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Top gun Nunn! 2024 ACU Eastern Motocross Championship Round 3 – Race Report & Results

Sunday 12th May saw Round 3 of the Stebbings Car Superstore and Norton Way Group Honda ACU Solo Eastern Motocross Championship at Wattisfield Hall. A full entry of 172 experts and juniors lined up for a 12-race programme. Considering how warm and dry it was, the event provided some great racing on a well-prepared relatively dust free track at the Diss MCC venue.

Between them, the John Banks Honda support riders had a great day with Sam Nunn Honda CRF 450 winning 2 out of the 3 Premier Legs and fellow Banks Honda rider Lewis Tombs, also on a 450 Honda achieving 3rd overall on the day. These two riders were split by the 2023 ACU Eastern Champion Luke Parker, Roger Warnes Transport and Matt Pope Motorcycles 450 Kawasaki. Parker was careful to make sure he did not further injure his knee in the deep ruts but still got the race win in the 2nd of the Premier class races. The is the first time Nunn has been beaten in the last 9 races at this venue after having taken all races at last year’s May and evening meeting in July.

Shaun Southgate – GH Motorcycles 450 Yamaha showing the power of his bike managed a great hole shot in Race 1 and held the lead for 10 laps before Sam Nunn finally took over after starting the race 17th. Who said you couldn’t overtake at Wattisfield?

In the 2nd race, Southgate gated first again but a big off at the double berm near the road put Shaun back to dead last. Somehow nursing a neck injury, he still managed to claw his way back to 10th by the finish. Parker who had gated 7th in this race, took the lead on lap 5 and retained this until the finish ahead of Nunn.

The 3rd Premier race saw Lewis Tombs take the hole shot which he kept until lap 8 when team mate Nunn passed him to take the finish flag. In the ACU Eastern Championship Expert Class standings, Sam Nunn, now leads with 202 points with Lewis Tombs on 162 points and 2023 champion Parker on 155 points.

In the Premier Junior Class Chester Hyde – Gas Gas 250 took the top honours for Tim Warnes RWT / MPM Kawasaki 250 and Jae Jefferies BWR KTM 350. Hyde was really impressive, finishing in the top 10 of the expert riders in all 3 races after a lot of overtaking. In terms of the ACU Eastern Championship, Tim Warnes is leading with 195 points, from Matt Pope in 2nd (164 points) and Chester Hyde who never rode the 1st round, in 3rd on 150 points.

In support Group A races – Vinnie Snell KTM 300 got the overall win on the day from rider 591 Harrison Fitchett – Husky 250 and Teddy Hyde – Gas Gas 250.

Group B race at Wattisfield saw Diss MCCs Wally Hubbard take a very popular 3 out of 3 wins on his Honda 450 after some great overtakes. Shaun Tacey then took the overall win in Group C.

A big thanks to all marshals and officials who made the event possible, plus thanks also to series sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore / Norton Way Group Honda and also our event sponsors Clarkes of Walsham and Steve Lumley Planings.

A date of the diary is the next event at Wattisfield Hall which is the evening motocross on Wednesday 10th July. This is the most popular event of the year attracting a big crowd with short sharp races. Entries for this open on Monday 3rd June at 7pm and riders are reminded not to delay putting their entries as it is expected to fill up very quickly.

Words and Images by ACU

Results

Premier Experts

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Sam Nunn 72 25 22 25
2 Luke Parker 61 16 25 20
3 Lewis Tombs 60 18 20 22
4 Declan Whittle 54 20 18 16
5 Shaun Southgate 52 22 12 18
6 Joseph Leeks 42 15 14 13
7 William Farrow 39 9 15 15
8 Benjamin Cole 34 14 16 4
9 Brad Woodroffe 33 6 13 14
10 Benjamin Hayward 31 10 11 10
11 Brad Tomlin 25 13 12
12 Cullen Hawkins 21 7 8 6
13 Josh Bassett 18 11 7
14 Harry Clark 18 12 6
15 Callum McCaul 17 8 9
16 Adam Reeve 17 3 9 5
17 Connor Bunkle 17 4 10 3
18 Shane Lock 15 4 11
19 Finley Jarvis 11 1 3 7
20 Carl Hayward 8 8
21 Robert Nicoll 7 5 2
22 Charlie Nudds 5 5
23 Oliver Brader 3 2 1
24 Benjamin Parry 2 2
25 Jordan Pasquale 1 1

Premier Juniors

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Chester Hyde 75 25 25 25
2 Timothy Warnes 66 22 22 22
3 Jae Jeffries 56 16 20 20
4 George Foames 53 20 15 18
5 Harry George 47 15 18 14
6 Mason Miller 44 13 16 15
7 Matthew Pope 42 18 8 16
8 Joe Phillips 39 14 13 12
9 Aaron Hopkins 38 11 14 13
10 Shane Brown 33 12 12 9
11 Will Jurgens 29 8 11 10
12 Charlie Baker 28 10 10 8
13 Ty Atkins 23 9 7 7
14 Mark Goodson 20 9 11

Support A

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Vinnie Snell 123 45 39 39
2 Harrison Fitchett 117 43 45 29
3 Teddy Hyde 115 41 29 45
4 James Taylor 108 35 30 43
5 Oliver Gaut 105 34 43 28
6 Scott Claydon 102 37 35 30
7 Joseph Henthorn 99 39 33 27
8 Danny Palmer 88 26 21 41
9 Oliver Brinkley 83 32 19 32
10 Robbie Pearmain 82 19 26 37
11 John Hilton 82 30 27 25
12 Mitchell Murfitt 79 31 25 23
13 Mark Gardner 75 4 37 34
14 Lee Butson 75 15 34 26
15 Luke Nolan 73 18 22 33
16 Sam Rogers 72 41 31
17 Edward Pegram 71 27 23 21
18 Gareth Lane 67 32 35
19 Aaron Smith 67 28 24 15
20 Scott Goodson 64 20 20 24
21 Stephen Atkins 61 25 16 20
22 Sam Hilton 61 33 28
23 Joshua Andrews 60 29 31
24 Max Hale 48 17 14 17
25 Lee Keyton 47 11 17 19
26 Shaun Palfrey 44 23 13 8
27 Ben Last 41 9 10 22
28 Aidan Weston 39 14 7 18
29 Shawn Graham 36 21 15
30 Cameron Parrish 35 13 12 10
31 Joshua Parker 33 8 9 16
32 Marc Nickerson 33 24 9
33 Chris Townshend 30 5 11 14
34 Alexander Dutton 30 18 12
35 Callum Lake 27 12 8 7
36 James Gadd 26 7 6 13
37 Harry Sobkowiak 22 6 5 11
38 Jenson Whitehall 22 22
39 Louis Dutton 16 16
40 Max Fleming 10 10
41 Nathan Lock 4 4
42 Dylan Wilby 3 3

Support B

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Paul Hubbard 135 45 45 45
2 Paul Aldridge 125 39 43 43
3 Bradley Allen 114 34 41 39
4 Kieran Jessett 105 41 23 41
5 Harry Hawes 101 37 39 25
6 Taylor Ralph 100 31 32 37
7 Alfie Self 99 43 22 34
8 Aaron Saunders 94 25 34 35
9 Stephen Gilbey 90 29 29 32
10 Wayne Fulcher 88 20 37 31
11 Luke Reeve 79 27 25 27
12 Dale Brinkley 79 35 35 9
13 Darren Eastall 76 12 31 33
14 Sam Philpott 76 26 27 23
15 Katie Stock 76 33 33 10
16 Aaron Holden 70 23 30 17
17 Sam Whittred 69 32 11 26
18 Lee Faulkner 64 16 24 24
19 Craig Page-Baker 64 24 19 21
20 Ben Secker 63 28 16 19
21 Noah Waterfield 60 30 30
22 Joshua Middleton 59 17 28 14
23 Taylor Saunders 57 18 10 29
24 Zack Kingshott 54 8 18 28
25 Brendan Corr 54 10 26 18
26 Andrew Webster 51 15 20 16
27 Jake Harvey 49 19 17 13
28 Troy Brumpton 39 2 15 22
29 Rudi Carter 38 9 9 20
30 William Mcrae 35 7 13 15
31 Joseph Mulley-Forsdike 33 21 12
32 Casey Carter 29 13 5 11
33 Sebastian Millbank 23 11 12
34 Joel Doncaster 22 22
35 Andrew Cattermole 21 21
36 Lewis Wells 19 5 14
37 Matthew Turner 14 6 8
38 Trevor Brinkley 14 14
39 Nathan Gotts 12 4 8
40 Teddy Clark 11 4 7
41 Shane Redgewell 9 3 6

Support C

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Shaun Tacey 131 43 43 45
2 Henry Crawford 127 45 45 37
3 Sam Cushion 113 41 31 41
4 William Pooley 109 37 37 35
5 Kieran Dawson 98 30 39 29
6 Hector Storey 97 28 30 39
7 Matthew Goodger 91 25 34 32
8 Robert Green 90 33 35 22
9 Toby Henderson 88 22 33 33
10 Guy Fleming 86 27 29 30
11 Cameron Hallett 75 26 18 31
12 Jack Hunton 73 19 26 28
13 Ky Rolfe 73 16 32 25
14 Carl Warner 73 31 28 14
15 Josh Faulkner 73 32 41
16 Finlay Whitlam 70 21 6 43
17 Jake Hicks 68 24 10 34
18 Matthew Herring 68 20 27 21
19 Freddie Bond 68 23 25 20
20 Ashley Reeve 65 17 21 27
21 Ryan Goode 62 39 23
22 Ryan Christmas 61 12 23 26
23 Richard Ingram 58 34 24
24 Jake Faulkner 55 14 22 19
25 Damian Flack 55 18 20 17
26 Daniel Allen 52 10 24 18
27 Harry Saunders 41 7 19 15
28 Jason Eaves 39 13 15 11
29 John Smith 35 35
30 Adam Baker 34 11 11 12
31 Christopher Bickley 32 5 14 13
32 Sam Ashwell 32 9 17 6
33 Jake Sims 29 29
34 Geraint Hubbard 28 15 13
35 Aiden Payne 26 4 12 10
36 Henry Fox 24 8 16
37 Colin Booker 23 6 8 9
38 Stuart Martin 19 3 9 7
39 Shane Edwards 18 2 16
40 Paul Neave 13 1 7 5
41 Nick Hunton 8 8

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