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Maximum Max Goes Treble Top at Blaxhall! 2023 Eastern Motocross Championship Round 5 – Race Report & Results

Maximum Max Goes Treble Top at Blaxhall! 2023 Eastern Motocross Championship Round 5 – Race Report & Results

Sunday saw the Woodbridge DMCC host their final Motocross event of the year, as they hosted the fifth round of the Stebbing Car Superstore / PP Sport ACU Eastern Centre Motocross Championship. With nearly 150 riders competing the event there was plenty of action in the warm weather at the sandy Blaxhall Circuit.

Race Report by Richard Blyth – Images courtesy 0f Richard Blyth – Image Rich Media

Due to a clash in dates with a National Championship which saw the Expert line up limited in numbers, but racing alongside the top Junior riders produced some great action to keep the strong crowd in attendance entertained.

The day started with the opening Premier Class race featuring the Experts and top Juniors, when the gate dropped it was Shaun Southgate who took the holeshot and early race lead. Battling to take the race lead was Max Broadbelt who pushed forward and took the lead before the halfway point and went on to take the race win ahead of Southgate. Third place went to the reigning champion Luke Parker who was returning from injury and ahead of Ben Cole in fourth and Joesph Leeks in fifth. The top Junior rider in the race was Freddie O’Leary in 9th ahead of Jake Brown in 10th and the third Junior was Shane Lock in 12th.

Premier Race 3 start

The second Premier Class race saw Southgate and Broadbelt both starting at the front of the field and again quickly picked up from where they ended the opening moto. Broadbelt moved into the lead on the second lap and went onto control the race and take another race win. Southgate rode a solid race to claim second ahead of Parker in third. Fourth went to Joesph Leeks ahead of William Farrow in fifth. The top Junior was Charlie Nudds in 10th with Freddie O’Leary next in 11th and Shane Lock as the third Junior in 12th.

Connor Bunkle

Broadbelt took the holeshot in the final Premier Class race and held off the challenge from Southgate as the pair battled for the race win all the way to the flag. Parker took another third place finish ahead of Leeks and Jake Rackham. The top three Junior were Jake Brown, Shane Lock and Connor Bunkle.

After the three races it was Max Broadbelt who took the Expert Overall win ahead of Shaun Southgate and Luke Parker. The top three Juniors Overall were Jake Brown, Shane Lock and Charlie Nudds.

Junior Winner Jake Brown

In the Support Class A it was Louis Dutton who took the first race win, before Sam Rogers took the next two race wins to claim the Overall win in the class ahead of Henry Cox who took a 2-2-5 and Luke Nolan who took third overall.

The Support Class B was won by Taylor Saunders who claimed a race win in the final race to secure the overall ahead of Scott Goodson and Henry Crawford.

The final class of the day was the Support Class C which was won by Adam Bird who took two race wins. Second overall went to Toby Souchotte ahead of Sam Whittred.

Support C start

Results

Premier Experts

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Max Broadbelt 75 25 25 25
2 Shaun Southgate 66 22 22 22
3 Luke Parker 60 20 20 20
4 Joseph Leeks 52 16 18 18
5 William Farrow 45 15 16 14
6 Jake Rackham 43 13 14 16
7 Benjamin Cole 43 18 12 13
8 Brad Woodroffe 40 12 13 15
9 Ryan Nock 29 14 15

Premier Juniors

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Jake Brown 63 22 16 25
2 Shane Lock 62 20 20 22
3 Charlie Nudds 56 18 25 13
4 Connor Bunkle 53 15 18 20
5 Finley Jarvis 49 16 15 18
6 Freddie O’Leary 47 25 22
7 Timothy Warnes 39 14 11 14
8 Joe Hall 37 12 13 12
9 Toby Buchan 35 6 14 15
10 Ben Casey 28 12 16
11 Mark Hunt 25 10 5 10
12 Cullen Hawkins 23 13 10
13 Jae Jeffries 21 1 9 11
14 Shane Brown 19 4 6 9
15 Harrison Fitchett 18 7 4 7
16 Max Timmins 17 9 8
17 Kayden Smith 16 11 5
18 Mitchell Murfitt 14 3 7 4
19 William Bell 13 5 8
20 Bailey Jackson 8 8
21 Aaron Minter 6 6
22 Lee Kirkpatrick 5 2 3
23 Gareth Lane 5 3 2
24 Scott Claydon 3 2 1
25 Charlie Baker 1 1

Support A

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Sam Rogers 127 37 45 45
2 Henry Cox 123 43 43 37
3 Luke Nolan 113 41 29 43
4 John Hilton 105 30 34 41
5 Mark Goodson 102 26 41 35
6 Paul Hubbard 98 34 37 27
7 Paul Aldridge 95 29 33 33
8 Aaron Smith 94 20 35 39
9 Joshua Deadman 85 28 26 31
10 Luke Clifton 85 24 31 30
11 Robbie Pearmain 85 25 32 28
12 Joseph Henthorn 84 27 25 32
13 Dan Lee 84 31 27 26
14 Louis Dutton 84 45 39
15 Jay Peperell 78 19 30 29
16 Marcus Smith 73 32 23 18
17 Charlie Grant 62 28 34
18 Lee Keyton 61 16 22 23
19 Stephen Atkins 60 17 18 25
20 Sam Hilton 57 33 24
21 Kieran Jessett 56 12 20 24
22 Finlay Woods 53 21 21 11
23 James Colclough 52 15 17 20
24 Ben Last 46 9 15 22
25 Lewis Saunders 45 10 19 16
26 Aaron Saunders 42 8 13 21
27 Alexander Dutton 42 35 7
28 James Gadd 40 14 14 12
29 Barnaby Knight 39 39
30 Alexander Smith 38 13 8 17
31 Edward Pegram 37 18 19
32 Jake Cazey 37 11 11 15
33 Ty Atkins 32 7 12 13
34 Joshua Andrews 32 23 9
35 Ewan Niblock 25 5 10 10
36 Ethan Hayward 22 22
37 Luke Pharoah 20 6 14
38 Cameron Parrish 16 16
39 Joshua Parker 4 4

Support B

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Taylor Saunders 121 39 37 45
2 Scott Goodson 120 34 43 43
3 Henry Crawford 108 26 41 41
4 Luke Reeve 108 37 34 37
5 Tavis Coulson 107 33 39 35
6 Harry Sobkowiak 103 29 35 39
7 George Reeves Furness 95 32 32 31
8 Ryan Crisp 90 45 45
9 Zack Kingshott 89 30 31 28
10 Jak Young 85 41 24 20
11 Sam Pudney 82 16 33 33
12 Aaron Holden 82 22 28 32
13 William Mcrae 74 11 29 34
14 Lee Anderson 73 43 30
15 Andrew Webster 72 19 23 30
16 Samuel Cook 71 27 19 25
17 Josh Faulkner 69 23 25 21
18 Jake Lane 67 21 22 24
19 Jason Turner 64 9 26 29
20 Perry Fiddy 62 31 14 17
21 Bradley Allen 62 35 27
22 Lewis Wells 57 10 21 26
23 Casey Carter 56 20 18 18
24 Charlie Starsmoore 55 28 27
25 Wayne Fulcher 55 13 20 22
26 Dale Brinkley 50 14 17 19
27 Russell Snowling 43 12 15 16
28 Kieran Dawson 41 18 23
29 Jake Faulkner 31 15 16
30 Finlay Whitlam 30 17 13
31 Dylan Wilby 25 25
32 Kevin Rossiter 24 24

Support C

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3
1 Adam Bird 133 45 45 43
2 Toby Souchotte 127 43 43 41
3 Sam Whittred 125 39 41 45
4 Tony Rooke 119 41 39 39
5 Thomas Davies 106 32 37 37
6 Robert Green 99 30 35 34
7 Matthew Herring 98 31 32 35
8 Hector Storey 91 34 29 28
9 Thomas Bond 89 26 30 33
10 Kai Ryder 85 25 31 29
11 Daniel Allen 80 29 24 27
12 John Smith 80 28 28 24
13 Andrew Smith 77 21 26 30
14 Robert Farrow 77 24 27 26
15 Peter Andrews 76 22 22 32
16 Zachary Kneller 75 27 23 25
17 Rudi Carter 68 37 31
18 Sam Bullock 68 35 33
19 David Homan 67 33 34
20 Ryan Christmas 62 20 21 21
21 Jack Hunton 60 18 19 23
22 Jason Eaves 52 17 15 20
23 Shane Edwards 52 16 18 18
24 Toby Henderson 48 23 25
25 Michael Blaxell 44 14 13 17
26 Freddie Bond 42 20 22
27 Nathan Gotts 35 19 16
28 Adam Baker 33 14 19
29 Nick Hunton 27 15 12
30 Raymond Brooks 24 13 11
31 Paul Neave 22 12 10
32 Carl Warner 17 17