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Morgan fires in Sherwood victory! 2022 Nora MX Quadcross Championship Round 1 – Race Report and Results

The NORA MX Club hosted the first round of the NORA MX championships of 2022 at Sherwood MX Park near Mansfield. It was part a fantastic two-day Easter NORA MX event that incorporated the British Sidecar Championship. The Easter weather was fantastic with the sun shining all weekend on the sandy, well-prepared track.

Report by Tracy Thacker – Feature Image courtesy of John Cook – Other images courtesy of John Cook and Tracy Thacker

There were a few changes to last year’s format with Rookies (young riders) joining the Pro / Pro-am class. Masters A and Masters B will run together on one gate drop. Clubman and Clubman Elite will run together or in separate races depending on rider numbers (to ensure safety). Ladies Championship will continue to run within the Inters class.

Dafydd Davies – Picture by Tracy Thacker

This weekend the Pro / Pro-am / Rookies were run as a 4-race weekend, with all other quad classes as a 5-race weekend.

In the Pro / Pro-am / Rookie class, racing got underway with an early lead for Oli Sansom with Harry Walker holding second. By the end of lap one Dafydd Davies took second with Dean Dillon behind. This left Harry Walker fourth but he was determined and fought back fighting past Dean Dillon, and Dafydd Davies, finally blasting past Oli Sansom and into the lead. Unfortunately, his bike picked up mechanical issues that could be heard as exhaust noise for the remainder of the race, the crowd were willing him to finish the race but it was not to be as he was left track side on the final lap. This left a battle for the lead with Jamie Morgan fighting past Oli Sansom, Carl Bunce took third ahead of Dean Dillon.

Jack Naylor – Picture by Tracy Thacker

In Race two Oli Sansom took a second holeshot, with Harry Walker second from Dafydd Davies and Dean Dillon behind, but it was all change on the first lap with Dafydd Davies taking the lead from Harry Walker and with Oli Sansom holding third and Jamie Morgan through to fourth. The battle for the lead was on with Dafydd Davies and Harry Walker swapping the lead a number of times, the track was getting rough but that didn’t slow the leaders with a brilliant race at the front, Harry Walker managed to just take the win, but it wasn’t all good news, with a 5 place penalty for jumping the start gate. Dafydd Davies finished second but took maximum points. Dean Dillon blasted into third just a few laps from the end with Oli Sansom in fourth fighting off Jamie Morgan.

On day two there were another two races, with just as much excitement. Dafydd Davies blasted into the lead on Race three, going on to take another great win. Jack Naylor held second but was challenged by Harry Walker who fought past to take second. Jack Naylor battled to stay ahead but Jamie Morgan fought past to take third.

Picture by Tracy Thacker

In their last race of the weekend, it was Jack Naylor took the hole shot but quickly passed by Harry Walker. Dafydd Davies had mechanical problems on the start and did not join the race. Harry Walker held the advantage going on to take a good win. After a few laps Jack Nailor had a problem dropping back out of the top five. This left Chad Beevers for fight with Craig Fisher, but it was Luke Berlyn who recovered from a slow start to blast into second on the final lap.

The Masters A and Masters B classes raced together and was a great format. They had three races on Saturday and another two on Sunday. In race one it was a battle between Ed Davies who took the holeshot and Paul Winrow who fought past into the lead, but Ed Davies was not giving up easily and blasted back into the lead, Paul Winrow held on to second despite challenges from Johnathan Mcknight. Darren Bridge recovered well from a slow start to take fourth.

In race two Paul Winrow did not leave anything to chance, quickly taking the lead from Ed Davies with Darren Bridge holding third. Ed Davies fought back even taking the lead at one point but it was Paul Winrow who held on for the win. Then disaster struck for Ed Davies who was left trackside with problems.

Race three was tough with the track rough and dusty, but the riders were determined to gain as many points as possible. Paul Winrow took an early lead holding on for the win. Ed Davies and Johnathan Mcknight battled for second with Johnathan Mcknight blasting ahead in the final few laps.

On day two there were another two races, and with one win for Ed Davies and two for Paul Winrow, we knew there would be great battles. In race 4 it was Davies vs Winrow from the start with Ed Davies holding the lead until the final few laps when Paul Winrow blasted past. Johnathan Mcknight took third just ahead of Darren Bridge.

Harry Walker – Picture by Tracy Thacker

In their last race of the weekend it was Ed Davies who took the hold shot and lead until the final lap. Paul Winrow had a slow start but was up to third by the halfway point and taking the win in style by shooting into the second two laps from the end, and into the lead on the final lap. Ed Davies held second from Johnathan Mcknight with Darren Bridge fourth.

With four out of five race wins that leaves Paul Winrow as championship leader.

Dafydd Davies #15 starting as he finished last season….very quickly – Image by John Cook

In the 250 class it was Ross Dillon who dominated taking wins in all five races with Andrew Black close behind and taking second overall with Andrew Black third.

The Clubman Elite and Clubman classes raced together and was another great format. They also had three races on Saturday and another two on Sunday. It was the riders who stayed for both days that dominated the overall with Daniel Scott Evans taking the championship lead from Joe Pryke and Catrin Davies.

Kieran Marriott triumphed in the Intermediates over Tom Welch and Sam Francis, while in the Ladies Shanice Mott won out with Vassna Willcock in second and Chloe Keitch third.

In the 100cc Auto’s Seth Terrell went unbeaten, taking the overall ahead of Bentley Don Garrett and Josh Smart.

Over in the 100cc Geared Brodie North took the honours in a competitive class. Luca Shaw is second and Liam McGowan third.

Shay McKenna was the 50cc victor and got the number spot ahead of Macson Lorton and Dexter Griffin.

At the end of an eventful weekend there were lots of exhausted riders celebrating a great start to the racing season. The club worked tirelessly all weekend to make it a fantastic event, and we look forward to round two on May 21st & 22nd at Culham MX Park, OX14 3DA

Results

Pro Overall Combined

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jamie Morgan	132	40	33	35	24
2	Harry Walker	129	23	29	37	40
3	Chad Beevers (U21)	119	26	27	31	35
4	Dylan Mckenna (R) U21	113	27	26	29	31
5	Luke Berlyn	112	29	18	28	37
6	Craig Fisher (R)	108	24	25	26	33
7	Dafydd Davies	108	28	40	40	–
8	Scott Berlyn (R) U21	100	25	22	25	28
9	George Oliver	99	22	23	27	27
10	Jack Naylor	93	–	31	33	29
11	Zak Beevers (R) U21	89	20	21	23	25
12	Alfie Walker (U21)	78	31	–	21	26
13	Oli Sansom	72	37	35	–	–
14	Dean Dillon (U21)	70	33	37	–	–
15	Marcus Sprason (U21)	67	21	24	22	–
16	Carl Bunce	59	35	–	24	–
17	Jack Holmes	39	19	20	–	–
18	Callum Davis	37	18	19	–	–
19	Lestyn Rolands(U21)	28	–	28	–	–

Pro

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jamie Morgan	141	40	33	35	33
2	Harry Walker	134	28	29	37	40
3	Dafydd Davies	109	29	40	40	–
4	Jack Naylor	101	–	31	33	37
5	Alfie Walker (U21)	95	31	–	29	35
6	Oli Sansom	72	37	35	–	–
7	Dean Dillon (U21)	70	33	37	–	–
8	Carl Bunce	66	35	–	31	–
9	Jack Holmes	54	27	27	–	–
10	Lestyn Rolands(U21)	28	–	28	–	–

Pro-Am

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Chad Beevers (U21)	154	37	40	40	37
2	Luke Berlyn	152	40	35	37	40
3	Marcus Sprason (U21)	107	35	37	35	–

Pro Rookie

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Dylan Mckenna (R) U21	157	40	40	40	37
2	Craig Fisher (R)	147	35	37	35	40
3	Scott Berlyn (R) U21	138	37	33	33	35
4	George Oliver	138	33	35	37	33
5	Zak Beevers (R) U21	124	31	31	31	31
6	Callum Davis	58	29	29	–	–

Masters A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Paul Winrow	197	37	40	40	40	40
2	Johnathan Mcknight	177	35	35	37	35	35
3	Edward Davies	176	40	27	35	37	37
4	Darren Bridge	158	33	28	31	33	33
5	Keith Harden	148	26	31	29	31	31
6	Geoff Otway	142	27	29	28	29	29
7	Chris Keitch	129	31	37	33	28	–
8	John Hall	89	29	33	27	–	–
9	Greg Fisher	81	28	26	–	27	–

Masters B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	David Hull	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Gary Griffin	177	37	37	35	37	31
3	Mark Moseley (V)	161	33	33	33	29	33
4	Stumpy Lawrence (V)	156	31	31	28	31	35
5	Trevor Humphris (V)	151	35	28	26	33	29
6	Jason Hall	139	28	27	29	27	28
7	Christopher Gyles (V)	132	26	20	31	28	27
8	James Lees	132	27	26	27	26	26
9	Steven Smart	129	–	35	22	35	37
10	Karl Pilcher	123	25	24	24	25	25
11	Neil Peacock	118	22	23	25	24	24
12	Russ Wells	109	21	21	23	22	22
13	Stephen Claro	95	29	29	37	–	–
14	Nik Blythe(V)	91	23	22	–	23	23
15	Danny Gilligan	49	24	25	–	–	–
16	Ashley Willis	40	–	19	21	–	–
17	Rick Jones (V)	20	20	–	–	–	–

Clubman Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Daniel Scott Evans	187	37	33	37	40	40
2	Joe Pryke	158	33	37	26	35	27
3	Catrin Davies	154	35	31	29	28	31
4	Jack Evans	144	28	40	23	25	28
5	Lewis Humphris	142	24	29	25	31	33
6	Aled Davies	142	26	24	33	33	26
7	Luke Brown	141	29	27	31	29	25
8	Axel Bone (U21)	115	40	35	40	–	–
9	Alfie North	106	27	23	27	–	29
10	Michael Williams	105	31	–	–	37	37
11	Will Mead	87	–	25	–	27	35
12	Jamie Bone	84	21	28	35	–	–
13	Mitch Couzens	77	23	26	28	–	–
14	Harry Grant	50	–	–	24	26	–
15	Ryan Hickman	25	25	–	–	–	–
16	Harry Koller	22	22	–	–	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jack Shone	154	37	40	40	37
2	Ryan Thornborrow	138	35	37	35	31
3	David Marriott	136	33	31	37	35
4	Max Turner	135	29	35	31	40
5	Nicole Lowry	133	40	33	27	33
6	Christopher Bladon	117	31	24	33	29
7	Damon North	112	27	29	29	27
8	Tom Miller	108	26	28	26	28
9	Adam Lomas	106	28	27	25	26
10	Zack Hull	100	25	26	24	25
11	Myles Mott	77	24	25	28	–

Intermediates

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Kieran Marriott	194	37	40	40	37	40
2	Tom Welch	174	40	37	37	40	20
3	Sam Francis	163	35	29	33	35	31
4	Ewan Packman	149	27	31	28	28	35
5	Shanice Mott (L)	145	33	27	27	29	29
6	Vassna Willcock (L)	144	25	28	31	27	33
7	Kieren Johnson	131	28	35	35	33	–
8	Chloe Keitch (L)	128	26	24	25	25	28
9	Benjamin Woodhead	126	29	–	29	31	37
10	Amelia Mead (L)	116	21	22	22	24	27
11	James Scott	115	24	18	21	26	26
12	Grace Keitch (L)	114	22	23	23	23	23
13	Carly Sewell (L)	106	20	21	20	20	25
14	Chris Thorn	100	17	20	19	22	22
15	Archie Welch	96	23	25	24	–	24
16	Richard Murphy	95	18	17	18	21	21
17	Chloe Green (L)	90	31	33	26	–	–
18	Charlie Batson	38	19	19	–	–	–
19	Dylan Wykes	26	–	26	–	–	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Shanice Mott (L)	189	40	35	37	40	37
2	Vassna Willcock (L)	187	33	37	40	37	40
3	Chloe Keitch (L)	171	35	33	33	35	35
4	Amelia Mead (L)	153	29	29	29	33	33
5	Grace Keitch (L)	153	31	31	31	31	29
6	Carly Sewell (L)	144	28	28	28	29	31
7	Chloe Green (L)	112	37	40	35	–	–

250cc Combined

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Ross Dillon (O)	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Frank Marston (A)	194	37	40	40	37	40
3	Andrew Black (O)	185	37	37	37	37	37
4	Louie Holt (A)	179	28	37	37	40	37
5	Charlie Eaton (A)	171	35	35	35	33	33
6	Reggie Binskin (A)	166	40	31	31	35	29
7	Alfie Pennington (O)	165	35	31	33	33	33
8	Brooke Bunce (O)	163	33	33	35	31	31
9	Jay Sam (A)	157	33	33	33	27	31
10	Shane Havard Evans (A)	146	31	29	29	29	28
11	Rylee Marshall (O)	133	28	35	–	35	35
12	Harry Terrell (A)	112	29	28	–	28	27
13	Morgan Junge (A)	93	27	–	–	31	35
14	Ellie Stott (O)	87	29	–	–	29	29
15	Connor Yates (O)	31	31	–	–	–	–

250 Air Cooled

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Frank Marston (A)	194	37	40	40	37	40
2	Louie Holt (A)	179	28	37	37	40	37
3	Charlie Eaton (A)	171	35	35	35	33	33
4	Reggie Binskin (A)	166	40	31	31	35	29
5	Jay Sam (A)	157	33	33	33	27	31
6	Shane Havard Evans (A)	146	31	29	29	29	28
7	Harry Terrell (A)	112	29	28	–	28	27
8	Morgan Junge (A)	93	27	–	–	31	35

250 Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Ross Dillon (O)	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Andrew Black (O)	185	37	37	37	37	37
3	Alfie Pennington (O)	165	35	31	33	33	33
4	Brooke Bunce (O)	163	33	33	35	31	31
5	Rylee Marshall (O)	133	28	35	–	35	35
6	Ellie Stott (O)	87	29	–	–	29	29
7	Connor Yates (O)	31	31	–	–	–	–

100cc Auto

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Seth Terrell (A)	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Bentley Don Garrett (50)	173	37	31	33	37	35
3	Josh Smart (A)	171	33	37	35	35	31
4	Beatrix Drinkwater (A)	165	35	33	31	33	33
5	Cayden Hughes (A)	161	25	35	37	27	37
6	Keian Willis (A)	146	29	28	29	31	29
7	Beau Terrell (A)	140	28	29	28	28	27
8	Louie Garrett	115	31	–	27	29	28
9	Abbie Eaton (A)	80	27	27	26	–	–
10	Brooke North	52	26	26	–	–	–

100cc Geared

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Brodie North	186	29	40	40	40	37
2	Luca Shaw (G)	179	37	35	35	37	35
3	Liam McGowan (G)	176	33	37	31	35	40
4	Seth Balaam (G)	169	40	33	37	28	31
5	Amelia Talent (G)	165	35	31	33	33	33
6	Malachy McKenna (G)	149	31	29	29	31	29
7	Ella Robe (G)	141	28	28	28	29	28

50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Shay McKenna (50)	195	40	40	35	40	40
2	Macson Lorton (50)	177	37	37	37	33	33
3	Dexter Griffin (A)	172	25	35	40	37	35
4	Harry Barker (50)	171	35	31	33	35	37
5	Gracie-Anne Blythe (50)	150	33	33	28	28	28
6	Erin Mansell (50)	146	29	28	31	31	27
7	Oliver Willsher (50)	142	28	29	27	29	29
8	Jaxson-blu Butcher	130	26	26	26	26	26
9	Cameron Lees (50)	129	27	27	25	25	25
10	Jayden Garrett	118	31	–	29	27	31

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