Back to Back at Brookthorpe! Nora-MX Quad & Sidecarcross Championship Rounds 2 & 3 – Race Report & Results

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The Second and third round of the Nora MX Championship was hosted by the Nora MX team at the Brookthorpe track in Gloucestershire, across a two day event. Although rain was forecast the weather was sunny and dry for the first two sets of races but set three was a different story with the rain arriving in the late afternoon and continuing into day 2.

Report by Tracy Thacker – Action Images courtesy of Tracy Thacker and John Cook

Again, it was a COVID secure event with no spectators, just riders, mechanics and officials with their family bubbles.

There were six quad and one sidecar class, although each of those were further split into sub-classes within each of the races. Three races for each class in round 2 and two races for each class in round 3, so five races each across the two-day event.

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

Current British Champions Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain took the holeshot in race one, holding on for a good win. Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper initially held second, but were passed by Brett Wilkinson / Maxime Cuche, George Kinge / Steve Kirwin took third with Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper holding fourth. Jake Brown / Joe Millard had problems at the start but still fought hard to catch their rivals, but it was race two where they really showed what they could do taking the holes shot and blasting ahead for the majority for the race, Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain shadowed them throughout, blasting into the lead in the final few laps.

But the final race of the day was the wild card, the skies opened and the rain poured making the course slippery and any racing was difficult. It was Brett Wilkinson with swiss passenger Maxime Cuche who took the holeshot and held the lead throughout, this time Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain were amongst the pack and overtaking was difficult in the conditions, but they picked their way through to take a great second and enough for an overall win.

On Day two the Stuart Brown / Josh Chamberlain did not race, which left four GP teams, each of the two races saw a holes shots for Jake Brown / Joe Millard, with Brett Wilkinson / Maxime Cuche chasing throughout but settling for second Dan Foden / Nathan Cooper took third with George Kinge / Steve Kirwin fourth in each race.

The main Sidecar class was dominated by Sam Osbaldiston / Harley Lloyd who took another three good wins. In the first race Matt Connor / Jake Grahame, took second ahead of Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson, with Tilo Maguire and stand in passenger Chris Pannell fourth. In race two, Jack Etheridge / Nicky Adair put their race one problems behind them and took second with Tilo Maguire/ Chris Pannell third just ahead of Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson. The final race was the battle in the rain, the start was slow and slippery and the race was steady and cautious. Sam Osbaldistin/ Harley Lloyd battled past Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson to take the win with Tilo Maguire/ Chris Pannell just behind taking third overall, Jack Etheridge / Nicky Adair were fourth.

On Day two Sam Osbaldiston / Harley Lloyd took two good wins and now hold maximum championship points. Jack Etheridge with a passenger change to Jake Grahame kept the leaders in sight throughout taking second in both races. Third was a battle between Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson and Tilo Maguire/ Chris Pannell who fought throughout and took a third place each.

In the quad class there were the usual Six groups Pro / Pro Am, Clubman Elite / Masters A, Clubman / Masters B, Intermediates and Ladies, 250cc Open and Air Cooled, 100cc Geared, and 50cc Auto, 100cc Auto

The Pro races were fast and furious with plenty of action. In race one Mark McLernon took the holeshot but was hunted down by Harry Walker, but disaster struck when Harry’s bike started to smoke, with one lap remaining he continued but dropped back to seventh. Jamie Morgan had a great race fighting through to second ahead of Dafydd Davies and Simon Hammersley. In race 2 Mark McLernon lead from the start ahead of Oli Sansom with Harry Walker third, but he battled forward to take a good win, Mark McLernon held second from Dafydd Davies.

Paul Winrow – Image courtesy of John Cook

The final race of the day saw a large rain cloud soak the track and made the racing difficult. Mark McLernon took the holeshot and stayed ahead to take the win, Harry Walker battled up to second but could not close on the leader, Simon Hammersley and Dean Dillon were close behind. In the Pro-Am class Robbie Wood, Alfie Walker, and Ayrton Knowles battled together taking a win each.

On Day two the weather made racing at speed more difficult, but the standard was high with two fast and exciting races. Oli Sansom hole shotted both races, looking great in the muddy conditions, in race one the competition from behind was strong with Mark McLernon taking the lead from lap 2 with Harry Walker taking second ahead of Jamie Morgan, Oli Sansom held fourth. But in race two Oli was more determined, and he held the lead throughout to take a great win, ahead of Dean Dillon with Harry Walker very close in third.

Clubman Elite raced with the Masters A group. They were dominated by Luke Berlyn who took three great wins. In race one Sonney Ward fought through to second just ahead of Danny Smith. Scott Berlyn took second in race 2 with Sonney Ward closed behind in third. In the final race of day 1 Luke Berlyn lead from the start with rain making things difficult from behind with the Masters A riders amongst the leaders, Danny Smith was the second Clubman Elite to finish with Sonney Ward again in third. Masters A rider Johnathan Mcknight had a fantastic day to take the overall win in his class.

The Clubman Elite also found conditions tough on the second day with the muddy track making passing very difficult, but that didn’t stop them. It was Michael Hodges who usually races GP sidecars that took the holeshot, he stayed close but the competition for the lead was fast with Sonney Ward and Daniel Scott Evans dicing for the lead, with Sonney taking the win in the final few laps, Michael Hodges held on for third. In race two Luke Berlyn took the lead at the halfway point and held on for another great win, Scott Berlyn was second just ahead of Sonney Ward.

The Clubman class raced with the Masters B. This class was dominated by Lewis Painter taking wins in all five races across the weekend. Matthew Kirk did the same in the Masters B Class.

The next round of the championship takes place at West Meon on the 16th May.

Results

Round 2 – Saturday

Sidecars

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Sam Osbaldistin/ Harley Lloyd	120	40	40	40
2	Paul Pelling / Jack Wilkinson	105	35	33	37
3	Tilo Maguire/ Toby Hutchins	103	33	35	35
4	Matt Connor / Jake Grahame	96	37	28	31
5	Rob Oldfield / Faye Barnes	87	29	29	29
6	Ross Bowers/ Dan Phelps	86	27	31	28
7	Jack Etheridge / Zac Snell	84	14	37	33
8	Lee Foyle / Kevin Foyle	81	28	27	26
9	Luke Banks / Daniel Spencer	78	25	26	27
10	Rob Foden / Ryan Henderson	73	26	25	22
11	Kev Feltham / Jack Newbury	72	24	23	25
12	John Murch/ Tony Murch	68	23	24	21
13	Mark Stokes/ Luke Townsend	66	21	21	24
14	Ashlie Williams / Brian Gray	64	22	22	20
15	Daniel Lawry/ Christopher Huntley	62	20	19	23
16	Neil Warrington / Brian Parr	56	19	18	19
17	Alan Graham/ Jamie Greensill	51	17	16	18
18	Luke Rogers/ Owen Rogers	51	15	20	16
19	James Ferryman / Michael Curnow	50	16	17	17
20	Vaida Racevivius/ Nekijas Kondrotas	48	18	15	15
21	Luke Peters/ Thomas Glazier	45	31	14	–
22	Brian Turner / Ricky Macgogh	26	13	13	–

Quads

Pro

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Mark McLernon	117	40	37	40
2	Harry Walker	105	28	40	37
3	Simon Hammersley	99	33	31	35
4	Dafydd Davies	99	35	35	29
5	Jamie Morgan	96	37	33	26
6	Oli Sansom	89	29	29	31
7	Dean Dillon (U21)	85	27	25	33
8	Carl Bunce	85	31	26	28
9	Lestyn Rolands(U21)	77	26	28	23
10	George Day	71	17	27	27
11	Jack Naylor	71	23	23	25
12	David Hammersley	68	22	22	24
13	Tom Day (U21)	66	25	24	17
14	Alex Bethell	62	21	19	22
15	Harry Miller	58	20	17	21
16	Paul Winrow	57	18	21	18
17	Zak Orchard (U21)	56	16	20	20
18	Joshua Waring	56	19	18	19
19	James Bevan	40	24	16	–

Pro-AM

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Robbie Wood	112	40	35	37
2	Alfie Walker	108	37	40	31
3	Chad Beevers	103	31	37	35
4	Kevin Meenagh	101	35	33	33
5	Ayrton Knowles (U21)	97	29	28	40
6	Thomas Chell	83	25	29	29
7	Lewis Rowles	80	27	26	27
8	Ryan Loughran	80	28	27	25
9	Marcus Sprason (U21)	77	24	25	28
10	Aaron Haslett	64	33	31	–
11	Axel Bone (U21)	52	26	–	26
12	Glyndwr Thomas	47	23	24	–
13	George Oliver	45	22	23	–

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Clubman Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Luke Berlyn	120	40	40	40
2	Sonney Ward	107	37	35	35
3	Danny Smith	105	35	33	37
4	Scott Berlyn	92	26	37	29
5	Daniel Scott Evans	76	23	27	26
6	Thomas Yates	76	27	26	23
7	Jamie Bone	76	31	31	14
8	Catrin Davies (L)	74	25	24	25
9	Harry Grant	71	19	25	27
10	Dylan Mckenna	68	8	29	31
11	Ryan Walters	68	29	28	11
12	Michael Hodges	64	10	21	33
13	Tiago Caldeira	64	20	16	28
14	Iestyn Rees (U21)	64	28	12	24
15	Oliver Martin	62	33	9	20
16	Daniel Andrew Jones	59	17	20	22
17	Joe Pryke	58	18	22	18
18	Josh Talent	55	21	19	15
19	Jacob Atkinson	53	15	17	21
20	Justin Parry	51	16	18	17
21	Mitch Couzens	39	14	13	12
22	Dan Chamberlain	35	9	7	19
23	Laurence Stopps	34	11	23	–
24	Aaron Herbert	33	22	11	–
25	Zak Beevers (U21)	32	24	8	–
26	Bradley Watson	27	12	15	–
27	Jack Evans	27	13	14	–
28	Connor Taylor	26	–	10	16
29	Craig Fisher	13	–	–	13

Masters A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Johnathan Mcknight	117	37	40	40
2	Greg Fisher	103	33	37	33
3	Darren Hurt	101	31	35	35
4	Darren Bridge	89	28	33	28
5	Keith Harden	86	35	26	25
6	Ben Morgan	82	24	29	29
7	Geoff Otway	79	26	27	26
8	Edward Davies	77	40	–	37
9	Gary Jones	77	25	28	24
10	John Hall	71	23	25	23
11	Chris Keitch	60	29	–	31
12	Clint Eagle	58	–	31	27
13	Ray Walker	27	27	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Lewis Painter	120	40	40	40
2	Dan Shellard	109	37	37	35
3	Michael Williams	96	33	35	28
4	Will Mead	95	31	31	33
5	Luke Brown	89	35	29	25
6	Harry Koller	82	22	33	27
7	Bleddyn Jones	77	28	26	23
8	Connor Paxton	76	20	27	29
9	Sam Bevan	75	25	24	26
10	Mckenzie Evans	73	29	23	21
11	Kieran Taylor	69	21	17	31
12	Gary Griffin	69	23	22	24
13	Adam Lomas	64	27	19	18
14	Liam Griffith	53	18	16	19
15	Cameron Wildman	52	–	15	37
16	Harry Walker	51	26	25	–
17	Glyndwr Thomas	48	–	28	20
18	Richard Paynter	45	24	21	–
19	Jack Shone	40	–	18	22
20	Ewan Packham (A)	39	19	20	–
21	Tom Bainbridge	17	17	–	–

Masters B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Matthew Kirk	120	40	40	40
2	Steven Smart	111	37	37	37
3	Trevor Humphris	101	35	35	31
4	David Hull	97	33	29	35
5	Mark Moseley (V)	90	28	33	29
6	Stumpy Lawrence (V)	88	29	31	28
7	Christopher Gyles (V)	80	25	22	33
8	Chris Watson (V)	78	27	27	24
9	Jason Hall	77	24	26	27
10	Mathew Perry	74	26	25	23
11	Rick Jones (V)	73	23	24	26
12	Danny Gilligan	67	21	21	25
13	Nik Blythe(V)	67	22	23	22
14	Phillip Hammersley (V)	59	31	28	–

Intermediates

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Nicole Lowry (L)	112	35	40	37
2	Shelley Smart (L)	110	40	37	33
3	Myles Mott	99	37	22	40
4	Max Turner	95	33	27	35
5	Gavin Roach	91	29	33	29
6	Joshua Groom	88	28	29	31
7	Alfie North	83	31	25	27
8	Stephen Claro	82	26	28	28
9	Kieren Johnson	82	25	31	26
10	Shanice Mott (L)	78	27	26	25
11	James Lees	69	22	24	23
12	Tom Welch	66	21	21	24
13	Chloe Keitch (L)	64	19	23	22
14	Karl Pilcher	55	16	20	19
15	Thomas Harris	51	15	16	20
16	Martyn Doyle	50	24	8	18
17	Michael Watmore	47	14	19	14
18	Susan Coalter (L)	44	12	17	15
19	Benjamin Woodhead	41	5	15	21
20	Grace Keitch (L)	40	11	18	11
21	James Scott	36	18	5	13
22	Kyle Moore	35	–	35	–
23	Jason Dickins	32	13	3	16
24	Maddie Martin (L)	30	–	13	17
25	Vassna Willcock (L)	30	23	7	–
26	Ewan Packman	29	17	–	12
27	Russ Wells	26	7	11	8
28	Richard Murphy	26	8	12	6
29	Simon Pilsworth	22	3	9	10
30	Chris Glasson	20	20	–	–
31	Sally Donald (L)	19	10	–	9
32	Ashley Willis	19	9	10	–
33	Carly Sewell	18	4	14	–
34	Keaton Danter	12	6	6	–
35	Carly Sewell (L)	7	–	–	7
36	Samual Jenkins	4	–	4	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Nicole Lowry (L)	117	37	40	40
2	Shelley Smart (L)	114	40	37	37
3	Shanice Mott (L)	105	35	35	35
4	Chloe Keitch (L)	97	31	33	33
5	Susan Coalter (L)	87	29	29	29
6	Grace Keitch (L)	87	28	31	28
7	Vassna Willcock (L)	60	33	27	–
8	Maddie Martin (L)	59	–	28	31
9	Sally Donald (L)	54	27	–	27
10	Carly Sewell (L)	26	–	–	26

Youth 250

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Josh McKnight	117	40	40	37
2	Aled Davies	107	37	35	35
3	Andrew Black (G)	101	24	37	40
4	Lewis Humphris	96	35	33	28
5	Ross Dillon (A)	91	33	31	27
6	Riley Honor	90	31	28	31
7	Arthur McDonald (A)	88	29	26	33
8	Charlie Wheatley (O)	85	27	29	29
9	Sam Sellers	75	25	27	23
10	Louie Holt (A)	71	22	25	24
11	Amelia Mead(A)	63	19	19	25
12	Ellie Stott (A)	63	20	21	22
13	Frank Marston (A)	62	14	22	26
14	Charlie Eaton (A)	58	18	20	20
15	Brooke Bunce (A)	57	21	15	21
16	Logan Paxton	52	15	18	19
17	Rylee Marshall	52	28	24	–
18	Jay Sam (A)	51	16	17	18
19	Shane Havard Evans (A)	50	17	16	17
20	Connor Yates (A)	46	23	23	–
21	Kieran Marriott	42	26	–	16

Kids 50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Oliver Dawson	120	40	40	40
2	Shay McKenna (50)	111	37	37	37
3	Bentley Don Garrett	105	35	35	35
4	Poppy Davies	97	31	33	33
5	Georgia Entritry	95	33	31	31

Kids 100cc Auto

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Harriet Mewse (A)	120	40	40	40
2	Beatrix Drinkwater (A)	107	37	37	33
3	Josh Smart	105	35	35	35
4	Seth Terrell	101	31	33	37
5	Dexter Griffin	86	29	26	31
6	Sion Jones (A)	85	28	28	29
7	Beau Terrell	85	26	31	28
8	Keian Willis	77	25	25	27
9	Ella Robe (A)	62	33	29	–
10	Morgan Humphreys (A)	54	27	27	–

Kids 100cc Geared

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Reggie Binskin (G)	120	40	40	40
2	Olly McDonald (G)	111	37	37	37
3	Liam McGowan	103	33	35	35
4	Seth Balaam (G)	95	35	33	27
5	Luca Shaw (G)	93	29	31	33
6	Amelia Talent (G)	89	31	27	31
7	Ethan Legg	85	27	29	29
8	Malachy McKenna (G)	84	28	28	28
9	Rose Walker (G)	26	26	–	–

Sunday – Round 3