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Walterstone Warriors! 2023 Nora MX Quad and Sidecarcross Championship Round 7 – Race Report & Results

The NORA MX Club hosted the seventh round of the NORA MX championships of 2023 at Walterstone MX Park in Hereford, just on the English side of the Wales border. It was part of another fantastic event which incorporated the fifth round of the NORA sidecar Championship.

Report and Images by Tracy Thacker

The track was a new experience for most riders, but absolutely brilliant and almost completely natural (apart for a jump or two), stretching across a sloping field with long sweeping bends and plenty of width for passing.

Unfortunately, the weather was unpredictable. There were showers forecast which should have kept the dust down, but the sun was bright and the wind breezy which dried the track out and left it dry and dusty and needed watering in places. When the rain did arrive, it wasn’t showers, it was thunder and lightning, then the skies opened with several downpours which made the track slippery. Whilst the bikes did get round, racing each other was more difficult, after the third massive down pour there was a riders meeting and a vote, which led to the decision to stop racing after two races each.


The sidecar supporters were in for a treat with two GP teams present, Jake Brown with Josh Chamberlain, and Dan Foden with stand in passenger Lewis Grey. They raced with the Nora Championship crews but didn’t qualify for championship points.


Race one got underway with an early lead for Tony and Scott Grahame with Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps second. They stayed ahead until Jake Brown and Josh Chamberlain blasted past to move into the lead. Tony and Scott Grahame held second, with Dan Foden and Lewis Grey fighting through to third. Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps held fourth, and behind Ashley Williams and Jon Hunt moved ahead of Jack Roger and Ryan Beavis.


In race two Tony and Scott Grahame took an initial lead, but Dan Foden and Lewis Grey were determined and moved ahead to take the lead with Jake Brown and Josh Chamberlain tucking into second and pushing hard to take the lead, but they were distracted by a massive downpour which left the track so slippery the bikes were going backwards, sidewards, but going forward was a struggle. Jake Brown and Josh Chamberlain weren’t racing for points and made the sensible decision to return to the pits. Dan Foden and Lewis Grey kept the lead and were putting on a great corner drifting spectacle for the very wet crowd. Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps seemed to get grip from somewhere and moved into second, Jack Roger and Ryan Beavis held third with Tony and Scott Grahame just behind. Enduro experience helped the next few teams with Paul Pelling and Mike Curnow taking fifth, just ahead of Luke Peters and Thomas Mackay.


Tony and Scott Grahame had gained enough points at the last round to move into the championship lead, held their advantage and are now leading Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps by just eight points, the battle goes to the final round.

In the Pro / Pro-am class, Simon Hammersley took and early lead in Race one, but behind Dafydd Davies was pushing hard and blasted ahead going into lap two, Harry Walker fought through to tuck into third with Jamie Morgan just behind, but Chad Beevers was on top form and fought through and took fourth.


In race two the track was very wet after a downpour during the previous race, and only ten riders made it to the line. It was Dafydd Davies who took an early advantage, but with the sploshy mud running in a river down the track, the riders were hardly recognisable. Simon Hammersley held second with Jamie Morgan behind, but he went missing, leaving Tom Day in third, ahead of Marcus Sprason and Craig Fisher.


The Masters A and B class had two races, and all in the dry. In race one it was a battle between Johnathan Mcknight and Paul Winrow, they stayed very close throughout with Paul Winrow holding the advantage and took his first win of the day. Greg Fisher held third from Chris Keitch, with Jason Wildman taking fifth.

In race two it was Paul Winrow who led from the start with Jason Wildman behind, Johnathan Mcknight fought past to take second but with Jason missing on the next lap, Greg Fisher took third with Chris Keitch fourth.

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

In the Clubman Elite and Clubman classes there were some great battles with Aled Davies taking two brilliant wins. In race one Josh McKnight pushed through to take second, and in race two Catrin Davies had a brilliant start holding a great second throughout, this was enough to give her second overall on the day, with Lewis Humphris finishing two consistent races and taking third overall.

In the 150 / 250 races it was Frank Marston who took overall win in the 250 open class, taking the win in one race with Louie Holt close behind. Louie Holt won the second race and took second overall on equal points. Seth Terrell had a couple of great wins in the 250 Air cooled class with Jay Sams taking second overall. Brodie North did a great job to win the 150 Open class.

In the Intermediates Charlie Eaton had a great weekend and was awarded with two wins, although Josh Morris did win race one but was disqualified. Brooke Bunce was again on top form and won 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 led each race after some brilliant starts. Beatrix Drinkwater took the overall win in the 100 Geared class, and Macson Lorton had a consistent day to take the overall in the 50s class.

We look forward to round eight on Aug 6th – Little Silver – EX6 8BB with the final sidecar round on Oct 1st – Culham – OX14 3DA.

Results

Sidecars

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Lee Foyle/ Daniel Phelps 77 37 40
2 Tony Graemme/ Scott Graeme 75 40 35
3 Jack Roger/ Ryan Beavis 70 33 37
4 Paul Pelling/ Mike Curnow 62 29 33
5 Ashley Williams/ Jon Hunt 60 35 25
6 Thomas Mackay/ Luke Peters 59 28 31
7 Taylor Whitt/ Jake Grahame 56 27 29
8 Luke Banks/ Daniel Spencer 53 25 28
9 Richard Gillham/ Miles Gillham 53 26 27
10 Olly Peters/ Elliot Brown 48 24 24
11 Sam Osbaldoston/ Harley Lloyd 31 31
12 Toby Mann/ Neil Burke 26 26
13 Neil Warrington/ Cameron Winfield 23 23
14 Brian Turner/ Kelly Higgins 22 22

Quads

Pro

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Dafydd Davies 80 40 40
2 Simon Hammersley 74 37 37
3 Chad Beevers U21 66 33 33
4 Tom Day 63 28 35
5 Jamie Morgan 62 31 31
6 Harry Walker 35 35
7 Jack Naylor 29 29
8 Zak Orchard (U21) 27 27
9 James Bevan 26 26
10 Paul Winrow 25 25

Pro Am

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Marcus Sprason U21 80 40 40
2 Dylan Mckenna U21 70 35 35
3 Craig Fisher 68 31 37
4 Zak Beevers U21 68 37 31
5 Scott Berlyn U21 66 33 33
6 Ryan Walters (Rookie) 29 29

Masters A

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Paul Winrow 80 40 40
2 Johnathan Mcknight 74 37 37
3 Greg Fisher 70 35 35
4 Chris Keitch 66 33 33
5 Keith Harden 60 29 31
6 Geoff Otway 56 28 28
7 Darren Bridge 52 26 26
8 Gary Jones 52 27 25
9 Richard Clark 51 22 29
10 Paul McConway 51 24 27
11 Jason Wildman 50 31 19
12 Aaron Herbert 49 25 24
13 David Hull 44 23 21
14 Matthew Kirk 43 20 23
15 John Hall 43 21 22
16 Clint Eagle 20 20

Masters B

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 James Lees 77 37 40
2 Jason Hall 75 40 35
3 Gareth Walters 72 35 37
4 Rob Summers 62 29 33
5 Danny Gilligan 62 31 31
6 Mark Moseley (V) 61 33 28
7 Christopher Gyles (V) 57 28 29
8 Simon Prichard 54 27 27
9 Karl Pilcher 52 26 26
10 Russ Wells 49 24 25
11 Phillip Hammersley (V) 25 25
12 Rick Jones (V) 23 23
13 Nik Blythe(V) 22 22

Clubman Elite

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Aled Davies 80 40 40
2 Catrin Davies 68 31 37
3 Lewis Humphris 68 33 35
4 Harry Koller 68 35 33
5 Josh McKnight 66 37 29
6 Harry Grant 59 28 31
7 Iestyn Rees 56 29 27
8 Dan Shellard 55 27 28
9 Luke Brown 51 25 26
10 Alfie Pennington 51 26 25
11 Jack Evans 47 23 24
12 Ryan Hickman 24 24

Clubman

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Charlie Wheatley 77 40 37
2 Elliot Downes 75 35 40
3 Charlie Enticknap 72 37 35
4 Sam Bevan 64 31 33
5 Iwan Jones 60 29 31
6 Zac Hull 60 33 27
7 Lance Hand 57 28 29
8 Tom Miller 55 27 28
9 Bleddyn Jones 52 26 26
10 James Walker 49 24 25
11 Kieren Johnson 25 25

Intermediates

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Charlie Eaton 80 40 40
2 Ethan Williams 68 35 33
3 Christian Brandon 64 33 31
4 Harry Terrell 60 37 23
5 Gary Piper 58 31 27
6 Liam Davies 57 22 35
7 Ewan Packman 57 28 29
8 James Scott 57 29 28
9 Bailey Stoker 51 25 26
10 Hayden Stanton 49 24 25
11 Richard Murphy 47 23 24
12 Josh Morris 37 37
13 Bradley Stanton 27 27
14 Paul Needham 26 26

Intermediates

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Brooke Bunce (L) 80 40 40
2 Chloe Keitch (L) 74 37 37
3 Amelia Mead (L) 68 33 35
4 Vasna Wilcock 66 35 31
5 Carly Sewell (L) 64 31 33
6 Grace Keitch 58 29 29
7 Amy Naylor (L) 56 28 28

250 Open

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Frank Marston (O) 77 37 40
2 Louie Holt (O) 77 40 37
3 Connor Yates (O) 66 31 35
4 Reggie Binskin (O) 64 33 31
5 Lara Logan (O) 62 29 33
6 Ellie Stott (O) 35 35

250 Air Cooled

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Seth Terrell (A) 80 40 40
2 Jay Sams (A) 74 37 37
3 Shane Havard Evans (A) 70 35 35
4 Samuel-James Tatler (A) 64 33 31
5 Georgia Binskin (A) 62 29 33
6 Ella Walters (A) 60 31 29
7 Osian Phillips 56 28 28
8 Josh Smart (A) 53 26 27
9 Mili Rees 53 27 26
10 Abbie Eaton (A) 50 25 25
11 Lennie Bevan 24 24

150 Open

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Brodie North 80 40 40
2 Amelia Talent 72 37 35
3 Seth Balaam 70 33 37
4 Malachy McKenna 68 35 33
5 Luca Shaw 62 31 31
6 Ethan Legg 57 28 29
7 Keian Willis 57 29 28

100cc Auto 

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Kayla George (A) 80 40 40
2 Owain Lewis (A) 74 37 37
3 Bentley Don Garrett (A) 70 35 35
4 Dexter Griffin (A) 66 33 33
5 Keyano Jones 59 31 28
6 Jac Davies 56 25 31
7 Peggy-anne Hammersley 56 29 27
8 Louie Garrett (A) 55 26 29
9 Archie Hammersley 54 28 26
10 Poppy Hammersley 52 27 25
11 Danny Harper (A) 48 24 24
12 Sion Jones (A) 45 22 23
13 Poppy Davies (A) 45 23 22
14 Cameron Lees (A) 21 21

1oocc Geared

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Beatrix Drinkwater (G) 77 37 40
2 Shay McKenna (G) 75 40 35
3 Beau Terrell (G) 72 35 37

50cc 

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Macson Lorton (50) 75 35 40
2 Erin Mansell (50) 74 37 37
3 Tyler Willcock bLU cRU(50) 66 33 33
4 Jayden Garrett (50) 66 40 26
5 Gracie-Anne Blythe (50) 63 28 35
6 Harry Barker bLU cRU(50) 62 31 31
7 Hugo Griffin bLU cRU(50) 58 29 29
8 Hunter Griffin bLU cRU(50) 55 27 28
9 Oliver Willsher bLU cRU(50) 53 26 27
10 Jack Needham (50) 50 25 25

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