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Wet, Wet, Wet! Nora MX Quad and Sidecarcross Championship Round 4 – Reports & Results

Wet, Wet, Wet! Nora MX Quad and Sidecarcross Championship Round 4 – Reports & Results

The fourth round of the Nora MX Championship was hosted by the Nora MX team at the West Meon track near Petersfield.

Report by Tracy Thacker – Images courtesy of Tracy Thacker and John Cook (feature Image by John Cook)

Again, it was a COVID secure event with no spectators, just riders, mechanics and officials with their family bubbles, this should be the last “no spectators” event and the restrictions lift on Monday and we will gradually be getting back to normal.

Rain was forecast, but “sunshine and showers” were expected, unfortunately, it was more than that. As practice started so did the rain, and despite it easing up a few times there were many heavy downpours which made the track very wet. Practice went ahead, and despite it being a bit challenging, there were no major problems. As the first group of races started the downpours got heavier and after just four races there was a riders meeting and it was agreed to stop the event.

Image by Tracy Thacker

The sidecar group was split into two classes, with GP riders racing without collecting any points.

Jake Brown / Joe Millard raced for the first lap, but quickly retired to the pits leaving Stuart Brown with stand in passenger Lewis Gray holding on for a safe win. Despite the difficult conditions, there were still more than twenty teams fighting for championship points, and many teams really looking like they were enjoying themselves, although that was clearly not the case for everyone as the skies emptied another downpour during the middle part of the race. James Whitt / Michael Curnow took second after finding a way past Rob Oldfield / Faye Barnes. Lee Foyle / Kevin Foyle held fourth the final few laps when they had problems and were left track side. Jack Etheridge with his new passenger Jim Kinge were looking good together blasting into fourth with Mark Stokes/ Luke Townsend just behind. Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson had a steady race taking sixth.

Image by John Cook

As usual for this Nora MC Championship event, there were six quad groups Pro / Pro Am, Clubman Elite / Masters A, Clubman / Masters B, Intermediates and Ladies, 250cc Open and Air Cooled, 100cc Geared, and 50cc Auto, 100cc Auto.

Image by Tracy Thacker

The Clubman Elite raced with the Masters A group, and they were the first race of the day. Michael Hodges dominated the race taking an early lead, and despite a few problems where he slipped back to third, he fought back to take a great win. Daniel Scott Evans fought hard to stay ahead but settled for second ahead of Sonney Ward back in third, trying to improve on his second position in the championship. Despite being the only lady in the race, Catrin Davies took advantage of a great start to take fourth place.

The 250 race was also held with Andrew Black leading from lap one and holding on for a great win, but when only five Pro / Pro am riders contested their race a drivers meeting was called which lead to the cancellation of the meeting.

The next round of the championship takes place at Cusses Gorse MX near Salisbury on the 13th June.

Image by John Cook

Results

Sidecars Race 1

Pos Competitor Diff Laps
1 Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain 0 7
2 James Whitt / Michael Curnow 41.752 7
3 Rob Oldfield / Faye Barnes 42.58 7
4 Jack Etheridge / Jake Graham 52.792 7
5 Mark Stokes/ Luke Townsend 55.38 7
6 Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson 59.457 7
7 Adam Field / Darren Bishop 01:41.1 7
8 Ashlie Williams / Brian Gray 01:51.5 7
9 John Murch/ Tony Murch 02:21.5 7
10 Luke Rogers/ Owen Rogers 1 lap 6
11 Taylor Whitt / Blake Stevenswood 1 lap 6
12 Lance Marshal/ Vinnie Marshal 3 laps 4
13 Tilo Maguire/ Guy Eastman 3 laps 4
14 James Ferryman / Michael Curnow 3 laps 4
15 Brett Wilkinson / Maxime Cuche 4 laps 3
16 Luke Banks / Daniel Spencer 5 laps 2
17 Lee Foyle / Kevin Foyle 5 laps 2

Image by John Cook

Clubman Elite Race 1

Pos Competitor Diff Laps
1 Michael Hodges 7
2 Daniel Scott Evans 0.833 7
3 Sonney Ward 27.288 7
4 Catrin Davies (L) 28.277 7
5 Laurence Stopps 30.309 7
6 Luke Berlyn 30.962 7
7 Joe Pryke 01:11.0 7
8 Scott Berlyn 01:12.1 7
9 Tiago Caldeira 04:09.5 7
10 Callum Bray 1 lap 6
11 Iestyn Rees (U21) 1 lap 6
12 Zak Beevers (U21) 3 laps 4
13 Ryan Walters 3 laps 4
14 Dylan Mckenna 4 laps 3

Image by John Cook

Masters A

Pos Competitor Diff Laps
1 Edward Davies 7
2 Chris Keitch 43:12.0 7
3 Paul Winrow 38:52.8 7
4 Gary Jones 01:09.5 7
5 Ben Morgan 1 lap 6
6 John Hall 1 lap 6
7 Darren Hurt 1 lap 6
8 Johnathan Mcknight 2 laps 5
9 Jasin Plank 3 laps 4

Image by John Cook

250 Race 1

Pos Competitor Diff Laps
1 Andrew Black (G) 00:00.0 8
2 Josh McKnight 29:45.6 8
3 Arthur McDonald (A) 01:55.2 8
4 Lewis Humphris 01:14.2 8
5 Aled Davies 1 lap 7
6 Frank Marston (A) 1 lap 7
7 Morgan Junge 1 lap 7
8 Brooke Bunce (A) 1 lap 7
9 Louie Holt (A) 2 laps 6
10 Connor Yates (A) 3 laps 5
11 Rylee Marshall 4 laps 4
12 Logan Paxton 4 laps 4
13 Shane Havard Evans (A) 5 laps 3
14 Taylor Hyndman (A) 5 laps 3

Image by John Cook