Keen as Mustoe! 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

Taking out wildcard entries to compete at round two of the 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship last weekend, four young stars who normally ply their trade in the ACU Motul British Championship all certainly shone very brightly!

Report and Images by Mike Wood

At Bromsberrow, ASA GasGas rider Ben Mustoe switched from his usual 250F mount to contest and win overall the Open class aboard a 350F machine, Freddie Bartlett went the other way, dropping from his ACU MX1 ride to win the Bromsberrow MX2 class, which also included ACU rider Max Harris on the Dirthut Yamaha. Harris eventually finished runner-up behind Bartlett, whilst Arthur Moore stuck to his normal 125cc mount and thus topped the overall Youth standings.

On a truly brutal, rough Bromsberrow circuit where maximum concentration and line choice were equally critical, let’s start with Mustoe’s performance in the Open class. Pushing him all the way for glory was another young star, Tyla Hooley, on his Leeds Pallets KTM, who is the AMCA early series leader. Indeed, the overall verdict in this one went right down to a final moto decider. At the start of the weekend, Mustoe led moto one just about all the way with Hooley for close company until the Yorkshire lad lost momentum and ground when going off line on a couple of occasions. So, that was win number one in the bag for Mustoe ahead of Hooley, James Dodd, Will Hughes, Corey Hockey, Ryan Crowder, Mark Roberts, Aaron Patstone, Jayden Murphy and James Bates.

Frantic Open class start action featuring Tyla Hooley (101) and Ben Mustoe (163)

In Open class moto two, it was to see a reversal of roles as this time Hooley led the contest from a chasing Mustoe. On the final turn of the race, Mustoe came close to even losing his hard-earned 2nd spot when he stalled his motor, just managing to restart and regain momentum as Dodd rapidly approached. After climbing up through the pack to get home in 11th in the first moto, Mackenzie Marshall had a very strong ride this time around to earn 4th with Hughes, Hockey now definitely dialled into his new CPMX Honda and Murphy next up. After posting the 4th fastest qualifying time, Liam Gale was to enjoy his best finish of the weekend in this one with 8th place.

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Mackenzie Marshall the 5th place finisher in the Open class

Although weather conditions were a little cooler on day two, the pace at the front of the Open class was still red hot as Hooley and Mustoe simply checked out in the third clash at Bromsberrowt! The result was another victory for Hooley with Mustoe in tow as Dodd bagged a rather lonely 3rd followed by his FUS Marsh MX teammate Hughes, Marshall, Murphy and Hockey who scored more big Championship points. Replacing the injured Jayden Ashwell in the AJP team, Ben Clayton took 8th ahead of Roberts and James Bates. So, it was a 2-1 advantage to Hooley in the win count going into moto four, the final contest. Making no mistake, though, and riding the perfect race, Mustoe crucially won the last one to also bag the overall verdict. Hooley got home in 2nd, thus increasing his Championship lead over Dodd. Once again, Marshall, Murphy and Hughes got home inside the top ten as Crowder, riding on his Dad Aaron’s bike, finished with a strong 7th.

Finley Evans (12) the 3rd placed overall in MX2 leading Rory Jones

On a borrowed 250F KTM, Wildcard Freddie Bartlett led the opening MX2 clash all the way from gate to flag. In the early stages, another young star, Finley Evans, held 2nd from defending AMCA Champion Henry Williams, another Wildcard rider, Max Harris and Lee Truman. Four laps in, Williams was up to 2nd as series leader Jayden Jones was moving up the leaderboard after gating in 10th. In the simply breathtaking action, Harris got up to finish as runner-up in moto one with Williams 3rd, Luke Dean 4th, Finley Evans 5th and Jones 6th. In this first MX2 moto, both Rory Jones and Ray Rowson, who had figured prominently at round one, recorded that unwanted DNF score!

Fighting back, both Rowson (4th) and Rory Jones (7th) responded in style during moto two to help slightly erase their earlier disappointment! Taking the win again, though in style, was Bartlett ahead of a rip-roaring tussle for 2nd, which featured Finley Evans and Dean, the verdict going to Evans. Gating down in 10th, Williams earned 5th at the flag as Truman was again right in the mix. Surprisingly finding himself down in an early 19th, Harris climbed back to 8th, but the ride of this moto certainly belonged to Jayden Jones! Falling early on and his bike refusing to initially restart, Jayden was last and with it all to do! The 16-year-old Wulfsport Suzuki rider then turned up the gas and went on the chase, recovering all the way back to 11th! Also, in trouble in moto two was AJP Triumph rider Jimmy Margetson, forced out of proceedings when his gear selector plate snapped. In an incredible show of team togetherness and support, the AJP team then worked together to get Jimmy back on track. Removing the broken part, they then dashed to their workshop in Hereford, repairing and welding the broken plate back together, before then returning to Bromsberrow on Saturday evening, refitting, and preparing the bike for race action on Sunday!

So, in MX2 moto three, Jimmy’s repaired bike carried him to 7th place in a clash won gate to flag by Harris as Bartlett passed Finley Evans to earn 2nd. Evans was then to be eventually overhauled by Jayden Jones, moving from 8th to 3rd, and Rory Jones. Williams had to settle for 6th in this one with the consistent Domonic Newbury 8th, Dean 9th and Truman 10th. In the final MX2 contest, Margetson was right on it and leading the opening seven laps before Bartlett came through for the win ahead of Harris and Williams. Confirming a richly deserved podium place, Finley Evans took 5th in this moto from Rory Jones. For Jayden Jones, though, there was to be more trouble, falling on lap one and on that dreaded turn two again, he found himself in last place. What followed then was a simply storming ride, getting himself right back to 7th! That result means that just 2 points separate Henry and Jayden at the top of the MX2 Championship table, what a contest this promises to be!

On his LRT Yamaha, Jordan Wright led 125cc moto one for six frantic laps until Wildcard Arthur Moore came through for the win. Competing in the 125cc Youth class, whilst Moore starred in the opener, fellow Youth riders Oliver Bebb, Oakley Skinner and Bobby Watson also set the tone for the weekend by scoring very solid top ten positions. Also starting in style and putting some very useful points on the board were Wright, Lee Sealey, Ashley Harland and Patrick Gilligan.

After starting with a 6th place finish, Bebb then produced a simply stunning moto two ride to lead the contest from gate to flag ahead of Wright, Sealey, Harland, Oakley Kettle and Colley. In this one, Moore had to climb from an early 20th spot to get home in 8th just behind Ted Bullen. Unfortunately, though, for Bebb after that great second moto win, he then went from ecstasy to agony as he crashed out of 125cc moto three, resulting in the contest being red-flagged. So, in that one, Moore recorded another victory with all of the usual suspects, Wright, Sealey, Harland, the very impressive Skinner, Colley and Gilligan in the top ten frame.

Oakley Skinner the Youth 125cc runner-up

In a dramatic final 125cc clash, Wright’s hopes of a podium place were destroyed three laps in when the rear shock on his Yamaha machine self- destructed ! Leading the contest for the opening six circuits was Sealey, but Harland was right on a charge, getting up to 3rd. In the last two laps, he then stormed past both Moore and Sealey to grab the win. So that meant it was a 125cc podium of Sealey, Harland and Colley with Moore, Skinner and Watson on the 125cc Youth box.

Not to be outdone, the combined Vets Over 40’s, Over 50’s, Over 60’s and Women’s Championship motos at Bromsberrow also produced plenty of outstanding action. The FUS Marsh MX boys of Dain Traylor and Phil Mercer controlled the early exchanges of moto one. Eventually, taking the win was Mercer from James Lane, Jamie Dobson, Simon Lane, early leader Traylor, Jamie Powell and Lee Martin.

Amber McGregor leading Sean Smith in the mixed Vets and Womens class

In Moto Two, Aaron Crowder, Dobson and finally Mercer all took turns to lead Moto Two as Simon Lane, back on it and finding his form after last season’s injury, was also in the hunt for glory. Showing that he was definitely back on form, Simon then grabbed the holeshot to lead moto three before a couple of falls eventually dropped him back to 9th. In a super race, James Lane, after gating 5th, came roaring through to get the better of Dobson, then reeled in and passed leader Mercer on the final lap. Also going right at it in this one was Matt Ryder and Lee Martin, locked into a titanic tussle for 4th, Ryder eventually coming out on top. Sam Callow, Crowder, Traylor and Clayton Hogg also bagged a top ten place.

James Lane the Vets Over 40’s winner leading Jamie Dobson

In another classic, the final moto saw Mercer lead the way, but behind him there was a great three-way battle between James Lane, Martin and Dobson for 2nd. Such was the ferocity of that scrap that gradually they were also getting closer to Mercer at the front. Dramatically closing the gap, the crowd watched in anticipation as the leading pack returned into view. Who would get the win, though? Well, it was Mercer, but what a heart-stopping moment he encountered on the very last turn. Approaching an unaware backmarker, Phil had to take emergency action and change his intended line at the final moment to avoid a collision, just about claiming the win! So, it was James Lane, Dobson and Martin on the O40’s podium, Mercer, Simon Lane and Ryder the O50’s top three and Andrew Watkins, Brian Staples, and Andrew Prosser on the O60’s podium. For the Women, Ria Truman backed up her victory at Bevercotes in round one with another podium-topping performance ahead of Hannah Jones and Caitlin Newman. Ria was also the top Lady home in all four motos at Bromsberrow, her highest finish being a 14th place in moto three.

The mixed Clubman Seniors/Juniors motos started with a gate-to-flag win for Callum Radford, as George Clarke (2) and Ayjay Simpson also recorded victories. Indeed, that trio of riders were to be the dominant force throughout proceedings at Bromsberrow, always filling the leading three finishing positions. In the Seniors contest, Clarke extended his series lead with another overall win as Simpson, Radford, Charlie Ludwell, Max Monk, and Ricky Ryder were the next best. Making it a very successful weekend for the Radford Windows lads, Callum’s teammate Charlie Osborne was the top Junior Clubman from John Cox, Lewis Day, Lewis Perks, Benjamin Prosser and Kieran Oldfield.

Clubman Seniors and Juniors last moto action

There was to be an unfortunate start to the combined BW85cc/SW85cc and 65cc Youth racing at Bromsberrow when Franky Worrall crashed out whilst leading moto one. In the rerun, Mason Brown took the win from Will Kremer, and indeed these two lads were to dominate at the front throughout the weekend! Brown also won motos two and four, but Kremer did get the better of him during their third meeting. In the BW85cc class, it was to be podium pie for Brown, Kremer, Byron Wheldon, Jay Howells and Tyler Oliver. SW85cc glory went to maximum points scorer Tia Doyle from Oliver Moore, Caden James and Aaron Mercer. Finally, Harlee Duffy topped the 65cc contest with an unbeaten score, joined on the podium by Harvey Wood, Fletcher Hicks and Mason Tait.

Massive well done to the organising Uley MXC and PCMX Tracks for getting round two done, it’s now onto the spectacular Brookthorpe venue on May 16th/17th for the next action in the 2026 AMCA British Motocross Championship chase.

Results

Open

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	163	Ben Mustoe	94	25	22	22	25
2	101	Tyla Hooley	94	22	25	25	22
3	292	James Dodd	80	20	20	20	20
4	205	Will Hughes	67	18	16	18	15
5	555	Mckenzie Marshall	62	10	18	16	18
6	118	Jaydon Murphy	57	12	14	15	16
7	54	Corey Hockey	56	16	15	14	11
8	462	Mark Roberts	51	14	12	12	13
9	11	Ben Clayton	43	9	11	13	10
10	377	James Bates	40	11	10	11	8
11	146	Ryan Crowder	38	15	9	–	14
12	100	Liam Gale	34	8	13	1	12
13	12	Jacob Bowden	31	6	8	10	7
14	338	Ben White	23	1	7	6	9
15	24	Cory Mcshane	21	7	5	7	2
16	40	Ezra Blackwell	19	–	6	8	5
17	156	Adam Wells	17	5	–	9	3
18	150	Aaron Patstone	13	13	–	–	–
19	7	Tyron Cleaver	13	2	2	3	6
20	23	Joshua Fletcher-Williams	11	4	1	5	1
21	249	Tommi Davies	11	3	4	4	–
22	11*	Matt Burrows	7	–	3	–	4
23	64	Cory Nemeth	2	–	–	2	–

MX2

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	592	Freddie Bartlett	97	25	25	22	25
2	472	Max Harris	80	22	13	25	20
3	12	Finley Evans	70	16	22	16	16
4	15	Henry Williams	69	20	16	15	18
5	52	Luke Dean	63	18	20	12	13
6	199	Jayden Jones	59	15	10	20	14
7	210	Lee Truman	49	14	15	11	9
8	719	Jimmy Margetson	48	12	–	14	22
9	231	Rory Jones	47	–	14	18	15
10	10	Jonathan Roden	39	11	11	9	8
11	6	Domonic Newbury	33	9	–	13	11
12	17	Luke Meredith	31	10	12	4	5
13	111	Ray Rowson	28	–	18	–	10
14	142	Christopher Brindley	28	13	8	7	–
15	67	Scott Alldridge	26	7	7	–	12
16	702	Harrison Mccann	25	6	9	10	–
17	2	Yarin Evans	24	8	3	6	7
18	167	Jack Evans	16	3	5	8	–
19	79	Wyatt McGregor	16	1	4	5	6
20	184	Billy Bayliss	16	4	6	2	4
21	510	Mitchell Perry	10	2	2	3	3
22	114	George Clark	5	5	–	–	–
23	444	Romeo Mead	3	–	1	–	2
24	10*	Kurt Evans	2	–	–	1	1

125cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	10	Lee Sealey	88	22	22	22	22
2	292	Ashley Harland	83	18	20	20	25
3	9	Aaron Colley	76	20	18	18	20
4	33	Jordan Wright	75	25	25	25	–
5	47	Luke Phillips	59	15	11	15	18
6	8	Charlie Palmer	56	14	12	14	16
7	350	Franky Jubb	55	12	16	13	14
8	58	Patrick Gilligan	55	16	15	16	8
9	999	Conner Challinor	42	10	9	10	13
10	27	Phil Burton	42	11	10	9	12
11	23	Luke Newman	41	–	14	12	15
12	199	Linc Hasted	37	13	13	11	–
13	121	Billy MCgillivray	32	7	7	8	10
14	202	Joel Kremer	32	8	8	7	9
15	107	Dean Palmer	26	9	–	6	11

125cc Youth

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	467	Arthur Moore	93	25	18	25	25
2	94	Oakley skinner	79	20	15	22	22
3	227	Bobby Watson	72	18	16	20	18
4	455	Ted Bullen	71	16	20	15	20
5	433	Oakley Kettle	66	15	22	16	13
6	268	Toby Adamson	57	12	13	18	14
7	93	Sean Smout	54	14	12	12	16
8	74	Jacob Ince	50	11	10	14	15
9	275	Daniel Sheppard	48	13	14	13	8
10	111	Oliver Bebb	47	22	25	–	–
11	95	Arley Marshall	44	10	11	11	12
12	83	Ethan Ballam	37	8	9	10	10
13	85	Finn Fitzgerald	34	9	7	9	9
14	905	Joshua Jones	24	6	5	8	5
15	146	Ioan Lloyd	22	4	6	6	6
16	47	Harry Pollitt	21	5	4	5	7
17	214	Louis Tilley	18	–	–	7	11
18	131	Ryan Tilley	15	7	8	–	–

Women’s

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	124	Ria Truman	100	25	25	25	25
2	100	Hannah Jones	86	20	22	22	22
3	3	Caitlin Newman	70	22	20	14	14
4	223	Ellie Allsopp	69	14	15	20	20
5	50	Amber McGregor	69	18	18	15	18
6	39	Erin Howes	63	15	16	16	16
7	888	Jaymee Garrood	63	16	14	18	15
8	40	Daisy Blackwell	52	13	13	13	13

Vets Over 40

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	781	James Lane	95	25	20	25	25
2	929	Jamie Dobson	89	22	25	22	20
3	208	Lee Martin	80	16	22	20	22
4	934	Sam Callow	68	14	18	18	18
5	107	Dain traylor	67	20	15	16	16
6	44	Clayton Hogg	56	13	13	15	15
7	711	Guy Langmead	52	11	14	13	14
8	11	Ashley Locke	44	15	16	–	13
9	32	Matthew Chaplin	38	12	–	14	12
10	87	Jamie Powell	18	18	–	–	–
11	700	Ross Parry	10	10	–	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	200	Phil Mercer	100	25	25	25	25
2	73	Simon Lane	84	22	22	18	22
3	91	Matt Ryder	80	20	18	22	20
4	641	Aaron Crowder	76	18	20	20	18
5	48	Lee Robbins	59	15	14	14	16
6	2	Stephen Clarke	59	14	15	15	15
7	121	Sean Smith	48	16	16	16	–

Vets Over 60

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	212	Andrew Watkins	100	25	25	25	25
2	22	Brian Staples	88	22	22	22	22
3	104	Andrew Prosser	80	20	20	20	20
4	818	Daran Williams	72	18	18	18	18
5	19	Mark Tilzey	64	16	16	16	16
6	23	Paul Blick	60	15	15	15	15

Clubman Senior

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	17*	George Clarke	92	20	25	22	25
2	317	Ayjay Simpson	91	22	22	25	22
3	101	Callum Radford	85	25	20	20	20
4	401	Charlie Ludwell	70	18	16	18	18
5	212	Max Monk	63	16	15	16	16
6	39	Ricky Ryder	58	12	18	15	13
7	27	Jack Hollis	56	15	13	13	15
8	119	Mackenzie Tranter	49	13	11	11	14
9	17	Leighton Price	49	14	12	14	9
10	331	Josh Ithell	45	10	14	9	12
11	24	Ryan Murphy	40	11	6	12	11
12	161	Oliver Parry	31	7	8	6	10
13	29	Cameron Hussain	31	8	7	8	8
14	951	Oliver Hurst	29	9	10	10	–
15	117	Harvey Hunt	26	6	9	4	7
16	31	William Burd	20	4	3	7	6
17	137	Tyler Lane	17	3	4	5	5
18	93	Neil Shevlin	17	5	5	3	4
19	727	Stanley Pool	9	2	2	2	3

Clubman Junior

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	100	Charlie Osborne	97	22	25	25	25
2	194	John Cox	82	20	20	20	22
3	25	Lewis Day	81	25	22	18	16
4	13	Lewis Perks	78	18	18	22	20
5	994	Benjamin Prosser	63	13	16	16	18
6	77	Kieran Oldfield	57	14	14	14	15
7	315	Matthew Limer	54	16	12	12	14
8	15	Oliver woodhouse	51	12	11	15	13
9	17	Jack Barnes	47	9	13	13	12
10	221	Colin Berry	38	10	8	10	10
11	212	Thomas Berry	35	6	9	11	9
12	834	Logan Senter	32	5	7	9	11
13	64	Joseph Harvey	30	15	15	–	–
14	52	Daniel Lomas	30	8	6	8	8
15	81	Tom Johnson	26	7	5	7	7
16	189	Ian Jones	21	11	10	–	–
17	19	Mason Cook	15	–	3	6	6
18	37	Lewis Cook	12	3	4	5	–
19	109	Sophie Jones	4	4	–	–	–

Big Wheel 85cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	615	Mason Brown	97	25	25	22	25
2	303	Will Kremer	91	22	22	25	22
3	814	Byron Wheldon	74	20	20	20	14
4	264	Jay Howells	70	16	16	18	20
5	166	Tyler Oliver	61	15	13	15	18
6	23	George Milnes	60	13	15	16	16
7	17	Jimmy Whiston	57	14	14	14	15
8	901	Richie Baddiley	50	12	12	13	13
9	533	Logan Lewis	36	18	18	–	–

Small Wheel 85cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	128*	Tia Doyle	100	25	25	25	25
2	100	Oliver Moore	86	22	22	20	22
3	128	Caden James	78	20	18	22	18
4	200	Aaron Mercer	58	–	20	18	20

65cc

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	619	Harlee Duffy	100	25	25	25	25
2	103	Harvey Wood	86	22	20	22	22
3	139	Fletcher Hicks	82	20	22	20	20
4	51	Mason Tait	72	18	18	18	18