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Nunn tightens his grip on the 2024 Eastern Centre MX Championship with round 5 win – Race Report & Results

Nunn tightens his grip on the 2024 Eastern Centre MX Championship

On Sunday, September 8th, the Halstead DMCC hosted round 5 of the ACU Eastern Centre MX championship, backed by sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore and the Norton Way Honda group. This was the club’s final meeting of the 2024 season, and it was sure to be one not to miss.

Race Report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Narna Media/Max Leveridge

There was drama from the get-go in the expert qualifying session, as Sam Nunn (John Banks Honda) had some mechanical issues and would not set a single lap, meaning he would have the last choice gate pick, giving an advantage to the rest of the pack….


In the premier class race 1, Lewis Tombs (John Banks Honda) shot out of the gate and into an early lead with fellow top 3 championship rival Luke Parker (MPM Kawasaki) a close second. Both GH Motorcycle team riders Ben Cole and Shaun Southgate would have torrid times of it on the opening laps, with Cole ending up not finishing the race. Nunn battled through the likes of Dec Whittle (Lings KTM) and Scott Aldridge but could only watch on, as the front two went bar-to-bar all race. In a drag race to the finish line, Tombs would finish first and only 0.5 of a second ahead of Parker in second and Nunn in third.

Premier class race 2 would see a much better start for Shaun Southgate, as all the big hitters were towards the front early on. Joe Leeks carried on his fine 2024 form and would look comfortable with the pace of the top 10. Luke Parker started to tumble out of the top 5 after a couple of mid-race mistakes, which would cost him some valuable points in the championship. Up stepped Sam Nunn to capitalise on this, and it was he who would take the race win ahead of Tombs and Southgate with Alldridge coming home in a solid 4th.

In the final Premier class race of the day, it was again Southgate and Tombs with storming starts, but the pace came from behind as Aldridge looked to throw a spanner in the works of this year’s championship, breezing up to the rear wheel of Tombs and making it a three-way battle for the lead. This, in turn, would allow Nunn to close the gap, but at first sight looked to be unable to make the pass. He then turned on the style and swiftly made 3 exquisite passes in succession and into the lead. Tombs gave everything to try and bounce back, but it was too late, and Nunn would take his second win of the day, Tombs over the line in second, and Aldridge would finish in third, his best result of the day.

The expert overall is going to Nunn a point better off than Tombs in second and Alldridge (riding in his first Eastern Centre meeting) in third. The Junior class overall would go to Tim Warnes, in second was Jae Jeffries and Justin Whyatt in third.

In support A, Lee Kirkpatrick took the honours with a 1-12-1, ahead of Joe Henthorn, who had a 3-1-13. In third was Jack Whitlam, who had an 11-7-2 finish.

The support B overall was won by Mark Relland with a 3-1-1 ahead of Mark Gardner with a 1-2-2, and Adam Pain in third with a 2-3-3.

In support C, it was Richard Ingram who won with a 1-1-3 finish ahead of Jason Ramsey with a 3-2-2 and Ethan Johnson in third with a 2-8-1.

The Halstead DMCC thank you for your support and look forward to welcoming you back to Wakes Colne in 2025!

Results

Experts

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Sam Nunn 70 20 25 25
2 Lewis Tombs 69 25 22 22
3 Scott Aldridge 53 15 18 20
4 Shaun Southgate 50 12 20 18
5 Luke Parker 48 22 10 16
6 Bayliss Utting 44 18 11 15
7 Declan Whittle 41 16 12 13
8 Joseph Leeks 40 14 15 11
9 Brad Woodroffe 38 13 13 12
10 Kristian Hutchings 35 11 14 10
11 Benjamin Cole 30 16 14
12 Simon Booth 26 8 9 9
13 William Farrow 26 10 8 8
14 Shane Lock 17 6 4 7
15 Callum McCaul 16 9 7
16 Connor Bunkle 13 5 6 2
17 Joe Hall 12 4 5 3
18 Finley Jarvis 11 3 3 5
19 Carl Hayward 10 2 2 6
20 Oliver Brader 7 7
21 Cullen Hawkins 4 4

Juniors

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Timothy Warnes 67 22 20 25
2 Jae Jeffries 58 25 18 15
3 Justin Whyatt 57 15 22 20
4 Jordan Andrews 48 20 12 16
5 Oliver Brinkley 47 12 25 10
6 Matthew Pope 42 4 16 22
7 Harry George 42 16 14 12
8 Christopher Lake 38 14 10 14
9 Joe Phillips 35 9 13 13
10 George Foames 31 13 18
11 James Taylor 29 18 11
12 Gareth Lane 25 6 8 11
13 George Ray 23 8 15
14 Harrison Fitchett 21 3 9 9
15 Reece Bevan 11 11
16 Mason Miller 10 10
17 Joshua Andrews 7 7
18 Jamie Cox 5 5

Support A

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2
1 Lee Kirkpatrick 119 45 29
2 Joseph Henthorn 114 41 45
3 Jack Whitlam 107 30 34
4 Bailey Jackson 103 35 37
5 William Giddings 102 37 31
6 Aaron Smith 98 25 32
7 Lee Keyton 97 27 41
8 Joshua Fullalove 89 23 39
9 Edward Pegram 86 39 14
10 Tom Brown 82 21 24
11 Lee Butson 80 33 23
12 Scott Claydon 78 29 19
13 Joshua Deadman 77 43 16
14 Sam Rogers 73 34
15 Cameron Parrish 73 22 28
16 Luke Nolan 71 28 21
17 Stanly Delany 69 14 43
18 James Gadd 68 18 30
19 Shane Brown 66 31
20 Will Jurgens 65 32 20
21 Edward Jary 63 17 27
22 Stephen Atkins 62 12 25
23 Harry Peck 61 26 35
24 Henry Cox 57 13 12
25 Paul Hubbard 52 9 22
26 Lewis Saunders 51 8 17
27 Lewis Holmes 47 33
28 Jake Cazey 45 19 26
29 Harry Sobkowiak 43 15 11
30 Callum Lake 42 11 15
31 Aaron Saunders 37 10 18
32 Jenson Whitehall 31 16
33 Trevor Brinkley 30 7 13
34 Ty Atkins 27 6 10
35 Max Whittley 24 24
36 Charlie Baker 20 20

Support B

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Mark Relland 131 41 45 45
2 Mark Gardner 131 45 43 43
3 Adam Pain 125 43 41 41
4 Aidan Weston 106 32 39 35
5 Henry Crawford 104 35 37 32
6 Luke Reeve 102 34 34 34
7 Zak Beards 96 25 32 39
8 Sam Whittred 96 26 33 37
9 Bradley Allen 95 39 35 21
10 Harry Hawes 94 37 29 28
11 Dylan Wilby 84 27 31 26
12 Craig Page-Baker 82 21 28 33
13 Joseph Mulley Forsdike 78 31 27 20
14 Josh Faulkner 75 24 26 25
15 Samuel Cook 72 20 22 30
16 Charlie Starsmoore 71 29 24 18
17 Jason Bennett 71 28 30 13
18 Ben Cook 69 19 23 27
19 Lee Faulkner 67 23 21 23
20 Jake Hicks 62 17 16 29
21 Rudi Carter 57 22 19 16
22 Dom Kay 55 14 17 24
23 Lewis Wells 55 30 25
24 Jake Faulkner 52 18 15 19
25 Jake Lane 45 16 18 11
26 Benjamin Barwick 42 11 14 17
27 Damian Flack 42 15 13 14
28 Kieran Dawson 35 8 12 15
29 Paul Barwick 33 10 11 12
30 Kieran Jessett 33 33
31 Jake Harvey 31 31
32 Russell Snowling 29 9 20
33 Troy Taylor 28 6 22
34 Casey Carter 13 13
35 Michael Wood 12 12
36 Robert Farrow 7 7

Support C

Pos Competitor Total Points r 1 r 2 r 3
1 Richard Ingram 131 45 45 41
2 Jason Ramsey 127 41 43 43
3 Ethan Johnson 121 43 33 45
4 Andrew Smith 117 39 39 39
5 Toby Henderson 109 31 41 37
6 Darren Watts 94 33 37 24
7 John Smith 93 28 34 31
8 Finlay Whitlam 92 22 35 35
9 Joseph Ripken 92 32 27 33
10 James Wilson-Hall 91 35 30 26
11 Robert Green 88 37 29 22
12 Geraint Hubbard 86 34 20 32
13 Ryan Christmas 85 26 32 27
14 Perry Fiddy 84 29 26 29
15 Jason Turner 82 23 31 28
16 Matthew Goodger 80 27 23 30
17 Sam Philpott 74 12 28 34
18 Jason Eaves 74 25 24 25
19 William Pooley 73 30 25 18
20 Steven Halfhide 62 20 21 21
21 Andrew Smith 57 16 22 19
22 Daniel Allen 56 17 19 20
23 Jason Spriggs 53 19 17 17
24 Jack Hunton 52 18 18 16
25 Adrian Brewer 48 15 10 23
26 Joshua Chappell 39 24 15
27 Nick Hunton 38 10 14 14
28 Adrian Hadman 34 8 13 13
29 Maisie Olivia Hockney 32 11 9 12
30 Connor Davison 32 6 15 11
31 Steven Catney 30 14 16
32 Colin Booker 29 7 12 10
33 Luke Coveney 29 9 11 9
34 Lauren Cox 21 21
35 Stephen Hood 13 13
36 Shaun Tacey 5 5

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