Searle & Adamson on a high! 2021 Michelin MX Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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The Michelin MX Nationals set their round three stall out at a hot, humid and muggy Canada Heights in Kent at the weekend.

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A few showers on Sunday made things tricky on a super tough track with quite a few red flags and injuries causing stoppages throughout the weekend. We wish all of the injured riders a speedy recovery.

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A sickness bug was the biggest talking point in the Pro MX1 class, claiming both series leader Todd Kellett, who only finished only one moto on Saturday and the Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha Harri Kullas who dragged himself out of bed to tough it out for two fourths on Sunday which now gives him the championship lead, four points over Kellett.

The round honours though went the way of the Crendon Fastrack Honda rider Tommy Searle who took the chequers in the second and third motos. Moto won was won by the Verde Substance KTM of Jake Millward with Searle being held back after crashing with his returning team mate Jake Nicholls who himself had a solid weekend. The Par Homes Husqvarna duo of Josh Gilbert and Evgeny Bobrychev were also in the mix going one-two in the final moto of the weekend. When the points were counted though it was Searle on the top step of the podium flanked by Nicholls and Gilbert.

Asa United Gas Gas’s Steven Clarke pulled the pin in the opening MX2 moto pulling off a great victory followed home by the Gabriel Insulations KTM of John Adamson and the Par Homes Husqvarna of Florian Miot. The aforementioned Adamson and Miot would claim the rest of the moto victories with Adamson notching the overall with 2 race wins to Miot’s two with the Frenchman nailing second overall.

Barring a first race crash which dented his scoring, Crendon Fastrack Honda’s Jay Hague had an excellent weekend to finish on the box in third. Jamie Carpenter on the Crescent Yamaha suffered from poor starts but would work his way through the field in each moto for fourth overall. Michael Ellis continues to build up his speed and strength after his layoff and finished fifth ahead of the Phoenix Tools Apico Kawasaki of Carlton Husband who is riding through the pain barrier with an injured shoulder.

Adamson now tops the standings 15 points ahead of Husband with Carpenter three points further back in third.

Cole McCullough added another four points onto his series lead with another dominant performance with three race wins and the overall in the Small Wheel 85’s. His main rival Chester Hyde took advantage of a crash by Cole in moto one to take the chequers finishing second overall and keeping it tight at the top just 12 off of the leader. Gus Mustoe pitched in with four solid motos for third overall.

In the Big Wheel 85’s Billy Askew was on a mission and his fightback after a fall in moto one was a sight to behold, just managing to grab the win on the last lap. Just like his brother Gus, Ben Mustoe fired in four great moto finishes for second overall with moto four victor Tyla Hooley third. Askew now holds a 32 point lead over Mustoe in the standings.

Wildcard Jak Taylor came saw and conquered in the MXY2 125’s, taking advantage of a poor third ride for triple moto winner Charlie Heyman. George Hopkins made his first trip to the MX Nationals box with a superb third overall. Heyman though is still in the driving seat to add the 125 title to last years Big Wheel 85 championship, leading Raife Broadley by 44 points.

Alfie Jones was again in a determined mood in the MXY2 250’s rattling off three moto wins & the overall, though a crash in the final race saw Jude Morris come to the party after an indifferent Saturday and steal the chequers. Sam Atkinson edged out Ben Clark for the number two spot courtesy of beating his rival in the last moto after they tied for points. In the series standings Jones holds the cards with a 12 point gap on Clark.

Matthew Pocock claimed his first-ever MX Nationals win on Saturday in the Clubman MX1 class, backing it up with another straight afterwards make it a memorable Saturday for the youngest member of the Pocock clan. Ivan Kerr came into the round with a 7 point lead on Alex Christopher in the series and he left with that advantage intact as they tied for points with Kerr getting the nod for second.

Another rider to bag his first-ever win in Clubman MX2 was Charlie West who has rode in the series since the early days, so he thoroughly deserved his piece of the glory. Although Charlie would notch another chequered flag in the final moto it was Jake Taylor who would take the overall with a more consistent set of motos with West second and Guy Prince third. Prince now heads the championship, ten points to the good on Ben Wainwright who had an indifferent weekend with Elliott Pugh still in the running a further 1o points back.

Harry Bradley made his first 2021 appearance in the Amateur MX1 championship class, gelling with the track and winning three moto’s to notch the overall ahead of series leader Sean Wainwright with Brad Thornhill keeping David Rushton and Callum Gordon at bay for the final podium position. With a 42 point lead over John Kirk, Wainwright needs to keep churning out the points to claim the title.

The Amateur MX2 class was the Shaun Springer and Aaron Ongley show giving their local fans something to shout about as they duked it out for honours. Springer held the bragging rights on Saturday, but not to be defeated Ongley, came back strong on Sunday and inflicted his first ever defeats over his rival at the Canada Heights circuit by winning both moto’s. At the end of the weekend though it was Springer, Ongley and Dan Brough on the box with Brough now 18 points behind Springer in the chase for the title.

Scottish racer Ben Edwards onboard his Carnegie Fuels KTM was in superb form in Expert MX1. Team Green Kawasaki’s Joe Clayton was the only rider to get near him and would bang home a great race two win for second overall behind Edwards with Richard Bird third. Edwards now has a colossal 82 lead over Bird in the standings.

In the Expert MX2 class Bobby Bruce onboard his ASA United Gas Gas 125 fired home three wins to take the honours over Ollie Beamish who was consistent throughout with Tom Murphy third. Series leader Cullen Scott would crash out and will miss the remainder of the championship. We wish Cullen a speedy recovery.

The championship heads down to Cornwall and Landrake for round four of the series on the 14th and 15th August.

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tommy Searle	88	18	25	25	20
2	Jake Nicholls	78	22	20	20	16
3	Josh Gilbert	73	20	18	13	22
4	Jake Millward	71	25	16	15	15
5	Evgeny Bobrychev	69	–	22	22	25
6	Jason Meara	54	13	14	14	13
7	Dan Thornhill	50	14	12	10	14
8	Liam Knight	45	15	13	6	11
9	Stuart Edmonds	41	11	2	16	12
10	James Dunn	39	12	6	11	10
11	Harri Kullas	37	–	1	18	18
12	Brad Todd	33	10	11	12	–
13	Tony Craig	23	8	7	8	–
14	Todd Kellett	21	6	15	–	–
15	Gavin Stevenson	21	3	9	–	9
16	Elliot Banks-Browne	20	16	4	–	–
17	Luke Benstead	19	9	10	–	–
18	Jack Brunell	19	5	5	9	–
19	Dylan Woodcock	19	4	8	7	–
20	Gary Gibson	15	7	3	5	–

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	John Adamson	92	22	25	20	25
2	Florian Miot	79	20	22	25	12
3	Jay Hague	60	4	20	14	22
4	James Carpenter	60	13	13	18	16
5	Michael Ellis	60	16	16	13	15
6	Carlton Husband	55	10	14	22	9
7	Steven Clarke	52	25	7	–	20
8	Tom Grimshaw	48	15	18	15	–
9	Callum Mitchel	47	14	15	–	18
10	Jamie Wainwright	44	9	10	11	14
11	Jake Sheridan	43	12	8	10	13
12	Howard Wainwright	36	8	9	9	10
13	Kyle McNicol	35	–	12	12	11
14	Nathan Dixon	34	7	11	16	–
15	Ike Carter	24	18	6	–	–
16	Lewis Hall	11	11	–	–	–
17	Jamie Law	10	5	5	–	–
18	Sam Nunn	6	6	–	–	–

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Edwards	97	25	22	25	25
2	Joe Clayton	91	22	25	22	22
3	Richard Bird	76	20	16	20	20
4	Charlie Putnam	72	18	18	18	18
5	Aaron Patstone	57	14	11	16	16
6	Jay McCrum	52	12	12	15	13
7	Stephen Mullally	51	9	13	14	15
8	Bradley Maddever	45	11	7	13	14
9	Jamie Dixon	42	10	9	12	11
10	Shaun Southgate	35	15	20	–	–
11	Steve Bixby	30	16	14	–	–
12	Junior Thomas	28	13	15	–	–
13	Aiden Wigger	26	7	8	11	–
14	Glen Phillips	22	–	10	–	12
15	Ben Hayward	8	8	–	–	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bobby Bruce	97	25	22	25	25
2	Ollie Beamish	80	20	18	22	20
3	Tom Murphy	71	18	15	20	18
4	Jake Preston	70	16	25	15	14
5	Louie Kessell	65	13	16	14	22
6	Cullen Scott	60	22	20	18	–
7	Ben Kennedy	57	12	14	16	15
8	Jack Lindsay	54	15	13	13	13
9	Gareth Padgett	54	14	12	12	16
10	Ben Clayton	43	11	11	9	12
11	Kieran Yorke	40	10	9	11	10
12	Jack Moore	31	–	10	10	11

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Harry Bradley	97	25	25	22	25
2	Sean Wainwright	84	22	15	25	22
3	Brad Thornhill	71	15	20	16	20
4	David Rushton	69	20	22	11	16
5	Callum Gordon	63	14	18	20	11
6	Paul Atkinson	59	13	13	18	15
7	John Kirk	55	18	14	13	10
8	Joe Roberts	46	7	9	12	18
9	Adam Hayward	46	12	11	10	13
10	Tallon Aspden	41	10	8	9	14
11	Stephen Kelly	39	16	16	7	–
12	Carl Hayward	38	11	12	15	–
13	Ben Hayward	36	–	10	14	12
14	Charlie Roper	32	8	7	8	9
15	Ryan Nock	9	9	–	–	–

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Shaun Springer	94	25	25	22	22
2	Aaron Ongley	90	20	20	25	25
3	Dan Brough	84	22	22	20	20
4	Aaron Gardiner	63	18	13	16	16
5	Lewis King-London	63	16	14	18	15
6	Harry Foster	56	15	18	15	8
7	Connor Baldry	48	9	11	14	14
8	Harry Barker	46	7	12	9	18
9	Coby Newbold	45	13	9	12	11
10	Arnis Paberz	44	14	8	13	9
11	Toby Lightbown	43	11	10	10	12
12	Ben White	34	12	5	7	10
13	Callum Watson	33	2	7	11	13
14	Henry Sqiddiqui	25	10	15	–	–
15	Elliot Cook	20	8	6	–	6
16	Harry Fletcher	20	4	16	–	–
17	Drew Lane	18	1	4	6	7
18	Olly Sheldon	17	6	3	8	–
19	Jak Henderson	5	5	–	–	–
20	Lewis Taylor	3	3	–	–	–

Clubman MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Matthew Pocock	88	25	25	18	20
2	Ivan Kerr	87	20	20	22	25
3	Alex Christopher	87	22	18	25	22
4	Kyle Bennett	69	15	16	20	18
5	Jordan Ambler	67	13	22	16	16
6	Rory Wootton	59	18	13	13	15
7	Charlie Green	53	14	14	14	11
8	Colby Walker	50	12	12	12	14
9	Jordan Andrews	50	11	11	15	13
10	Sam Cornwell	48	16	15	11	6
11	Ashley Senior	42	10	10	10	12
12	Matt Smith-Bowen	32	9	8	6	9
13	Dean Rodgers	30	7	6	7	10
14	Lewis Wigger	30	6	9	8	7
15	Harry McDonald	24	–	7	9	8
16	Scotty Williamson	18	5	5	4	4
17	Mark Cronin	15	3	4	3	5
18	Lee Sims	15	4	3	5	3
19	Lee Tolan	8	8	–	–	–
20	Nick Payne	4	2	2	–	–

Clubman MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jake Taylor	85	20	20	25	20
2	Charlie West	81	13	25	18	25
3	Guy Prince	79	25	14	22	18
4	Max Fletcher	72	8	22	20	22
5	Ben Wainwright	68	22	18	14	14
6	Ricky Roberts	59	18	10	16	15
7	Elliott Pugh	58	15	16	15	12
8	Daniel Shutt	54	10	15	13	16
9	Mitch Collins	47	14	9	11	13
10	Matthew Fuller	46	12	13	12	9
11	Michael McAlister	41	11	11	8	11
12	Jamie Mottram	40	16	12	6	6
13	Jude Gaylard – Hall	33	9	7	9	8
14	Jack Colley	28	–	8	10	10
15	Chris Elcock	27	7	6	7	7
16	sam Menzies	15	–	5	5	5
17	Cain McEleven	14	6	–	4	4

MXY1 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Jak Taylor	89	22	22	25	20
2	Charlie Heyman	83	25	25	8	25
3	George Hopkins	70	18	18	20	14
4	Raife Broadley	64	–	20	22	22
5	Charlie Griffiths	59	13	15	16	15
6	Hudson Roper	57	12	16	13	16
7	Arai Elcock	52	8	8	18	18
8	Reece Ross	45	11	14	10	10
9	Jayden Haigh	44	20	13	2	9
10	Ashden Barlow	43	10	9	12	12
11	Charlie Reynolds	42	15	–	14	13
12	Tye Jones	42	14	2	15	11
13	Liam Bennett	39	9	12	11	7
14	Jude Turton	30	6	7	9	8
15	Jake Smith	29	16	–	7	6
16	Josh Jones	15	2	4	5	4
17	Jacob Randell	15	5	10	–	–
18	Syd Putnam	13	3	3	4	3
19	Kieran Boughen	13	7	6	–	–
20	Ashton Boughen	12	–	11	1	–
21	Joe Jordan	11	4	5	–	2
22	Calum Moore	8	–	–	3	5
23	Cody Spacagna	8	–	1	6	1
24	Jayden Abbink	1	1	–	–	–

MXY2 250’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alfie Jones	97	25	25	25	22
2	Sam Atkinson	78	22	18	18	20
3	Ben Clark	78	20	20	20	18
4	Jude Morris	76	13	16	22	25
5	Tyler Westcott	72	18	22	16	16
6	Luca Pegg	56	16	14	13	13
7	Lewis Glynn	55	14	12	15	14
8	Josh Bassett	51	15	13	11	12
9	Jake Barker	46	12	11	12	11
10	Leon William	44	–	15	14	15
11	Jack Saunders	21	11	10	–	–
12	Jamie Luffman	10	10	–	–	–

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Billy Askew	95	25	25	25	20
2	Ben Mustoe	82	20	22	18	22
3	Tyla Hooley	80	22	11	22	25
4	Charlie Richmond	71	16	20	20	15
5	Louis Vincent	66	18	16	14	18
6	Harrison Greenough	55	15	12	15	13
7	Kalvin Kelly	53	12	15	12	14
8	Ryan Waggott	51	13	14	13	11
9	Josh Vail	50	–	18	16	16
10	Will Haddock	40	14	13	1	12
11	Ollie Bubb	37	10	6	11	10
12	William Murphey	34	9	8	9	8
13	Benas Blazevicius	33	7	9	10	7
14	Jack Meara	31	4	10	8	9
15	Levi Saunders	25	8	4	7	6
16	Jake Davies	24	6	7	6	5
17	Kyron Carron	16	11	5	–	–
18	Issac Ash	14	3	3	4	4
19	Ashley-jOHN mATTHEWS	8	5	2	–	1
20	Tyler Jones	7	1	1	3	2
21	Carl Harris	7	2	–	5	–
22	Jon Waghorn	5	–	–	2	3

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Cole McCullough	93	18	25	25	25
2	Chester Hyde	89	25	22	20	22
3	Gus Mustoe	80	22	20	18	20
4	Drew Stock	78	20	18	22	18
5	Hayden Statt	61	14	16	15	16
6	Zane Stephens	60	16	14	16	14
7	Alfie Osborn	55	15	15	14	11
8	Lewis Spratt	51	11	13	12	15
9	Zane Sibley-Deakin	51	13	12	13	13
10	Cailen Jai Griffiths	46	12	11	11	12
11	Maison Jones	40	10	10	10	10
12	Louis Challenger	36	9	9	9	9