Sams the man! AMCA Nationals Round 2 – Race Report & Results

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Last Sunday saw round 2 of the AMCA National series as the Market Drayton MXC hosted the event at their Ollerton circuit. Sponsored by Dirtshifter Bike Cleaner, the overall victors following a day of very competitive racing were to be Sam Jones, Jordan Saunders, Joshua Senter, Nigel Woodman, Michael Windsor and James Merrett. Taking their respective top slots in style, Jones, Senter, Windsor and Merrett all went through the card unbeaten.

Report and Feature Image by Mike Wood

In Experts MX1, Jones started the day with a victory 5 seconds clear of Thomas Herbert with Richard Lloyd 3^rd, Nathan Holtby 4^th and round one overall victor Luke Bull in 5^th. The same riders who featured in the opening moto top five were at it again during Sunday’s second clash but this time with a variation in order as Lloyd was the runner-up and Herbert 3^rd. In the last one with the faultless Jones claiming another win, Joe Field and Samuel Bradley broke into the top six.

After finishing as overall runner-up in round one, former AMCA Championship regular Jordan Saunders took the Experts MX2 moto win from Ben Bird, Dylan Lewis, Josh Herbert, Jacob Gwynne and Jude Hartwell. As Saunders galloped to another win in moto two with Bird chasing hard, Ryan Carey produced a big points scoring ride in 6^th. Moto three and Saunders was eventually defeated with the flying Bird taking the victory and Herbert, Carey, Lewis, Samuel Carroll and the experienced Colin Conduit right up there. With round one winner Michael Parsons not competing at Ollerton, it now means that Saunders is the series leader.

With round one Seniors MX1 winner Jay Rumbold down in 7th, Joshua Senter was first past the chequered flag during the opening moto at Ollerton on Sunday. Next best were Lee Mitchell, Nathan Lewis-Reilly, Wayne Tabbott, Jack Tompkins and Ryan Taylor. In moto two whilst Senter enjoyed that winning habit again, Tabbott was to be the runner-up. Completing his maximum, Senter wrapped it up with a nice 11 seconds victory in the last Seniors MX1 contest as Tompkins, Rumbold, Tabbott, Mike Harbage and Lewis Reilly finished the day with some very useful points on the board. In the title race, Senter is now 18 points clear of Rumbold with Tabbott 3^rd.

In what is proving to be a very competitive and unpredictable class, Elliot Clegg took the opening Seniors MX2 win on Sunday with young Joshua Main, Cameron Doleman, round one winner Nigel Woodman, Benito Sidoli and Daniel Morris next up. Right on the gas, Woodman then took the moto two victory and with Clegg in 3^rd it thus set up a final race decider for the Ollerton overall verdict. Making no mistake, Woodman took that one some 8 seconds clear of Clegg as Doleman, Morris, Main and Lewis Thompson gave chase.

There’s no doubting the leader of the Juniors MX1 series as the superb Michael Windsor bagged another maximum points score. Windsor started at Ollerton with a 5 seconds victory in moto one from David Donnelly. Joshua Williams, Ryan Grimes, Luke Jenkins and Kelvin Anderton. In race two, Grimes finished as runner-up with Thomas Meagher this time breaking into the top six. Moto three and Donnelly was again the flying Windsor’s closest rival with Jenkins, Grimes and Anderton finishing their respective meeting in style.

So far, the MX2 Juniors series leader James Merrett has bagged 5 out of 6 moto wins and certainly looks the man to beat in this one! Merrett started Sunday with a comfortable victory as Bobby Dickinson-Smith, Callum Radford, Chris Conduit, Kieran Payne and Ben Weston were next up. Moto two and all of the above riders featured in the top six to thus give themselves a serious chance of making an appearance on the end of day Ollerton podium. In the final moto it was to be Merrett from Dickinson-Smith, Weston and Radford. That meant that winner Merrett was to be joined on the box by Dickinson-Smith and a rightly delighted Radford. Despite having previously raced mini bikes, Radford is a relative rookie in motocross so this was to be a particularly special result for the young Gloucestershire based rider.

Next up for the AMCA National series is a trip to the famous Hawkstone Park on Sunday, 25^th July.

Results

Expert MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Sam Jones	150	50	50	50
2	Thomas Herbert	137	47	45	45
3	Richard Lloyd	135	45	47	43
4	Luke Bull	131	41	43	47
5	Nathan Holtby	121	43	41	37
6	Samuel Bradley	115	39	37	39
7	Robert Fox	99	33	33	33
8	jordan hall	97	23	39	35
9	Craig Perks	94	28	35	31
10	Mitch Gray	88	30	29	29
11	Mitch Nicholls	86	29	27	30
12	Jack Waterman	84	25	31	28
13	Joe Bailey	82	27	28	27
14	Joe Field	78	37	–	41
15	Harry Greetham	56	26	30	–
16	Luke Ryder	35	35	–	–
17	Matt Ryder	31	31	–	–
18	Alan Jones	24	24	–	–

Expert MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jordan Saunders	147	50	50	47
2	Ben Bird	144	47	47	50
3	Josh Herbert	133	43	45	45
4	Dylan Lewis	123	45	37	41
5	Ryan Carey	117	35	39	43
6	Jude Hartwell	117	39	43	35
7	Jacob Gwynne	115	41	41	33
8	Samuel Carroll	111	37	35	39
9	Colin Conduit	100	30	33	37
10	Scott Barrow	93	31	31	31
11	Ben Seaburg	93	33	30	30
12	Jack Jordan	86	29	29	28
13	Gabe Chinn	85	28	28	29
14	Jack Crawford	27	27	–	–

Seniors MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joshua Senter	150	50	50	50
2	Wayne Tabbott	133	43	47	43
3	Jack Tompkins	129	41	41	47
4	Jay Rumbold	125	37	43	45
5	Nathan Lewis-Reilly	119	45	35	39
6	Ryan Taylor	113	39	39	35
7	Mike Harbage	109	35	33	41
8	Scott Senter	105	31	37	37
9	Scott Dale	94	30	31	33
10	Lee Mitchell	92	47	45	–
11	Jack Parry	90	33	27	30
12	Ashley Cartwright	88	29	30	29
13	Brett Williams	79	22	26	31
14	Daryl Perkins	75	24	25	26
15	Richard May	75	25	28	22
16	Mason Harris	74	27	29	18
17	Chris May	73	26	20	27
18	Andrew Hayes	72	23	24	25
19	Toby Duke	71	28	19	24
20	Ross Doubtfire	68	17	23	28
21	Stephen Guest	63	20	22	21
22	Jamie Glover	61	21	17	23
23	Stuart Harrow	58	18	21	19
24	Matthew Mills	57	19	18	20
25	Darren Warrender	16	16	–	–

Seniors MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Nigel Woodman	143	43	50	50
2	Elliot Clegg	142	50	45	47
3	Cameron Doleman	137	45	47	45
4	Daniel Morris	123	39	41	43
5	Benito Sidoli	119	41	43	35
6	Joshua Main	115	47	27	41
7	Lewis Thompson	102	37	26	39
8	Owen Pitts	102	33	39	30
9	Tom Hatton	96	29	30	37
10	Ozzie Murray	96	30	37	29
11	Jamie Johnson	94	35	31	28
12	George Wardle	92	31	28	33
13	Mitchell Cooper	91	27	33	31
14	Joshua Mckenzie	81	28	29	24
15	Mathew Law	77	26	24	27
16	Aiden Woodman	72	25	25	22
17	David Delve	69	22	22	25
18	Tom Strange	66	19	21	26
19	Elliot Finch	64	18	23	23
20	Thomas Crawford	62	21	20	21
21	Luke Cumber	59	20	19	20
22	Caleb Greaves	58	23	35	–
23	Jack Martin	24	24	–	–

Juniors MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Michael Windsor	150	50	50	50
2	David Donnelly	139	47	45	47
3	Ryan Grimes	133	43	47	43
4	Luke Jenkins	127	41	41	45
5	Kelvin Anderton	123	39	43	41
6	Thomas Meagher	109	35	39	35
7	Harry Knowles	107	31	37	39
8	Simon Moore	105	33	35	37
9	Paul Hughes	103	37	33	33
10	Jamie Payne	90	29	31	30
11	Samuel Trinder	89	30	28	31
12	Brandon Carradine	87	28	30	29
13	Brent Carradine	84	27	29	28
14	Joshua Williams	72	45	27	–

Junior MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	James Merrett	150	50	50	50
2	Bobby Dickinson-Smith	141	47	47	47
3	Callum Radford	131	45	43	43
4	Chris Conduit	125	43	41	41
5	Kieran Payne	125	41	45	39
6	Ben Weston	123	39	39	45
7	Joshua Nicholl	111	37	37	37
8	Callum Hurst	100	35	30	35
9	Kyran Holden	98	33	35	30
10	Jake Pawley	94	30	31	33
11	Scott Brown	90	26	33	31
12	Oliver Hurst	86	28	29	29
13	Charles Wilkins	82	27	28	27
14	Oliver Davis	80	25	27	28
15	Ashton Coleman	79	29	25	25
16	Ellis Tighe	76	24	26	26
17	Tayler Lee	69	23	22	24
18	Thomas Eastland	68	21	24	23
19	Haider Zaidi	67	22	23	22
20	Ricky Ryder	60	19	20	21
21	Charlie Rush	52	31	21	–
22	James Wise	39	20	19	–