May Day! 2021 UK EVO MX Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

Back on Sunday April 26th the UK EVO MX team headed to Ford Nr Chippenham in Wiltshire for the opening round of the 2021 Championships which had attracted a huge entry in all classes. The track was in fine stead and was to produce some excellent racing but as with other events no spectators were allowed in attendance and restriction were in force.

Report and Images by Dave Rich

The Evo 125 class always produces some excellent racing, and it was certainly that at Ford with some good close and hard battles. In the opening race it was John May who set the early pace from Elliot Barrs with Ryan Williams in 3rd just ahead of Tom Church who did not get the best of starts but by the end of the opening lap was up into third after getting past Williams. Barrs was all over May on the second lap and managed to pass May, but this was short-lived as May came back at Barrs and regained the lead on lap 3 and was starting to getaway. Barrs was soon relegated to third after he came off and up into second came Church, but he was not going to catch May who took the win.

No 35 John May & No 24 Tom Church battling it out in the Evo 125 class

In the second moto again, it was May who had the best start from Barrs with Church tucked in third who was all over Barrs on the opening lap looking to get pass quickly which he did as not to let May get too far away at the front. Barrs seemed to drop off the pace on the leading two on lap 3, but it was all happening at the front as Church managed to pass May, but May came straight back at Church and regained the lead on the same lap. As they went into the penultimate lap there was nothing between them just as there was for third and fourth with Barrs now having Jim Davies looking to get pass, but all eyes were on Church who was determined to get pass May which he did on a sharp lefthander sneaking through on the inside and it looked as if Church was getting away, but May dug in again and chased him right to the line to be less than a second behind at the flag with Barrs holding off a late charge from Davies taking third. The last race was a bit of a procession with May, Church and Barrs in that order at the line, but there was a good battle for 4th going on behind them between Davies and Tom Moore who was breathing all over Davies on the last lap with Davies taking it by literally .370 of a second at the line.

In the Evo 250 class it was the YZ 250 Yamaha of Ben Milward who had the best start in the opening race and had a clear track in front of him and used it to great advantage as he was to ease away from James Kensington and Brett Hillman who were to have their own battle on the opening lap with Hillman getting the better of Kensington and was soon to close in on Milward and was right with him in the closing stages, but Milward held on with Hillman a close second and Kensington taking third. In the second moto it was Jamie Skuse who was riding with a trapped nerve in his back who did not get the best of starts in the opening race with the early lead in this one on CR 250 from

Jamie Skuse giving his all in the Evo 250 class

Kensington and Hillman with race one winner Milward this time back in 4th. Skuse was soon into a rhythm and eased away, Hillman got the better of Kensington on the opening lap with Kensington a lap later put under pressure from Milward who also found away pass, but there was only to be one winner and that was Skuse followed by Hillman and Milward. The last moto and again it was Skuse with the lead from the off from Hillman and Kensington. Skuse was to go on untroubled at the front and took the win from Hillman, but it was Milward after a real tussle with Kensington mid race who took third.

In the Evo 500 class there was some close racing especially between George Gough on the KX Kawasaki and the CR Honda of Paul Edge who pushed Gough in all three races, but Gough was to deal with the pressure and took a hattrick of wins by the closest of margins especially in the second moto where the deficit was literally a tyre tread at the line.

George Gough took a hattrick of wins in the Evo 500 class

The Super Evo Under 45 class was stacked with talent and included South African Neville Bradshaw who was to show his class on the CR 500, but it was not plain sailing as Welshman Andrew Gillett on the KX 500 and Lewis Trickett on the PDF 500 Triumph were to make Bradshaw work hard in two of the races, but in the end the experience of Bradshaw even after a mistake in the last race saw him take a clean sweep of wins.

Laurence Wiltshire was in dominating form in the Super Evo Over 45 class and started his campaign in the 2021 Championship with a hattrick of wins with Simon Dearing notching up a hattrick of second place finishes and Max Hendy also putting together three good rides finishing with a hattrick of third place finishes.

Phil Lewis was on a high in the Vets Evo over 45 class

In the Vets Over 45 Evo class, we saw that No 1 CR 500 Honda of Brian Wheeler hit the front from the off in the opening race who was to go on untroubled to the chequered flag but there was a good battle going on for second between Danny Blakeley on the KX 500 and YZ 250 of Phil Lewis with Lewis taking second after finding a way past Blakeley on the last lap.

Race 2 Saw Wheeler lead from the off from Lewis and Blakeley, but as they came back into sight out of the valley Wheeler had gone missing when his back brake failed dropping down into a left-hand corner and threw him off. Lewis was now leading and was to set off and went on to claim the win from Blakeley with Dean Warren on the KX 500 coming through to take third. The last race saw Lewis with the best start from Rob Mead with Wheeler dusted off and repaired there in third, but not for long as he passed both Mead and Lewis on the opening lap and from there went on to take the win with Lewis second and Mead third.

The 4-Stroke Under 50’s Twinshock class saw Mitchell Griffin take a clean sweep of wins whereas in the 4 Stroke Over 50’s class it was Paul Bennett on the Husqvarna 410 who took all three race wins.

In the Twinshock Under 50’s class, it was Richard Benham on the 295 Red Rocket who took the overall with three consistent rides which included a win ahead of Scott Reed who took second overall pipping Matt Nash who won the other two races by one point.

The Twinshock Over 50’s class saw the Fasthouse Butler 490 Maico of Terry House put in a domineering performance with three fine wins with the RM 500 Suzuki of Kevin Reed notching up a hattrick of seconds behind House and Shaun Church putting together three consistent rides to take third overall.

Neville Bradshaw in action in the Super Evo Under 45 class

The Under 50’s Modern 2-Stroke class saw Bradshaw back out on track and again he put together a strong performance in all three races, but he was pushed hard in the first race by Tom Gilbert, and he also had to work hard in the second race after not the best of starts and had to claw his way to the front which he did within a couple of laps and in the last race he had no margin for error as Matthew Bath on the YZ 250 was a close second all through the race.

In the Over 50’s Modern 2-Stroke class there was no stopping Jason Morettes on the YZ 250 who dominated all three races and took maximum points ahead of Anthony Tanner and Chris Pritchett who both scored well in both races to take second and third overall.

Results

125 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	John May	174	60	54	60
2	Tom Church	168	54	60	54
3	Elliot Barrs	150	50	50	50
4	Jim Davies	141	47	47	47
5	John Butler	129	45	43	41
6	Brett Revell	123	39	41	43
7	Josh Mcgill	115	41	35	39
8	Tom Moore	106	16	45	45
9	Dean Bachelor	103	35	33	35
10	Matt Coles	97	33	31	33
11	Richard Dors	91	31	29	31
12	Ryan Williams	91	43	37	11
13	Paul Jones	83	29	27	27
14	Neil Long	81	26	26	29
15	Glen Bixby	76	–	39	37
16	Jason Davies	73	23	25	25
17	Tim Pearce	72	24	22	26
18	Steve Bundock	63	19	20	24
19	Ian Mead	62	22	19	21
20	Jacob Griffiths	56	10	23	23
21	Taylor Levett	53	25	10	18
22	Dave King	52	17	16	19
23	Zack Hackett	51	27	24	–
24	Paul Winstone	48	15	13	20
25	Stuart Jackson	48	18	15	15
26	Colin Boyles	45	14	14	17
27	Phillip Newman	42	21	21	–
28	Leigh Brean	40	–	18	22
29	Simon Barry	39	13	12	14
30	Joel Curtis	37	37	–	–
31	Lloyd Rogers	35	12	11	12
32	Nick Pritchett	33	–	17	16
33	Mathew Jakeways	24	11	–	13
34	Richard Moulder	20	20	–	–

250 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jamie Skuse	163	43	60	60
2	Brett Hillman	162	54	54	54
3	Ben Milward	160	60	50	50
4	James Kensington	144	50	47	47
5	Ryan Fellowes	131	41	45	45
6	Ben Hodgkins	131	45	43	43
7	Tyler Green	121	39	41	41
8	Jake Chamberlain	111	37	35	39
9	James Baker	107	33	37	37
10	Steven Stutt	105	35	39	31
11	Tom Ware	95	27	33	35
12	James Sansom	91	31	27	33
13	Kurt Richardson	83	29	29	25
14	Stuart James	80	25	26	29
15	Stuart Puddle	74	26	24	24
16	Gary Boxall	70	18	25	27
17	Scott Allen	68	24	18	26
18	Paul Rainey	65	21	23	21
19	Dave Watson	60	19	19	22
20	Austin Clarke	60	20	21	19
21	Josh James	54	23	31	–
22	?	51	13	20	18
23	Jordan Carrier	47	47	–	–
24	Gary Tippin	46	12	17	17
25	Johno Ryall	46	16	14	16
26	Robert Snell	46	15	16	15
27		45	–	22	23
28	David Loxhamflyn	37	17	–	20
29	Stewart Wilson	29	–	15	14
30	Mark Chamberlian	22	22	–	–
31	Kevin Ayres	14	14	–	–
32	Stuart Kingston	11	11	–	–

500 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	George Gough	180	60	60	60
2	Paul Edge	162	54	54	54
3	Fred Heath	142	45	47	50
4	Matty Solf	135	43	45	47
5	James Price	133	50	50	33
6	Thomas Sorrell	121	41	41	39
7	Scott Faulkner	113	31	39	43
8	Alex Wallis	110	26	43	41
9	Chris Smith	107	37	33	37
10	Joe Maguire	99	33	37	29
11	Alfie Rimell	93	27	31	35
12	Joe Addison	89	29	29	31
13	David Alderton	80	–	35	45
14	Nicky Jones	47	47	–	–
15	Ben Vincent	39	39	–	–
16	Adam Plant	35	35	–	–

4 Stroke Twinshock Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Mitchell Griffin	180	60	60	60
2	George Wolff	158	50	54	54
3	Jack Bennett	54	54	–	–

4 Stroke Twinshock Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Paul Bennett	180	60	60	60
2	Paul Clarke	158	50	54	54
3	Chris Smejkal	154	54	50	50
4	Mike Sealey	141	47	47	47
5	Stephen Wildman	90	45	45	–

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Modern Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Neville Bradshaw	180	60	60	60
2	Tom Gilbert	153	54	54	45
3	Tony Griffiths	143	50	50	43
4	Matthew Bath	142	45	43	54
5	Thomas Herbert	140	43	47	50
6	Clinton Barrs	139	47	45	47
7	Jordan Barrs	121	41	39	41
8	Joshua Barrs	111	35	41	35
9	Jason Williams	109	39	37	33
10	Josh Crewe	103	31	33	39
11	Tom Conlon	101	29	35	37
12	George Conlon	91	33	31	27
13	Nathan Bache	85	37	17	31
14	Callum Neate	81	25	27	29
15	Henry Smith	81	27	29	25
16	Wayne Angell	74	24	26	24
17	Jamie Doy	73	22	25	26
18	Ben Mason	70	23	24	23
19	Jamie Winbourne	65	21	23	21
20	Ben Whitmore	63	20	21	22
21	Dean Tucker	59	19	20	20
22	Lewis Sills	55	18	19	18
23	Brad Parkins	54	17	18	19
24	Paul Jones	48	26	22	–

Modern Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jason Morettes	180	60	60	60
2	Anthony Tanner	158	54	50	54
3	Chris Pritchett	154	50	54	50
4	Simon Matthews	139	45	47	47
5	Darren Shortt	133	43	45	45
6	Adrian Jennings	133	47	43	43
7	Darren Neale	117	37	39	41
8	Keith Chandler	113	39	37	37
9	James Adams	101	31	35	35
10	Nick Keen	99	33	33	33
11	Steve Moody	82	41	41	–
12	Nigel Bache	74	35	–	39
13	Paul Rogers	60	29	31	–

Super Evo Over 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Laurence wiltshire	180	60	60	60
2	Simon Dearing	162	54	54	54
3	Max Hendy	141	47	47	47
4	Dave White	131	41	45	45
5	David Boswell Jones	127	43	41	43
6	Ray Chivers	121	39	43	39
7	Mark Sankey	117	37	39	41
8	Brad Davey	107	33	37	37
9	Martyn Tucker	100	–	50	50
10	Steve Matthews	97	29	35	33
11	Jim Allwood	95	31	33	31
12	Ian Prince	90	24	31	35
13	Greg Pascoe	81	27	29	25
14	Nick Brashill	80	25	26	29
15	Dan Ridge	80	26	27	27
16	Rob Hillier	71	23	22	26
17	Mike Gould	70	22	24	24
18	Jeremy Tooth	64	19	23	22
19	Mark Finn	61	20	25	16
20	Andy Pitt	58	16	21	21
21	Mark Mcgill	58	45	13	–
22	Rob Barnes	55	21	11	23
23	Phillip Jordan	54	15	20	19
24	Matthew Hillier	50	14	18	18
25	Steve Wells	50	50	–	–
26	?	48	9	19	20
27	Tim Palmer	45	12	16	17
28	???	45	13	17	15
29	Paul Harrington	38	10	14	14
30	Nick Carter	35	35	–	–
31	Matthew Bartley	33	8	12	13
32	Simon Klemis	26	11	15	–
33	Aidan Quinn	18	18	–	–
34	Mark Upton	17	17	–	–

Super Evo Under 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Neville Bradshaw	180	60	60	60
2	Andrew Gillet	151	47	54	50
3	James Harrison	147	50	50	47
4	Luke Hill	133	45	43	45
5	Gary Brown	129	41	47	41
6	Darren Marklove	123	39	41	43
7	Lewis Trickett	119	54	11	54
8	Oliver Weeks	115	43	45	27
9	Lee Brown	107	33	37	37
10	Luke Dewey	97	29	33	35
11	James Moore	89	27	31	31
12	Simon Marston	88	26	29	33
13	Luke Bedwell	78	25	27	26
14	Richie Frankcom	76	37	39	–
15	Ricky Brown	74	35	–	39
16	Lewis Patterson	68	21	23	24
17	Danny Braddick	68	23	25	20
18	Bradley Clarke	66	31	35	–
19	Chris Peaty	63	20	22	21
20	Matthew Hitchman	62	11	26	25
21	Nathan Jacobs	57	15	20	22
22	Micheal Evett	53	12	12	29
23	Max May	52	17	19	16
24	Leigh Mccarron	51	18	15	18
25	Toby Wright	47	24	–	23
26	Jamie Bishop	47	14	16	17
27	Kyle Jones	46	22	24	–
28	Lewis Winbourne	42	13	14	15
29	Robert Mills	40	19	21	–
30	Adam Hawkwood	37	–	18	19
31	Brett Ayres	33	16	17	–
32	Jason Hasaka	13	–	13	–

Twinshock Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Terry House	180	60	60	60
2	Kevin Reed	162	54	54	54
3	Shaun Church	139	47	45	47
4	Paul White	138	45	43	50
5	Mark Gleadhill	133	50	50	33
6	Gary Benham	125	43	39	43
7	Mark Taylor	121	41	35	45
8	Mark Mumford	111	37	33	41
9	Jon Wood	96	20	37	39
10	Stephen Ryan	95	31	29	35
11	Graham Challis	95	35	31	29
12	Triss Macey	93	29	27	37
13	Mike Fredriksen	82	27	24	31
14	Spencer Briggs	80	39	41	–
15	Derek Cook	75	26	25	24
16	Ashley Miles	73	24	23	26
17	David Ponting	72	23	22	27
18	John Jennings	65	21	19	25
19	Paul Stacey	60	19	18	23
20	Adam Tabrett	53	33	20	–
21	Dominic Durkan	48	22	26	–
22	Jim Shand	47	–	47	–
23	Dave Watson	46	25	21	–

Twinshock Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Richard Benham	164	50	60	54
2	Scott Reed	158	54	54	50
3	Matt Nash	157	60	37	60
4	Brad Perrett	142	45	50	47
5	James Reeves	139	47	47	45
6	Carl Benham	131	43	45	43
7	Kyle Godbear	123	41	41	41
8	John Durkan	119	39	43	37
9	Steven Williams	115	37	39	39

Vets Evo Under 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Phillip Lewis	168	54	60	54
2	Danny Blakeley	151	50	54	47
3	Dean Warren	140	45	50	45
4	Brian Wheeler	132	60	12	60
5	Simon Jones	131	41	47	43
6	Gary Henson	125	39	45	41
7	Mik Hill	105	33	37	35
8	Andy Lidington	103	37	35	31
9	Martin King	100	18	43	39
10	Mike Wheeler	100	35	41	24
11	Julian Turner	99	29	33	37
12	Rob Mead	97	47	–	50
13	Jonathon Briggs	97	25	39	33
14	Dan Woodman	76	24	29	23
15	Jason Jenner	70	22	23	25
16	Kevin Woolford	67	7	31	29
17	Lee Mason	65	20	24	21
18	Mark Picard	57	19	19	19
19	Ben Braddick	57	31	26	–
20	Barry Sills	56	8	22	26
21	Kevin Allen	55	12	21	22
22	Peter Dixon	53	26	27	–
23	Jeff Evans	50	43	7	–
24	Mark Hutchinson	48	23	25	–
25	Neil Sutton	47	–	20	27
26	Glyn Moreton	47	27	–	20
27	John Annely	46	13	17	16
28	David Smith	45	17	16	12
29	David Woodbridge	43	10	15	18
30	Steve Angell	43	15	13	15
31	Gareth Williams	39	21	18	–
32	John Pinkney	37	11	9	17
33	Shaun Hiscox	30	9	8	13
34	Ian Williams	27	16	11	–
35	Sean Renvoize	24	–	10	14