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NGR triumph for Hoptrough at Buckby! 2022 Northampton MCC Championship Round 3 – Race Report & Results

NMCC was joined at Long Buckby National Track this time by the NGR series as they hosted the third round of their 2022 Club Championship. Despite the warm weather, the bigger than average Expert class were greeted with a well groomed and watered track to start the day.

Race Report by Fraser Law – Images courtesy of www.motoxphotos.co.uk

Robert Wood took back to back wins in the first two Expert class races, before a mechanical issue put him out of the running for the final encounter. Jamie Richmond showed great speed in trying to chase down Rob, setting the fastest lap of the day in pursuit of Rob in race one. Despite a tip-over in race two, Jamie took the day’s overall after a fine win in race three. Shaun Robinson finished second overall by a single point from newly upgraded Jordan Wills who continues to impress. Both suffered incidents in one leg making the overalls close.

The Junior A class once again saw some fast racing from our future Expert stars. Connor Haligan won both finals despite some serious attention from Robbie Hollis, second on both occasions after leading race one until two laps to go. Jordan Hughes maintained the classes consistency finishing third each time. In the Junior B class just two points separated the top three. Lee Hayward took the overall after winning race two, just ahead of Jack Fennymore-Birch and Spencer Taylor. Lee and Spencer shared the wins, whilst Jack Fennymore-Birch finished twice runner-up.

In the Premier O40 class, visiting Stuart Scott took 3 wins ahead of South Midland Centre regular Greg Cox. Steven Chilvers took the final podium position. Bruce Garside took the Elite O50 class overall after some very closely battling with Greg Cox in the combined races. Sidney Richardson took second after finishing ahead of third placed Tony Fricker in races 2 and 3. In the Super O60 class Stephen Hollins dominated with two wins in the afternoon. Reg Willis put in another great ride to take second from Mark Stephens. Reece Wain took overalls in both the combined 2 Stroke and U40 classes, ahead of Scott Goodson and Ty Atkins in the U40s, ultra-consistent Ian Tindle and Connor Dickens in the 2 Strokes.

The NGR class finished in the same order every time towards the front. A Hat-trick of wins saw Gary Hoptrough take the overall. Second each time went to Peter Cook, with Tim Clark in third.

Results

Expert

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jamie Richmond	125	42	38	45
2	Shaun Robinson	116	40	40	36
3	Jordan Wills	115	31	42	42
4	Kyle Creevy	114	38	36	40
5	Aiden Maloney	111	37	37	37
6	Reece Wain	108	36	34	38
7	Robert Wood	90	45	45	–
8	Matthew Wood	70	35	35	–
9	Connor Dickens	34	34	–	–
10	Thomas Allsopp	33	33	–	–
11	Stuart Scott	32	32	–	–

Junior A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Connor Halligan	90	45	45
2	Robert Hollis JR	84	42	42
3	Jordan Hughes	80	40	40
4	Robert Harwood	75	37	38
5	Gavin Jakeman	75	38	37
6	Mason Miller	70	34	36
7	Brett Wykes	69	35	34
8	George Cox	69	36	33
9	Finn Morgan	68	33	35
10	Brodie Ferguson	63	31	32
11	Jake Mould	62	32	30
12	Bradley Thomas	61	30	31
13	Lewis Mitchell	58	29	29
14	Nathan Goodman	53	26	27
15	Jack Duggins	53	27	26
16	Robert Wright	52	24	28
17	Thomas Drabble	28	28	–
18	Scott Goodson	25	25	–
19	Kieran Evans	23	23	–
20	George Reeves Furness	22	22	–
21	Ty Atkins	21	21	–

Junior B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Lee Hayward	85	40	45
2	Jack Fennymore-Birch	84	42	42
3	Spencer Taylor	83	45	38
4	Kris McClurg	78	38	40
5	Jack Hunton	74	37	37
6	Richard A Mitchell	67	33	34
7	Matthew Mason	67	35	32
8	Jake Wills	64	34	30
9	Ian Tindle	62	29	33
10	Oliver Whitehead	62	31	31
11	Donald Russ	61	25	36
12	Simon Tucker	59	30	29
13	Steve Cornelius	56	28	28
14	Dan Pattinson	54	27	27
15	Thomas Kruger-Dean	52	26	26
16	Liam Dale	36	36	–
17	Bradley Ferguson	35	–	35
18	Sam Tucker	32	32	–
19	Colin Booker	24	24	–

Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Stuart Scott	135	45	45	45
2	Greg Cox	126	42	42	42
3	Steven Chilvers	116	40	36	40
4	John Holmes	109	38	33	38
5	Mark Pyner	106	37	32	37
6	Ian Hollis	94	36	26	32
7	Grant Griffin	90	35	22	33
8	Helen Morgan	89	33	20	36
9	Mark Quartermaine	86	31	21	34
10	Tommy Bindley	84	32	17	35
11	Corin Donaldson	74	30	13	31
12	Lee Hayward	34	34	–	–

Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Bruce Garside	132	42	45	45
2	Sidney Richardson	116	38	38	40
3	Tony Fricker	115	40	37	38
4	John Wills	105	36	32	37
5	Philip West	105	33	36	36
6	Warren Burbage	105	37	35	33
7	Andrew Smith	104	35	34	35
8	Stephen Gilbey	101	34	33	34
9	Kevin Franklin	93	32	30	31
10	Matthew Mason	91	28	31	32
11	Richard A Mitchell	90	31	29	30
12	Richard David Lowe	86	30	27	29
13	Daniel Haskett	85	45	40	–
14	Paul Field	84	–	42	42
15	Colin Booker	79	27	26	26
16	Robert Slough	78	26	25	27
17	Steve Cornelius	57	29	28	–
18	Nick Hunton	52	–	24	28

Over 60’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Stephen Hollins	130	40	45	45
2	Reg Willis	124	42	42	40
3	Mark Stephens	115	37	40	38
4	Simon Tucker	80	38	–	42
5	Graham Watson	74	36	38	–
6	John Smith	45	45	–	–