Kellett kills it at Hawkstone! 2021 Michelin MX Nationals Round 2 – Report and Results

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Hawkstone Park in Shropshire was the host venue for the second round of the 2021 Michelin MX Nationals at the weekend and as always the historic track served up some great racing throughout the classes.

Images courtesy of Elliot Spencer – MX Nationals

With the unfortunate date clash situation meaning some racers were missing on Saturday, some new heroes emerged which has seen the championship standings blown wide open in a few classes meaning that everyone will need to bring their A game to the remaining rounds.

Fresh back from injury Martin Barr was lightning-fast from the trap in Saturdays mixed Pro/Expert MX1 moto’s and he couldn’t be caught going 1-1 with veteran Tony Craig second in moto one ahead of Gav Stevenson and Todd Kellett. Kellett would finish second in Saturdays second moto ahead of Craig and Stevenson but it was Sunday when Kellett really came to life on his Yamaha France Machine, upping his game to beat big guns Shaun Simpson, Harri Kullas, Tommy Searle and Barr in moto one.

Simpson showed his sand prowess in moto two and kept the chasing Kullas at bay with Searle third, Kellet fourth and Jake Millward fifth.

When the points were totalled though it was Kellett who took the overall from Barr and Stevenson with Kellett now leading the Championship with a 12 point advantage over Kullas.

The Pro MX2 class was down to three racers on Saturday and of the three Nathan Dixon had the speed and churned out two race wins from Jamie Wainwright and Carlton Husband who was nursing a nasty shoulder injury.

The racing moved up a notch on Sunday with some great action in MX2 which saw Jamie Carpenter claim his first-ever Pro motocross race victory after fending off the advances of the hard-charging Lewis Hall who finished second. Veteran Jamie Law would finish third with Tom Grimshaw fourth and Brad Anderson fifth.

In an eventful moto two it was Hall who pulled clear early on in the moto with Carpenter pinned to the back, but a mechanical failure for Hall saw the evergreen Anderson claim the moto victory ahead of Carpenter, Law, Grimshaw and John Adamson.

The weekend podium though saw Dixon on the top step over Wainwright and Husband with the latter now topping the standings from Dixon and Carpenter.

Ben Edwards was the master of the Expert MX1’s racking up four moto wins methodically make his way to the front in each race for a well deserved overall victory to back up his round one success. George Sim-Mutch was the most consistent of the next batch of racers and attacked the track all weekend long earning second on the box with Richard Bird third.

Team Green Kawasaki’s Cullen Scott came of age in the Expert MX2 category going through the card to make it a memorable weekend for the young racer who now tops the championship by 12 points over Jake Preston. Talking of Preston he would end the weekend with second while Ollie Beamish was third. ASA United Gas Gas’s Tom Murphy looked a solid podium contender but a fall and a DNF in the first moto on Sunday pinned him down to fourth.

The racing in the Amateur classes is always eventful and you cannot keep your eyes off it for a second. Sean Wainwright continued his form from Fatcat, taking the chequers three times to steal the honours ahead of John Kirk who got his head down in the final race to win the last moto. The third and final podium spot could have gone to any number of contenders but it was David Rushton who had the strongest set of point-scoring rides and deserved his place on the box.

Dan Brough’s return to the series has been a fruitful one and he maxed out in Amateur MX2, keeping round 1 winner Sean Springer behind him with Charlie Hamlet third. Springer still tops the championship standings but he only has a slender 8 point lead over Brough so round three will be interesting between these two.

The Alex Christopher/Ivan Kerr battled raged on in Clubman MX1 with Charlie Green also throwing himself in the mix but with two moto wins to the others one apiece it was Christopher who would grab the overall from Kerr and Green, with Christopher now seven points up on Kerr in the standings.

Elliot Pugh and Guy Prince went head to head for Clubman MX2 glory with Pugh the king of Saturday with both victories with Prince hammering home the same feat on Sunday with a pair of wins. At the end of the weekend though Pugh would be on top followed by Prince and Jamie Mottram with round one winner Ben Wainwright in fourth. It’s as tight as you can get it in the standings now with Pugh and Wainwright tied in the lead on 158 points with Prince just one point further back on 157. Roll on round three.

In the MXY2 125’s 2020 Big Wheel 85 champ Charlie Heyman reeled off two victories on Saturday while Bailey Johnson bared his teeth on Sunday taking the chequers in both moto’s. With a solid weekend though it was Heyman who stole the glory ahead of Raife Broadley and George Hopkins, with Heyman now leading the championship charge but with just a 7 point lead over Johnson.

Round 1’s top two MXY2 250′ riders Alfie Jones and Jude Morris were absent on Saturday which paved the way for Ben Clark to up his game and notch up two wins. The aforementioned Jones and Morris shared the race spoils on Sunday, but when it came to the podium Clark would stand on the top step flanked by Luca Pegg in second and Lewis Glynn third. At the head of the championship chase, Clark is in pole position with Jones seven points further back.

On Saturday Josh Vail and Harrison Greenough went at it for Big Wheel 85 glory with a win each but a big crash on Sunday for Greenough classed him out of contention for the weekend overall that went the way of Vail. The big guns of Wal Beaney, Billy Askew and Tyla Hooley showed up on Sunday and would finish in that order in both moto’s. On the box though Vail was joined by Jack Fletcher and Lennox Dickinson who both had great weekends. Vail now controls the series being five points ahead of Askew.

Chester Hyde came to the podium party armed with a double dose of Saturday moto wins and two solid race results on Sunday to claim a notable victory for the youngster. Hyde was joined on the box by Hayden Statt and Lewis Spratt who kept Sunday chargers Cole McCullough, Drew Stock and Freddie Gardiner off of the podium. McCullough, who took the chequers in both Sunday moto’s sits at the top of the table after two rounds, 8 clear of Hyde.

Results

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Todd Kellett	83	18	22	25	18
2	Martin Barr	80	25	25	16	14
3	Gavin Stevenson	59	20	18	8	13
4	Tony Craig	58	22	20	9	7
5	Gary Gibson	48	15	16	7	10
6	Shaun Simpson	47	–	–	22	25
7	Harri Kullas	42	–	–	20	22
8	Jason Meara	42	16	15	5	6
9	Tommy Searle	38	–	–	18	20
10	Jake Millward	31	–	–	15	16
11	Josh Gilbert	29	–	–	14	15
12	Liam Knight	24	–	–	12	12
13	Glenn McCormick	24	–	–	13	11
14	Stuart Edmonds	20	–	–	11	9
15	Dan Thornhill	14	–	–	6	8
16	Brad Todd	10	–	–	10	–

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Nathan Dixon	76	25	25	14	12
2	Jamie Wainwright	68	22	22	10	14
3	Carlton Husband	59	20	20	9	10
4	James Carpenter	47	–	–	25	22
5	Brad Anderson	41	–	–	16	25
6	Jamie Law	40	–	–	20	20
7	Tom Grimshaw	36	–	–	18	18
8	Lewis Hall	30	–	–	22	8
9	John Adamson	28	–	–	12	16
10	Callum Mitchel	26	–	–	15	11
11	Kyle McNicol	24	–	–	11	13
12	Florian Miot	22	–	–	13	9
13	Sam Nunn	15	–	–	–	15

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Edwards	100	25	25	25	25
2	George Sim-mutch	79	22	13	22	22
3	Richard Bird	74	18	20	18	18
4	Charlie Putnam	71	14	22	15	20
5	Shaun Southgate	68	20	16	16	16
6	Aaron Patstone	62	16	18	13	15
7	Joe Clayton	61	13	14	20	14
8	Josh Taylor	47	11	15	11	10
9	Harry Bradley	44	12	12	8	12
10	Jay McCrum	39	10	8	10	11
11	Jordan Mccaw	38	15	7	12	4
12	Simon Booth	35	9	11	6	9
13	John Robson	27	–	–	14	13
14	Rob Cross	27	8	10	9	–
15	Ben Hayward	20	7	1	7	5
16	Junior Thomas	18	5	9	4	–
17	Matt Lomas	17	6	6	5	–
18	Jamie Dixon	16	2	3	3	8
19	Bradley Maddever	16	3	4	2	7
20	Stephen Mullally	15	4	5	–	6
21	Aiden Wigger	4	1	2	1	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Cullen Scott	100	25	25	25	25
2	Jake Preston	80	22	22	16	20
3	Ollie Beamish	73	15	16	20	22
4	Tom Murphy	54	20	18	–	16
5	Jack Moore	53	13	14	14	12
6	Ben Clayton	52	11	15	13	13
7	Kieran Yorke	43	14	–	15	14
8	Louie Kessell	40	–	–	22	18
9	Rob Hollyoake	36	16	20	–	–
10	Ben Kennedy	33	–	–	18	15
11	Harry Barker	25	12	13	–	–
12	Ryan Mawhinney	18	18	–	–	–

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Sean Wainwright	97	25	25	25	22
2	John Kirk	89	22	20	22	25
3	David Rushton	63	15	18	16	14
4	Paul Atkinson	61	12	15	18	16
5	Brad Thornhill	60	20	6	14	20
6	Joshua McCorkell	55	13	11	13	18
7	Joe Roberts	52	10	22	9	11
8	Luke Oldfield	51	11	13	12	15
9	Callum Gordon	50	16	10	11	13
10	Tallon Aspden	44	6	16	10	12
11	Carl Hayward	43	8	12	15	8
12	Scott Hail	38	18	–	20	–
13	Daniel Townsend	29	5	8	7	9
14	Adam Hayward	28	3	7	8	10
15	Charlie Roper	25	7	5	6	7
16	Christ Neesam	23	9	14	–	–
17	Pete Bulley	19	4	9	–	6
18	Les Mitchell	16	2	4	5	5
19	Stephen Kelly	14	14	–	–	–
20	Grant Turtley	1	1	–	–	–

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Dan Brough	100	25	25	25	25
2	Shaun Springer	84	22	22	18	22
3	Charlie Hamlet	75	15	18	22	20
4	Harry Foster	67	14	15	20	18
5	Aaron Gardiner	63	16	20	15	12
6	Alfie Calvert	54	13	14	16	11
7	Lewis Taylor	50	20	4	13	13
8	Harry Fletcher	45	4	16	10	15
9	Lewis King-London	43	–	13	14	16
10	Ben White	38	6	7	11	14
11	Toby Lightbown	34	12	10	3	9
12	Arnis Paberz	33	10	9	8	6
13	Connor Baldry	33	11	11	6	5
14	Matt Hockenhull	33	9	12	12	–
15	Jak Henderson	30	7	6	7	10
16	Elliot Cook	27	8	8	4	7
17	Callum Watson	23	5	5	5	8
18	David Finnamore	21	18	3	–	–
19	Harry Barker	9	–	–	9	–
20	Alex Buchanan	3	3	–	–	–

Clubman MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alex Christopher	92	25	22	20	25
2	Ivan Kerr	85	20	25	18	22
3	Charlie Green	83	22	18	25	18
4	Matthew Pocock	77	15	20	22	20
5	Jordan Andrews	62	18	16	14	14
6	Lee Tolan	56	16	15	9	16
7	Ashley Senior	52	12	14	13	13
8	Sam Cornwell	49	9	10	15	15
9	Harry McDonald	44	11	13	10	10
10	Colby Walker	42	8	11	11	12
11	Alistar Stark	42	14	7	12	9
12	Dean Rodgers	40	13	–	16	11
13	Kyle Bennett	30	7	12	4	7
14	Matt Smith-Bowen	24	6	3	7	8
15	Ryan Jones	20	4	6	5	5
16	Jordan Ambler	18	10	–	8	–
17	Rory Wootton	16	3	9	2	2
18	Lewis Wigger	15	–	5	6	4
19	Carl Mcilroy	13	2	4	1	6
20	Tom Brown	13	5	8	–	–
21	Steven Liston	6	–	–	3	3
22	Lee Sims	3	–	2	–	1
23	Scotty Williamson	2	1	1	–	–

Clubman MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Elliott Pugh	94	25	25	22	22
2	Guy Prince	92	20	22	25	25
3	Jamie Mottram	67	14	15	20	18
4	Ben Wainwright	65	22	10	18	15
5	Adam Pearce	62	18	16	14	14
6	Michael McAlister	61	15	20	10	16
7	Ricky Roberts	60	16	8	16	20
8	Daniel Shutt	51	13	14	11	13
9	Charlie West	48	11	13	12	12
10	Mitch Collins	46	12	9	15	10
11	Jack Colley	44	10	12	13	9
12	Keeton Stewart	38	9	18	–	11
13	Jude Gaylard – Hall	25	3	6	8	8
14	Mike Booth	24	6	5	6	7
15	Matthew Fuller	20	7	4	9	–
16	James Benson	19	5	7	7	–
17	Jake Taylor	19	8	11	–	–
18	Max Fletcher	12	4	3	5	–

MXY2 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Charlie Heyman	94	25	25	22	22
2	Raife Broadley	73	22	22	9	20
3	George Hopkins	73	20	18	20	15
4	Charlie Reynolds	71	15	20	18	18
5	Arai Elcock	64	18	16	14	16
6	Reece Ross	59	16	14	16	13
7	Jayden Haigh	55	13	15	13	14
8	Bailey Johnson	50	–	–	25	25
9	Joseph Leeks	45	14	10	15	6
10	Charlie Griffiths	43	11	11	12	9
11	Ashden Barlow	41	8	13	10	10
12	Charlie Irwin	37	9	9	8	11
13	Tye Jones	30	10	12	1	7
14	Hudson Roper	23	–	–	11	12
15	Jake Smith	23	7	8	–	8
16	Josh Jones	22	6	7	5	4
17	Syd Putnam	19	4	4	6	5
18	Calum Moore	16	5	6	2	3
19	Jude Turton	13	12	1	–	–
20	Joe Jordan	12	2	5	4	1
21	Cody Spacagna	9	1	3	3	2
22	Charlie Palmer	7	–	–	7	–
23	Jayden Abbink	5	3	2	–	–

MXY2 250’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Clark	88	25	25	18	20
2	Luca Pegg	74	22	22	15	15
3	Lewis Glynn	65	18	20	14	13
4	Josh Bassett	61	20	16	13	12
5	Leon William	56	16	18	8	14
6	Ethan Sillis	49	12	14	12	11
7	Jake Barker	49	15	15	11	8
8	Alfie Jones	47	–	–	22	25
9	Tyler Stevenson	47	14	13	10	10
10	Sam Atkinson	42	–	–	20	22
11	Jude Morris	41	–	–	25	16
12	Jamie Luffman	40	11	11	9	9
13	Tyler Westcott	34	–	–	16	18
14	Kristian Paberzs	25	13	12	–	–

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Josh Vail	74	18	25	15	16
2	Jack Fletcher	68	20	15	18	15
3	Lennox Dickinson	56	15	16	12	13
4	Billy Askew	50	–	–	25	25
5	Jack Meara	46	14	7	13	12
6	Harrison Greenough	45	25	20	–	–
7	Wal Beaney	44	–	–	22	22
8	Ryan Waggott	44	22	22	–	–
9	Bradley Johnstone	41	12	11	8	10
10	Ellis Poole	41	13	14	7	7
11	Ollie Bubb	41	10	13	14	4
12	Tyla Hooley	40	–	–	20	20
13	Will Haddock	40	6	18	2	14
14	Issac Ash	38	11	10	9	8
15	Ben Mustoe	34	–	–	16	18
16	Carl Harris	34	8	12	5	9
17	Tyler Jones	25	7	9	4	5
18	Jake Davies	21	–	–	10	11
19	Max Harris	17	–	–	11	6
20	Deegan Byers	17	5	6	3	3
21	Corey Gordon	17	9	8	–	–
22	Brett Kelly	16	16	–	–	–
23	Kyron Carron	6	–	–	6	–

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Chester Hyde	76	25	25	10	16
2	Hayden Statt	73	22	13	20	18
3	Lewis Spratt	64	16	18	16	14
4	Zane Sibley-Deakin	60	18	16	15	11
5	Zane Stephens	59	14	20	12	13
6	Alfie Osborn	58	20	15	11	12
7	Rhys Whyment	57	11	22	14	10
8	Cole McCullough	50	–	–	25	25
9	Jorge Parkin	45	15	12	9	9
10	Drew Stock	44	–	–	22	22
11	Cailen Jai Griffiths	41	13	14	7	7
12	Freddie Gardiner	33	–	–	13	20
13	Gus Mustoe	33	–	–	18	15
14	Tyler Townsend	33	10	11	6	6
15	Maison Jones	28	12	–	8	8
16	Louis Challenger	24	9	10	5	–