Petit powers to victory at 2026 Weymouth Beach Race – Race Report & Results

With the track build complete thanks to the generosity and skill of BNH Plant hire along with the required preparation and organisation done that meant it was now time to go racing at the 2026 Weymouth Beach motocross promoted by the Purbeck MXC in conjunction with the Weymouth and Portland Lions Club.

Race Report and Images by Mike Wood

But wait, there was a late announcement of a real sand stormer arriving from France and gracing this beautiful Dorset resort; yes, it was none other than Todd Kellett, three-time World sand racing champion and seven-time Weston Beach race winner. Travelling over with Todd was also his Motoblouz Honda Motul SR teammate Adrien Petit. Naturally, following this surprise appearance of Kellett, most people at the Weymouth bash expected the star rider would now go on to bag the Weymouth win in what was shaping up to be a quality Experts class. However, it didn’t run quite to plan for Kellett, and so it was instead 21-year-old Petit who would take the top slot at Weymouth, with other victors on the day being Connor Williams (Juniors), Brett Rowland (Seniors) and Jim Davies (Vets Over 40s).

Experts moto one as Todd Kellett (98) gets away first

Sponsored by Dirt Worx, let’s start with that stacked, high-quality Experts and almost on script it was Todd Kellett who led the moto one charge, followed by the 2025 Weymouth winner Shane Carless, Dan Thornhill, James Bates, Leon Williams and Petit. However, before the completion of two laps, there was to be a result-defining moment as leader Kellett came to a halt after his Honda machine had snapped a chain. As Todd frantically pushed his bike back to the start area, Carless took over the leadership for a couple of circuits before that fast, talented French lad Petit, on his Weymouth debut, soared to the front.

From here onwards the classy youngster controlled all the way to the chequered flag as Dan Thornhill edged out FUS Marsh ace Carless for 2nd following a super tussle. Finding himself right down in 18th place early on, Charlie Putman produced a great ride to get home in 4th ahead of Brad Thornhill, Lewis Pyne, Lee Truman, Jacob Bowden, Syd Putman and Leon Williams. Earlier in the moto, ACU Motul 125cc British Champion Drew Stock aboard a 250F JK Yamaha had been simply storming up through the pack in style, getting right up to 10th before unfortunately disappearing from proceedings with four laps remaining. After his earlier chain break, Kellett did manage to rejoin proceedings and putting in some quick determined laps he still got home in 29th place all be it four laps behind his teammate Petit.

Following that massive opening moto disappointment, Kellett did make amends in the second Experts clash with a performance of pure sand racing masterclass. Leading it all the way, he got home a truly incredible 42 seconds ahead of his rivals! In that one, Charlie Putman, Carless and finally Petit all took turns to hold 2nd spot. Starting down in 10th, Chambers Racing KTM pilot Dan Thornhill had another super ride to get home in 3rd with Carless 4th. Once again, the Putman brothers were great entertainment and also right in the mix, with Charlie taking 5th and Syd 6th. Backing up their impressive performances in moto one, this time around Pyne was 7th, Truman 8th, Bowden 9th, Jordan Wright 10th, Williams 12th and Brad Thornhill 13th.

Weymouth 2026 certainly proved to be an intriguing affair and a worthwhile warm-up for Kellett, Petit and Thornhill contesting this coming weekend’s opening round of the French National Sand Racing series, whilst Carless will be going for glory at the big Weston Beach Blast.

In the Seniors class sponsored by Wright Racing, Finn Eady led the opening seven laps of moto one before Brett Rowland came through to snatch the win. Holding 5th early on, Rowland passed Jamie Maller, Craig Roper and Ted Thompson before getting the better of Eady. In the final top ten of this opening bash, Roper was 3rd, Thompson 4th, Jack Hooper 5th, Jason Williams 6th, Joshua Kirby 7th, Harvey Sambridge 8th, Maller 9th and Bradley Hicks 10th.

Finn Eady (434) the Seniors runner-up passing Caitlin Newman

Seniors moto two and all of the above-named riders were right in the mix again, as this time Rowland led it all the way from start to finish and in some style! At the chequered flag he was 26 seconds clear of Eady, with Roper 3rd and Thompson 4th, thus repeating their moto one positions.

The Weymouth Juniors class again attracted a massive entry of over 100 riders, but in a contest sponsored by Caroline Racing it was to be Connor Williams making his beach racing debut who took the opening moto win. Unfortunately, this moto was red-flagged early on and not rerun due to an injured rider requiring medical attention. In this short moto, Harry Titcombe, Jason Breckon, Flyn George, Arron Saunders, Jamie Wray, Lee Veale, Tyler Lane, Matthew Triggs and Hayden Hamlin were next up.

In the second Juniors moto, which did run its full course, Williams was at it again, leading from start to finish and completing seven laps, a total matched by Titcombe, Jamie Goddard and Flyn George. This Juniors class also included young British speedway star Anders Rowe, who was born and bred in Weymouth. Making his beach race debut, Anders posted 30th and 13th positions for 17th overall.

Flynn George (206) who was 3rd overall in the Juniors

Having won at Weymouth in 2024 and finished runner-up in 2025, Jim Davies returned to winning ways in the 2026 Vet’s Over 40’s class. In a class sponsored by Andy Hobbs, the Beach race Gorilla, Simon Lane led early on in what was incredibly his Weymouth debut despite having enjoyed a long and illustrious AMCA racing career! Simon’s lead was, though, to be short-lived as first his brother James Lane, then Jim Davies, passed him. Three laps in and Davies was now at the front, but with rain falling, he was made to work very hard for his eventual victory after a super moto long tussle with James Lane. Getting home 4th in this one was Richard Collins, with Chris Toulson 5th and James Holt 6th. In the second Vet’s moto, which was combined into the Experts class, Davies was the leading Vet all the way from James Lane, Simon Lane, Collins, Holt and Toulson.

So that’s Weymouth 2026 done, following another great promotion by the Purbeck MXC, who would like to say a massive thank you to all of their sponsors and supporters. Although not yet confirmed, early figures suggest that Purbeck will be presenting a cheque for £1,800 to the Weymouth and Portland Lions club, whilst £1,200 goes to the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance with proceeds from the event. The date for 2027 has also been set, and it’s the weekend of October 16th/17th.

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Experst

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	22	Adrien Petit	97	50	47
2	95	Dan Thornhill	92	47	45
3	68	Shane Carless	88	45	43
4	91	Charlie Putnam	84	43	41
5	25	Lewis Pyne	76	39	37
6	19	Syd Putnam	72	33	39
7	210	Lee Truman	72	37	35
8	147	Brad Thornhill	69	41	28
9	12	Jacob Bowden	68	35	33
10	98	Todd Kellett	62	12	50
11	33	Jordan Wright	61	30	31
12	47	Leon Williams	60	31	29
13	28	Charlie Griffiths	56	29	27
14	400	Ben Griffiths	52	27	25
15	447	simon Booth	50	24	26
16	23	Luke Newman	45	23	22
17	26	Jamie Smith	44	20	24
18	507	Elvis Totney	42	19	23
19	106	Alex Harvey	41	21	20
20	29	Luke Oldfield	41	25	16
21	242	Ben Walker	38	26	12
22	773	Daniel Hartley	35	14	21
23	86	Elliot Cook	34	15	19
24	53	Jack Alderton	34	16	18
25	79	Wyatt McGregor	32	17	15
26	10	Harvey Cashmore	30	–	30
27	705	Harry Keet	30	13	17
28	623	Charlie Hucklebridge	28	28	–
29	331	James Day	23	10	13
30	241	Gary Brown	22	11	11
31	3	Scott Bates	22	22	–
32	167	Jack Evans	18	18	–
33	96	Moss Macriner	14	–	14
34	41	Sam Lycett	10	–	10
35	127	Joshua Scott	9	9	–
36	51	Jed Stockham	8	8	–
37	432	Tom Moore	7	7	–

Jamie Goddard, 5th overall in the Juniors

Vets Over 40 – Overall

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	444	Jim Davies	100	50	50
2	781	James Lane	94	47	47
3	73	Simon Lane	90	45	45
4	107	Richard Collins	86	43	43
5	731	James Holt	80	39	41
6	100	Chris Toulson	80	41	39
7	112	Mark Wyatt	68	31	37
8	157	Mike Bailey	68	35	33
9	66	Darren George	68	37	31
10	143	Luke Dewey	63	28	35
11	84	Andrew Hollingsworth	62	33	29
12	14	Ryan Thomas	55	25	30
13	30	Sam Wilson	30	30	–
14	3	Nick Jones	29	29	–
15	57	Stephen Hurst	27	27	–
16	247	Damian Obrien-Jones	26	26	–
17	602	Leonard Paget	24	24	–
18	135	Gary Hurst	23	23	–
19	262	Tim Murray	22	22	–

Seniors – Overall

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	74	Brett Rowland	100	50	50
2	434	Finn Eady	94	47	47
3	89	Craig Roper	90	45	45
4	87	Ted Thompson	86	43	43
5	441	Jason Williams	80	39	41
6	647	Joshua Kirby	74	37	37
7	31	Jack Hooper	71	41	30
8	461	Bradley Hicks	70	31	39
9	707	Jamie Maller	66	33	33
10	188	Harvey Sambridge	66	35	31
11	70	Jack Milsted	58	29	29
12	126	Ben Boare	55	27	28
13	21	Tommy Taylor	54	30	24
14	211	Niles Reid	53	18	35
15	179	Will Haysham	52	26	26
16	401	Charlie Ludwell	50	28	22
17	37	LLoyd Cross	49	22	27
18	641	ryan mabey	46	25	21
19	433	Ross Taylor	45	20	25
20	157	Thomas Watson	44	24	20
21	257	henry crawford	36	19	17
22	810	Jamie Aitken	36	21	15
23	777	Tommy Hobday	35	17	18
24	554	Jamie Knight	32	23	9
25	14	Adam McCarthy	28	9	19
26	540	William Biss	27	13	14
27	212	Max Monk	23	–	23
28	765	Lewis Dorling	23	11	12
29	993	Max Luckes	21	8	13
30	4	Adam Dixon	20	10	10
31	444	Luke scriven	16	–	16
32	7	Craig Arnold	16	5	11
33	45	Josh Chamberlain	16	16	–
34	308	Joe Dyke	15	15	–
35	93	Josh Griffiths	14	14	–
36	26	Dominic Ritchings	13	7	6
37	3	Caitlin Newman	12	12	–
38	275	Ricky Hayles	9	4	5
39	50	Amber McGregor	9	6	3
40	510	Robert Grant	8	–	8
41	951	Oliver Hurst	7	–	7
42	104	Alex Holloway	4	–	4
43	176	David Ind	3	3	–
44	27	Joel Hopkins	2	–	2
45	69	Myles Wall	2	2	–
46	28	Jacob Nind	1	–	1
47	221	jack Allen	1	1	–

Juniors – Overall

Pos	No	Competitor	Total	r 1	r 2
1	82	Connor Williams	100	50	50
2	212	Harry Titcombe	94	47	47
3	206	Flynn George	86	43	43
4	25	Jamie Wray	78	39	39
5	249	Jamie Goddard	74	29	45
6	119	Lee Veale	68	37	31
7	27	Hayden HAMLIN	66	31	35
8	137	Tyler Lane	64	35	29
9	22	Arron Saunders	61	41	20
10	684	Matthew Triggs	56	33	23
11	102	Charlie Keet	54	30	24
12	11	Harry Boare	51	25	26
13	114	Lewis Cornwall	48	21	27
14	203	Jason Breckon	45	45	–
15	66	Charles Blundell	43	26	17
16	100	Charlie Osborne	41	–	41
17	111	Anders Rowe	40	12	28
18	194	John Cox	38	13	25
19	177	james harris	37	–	37
20	512	Tommy Reeve	35	24	11
21	613	Stuart Cole	34	27	7
22	438	MICHAEL WILSON	33	–	33
23	53	Billy Alderton	33	19	14
24	753	Jake Hicks	30	–	30
25	32	Reiss Loxley	30	17	13
26	516	jake paget	28	28	–
27	351	Scott Carter	25	10	15
28	112	Alex Luckes	23	23	–
29	324	Lee Peck	22	–	22
30	144	Nick Groves	22	22	–
31	65	bradley cullen	21	–	21
32	37	Lewis Cook	20	15	5
33	44	danny boorer	20	20	–
34	699	Reece Andrew	19	–	19
35	8	william tewson	18	–	18
36	878	George Williams	18	18	–
37	614	Sam Warren	16	–	16
38	821	Kain Coombes	16	16	–
39	59	Matt David	14	14	–
40	14	Sam Abbott	12	–	12
41	710	Ross Gould	11	11	–
42	371	Nathan Baxter	10	–	10
43	125	Bradley Dixon	9	–	9
44	9	Rowan Moors	9	9	–
45	118	lucas moore	8	–	8
46	18	Shaylan Chamberlain	8	8	–
47	106	Aaron Selway	7	7	–
48	40	Harrison Bates	6	–	6
49	46	jack hayden-grant	6	6	–
50	149	Ryan Hughes	5	5	–
51	251	scott latrese	4	–	4
52	231	Joe Turner	4	4	–
53	321	Tom Moseley	3	–	3
54	318	Ryan Bood	3	3	–
55	726	Lewis Selway	2	–	2
56	123	Thomas Eastland	1	–	1

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