May the Ford be with you! UK Evo MX Two Dayer – Race Report and Results
Over the Bank Holiday weekend, the UK Evo Mx series continued with a combined two-day meeting at Ford Nr Chippenham in Wiltshire. Ford is a natural track and with a lot of rain falling prior to the event this had worked wonders and the track was to produce some of the best racing in this year’s series. As with other events at the present, no spectators could attend the event and restrictions were enforced with social distancing.
Report and Images by Dave Rich
In the Evo 125 class it was John May who was triumphant over the two days notching up 5 wins out of the 6 races with Shane Holmes denying him a clean sweep winning the first race on the Sunday. Holmes was looking good in the second race on Sunday, but a mechanical fault was to put an end to his day, and he did not take part in the last race. Ben Millward showed plenty of speed and took second overall with Tom Moore an excellent third overall.
Jamie Skuse was dominant in the Evo 250 class
The Evo 250 class saw a dominant weekend of riding by Jamie Skuse on his CR250 who once he hit the front raced away to take a clean sweep of wins with Brett Hillman finishing second to Jamie in all 6 races to take second overall and James Kensington taking third overall with six third place finishes.
James Price heads a combined Evo 250/500 race
In the Evo 500 class it was a battle royal on both days between the top two Nicky Jones on the CR500 and KX500 of James Price who were tying on the same points at the end of the weekend, but it was Jones who was declared the overall winner by virtue of winning the last race by literally two hundredths of a second with Alex Wallis taking a commendable third overall.
Ashley Greedy styling it at Ford in the Super Evo under 45 class
The under 45 Super Evo class was stacked with talent which included Welshman Glen Phillips who was making a return to motocross and he was to show that he had still got what it takes. This class was to produce some of the best racing of the weekend and included a battle royal between Welshman Ashley Greedy and young up and coming star Tom Grimshaw who is more at home on a modern bike. Tom was racing for the first time a project bike which had been built through the lockdown a YZ250 Yamaha and he was soon to get to grips with it, but it was Greedy who had the better of first days racing taking two of the three races with Tom winning the other one which gave Greedy a 6 points advantage going in to day 2 where Greedy had no answer to Grimshaw as he was to win all three races and with it claimed the overall from Greedy who took second with Jordan Carter taking third overall by three points from Phillips who took an excellent fourth overall.
Tom Grimshaw punches the air in delight on his way to taking the overall
In the Super Evo over 45’s it was Laurence Wiltshire who was to take the overall even though he had a Dnf in one race, but by winning the other five races he took the overall by literally one point from Steve Wells with Paul Willis taking third overall.
The Vets over 45 class saw some excellent racing on the Saturday with Brian Wheeler taking all three race wins, but the battle was going on behind him between Dean Warren and the big 500 Ktm of former GP rider Mervyn Anstie who was in attendance with Warren finishing 2nd to Wheeler in two of the races to Anstie’s one. Wheeler won the opening race on the Sunday, but a mistake in the second race left him mid pack and he had to claw his way back through the field. Anstie was to win this one with Warren a close second, but another mistake from Wheeler hampered his progress and he eventually finished 4th behind Kelvin Tatum, but at the end of the day it was Wheeler who took the overall from Anstie with Warren just two points adrift taking third overall.
Mervyn Anstie giving his all in the Vets Evo over 45 class
The 4-Stroke under 50 Twinshock class overall went to George Wolff even though he only won one race on the Saturday he was unbeaten on Sunday.
In the 4-Stroke Over 50 Twinshock class there was three wins for Martin Coleman on the Saturday with Steve Davey winning all three races on the Sunday, but with both riders only competing on one day the overall was not awarded.
Lewis Trickett was dominant in the Twinshock under 50’s class
In the Twinshock under 50’s class there was no stopping Lewis Trickett on the PDF Triumph who notched up a hattrick of wins on both days with Matthew Nash taking second overall ahead of Richard Benham who finished third overall.
In the Twinshock over 50’s the question was asked could anyone beat Terry House on the 490 Maico, well the answer was no as Terry was to win all 6 races, nearest to him was Bryan Withers who did take the lead from House in the second race momentarily on Sunday, but House stayed with him and regained the lead a lap later and from there went on untroubled. House took the overall from withers with Chris Koch taking third overall.
Terry House powering his 490 Maico to take the Overall in the Twinshock over 50’s class
In the Pre 83 125 class there was a dominant display from George Gough on the Saturday with him winning all three races, but Sundays races were all won by Stuart Spalding who was to take the overall from John Davis with Jordan Hands taking third overall.
The Modern 2-Stroke under 50’s class saw Tony Griffiths take the overall winning 4 of the 6 races with Tom Gilbert taking second overall and winning the last race with the other race win going to Matthew Bath who ended the day third overall.
In the Modern 2-Stroke over 50’s class saw Chris Pritchett take the overall with Andrew Batten taking 2nd and Darren Short third.
All systems go at Ford
Results
Evo 125
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 35 john may 354 60 60 60 54 60 60
2 113 ben milward 312 54 50 50 50 54 54
3 32 tom moore 282 45 43 47 47 50 50
4 54 james ovens 260 41 41 41 45 47 45
5 27 matt coles 246 35 39 37 43 45 47
6 75 richard dors 222 33 33 33 39 41 43
7 58 neil long 222 31 31 35 41 43 41
8 5 shane holmes 205 37 54 54 60 – –
9 136 paul jones 204 29 29 31 37 39 39
10 11 jason davies 186 26 26 29 31 37 37
11 238 adam ford 180 23 25 27 35 35 35
12 19 stuart jackson 152 22 22 23 25 29 31
13 31 neil carroll 140 50 47 43 – – –
14 37 nick pritchett 139 21 – 25 27 33 33
15 8 daniel gissing 139 20 20 22 24 26 27
16 1 john butler 127 47 35 45 – – –
17 14 dave king 127 – 21 24 26 27 29
18 975 joel curtis 115 39 37 39 – – –
19 15 dan james 88 43 45 – – – –
20 2 john holmes 87 27 27 – 33 – –
21 24 finley jai trueman 86 – – – 29 31 26
22 793 taylor levett 73 24 23 26 – – –
23 46 warren clifton 49 25 24 – – – –
24 100 lee phillips – – – – – – –
4 Stroke/Twinshock under 50
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 123 george wolff 344 50 54 60 60 60 60
2 14 matt fry 305 47 50 50 50 54 54
3 141 richard gardiner 286 45 45 45 54 50 47
4 323 martin kemp 245 54 47 47 – 47 50
5 13 brad coleman 174 60 60 54 – – –
4 Stroke/Twinshock over 50
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 82 martin coleman 180 60 60 60 – – –
2 661 steve davey 180 – – – 60 60 60
3 46 stephen wildman 108 54 54 – – – –
4 53 mike sealey 54 – – – 54 – –
Evo 250
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 600 jamie skuse 360 60 60 60 60 60 60
2 59 brett hillman 324 54 54 54 54 54 54
3 140 james kensington 300 50 50 50 50 50 50
4 3 james baker 266 45 43 41 45 45 47
5 8 tyler green 266 39 41 47 47 47 45
6 20 bradley stokes 214 41 31 35 35 31 41
7 61 david grimshaw 214 35 35 29 41 39 35
8 53 ryan newman 206 29 33 31 37 37 39
9 601 steve grimshaw 195 33 39 37 43 43 –
10 18 scott allen 188 31 27 33 31 33 33
11 14 ben hodgkins 187 27 37 39 – 41 43
12 134 stuart puddle 170 26 29 26 33 27 29
13 9 dave watson 167 25 26 27 29 29 31
14 46 dean stutt 139 47 47 45 – – –
15 43 steven stutt 125 37 45 43 – – –
16 21 david russell 111 – – – 39 35 37
17 17 kevin ayres 101 22 – – 26 26 27
18 211 gary boxall 72 23 24 25 – – –
19 56 austin clarke 69 24 23 22 – – –
20 26 spencer briggs 66 21 22 23 – – –
21 52 graham arnold 49 – 25 24 – – –
22 645 stuart kingston 45 20 – – – 25 –
23 39 kyle proctor 43 43 – – – – –
24 190 johno hoskins 27 – – – 27 – –
Evo 500
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 3 nicky jones 342 54 60 54 54 60 60
2 501 james price 342 60 54 60 60 54 54
3 11 alex wallis 294 50 50 47 50 50 47
4 294 chris smith 268 39 45 45 47 47 45
5 161 joe maguire 254 41 41 43 41 45 43
6 85 ben vincent 244 43 39 41 39 41 41
7 71 scott faulkner 237 45 47 50 45 – 50
8 22 shaun hiscox 198 33 31 35 31 33 35
9 21 joe addison 185 – 37 37 37 37 37
10 119 alfie rimell 183 37 35 39 33 39 –
11 91 matty solf 133 47 43 – 43 – –
12 79 ben weaver 117 – – – 35 43 39
13 8 nathan marston 103 35 33 – – 35 –
Super Evo over 45’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 22 laurence wiltshire 300 60 – 60 60 60 60
2 47 steve wells 299 54 54 50 47 47 47
3 93 paul willis 284 20 60 54 50 50 50
4 5 martyn tucker 282 50 50 47 45 45 45
5 188 nick dyer 248 43 43 35 43 43 41
6 14 brad davy 224 33 35 39 37 41 39
7 158 micheal anderson 215 31 39 26 39 37 43
8 12 damon payne 199 37 41 41 41 39 –
9 36 stuart james 191 27 26 33 35 35 35
10 141 rob mead 162 – – – 54 54 54
11 88 rob barnes 159 23 20 25 29 31 31
12 4 ashley brown 156 26 29 – 31 33 37
13 808 jim allwood 152 19 23 24 26 27 33
14 210 ian prince 146 21 24 21 27 26 27
15 119 dave white 139 47 47 45 – – –
16 311 bryan smith 132 18 21 20 23 24 26
17 11 jason hopgood 127 45 45 37 – – –
18 126 greg hampshire 124 29 33 29 33 – –
19 58 dean sellars 118 13 19 19 19 23 25
20 19 robert hillier 118 25 22 27 25 19 –
21 3 mark finn 118 22 27 22 22 25 –
22 541 roger frankcom 103 35 37 31 – – –
23 8 mark sankey 84 41 – 43 – – –
24 9 james king 82 – – – 24 29 29
25 82 andy pitt 81 10 13 14 – 21 23
26 9 james king 72 24 25 23 – – –
27 497 nick carter 70 39 31 – – – –
28 24 mark upton 68 – 16 10 18 – 24
29 27 matt hillier 64 14 14 16 20 – –
30 2 jeremy tooth 56 16 18 – – 22 –
31 454 aidan quinn 52 17 17 18 – – –
32 37 chris downing 51 8 12 11 – 20 –
33 43 paul woolford 41 15 9 17 – – –
34 137 tim palmer 35 11 11 13 – – –
35 115 paul harrington 31 9 10 12 – – –
36 442 phil jordan 30 – 15 15 – – –
37 442 phillip jordan 21 – – – 21 – –
38 122 jeff lewis 17 – – – 17 – –
39 99 andrew stevens 12 12 – – – – –
Super Evo under 45’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 61 tom grimshaw 348 54 60 54 60 60 60
2 33 ashley greedy 336 60 54 60 54 54 54
3 30 jordan carter 283 50 47 45 47 47 47
4 125 glen philips 280 45 45 50 45 45 50
5 97 darren marklove 242 37 37 41 41 43 43
6 46 oliver weeks 242 43 39 43 43 33 41
7 120 brett revell 220 35 31 35 39 41 39
8 116 lee brown 212 33 35 39 35 37 33
9 131 henry siddiqui 211 47 43 – 37 39 45
10 21 andrew gillett 197 – 50 47 50 50 –
11 29 nathan davis 194 31 27 33 33 35 35
12 54 elliott hadman 169 39 33 – 31 29 37
13 67 sam aust 156 29 25 24 25 26 27
14 39 kyle proctor 154 9 29 31 29 25 31
15 36 ryan reynolds 151 26 24 26 26 23 26
16 72 simon marston 134 21 23 23 22 22 23
17 707 lewis patterson 131 19 22 25 20 21 24
18 58 kristian marshall 119 41 41 37 – – –
19 82 toby wright 116 20 19 19 18 18 22
20 56 robert mills 105 17 12 22 19 17 18
21 76 luke parsons 101 24 26 – 27 24 –
22 716 chris peaty 98 18 18 21 21 20 –
23 148 marcus booker 95 22 20 29 24 – –
24 8 jack peaster 87 27 – – – 31 29
25 416 adam hawkwood 85 15 17 20 17 16 –
26 77 dan drake 82 10 10 15 12 14 21
27 88 micheal evett 77 8 9 14 13 13 20
28 81 luke bedwell 73 25 21 27 – – –
29 15 leigh mccarron 73 11 14 17 16 15 –
30 95 liam walter 61 7 11 13 11 – 19
31 3 brett ayres 61 12 16 18 15 – –
32 623 shaun adams 57 14 13 16 14 – –
33 16 ryan king 50 – – – 23 27 –
34 91 matty solf 44 – – – – 19 25
35 3 taylor deeley 28 13 15 – – – –
36 156 john harris 25 6 8 11 – – –
37 17 oliver wiltshire 23 23 – – – – –
38 241 gary brown 16 16 – – – – –
39 474 jason hasaka 12 – – 12 – – –
40 157 alex barrett 7 – 7 – – – –
Twinshock over 50
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 66 terry house 360 60 60 60 60 60 60
2 19 bryan withers 324 54 54 54 54 54 54
3 161 chris koch 294 50 47 50 50 50 47
4 808 mark gleadhill 274 47 50 33 47 47 50
5 118 kevin butcher 272 45 45 47 45 45 45
6 489 steve fews 252 41 43 45 37 43 43
7 11 mark taylor 250 43 39 43 43 41 41
8 83 neil aldridge 220 31 41 41 35 37 35
9 84 adam tabrett 183 20 27 35 25 39 37
10 144 vince crawley 181 35 35 37 41 – 33
11 9 dave watson 176 33 25 27 31 31 29
12 516 paul white 171 27 33 15 39 18 39
13 54 derek mills 157 29 21 31 24 33 19
14 871 geoffrey chant 135 26 37 39 33 – –
15 6 mike fredriksen 133 24 24 24 21 14 26
16 515 kevin spiller 123 22 26 29 – – –
17 128 ady matthews 107 37 29 14 27 – –
18 233 ashley miles 105 18 18 17 16 16 20
19 142 john jennings 104 16 15 18 17 17 21
20 315 paul crudington 102 19 19 20 19 25 –
21 81 paul stacey 100 15 14 19 14 20 18
22 602 lee perry 98 17 16 – 20 22 23
23 156 graham challis 96 25 22 – 23 26 –
24 45 dave downworth 95 11 17 21 – 24 22
25 596 mike hodges 91 – – – 29 35 27
26 411 dave moore 82 14 13 – 15 23 17
27 7 shaun church 78 – – – 26 21 31
28 741 triss macey 76 – – – 22 29 25
29 541 adrian hadman 74 13 20 23 18 – –
30 25 derek cook 72 23 23 26 – – –
31 98 roger brain 70 39 31 – – – –
32 53 mike sealey 51 – – – – 27 24
33 46 stephen wildman 48 – – – 13 19 16
34 246 steve winstanley 43 21 – 22 – – –
35 145 philip baker 24 12 12 – – – –
36 -??- – 4816507 – 23 – 10 13 – – –
37 -??- – 3023785 – 16 – – 16 – – –
38 13 chris juggins 15 – – – – 15 –
Twinshock under 50
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 214 lewis trickett 360 60 60 60 60 60 60
2 288 matthew nash 316 54 54 54 50 50 54
3 74 richard benham 279 50 47 45 45 47 45
4 72 chris taylor 257 43 43 50 43 31 47
5 159 keith jones 238 33 41 43 37 43 41
6 441 carl benham 236 41 37 47 33 41 37
7 145 ryan baker 203 47 50 – 41 26 39
8 199 jason jenner 188 35 27 31 29 35 31
9 121 adam plant 166 37 35 35 35 24 –
10 44 clyde thompson 156 26 24 29 24 27 26
11 58 kristian marshall 151 – – – 54 54 43
12 181 andy bowles 148 39 33 37 39 – –
13 10 harvey cashmore 142 – – – 47 45 50
14 30 matthew holcombe 136 – – 33 31 37 35
15 34 aaron baker 133 27 25 – 25 29 27
16 843 dan dark 132 29 31 – – 39 33
17 46 ross kerr 131 45 45 41 – – –
18 64 paul ebsary 123 25 23 27 23 25 –
19 612 damian neal 99 31 29 39 – – –
20 989 nathan attwood 60 – – – 27 33 –
21 831 phillip peaster 39 – 39 – – – –
22 456 simon neal 26 – 26 – – – –
Pre 83
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 351 stuart spalding 338 54 50 54 60 60 60
2 3 john davis 302 45 45 50 54 54 54
3 20 jordan hands 270 41 37 45 50 50 47
4 281 kevin randell 242 35 35 39 43 45 45
5 51 martin stokes 230 43 43 – 47 47 50
6 0 george gough 225 60 60 60 45 – –
7 22 scott hands 125 39 39 47 – – –
8 668 andy wreford 121 37 41 43 – – –
9 5 neil eardley 101 47 54 – – – –
10 7 paul baldwin 97 50 47 – – – –
11 21 darren hoult 41 – – 41 – – –
Twinshock over 50
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 618 jason rothwell 235 60 60 60 26 – 29
Vet Evo over 45
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 51 brian wheeler 347 60 60 60 60 47 60
2 199 mervyn anstie 318 50 50 54 50 60 54
3 116 dean warren 316 54 54 50 54 54 50
4 70 andy lidington 262 47 47 41 45 41 41
5 11 simon jones 258 43 41 43 41 45 45
6 68 martin king 252 45 35 47 43 39 43
7 416 gary henson 248 37 45 45 39 43 39
8 14 mik hill 208 31 37 39 33 33 35
9 168 peter archer 187 41 – 35 37 37 37
10 172 mike wheeler 185 39 43 37 35 31 –
11 26 jeff evans 178 33 21 31 31 29 33
12 811 peter dixon 165 23 33 27 27 26 29
13 7 steve matthews 159 24 26 26 25 27 31
14 25 kelvin tatum 144 – – – 47 50 47
15 212 jon bloomfield 143 22 27 24 24 21 25
16 15 dan woodman 124 25 29 25 – 18 27
17 669 barry sills 117 21 23 23 26 – 24
18 131 lee mason 114 17 24 – 22 25 26
19 31 gareth williams 110 20 22 21 23 24 –
20 89 glyn moreton 103 35 39 29 – – –
21 46 jason winstanley 99 19 14 15 18 16 17
22 195 steve ryan 97 18 13 – 20 23 23
23 167 mark hutchinson 97 29 25 22 21 – –
24 147 jeremey vaughan 95 14 15 16 16 15 19
25 584 paul rainey 91 15 19 18 19 – 20
26 221 kirt wray 91 – 20 19 17 17 18
27 159 kevin allen 91 12 11 20 13 22 13
28 175 rob snell 81 13 12 14 14 12 16
29 115 mike gould 73 – 17 – 15 20 21
30 149 kevin woolford 70 27 31 12 – – –
31 12 paul rogers 69 9 10 10 12 13 15
32 71 johnathon briggs 64 – – – 29 35 –
33 156 steve angell 62 16 18 – – 14 14
34 71 jonathon briggs 59 26 – 33 – – –
35 5 john annely 54 – – 13 – 19 22
36 21 david woodbridge 43 10 16 17 – – –
37 1 brian booker 22 11 – 11 – – –
Modern 2 Stroke Over 50’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 19 chris pritchett 348 60 60 54 60 60 54
2 51 andrew batten 322 54 54 60 50 54 50
3 196 darren shortt 284 45 50 50 47 45 47
4 133 adrian jennings 266 43 47 47 43 43 43
5 222 james adams 246 41 41 43 39 41 41
6 94 robert dudman 244 47 39 41 41 39 37
7 18 anthony tanner 238 37 37 – 54 50 60
8 67 keith chandler 140 50 45 45 – – –
9 60 mark sims 137 – – – 45 47 45
10 55 nick keen 82 39 43 – – – –
11 852 jon young 76 – – – – 37 39
Modern 2 Strokes Under 50’s
Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3 r 4 r 5 r 6
1 119 tony griffiths 348 60 60 60 54 60 54
2 50 tom gilbert 312 50 54 54 47 47 60
3 606 matthew bath 310 54 47 50 60 54 45
4 48 ryan grover 281 45 41 45 50 50 50
5 411 paul whillians 279 47 50 47 43 45 47
6 312 ross hudson 242 39 39 39 45 39 41
7 772 jason morettes 236 35 43 41 33 41 43
8 749 sam russell 232 41 45 43 37 43 23
9 14 luke dewey 228 43 37 35 39 35 39
10 152 liam gooding 202 37 27 31 35 37 35
11 73 oliver mcrae 190 31 35 37 31 25 31
12 45 matthew fews 182 24 31 33 24 33 37
13 36 josh crewe 173 22 33 29 27 29 33
14 24 henry smith 170 29 29 27 25 31 29
15 1 alex reynolds 161 27 22 25 41 24 22
16 73 theo prince 156 33 26 23 29 21 24
17 227 richard curtis 154 26 23 26 26 27 26
18 25 john holmes 144 21 24 24 22 26 27
19 323 ben mason 133 20 21 22 23 22 25
20 476 harry allport 120 18 20 21 20 20 21
21 2 liam carpenter 111 17 19 20 19 18 18
22 397 lewis sills 103 25 15 15 16 16 16
23 15 dean tucker 98 15 16 16 17 17 17
24 52 ben whitmore 92 – 17 18 18 19 20
25 524 lee hillier 86 23 – – 21 23 19
26 280 jack sims 37 – 18 19 – – –
27 702 josh butcher 36 19 – 17 – – –
28 136 Paul Jones 25 – 25 – – – –
29 280 jacks sims 16 16 – – – – –
30 136 paul jones 14 14 – – – – –
