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On the gas at Oxford! 2022 MX Nationals Round 6 – Race Report, Results & Final Standings

The Michelin MX Nationals, powered by Milwaukee, don’t do things by halves. They couldn’t find a suitable track for this sixth and final round of the championship, so they built their own. It was months in the planning, but only ten days in the making, and that’s the track, jumps, whoops, rollers, start, and start-straight. The officials, riders, and spectators all loved it, and all predict a bright future for the venue.

Report by Dick Law – Feature Image courtesy of Architech Media – Other Images by MX Nationals – Elliot Spencer

Harri Kullas and his Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha had already clinched the Leatt Pro MX1 title. But that didn’t stop a significant number of the top riders from turning up to sample the new Oxford Moto Parc track, and there was still the matter of the Apico Pro MX2 championship to decide between Jamie Carpenter (GRT KTM) and Tom Grimshaw (Chambers Gas Gas). Nevertheless, the weekend was full of action, and all the championships were decided.

The nature of the new track was always going to favour the larger MX1s over the smaller MX2s, and that was proved at the start of the first combined Pro race with Kullas getting the holeshot from Conrad Mewse (Stebbings KTM), Martin Barr (Apico Husqvarna), Tommy Searle (Crendon Fastrack Honda), Josh Gilbert (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna) and Brad Todd (Gabriel KTM). In fact, the first MX2 rider was Elliott Banks-Browne (Husqvarna), and he was in eighth place.

For the first five laps, Mewse followed the leader Kullas as the pair slowly opened up a bigger and bigger lead over the new third-place man Searle, who had found a way past Barr on lap two. Mewse took the lead on lap six and went on to win by just five seconds from Kullas. Searle was third, just over fifty seconds behind the winning pair with Barr in his wheel tracks. Gilbert and Todd spent all race in fifth and sixth, with the first MX2 rider, Jogren Talvuki (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna), seventh. Impressively Banks-Browne, considering his lack of riding over the last two years, was the second MX2 rider home, with Carpenter and Grimshaw third and fourth MX2.

The poor new track was suffering from its newness, and come the second and last combined Pro race of the year as, once again, Kullas got the holeshot from Mewse, Searle, Gilbert and Talvuki, and that was the order they finished. Kullas had an eleven-second lead over Mewse, who had a thirty-nine-second advantage over Searle. Teammates Gilbert and Talvuki were separated by just four seconds as they crossed the finish line, but they were racing in different classes.

Grimshaw and Carpenter were suffering from nerves before the start, but with a twelve points advantage, Carpenter was in the driving seat. The nerves were showing as they gated in twentieth and twenty-first and buried in mid-pack with a lot of work to do. Grimshaw did all he could fighting his way forward amongst the big MX1 machines and ended the race in fourteenth but fifth MX2 home. Carpenter did what he needed to do, crossing the finish line in seventeenth but sixth MX2 to become this year’s Pro MX2 champion.

Overall, it was Kullas from Mewse, Searle, Gilbert and Barr in the Pro MX1s and Talvuki from Walsh, Carpenter, Grimshaw and Banks-Browne in the Pro MX2s.

Jamie Carpenter Pro MX2 Champion

“That seemed a very long race to me,” said new Pro MX2 champion Carpenter, “I had a DNF early on in the year, which made it harder for myself, so I have been playing catch up ever since. It all turned around at Hawkstone as we were again on a level playing field. I made sure I had a good start and a good race in the first race to make it easier for myself in race two. It freed me up a bit in race two, which seemed to go on forever, but we finally got it done.”

When asked about the cut on his nose, Carpenter said, “Early last Thursday, I had a big crash in training when the bike cut out on the take-off on a big jump, and I landed on my head. Hence the nose. I am lucky to be here at all, putting in two good races and the championship”.

Shaun Southgate Expert MX1 Champion

With yet another three wins and a second place, Shaun Southgate was the overall winner of the RFX Expert MX1s and, with that overall win, becomes this year’s champion and will have to move up to the pros for next year. Race one winner Jaydon Ashwell (AJP Racing Gas Gas) didn’t finish out of the top three all weekend and was second overall, with Nathan Green (George Russell MC Yamaha) third.

Louie Kessell 2022 Expert MX2 British Champion!

Charlie Heyman (SJP Moto KTM) was crowned the Seven MXY125 class winner at the previous round, and his team thought, why not go out and race the big boys in RFX Expert MX2? So, he did and won all four races with ease. Sam Atkinson (Phoenix Tools Kawasaki) chassed him over the finish line three out of the four races for second overall, with Josh Coleman (Holeshot KTM) third.

A single point separated the top two riders in the Motoverde Amateur MX1s as with a win, two-second places and a third place Callum Gordon (MX Revive KTM) took the overall win from wildcard rider Josh Greedy (Kawasaki). John Kirk (Honda) was a distant third, with Joshua McCorkell (Husqvarna) just missing out on a podium place.

It was tight at the top of the Motoverde Amateur MX2s as Cullum Murfitt (KTM), and Luca Pegg (Yamaha) finished on equal points. Murfitt was the winner as he won the last race. Ben Clark (Yamaha) was third, with race two winner Logan Wilcox (KTM) fourth.

Luca Pegg 2022 Amateur MX2 Champion!

Four wins from four starts gave Adam Reeve (Kawasaki) in the Worx Financial Clubman MX1s, with Grant Martin (Yamaha) chasing him over the finish line three out of four times for second. Four consistent rides earnt James Thompson (Kawasaki) third overall, with Billy Saunders (WMS Honda) fourth.

One point separated George Boyce (Design Scaffolding Gas Gas) and Ben Wainwright (Wainwright Plant Honda) at the top of the Moto Connection Clubman MX2s. However, the positions were reversed in the final championship positions. Jasper Gibson (Moto-Connection KTM) was third overall, with wildcard rider Jamie Collins (KTM) fourth.

With two wins and two second places, Bayliss Utting (Husqvarna) won the Seven MXY2 class from race three winner Mckenzie Marshall (DK Offroad Kawasaki). Harvey Cashmore (Team Chamber Husqvarna) and Jak Taylor (Team Green Kawasaki) filled the following two places overall, separated by just two points.

Tyla Hooley (ASA United Gas Gas) was on form this weekend as with a couple of wins and a couple of second places; he took the overall in the Seven MXY125 class. Wildcard rider Wal Beaney (Store 114 KTM), who didn’t finish out of the top three all weekend, was second, with Ben Mustoe (Matt Gardiner MX KTM) third.

Blake Ward-Clarke the 2022 SW85 Champion

With two wins and two second places, Josh Vail (SJP Moto Husqvarna) won the Syntol big wheel 85s beating Billy Askew (GRT KTM) into second place, for a change, but Askew did enough to clinch the class championship for this year. Charlie Richmond (Matt Gardiner KTM) was a distant third, with Jamie Keith (KTM) just missing out on a podium position.

Hayden Statt (Manchester MC KTM) won the Syntol small wheel 85s, but he couldn’t stop Blake Ward-Clarke (JMR KTM) with his second overall taking the championship. With a last race win, Alfie Geddes-Green (Matt Pope Gas Gas) was third overall, with Finlay Pickering (MrT’s KTM) fourth.

And that’s a wrap for another year. See you in 2023.

Billy Askew 2022 Big Wheel 85 Champion

Final Championship standings

Leatt Pro MX1:
1 Kullas 282, 2 Gilbert 204. 3 Barr 186, 4 Searle 179, 5 Todd, 6 Petrov 145, 7 Adamson 144, 8 McCormick 132, 9 Thornhill 119, 10 Edwards 100.

Apico Pro MX2:
1 Carpenter 222, 2 Grimshaw 211, 3 Mitchell 183, 4 Law 159, 5 Husband 139, 6 Collings 126, 7 Walsh 110, 8 Hall 110, 9 Jones 90, 10 Hague 86.

Fastest 40:
1 Kullas 282, 2 Gilbert 196, 3 Barr 177, 4 Searle 170, 5 Todd 161, 6 Petrov 120, 7 Adamson 117, 8 Carpenter 101, 9 Grimshaw 97, 10 McCormick 78.

RFX Expert MX1:
1 Southgate 540, 2 Ashwell 508, 3 Green 276, 4 Mellows 239, 5 Clayton 210, 6 Waterman 194, 7 McCaw 170, 8 Phillips 160, 9 Putnam 151, 10 Broadbelt 144.

RFX Expert MX2:
1 Kessell 432, 2 Atkinson 421, 3 Coleman 402, 4 Margetson 368, 5 Lindsay 364, 6 Johnston 282, 7 Ongley 268, 8 Beamish 211, 9 Yorke 191, 10 Peters 135.

Motoverde Amateur MX1:
1 Bradley 490, 2 Gordon 404, 3 McCorkell 378, 4 Wynn 369, 5 Gardiner 361, 6 Kirk 340, 7 Rushton 266, 8 Millard 266, 9 Osborn 243, 10 Greedy 277.

Motoverde Amateur MX2:
1 Pegg 518, 2 Brough 401, 3 Wilcox 340, 4 Hicks 317, 5 King-London 286, 6 Foster 281, 7 Springer 261, 8 Glynn 186, 9 Clark 154, 10 Cregan 152.

Worx Financial Clubman MX1:
1 Baldry 492, 2 Best 437, 3 Martin 432, 4 Reeve 401, 5 Saunders 388, 6 Thompson 317, 7 Graham 228, 8 Ambler 195, 9 Aspden 183, 10 Kerr 175.

Moto Connection Clubman MX2:
1 Wainwright 475, 2 Boyce 396, 3 Fletcher 329, 4 Lightbown 291, 5 Gibson 274, 6 Roberts 252, 7 Collins 251, 8 West 250, 9 Haddock 235, 10 Collins 182.

Seven MXY2:
1 Westcott 476, 2 Utting 368, 3 Taylor 339, 4 Marshall 311, 5 Roper 291, 6 Cashmore 283, 7 Elcock 267, 8 Palmer 227, 9 Manners 201, 10 Evans 182.

Seven MXY125:
1 Heyman 500, 2 Mustoe 461, 3 Hooley 368, 4 Rayns 298, 5 Griffiths 292, 6 Bennett 280, 7 Broadley 279, 8 Beaney 240, 9 Greenough 237, 10 Colmer 232.

Syntol Big wheel 85:
1 Askew 575, 2 Vail 508, 3 Walker 418, 4 Richmond 407, 5 Gardiner 325, 6 Hyde 319, 7 Bubb 317, 8 Stock 260, 9 Waggott 259. 10 Keith 256.

Syntol Small wheel 85:
1 Ward-Clarke 500, 2 Statt 490, 3 Geddes-Green 483, 4 Moncrieff 360, 5 Pickering 354, 6 Flude 336, 7 Jones 301, 8 Cliff 230, 9 Jenks 198.

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Harri Kullas	47	22	25
2	Conrad Mewse	47	25	22
3	Tommy Searle	40	20	20
4	Josh Gilbert	34	16	18
5	Martin Barr	34	18	16
6	Sam Nunn	27	13	14
7	Brad Todd	27	15	12
8	Dan Thornhill	25	14	11
9	Stuart Edmonds	24	11	13
10	Gavin Stevenson	18	9	9
11	Ben Edwards	18	10	8
12	Glen McCormick	18	12	6
13	Charlie Putnam	17	7	10
14	Petar Petrov	15	–	15
15	Tony Craig W	15	8	7

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Jogren Talvuki	50	25	25
2	Dylan Walsh	38	16	22
3	Jamie Carpenter	35	20	15
4	Tom Grimshaw	34	18	16
5	Elliott Banks-Browne	34	22	12
6	Jake Nicolls	33	13	20
7	Bobby Bruce	33	15	18
8	Charlie Cole W	25	11	14
9	Ben Franklin W	23	10	13
10	Calum Mitchell	23	12	11
11	Calton Husband	21	14	7
12	Alfie Jones	15	7	8
13	Liam Garland	10	–	10
14	John Meara	9	9	–
15	Jamie Law	9	–	9
16	Adam Collings	8	8	–

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Shaun Southgate	97	22	25	25	25
2	Jayden Ashwell	89	25	22	20	22
3	Nathan Green	72	18	18	18	18
4	Ben Clayton W	62	16	16	14	16
5	Ashley Greedy W	42	–	–	22	20
6	Neville Bradshaw W	40	20	20	–	–
7	Aaron Patstone	40	12	–	13	15
8	Glen Phillips	39	13	–	12	14
9	George Clark W	30	14	–	16	–
10	Charlie Way W	30	15	–	15	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Charlie Heyman	100	25	25	25	25
2	Sam Atkinson	84	18	22	22	22
3	Josh Coleman	78	20	20	18	20
4	Josh Peters W	63	15	15	15	18
5	Louie Kessell	60	16	16	13	15
6	Jimmy Margetson	55	13	14	16	12
7	Jack Lindsay	54	22	12	20	–
8	Tom Murphy	52	12	13	11	16
9	Aaron Ongley	46	10	10	12	14
10	Bailey Johnston	46	14	18	14	–
11	Kieren Yorke	41	9	9	10	13
12	Henry Siddiqui W	33	11	11	–	11

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Callum Gordon	89	20	22	22	25
2	Josh Greedy W	88	22	25	25	16
3	John Kirk	74	18	20	14	22
4	Joshua McCorkell	70	14	18	20	18
5	Aaron Gardiner	62	11	16	15	20
6	Jamie Dixon	60	13	14	18	15
7	Jacob Bowden W	58	16	15	16	11
8	Ross Millard	51	12	13	12	14
9	Ryan Osborn	50	15	12	11	12
10	Alex Christopher	38	10	10	9	9
11	Alex Buchanan	34	–	11	13	10
12	Jed Stockham W	26	9	9	8	–
13	Harry Bradley	25	25	–	–	–
14	Billy Wynn	23	–	–	10	13

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Callum Murfitt W	84	22	15	22	25
2	Luca Pegg	84	25	20	25	14
3	Ben Clark	76	20	16	20	20
4	Logan Wilcox	73	13	25	13	22
5	Niall Cregan	71	15	22	18	16
6	Shaun Springer W	70	18	18	16	18
7	Archie Hicks	55	12	14	14	15
8	Josh Bassett W	47	14	12	15	6
9	Kieran Gregory W	46	10	13	12	11
10	Ben White	39	8	9	10	12
11	Tom Hughes W	33	5	8	11	9
12	Harry Foster	32	6	7	9	10
13	Lewis King-London	29	11	10	8	–
14	Morgan Walters W	25	7	5	6	7
15	Jack Seabourne	24	–	11	–	13
16	Tommi Davies W	24	9	–	7	8
17	Sam Ongley W	16	16	–	–	–
18	James Orchard W	14	3	6	5	–
19	Luke Blanchard W	4	4	–	–	–

Clubman MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Adam Reeve	100	25	25	25	25
2	Grant Martin	86	22	22	20	22
3	James Thompson	72	16	20	16	20
4	Billy Saunders	63	15	16	18	14
5	Mitch Best	62	11	13	22	16
6	Connor Baldry	62	18	14	15	15
7	Paul Atkinson	60	14	15	13	18
8	Josh Young W	56	20	9	14	13
9	Ollie Kingston W	42	8	12	11	11
10	Danny Townsend	42	9	11	12	10
11	Jordan Ambler	38	12	10	7	9
12	Jack Waterman	35	10	7	6	12
13	Tallon Aspden	31	13	18	–	–
14	Ryan Davis	25	2	5	10	8
15	Jordan Andrews	17	5	4	1	7
16	Ryan Bowring	15	6	–	9	–
17	Leon Murray W	14	–	–	8	6
18	Jude Gaylard-Hall	13	–	6	5	2
19	Ben Lightbown	13	1	8	3	1
20	Dean Rodgers	12	3	–	4	5
21	Ash Senior	12	7	2	–	3
22	Charlie Roper	7	4	3	–	–
23	Lee Tolan	5	–	1	–	4
24	Colby Walker	2	–	–	2	–

Clubman MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	George Boyce	85	22	20	25	18
2	Ben Wainwright	84	25	25	9	25
3	Jasper Gibson	67	14	18	13	22
4	Jamie Collins W	62	16	16	15	15
5	Adam Paxton W	60	20	13	14	13
6	Josh Jones	59	13	14	22	10
7	Max Fletcher	57	15	2	20	20
8	Richy Roberts	50	12	8	18	12
9	Ben Thompson W	49	4	15	16	14
10	Charlie West	44	9	11	8	16
11	Joe Cooper	40	18	22	–	–
12	Tom Haddock	35	–	12	12	11
13	Elliot Cook	33	7	6	11	9
14	Matthew Fuller	29	11	10	6	2
15	Mitchil Collins	25	5	9	4	7
16	Jack Ratcliffe	22	8	3	5	6
17	Elliot Pugh W	21	10	–	10	1
18	Max Wood W	18	6	7	–	5
19	Ben Hunter W	18	3	5	7	3
20	Jack Loveridge	13	–	4	1	8
21	Jack Colley	9	2	–	3	4
22	Steve Turvey W	2	–	–	2	–
23	Brandon Love	1	1	–	–	–
24	Liam Deegan	1	–	1	–	–

MXY1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tyla Hooley	92	25	22	20	25
2	Wal Beaney W	87	20	20	25	22
3	Ben Mustoe	77	22	25	22	8
4	Kayde Rayns	74	18	18	18	20
5	Liam Bennett	59	12	15	14	18
6	Erez Melman W	57	16	14	12	15
7	Raife Broadley	55	13	10	16	16
8	Wesley McGavin W	52	14	12	15	11
9	Harrison Greenough	50	10	13	13	14
10	George Hopkins	50	11	16	10	13
11	Charlie Griffiths	43	15	11	5	12
12	Kyron Carron	35	9	9	7	10
13	Cody Spacagna	33	7	8	11	7
14	Sid Putnam	27	6	4	8	9
15	Oliver Wickers W	19	5	3	6	5
16	Jack Dando W	16	–	6	4	6
17	Jake Davies W	15	8	7	–	–
18	Carl Harris	14	–	5	9	–
19	Max Walsham	9	4	2	3	–

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bayliss Utting	94	22	25	22	25
2	Mckenzie Marshall	81	20	16	25	20
3	Harvey Cashmore	74	16	22	20	16
4	Jak Taylor	72	18	14	18	22
5	Hudson Roper	68	15	20	15	18
6	Arai Elcock	62	13	18	16	15
7	Tye Jones	57	14	15	14	14
8	Charlie Palmer	49	11	13	13	12
9	Seth Manners	45	10	11	11	13
10	Corey Collins	36	12	12	12	–
11	Alfie Smith W	35	7	8	10	10
12	Danny Webster W	35	8	9	9	9
13	Ted Deacon W	30	9	10	–	11
14	Finlay Evans	25	25	–	–	–

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Josh Vail	94	22	25	25	22
2	Billy Askew	92	25	22	20	25
3	Charlie Richmond	70	16	18	18	18
4	Jamie Keith	67	20	15	16	16
5	Jake Walker	64	18	20	22	4
6	Ollie Bubb	53	14	12	13	14
7	Freddie Gardiner	51	15	16	–	20
8	Isaac Ash	48	11	14	11	12
9	Chester Hyde	45	12	5	15	13
10	Jorge Parkerin W	45	9	13	12	11
11	Drew Stock	42	13	–	14	15
12	Zane Stephens	39	10	9	10	10
13	Cailen Griffiths	35	8	11	8	8
14	Gus Mustoe	33	7	10	7	9
15	Tyler Jones	27	5	7	9	6
16	Reegan Rogers W	24	6	8	5	5
17	Jack Bearey	19	–	6	6	7
18	Henry Fenner W	8	4	4	–	–

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Hayden Statt	92	25	20	25	22
2	Blake Ward-Clarke	89	22	25	22	20
3	Alfie Geddes-Green	73	13	22	13	25
4	Finlay Pickering	69	15	16	20	18
5	Lucus Moncrieff	65	16	15	18	16
6	Danny Flude	63	18	18	12	15
7	Stanley Siebert	55	14	12	15	14
8	Elvis Totney W	50	20	14	16	–
9	Maison Jones	47	11	10	14	12
10	Charlie James W	42	10	11	10	11
11	Ryan Clift	36	12	13	11	–
12	Lewis Jenks	22	9	–	–	13

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