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Triple win for Walker at Little Silver! 2023 British Quadcross Championship Round 5 & Nora MX Round 8 – Report & Results

The NORA MX Club hosted the eighth round of the NORA MX championships of 2023 at the Little Silver track in Exeter, Central Devon. It was part of another fantastic event which incorporated the fifth round of the British Quad Championship.

In the British Championship class, racing got underway with an early lead for Harry Walker going on to take his first win of the day, he was chased by Dean Dillon who held second, with Dafydd Davies passing Tom Day to take third. Zac Orchard was just behind in fifth, with Carl Bunce sixth.

Report and Images by Tracy Thacker

In race two it was Dafydd Davies who took an initial lead with Harry Walker fighting to find a way past, after a good battle Harry moved into the lead going on to take a second win, Dafydd stayed close and took second. Behind Chad Beevers fought hard to take third, battling to stay ahead of Dean Dillon who recovered well from a slow start. Zac Orchard dropped back to fifth with Tom Day just behind.

In their final championship race of the day, it was Harry Walker who took another win and full points, to give him first overall on the day. Chad Beevers also had a great final race in second which gave him second overall and the highest under-21 point scorer. Dean Dillon held third which was enough for him to take the second overall. Unfortunately, Dafydd Davies had problems towards the end of the race and didn’t finish.

The Masters A and B class had three races. In race one it was Paul Winrow who led from the start with Johnathan Mcknight behind, Greg Fisher battles hard but had to settle for third, with Chris Keitch fourth. Darren Bridge was just behind, but hard problems and didn’t finish the race.

In race two it was a battle between Johnathan Mcknight and Paul Winrow, they stayed very close throughout with Paul Winrow holding the advantage and took his second win of the day. Greg Fisher held third from Chris Keitch, with Ben Richmond taking fifth.

In their third race Johnathan Mcknight again took an initial lead with Paul Winrow finding a way past to take a third win and the overall win on the day, with Johnathan Mcknight second overall. Greg Fisher held third which was enough to give him third overall.

In the Masters B class Jason Hall battled all day with James Lees, just managing to hold the overall win by three points.

In the Clubman Elite and Clubman classes there were some great battles with Aled Davies taking three brilliant wins. In race one Josh McKnight held an initial lead but held on to take second, and in race two Jordan Hickman had a brilliant start holding third and fighting through to take a great second, this was enough to give him second overall on the day, with Lewis Humphris finishing three consistent races and taking third overall.

In the 150 / 250 races it was Frank Marston who took overall win in the 250 open class. He initially led race one, with Louie Holt fighting passed to take the win. Frank Marston won the second race after Louie Holt had problems whilst in the lead. In their final race of the day Frank Marston held on for a second win, ahead of Louie Holt and Connor Yates.
Jay Sams had three great wins in the 250 Air cooled class with Jamie Burnett taking second overall. Brodie North did a great job to win the 150 Open class.

In the Intermediates Josh Morris had a great weekend with two wins, Brooke Bunce did win race one and took two seconds, to win the ladies class.

Finally, the 50 / 100 class was well supported Kayla George took two hard fought for wins in the 100 Autos after battles all day with Owain Lewis who won race one. Shay McKenna took the overall win in the 100 Geared class with Beatrix Drinkwater second, and Macson Lorton had a consistent day to take the overall in the 50s class, with Gracie-Anne Blythe holding a brilliant second.

We look forward to round nine on 3rd Sept – Whiteway Barton – TQ12 3QB with the final sidecar round on Oct 1st – Culham – OX14 3DA.

Results

British Championship

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Harry Walker	75	25	25	25
2	Dean Dillon	60	22	18	20
3	Chad Beevers U21	54	12	20	22
4	Zak Orchard	50	16	16	18
5	Dafydd Davies	50	20	22	8
6	Carl Bunce	45	15	14	16
7	Tom Day	45	18	15	12
8	Sheldon Seal	42	14	13	15
9	Ayrton Knowles	38	13	12	13
10	Jack Naylor	29	10	5	14
11	Dylan NcKenna U21	28	9	8	11
12	Scott Berlyn U21	23	7	7	9
13	Craig Fisher	21	5	6	10
14	Paul Winrow	17	6	11	–
15	Llestyn Rowlands	15	11	4	–
16	Ross Dillion U21	13	4	9	–
17	Marcus Sprason U21	10	–	10	–
18	Zak Beevers U21	8	8	–	–

National Expert

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tom Day	70	25	25	20
2	Carl Bunce	69	22	22	25
3	Ayrton Knowles	62	20	20	22
4	Dylan NcKenna U21	50	18	14	18
5	Scott Berlyn U21	43	15	13	15
6	Craig Fisher	41	13	12	16
7	Paul Winrow	32	14	18	–
8	Ross Dillion U21	27	12	15	–
9	Zak Beevers U21	16	16	–	–

Nora Quadcross Championship Classes

Masters A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Paul Winrow	120	40	40	40
2	Johnathan Mcknight	111	37	37	37
3	Greg Fisher	105	35	35	35
4	Chris Keitch	99	33	33	33
5	Paul McConway	90	31	28	31
6	Keith Harden	86	29	29	28
7	Ben Richmond	60	–	31	29
8	Matthew Kirk	54	27	27	–
9	John Hall	54	28	26	–
10	Darren Bridge	26	26	–	–

Masters B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jason Hall	117	37	40	40
2	James Lees	114	40	37	37
3	Gareth Walters	98	28	35	35
4	Simon Prichard	97	35	31	31
5	Christopher Gyles (V)	93	31	29	33
6	Karl Pilcher	90	33	28	29
7	Colin Barrow	82	27	27	28
8	Nik Blythe(V)	79	26	26	27
9	Rick Jones (V)	62	29	33	–

Clubman Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Aled Davies	120	40	40	40
2	Jordan Hickman	109	35	37	37
3	Lewis Humphris	103	33	35	35
4	Catrin Davies	93	31	31	31
5	Harry Koller	91	29	33	29
6	Ryan Hickman	85	23	29	33
7	Harry Grant	84	28	28	28
8	Will Mead	78	27	24	27
9	Luke Brown	77	26	25	26
10	Alfie Pennington	77	25	27	25
11	Jack Evans	74	24	26	24
12	Josh McKnight	37	37	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Charlie Wheatley	117	40	40	37
2	Elliot Downes	114	37	37	40
3	Charlie Enticknap	101	31	35	35
4	Richard Paynter	97	35	31	31
5	Lance Hand	94	28	33	33
6	Dan Burrow	87	29	29	29
7	Vinny Harper	33	33	–	–
8	James Walker	27	27	–	–

Intermediates

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Josh Morris	120	40	40	40
2	Ewan Packman	111	37	37	37
3	Bradley Stanton	105	35	35	35
4	James Scott	89	33	25	31
5	Charlie Eaton	88	31	24	33
6	Chris Thorn	83	28	27	28
7	Hayden Stanton	82	25	31	26
8	Jason Dickins	80	26	29	25
9	Gary Piper	79	27	23	29
10	Harry Terrell	77	24	26	27
11	Christian Brandon	62	29	33	–
12	Paul Needham	51	23	28	–
13	Richard Murphy	46	22	–	24
14	Vinny Harper	22	–	22	–
15	James Walker	21	–	21	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Brooke Bunce (L)	120	40	40	40
2	Chloe Keitch (L)	111	37	37	37
3	Carly Sewell (L)	103	35	35	33
4	Grace Keitch	101	33	33	35
5	Amelia Mead (L)	93	31	31	31
6	Amy Naylor (L)	58	29	29	–

250 Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Frank Marston (O)	120	40	40	40
2	Connor Yates (O)	107	35	37	35
3	Louie Holt (O)	105	37	31	37
4	Reggie Binskin (O)	101	33	35	33
5	Ellie Stott (O)	93	31	33	29
6	Lara Logan (O)	89	29	29	31

250 Aircooled

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jay Sams (A)	120	40	40	40
2	Jamie Burnett	107	33	37	37
3	Shane Havard Evans (A)	105	35	35	35
4	Samuel-James Tatler (A)	98	37	28	33
5	Georgia Binskin (A)	95	31	33	31
6	Kelton Farmer	88	28	31	29
7	Josh Smart (A)	84	27	29	28
8	Abbie Eaton (A)	80	26	27	27
9	Ella Walters (A)	29	29	–	–
10	Seth Terrell (A)	25	25	–	–

150 Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Brodie North	120	40	40	40
2	Amelia Talent	107	35	35	37
3	Seth Balaam	105	37	37	31
4	Malachy McKenna	101	33	33	35
5	Luca Shaw	92	28	31	33
6	Keian Willis	87	31	27	29
7	Ella Robe	84	27	29	28
8	Louie Garett	84	29	28	27

100cc Auto

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Kayla George (A)	115	35	40	40
2	Bentley Don Garrett (A)	109	37	37	35
3	Owain Lewis (A)	108	40	31	37
4	Danny Harper (A)	101	33	35	33
5	Dexter Griffin (A)	93	29	33	31
6	Cameron Lees (A)	89	31	29	29

100cc Geared

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shay McKenna (G)	115	40	40	35
2	Beatrix Drinkwater (G)	108	33	35	40
3	Beau Terrell (G)	107	37	37	33
4	Rhys Williams (G)	105	35	33	37

50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Macson Lorton (50)	120	40	40	40
2	Gracie-Anne Blythe (50)	99	33	29	37
3	Erin Mansell (50)	99	37	37	25
4	Jayden Garrett (50)	98	35	35	28
5	Hunter Griffin bLU cRU(50)	92	31	26	35
6	Harry Barker bLU cRU(50)	90	29	28	33
7	Tyler Willcock bLU cRU(50)	90	26	33	31
8	Hugo Griffin bLU cRU(50)	88	28	31	29
9	Oliver Willsher bLU cRU(50)	81	27	27	27
10	Jack Needham (50)	76	25	25	26

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