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Tip top Tom! SMC Championship Round 3 – Race Report & Results

The natural hillside circuit at Badby welcomed riders with glorious sunshine as the Northampton MCC hosted the SMC third round. The strong biting wind that the track is famous for however barely let up all day.

Report by Fraser Law – Images courtesy of www.motoxphotos.co.uk

In the Expert Class all three podium finishers won a race each, finishing overall within just a few points of each other. Final leg winner Thomas Allsopp took the overall after finishing one place better each time out. Shaun Robinson won race two, but had to be content with second overall in front of race one winner Michael McClurg. Jamie Richmond took a fine second place in the final race for fourth overall after a painful get-off at the start of the day.

Jordan Wills

Jordan Wills dominated both Junior A finals, taking fine wins on his way to the Expert ranks. Connor Haligan took second overall after finishing runner-up in both finals. Robbie Hollis took third overall from Rikki Knowlton after sharing third places. In the Junior B finals Brett Wykes took first overall by virtue of winning the final race, after tying on points with Jake Mould. Paul Atkinson took third each time ahead of Finn Morgan in fourth.

Greg Cox

Greg Cox took a hat-trick of wins on his way to dominating the Over 40 class. Steven Chilvers and John Holmes too second and third respectively each time out. Paul Field won the first two Over 50 races, finishing just a point in front of final race winner Bruce Garside overall. Reg Willis took a fine overall win in the Super class. First leg winner Graham Watson took second overall from Simon Tucker.

Reece Wain took the overall win in the Under 40 and 2 Stroke classes which ran together. Ian Tindle took second overall in the Under 40s, and John Holmes did the same in the 2 Stroke class.

Michael McClurg

Results

Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Thomas Allsopp	127	40	42	45
2	Shaun Robinson	125	42	45	38
3	Michael McClurg	123	45	38	40
4	Jamie Richmond	115	37	36	42
5	Connor Dickens	114	38	40	36
6	Reece Wain	110	36	37	37

Junior A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Jordan Wills	90	45	45
2	Connor Haligan	84	42	42
3	Robert Hollis JR	78	40	38
4	Rikki knowlton	77	37	40
5	Max Flint	74	38	36
6	Robert Harwood	71	34	37
7	Ian Teverson	69	35	34
8	George Cox	68	33	35
9	Tom Thierens	62	29	33
10	Richard Teverson	62	30	32
11	Luke Jenkinson	62	31	31
12	Lewis Evans	55	26	29
13	Mitch Eaton	36	36	–
14	Paul Field	32	32	–
15	Mark Yates	30	–	30
16	Brad Willis	28	28	–
17	Michael Smith	27	27	–
18	Daniel Whitehead	25	25	–

Junior B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Brett Wykes	87	42	45
2	Jake Mould	87	45	42
3	Paul Atkinson	80	40	40
4	Finn Morgan	76	38	38
5	Lee Hayward	71	37	34
6	Jamie Epplestone	63	28	35
7	Jack Marriott	63	31	32
8	Morgan Cowley	63	32	31
9	Stuart Moore	63	35	28
10	Lewis Mitchell	62	25	37
11	Nicholas Williams	62	33	29
12	Daniel Broughton	60	36	24
13	Ryan Blackwell	58	22	36
14	Nathan Goodman	57	34	23
15	Spencer Taylor	56	26	30
16	Bradley Thomas	55	29	26
17	Lee Tattersdale	55	30	25
18	Jason Fisher	54	21	33
19	Liam Dale	51	24	27
20	Jack Duggins	48	27	21
21	Luke Phillips	45	23	22
22	Ben Norgate	40	20	20
23	Joe Tarver	37	18	19
24	Thomas Elliott	33	15	18
25	James Kelson	32	16	16
26	Ian Tindle	30	13	17
27	Richard A Mitchell	29	17	12
28	Thomas Kruger-Dean	26	11	15
29	Dan Pattinson	25	12	13
30	Simon Tucker	25	14	11
31	Oliver Whitehead	24	10	14
32	Ben Cannings	19	19	–
33	Corin Donaldson	17	7	10
34	Nick Collins	17	9	8
35	Jason Bocchi	15	6	9
36	Jamie Roberts	8	8	–

Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Greg Cox	135	45	45	45
2	Steven Chilvers	126	42	42	42
3	John Holmes	120	40	40	40
4	Mark Quartermaine	113	37	38	38
5	Grant Griffin	111	38	37	36
6	Helen Morgan	108	35	36	37
7	David Warner	36	36	–	–
8	Christopher Cotton	35	–	–	35

Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Paul Field	128	45	45	38
2	Bruce Garside	127	42	40	45
3	Steve Bottoms	120	38	42	40
4	Sidney Richardson	117	37	38	42
5	Chris Koch	114	40	37	37
6	Warren Burbage	106	34	36	36
7	Stephen Gilbey	105	35	35	35
8	John Wills	101	33	34	34
9	Richard David Lowe	96	32	33	31
10	Phillip Lovell	95	30	32	33
11	Brendan Corr	91	31	31	29
12	Kevin Franklin	90	28	30	32
13	Andrew Smith	88	29	29	30
14	Adrian Hadman	83	27	28	28
15	Ian Thompson	80	26	27	27
16	Nick Collins	77	25	26	26
17	Andy Antal	36	36	–	–

Over 60’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Reg Willis	132	42	45	45
2	Graham Watson	121	45	40	36
3	Simon Tucker	120	36	42	42
4	Stephen Morgan	116	38	38	40
5	Mark Stephens	114	40	36	38
6	Richard Ford	111	37	37	37
7	Andy Sturt	35	35	–	–