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Welcome!

Contents

6 Round One The season gets off to a cracking start at Lyng in Norfolk especially for Max Anstie and Tommy Searle who deliver deadly doubles…

12 Round Two Canada Heights hosts the second round of the series where a big crash for Searle hands the MX1 advantage to Simpson…

18 Round Three The sun comes out for round three at Hawkstone Park where Simpson and Martin Barr take control in their respective championship chases…

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he 2016 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship, supported by Pro Clean, will go down in history as one of the best ever in terms of venues, organisation and race action. The fact that both the MX1 and MX2 championship scraps went right to the final moto was simply the icing on the cake!

Kicking off at Lyng in Norfolk the championship then swung by similarly sandy tracks Canada Heights, Hawkstone Park, Desertmartin, Leuchars, Blaxhall Pits and Preston Docks before a hardpack season finale at the iconic Foxhill near Swindon. With the UK’s finest racers – plus an international interloper or six – lining up, the action came thick and fast all year long.

Don’t worry if you missed anything along the way as this Season Review aims to fill you in on exactly what happened and when, round-by-round. It’s basically an essential compendium for the UK’s #1 motocross race series. We hope you enjoy it just as much as you enjoyed this year’s championship…

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24 Round Four It’s a disaster at Desertmartin for Barr who gives up the MX2 red plate after crashing hard and getting a free ride in an ambulance…

30 Round Five Searle steals Simpson’s thunder as the Maxxis series heads north of the border…

36 Round Six Perhaps the most pivotal day in the 2016 series…

Simpson hits trouble which allows Searle to snatch back the red plate…

42 Round Seven Round seven’s four championship motos set up a spectacular series finale at Foxhill. Find out what happened at Preston Docks right here…

52 Round Eight Can’t wait to know who this year’s champions are? The answers lie within…

54 Season Points Tables Who scored what, when and where?

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Round 1 Lyng March 20

Blast Off! It’s a dominant start to the series for Tommy Searle and Max Anstie as Cadders Hill hosts round one of the highly anticipated championship…

Simpson (Wilvo Virus KTM) in the MX1 class – inflicting the Scot’s first Maxxis defeat in over a year – while Rockstar Energy Husqvarna locked out the top two steps of the podium in MX2 with Max Anstie and rising star Conrad Mewse.

The 2016 ACU Maxxis British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean kicked off at a chilly Cadders Hill circuit at Lyng in the heart of Norfolk on March 20. Tommy Searle (Monster Energy DTR Kawasaki) took two convincing wins over detuned current champion Shaun

This year the ACU has changed the format of the series with two 25-minute plus two-lap races instead of three shorter motos. Norwich Viking MCC had worked hard on the hilly, sandy, old-school track and it was in great condition for the opening MX1 race that was holeshot by

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2015 MX2 champion Steven Lenoir (Dyer & Butler KTM). A crash saw the Frenchman complete the opening lap in eighth and Searle also had problems, missing the turn at the end of the straight and almost taking out a trackside photographer. This left Tanel Leok (MVR-D Husqvarna) in the lead from Simpson and Searle.

Kristian Whatley (Buildbase Honda) was in fourth as Gert Krestinov (Phoenix Tools Honda) and Elliott Banks-Browne (Geartec Yamaha) filled the next two places, with local hero Jake Nicholls (Hitachi Revo

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Cumbrian privateer Brad Todd showed awesome early season speed

Local lad Lewis Tombs gets to grips with the tricky track

James Cottrell grabs a handful of gas

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Husqvarna) seventh ahead of Lenoir.

a bit one-lined.

Both Simpson and Searle found a way past Leok on lap two, with Searle taking the lead two laps later.

First Anderson and then Lenoir, Nicholls, Banks-Browne and Krestinov were swallowed up by his charge. Then on the last lap he passed Whatley for an incredible fourth place behind Searle, Simpson and Leok.

By the halfway mark the race had settled down with Searle maintaining a comfortable lead over Simpson and Leok all on his own in third place, while Whatley, Krestinov, Banks-Browne and Nicholls fought over fourth.

Behind them it was going off as after an average start Graeme Irwin (Buildbase Honda) was on a mission. He’d finished the opening lap in ninth place behind Lenoir but in front of Jake Shipton (Crescent KTM) and Brad Anderson but a crash on lap three put him back behind Ando.

It took Irwin a couple of laps to settle down again before he upped his pace and started to carve his way through the pack on a track that had become

Race two was all abut Searle as he got the holeshot, opened up a good lead and maintained it until the end of the race to win by just under nine seconds from Simpson who, after passing Krestinov on lap two, spent the rest of his race in second.

Krestinov held third until half-distance when Nicholls made a pass stick and the next lap he crashed down to tenth place, the position he finished in. Leok crossed the line behind Nicholls in fourth with Whatley, who seemed back on the pace, fifth.

Irwin was sixth after another tough race involving a crash, a whole heap of passes and a massive moment when his hand came off the bars on a hard landing.

“I’m very happy with the way I rode today and for the two race wins,” said Searle. “I am enjoying my racing more this year as there is no pressure on me and I am just going out there and doing my own thing.

If anyone wants to run at my pace we will have a good race.

“The first race I had a reasonable start but messed up a bit at the turn at the end of the first straight and went off the track.

“I was back in eighth for a while but soon made my way back to the front and into the lead.

“I made race two a bit easier for myself by getting the holeshot, put in three or four fast laps and then controlled the race for the second of my two wins.”

Elliott BanksBrowne airs it out of the bombhole

Steven Clarke’s year started with a DNF on the Apico Husqvarna

Martin Barr suffered a rear wheel puncture and was lucky to finish

Steven Lenoir heads the MX1 pack in race one

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Tommy Searle takes a dominant double win

Jake Nicholls makes an aggressive pass on Tanel Leok

Simpson revealed that he’d picked up a stomach bug after the Thai GP and wasn’t feeling 100 per cent. “I spent a week on the couch after getting home,” he explained. “Then, last week I had a solid week of training and thought I was over it and felt all right.

“Today I just seemed to not be focused and couldn’t really push as fast as I wanted.

“For a while I thought the bike wasn’t handling right and we didn’t have the right set-up but the more I think about it, if you’re not riding your usual pace the bike won’t be working properly because it’s not being ridden properly. We just have to go back home and think about what’s gone wrong.

less than half-a-second second faster than Steven Clarke (Apico Husqvarna) – but led every lap of both races.

Suzuki) had an up and down race and after starting ninth had a couple of crashes that dumped him back to 15th.

He holeshot race one with team-mate Mewse, and Clarke, in his wheel tracks, as James Dunn (Hitachi Revo Husqvarna) and the on-form Martin Barr (Buildbase Honda) dogged the leading trio’s every move.

And it was worse for the luckless Ben Watson (Hitachi Revo Husqvarna) who, after a gearbox failure in qualifying, was making up for a bad start only to have his bike expire.

With three laps gone and with the leading pair pulling further and further away from the rest of the pack Clarke’s bike gave up and had to be pushed back to the paddock. This handed third to Barr, who had passed Dunn on lap two.

“I will be right for the next round and Tommy will not have it so easy – and two second places means I am only six points behind him and, like I always say, it’s a long season.”

By the next lap the finishing order of the top four had been decided as Anstie led Mewse from Barr and Dunn. But behind them things were changing as James Cottrell (Monster DRT Kawasaki) and Jake Millward (Verde KTM) followed each other from seventh and eighth on lap one to finish fifth and sixth.

In MX2 Anstie set fastest qualifying time –

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Once again Anstie and Mewse led at the end of the opening lap of race two and were not seen again by the rest of the pack.

Cottrell, after a great start, was passed

by Clarke on his way to third place with Watson showing his true potential as he charged from tenth at the start through to fourth.

Lewis Tombs (Geartec Yamaha) and Brad Todd (Planet Husqvarna) spent all race together and finished fifth and sixth with Dunn, who came from 13th at the start to seventh, doing enough for third overall.

Lewis Trickett (Buildbase Honda), who

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Defending MX1 champ Shaun Simpson has to be content with second on the day

had a better second race after a stone had jammed his rear wheel in the opener, was eighth just ahead of Bradshaw. “We have made a lot of progress here today working on our set-up,” explained wildcard rider Anstie. “We’ve been doing lots of testing over recent weeks as we’ve had limited bike time, but there’s no better way to test a bike’s set-up then actual racing and that was the main idea of coming here today.”

Anstie’s team-mate’s impressive performance was even more amazing given his limited experience in the class. “I rode an MX2 race at the end of last year but this is my first proper MX2 race and I got a podium so I couldn’t ask for anything more really,” said Mewse. “In the past I have struggled with my starts but today I had two good ones and after that I showed I could run the same pace

as the leader.

“I did my best to stay with Max and even pushed him for a while.”

After the opening MXY2 race was stopped following a massive pile-up at the bottom of a blind jump, Alexander Brown (Apico Husqvarna) dominated and led every lap of the restart. He was followed over the finish line by James Carpenter (Phoenix Tools Honda) and Callum Green (SJP Moto Husqvarna). While Brown did the same in race two, Carpenter and Henry Williams (RFX KTM) fought over second place with their positions changing every couple of laps until Williams led Carpenter over the finish line when it mattered.

Overall it was Brown from Carpenter with George GriggPettitt (Carl Nunn KTM) third after two strong races.

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Shaun Simpson rockets to the win in MX1

Steven Clarke takes an MX2 double...

Kristian Whatley styles it up at Sidcup

Round 2 Canada Heights April 24

All change!

Red plates change hands as Tommy Searle gets trounced in turn one and Steven Clarke stirs things up in MX2‌ The organising Sidcup club had done its usual great job on track preparation and appearance and the circuit for round two of the The 2016 ACU Maxxis British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean was easily up to GP standard.

Overnight rain and a couple of quick showers in the early morning left the track

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in prime condition and did nothing to dissuade a very large crowd from turning up.

Searle led the pack into the first turn in the MX1 opener but drifted wide, hitting the trackside fence which sent his Kawasaki cartwheeling down the track. Unable to avoid him, at least eight chasing riders slammed into the stricken rider and his bike.

As Kristian Whatley (Buildbase Honda) led the pack round the opening lap chased

by Tanel Leok (MVR-D Husqvarna) and Simpson, the pile of bikes was sorted out with the only casualty Ashley Wilde (Geartec Yamaha) who sustained a dislocated shoulder.

Jake Nicholls (Hitachi Revo Husqvarna) had gated well but his bike came to a halt at the bottom of the course. He eventually restarted two laps down, but was later disqualified for receiving outside assistance from a team mechanic.

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passed both Whatley and Leok and looked in control as Searle came round in 33rd place.

As the front three maintained their pace Graeme Irwin (Buildbase Honda) was closing in and Steven Lenoir (Dyer and Butler KTM) passed Gert Krestinov (Phoenix Honda) for fifth place on lap four.

By the time the race had reached half distance the running order at the front was still the same and Searle was up to 19th having passed over half of the country’s best riders.

With two laps to go Whatley made a mistake, which let Leok through to second place and the former champ lost a further place to Irwin on the final lap.

It was Searle all the way in race two.

Determined to make up for his first race crash, he went into turn two side-by sidewith Nicholls before clearing off. Nicholls held on to second place until just after half-distance when Simpson found a way to pass him up the long hill after disposing of both Lenoir and Brad Anderson (Verde KTM).

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gap Searle had built and had to settle for second place just under five seconds behind. Nicholls was a comfortable third from Lenoir, Irwin and Krestinov.

Leok’s chances of a podium disappeared in a first lap crash and by the flag he could only recover to 18th.

“I would like to say I am feeling good but I can’t,” admitted Simpson. “I got over the problem I had when I rode the first round at Lyng and the GP in Argentina went well.

So did the Mexican GP until Lupino hit me and sent me to the ground.

“I have been trying to get the stiffness out of my body and only got back on a bike on Friday just to try and loosen up a bit. Then I came off in qualifying and hurt my back – it just seems to be one thing after another recently.

“So to get the win in the first race was great and I was happy with second place in race two as it gave me the overall and the red leader’s plate and the top step of the podium.”

MX2 contender Bryan MacKenzie (Apico Husqvarna) was on a high after setting fastest qualifying time just ahead of

Adam Sterry (Wilvo Virus KTM), who was returning from injury and the on-form Liam Knight (Dyer and Butler KTM).

Jake Millward (Verde KTM) took the holeshot in the first MX2 race from MacKenzie, Rob Davidson (SJP Husqvarna) and Martin Barr (Buildbase Honda) with Clarke down in fifth.

As the riders disappeared around the lap Lewis Trickett (Buildbase Honda) and Lewis Tombs (Geartec Yamaha) had their bikes locked together in a heap after a first turn crash.

MacKenzie took over the lead from Millward on lap three as Barr and Clarke started a battle over third that lasted over four laps and saw them swap places numerous times.

As the race reached half distance Clarke stole the lead from MacKenzie and went on to claim the win.

With four laps to go Barr took second spot from MacKenzie who hung on for third place with Millward an impressive fourth and Jame s Dunn (Hitachi Revo KTM) fifth.

Clarke wasn’t messing about in race two.

He got the holeshot and cleared off for

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Adam Sterry made a steady return to the series after missing round one through injury

his second win of the day.

Kristian Whatley yanks the holeshot as Tommy Searle heads to the fence...

MacKenzie gated second and had a good battle with Sterry and Mel Pocock (Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki) for the first couple of laps until Sterry slipped down the running order.

Barr passed Pocock for third on lap four, then went by MacKenzie for second just before the half-distance.

Lap after lap Barr closed in on Clarke but with three laps to go he stalled, which handed the win to Clarke with Dunn jumping up to second from MacKenzie in third and Barr fourth.

Pocock, on his comeback from last year’s horrific hand injury, ended his race a very creditable fifth with Neville Bradshaw (Heads & All Threads Suzuki) sixth.

“All the winter’s training has finally paid off,” said Clarke. “A bit better start in race one would have made it easier for myself but I must say I had more fun in the first race where I had to push to get into the lead. In the second race it got a bit lonely out on my own. “Towards the end I could see Martin catching me so

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Lewis Tombs and Lewis Trickett try to separate their bikes

Neville Bradshaw charges hard Mel Pocock

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Bryan MacKenzie does his best Stefan Everts impression...

Hard charger Carlton Husband leads Bradshaw

Tommy Searle bounces back from disaster to win race two

I upped my pace but he stalled his bike anyway and let me off the hook.�

Alexander Brown dominates in MXY2

In the opening MXY2 race Brett Pocock (DRT Kawasaki) led the first lap but was passed by Henry Williams (RFX KTM) and Alexander Brown (Apico Husqvarna) by the end of lap two.

Brown took over the lead on lap four and went on to win the race from Williams, Michael Ellis (P&H KTM) and George Grigg-Pettitt (Carl Nunn KTM).

Ellis got the holeshot in race two from Dexter Douglas (Husqvarna) and Brown, but by the end of the lap, Brown was in second and closing in on the leader.

The duo spent the rest of the race fighting over the lead until a mistake by Brown cost him the win but he hung on to claim second place for first overall.

James Carpenter (Phoenix Honda) was third as Douglas took fourth.

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Round 3 Hawkstone Park May 22

Park Life!

Shaun Simpson strolls to a pair of MX1 wins in Shropshire as Martin Barr enters the hunt in the MX2 title chase‌ Shaun Simpson (Wilvo Virus KTM) mastered the challenging conditions of Hawkstone Park to notch up two strong MX1 wins and the overall at the third round of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean.

Tommy Searle (Monster Energy DRT

Kawasaki) struggled to mount a challenge to Simpson as he was feeling below par after hitting his head at the Italian GP the weekend before and there was a welcome return to the podium for Jake Nicholls (Hitachi REVO Husqvarna) in third.

In MX2 Martin Barr (Buildbase Honda) suffered from a bad start in the first race but dominated race two for the overall and the series lead.

A heavy downpour turned parts of the paddock into a muddy pond but after

Martin Barr shows them a clean pair of heels in MX2

The MX1 class enter turn one...

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Liam Knight stuffs it up the inside of Jordan Booker

Adam Sterry roosts through a sandy Hawkstone berm

qualifying the track was in prime condition for the three championship classes.

race pace and pushed Whatley back to fifth.

Kristian Whatley (Buildbase Honda) led the pack of MX1 riders around the first turn at the start of the opening race but was passed by Simpson in turn two at the bottom of the hill. Whatley’s team-mate Graeme Irwin slotted into third with Searle and Nicholls filling the next two places followed by James Hutchinson (Bikesport KTM), Elliott Banks-Browne (Geartec Yamaha) and Brad Anderson (Verde KTM).

Searle slid off his Kawasaki on lap nine, gifting second place to Nicholls as Tanel Leok (MVR-D Husqvarna), Banks-Browne and Anderson fought over sixth in a battle that would go to the finish flag.

Irwin had a small fall and dropped back three places on lap two with Searle moving into second place a lap later.

By the time the race had reached the halfway point Nicholls was in third and chasing after Searle as Irwin regained his

As Simpson controlled the race to take his first win of the day Searle closed on Nicholls and snatched second place on the very last lap of the race after Nicholls was taken down by a back-marker two corners from home.

Irwin and Whatley finished fourth and fifth around 30 seconds behind Nicholls and Anderson got the better of Leok for seventh.

Simpson holeshot the second race from Nicholls, Irwin and Anderson with Searle fifth as Banks-Browne picked his bike up at the back of the pack after a first turn get-off.

Searle moved into fourth place on lap two at the expense of Anderson with BanksBrowne retiring his damaged Yamaha back to the pits on lap five.

At the halfway stage Simpson was in cruise mode with a comfortable advantage over Nicholls who had Searle slowly closing in on him as Leok passed Whatley for fifth place.

With four laps to go Searle found a way past Nicholls for second which he would hold until the end as Anderson took seventh from Whatley.

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Simpson won by just over 14 seconds from Searle, Nicholls, Irwin, Leok, Anderson and Whatley.

In the championship Simpson now has a 10-point lead over Searle with Irwin 26 behind him and Leok, Nicholls and Whatley all have the same amount of points.

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and Mel Pocock (Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki) went into turn one side by side at the start of the first MX2 race but as MacKenzie stormed away Pocock lost the front end and went down right in front of the 35-rider field.

“It’s been another good day at the office,” said Simpson. “I always feel good here at Hawkstone and the aim of this weekend was to win both races and get on the top step of the podium.

Adam Sterry (Wilvo Virus KTM) took the early lead until an aggressive pass saw MacKenzie head the pack. Sterry latched onto the back of Irn Bry but was never quite close enough to make a pass as the pair crossed the finish line separated by just over five seconds.

“I am now 10 points in the championship lead and, as I went on about last year, you just have to keep plugging away and adding those championship points and that’s what we are doing at the moment.

Steven Clarke (Apico Husqvarna) passed the fast-starting Brad Todd (Planet Husqvarna) on lap two and looked settled in third place until Barr caught and passed him at the halfway stage.

“It’s all positive as the bike is getting better and better each week and I am feeling better at riding it.”

Pocock, who finished the first lap in 23rd, crossed the finish line in fifth, just in front of Liam Knight (Dyer and Butler KTM), Todd and Jordan Booker (Husqvarna).

Bryan MacKenzie (Apico Husqvarna)

Taylor Hammal aced the MXY2 opener

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Shaun Simpson headed the second MX1 race from the off!

Once again Pocock led the pack into the first turn at the start of the second race but this time kept it on two wheels followed

by Barr, Sterry, Jake Millward (Verde KTM) and Carlton Husband (Phoenix Honda) as MacKenzie was punted off, relegating him to the back.

Sterry closed in on second until half-distance when Pocock slipped off as Clarke was busy making up for a second lap crash to finish in a creditable third. Millward was fourth with Husband fifth as MacKenzie eventually crossed the line in ninth.

It took until the fourth lap for Barr to find a way around Pocock and from then on he put in smooth, fast laps and was never challenged for the win.

Overall it was Barr from Sterry, Clarke, MacKenzie, Millward and Knight but in the championship it’s close at the top with just six points separating Barr from Clarke with

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MacKenzie third, 23 points off the lead.

“It’s been a really good day that started with second fastest in qualifying behind Mel,” said Barr. “I had a bit of work to do in race one after a not very good start but I just put my head down and moved forward.

“I knew I had the speed and just needed the start which I got in race two.

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Searle pushes it in the pursuit of Simpson

Once I got past Mel I just rode my own race and kept things going to the end.�

With Alexander Brown (Apico Husqvarna), the red plate holder in MXY2, out injured it was time for others to shine and when the points were totalled up only 11 points separated the top four riders.

Brett Pocock (DRT Kawasaki) led the pack round the opening lap of the first race but was passed on lap two by first race winner

Taylor Hammal (Dyer & Butler KTM) who on paper was seriously out-gunned on his 125cc stroker.

James Carpenter (Holeshot Honda) followed Hammal through into second but could do nothing to close the gap on the winner as the pair pulled away from third placed man Henry Williams (RFX KTM).

Carpenter led race two from start to finish for the overall win, followed home by

Dexter Douglas (Husqvarna). Hammal did things the hard way after he crashed out of third at the start but fought his way back to eighth from last which was enough for third overall.

Michael Ellis (P&H KTM) had two steady mistake-free rides for a fourth and a third giving him second overall.

Carpenter now leads the championship by 18 from Williams and Ellis.

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Steven Clarke clears his vision

Round 4 Desertmartin June 12

Desert Storm!

Jake Nicholls and Adam Sterry take the overalls as the Maxxis visits Ulster for round four…

Jake Nicholls (Hitachi REVO Husqvarna) backed up his first The 2016 ACU Maxxis British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean MX1 race win with his first MX1 overall at round four of the series at a wet Desertmartin in Northern Ireland.

While Nicholls was doing his thing in MX1, Adam Sterry (Wilvo Virus KTM) dominated MX2 to take both race wins as local hero Martin Barr (Buildbase Honda) – the MX2 series leader after round three – had a day to forget which ended in a trip to hospital with a shoulder injury.

Graeme Irwin (Buildbase Honda) was fastest in MX1 qualifying from Tommy Searle (Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki) and team-mate Kristian Whatley with series leader Shaun Simpson (Wilvo Virus KTM), riding with a broken bone in his hand, down in sixth place.

Irwin and Whatley stormed into the first turn in the lead of the opening MX1 race followed by Nicholls, Brad Anderson (Verde KTM), Searle, Dan Thornhill (Cab Screens Husqvarna) and Simpson but by the end of the lap both Searle and Simpson had found a way past Anderson as Jake Shipton (Crescent KTM) slotted into seventh.

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A detuned Martin Barr battles through the pack after his huge crash!

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By half-distance Searle was in second behind Irwin as Nicholls moved into third at Whatley’s expense, but a lap later it all went wrong for the leader.

Irwin crash landed from the tabletop on the finish line, sending his Honda cartwheeling down the track and breaking the handlebars.

This handed the lead to Searle from Nicholls, Whatley, Simpson and Anderson as Tanel Leok (MVR-D Husqvarna) moved into sixth.

Three laps later Searle’s Kawasaki started to smoke and on lap ten he disappeared from the race, gifting the lead and the win Nicholls.

The MX2 pack battle against the Desertmartin track and each other

Anderson crossed the finish line second, just over 25-seconds behind Nicholls after a last-lap scrap with Whatley and Simpson. Leok was fifth from Gert Krestinov (Phoenix Honda) with Josh Spinks (Heads & All Threads Suzuki) and James Harrison (Cab Screens Husqvarna) seventh and eighth.

Irwin holeshot race two from Nicholls, Searle, Simpson and Elliott Banks-Browne (Geartec Yamaha) with Stuart Edmonds (Metcom CCR TM) sixth.

Irwin crashed down to fourth place on lap two, passing the lead to Searle who had Nicholls and Simpson chasing him with Banks-Browne pulling into the work area a lap later for another DNF as his Yamaha hit problems.

On lap four Irwin passed Simpson for third and at half-distance he took Nicholls for second which is where he stayed, crossing the line just over seven seconds behind Searle.

Nicholls hung on for third and the overall with Simpson – after swapping places with Anderson and Whatley in the closing laps – fourth.

Overall it was Nicholls from Anderson and Simpson with Whatley just missing a podium place by a single point.

“It’s been nice to get my first MX1 overall result today,” said Nicholls. “I had a couple of close ones in 2014 but never got it, but I must say a little bit of fortune came my way.

“I felt good out there today – perhaps better in race two – but I did crash out the back, which was a bit of a shame as I heard Tommy crashed on the front section and that may have made things a lot closer.

“I was riding a bit tight after the crash so I was all grown-up and thought about the overall perhaps more then I should have.”

After returning from a wrist injury sustained at the first GP of the year, Sterry has been getting faster and faster and he was on the pace immediately, topping qualification by half-a-second from Barr, Steven Clarke (Apico Husqvarna) and Jake Millward (Verde KTM). James Cottrell (Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki) holeshot the first MX2 moto from Michael Eccles (Geartec Yamaha), Bryan MacKenzie (Apico Husqvarna) and Neville Bradshaw (Heads & All Threads Suzuki) who had Sterry on his tail.

As the leaders disappeared round the opening lap a group of riders went down including Barr and Clarke.

Cottrell managed to hold off Sterry until lap two and by lap three MacKenzie was in second with Eccles third and Cottrell hanging on in fourth place.

Clarke was seventh and Barr was back in 18th from dead last.

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As Sterry eased off just enough to maintain a comfortable lead from second-placed MacKenzie, Clarke, Eccles and Barr entered the last lap together with the excitement reaching fever pitch.

As the three riders came over the hill and down into the valley for the last time Barr crashed hard.

Clarke was third from Eccles, Rob Davidson (SJP Husqvarna) and Jordan

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Booker (Husqvarna), with Barr crossing the finish line in seventh.

Brad Todd (Planet Husqvarna) holeshot the second race from Sterry, MacKenzie and Todd Kellett (Crescent KTM) but by the end of the lap Sterry was way out in front.

Barr started the moto but came around at the end of the first lap in 23rd and pulled into the work area, with his shoulder hurting too much for him to continue.

By lap three it was Sterry from MacKenzie, Clarke and Todd which was the order they crossed the line 11 laps later leaving Kellett and Booker to fight over fifth place.

Overall it was Sterry from MacKenzie, Clarke, Booker and Eccles.

“I’m very happy with my overall and all that hard work is finally paying off and I think I am now back to 100 per cent,” claimed Sterry. “It’s been difficult since my early season injury – I’ve had to race

Brad Anderson battles the elements

Mickey Eccles on the gas!

James Cottrell yanks a killer holey

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Phoenix Honda’s Carlton Husband

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myself back into shape and that’s not ideal. “We made some changes on the bike as well this weekend and I am really happy with the way that things are going at the moment.”

Dylan Carnegie (Carnegie Fuels KTM) holeshot the first MXY2 race from David Galvin and James Carpenter (Holeshot Honda) but by the end of the lap Carpenter was in the lead and went on to win the race.

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Galvin spent all race in second place as George Grigg-Pettitt (Carl Nunn KTM) had a battle with Matthew Loughlin on his way to third with Dexter Douglas (Sandiford Off Road Husqvarna) having to make his way from 11th to fourth.

Galvin got the holeshot in race two from Carpenter, Grigg-Pettitt and Jake Bintcliffe (Rookie Team Honda) but by the time the riders came around to complete the first lap Carpenter was in the lead

and heading to his second win.

Henry Williams (RFX KTM) came from fourth through to second with Douglas third as Dylan Woodcock (Team Green Kawasaki) made up for the disappointment of a first-race DNF with fourth. Overall it was Carpenter from Douglas with Galvin third and in the championship Carpenter now has a 37-point advantage over Williams with Michael Ellis (P&H KTM) third.

Adam Sterry takes his first ever Maxxis overall win

Todd Kellett airs it out in Northern Ireland

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Shaun Simpson flies by the countryside he grew up in

Round 5 Leuchars July 3

Scottish Power!

Bry Mac translated killer starts into good results

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Searle closes the gap on Simpson as Adam Sterry sets his stall out in MX2 with another overall win…

sandy circuit became rougher as the day progressed with berms that collapsed when hit too hard and whoops that didn’t have any noticeable fast lines.

Tommy Searle (Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki) won round five of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean and closed in on championship leader Shaun Simpson (Wilvo Virus KTM) despite the Scot enjoying home advantage at Leuchars.

As the riders took their chosen positions on the sandy start line for the first MX1 moto Jake Nicholls (Hitachi REVO Husqvarna) lined up on the far left on a strip of grass none of the others had seen and nailed the holeshot.

In MX2 Simpson’s team-mate Adam Sterry fought off a hard-charging Martin Barr (Buildbase Honda) to take the overall win.

Both riders finished with the same points but Sterry climbed onto the top step of the podium by virtue of his second race win.

Leading the pack around the opening lap, Nicholls was followed by Searle, Simpson, Elliott Banks-Browne (Geartec Yamaha) and Kristian Whatley (Buildbase Honda). The top three stayed in the same order for the whole race with Searle and Simpson both suffering minor spills.

The reworked track at Leuchars was a real challenge to all the riders as the

Graeme Irwin (Buildbase Honda) came from sixth at the start to pass his team-mate

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Searle shocks the local fans by beating their hero

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Whatley on lap one and then passed Banks-Browne for fourth three laps later.

Steven Lenoir (Dyer & Butler KTM), who was making a welcome return to the series after injury, started seventh but crashed at the halfway point. He managed to latch onto Gert Krestinov (Phoenix Honda) and move forward and the pair finished sixth and seventh as Banks-Browne and Whatley dropped back into the pack.

In the closing stages Searle closed on to the back wheel of Nicholls, but could not pull off a pass.

Searle borrowed Nicholls’ starting gate for race two and got the holeshot from local hero, Simpson, with Nicholls third from Irwin, Banks-Browne and Brad Anderson (Verde KTM).

By the end of the opening lap Lenoir was sixth from Anderson, Whatley, Krestinov and Tanel Leok (MVR-D Husqvarna).

For the first six laps Simpson hung on to Searle’s tail until, on lap seven, Searle slid off his machine letting Simpson through into the lead as Nicholls was a lonely third from Irwin, Lenoir, Banks-Browne, Whatley and Anderson.

A lap later Lenoir crashed down to tenth place as Leok passed both Whatley and Anderson for sixth.

With two laps to go Simpson had trouble with a lapped rider who forced him off the track letting Searle through to snatch the win.

Nicholls was third from Irwin, Leok, Banks-Browne, Anderson, Krestinov, Lenoir and Whatley.

Overall it was Searle from Nicholls and Simpson.

“It’s always nice to win but I made a couple of little mistakes which cost me the first race win,” claimed Searle. “Jake was riding very well in the first race and although I caught him I couldn’t get past for the win. I was on it in race two but made a bit of a mistake that let Shaun through but I came back at him and managed to retake him for the win.”

Bryan MacKenzie (Apico Husqvarna) led the pack at the start of the first MX2 race from Liam Knight (Dyer & Butler KTM) and Barr with Sterry fifth behind Jordan Divall (Evo-Tech KTM) but by the end of the lap Barr was in second and getting his head down to chase after MacKenzie.

While all this was happening

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Liam Knight yanks this MX2 holeshot!

MacKenzie’s championship-leading team-mate, Steven Clarke, was left on the gate after his machine wouldn’t start.

By lap three Sterry had replaced Knight in third place and was closing on Barr, who in turn was catching MacKenzie who, suffering from arm-pump, was pushed back to second just before half-distance.

With four laps to go Sterry took over second place and closed in on Barr, but he ran out of laps before he could attempt a pass.

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MacKenzie hung on for third from Knight with Clarke staging an amazing recovery to take fifth ahead of Todd Kellett (Crescent KTM).

There was no stopping Sterry in the second and final MX2 race as he led from gate to flag as Barr climbed from seventh place at the start to slot into second with six laps to go.

MacKenzie was third with Clarke fourth after a better start.

Overall it was Sterry from Barr and

MacKenzie and in the championship things have closed up with Clarke leading by seven points from Barr and MacKenzie who are tied on points in second with Sterry now fourth.

In MXY2 Alexander Brown (Apico Husqvarna) stormed to two convincing wins. James Carpenter (Holeshot Husqvarna) and Michael Ellis (P&H KTM) chased Brown over the finish line in both races with Dylan Woodcock (Team Green Kawasaki) fourth.

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Jake Nicholls eases into an early lead in the ultra competitive MX1 class

Honda privateer Matt Bayliss

Barr battles it out with Knight

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Buildbase Honda’s Graeme Irwin pushes into an early lead

Round 6 Blaxhall July 17

Trading Places!

Shaun Simpson’s has a day to forget as Tommy Searle turns a 16-point deficit into a 16-point advantage in sunny Suffolk…

Tommy Searle (Monster DRT Kawasaki) won both MX1 races at round six of the Maxxis ACU British Championship, supported by Pro Clean to turn a 16-point deficit into a 16-point series lead. The reigning champion – and series leader at the start of the day – Shaun Simpson (Wilvo Virus KTM) had one to forget, finishing 10th overall to end a long run of trips to the podium.

Things are really closing up in MX2 as Adam Sterry (Wilvo Virus KTM) claimed a runner-up position and a win to take the overall from Apico Husqvarna team-mates

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Bryan Mackenzie and Steven Clarke. Just seven points now separate the top three as fancied rider Martin Barr (Buildbase Honda) – who is still nursing a shoulder injury – slumped to fourth in the standings after finishing 10th overall.

The sandy Blaxhall track in Suffolk looked a picture and Graeme Irwin (Buildbase Honda) got the holeshot in the MX1 opener from Searle, Brad Anderson (Verde KTM), Jake Nicholls (Hitachi KTM) and Elliott Banks-Browne (Geartec Yamaha).

Kristian Whatley (Buildbase Honda) was running tenth, while a crash left Simpson way back in 32nd with some serious work to do.

Searle and Nicholls both found a way past Irwin on lap three as Whatley put

Anderson under pressure for fourth and Simpson climbed to 24th after another crash on the opening lap.

A lap later, with the top three in the same order, Whatley passed Anderson for fourth but wild-card rider Declan Whittle had a heavy crash just after the finish line table-op and lay in the track while first aid personnel tended to him.

After another four laps it was decided he could not be moved as quickly as everyone would have liked and the race was red flagged on safety grounds and called a result.

Searle was the winner by just under eight-seconds from Nicholls, with Irwin and Whatley third and fourth ahead of Anderson.

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Sterry leads Clarke, Todd and Knight from the off in MX2

Mel Pocock rocked up to round six on board a Hitachi Revo Husqvarna

Brad Anderson (Verde KTM)

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The excitement started even before the start of the second race as Stuart Edmonds and Matt Moffat came together on the sighting lap and went down, both blaming each other for the crash.

Edmonds started the race but Moffat had to sit it out after getting a hole in the expansion chamber of his two-stroke and with a radiator that was spewing coolant.

Whatley passed Irwin with Lenoir re-grouping to fifth and bringing Tanel Leok with him, while Banks-Browne slowed with a bike problem that eventually cause him to retire.

Nicholls got the holeshot ahead of Searle, Steven Lenoir, Irwin, Ryan Houghton, Whatley and Anderson butit took Searle just two laps to pass Nicholls as Irwin, Whatley and Banks-Browne pushed Lenoir down to sixth. Anderson slipped to 11th after he came off.

Searle crossed the finish line just over five-seconds in front of Nicholls with Whatley 15 -seconds behind the leading duo.

For almost half the race Nicholls was keeping Searle honest until the end of his rear brake pedal came off, causing him slow his pace a bit.

Simpson was also struggling again as after another bad start in 15th he crashed down to 31st before clawing his way back to seventh at the flag.

Overall it was Searle from Nicholls, Whatley, Irwin, Anderson, Lenoir and Spinks.

“I like this track and I think the club have done a great job preparing it,” said a happy Searle. “The last time I rode here

was back in the days of the Under 21s Championships, but it’s always nice to race at home and an overall win makes it even better.”

Nicholls was philosophical about his second overall and said: “I am reasonably happy considering I was a bit tight in the first race. This track can be a bit tricky sometimes and it was very spongy today and it was cut short with the red flag anyway, which was a shame.

“The second race was much better as I was putting up a bit of a fight for the lead and Tommy Searle was still in touch when I lost the end of my brake pedal which made the bike difficult to ride.

“But points-wise it was good for me with Shaun Simpson having a bad day”.

Whatley feels his riding is improving after

Simpson has a day to forget in Suffolk!

Stylish Sterry rockets to another win

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James Carpenter leads this MXY2 encounter

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Jordan Divall charges hard

Tanel Leok twists it!

a shaky start to the year with injuries and said: “I felt really good today, not particularly strong but just comfortable.

“My starts where not so good today, but I seemed to be able to turn out lap after lap of good times and in the second race I needed to do that to prove to myself that I still have what it takes.”

A fast-starting Sterry got the holeshot from Clarke at the start of the first MX2 race chased by Brad Todd (Planet Husqvarna), Liam Knight (Dyer and Butler KTM) and Ben Putnam (SPH Yamaha).

The leading pair were on a different level as they pulled further and further away from the rest of the pack leaving Todd to

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fight off Mackenzie for third as the race reached the halfway stage.

third from Knight, Pocock and Mackenzie with Barr back in 18th.

Barr was in the wars as he crashed out of 12th place on lap two and was trapped under his Honda for a while before restarting dead last.

Sterry was in the groove and pulling away from Clarke as Mackenzie moved to third on lap three with Pocock shadowing him for the rest of the race.

But it takes a lot for Barr to quit and by the end of the 16-lap race he was back in the points in 17th.

With five laps to go Clarke got it all wrong and crashed out, then rejoined the race only to crash again dropping him back to tenth.

In the final couple of laps Sterry closed in on Clarke but it was too late to make a pass as the pair crossed the line just over a second apart. Mackenzie was third ahead of Mel Pocock.

Sterry again led Clarke into the first turn at the start of race two with Jordan Divall

Sterry crossed the finish line 25-seconds clear of Mackenzie with Pocock third from Knight, Divall and Barr, who had forced his way through the pack.

“I am happy with the way the day has gone but not happy with my first race as

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Martin Barr struggles in the Suffolk sand

Tommy Searle leaves Blaxhall with a huge lead

I suffered with the dreaded arm pump,” said Sterry. “In race two I rode the way I know I can. The championship is getting closer and closer at the top of the table and the next round is about as close to a home race as I can get so I am looking forward to that.”

Mackenzie said: “It’s been a solid day for me but I seemed to lose out at the start after a bad tyre choice. “However second overall and having closed in on the championship lead can’t be bad.”

Clarke, who hung on to his series lead said: “I made things hard for myself today and that all started in qualifying when I landed on a fallen rider after

The ever improving Dexter Douglas

doing just one fast lap. The bike was all bent up so I couldn’t get another fast one in and ended up in seventh place.

But it all came right with a first race win and third overall means I still have the red plate so I am happy.”

Michael Ellis (P&H KTM) and Henry Williams (RFX KTM) ended the tworace MXY2 event separated by a single point, but series leader James Carpenter (Holeshot KTM) led race one from start to finish, with Ellis following him all the way.

Jake Edey (Gear 4 Racing KTM) started a strong third but was passed by Dexter Douglas by the end of the opening lap

and slipped to sixth at the flag.

Hardest charger of the race was Dylan Woodcock (Team Green Kawasaki) who started the race in 23rd and finished fifth.

Edey got the holeshot at the start of race two and held on to the halfway stage as Williams came from seventh place to take the win.

Ellis was second from Woodcock, who did things the hard way as he again had to come from 16th at the start to finish third ahead of Edey.

Overall it was Ellis by one point from Williams and Woodcock but Carpenter still holds a sizeable championship lead over Ellis.

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Adam Sterry airs it out in front of picturesque Preston

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Steven Clarke runs strong but gives up the MX2 series lead

Round 7 Preston Docks August 21

Double Tops!

It’s a win-win for Wilvo Virus KTM team boss Steve Turner as Adam Sterry takes over the points lead in MX2 and sandmaster Shaun Simpson dominates MX1 and sets up a stunning season finale…

and he now leads the points race for the first time in his career, with Steven Clarke just one point behind.

A cool, calm and calculating Shaun Simpson mastered the wet sand of the Preston Docks MX track and took both MX1 wins at round seven of the Maxxis British Motocross Championship, supported by Pro Clean. His victory closed the gap to eight points on series leader Tommy Searle with one round remaining.

Despite riding with a broken thumb that he couldn’t even wrap around the handlebar grip, Graeme Irwin led the opening MX1 race into the first corner ahead of Jake, Simpson and Brad Anderson. Halfway round the opening lap Nicholls pounced for the lead while series leader Searle, who had messed up the start, was mid pack in 14th place but on a charge.

In MX2 Adam Sterry was in a class of his own, winning both races and the overall

The Preston Docks venue was in excellent condition considering the amount of rain that had fallen in the area before the event and the track stood up well to the six championship races.

Two laps later Irwin crashed at the back of

the circuit and was back in 20th before he could kick his Honda into life.

Just behind the leading pack Tanel Leok was pushing the on-form Jake Shipton, fresh from his first national win, for fifth.

For the first half of the race Simpson followed Nicholls, checking his lines and working out the best place to try and make a pass, while Searle picked off riders as the clock counted down and just passed Anderson to move into third place.

With seven laps to go Simpson pounced on Nicholls to claim the moto win by just under five seconds ahead of Nicholls, who had Searle cross the finish line behind him, followed by Leok, Steven Lenoir and Shipton. Irwin made his way back up to seventh place after his first-lap crash.

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Anderson had undone all his hard work by crashing out of fourth place with four laps remaining and eventually crossed the line in 18th to earn just three points.

Jeffrey DeWulf leads race two ahead of Searle, Anderson and Jake Nicholls

Belgian wildcard Jeffrey Dewulf got the holeshot at the start of race two ahead of Anderson, Searle, Nicholls, Irwin and his team-mate, Alex Snow but by the end of the first lap, Searle was in the lead. It took just two laps for Simpson to move up from his seventh-place start into second, from where he started to close the gap on Searle, who eventually caught and passed for the lead on lap seven.

Nicholls was having a great fight over third spot with Dewulf, as Irwin and Leok did likewise for fifth. Anderson was in trouble as he dropped from second at the start to end his race a lap down on the leaders in 14th, the effects of his crash taking its toll and resulting in a hospital visit for a check-up after the race.

Simpson crossed the finish line just under fourseconds clear of Searle, with Dewulf almost a minute behind the leaders and Nicholls fourth ahead of Leok, Irwin and Gert Krestinov.

“The only thing I can do for the rest of the year is win motos and see what happens from there really,” said Simpson at the finish. “I enjoyed racing round here last year and enjoyed it again today but the track didn’t rough up as much as I would have liked it to.

“Starts cost me a bit today as I let some of the riders get away. In the second race when Tommy Searle got away by about three or four seconds a lap and I had to come from behind and was getting roosted up all the time.

“I even ran out of tear-offs in the first race when following Jake Nicholls. But all in all it was hard to pass today as the track became a bit one line – but I can’t fault track preparation considering all the rain they have had here. I am happy with the way I rode and I am looking forward to Foxhill to hopefully do the business.”

The pressure is now on Searle. “In the first race I just spun up the back-wheel on the gate and that meant I had to work my way through the pack,” said Tommy. “I got a better start in race two and was pushing hard when I was caught by Shaun Simpson who got past me mid-race. He managed to get the better of me this time as he always goes well in these sort of conditions so I can’t be too disappointed and I have an eight point advantage going into the last round.”

Nicholls suffered by his own hands but was happy enough with his day’s work. “It’s been a half-decent day for me as I struggled a bit in the first race with bike set-up,” said Nicholls. “I led for a long time until I got a bit of arm pump and Shaun Simpson got me. We made some changes to address the problems and went totally the wrong way and that’s the first time that has happened this year.

A broken thumb doesn’t slow down Graeme Irwin

“It’s always a bit of a gamble changing the bike between motos and it was just unrideable. I was in third behind Tommy Searle and Shaun Simpson but just couldn’t stay with them and they just rode away from me, so it’s been a bit of

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a frustrating day – but it could have been worse.�

Series leader before the event Clarke got the holeshot at the start of the first MX2 race from James Cottrell, Jordan Booker and Mel Pocock, with Sterry down in seventh but well on the pace.

By the end of the second lap Clarke had Pocock on his tail, but Sterry was already in third and closing in fast as he passed Pocock on the very next lap and took the lead from Clarke three laps later.

Lots of the championship leaders were struggling, with Bryan Mackenzie hobbling with broken tendons in his ankle and Liam Knight and Martin Barr both suffering from bad starts.

From lap six out of 15 the top six

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remained in the same order as Sterry took the win by almost 11 seconds from Clarke.

Pocock was a solid third ahead of Booker, Brad Todd and Jake Millward, with Barr snatching seventh place from Michael Eccles on the last lap and Mackenzie limping home in 11th place.

Millward got the holeshot at the start of race two with Sterry, Josh Gilbert and Clarke in his wheeltracks but Pocock parted company with his bike in the first corner.

Sterry took the lead before the big tabletop next to the paddock but crashed as he landed in the next turn and came off his bike at the same place on the second lap.

He quickly picked up his KTM, remounted and looked for the next safest place to re-join the track and the race in a move that sparked loads of discussion and differences of opinion which lasted well into the early evening.

This left Millward in the lead again from Clarke and Mackenzie, with Sterry back in fourth chased by Gilbert and Barr. Clarke crashed from second back to seventh on lap four and a lap later Sterry was back at the front.

Barr was on the move and was in second by half-distance as Clarke recovered from his earlier slip-up.

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distant third, followed by his suffering team-mate Mackenzie.

Millward was fifth from Booker, Cottrell and Pocock, recovering after his first turn crash.

“It’s been a great day considering what happened at Lommel a couple of weeks ago, where I got burned,” said a happy Sterry.

“I thought I would be out for this round but the nice people at the hospital just last week said I was okay to ride. I haven’t had any bike time apart from a couple of laps to test my arm so to come here without any bike time and win I think shows I have great mental strength.

It’s a great feeling to lead the British championship for the first time.”

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Clarke, who is not a great fan of sandtracks said. “I knew I was always going to struggle here today as this sort of going is not one of my strong points. Adam was riding great and was hands down the fastest MX2 rider here today and now leads by one point but the last round is at my favourite track, Foxhill, so it’s all still to play for.”

Third-placed Barr said: “My first start was very poor as I got a good jump on the gate but just got boxed in at the first turn and finished the first lap way down in about 26th and you can’t start from back there if you want to win races.

“I put my head down and did what I could as it was hard to pass, so getting back to seventh place wasn’t too bad.

“I knew I had to get a better start in race two and I did that and got third overall.

It would have been nice to be on the top step but I will keep fighting to the end – it’s not over until it’s over.”

Alexander Brown was in his element at Preston and led every lap on his way to his two straight MXY2 wins.

After passing the fast-starting Jack Bintcliffe he went on to win race one from Henry Williams, who had made his way from fourth to second, chased in by Michael Ellis and James Carpenter In race two Brown led from start to finish with Williams again second after passing Jake Edey. Ellis was third from George Grigg-Pettitt and Carpenter.

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Jake Millward and Luke Norris head eventual MX2 champ Adam Sterry

Round 8 Foxhill September 18

Final Fling!

Three champions are crowned as the Maxxis series signs off at fabulous Foxhill...

It took until the very last round of the Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship supported by Pro Clean to decide this year’s three champions with the main two titles only secured in the very final motos of the day…

Monster Energy DRT Kawasaki’s Tommy Searle came to Foxhill knowing that he simply had to follow Shaun Simpson (Wilvo Virus KTM) home in both motos to secure the MX1 title and that’s exactly what he did to secure his first ever championship title as a professional rider.

Meanwhile in MX2 Wilvo Virus KTM’s Adam Sterry was more or less handed

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the title on a plate as hardpack specialist Steven Clarke’s Apico Husqvarna suffered an electrical problem in race one. That meant Sterry only needed to score a single point in race two to secure the crown which he more than managed by cruising home to a seventh place finish.

qualifying time and took the holeshot at the start of the first MX1 race. James Harrison, Simpson and Searle all chased hard and by the end of the lap Harrison had slipped to fourth as Simpson closed in on Irwin for the lead and Searle took his time with the championship on his mind.

Young James Carpenter clinched the MXY2 with a race in hand after chasing his main rival Michael Ellis over the finish line in their first race.

Things changed on lap four as Simpson took the lead from Irwin meaning Searle needed to react fast. And that’s exactly what he did taking just two more tours to slip into second.

The Foxhill circuit near Swindon in Wiltshire had had some modifications and was well watered and almost dust free. A reasonably large crowd came out to see the titles decided.

Buildbase Honda’s Graeme Irwin – despite having his broken thumb pinned three weeks ago – set the fastest

Gert Krestinov and Tanel Leok were on the move forward too with the two Estonians outflanking Harrison on their charge for the front. They weren’t the only ones charging hard and Jake Nicholls was trying his best to make amends after a midpack start on his Husqvarna.

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Jordan Divall leads the chasing MX2 pack

James Carpenter is a worthy MXY2 champion

Shaun Simpson wins both motos but comes up short

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For the rest of the race the top three remained in the same order with Simpson taking the win by just over 15 seconds ahead of Searle and Irwin who were separated by just three seconds.

Leok got the better of Krestinov for fourth place with Nicholls having to work hard for his sixth. He was followed by Steven Lenoir, Harrison, French wildcard Cyrille Coulon and Brad Anderson who was still suffering with a shoulder injury.

Simpson got the holeshot at the start of race two ahead of Searle, Leok, Irwin and Lenoir and as passing had become more difficult as the day had gone on that was the order they finished the race.

But behind the leading five riders it was all happening.

Anderson chased down Nicholls and passed him for sixth while Krestinov hadn’t got the memo stating the track was difficult to pass on and came from a 12th place start to snatch seventh from Nicholls with four laps to go.

The Yamahas of Alex Snow and Ashley Wilde seemed to spend all of the race locked together in battle and finished ninth and 10th.

Overall it was Simpson who won the overall on the day by six points ahead of Searle, Leok, Irwin, Krestinov and Anderson but in the final championship standings it was

Martin Barr heads into the valley

Searle who was the new champion with Simpson second and Nicholls taking the third step on the podium.

“It’s a nice feeling to be MX1 champion as I have never won an adult championship in my life,” said Tommy. “It’s nice to get it done so I don’t have to say that anymore!

“I only did what I needed to do but it wasn’t easy as both Tanel and Graeme rode very well and kept me on my toes. I wasn’t going to take the chase to Shaun as I didn’t need to risk that to be British champion.”

“I did all I could today as the goal was to come here and win both races and we achieved that,” said a philosophical Shaun Simpson. “I am happy with my riding and my preparation for the event but I have had a season of ‘what ifs’ really.

“It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to work out where I lost the championship, and that’s going to be a hard fact to swallow for a while because it was a complete disaster and I haven’t had such a bad day in all my racing career but it is what it is and I came up two points short at the end of the championship.”

Simpson’s team-mate Adam Sterry backed up being fastest MX2 qualifier by following fast starting Jordan Divall down into the valley for the first time before scything his way past. After that he was never challenged again.

Graeme Irwin is fastest in quali but can’t match Simpson or Searle in the races

Hugs for Searle as he clinches the title

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Sterry celebrates winning his first national title

Bryan Mackenzie – who was making his last ever Maxxis championship round appearance – also passed Divall before the end of the opening lap and set off after the leader. Meanwhile the only real challenger to Sterry for the championship – Steven Clarke – had his Apico Husqvarna cough and splutter coming back up the valley for the first time while in fourth place. Clarke struggled on for a couple of laps till he was out of the points and then retired – all hopes of this year’s championship gone.

Meanwhile Martin Barr had charged from seventh to second and with that move

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done the running order stayed he same to the finish with only Josh Gilbert inhering 10th as Jordan Booker slipped off.

Sterry only needed a single point in race two to win the championship and that was only if MacKenzie took the win.

Clarke was out to prove a point and led the race from start to finish.

MacKenzie had gated second but was passed by a flying Barr on lap three and an on-form Luke Norris pushed him back another place four laps later.

Sterry, meanwhile was riding stiff and

looking all around him as he did his best to stay out of trouble. After a small fall where luckily his bike restarted straight away he was caught behind Brad Todd, Liam Knight and Lewis Tombs who were all fighting for position and no way was he going to find a way through – not that he needed to.

Overall it was Barr who took the win from the new champ Sterry. Mackenzie joined them on the podium in third – that position mirrored in the championship standings although this time it was Sterry and Clarke who he trailed.

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Tommy Searle – your 2016 British MX1 Champion!

“That second race was the most nerve racking race I have been in, and it seemed so very long,” said the new champion Sterry. “I was looking for a repeat of my first race and get a good start and just lead from the front but I messed up the start and had three riders battling in front of me – I just couldn’t get past.

“When I crossed the finish line as champion I was lost for words and even now I don’t think it has sunk in completely. It’s been five years since I started competing in the British Championship and I have finally

achieved that important step in my racing career that I was aiming for.

It’s also nice to give Steve Turner something back for believing in me and helping me improve over the four years we’ve worked together.”

In the first MXY2 race champion elect James Carpenter led for the first seven laps until Michael Ellis – Carpenter’s only real challenger for the championship – passed him to snatch the moto win away but it wasn’t enough to stop James becoming champion.

Dylan Woodcock was third after Alexander Brown crashed out with four

laps to go and Henry Williams passed Dexter Douglas for fourth place.

After a restart because of a red flag, Carpenter aced race two from start to finish with Woodcock second and Brown making up for his race one disappointment third.

Overall it was the new champion Carpenter from Ellis, Woodcock and Henry Williams while in the championship it was Carpenter ahead of Ellis, Williams, Douglas and Woodcock.

And that’s it for 2016 – see you in 2017!

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MX1 Final series Round 1 Lyng March 20

Round 2 Canada Heights April 24

Round 3 Hawkstone Park May 22

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R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42

339 337 295 268 217 216 189 184 171 116 111 111 107 106 92 78 77 64 59 54 46 37 36 36 25 23 23 19 15 13 12 11 9 8 7 7 5 4 3 3 2 1

0 2 42 27 51 1 27 5 13 55 5 0 4 1 14 14 1 13 5 5 8 9 1 0 11 2 0 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1

25 22 13 18 20 12 16 15 11 7 9 6 x 8 4 14 x x 2 10 x 1 x x x x 5 x x 3 x x x x x x x x x x x x

25 22 20 15 18 13 16 11 14 9 7 6 x 8 2 12 x 3 4 5 10 x x x x x x x x 1 x x x x x x x x x x x x

50 44 33 33 38 25 32 26 25 16 16 12 x 16 6 26 x 3 6 15 10 1 x x x x 5 x x 4 x x x x x x x x x x x x

12 25 x 20 22 11 18 15 16 7 x 8 9 10 1 14 13 4 2 x 6 x x x x x x x x 5 x x 3 x x x x x x x x x

25 22 20 16 3 14 13 15 18 11 10 7 12 9 x x 5 1 6 x 8 x x x x x x x x 2 x x 4 x x x x x x x x x

37 47 20 36 25 25 31 30 34 18 10 15 21 19 1 14 18 5 8 x 14 x x x x x x x x 7 x x 7 x x x x x x x x x

22 25 20 18 14 15 16 13 x 4 9 2 7 1 8 12 10 5 x x 11 x x x x 3 x x x x x 6 x x x x x x x x x x

22 25 20 18 16 15 14 13 x x 10 6 9 x 7 x 12 8 3 x 11 1 x x x 4 2 x x x x 5 x x x x x x x x x x

100 1 45 5 40 60 227 37 685 162 731 153 31 180 95 44 21 14 11 704 211 4 25 36 12 38 295 505 3 24 556 326 177 301 68 99 6 190 91 292 172 33

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Tommy Searle Shaun Simpson Jake Nicholls Graeme Irwin Tanel Leok Brad Anderson Kristian Whatley Gert Krestinov Steven Lenoir Stuart Edmonds Jake Shipton James Harrison Alex Snow Josh Spinks Dan Thornhill Elliott Banks Browne Ryan Houghton Luke Burton Matt Burrows Ashley Wilde James Hutchinson Gary Gibson Jamie Law Matthew Moffat Jeffrey Dewulf Gavin Stevenson Ross Rutherford Cyrille Coulon Tony Craig Liam Garland Brady Kiesel Josh Gilbert Sunny Thompson Shaun Southgate Shane Carless Eric Williem Thomas Ramette Luke Benstead Ryan Adair James Dodd Robert Holyoake Aston Bird

0 2 44 71 122 123 150 155 168 223 228 228 232 233 247 261 262 275 280 285 293 302 303 303 314 316 316 320 324 326 327 328 330 331 332 332 334 335 336 336 337 338

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Round 5 Leuchars July 3

Round 6 Blaxhall Circuit July 17

Round 7 Preston Docks August 21

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R1

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R1

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Total R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

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44 50 40 36 30 30 30 26 x 4 19 8 16 1 15 12 22 13 3 x 22 1 x x x 7 2 x x x x 11 x x x x x x x x x x

x 18 25 x 16 22 20 15 x 9 8 13 x 14 10 x 11 12 3 x x 6 x 7 x 4 5 x x 2 x x x x x x x x 1 x x x

25 18 20 22 x 16 15 14 x 12 x 5 4 x 9 x 13 7 6 x x 10 x 11 x 3 8 x x x x x x 1 x x x x 2 x x x

25 36 45 22 16 38 35 29 x 21 8 18 4 14 19 x 24 19 9 x x 16 x 18 x 7 13 x x 2 x x x 1 x x x x 3 x x

22 20 25 18 13 14 12 16 15 7 10 8 x 3 6 11 x 2 x x x 4 9 x x 1 x x 5 x x x x x x x x x x x x

25 22 20 18 16 14 11 13 12 5 10 8 x 7 9 15 x 4 6 x x x 2 x x 3 x x 1 x x x x x x x x x x x x

47 42 45 36 29 28 23 29 27 12 20 16 x 10 15 26 x 6 6 x x 4 11 x x 4 x x 6 x x x x x x x x x x x x

25 4 22 20 7 16 18 x 14 5 13 x 10 15 11 x x 3 8 x x 9 x 6 x x x x x x 12 x x x x x x 2 x x x

25 14 22 18 x 15 20 x 16 9 10 4 11 12 7 x 13 x 5 x x 6 8 x x x x x 3 x x x 2 x x x x 1 x x x

50 18 44 38 7 31 38 x 30 14 23 4 21 27 18 x 13 3 13 x x 15 8 6 x x x x 3 x 12 x 2 x x x x 3 x x x

22 25 18 15 16 7 x 14 12 11 x 9 13 x 5 x x x 6 8 x x 10 3 20 4 x x x x x x x 2 x x x 1 x x x

42 50 40 29 34 10 x 14 28 23 15 15 24 4 18 x x x 14 18 x x 17 12 25 5 2 x x x x x x 2 x x x 1 x x x

22 25 15 20 18 14 x 16 11 8 x 13 9 6 x x x 7 x 10 x x x x x x 1 12 x x x x x x 3 4 5 x x 2 x

22 25 13 18 20 15 x 14 16 x x 10 12 9 x x x 8 x 11 x x x x x x x 7 6 x x x x 5 4 3 x x x 1 2

44 50 28 38 38 29 x 30 27 8 x 23 21 15 x x x 15 x 21 x x x x x x 1 19 6 x x x x 5 7 7 5 x x 3 2

20 25 22 14 18 3 x x 16 12 15 6 11 4 13 x x x 8 10 x x 7 9 5 1 2 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Round 8 Foxhill September 18

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MX2 Final series Round 1 Lyng March 20

Round 2 Canada Heights April 24

Round 3 Hawkstone Park May 22

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R2

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R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44

303 288 283 274 198 186 181 141 133 127 111 107 99 94 92 88 88 85 81 76 72 57 51 50 49 44 19 18 17 15 14 13 13 10 9 9 9 8 7 6 6 2 2 1

0 15 5 9 76 12 5 40 8 6 16 4 8 5 2 4 0 3 4 5 4 15 6 1 1 5 25 1 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 1

x x 10 20 x 14 15 7 12 4 x x 8 9 11 1 13 16 x 6 18 x x 25 5 22 2 x x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x x

x 20 4 9 11 15 3 2 16 x x 7 x 6 5 10 8 x x 12 14 13 x 25 1 22 x 18 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

x 20 14 29 11 29 18 9 28 4 x 7 8 15 16 11 21 16 x 18 32 13 x 50 6 44 2 18 x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x x x

12 25 20 22 11 8 18 5 x 2 x 6 15 14 x x 1 x 3 13 16 x 4 x 10 x 7 x x 9 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

14 25 20 18 13 9 10 12 x 5 16 8 x x x x 7 11 x 15 22 3 1 x x x 4 x x 6 x x x x x 2 x x x x x x x x

26 50 40 40 24 17 28 17 x 7 16 14 15 14 x x 8 11 3 28 38 3 5 x 10 x 11 x x 15 x x x x x 2 x x x x x x x x

22 18 25 20 15 14 11 13 7 12 16 2 6 x x x 4 8 x 9 x 10 x x 5 x x x x x 1 x x x x x 3 x x x x x x x

22 20 12 25 14 9 18 4 15 11 8 3 7 16 x x 6 x 5 10 x 13 x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x 1 x x x x x x x x

811 511 121 50 134 714 303 114 66 98 119 63 14 6 3 148 151 711 173 27 200 214 177 99 360 426 274 919 331 174 19 10 17 631 11 111 48 575 164 41 33 166 65 24

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Adam Sterry Steven Clarke Bryan MacKenzie Martin Barr Liam Knight Brad Todd Jake Millward Jordan Booker Lewis Tombs Todd Kellett Mel Pocock Jordan Divall Rob Davidson Carlton Husband Josh Gilbert Michael Eccles Matt Bayliss James Cottrell Luke Norris Neville Bradshaw James Dunn Lewis Trickett Jay Hague Max Anstie Nathan Dixon Conrad Mewse Keiran Banks Ben Watson Jordan Eccles Alfie Smith Tom Neal Jason Meara Luke Smith Oli Benton Ray Rowson Ben Putnam Reece Desoer Taylor Hammal Dakota Alix Erki Kahro Robbie Dowson Josh Coleman James Mackrel Liam Garland

0 15 20 29 105 117 122 162 170 176 192 196 204 209 211 215 215 218 222 227 231 246 252 253 254 259 284 285 286 288 289 290 290 293 294 294 294 295 296 297 297 301 301 302

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Round 5 Leuchars July 3

Round 6 Blaxhall Circuit July 17

Round 7 Preston Docks August 21

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R2

Total

R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

Total R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

Total

44 38 37 45 29 23 29 17 22 23 24 5 13 16 x x 10 8 5 19 x 23 x x 5 x x x 2 x 1 x x x x 1 3 x x x x x x x

25 20 22 14 13 x 6 15 12 8 x 4 16 3 x 18 9 x x 11 x x 10 x x x x x x x x 5 x x x x 1 x 7 x x x 2 x

25 20 22 x 12 18 9 15 x 16 x x 10 14 7 11 13 x x x x x 1 x x x x x 6 x 5 8 x 3 x 4 2 x x x x x x x

50 40 44 14 25 18 15 30 12 24 x 4 26 17 7 29 22 x x 11 x x 11 x x x x x 6 x 5 13 x 3 x 4 3 x 7 x x x 2 x

22 16 20 25 18 13 9 14 12 15 x 6 x 4 10 x x x 5 x 2 7 11 x 8 x x x x x x x 1 x x x x x x x 3 x x x

25 18 20 22 15 16 7 13 x 9 x 8 14 x 10 x 12 5 4 x x 11 2 x 6 x x x 3 x x x x x x x x x x x 1 x x x

47 34 40 47 33 29 16 27 12 24 x 14 14 4 20 x 12 5 9 x 2 18 13 x 14 x x x 3 x x x 1 x x x x x x x 4 x x x

22 25 20 4 16 14 13 7 12 9 18 10 x 11 5 x 6 15 8 x x x 1 x x x x x 3 x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x x x

25 14 22 15 18 12 13 1 11 3 20 16 x x 7 4 x 10 9 x x x 6 x 8 x 5 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 2 x x x

47 39 42 19 34 26 26 8 23 12 38 26 x 11 12 4 6 25 17 x x x 7 x 8 x 5 x 3 x x x x x x 2 x x x x 2 x x x

25 20 18 22 9 3 16 15 7 2 13 8 11 x 12 10 x 14 4 x x x x x 5 x 1 x x x x x x x x x x x x 6 x x x x

50 42 28 36 20 19 31 33 15 6 33 8 23 9 14 23 x 20 11 x x x 5 x 6 x 1 x 3 x x x x x x x x x x 6 x x x x

25 x 20 22 9 15 2 x 14 12 x 18 x 7 11 13 5 x 16 x x x 10 x x x x x x x 8 x 6 4 x x x 3 x x x x x 1

14 25 18 22 13 10 16 x 7 15 x 11 x 1 12 8 4 x 20 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 6 3 9 x x 5 x x x 2 x x

39 25 38 44 22 25 18 x 21 27 x 29 x 8 23 21 9 x 36 x x x 10 x x x x x x x 8 x 12 7 9 x x 8 x x x 2 x 1

25 22 10 14 11 16 15 18 8 4 20 x 12 9 2 13 x 6 7 x x x 5 x 1 x x x 3 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Round 8 Foxhill September 18

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Round 2 Canada Heights April 24

Round 3 Hawkstone Park May 22

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Total

Diff

Gap

R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57

James Carpenter Michael Ellis Henry Williams Dexter Douglas Dylan Woodcock Alexander Brown George Grigg-Pettitt Jake Edey Callum Green Johnjoe Wright Ben Clark Jack Bintcliffe Aaron Gordon Lee Perfect Dylan Stynes Myles Saunders Dylan Carnegie Brett Pocock Joe Cadwallader Charlie Cole Jed Etchells Aaron Ongley Taylor Hammal Billy King David Galvin Jake Deacon Howard Wainwright Harry Kimber Matthew Loughlin Connor Hughes Charles Beamish Camlinn Macdonald David Grimshaw Josh Greedy George Thomas Tayla Smith Tom Grimshaw Ben Burridge Max Broadbelt George Sim-Mutch Tommie Schofield Andrew Cochrane Kathryn Booth George Sim-Mutch Aidan McDonagh Lewis Campbell Cameron Turley Josh Bunter Archie Osmaston Michael Watson Lewis Dow Charlie Way Harvey Thomas Aidan Williams Joshua Keeble Jake Parker Luke Postalthwaite

335 299 287 259 227 220 195 174 140 113 109 98 75 68 66 64 61 60 58 49 42 40 38 37 35 30 28 28 25 22 21 21 21 19 17 17 16 16 13 13 11 10 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1

0 36 48 76 108 115 140 161 195 222 226 237 260 267 269 271 274 275 277 286 293 295 297 298 300 305 307 307 310 313 314 314 314 316 318 318 319 319 322 322 324 325 328 329 330 330 330 331 331 331 331 332 332 332 333 333 334

0 36 12 28 32 7 25 21 34 27 4 11 23 7 2 2 3 1 2 9 7 2 2 1 2 5 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1

22 3 11 14 16 25 18 13 20 x x 7 15 x x 6 9 x x 12 5 1 x 8 x x x x x 10 x x 4 x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

20 14 22 13 10 25 18 7 11 3 x x 15 8 x 2 5 16 x 12 9 1 x 6 x x x x x x x x 4 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

42 17 33 27 26 50 36 20 31 3 x 7 30 8 x 8 14 16 x 24 14 2 x 14 x x x x x 10 x x 8 x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

16 20 22 13 15 25 18 11 x 6 5 x x 10 x 8 4 14 x x x 3 x 7 x x x x x x x 12 x x x 9 x x x x x x x x x x x x 1 x x x x 2 x x x

20 25 16 18 14 22 15 10 x 12 4 x x 11 x x x 13 2 x x 6 x 5 x x x x x 7 x 9 x x x 8 x x x x x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x 1 x x x

36 45 38 31 29 47 33 21 x 18 9 x x 21 x 8 4 27 2 x x 9 x 12 x x x x x 7 x 21 x x x 17 x x x x x x x x x x x x 4 x x x x 3 x x x

22 18 20 11 16 x 15 12 10 7 2 13 x 8 x 3 x 9 x x 14 x 25 5 x 1 x x x x x x 6 x x x x x x x x x x 4 x x x x x x x x x x x x x

25 20 16 22 x x 15 x 11 8 10 5 x 18 x 1 12 x 9 x 14 x 13 6 x 4 x x x x x x 7 x x x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x

184 10 15 171 60 41 12 199 49 23 102 111 360 101 195 71 79 117 72 82 769 75 575 5 2 21 99 78 70 172 170 46 61 33 100 86 61 22 103 491 918 179 138 491 191 51 511 217 107 850 82 77 844 161 303 66 32

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Round 5 Leuchars July 3

Round 6 Blaxhall Circuit July 17

Round 7 Preston Docks August 21

Round 8 Foxhill September 18

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R2

Total

R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

Total

R1

R2

Total

47 38 36 33 16 x 30 12 21 15 12 18 x 26 x 4 12 9 9 x 28 x 38 11 x 5 x x x x x x 13 x x x x x x x x x x 6 x x x x x x x 3 x x x x x

25 16 9 18 x x 20 14 7 4 10 12 x 13 3 6 11 x x x x 5 x x 22 x x x 15 x x x x x 8 x x x x x x 1 x x x x 2 x x x x x x x x x x

25 16 22 20 18 x 8 1 15 11 12 14 x x 7 4 x x x x x 6 x x 13 x x x 10 x x x x x 9 x x x x x x 2 x x 5 x 3 x x x x x x x x x x

50 32 31 38 18 x 28 15 22 15 22 26 x 13 10 10 11 x x x x 11 x x 35 x x x 25 x x x x x 17 x x x x x x 3 x x 5 x 5 x x x x x x x x x x

22 20 13 18 16 25 15 9 14 11 5 12 x x 7 4 8 x 10 x x 6 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 3 x x 1 x x x x 2 x x x x x x

22 20 15 16 18 25 6 12 13 7 10 14 x x x x 8 x 11 x x 9 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 5 3 x x 4 x x x x 2 x x x x x x

44 40 28 34 34 50 21 21 27 18 15 26 x x 7 4 16 x 21 x x 15 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 5 6 x x 5 x x x x 4 x x x x x x

25 22 18 20 16 x x 15 12 13 6 x 11 x 8 3 4 x x x x x x x x 9 14 x x 5 10 x x x x x x x x x 7 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 2 1 x

10 22 25 16 20 x 13 18 8 9 12 5 15 x 7 6 x x x x x 3 x x x x 14 x x x 11 x x x x x x x 2 x 4 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 1 x

35 44 43 36 36 x 13 33 20 22 18 5 26 x 15 9 4 x x x x 3 x x x 9 28 x x 5 21 x x x x x x x 2 x 11 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 2 2 x

18 20 22 14 12 25 16 13 8 10 6 15 11 x 3 4 x 5 9 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 7 x 2 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 1 x x x x

16 20 22 15 14 25 18 13 11 12 10 1 8 x 7 6 x 3 5 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 9 x 4 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x

34 40 44 29 26 50 34 26 19 22 16 16 19 x 10 10 x 8 14 x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x 16 x 6 x x x x x x x x x x x x x 3 x x x x

22 25 18 16 20 3 x 14 x x 12 x x x 13 4 x x 6 11 x x x x x 7 x 15 x x x x x 9 x x x 8 5 10 x x x x x x x x x 2 x x x x x x 1

25 18 16 15 22 20 x 12 x x 5 x x x 11 7 x x 6 14 x x x x x 9 x 13 x x x x x 10 x x x 8 x 3 x x 1 x x x x 4 x 2 x x x x x x 0

47 43 34 31 42 23 x 26 x x 17 x x x 24 11 x x 12 25 x x x x x 16 x 28 x x x x x 19 x x x 16 5 13 x x 1 x x x x 4 x 4 x x x x x x 1

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Manufacturers Award Final series standings MX1

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8

Pos. Manufacturer Total R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

KTM Kawasaki Husqvarna Honda Yamaha TM Suzuki

MX2

355 345 334 291 182 116 97

22 25 20 18 14 7 8

22 25 20 16 12 9 8

25 12 22 20 14 7 10

22 25 20 16 12 11 9

25 22 20 18 12 4 1

25 22 20 18 9 0 0

22 6 25 20 3 9 14

18 25 20 22 6 12 0

20 22 25 18 11 7 3

22 25 20 18 15 5 7

16 25 22 20 10 5 0

16 25 22 20 11 9 12

25 20 22 14 11 12 4

25 22 18 15 20 11 0

25 22 18 20 10 8 12

25 22 20 18 12 0 9

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8

Pos. Manufacturer Total R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 1 2 3 4 5 6

Husqvarna KTM Honda Yamaha Kawasaki Suzuki

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356 341 299 174 113 91

25 15 20 12 16 6

25 11 13 16 0 12

25 18 22 9 4 13

25 14 18 6 16 15

25 22 20 7 16 9

20 22 25 15 8 10

22 25 14 18 1 11

22 25 14 11 2 6

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Maxxis British Motocross Championship supported by Pro clean

2016 REVIEW

61

MAXXIS BRITISH MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP SUPPORTED BY PRO CLEAN

NOT RETRO.

ORIGINAL.

6

2016 REVIEW