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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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