixby	1	–	1	–

Junior Championship

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	126	Caden Tomlin	75	25	25	25
2	39	Craig Down	64	20	22	22
3	551	Sam Rogers	54	22	16	16
4	461	Luke Nolan	46	18	15	13
5	260	Jacob Roper	45	5	20	20
6	295	Lee Butson	33	13	12	8
7	726	Marcus Smith	32	12	14	6
8	521	Benjamin Arthurton	30	15	–	15
9	816	Kieran Bullock	28	10	11	7
10	531	Alfie Malins	27	9	18	–
11	740	Noah Wathen	26	–	8	18
12	476	Jack Camwell	25	16	9	–
13	784	Tyrone Tugwell	24	–	13	11
14	211	Jesse Gordon	18	8	10	–
15	525	Oscar Knights	17	11	6	–
16	813	Kane Fisher	16	4	–	12
17	52	Lee Kirkpatrick	16	6	–	10
18	346	Scott Claydon	15	14	1	–
19	591	Harrison Fitchett	14	–	–	14
20	550	Sonny Bixby	14	3	2	9
21	541	Mitchell Murfitt	8	–	4	4
22	172	Cameron Parrish	8	–	7	1
23	114	Reggie Jacobs	7	7	–	–
24	469	Ethan Johnson	5	–	–	5
25	41	Sean Wright	5	–	5	–
26	704	Roman Wright	3	–	–	3
27	249	Kevin Palmer	3	1	–	2
28	498	Bobby Topping	3	–	3	–
29	122	James Suckling	2	2	–	–

Support B

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	497	Malachi Stratton	135	45	45	45
2	119	Aaron Smith	123	41	39	43
3	135	James Harper	119	43	43	33
4	886	Cameron Fitchett	114	34	41	39
5	297	Bailey Jackson	106	37	35	34
6	71	John Hilton	96	32	29	35
7	581	Jamie Cox	94	29	34	31
8	361	Lewis Wells	93	31	30	32
9	243	Karl Sturman	93	26	37	30
10	851	Kyle Daniels	90	30	31	29
11	616	Robert Bond	89	33	19	37
12	280	Aaron Saunders	85	19	25	41
13	225	Alexander Smith	81	21	32	28
14	468	Joseph Henthorn	81	28	33	20
15	459	Edward Pegram	77	22	28	27
16	526	Riley Lawrence	70	24	20	26
17	288	Ethan Cone	64	17	23	24
18	125	Paul Hubbard	63	23	15	25
19	70	Sam Hilton	58	20	24	14
20	74	Ben Last	54	15	22	17
21	842	Joseph Mulley Forsdike	54	27	27	–
22	997	Tavis Coulson	52	14	17	21
23	96	Ryan Beeston	51	11	21	19
24	233	Alfie Betts	48	16	16	16
25	471	Taylor Saunders	47	25	9	13
26	721	Harry Hawes	47	35	12	–
27	217	James Gadd	46	10	18	18
28	675	Rodrigo Barata	41	8	10	23
29	106	Ben Secker	41	–	26	15
30	609	Christopher Lake	39	39	–	–
31	37	Finlay Whitlam	38	12	4	22
32	768	Ty Atkins	33	18	3	12
33	181	Jacob King	31	13	7	11
34	553	Owen Clark	27	9	8	10
35	214	Joshua Chappell	21	6	6	9
36	334	Shawn Graham	20	7	13	–
37	775	Rory Williams	14	–	14	–
38	132	Ben Carey	11	–	11	–
39	23	Austen Feavearyear-Foster	5	–	5	–
40	323	Joel Doncaster	–	–	–	–

Support C

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	141	Matthew Cummings	135	45	45	45
2	191	Liam Vant	125	43	41	41
3	868	Charlie Starsmoore	108	35	34	39
4	38	Lewis Griggs	102	39	30	33
5	959	Stephen Atkins	100	34	35	31
6	27	Jesse Eaves	94	37	32	25
7	753	Jake Hicks	89	16	39	34
8	212	Josh Faulkner	87	22	33	32
9	424	Reece Gill	84	41	43	–
10	202	Craig Page-Baker	82	20	27	35
11	287	Dexter Lambe	80	–	37	43
12	31	Nicholas Shaw	78	31	28	19
13	665	Hector Storey	74	8	29	37
14	42	Jake Appleton	71	26	16	29
15	159	Alfie Hoare	71	27	17	27
16	978	Samuel Cook	71	25	23	23
17	300	Damian Flack	69	19	20	30
18	131	Sam Philpott	68	15	25	28
19	898	Andrew Battle	67	17	26	24
20	91	Andrew Webster	62	24	18	20
21	107	Olly Stanley	61	30	31	–
22	605	Alfie Hunt	59	33	–	26
23	747	Ryan Christmas	55	13	21	21
24	772	Connor Davison	54	18	19	17
25	227	Billy Keene	47	23	24	–
26	996	Connor Martin	44	12	14	18
27	425	Chris White	44	32	12	–
28	363	Jack Cox	43	21	22	–
29	876	Lee Faulkner	41	14	11	16
30	820	Toby Henderson	37	–	15	22
31	115	Matthew Valentine	34	9	10	15
32	450	Russell Snowling	29	29	–	–
33	398	Jason Bennett	28	28	–	–
34	979	Ben Cook	23	10	13	–
35	235	Ben Lamb	11	11	–	–
36	239	Haydn Martin	9	–	9	–
37	269	Darren Watts	7	7	–	–
38	323	Joel Doncaster	6	6	–	–

Support D

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	400	Colin Stewart	135	45	45	45
2	418	Shaun Tacey	129	43	43	43
3	438	Andrew Rooke	119	39	39	41
4	360	Peter Andrews	111	37	35	39
5	87	Aaron Holden	100	32	33	35
6	848	Harry Saunders	100	34	32	34
7	988	Ryan Hunt	97	33	31	33
8	439	Tony Rooke	93	31	34	28
9	253	Jake Faulkner	90	29	29	32
10	464	Henry Fox	85	23	25	37
11	98	Andrew Smith	79	27	26	26
12	479	Kian Bassett	78	41	37	–
13	154	Chris Lee	76	35	41	–
14	305	Aiden Payne	72	24	19	29
15	77	John Smith	71	21	23	27
16	986	James Carass	66	25	17	24
17	228	Jack Norman	61	–	30	31
18	203	Oli Greene	61	18	21	22
19	390	Ellie Foames	59	20	16	23
20	102	Gene Barfield	57	10	22	25
21	925	James Clark	57	30	27	–
22	167	Liam Evans	56	16	20	20
23	422	Robert Green	56	28	28	–
24	715	Tommy Maskell	54	19	14	21
25	104	Charlie Mallett	48	–	18	30
26	244	Jack Hawes	47	17	11	19
27	207	Jason Eaves	46	22	24	–
28	33	Graham Watson	39	13	12	14
29	512	David Maddison	37	14	7	16
30	142	Louis Frampton Webb	37	9	13	15
31	384	Ryan Crump	36	8	10	18
32	419	Colin Booker	35	12	6	17
33	314	Elliott Armstrong	30	15	15	–
34	932	Jamie Salter	29	7	9	13
35	34	Shane Edwards	26	26	–	–
36	89	Shane Balaam	19	11	8	–

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Junior Championship

Support B

Support C

Support D

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