Tom Grimshaw crowned 2026 Eastern Centre MX Champion as Ben Mustoe blitzes Lyng

On Sunday 13th of September, the Norwich Viking MCC hosted the final round of the 2026 ACU Eastern Centre MX Championship, sponsored by Stebbings Car Superstore and Rackhams Auto Body Centre. The popular Cadders Hill circuit was prepared in fantastic condition as it soaked up the overnight and early morning rain, providing a fierce and demanding track ready for a busy 15-race schedule.

Race Report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Narna Media

With the Expert championship still up for grabs, it was sure to go down to the wire, with just 39 points splitting Tom Grimshaw and Max Broadbelt, who sat first and second in the standings. Wildcarding for this round was Ben Mustoe, and he drew first blood by putting his Gas Gas top of the timing screen in the morning qualifying session.

Race one of the Expert class would see Mustoe fly from the gate and grab the holeshot, closely followed by Max Broadbelt, who also started well. Grimshaw lost a few places on the opening laps but soon made the places back; however was too far back to break into the top three. Mustoe controlled the pace from the front and smartly picked his way past the lapped riders to take victory over Broadbelt in second place. Jake Rackham finished in third ahead of Travis Steels in fourth and Grimshaw in fifth.

Expert race two would again see Mustoe again quickest out of the gate, with the championship rivals Broadbelt and Grimshaw just behind. These three were too quick for the rest of the pack, but the big flashpoint came around halfway through the race. As the top three started to get into lapped traffic, one rider fell, and it was a case of wrong place, wrong time for Broadbelt, as he had nowhere to go and fell from second. That would see him unfortunately retire from the race, handing the championship title to Grimshaw a race early. Mustoe was a class apart and took the chequered flag for the race win. Grimshaw finished in second ahead of Steels in third and Luke Parker in fourth. Callum Murfitt came home in fifth.

The final Expert race got underway with all the big hitters at the sharp end early on. Mustoe led the way, however, and that was bad news for the rest of the field. Grimshaw passed Broadbelt for second place, and towards the latter part of the race Luke Parker, who was seemingly back to his all-action style, also passed Broadbelt. Jake Rackham, after a good start, dropped back and finished out of the top five. Mustoe took the final race win of the season, not only completing the clean sweep but also leading every lap of the Expert class all afternoon long, a real dominant performance. Grimshaw came home second ahead of Parker in third. Broadbelt finished in fourth and Murfitt ended the day in fifth.

The Expert overall going to the Impressive Mustoe with a full 75 Points, Grimshaw finished second overall with 60 points and in third was Travis Steels with 53 points.

With the final round in the books, Tom Grimshaw is crowned the 2026 Expert Champion after an extremely strong season. Second overall in the championship standings was Max Broadbelt, and third overall was Travis Steels.

In the Junior Championship class, the overall on the day would go to Caden Tomlin with 70 points ahead of Jack Camwell with 63 points. In third was Craig Down with 60 points.

Craig Down was crowned Junior Champion for 2026 ahead of Caden Tomlin in second overall in the standings. Third overall for the season was Sam Rogers

The Support B class overall would go to William Bell with a 1-2-1 ahead of Joseph Henthorn in second with a 4-3-3. In third was Callum Lake with a card of 5-4-4.

In the Support C class, the overall went to Alexander Smith with a 1-1-3, ahead of Joe Scillitoe in second with a 2-8-2. In third was Lewis Griggs with a score of 4-13-1.

The Support D class honours went to Andrew Cattermole with a 1-1-1. In second was Joseph Banks with a 3-3-3, and in third was Josh Faulkner with a 10-2-2 card.

The final race meeting at Lyng for 2026 is on the 25th of October for the rescheduled Dennis Slaughter Memorial Trophy Meeting.

The club would like to thank all Officials, marshalls and medics for their hard work and all sponsors involved for supporting racing at Lyng. The club looks forward to welcoming back spectators next month!

Results

Expert – Overall

Pos	No.	Competitor	Total Points	R1	R2	R3
1	163	Ben Mustoe	75	25	25	25
2	16	Tom Grimshaw	60	16	22	22
3	22	Travis Steels	53	18	20	15
4	49	Luke Parker	52	14	18	20
5	687	Jake Rackham	46	20	15	11
6	500	Callum Murfitt	45	13	16	16
7	2	Josh Peters	41	15	12	14
8	103	Max Broadbelt	40	22	–	18
9	12	Finley Evans	35	9	13	13
10	17	Tony Craig	35	12	14	9
11	421	Bayliss Utting	32	11	11	10
12	57	Chester Hyde	25	8	9	8
13	499	Benjamin Cole	22	10	–	12
14	731	Adam Reeve	18	6	5	7
15	20	William Farrow	15	2	7	6
16	47	Simon Booth	15	4	10	1
17	911	Benjamin Hayward	14	1	8	5
18	528	Travis Bixby	11	3	6	2
19	118	Kieran Clarke	9	5	–	4
20	776	Charlie Nudds	9	7	2	–
21	151	Mitch Armour	4	–	4	–
22	477	Connor Bunkle	3	–	–	3
23	8	Callum McCaul	3	–	3	–
24	339	Joe Hall	1	–	1	–

Junior Championship – Overall

Pos	No.	Competitor	Total Points	R1	R2	R3
1	126	Caden Tomlin	70	25	25	20
2	476	Jack Camwell	63	18	20	25
3	39	Craig Down	60	16	22	22
4	609	Christopher Lake	49	13	18	18
5	512	Stanley Siebert	48	20	13	15
6	45	Josh Watson-Bailey	44	15	15	14
7	417	Charlie Hobden	38	22	–	16
8	813	Kane Fisher	37	12	16	9
9	551	Sam Rogers	31	14	14	3
10	57	Jensen Cole	27	11	9	7
11	784	Tyrone Tugwell	23	–	11	12
12	229	Danny Palmer	21	–	10	11
13	192	Gareth Lane	17	–	7	10
14	726	Marcus Smith	16	6	8	2
15	135	James Harper	14	10	–	4
16	41	Sean Wright	13	–	–	13
17	591	Harrison Fitchett	12	–	12	–
18	311	James Taylor	12	8	4	–
19	410	Sam Cornwell	10	5	5	–
20	469	Ethan Johnson	9	9	–	–
21	315	Billy Sargeant	8	–	–	8
22	114	Reggie Jacobs	8	–	3	5
23	352	Charlie Roper	8	2	6	–
24	616	Robert Bond	7	7	–	–
25	123	Sidney Dawson	6	–	–	6
26	461	Luke Nolan	4	4	–	–
27	581	Jamie Cox	3	–	2	1
28	572	Eddie Craker	3	3	–	–
29	770	Henry Cox	1	–	1	–
30	886	Cameron Fitchett	1	1	–	–

B Group – Overall

Pos	No.	Competitor	Total Points	R1	R2	R3
1	78	William Bell	133	45	43	45
2	468	Joseph Henthorn	121	39	41	41
3	608	Callum Lake	115	37	39	39
4	83	Joshua Deadman	107	19	45	43
5	768	Ty Atkins	97	34	35	28
6	306	Harry Sobkowiak	96	30	33	33
7	171	Daniel Marr	89	35	20	34
8	37	Finlay Whitlam	86	32	29	25
9	427	Jayden Smith	84	33	19	32
10	357	Aidan Darling	84	29	37	18
11	257	Henry Crawford	78	31	16	31
12	106	Ben Secker	76	27	28	21
13	132	Ben Carey	75	28	31	16
14	181	Jacob King	73	22	25	26
15	107	Olly Stanley	73	25	34	14
16	361	Lewis Wells	71	26	21	24
17	378	Ben Rhoades	69	8	24	37
18	204	Hayden Clarke	67	–	32	35
19	785	Alfie Thorne	66	41	8	17
20	125	Paul Hubbard	65	23	15	27
21	656	Ky Rolfe	60	16	22	22
22	760	Kieran Fisher	55	–	26	29
23	288	Ethan Cone	53	13	27	13
24	280	Aaron Saunders	51	21	–	30
25	412	Aidan Weston	50	14	13	23
26	868	Charlie Starsmoore	49	20	9	20
27	728	Zak Beards	45	15	30	–
28	119	Aaron Smith	43	43	–	–
29	855	Samuel Cliff	39	17	7	15
30	99	Coby Ward	36	24	12	–
31	128	Kevin Gore	33	10	11	12
32	137	Nathan Lock	30	12	18	–
33	27	Jesse Eaves	25	11	14	–
34	655	Ben Nolan	23	6	17	–
35	188	Max Fleming	23	–	23	–
36	978	Samuel Cook	20	9	–	11
37	797	Marcus Cooper	19	–	–	19
38	81	Ryan Whitehead	18	18	–	–
39	184	Rhys Jones	17	7	10	–

C Group – Overall

Pos	No.	Competitor	Total Points	R1	R2	R3
1	225	Alexander Smith	131	45	45	41
2	653	Joe Scillitoe	119	43	33	43
3	38	Lewis Griggs	112	39	28	45
4	866	Roger Frean	109	35	35	39
5	191	Liam Vant	109	29	43	37
6	765	Lewis Dorling	105	41	37	27
7	996	Connor Martin	102	30	39	33
8	688	Anthony Brown	98	32	34	32
9	159	Alfie Hoare	95	37	23	35
10	807	Benjamin Mansfield	87	18	41	28
11	711	Jack Palfrey	86	25	30	31
12	131	Sam Philpott	85	34	31	20
13	815	Max Monk	79	27	26	26
14	129	Cody Gore	73	24	20	29
15	665	Hector Storey	70	28	21	21
16	82	Wayne Fulcher	67	15	22	30
17	730	Ashley Reeve	66	26	15	25
18	479	Kian Bassett	63	21	18	24
19	319	Harrison Skinner	63	20	25	18
20	96	Ryan Beeston	58	–	24	34
21	151	Dylan Wilby	56	33	–	23
22	675	Rodrigo Barata	55	23	32	–
23	101	Jack Huxtable	55	17	19	19
24	747	Ryan Christmas	54	16	16	22
25	820	Toby Henderson	51	22	29	–
26	285	Benjamin Barwick	45	14	14	17
27	253	Jake Faulkner	36	19	17	–
28	42	Jake Appleton	31	31	–	–
29	830	Jak Young	27	–	27	–
30	915	Benjamin Wigger	13	13	–	–

D Group – Overall

Pos	No.	Competitor	Total Points	R1	R2	R3
1	921	Andrew Cattermole	135	45	45	45
2	236	Joseph Banks	123	41	41	41
3	212	Josh Faulkner	117	31	43	43
4	418	Shaun Tacey	109	43	31	35
5	360	Peter Andrews	108	37	34	37
6	724	Jamie Websdale	106	35	37	34
7	91	Andrew Webster	97	32	33	32
8	235	Ben Lamb	96	34	29	33
9	439	Tony Rooke	90	39	26	25
10	972	Paul Barwick	85	23	32	30
11	438	Andrew Rooke	84	29	24	31
12	848	Harry Saunders	83	28	27	28
13	941	Oli Winn	79	25	25	29
14	994	Michael Coombes	74	26	21	27
15	672	David Bowden	69	30	39	–
16	308	Gary Botwright	69	–	30	39
17	780	Lloyd Sebastian	68	33	35	–
18	752	Barrie Atherton	67	21	22	24
19	207	Jason Eaves	64	18	20	26
20	384	Ryan Crump	58	17	19	22
21	304	Nick Hunton	57	16	18	23
22	932	Jamie Salter	49	13	15	21
23	347	Geraint Hubbard	48	20	28	–
24	380	Grant Griffin	47	24	23	–
25	419	Colin Booker	46	12	14	20
26	142	Louis Frampton Webb	32	15	17	–
27	60	Adam Watson	30	14	16	–
28	631	Jack Hawkins	27	27	–	–
29	313	Thomas Webster-ward	22	22	–	–
30	276	Kai Bassett	19	19	–	–