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Ryan runs riot at Haverigg! 2021 Acerbis Amateur Nationals – Race Report & Results

Ryan runs riot at Haverigg! 2021 Acerbis Amateur Nationals – Race Report & Results

With the great British summer heating up, a weekend away at the beach sounded like a plan and why not throw a couple of days racing in while we are at it, that’s exactly what Darren and his Acerbis Nationals crew did for round two and did it deliver. Haverigg was the venue and the track provided some excellent nail-biting racing that was hotter than the weather.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

Richard Evans

First up on the perfectly prepared circuit were the Moto Connection 125 machines with series leader Matt Ridgway a no show it was left to Stu Owen and Liam Gale who were tied on points to take the reins of the class. However, they both had to play second fiddle to wildcard Rob Clitheroe who was the most consistent on his Yamaha and took the overall honours just two points ahead of Gale who bagged himself a pair of wins on day two which will definitely help his championship cause. Stu Owen stood on the lower step of the rostrum just another couple of points back from his championship rival while another wildcard Charlie Irwin was in hot pursuit finishing fourth overall and also stole a win while he was at it. Holeshot awards were dished out for the fifth block of racing and Liam Gale was the man to claim the 125 class prize.

Lewis Petfield

In the California MX Dreams 250 Open 2 stroke category, championship leader James Dent came to Haverigg full of confidence after his Hawkstone win but made things hard work for himself after some start crashes and first lap carnage. It was a last race charge from behind and last corner pass which gave him the overall victory on home turf with a 3-1-2-3-1 scorecard and extended his lead by a couple of points over closest rival Adam Harris, who put his Fantic on the box for the runner up position along with the final moto holeshot award. Drew Roe took a moto win on his way to third overall for the weekend and Chris Nuttall also claimed the moto 4 victory to boost him up in the overall rankings.

Paul Coward

Danny Tollet

It was business as usual for Brian Wheeler in the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 category as he went on to dominate the weekend with 5 moto wins from 5 starts and the holeshot award to put the icing on the cake. Paul Wildman was best of the rest on his little 125 Yamaha and managed to fend off 2019 champ Chris Brown for the runner up position. Brown managed to claim a couple of runner up places over the weekend but a fifth in the third outing cost him points and so had to settle for the lower step of the rostrum this time around. James Whitlow and Rob Lewis fought hard all weekend to round out the top 5.

Brian Wheeler

Ryan Voase was the man on form in the LS2 helmets Vets Over 40 category as he carried on his winning streak from Hawkstone bagging himself a maximum 200 points haul extending his series lead handsomely over closest challenger Danny Tollett. Tollett had to worry more about fending off the attentions of local man Richard Miller however as the pair battled all weekend long for the runner up spot in each of the motos. Tollett ended up coming out on top by the end of play Sunday as Miller struggled with the rougher conditions on both days meaning he had to settle for third while Lee Martin and Barry Gray rounded off the prize money placings by finishing fourth and fifth respectively with Gray picking up the holeshot prize too for his efforts.

250 & Ladies start

In the Pro Green sponsored Ladies category it was all about who could stay most consistent and keep it on two wheels which Elaine MacEachern proved brilliantly as she only took one moto win all weekend. She backed that up with a pair of seconds and a pair of thirds giving her the overall by just two points over Amie Goodlad who amazingly never took a chequered flag for her efforts over the weekend. Hawkstone winner Kathryn Booth took two wins but first corner crashes put pay to her overall chances and she came up just four points short. Grace Richards was the victor in the other two motos which helped boost her up to fourth position after a tough weekends racing. Kady Moore managed to claim the holeshot prize from race five on her Husqvarna.

Elaine MacEachern

The Manchester Xtreme Junior Open class provided the spectators with some interesting racing as Alfie Calvert paced himself nicely in the rough conditions to come from behind and pick the pace up at the halfway mark taking control of each race for maximum points over the weekend making him the second rider to have a 100% win streak going to round three. Wildcard rider and fast starting Tayla Smith made it hard work for Calvert but had to settle for a stack of runner up positions and second spot on the rostrum along with his holeshot award from the final encounter. Ryan Davis finished the weekend in third even after a disaster in the third race and Lewis Davison took home fourth.

Seb Berthiaume

In the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 category it was all square after round one between Mitchell Meadows and Marshall Smith at the top of the standings and they fought for honours once again at Haverigg. Smith managed to bag the honours for the weekend with a 3-2-1-2-1 result sheet and consolidated himself as sole leader going to Wroxton with Meadows hot on his heels. The 372 KTM man claimed the moto four victory helping himself upto second for the weekends overall result heating up the series and its starting to look like a 2 man show so far. Lee Sealey finished runner up in the last race on Sunday giving him the nod in the tie break over wildcard Braydon Ferguson who looked to be the man to beat after his two wins on Saturday but a couple of crashes meant he had to settle for fourth overall in the end. Marshall Smith came away with the holeshot prize.

Mark Sutherland

The top five at Haverigg were the same as at Hawkstone just mixed up a bit in the Paradise MX Holidays MX1 class but the winner remained the same as James Hutchinson came to his most local round of the series, hailing from the North East, and took a fine overall victory claiming three wins and two second places along with a first turn crash to makes things a bit harder work than they already were proving he has a slight edge so far in 2021. Lee Harrison won the opening race of the weekend and finished runner up after all was said and done while former champ Ed Briscoe took the remaining race victory which helped him to third on the box. Irishman Scott Hamilton salvaged his overall by claiming a tenth in race three after having to pick himself up following a hefty spill on the final lap which helped him to claim fourth overall along with the final race holeshot prize ahead of Andy Wilson.

Lee Harrison

With a bit of time spare on Sunday, it was decided to have a fun race at the end of the day. The riders crazy enough to want another 6 laps of torture in the heat and on a rough Cumbria sand track had another element added to the mix…a le mans start where they would have to run the length of the start straight onto their bikes at the first corner and hammer a track that looked like a bomb had already hit. It was Andy Wilson that was triumphant and took the win from 250 2 stroke leader James Dent in second and Simon Booth picked up third.

With round two comfortably in the books all focus is on round three at the end of the month as the series heads south to the Wroxton circuit.

Tom Berry

Results

MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 JAMES HUTCHINSON 196 38 40 38 40 40
2 LEE HARRISON 182 40 34 36 38 34
3 ED BRISCOE 178 36 36 40 36 30
4 SCOTT HAMILTON 170 34 38 26 34 38
5 ANDY WILSON 160 32 29 34 29 36
6 JAMES LASSU 152 30 32 30 28 32
7 HARRY BRADLEY 150 22 27 27 26 29
8 ADAM THIRWELL 135 28 24 32 24 27
9 CORY NEMETH 135 25 28 29 30 23
10 JACK BENISTON 133 27 25 28 25 28
11 SIMON BOOTH 124 24 26 25 23 26
12 SEB BERTHIAUME 123 26 17 24 32 24
13 MATT LOMAS 103 16 23 23 16 25
14 LEWIS MEADOWS 102 21 16 21 22 22
15 JAMES GOODALL 93 20 20 18 17 18
16 KIA THIRWELL 91 18 22 12 18 21
17 PETE HAMLETT 90 23 18 15 14 20
18 JOEL HUGES 90 17 21 17 20 15
19 ALBERT MARTINDALE 86 14 19 22 12 19
20 LUKE BULHAM 86 19 13 19 19 16
21 DANIEL EDGAR 71 10 9 14 21 17
22 WILL MILLER 59 29 30
23 SCOTT HAIL 54 7 20 27
24 ARRAN MURPHY 52 6 11 9 15 11
25 SCOTT MERADITH 51 9 6 13 10 13
26 DAN SHEP 51 15 14 11 11
27 MICHAEL SMITH 50 13 15 16 6
28 TOBY BAILEY 45 5 7 6 13 14
29 OWEN WILKS 31 2 5 7 7 10
30 KEVIN GREEN 31 4 10 5 4 8
31 CHRIS HAMLET 29 8 9 12
32 JASON MARTIN 24 4 8 3 9
33 JAMES NEWBY 23 8 10 5
34 BEN WALSH 15 3 12
35 MATT WILLIAMSON 12 12
36 GRANT FRASER 11 11

MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 MARSHALL SMITH 192 36 38 40 38 40
2 MITCHELL MEADOWS 176 38 30 34 40 34
3 LEE SEALEY 165 32 32 36 27 38
4 BRAYDON FERGUSON 165 40 40 28 32 25
5 TIM BURROWS 160 30 34 30 34 32
6 LEWIS GLYN 155 29 28 32 30 36
7 BRAD KNOWLES 144 28 29 29 29 29
8 BEN WARINWRIGHT 136 17 27 26 36 30
9 KANE RUMBLE 129 27 25 25 25 27
10 MATTY SANDERS 123 22 23 22 28 28
11 KARL SCHULZE 114 23 24 19 26 22
12 KIERAN GREGORY 108 34 36 38
13 GREG FISHER 107 15 21 24 21 26
14 LUKE TURNER 100 19 18 21 22 20
15 DYLAN SPENCER 98 26 26 5 17 24
16 ADAM NEVITT 93 14 17 27 12 23
17 ROB AINLEY 90 25 20 2 24 19
18 JUDE HARDTWELL 88 18 19 14 20 17
19 FRAZER HATCH 80 21 13 20 14 12
20 JORDAN HEARN 77 13 16 18 16 14
21 RYAN MANLEY 76 8 12 23 15 18
22 IWAN ROBERTS 71 16 7 13 19 16
23 BRADLEY LE FEUVRE 71 7 15 16 18 15
24 BILLY SAUNDERS 69 20 22 15 6 6
25 JASPER GIBSON 61 1 11 17 11 21
26 CAMERON MCGREGOR 60 11 14 11 13 11
27 CALLUM EVANS 52 10 8 12 9 13
28 MICHALE OGDEN 47 24 23
29 CHAZ NICHOLS 43 9 10 8 7 9
30 AIDEN CARNEY 43 12 3 10 10 8
31 SHEA RYAN 39 5 9 7 8 10
32 ADAM FORD 30 6 6 9 4 5
33 JOSH HART 22 4 4 4 3 7
34 MARK KIRK PATRICK 13 2 5 6
35 MACKENZIE CROCKATT 11 3 2 1 5
36 LUKE EDGAR 10 1 3 2 4

125’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 ROB CLITHROE 180 38 40 32 32 38
2 LIAM GALE 178 30 30 38 40 40
3 STU OWEN 176 36 38 36 30 36
4 CHARLIE URWIN 173 29 34 40 36 34
5 KEELAN HOPE 164 40 29 29 34 32
6 ROBERT BARNEY 139 32 32 30 25 20
7 BEN MURRAY 135 27 27 25 26 30
8 ASH HARLAND 133 34 36 34 29
9 TIM GARDHAM 132 23 25 28 27 29
10 ALAN PEARCE 115 19 23 24 23 26
11 LEWIS PETFIELD 114 10 28 27 21 28
12 JASPER UPHILL 103 19 19 38 27
13 JAMIE COX 103 22 17 18 22 24
14 JACK DROGAN 98 24 21 12 18 23
15 MATT RAYSON 85 13 18 20 15 19
16 STEVE GARDHAM 85 25 13 23 24
17 JAMES WILKINSON 81 9 16 15 19 22
18 HAYDEN STEVENS 80 15 10 14 20 21
19 KERR THOMPSON 79 21 5 28 25
20 GREGOR CAMPBELL 77 16 20 26 15
21 GEORGE POOL 68 12 12 16 14 14
22 LEWIS PARKINSON 65 26 22 17
23 CHAD PROSSER 65 18 14 22 11
24 JOSH NOON 64 17 4 10 16 17
25 JORDAN ACTON 60 14 7 8 13 18
26 ASH CROSSLEY 55 28 24 3
27 DANIEL NEVITT 52 11 9 9 10 13
28 WILL MORRIS 48 8 15 13 12
29 MATT TOLLEY 47 20 26 1
30 JACK JORDAN 41 6 11 5 9 10
31 HAYDEN BROWN 40 3 4 17 16
32 AARON DENT 38 7 6 6 8 11
33 RYAN LOWE 33 5 2 7 7 12
34 BEN PARKINSON 21 21
35 CAMRON BALMAIN 19 8 11
36 JORDAN KAMOUIL 6 4 2

250 2 Stroke Open

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 JAMES DENT 190 36 40 38 36 40
2 ADAM HARRIS 188 40 38 34 38 38
3 DREW ROE 180 38 34 40 34 34
4 CHRIS NUTTALL 172 34 30 32 40 36
5 DANIEL BROUTH 162 28 36 36 32 30
6 CALLUM BIRCHER 153 32 29 30 30 32
7 ANDREW LAWTON 130 26 23 24 29 28
8 RYAN MATTHEWS 129 25 27 28 25 24
9 MATT HOCKENHALL 128 27 21 27 26 27
10 STEVEN McCORMACK 123 23 22 26 23 29
11 RYAN GARDINER 110 15 17 25 28 25
12 ALEX NEEDHAM 107 20 24 21 20 22
13 OWEN WOODHOUSE 105 18 25 18 18 26
14 DEEJAY WALKER 105 24 28 29 24
15 JAMIE NEEDHAM 100 21 12 22 22 23
16 BENNY LEWIS 96 22 26 27 21
17 TIMMY ANDREWS 90 16 18 19 17 20
18 ALEX BUCANNAN 84 29 32 23
19 LIAM SOMERVILLE 76 19 20 19 18
20 ALAN MORTON 75 14 14 15 15 17
21 TRYSTAN WILLIAMS 72 15 17 21 19
22 JOE KHAMOULI 52 13 19 20
23 TOM SHUTTLER 49 17 16 16
24 BEN BURRIDGE 46 30 16
25 TONY TENNETT 39 12 13 14

Ladies

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 ELAIN MaCEACHERN 188 38 36 36 40 38
2 AMIE GOODLAD 186 36 38 38 38 36
3 KATHRYN BOOTH 184 40 34 40 36 34
4 GRACE RICHARDS 178 34 40 34 30 40
5 CHARLOTTE HALL 156 29 32 32 34 29
6 TAYLOR SCOTT 147 30 29 29 29 30
7 NADIYA JONES 146 25 27 30 32 32
8 REBECCA NEWMAN 146 32 30 28 28 28
9 KADY MOORE 134 27 26 27 27 27
10 MOLLY WERNHAM 134 28 28 26 26 26
11 EMILY NOON 125 26 24 25 25 25
12 LILLY MORELAND 121 24 25 24 24 24
13 CHLOE CLEGG 115 23 23 23 23 23
14 ANDREA TAYLFORTH 110 22 22 22 22 22

Junior Open

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 ALFIE CALVERT 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 TAYLA SMITH 190 38 38 38 38 38
3 RYAN DAVIS 157 36 34 17 36 34
4 LEWIS DAVIDSON 153 26 32 36 34 25
5 TOM MARSH 143 30 27 25 29 32
6 BEN SOUTHWARD 138 34 36 30 20 18
7 DALE LYONS 136 24 28 34 28 22
8 RICHARD EVANS 134 29 26 29 24 26
9 JAKE BASHFORD 128 16 29 28 26 29
10 STEFAN ROBSON 126 23 24 24 27 28
11 TOM CARD 119 22 23 23 32 19
12 MATT READMAN 117 21 22 26 18 30
13 JACK GOTTS 117 18 25 22 25 27
14 REECE WILKINSON 115 27 30 27 11 20
15 BRADLEY OWENS 112 20 17 32 19 24
16 KEVIN BROWN 110 28 19 20 22 21
17 GRAHAM CLARK 105 32 20 18 23 12
18 STEVE RILEY 102 25 15 16 30 16
19 TAYLOR MISSELBROOK 86 13 21 21 17 14
20 FRASER SMITH 85 4 18 19 21 23
21 LEWIS RAYNE 75 19 11 12 16 17
22 ROSS HEPBURN 67 9 16 15 12 15
23 JOSH OATES 66 15 14 11 15 11
24 SAM HAMER 66 17 13 14 13 9
25 AIDEN MURPHY 42 11 10 7 10 4
26 SAM ALDERMAN 41 12 13 14 2
27 KARL KAVANNA 40 14 8 5 13
28 JAMES NEWBY 36 36
29 JOE SHACKLADY 32 1 4 10 7 10
30 CARL HOWES 32 8 5 8 8 3
31 DAN EVANS 29 3 6 4 9 7
32 ADRIAN WITCOMBE 27 12 9 6
33 TOM BERRY 20 5 9 1 4 1
34 LOUIS SMITH 18 7 3 8
35 RHYS BLAIR 15 7 6 2
36 TOM MATTHEWS 12 1 2 3 6
37 DOM COCHRANE 12 6 1 5
38 WAYNE CURRIE 12 10 2
39 MATT BENNETT 10 2 3 5

Vets over 40’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 RYAN VOASE 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 DANNY TOLLET 188 36 38 38 38 38
3 RICHARD MILLER 168 38 36 29 36 29
4 LEE MARTIN 164 32 30 36 30 36
5 BARRY GRAY 160 34 32 32 32 30
6 ADAM WILKINSON 158 28 28 34 34 34
7 MICHAEL GRAHAM 154 30 34 30 28 32
8 DANNY BLAKELEY 143 29 29 28 29 28
9 ANDREW WOOLHOUSE 132 27 26 27 26 26
10 SIMON BONSOR 127 26 27 23 27 24
11 NEIL GRIFFITHS 123 22 23 26 25 27
12 PAUL COWARD 123 24 25 25 24 25
13 JOHN CURRUTHERS 110 25 21 24 20 20
14 MARK SUTHERLAND 109 21 22 22 21 23
15 CLAYTON HOGG 104 20 19 21 22 22
16 GAV SOUTHWARD 104 16 24 20 23 21
17 NIGEL SMORFITT 87 19 17 14 19 18
18 MARK MASON 80 15 14 17 15 19
19 ALAN THAIN 79 14 16 15 17 17
20 JAMIE MENZIE 63 9 13 13 16 12
21 LEE BUCK 62 23 20 19
22 NEIL PRINGLE 61 10 11 7 18 15
23 MIKE JOHNSTON 59 12 7 12 12 16
24 DAVID HOPKINS 57 7 15 11 13 11
25 GRAEME BIRD 54 18 18 18
26 DALE SILK 54 11 12 9 8 14
27 MATT LOWS 52 13 9 16 9 5
28 RICHY BRYCE 47 17 6 14 10
29 KEVIN CHARLES 44 8 8 10 11 7
30 ROY PARTINGTON 42 5 10 8 10 9
31 ADRIAN CLATWORTHY 32 6 6 5 7 8

Vets over 50’s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
1 BRIAN WHEELER 200 40 40 40 40 40
2 PAUL WILDMAN WILLIS 186 36 38 38 36 38
3 CHRIS BROWN 178 38 34 32 38 36
4 JAMES WHITLOW 169 29 36 36 34 34
5 ROB LEWIS 156 32 32 30 32 30
6 STEVE WARD 155 34 30 34 25 32
7 IAN WILSON 144 30 28 28 30 28
8 ADRIAN LEWIS 132 28 26 29 27 22
9 CHRIS STEMP 130 23 29 27 24 27
10 STEVE HUMPHRIES 130 27 27 26 26 24
11 BRIAN FRASER 118 22 25 18 28 25
12 EWAN JOHNSTON 111 26 8 19 29 29
13 ADRIAN SMTIH 110 25 11 25 23 26
14 STEVEN POLLOCK 107 17 22 24 21 23
15 STEVE HOWES 102 19 20 20 22 21
16 MARCUS JEFFERSON 100 18 21 23 18 20
17 IAN MCGREGOR 95 15 23 22 16 19
18 ALAN MORTON 90 21 19 13 19 18
19 ADRIAN JESSOP 85 13 17 21 17 17
20 ADRIAN SAUNDERS 73 10 16 17 14 16
21 DAVE CLAYBORN 73 11 14 15 20 13
22 JOHN CARD 66 14 15 16 11 10
23 IAN SAYER 62 12 12 12 12 14
24 STEVE LYONS 60 16 10 10 15 9
25 STEVE THOMPSON 58 6 18 9 13 12
26 STAN MATTHEWS 53 8 7 14 9 15
27 COLLIN BERRY 47 9 9 11 7 11
28 STEPHEN THORNTON 44 20 24
29 STEVE MATTHEWS 38 7 13 8 10
30 PAUL RODGERS 34 5 6 7 8 8
31 ROB PROSSER 24 24
32 EDDIE BRISCOE 13 6 7