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Carpenter, Nash & Horn triumph at 2023 Weymouth Beach Race – Race Report, Results & Interviews

With the sun popping up over the Dorset horizon, the Purbeck MXC went to work and completed their construction of the circuit for the 2023 Weymouth Beach Motocross. By the time that sun had settled in position, thousands of spectators were already arriving in readiness for the action that was about to unfold.

Race Report and Results by Mike Wood

Come 12 noon and the practice session, that crowd had swelled even further in numbers, lining the Esplanade and grabbing literally every available vantage point. Once again, this super charity event which is run in conjunction with the local Weymouth and Portland Lions club provided racing for Juniors, Seniors and Expert riders.

Juniors runner up James Adams

So, at 1pm, it was time for the serious action to commence as the Beach race legend Mr Jim Shipton, better known as ‘Mr Starter’ signalled the start of Juniors moto one. Following the thunderous charge of a fantastic 100 strong entry down the beach and around the sweeping opening turn, it was Alfie Irons leading the way. On that first circuit, Irons got a little excited though, stalling his motor but still maintaining control with James Adams, Danny Miller, Chris Johnson, Riley Saunders, Harry Burton and Andy Salt in close company.

By lap two, Irons had slipped back to 5th as Adams was the new pacesetter but under intense pressure from a hard charging Saunders. In what was proving to be an unpredictable contest and making it another change in moto leadership, Saunders then hit the front and stayed there for another three laps before a mistake dropped him down the order but the fun was far from being decided! With just two circuits remaining, Adams returned to the pole position and there he remained to bag the first victory of the day with Finley Horn, a Weymouth debutant producing a stunning ride to move from 14th up to a great 2nd following an earlier crash. Completing the top points scoring positions in this frantic opener were Johnson, Irons, Burton, Salt, Lee Johnson, Josh Wilson, Ryan Mabey and Miller whilst early leader Saunders was to finish 11th.

Juniors winner Finley Horn

With his bike back on full song following earlier problems during practice, Horn took just a lap to pass Luke Budziszewski in Juniors moto two before racing onto a big win. Horn finished over a minute ahead of Adams who had held 2nd throughout the duration. In this one, Johnson, Josh Wilson, Saunders, Chris Johnson, Miller and Sam Perrin finished on the same seven laps completed total as victor Horn. That second moto victory for Horn also earned the 16-year-old pilot the overall win after being locked on the same 114 points total as Adams.

Moto two start line action from the Seniors

The Seniors racing at Weymouth also produced a very impressive full entry list and it was to be Oliver Hurst who led the pack in moto one for a couple of laps before dropping down to 9th. At the front it was now Mark Morris (Snr) in control until he was overhauled by Andy Peeble who had started in 10th. Peeble became the leader on lap six showing great composure and determination to then bring it home for victory nearly 14 seconds clear of Oliver Macrae with Morris, Ricky Harrison, Richard Lloyd, Moss Macriner and Thomas Watson next up.

Seniors winner Matt Nash

Taking 8th in this one was Matt Nash who had endured a very eventful moto. Struggling to fire his machine into life at the mandatory dead engine start, he then crashed on more than one occasion! So, his recovery to haul himself right back inside the top ten was later to prove to be absolutely crucial!

Seniors action from Byron Payne and Lewis Dowell

Making a far more productive start in moto two, Matt gated 4th before locking into a battle with Tallon Veale, Finly Abbott the 2022 Juniors class winner at Weymouth and Watson. Three laps in and Nash had hit the front before going onto take the win in a contest which did not run its full distance after a red flag incident. With first moto winner Peedle down in 12th, the top six home in this one had a slightly different appearance and featured Veale, Watson, Jake Gay, Morris and Macrae. That meant a big swing in the potential overall standings propelling Nash to the top on 99 points and proving just how crucial his perseverance in the opening clash was to be! Taking the overall runners-up spot was Macrae with Morris in 3rd.

Mark Morris,3rd in the Seniors

Having already won twice at Weymouth, James Carpenter was back and looking for an Experts hattrick. And in super style that’s just what he was to achieve, scorching to a couple of classy moto wins. Carpenter’s preparation though for this sand bash had not gone totally to plan having injured his shoulder at the recent Matterley Basin British GP and parted company with the Cabscreens Crescent Yamaha team. Undeterred though he climbed aboard a KTM on Sunday and looked quickly dialled into his mount.

Harry Linton, 4th in the Experts

After setting the quickest time in practice, he then led moto one all the way chased home by the always hard-charging Suzuki mounted Tommy Alba. Gating right down in 19th, Chambers Racing Henry Siddiqui had a stormer to get right back to a great 3rd. In what was a frantic and highly entertaining encounter, only Harry Linton and Alfie Calvert also completed the same 14 lap total as the leading three riders. For Linton having campaigned all season on a 125cc 2T before climbing aboard the big 4T KTM, this result must have been especially pleasing. Other riders to impress and giving themselves a chance of later taking home some silverware were Charlie Griffiths, Lee Truman, Aaron Patstone, Simon Booth and Ryan Allen. For one of the expected front runners though this opener did not go quite to plan! After falling on turn one, Phil Mercer worked overtime to haul himself back to 16th.

Tommy Alba the Experts runner up

In super form again and right on the gas, Carpenter then sailed to another start to finish win in moto two as Alba overhauled Siddiqui for 2nd. Right on the pace Linton started last, got up to 16th early on then came through the pack for a brilliant 4th with Griffiths in 5th being the only other rider to complete 14 laps. Once again, the consistent Truman, Calvert and Booth were inside the top ten along with Jamie Smith and Luke Oldfield. So those results meant that remarkably it was to produce a carbon copy of the 2022 Weymouth Experts top three with Carpenter taking the overall from Alba and Siddiqui.

With this being a charity event, Purbeck MXC stalwart Alf Stearn on completion of proceedings handed over a cheque for £1,800 to the local Lions Club before then presenting the hard- earned silverware to the riders. So, another fabulous Weymouth Beach motocross was done but don’t forget the date for the 2024 bash, it’s Sunday, 20th October.

Weymouth winners

Results

Experts sponsored by Dirtworx Motocross and Enduro

Moto one 1 James Carpenter 2 Tommy Alba 3 Henry Siddiqui 4 Harry Linton 5 Alfie Calvert 6 Charlie Griffiths 7 Lee Truman 8 Aaron Patstone 9 Simon Booth 10 Ryan Allen.

Moto two 1 Carpenter 2 Alba 3 Siddiqui 4 Linton 5 Griffiths 6 Truman 7 Calvert 8 Booth 9 Jamie Smith 10 Luke Oldfield.

Overall

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 James Carpenter 120 60 60
2 Tommy Alba 108 54 54
3 Henry Siddiqui 100 50 50
4 Harry Linton 94 47 47
5 Charlie Griffiths 88 43 45
6 Alfie Calvert 86 45 41
7 Lee Truman 84 41 43
8 Simon Booth 76 37 39
9 Jamie Smith 70 33 37
10 Luke Oldfield 62 27 35
11 Aaron Coupland 58 29 29
12 William Saunders 56 23 33
13 Phil Mercer 56 25 31
14 Bradley Rowland 53 31 22
15 Travis Reynolds 51 24 27
16 Benjamin Milward 45 20 25
17 Daniel Hartley 45 22 23
18 Aaron Patstone 43 39 4
19 Edward Mountjoy 42 16 26
20 Mark Bracegirdle 41 17 24
21 Alex Harvey 41 21 20
22 Ryan Allen 40 35 5
23 Niles Reid 37 18 19
24 James Lane 37 19 18
25 Tallon Aspden 36 15 21
26 Henry Life 32 26 6
27 Brett Moore 30 14 16
28 Jack Hooper 26 11 15
29 Bradley Hicks 25 8 17
30 Shay Arnold 24 12 12
31 Leigh Williams 23 9 14
32 Adam Ford 19 6 13
33 Jamie Watts 18 7 11
34 Vinnie Guthrie 17 10 7
35 Tom Moore 14 13 1
36 Lewis Dorling 10 10
37 Oliver Barnes 9 9
38 Emily Hall 8 8
39 Troy Jones 5 5
40 Chris Talbot 3 3
41 Brett Rowland 2 2

Chris Johnson, 3rd in the Juniors

Seniors

Moto one 1 Ady Peedle 2 Oliver Macrae 3 Mark Morris(snr) 4 Ricky Harrison 5 Richard Lloyd 6 Moss Macriner 7 Thomas Watson 8 Matt Nash 9 Dean Clark 10 Joshua Senter.

Moto two 1 Nash 2 Tallon Veale 3 Watson 4 Jake Gay 5 Morris 6 Macrae 7 Macriner 8 Harrison 9 Finly Abbott 10 Clark.

Overall

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Matt Nash 99 39 60
2 Oliver Macrae 97 54 43
3 Mark Morris SNR 95 50 45
4 Thomas Watson 91 41 50
5 Ady Peedle 91 60 31
6 Ricky Harrison 86 47 39
7 Moss Macriner 84 43 41
8 Dean Clark 72 37 35
9 Richard Lloyd 71 45 26
10 Tallon Veale 69 15 54
11 Finly Abbott 62 25 37
12 Joshua Senter 62 35 27
13 Lewis Gigg 58 29 29
14 Scott Sloane 56 31 25
15 Will Haysham 55 33 22
16 Shaun Brooker 49 26 23
17 Jake Gay 47 47
18 Kye Williams 43 27 16
19 Cameron Doleman 42 21 21
20 Jamie Wilson 39 20 19
21 Ross Walter 35 22 13
22 Joe Beaumont 33 33
23 Grant Laming 33 23 10
24 Richard Burridge 31 14 17
25 Lloyd Molineau 24 24
26 David Ind 24 19 5
27 Dean Cummings 24 24
28 Ben Payne 23 16 7
29 Luke Scriven 22 10 12
30 Harry Titcombe 20 20
31 Chris Toulson 20 9 11
32 Mark Wyatt 18 18
33 Joe Cross 18 12 6
34 Dean Abbott 18 18
35 Oliver Hurst 17 17
36 Sam Wilson 15 15
37 Harvey James 14 14
38 Adam Dixon 13 5 8
39 Paige Felipes 13 13
40 Kai Bradbury 11 11
41 Stuart Leicester 9 9
42 Daniel Salmon 8 8
43 Charley Jarman 7 7
44 Luke Dewey 6 6

Juniors sponsored by Caroline Racing

Moto one 1 James Adams 2 Finley Horn 3 Chris Johnson 4 Alfie Irons 5 Harry Burton 6 Andy Salt 7 Lee Johnson 8 Josh Wilson 9 Ryan Mabey 10 Danny Miller.

Moto two 1 Horn 2 Adams 3 Lee Johnson 4 Wilson 5 Riley Saunders 6 Chris Johnson 7 Miller 8 Sam Perrin 9 Harry Burton 10 Terence Marsh.

Overall 

Pos Competitor Points R1 R2
1 Finley Horn 114 54 60
2 James Adams 114 60 54
3 Chris Johnson 93 50 43
4 Lee Johnson 91 41 50
5 Josh Wilson 86 39 47
6 Harry Burton 82 45 37
7 Riley Saunders 78 33 45
8 Danny Miller 76 35 41
9 Andy Salt 72 43 29
10 Alfie Irons 65 47 18
11 Terence Marsh 61 26 35
12 Jack Wajtknecht 60 27 33
13 Sam Perrin 55 16 39
14 Harrison Boyd 54 29 25
15 Tom Hobbs 53 22 31
16 Ross Curtis 50 24 26
17 Brett Moore SNR 43 23 20
18 Danny Morris SNR 41 17 24
19 Adam Moore 41 20 21
20 Leonard Paget 41 25 16
21 Mark Richmond 37 10 27
22 Ryan Mabey 37 37
23 Freddie Lenihan 33 11 22
24 Andy Biles 31 31
25 Jamie Aitken 26 12 14
26 Sam Warren 23 23
27 Antony Rashbrook 23 8 15
28 Charles Blundell 21 21
29 Charlie Blake 20 15 5
30 Ryan Lutman 19 19
31 Joe Workman 19 6 13
32 Luke Budziszewski 19 7 12
33 Luke Vernalls 19 19
34 Grant Reed 18 18
35 Danny Morris JNR 17 17
36 Jack Harris 14 5 9
37 Danny Nash 14 14
38 Jacob Fry 13 13
39 Tyler Lane 11 11
40 Jeremy Tidball 10 10
41 Steve Matthews 9 9
42 Mike Payne 8 8
43 Adam Harvey 7 7
44 Greg Brice 6 6

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