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Shipton & Carpenter shine at Cusses! 2022 Bridgestone British Masters Round 3 – Race Report & Results

Jake Shipton made a triumphant return to national motocross by winning both Pro MX1 races, with apparent ease, at last weekend’s round three of the Bridgestone British Masters at a breezy but sunny Cusses Gorse track in Wiltshire.

Report by Dick Law – Feature Image courtesy of Dick Law – Other images courtesy of Dick Law and DIFTS Media

But while Shipton (FUS Husqvarna) was dominating the MX1s James Carpenter (GRT KTM) and Alfie Jones (Chambers Husqvarna) were trading blows to see who would come out on top of the Pro MX2s.

The weekend’s weather couldn’t have been better with a hot and sunny Saturday with a cool breeze to make it more comfortable and a mostly sunny Sunday with clouds that threatened to rain but didn’t.

Image courtesy of Dick Law

After a hectic first turn at the start of the first combined pro MX1 and MX2 race, Dan Thornhill (Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha) emerged from the dust and dirt cloud in the lead from Shipton, Carpenter, Sam Nunn (Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha) and John Adamson (ASA United Gas Gas). But, by the time the race was just four turns and a jump, old Thornhill slipped off his mighty Yamaha. He said after, “Perhaps I was a bit excited being in the lead, but my front wheel went in one rut with my rear going in another, and it pitched me off”. This incident left Shipton in the race’s lead, and that was the last anyone saw of him, except if he came around to lap them.

Adamson passed Nunn halfway around the opening lap and then pushed past Carpenter on lap three, the bigger MX1 making it easier against the 250cc MX2 bikes. He spent the rest of the race in second place, trying to close the gap on race winner Shipton.

Liam Knight (Gabriel KTM) gated in eleventh place but quickly made up places till at half distance he was in fourth. He passed Carpenter with three laps left in the race for third.

Sand and beach specialist Todd Kellett (Yamaha) made an unusual appearance at a hard-pack track. He ended his first lap in ninth place and followed Knight up through the pack to finish fifth on the track but fourth MX1 rider home.

Lewis Hall (Husqvarna) had an up-and-down sort of race. He started sixth and made his way up to fourth before slipping back to sixth, but he was the second MX2 rider to finish, with the third rider Charlie Cole (Blades Kawasaki), just behind him.

As for the early leader Thornhill, he made it through the pack to end his race in fifth.

Image by Dick Law

Shipton got the holeshot at the start of race two and just cleared off for the race win. But that could have been very different as three laps from the end of the race, his rear subframe broke on his Husqvarna, forcing him to slow, but he still managed to win.

Knight was second at the start but was passed by Adamson on lap four. But cruel luck struck Adamson on the next lap, and his forks started to malfunction, which meant he couldn’t risk doing the big jumps around the track. So he slowed and just rode out the rest of the laps to acquire as many championship points as possible. This left Knight in a comfortable second place for the rest of the race.

Cole had gated well and was running third on the track, but the first MX2 rider, till, on lap three, Thornhill and Kellett powered past him on the bigger MX1 machines, and a lap later, Jones slipped by him to claim fifth in the race, but the second MX2. So Cole was the third MX2.

Overall, in the MX1s, it was a double win for Shipton, with Knight second and Kellett third. Thornhill was fourth despite his fall, with Adamson salvaging fifth with a broken bike.

In the MX2s, it was a win for Carpenter by four points from Jones, with Cole third just two points behind them. Nunn just missed out on a podium position with Hockey fifth.

Shipton was delighted by his performance saying, “It’s been a bit messy since I had the carpal tunnel operation on both my wrists. We have had a baby and moved into a new place, and now things have settled down a bit, I have come back to racing. I have only had about six weeks on the bike properly. I rode an AMCA and Southern event and enjoyed those, so I thought I would enter this and have a skid around and see how it goes. To be honest, I didn’t think I would go as well as I did, and I did find it easy out there once I got over the self-doubt. It all just came back, and I really enjoyed it”

Knight was happy with his second overall and said, “I had a bit of a coming together with another rider off the start which meant I was mid-pack and had to work hard to get to the front. I rode better in the first and struggled in the second race. Jake (Shipton) was on another level today. He made a good start and had a real good time on the opening laps. In the second, the whole race, really. John (Adamson) had a problem with his forks, I think, which helped me. We have changed a couple of things on the bike this week, and I hope it helps in the coming events.”

Kellett said from third place on the MX1 podium, “I was happy with my third place overall today. I haven’t done a motocross start for over ten months now, so that was a bit of a wake-up call. The track surface was like concrete in places out there, and I am not used to that. It was nice to come back to hard pack to show I can still ride it, but this is not my main focus now, as we know.”

Winner of the pro MX2 overall, Carpenter said, “It’s been a good day. I made things a bit harder for myself in the second race after missing the start and fighting my way through. I could have done with another lap so I could get the double win, but these races are a bit shorter than we are used to. But the overall Is good”.

Second place man, Jones said, “It’s been a great experience as I have had my first ever pro race win. It’s all new to me, and I was stressing out a bit but trying to minimise mistakes and manage arm-pump. But the win in the second race was awesome, and I want to do it again”.

The third-place man Cole said, “I have had a big week of training this week. I was at Hawkstone on a track day yesterday, so I am a bit tired today. The first race was alright, but I started feeling it a bit halfway through the second. Then Alfie (Jones) came past, but he was riding well, and then I just started struggling the last couple of laps. But it’s where we need to be”.

Image by DIFTS Media

The rest

Luke Sturgeon (DSC KTM) made up for his eleventh-place finish in race one with two race wins and a second to take the Amateur MX1 overall. Series leader Harry Bradley (Kawasaki) finished all four of his races in the top four for second overall and increased his lead in the championship. Jamie Fort (LAAB Park MX Honda) was third, with Rob Wood (MI Design Husqvarna) just missing out on the podium.

Adam Harris – Image by Dick Law

With two wins and two high-placed finishes, Adam Harris (Fantic / AS3 Performance Fantic) won the Amateur MX2 with race one winner Travis Steels (ANSA MX KTM) second and wildcard rider Josh Peters (Gas Gas) third.

Image by DIFTS Media

Wildcard rider Grant Martin (KTM) won the Clubman class with two race wins, a second and a fourth. Race three winner James Thompson (Kawasaki) was second, with race one winner Adam Paxton (Shires Scaffolding Honda) third, and the three top riders finished the weekend separated by just two points.

Nev Bradshaw 125s – Image by Dick Law

Once again, Neville Bradshaw (Yamaha) showed the youngsters how to race a 125 by winning the class with three race wins and a second and increased his lead in the championship. Race three winner Hanry Siddiqui (Holeshot MX KTM) is second, with the young Tyler Hooley (ASA United Gas Gas) a distant third.

Youth

Wildcard Jak Taylor (Kawasaki), with three wins and a second-place, won the hard-fought MXY2 class while Ben Zeale (JD Racing Gas Gas), even with a race win, finished second with another wildcard rider Bayliss Utting (Husqvarna) third.

Image by DIFTS Media

Billy Askew’s (GRT KTM) run of big wheel 85 race wins came to an end in the first race of the weekend, where he was second, after a bad start. However, he went on to win the next three of his races for another overall win. With three third place and a second, Jake Walker (Gas Gas) was second with Chester Hyde (Gas Gas) third.

Alfie Geddes-Green – Image by Dick Law

Alfie Geddes-Green (Matt Pope Gas Gas) won three out of four of his races and, with a second place in his last race, won the small wheel 85s. Race four winner Robbie Day (KTM) was second, six points down on the winner, and Joel Winstanley-Dawson (Castle Trucks KTM) was third.

Junior 65s

Marty Spires (DBC Motorcycles KTM) was only beaten in his last race on his way to the junior 65 race, with race four winner and wildcard Casey Lister (Gas Gas) second and with another wildcard rider, Riley Ray Barrow (KTM) third.

Teddy Merriman – Image by DIFTS Media

Results

Pro MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Jake Shipton 90 45 45
2 Liam Knight 84 41 43
3 Todd Kellett 78 37 41
4 Dan Thornhill 71 32 39
5 John Adamson 64 43 21
6 Joe Clayton 57 26 31
7 Drew Anderson 53 21 32
8 Edward Briscoe 49 27 22
9 Mark Young 43 20 23
10 Aaron Patstone 39 19 20
11 Richard mcKeown 22 22 –

Pro MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 James Carpenter 74 39 35
2 Alfie Jones 70 33 37
3 Charlie Cole 68 34 34
4 Sam Nunn 64 31 33
5 Corey Hockey 58 30 28
6 Josh Coleman 56 29 27
7 Rory Jones 53 23 30
8 Josh Taylor 52 28 24
9 Adam Collings 50 24 26
10 Jack Lindsay 50 25 25
11 Callum Mitchell 47 18 29
12 Lewis Hall 35 35 –

Junior 65s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Marty Spires 176 45 45 45 41
2 Casey Lister (W) 174 43 43 43 45
3 Riley Ray Barrow (W) 154 39 39 37 39
4 Cohen Jagielski 146 37 35 39 35
5 Harley Marczak 137 35 37 28 37
6 Leo Wilson 133 31 41 34 27
7 Arthur Moore 132 41 7 41 43
8 Archie Stapley (W) 132 33 31 35 33
9 Ryan Taylor 128 32 33 29 34
10 Teddy Merriman 124 34 32 32 26
11 Nixon Coppins 123 28 30 33 32
12 Caiden Brand 110 30 24 26 30
13 Harley Ince 107 25 29 25 28
14 Harry Hall 105 27 28 27 23
15 Harry Cuddy 104 26 25 24 29
16 Arthur King 104 29 20 31 24
17 Jamie Thorpe 95 – 34 30 31
18 Regan Woods 92 24 27 21 20
19 Ricky Barrack 90 19 23 23 25
20 Tommie Perfect 82 23 26 14 19
21 Alan Thomson 77 21 16 19 21
22 Elliott Shawyer (W) 73 17 21 18 17
23 Dexter Prowse (W) 68 22 13 15 18
24 Sonny Burton 63 16 18 13 16
25 Rylea Tilbury (W) 59 20 19 20 –
26 Junior Wigglesworth 55 14 15 12 14
27 Chad Prince 52 12 14 11 15
28 Finley Cookson 51 13 22 16 –
29 Jamie Currie 44 – – 22 22
30 Nathan Weaver (W) 43 11 10 10 12
31 Jakson Ross 43 15 11 17 –
32 Charley Gerrard 41 18 17 6 –
33 Thomas White 39 9 12 7 11
34 Charlie Farmer (W) 38 7 9 9 13
35 Remi Wigglesworth 36 10 8 8 10
36 Louie Elderfield 8 8 – – –

Small Wheel 85s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Alfie Geddes- Green 178 45 45 45 43
2 Robbie Daly 172 43 43 41 45
3 Joel Winstanley-Dawson 164 41 39 43 41
4 Lucas Lee 146 35 35 39 37
5 Harley Prickett 143 39 34 37 33
6 Sonny Rooney 136 33 37 27 39
7 Ethan Jordan 133 31 32 35 35
8 Jack Leese 130 32 31 33 34
9 Kameron Greenhalgh 121 30 30 31 30
10 Franky Jubb (W) 118 28 27 32 31
11 Hayden Statt (W) 116 37 41 6 32
12 Maison Jones 115 34 29 34 18
13 Travis Bixby 112 29 26 29 28
14 Jaxon Haswell 110 27 28 28 27
15 Leo Salf 105 25 25 26 29
16 Ollie Jewitt 94 14 24 30 26
17 George Clark 93 20 23 25 25
18 Ellis Nelson 90 23 22 21 24
19 Harvey Collins 88 26 33 7 22
20 Charlie Ward 76 16 21 22 17
21 Jordan Kinsella 75 13 15 24 23
22 Corey Wheatley 75 19 16 19 21
23 Bailey Williams (W) 74 22 14 23 15
24 Oliver Burridge (W) 71 18 17 20 16
25 Harley Pastoor 65 15 13 18 19
26 William Siddons 54 24 – 16 14
27 Finley Cowie 52 17 18 17 –
28 Louie Pritchard (W) 51 11 12 15 13
29 Jamie Prentice 51 21 20 10 –
30 Ryan Pentince 46 10 10 14 12
31 Charlie Hollamby (W) 40 9 9 12 10
32 Oliver Watson 39 – 19 – 20
33 Alfie Finch (W) 38 8 8 11 11
34 Luca Tatchell 36 12 11 13 –
35 Lewis Day (W) 32 7 7 9 9

Big Wheel 85s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Billy Askew 178 43 45 45 45
2 Jake Walker (W) 166 41 41 41 43
3 Chester Hyde 156 39 37 43 37
4 Charlie Richmond 154 37 39 39 39
5 Josh Vail 135 45 43 6 41
6 Conor McGrath 133 31 32 35 35
7 Brandon Hedayat 128 27 30 37 34
8 Ben McConville 125 33 29 32 31
9 Jack Brearey 125 34 34 28 29
10 Lucy Barker 124 30 33 29 32
11 Declan Wright 115 20 31 31 33
12 Issac ash (W) 115 28 27 30 30
13 Alfie Payne 106 26 26 27 27
14 Will Haddock 101 32 35 34 –
15 Riley Small 98 25 28 17 28
16 Cailen Jai Griffiths 96 22 25 24 25
17 Owen Kenningley 85 23 23 15 24
18 Libby Chatburn 84 19 24 19 22
19 Zane Stephens 84 18 22 23 21
20 Tyler Jones (W) 81 15 20 20 26
21 Fabian Jnr Morrison (W) 76 24 11 21 20
22 Ashton Somerville (W) 74 14 19 18 23
23 Braidy Tucker 72 21 18 14 19
24 Sebastian Moore 72 29 – 25 18
25 Ryan Waggott 68 35 – 33 –
26 Robert Wood 66 17 17 16 16
27 Oakley Kettle 62 – 21 26 15
28 Ebony Brown 59 16 13 13 17
29 Tom Blackwood 48 12 10 12 14
30 Max Beaumont (W) 47 11 14 10 12
31 Tom Goodfellow 46 – 15 22 9
32 Aston Over 44 10 12 9 13
33 Sienna Farmer (W) 30 – 8 11 11
34 Callum Johnson 29 13 16 – –
35 Jayden Williams 26 9 9 8 –
36 Logan Ireland 17 – – 7 10

MXY2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Jak Taylor (w) 178 45 45 43 45
2 Ben Zeale 163 41 34 45 43
3 Bayliss Utting (w) 156 33 41 41 41
4 Kayde Rayns 151 39 39 34 39
5 Josh Bassett 146 37 43 33 33
6 Jamie Watson 137 34 37 35 31
7 Mckenzie Marshall (w) 135 26 33 39 37
8 Callum Murfitt 133 35 35 31 32
9 Liam Bennett (W) 131 32 32 32 35
10 Harvey Antrobus 109 30 21 29 29
11 Jamie Collins 109 31 29 24 25
12 Jack Wilson 103 22 28 26 27
13 Luke Southern 102 – 31 37 34
14 Levi Saunders 97 28 25 18 26
15 Charlie Henderson 88 29 7 30 22
16 Syd Putnam 86 19 18 25 24
17 Lewis Bethell 83 – 26 27 30
18 Corey Collins 81 25 30 21 5
19 Jack Dando(w) 79 23 24 28 4
20 Sonny Shipton 74 20 27 4 23
21 Samuel Jackson 72 21 22 23 6
22 Tristan Daniels 70 13 19 17 21
23 Jake Barker 68 27 13 – 28
24 Teddy Hyde 66 17 20 13 16
25 Archie Fremel 60 24 6 12 18
26 Max Ellerker 59 14 16 20 9
27 Mitchell Conway 56 – 17 19 20
28 Connor Smith 54 16 10 16 12
29 Owen Wildish-Conway 53 15 14 7 17
30 Corey Gordon 52 11 – 22 19
31 Jack Hollamby 49 10 15 14 10
32 Harrison Drewell 47 18 23 6 –
33 MacKenzie Marshall 46 8 8 15 15
34 Arai Elcock 43 43 – – –
35 Joe Grace 43 7 12 10 14
36 Sonny May 41 6 11 11 13
37 Leyton Duffy 37 12 5 9 11
38 Luke Wilson 34 9 9 8 8
39 Tommy lee Gibbard 21 5 4 5 7

125s

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Neville Bradshaw 178 45 45 43 45
2 Henry Siddiqui 166 43 37 45 41
3 Tyla Hooley 157 34 39 41 43
4 Wal Beaney (W) 157 41 43 34 39
5 Louis Vincent (W) 147 32 41 37 37
6 Jordan Keogh 142 39 29 39 35
7 Raife Broadley 139 37 33 35 34
8 Jude Turton 128 33 32 32 31
9 Harry Barker 125 25 35 33 32
10 Harrison Greenough (W) 120 31 30 30 29
11 Dan Arkell 118 30 27 31 30
12 Cameron Jackson(W) 111 29 28 28 26
13 Robert Storer 107 27 26 26 28
14 Kyron Carron 107 26 25 29 27
15 Richy Roberts 103 28 23 27 25
16 Jordan Bachelor (W) 99 35 31 – 33
17 Alan Pearce (W) 92 22 22 24 24
18 Matt Nash 87 21 21 23 22
19 Joe Beaumont (W) 78 20 18 19 21
20 George Goodfellow 72 18 17 18 19
21 Jayden Abbink 69 19 16 16 18
22 Oliver Ruddock 59 24 24 – 11
23 David Colton 58 14 15 13 16
24 Ryan Allison (W) 57 23 34 – –
25 Jacob Dell (W) 56 13 13 15 15
26 Oli Wickers 56 16 11 17 12
27 Hayden Stevens 54 – 14 20 20
28 Ben Lewis (W) 53 11 20 22 –
29 Ben Hunter 53 17 19 – 17
30 Roman York 52 12 12 14 14
31 Ashley Locke 50 15 10 12 13
32 Troy Willerton 48 – – 25 23
33 Henry Hearn 21 – – 21 –
34 Charlie Simons 19 10 9 – –

Amateur MX1

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Luke Sturgeon (W) 163 30 45 45 43
2 Harry Bradley 160 39 39 43 39
3 Jamie Fort 154 41 43 35 35
4 Rob Wood 142 43 13 41 45
5 Ben Clayton (W) 141 37 32 39 33
6 Simon Booth 139 35 34 33 37
7 Sean Williamson 130 28 37 37 28
8 Benjamin Knight 126 32 35 32 27
9 Josh Greedy 124 31 29 30 34
10 Callum Gordon 122 34 24 34 30
11 Jamie Dixon 118 29 27 31 31
12 Charlie Way (W) 115 33 41 – 41
13 Lewis Huckerby 103 26 25 27 25
14 Kyle Creevy 100 20 23 28 29
15 Liam Piggford 95 23 22 26 24
16 David Plank 90 25 33 – 32
17 Matty Fry 88 17 21 24 26
18 Matt Wood 87 15 26 23 23
19 Aiden Maloney 82 19 16 25 22
20 Billy Wynn (W) 82 22 31 29 –
21 Joshua Dodwell-Scott 80 21 18 22 19
22 John Joe Wright 77 27 30 20 –
23 Connor Dickins 75 16 20 18 21
24 Christopher Wratten 73 24 28 21 –
25 Billy Collins 64 12 15 17 20
26 Jay Harris 59 13 12 16 18
27 Tallon Aspden (w) 54 18 17 19 –
28 George Clarke (W) 45 45 – – –
29 Kieran Clarke 34 – 19 15 –
30 Jake Strange 28 14 14 – –
31 Ashley Locke 50 15 10 12 13
32 Troy Willerton 48 – – 25 23
33 Henry Hearn 21 – – 21 –
34 Charlie Simons 19 10 9 – –
35 Joe Grace 43 7 12 10 14
36 Sonny May 41 6 11 11 13
37 Leyton Duffy 37 12 5 9 11
38 Luke Wilson 34 9 9 8 8
39 Tommy lee Gibbard 21 5 4 5 7

Amateur MX2

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Adam Harris 164 39 45 45 35
2 Travis Steels 159 45 34 41 39
3 Josh Peters (W) 158 43 37 37 41
4 Aaron Ongley 150 23 41 43 43
5 Dan Brough 144 34 43 33 34
6 Denny Rapson (w) 143 29 39 30 45
7 Todd Ritchie 141 32 33 39 37
8 Shaun Springer 139 37 35 34 33
9 Ben Clark 136 41 28 35 32
10 Harvey Cashmore 125 33 31 32 29
11 Alfie Calvert 115 31 27 31 26
12 Michael Parsons 114 35 20 29 30
13 Callum McCaul (W) 112 24 32 28 28
14 Jack Seaborne (W) 103 27 30 26 20
15 Archie Hicks (W) 92 30 22 17 23
16 Logan Wilcox 89 17 21 27 24
17 Ashleigh Surridge 87 21 17 24 25
18 Mitch Armour 85 9 24 25 27
19 Mitchell Warhurst 84 28 14 21 21
20 Kieran Yorke 79 19 29 – 31
21 Jesse Wren 77 26 9 23 19
22 Ben Thompson (W) 72 18 19 19 16
23 Bailey Betsworth 67 – 23 22 22
24 Jasper Gibson 66 15 15 18 18
25 Sam Bishop 65 14 16 20 15
26 Ricky Carter (W) 57 25 18 14 –
27 Blaine Blackwell (W) 55 16 13 12 14
28 Robbie Hollis 52 12 8 15 17
29 Lewis King-London 47 22 25 – –
30 Sam Ongley 46 20 26 – –
31 Jake Hall 37 – 11 13 13
32 Jack Loveridge (W) 36 10 10 16 –
33 Scott Meredith (W) 35 13 12 10 –
34 Daniel Edgar 29 11 7 11 –

Clubman

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2 R3 R4
1 Grant Martin (W) 172 39 45 43 45
2 James Thompson 170 41 41 45 43
3 Adam Paxton 170 45 43 41 41
4 Rodie Jones 151 43 39 39 30
5 Elliot Reeves (W) 138 37 37 32 32
6 Josh Jones (W) 137 29 32 37 39
7 Mitchil Collins 137 33 34 35 35
8 Matthew Jones 124 32 33 26 33
9 Colin McLuckie 123 23 30 33 37
10 Aidan Carney 121 34 29 31 27
11 Josh Watson-Bailey 119 28 28 29 34
12 Joe Sargent 117 27 31 30 29
13 Matthew Fuller 117 26 35 34 22
14 Liam Deegan 108 30 23 27 28
15 Max Wood 108 31 27 24 26
16 Jacob Bell 92 21 21 25 25
17 Joshua Lee Young 82 35 25 22 –
18 Ben Hughes 79 15 22 19 23
19 Joshua Keogh (W) 69 12 18 18 21
20 Scott Isherwood 68 24 24 20 –
21 Kevin McBride 65 16 12 17 20
22 Josh Ithell 63 20 6 13 24
23 Tyler Stevenson 61 18 13 14 16
24 Harley Mower (W) 60 14 14 15 17
25 Jack Loveridge (W) 59 – – 28 31
26 Steven Lennie 56 9 16 12 19
27 Ryan Davies (W) 56 25 26 5 –
28 Charlie Sutton 53 7 17 11 18
29 Adrian Whitcombe (W) 51 13 9 16 13
30 Josh Hickinbottom 42 22 20 – –
31 Luke Postlethwaite (W) 42 19 19 4 –
32 Richard Evans 40 17 – 23 –
33 Aaron Framington (W) 36 – 15 21 –
34 Daniel Smedley 35 – 11 10 14
35 Dean Paling 27 10 10 7 –
36 Danny Cavanagh (W) 27 11 8 8 –
37 Phil West 19 6 7 6 –
38 Thomas Arden 18 – – 3 15
39 Max Aspden (W) 17 8 – 9 –

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