Big Hawkstone wins for Barr and Heyman! 2023 Bridgestone British Masters Round 5 – Race Report &Results

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Martin Barr made the last-minute decision to bring his Apico Husqvarna over the Irish Sea for round four of the Bridgestone British Masters last weekend at the historic Hawkstone Park in Shropshire. Despite arriving at the venue straight from the ferry at 6.00 am Sunday, it was a good decision as with a second place and a race win, Martin won the Pro MX1 overall.

Race Report and Images by Dick Law

In the Pro MX2 side of the class, Charlie Heyman (Tru 7 Honda), with two race wins, took the overall from supercross rider Dylan Woodcock, the injured Jake Millward’s replacement rider at Verde Shiloh KTM.

Rain on and off for most of the week before the event had left the sandy track in fine condition with, perhaps, the sand being a bit deeper than it has been over previous years and, with the occasional light rain, keeping it that way all weekend.

Tom Grimshaw (Chambers Gas Gas) is still recovering from an early season injury, but that didn’t stop him from getting the holeshot at the start of the first combined Pro MX1 and MX2 race. Brad Todd (Honda) and Barr followed him around the opening lap, as series leader Steven Clarke (Store 114 Racing Honda), who had gated fourth and seemed to be struggling, perhaps from an injury as he slipped back into the casing pack.

For lap after lap, Todd would close on the leader Grimshaw but not be able to effect a pass till, on lap six, Grimshaw lost drive over the jump at the far end of the circuit, and Todd was through and into the lead.

All this time, Barr was inching closer and closer to the leading pair and, with a lap to go, snatched second place from the unsuspecting Grimshaw on the run to the checkered flag.

Heyman, who was the first of the MX2s, had gated well against the bigger 450cc MX1s, in fifth, moved into fourth as he passed the ailing Clarke and spent the rest of his race in fourth, but the lead MX2.

Callum Mitchell (Husqvarna) had passed both Clarke and Richard McKeown (RM 22 Husqvarna) in the first couple of laps of the race and spent the rest of it in fifth. At the same time, Woodcock had made it hard for himself by messing up the start in sixteenth but struggled with an unfamiliar motorcycle on his way to sixth on the track, but third MX2, just behind Mitchell.

Clarke for the holeshot at the start of race two, from Barr, Grimshaw, Todd, and Carlton Husband (Phoenix Evenstrokes Kawasaki). But as Barr took the lead at the beginning of lap two, Clarke, still suffering, started to slip back again as Grimshaw and Todd surged past him.

Travis Steels (Gas Gas) had gated sixth, but a few crashes would see him finish his race in twentieth place. Woodcock had made a better start in seventh place and, after passing Husband on lap three, was the highest place MX2 rider in fifth until Hayman, from fourteenth, snatched fourth place and the class win on the very last lap.

While all this was happening, Grimshaw had found a way passed Barr for the race lead as Todd started to close, once again, on the two leaders.

It was looking good for Grimshaw till, on lap seven, he slipped off his machine handing the race and the overall win to Barr, with Todd second in both the race and the overall win. Grimshaw had done enough to secure third overall, with Clarke madding the best of a bad day in fourth place.

Husband was sixth over the finish line but third MX2 with Mitchell, after an initial surge through the pack in the first couple of laps into eighth place but fourth MX2 for third overall.

“It’s been a weird season just coming back from injury, and it’s taken me some time to get back into it,” said a happy overall winner Barr, “I am thirty-six next week, and I am still loving the sport, so to come away with a win at the end of the day is fantastic. We only decided to come here at about five o’clock last night, so me and Glenn McCormick got off the boat (From Northern Island) at 6.30 this morning and drove straight here. But I love racing. The Bridgestone Masters always put on a good meeting, so coming away with the overall is great, and I just want to now finish the season on a high”.

Todd said about his day, “If I had thought I was going to get a first and a second place on the way here, I would have been over the moon. I am still over the moon about it, as it’s my first podium of the year, so I can’t complain about that. In the second race, I didn’t get the best of starts, but to be honest, I was spent anyway. Halfway through the race, I was running empty. I was happy with my performance, but I need to get a bit more “full time” I think that’s what I am missing out on now, as in training and practising during the week. But that’s what I am working on for next year now”.

Third-place MX1 rider Grimshaw said, “Although I may have thrown away the overall with my crash, I am happy because I was going for it when I did crash. I make no secrete about it, but I do struggle with this place, so that’s why I am here in preparation for the MX Nationals that are here in two weeks’ time. You could say, “To get more comfortable being uncomfortable,” I was going for it and was happy with how I rode. In the first race, I stiffened up as I had not got a holeshot and led a race for years, but I was a lot more relaxed in the second race. Martin (Barr) was going well and a bit stronger than me in places. But two-thirds for third overall. I have to be happy with that”.

The winner of the Pro MX2, Heyman, said, “I am back to feeling my old self again. I think I have the fitness that allowed me to push on towards the end of the race for the wins. I am happy and proud about the win, and it will help me when the MX Nationals come here in two weeks”.

Woodcock said from second place on the podium, “I should have won that last race. But jumping on a bike set up for Jake (Millward) and riding it around a track like this is probably not the best idea. I slept on an old camp bed in the back of my van last night and had a little BBQ, all old school. So, I am very happy to get on the podium”.

Third Pro MX2 overall, Michell said, “I have been a bit up and down with my riding recently, so to get two good races in is good. It’s been a solid day considering some riders turned up today that are not really in the championship. But I need to work on my starts for the future”.

Wildcard rider Henry Williams (Gas Gas), with four wins from four starts, took the overall in the amateur MX1s, which left Max Lewis (MX Dreams California KTM) and Keelan Hope (Suzuki) to fight over the remaining podium positions as just two points separated the pair.

Like Williams in the amateur MX1s, Rory Jones (IDS Transport KTM) dominated the amateur MX2s by winning all four races. Josh Coleman (Holeshot KTM) chassed Jones across the finish line on all for accusations, with Callum Murfitt (Team PP Sports KTM) third.

Cory Collins (KTM) messed up the start of his first Clubman race and could only manage to finish third. But he made up for that by winning the remaining three races for the overall win. Lee Clarkson (Yamaha) was second, with Richard Roberts (Rutzz.Co.UK Yamaha) third as race one winner Colin McLuckie (Honda) had a DNF in race three, which spoilt his day and the chance of a top ten finish.

With a win and three second-place finishes, Luke Grundy (KTM) won the 125ss class from race three winner Freddie Gardiner (Team Matt Gardiner MX KTM) and race one winner Beau Brown (KTM).

It was close at the top of the MXY2s as Bayliss Utting (Gibbons Plant Husqvarna) won the overall by just two points from Tyla Hooley (Gas Gas) with Mckenzie Marshall (DK Offroad Yamaha) third, just four points behind Hooley.

Josh Vail (SJP Moto Husqvarna) once again won all the big wheel 85 races and remains unbeaten in the series. Hayden Statt (Manchester MC KTM). Finley Pickering (KTM) was third, with Lewis Spratt (KTM) fourth.

Robbie Scott (Husqvarna), with a win, two-second places and a fourth place, won the small wheel 85s from Joel Winstanley-Dawson (Catle Trucks KTM) and Lucas Lee (Ken Rodney Husqvarna).

Both Casey Lister (Ken Rodney Husqvarna) and Harley Marczak (JMR Foundation Gas Gas) couldn’t be separated in the junior 65s. Both had two race wins each, A second place and a third each. But Lister was declared the winner but the highest place finisher in the last race rule. Cohen Jagielski (Fast Eddy Gas Gas) with third but was just six points behind the winning pair.

The sixth and final round will be held at Foxhill Moto Parc on the 16th and 17th of September.

Results

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Martin Barr	88	43	45
2	Brad Todd	88	45	43
3	Tom Grimshaw	82	41	41
4	Steven Clarke	78	39	39
5	Richard McKeown	72	37	35
6	Jack Beniston	68	34	34
7	Travis Steels	68	35	33
8	Louie Kessel	65	33	32
9	Aaron Patstone	62	32	30
10	Dan Brough	60	31	29
11	Callum Green	37	–	37
12	Harry Bradley	31	–	31

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Charlie Heyman	90	45	45
2	Dylan Woodcock	84	41	43
3	Callum Mitchell	82	43	39
4	Carlton Husbands	76	35	41
5	Ben Franklin	70	37	33
6	Bailey Johnson	68	33	35
7	Ben Muskoe	68	34	34
8	Alfie Jones	66	29	37
9	Liam Garland	64	32	32
10	Daniel Hutchinson	61	30	31
11	Glenn Mccormick	61	31	30
12	Jamie Law	57	28	29
13	Shaun Mahoney	55	27	28
14	Charlie Griffiths	53	26	27
15	Jamie Wainwright	39	39	–

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Luke Grundy (W)	174	43	43	43	45
2	Freddie Gardiner	166	41	37	45	43
3	Beau Brown	166	45	39	41	41
4	Chester Hyde	154	35	45	39	35
5	Ryan Waggott	151	39	41	37	34
6	Daniel Brough	137	37	33	35	32
7	Drew Stock (W)	134	33	35	33	33
8	Harry Barker	130	29	31	31	39
9	Stu Owen (W)	130	32	29	32	37
10	Charlie Richmond	130	31	34	34	31
11	Declan Wright	121	30	32	30	29
12	Levi Saunders	113	28	28	29	28
13	Wyatt McGregor (w)	112	27	30	25	30
14	Jack Evans(W)	108	26	27	28	27
15	Ashton Phillips	99	25	25	26	23
16	Tyler Jones	96	21	26	23	26
17	Olly Hathaway (W)	85	17	22	27	19
18	Ryan Cristian	84	20	23	19	22
19	Zachary Pearson	82	18	24	22	18
20	Daniel Bartlett (w)	74	22	15	17	20
21	Teddy Hyde	74	16	20	21	17
22	Ethan Blackley	70	23	8	14	25
23	Jack Brearey	67	15	21	16	15
24	Dan Wood	66	11	14	20	21
25	Max Ellerker	60	14	17	13	16
26	Michael McCullagh (W)	56	13	19	24	–
27	Frank Burton (W)	49	8	12	15	14
28	Josh Blackley	42	7	11	11	13
29	Louis Perrin-Brown (W)	42	24	–	18	–
30	Braidy Tucker	40	–	16	–	24
31	Finlay Boxall	37	19	18	–	–
32	Jake Ward	35	6	7	10	12
33	Luke Newman (W)	34	34	–	–	–
34	Oliver Almond	30	9	9	12	–
35	Oli Wickers	25	12	13	–	–
36	Matt Cooper	10	10	–	–	–
37	Jake Almond (w)	10	–	10	–	–

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Henry Williams (w)	180	45	45	45	45
2	Max Lewis	162	43	41	43	35
3	Keelan Hope(W)	160	37	43	39	41
4	Ed Briscoe (w)	143	35	35	34	39
5	Todd Ritchie (W)	143	32	39	41	31
6	Sean Wainwright (W)	138	34	37	35	32
7	Josh Canton (w)	137	33	33	37	34
8	lee Harrison (w)	134	41	30	26	37
9	John Joe Wright	128	39	29	17	43
10	Simon Booth	121	31	27	33	30
11	Kurt Griffiths (W)	118	27	26	32	33
12	Jamie Fort	118	29	32	29	28
13	Sean Williamson	105	30	28	27	20
14	Callum Gordon	100	26	19	28	27
15	Lewis Taylor (W)	96	28	34	16	18
16	Lewis O’Sullivan	95	25	23	31	16
17	Jamie Dixon	94	24	20	25	25
18	Brad Thornhill	90	–	31	30	29
19	Ryan Osborn	90	21	25	20	24
20	Lewis Huckerby	84	22	18	21	23
21	Henry Partridge (w)	78	19	22	22	15
22	Liam Smith (W)	75	13	16	24	22
23	Sam Arbon (W)	70	16	15	18	21
24	Adam Reeve (W)	67	20	24	23	–
25	Ben Hayward(W)	64	17	21	–	26
26	David Curtis	60	18	13	19	10
27	Frazer Gardiner	52	15	12	14	11
28	Kathryn Booth	51	12	11	11	17
29	William Saunders	46	14	7	13	12
30	Adam Paxton (W)	44	–	10	15	19
31	Connor Maltby	42	11	8	10	13
32	Dale Brockhurst	40	23	17	–	–
33	David Wilcock (W)	32	–	9	9	14
34	Marcus Trout	27	9	6	12	–
35	James Hargreaves (W)	18	10	–	8	–
36	Kieran Cooke (w)	14	–	14	–	–

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Rory Jones	180	45	45	45	45
2	Josh Coleman (W)	172	43	43	43	43
3	Callum Murfitt	158	39	39	39	41
4	Mitchell Armour	149	35	34	41	39
5	Patrick Jackson	138	31	37	37	33
6	Logan Wilcox(W)	136	34	35	32	35
7	Leon Ongley	132	32	32	34	34
8	Seth Manners(W)	131	33	31	35	32
9	Syd Putnam	125	28	33	33	31
10	Henry Siddiqui	119	41	41	–	37
11	Thomas Dodsworth (W)	119	30	30	30	29
12	Mitchell Warhurst	115	29	29	29	28
13	Jonathan Rodenick-Evans (W)	113	27	25	31	30
14	Bradley Johnstone(W)	102	23	27	26	26
15	Jesse Wren	99	22	26	24	27
16	Carl Hayward(W)	81	25	28	28	–
17	Bailey Betsworth	76	26	23	27	–
18	Aaron Minter (W)	70	21	24	25	–
19	Ben Clark	37	37	–	–	–
20	Jamie Watson	24	24	–	–	–
21	Gary Cheshire (W)	22	–	22	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Corey Collins (W)	176	41	45	45	45
2	Lee Clarkson	155	37	43	41	34
3	Richard Roberts	147	43	37	35	32
4	Mitchil Collins	144	39	33	33	39
5	Nathan Heath	136	33	31	39	33
6	Josh Young	129	35	25	32	37
7	Sam Menzies(W)	127	30	19	43	35
8	Mark Kinsley	125	31	39	37	18
9	Hayden Stevens(W)	121	32	30	34	25
10	Matthew Fuller	119	23	34	31	31
11	Logan Powell(W)	117	34	35	26	22
12	Colin McLuckie	113	45	41	–	27
13	Joe Sargent	108	27	29	24	28
14	Daniel Chapman	102	29	32	–	41
15	Elliott Pugh(W)	96	25	23	22	26
16	Jacob Bell	96	24	24	28	20
17	Ivan Williamson	95	22	18	25	30
18	Matthew Jones	92	13	27	23	29
19	Kane Fisher	87	4	13	27	43
20	Kevin McBride	84	28	17	16	23
21	Josh Dodwell-Scott(w)	83	19	16	29	19
22	Luke Richardson (W)	79	12	28	30	9
23	Richard Evans	74	20	26	13	15
24	Max Wood (w)	71	15	20	19	17
25	Alex Harvey	66	14	21	17	14
26	Dean Rodgers (W)	60	26	22	12	–
27	Bradley Priest	58	17	11	14	16
28	Josh Watson-Bailey	57	21	15	21	–
29	Callum Radford	55	18	12	15	10
30	Aidan Carney	48	–	9	18	21
31	Ben Hughes	45	16	8	10	11
32	Robert Williams	41	11	10	8	12
33	Joe Grace	40	9	14	11	6
34	Josh Ithell	37	–	4	9	24
35	Roger Frean	34	8	7	6	13
36	Jake Evans	32	5	–	20	7
37	Tyler Stevenson	27	10	6	3	8
38	Ryan Davies (W)	19	7	3	4	5
39	Kurt Richardson	16	6	5	5	–
40	Scott Isherwood	7	–	–	7	–

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bayliss Utting	172	41	45	43	43
2	Tyla Hooley(W)	170	45	43	37	45
3	McKenzie Marshall	166	43	41	45	37
4	Jak Taylor	158	39	39	39	41
5	Liam Bennett	151	37	34	41	39
6	Kayde Rayns	142	35	37	35	35
7	Joel Fisher(W)	136	34	35	34	33
8	Finley Evans(w)	131	33	32	32	34
9	Joseph Leeks	130	32	33	33	32
10	Jack Dando	118	29	30	29	30
11	Sam Jackson	115	30	29	27	29
12	Kyron Carron	109	28	19	31	31
13	Matty Fernley (w)	105	20	28	30	27
14	Jack Wilson	102	21	27	28	26
15	Lewis Bethell	98	23	23	24	28
16	Charlie Whitlow(W)	95	26	24	22	23
17	Jake Barker	91	15	25	26	25
18	Richard Barstow	90	27	26	25	12
19	Harrison Drewell	79	16	20	23	20
20	Tye Jones	79	31	31	17	–
21	Mitchell Conway (W)	78	19	17	21	21
22	Jamie Collins	77	24	16	15	22
23	Fenton Rayns (W)	77	25	15	20	17
24	Harry Bebb (w)	72	17	18	18	19
25	Dayton Thompson	72	22	22	12	16
26	Sonny Shipton	71	7	21	19	24
27	Curtis Roberts	61	18	13	16	14
28	Leyton Duffy	55	9	14	14	18
29	Thomas Sharp	51	13	12	11	15
30	Alfie Bebb (w)	51	14	11	13	13
31	Jack Hoare	43	12	10	10	11
32	Amber McGregor(w)	36	10	8	8	10
33	Tommy Gibbard	31	8	7	7	9
34	Alfie Duckett (w)	29	11	9	9	–

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Josh Vail	180	45	45	45	45
2	Hayden Statt (W)	162	37	43	41	41
3	Finley Pickering(W)	156	41	41	39	35
4	Lewis Spratt(w)	149	34	39	37	39
5	Zane Stephens	144	39	37	34	34
6	Austin Beasty (W)	142	35	35	35	37
7	Jamie Keith (W)	129	43	–	43	43
8	Kameron Greenhalgh	129	32	34	32	31
9	Ethan Jordan	124	29	33	29	33
10	Maison Jones	123	28	30	33	32
11	Jack Leese (W)	119	27	32	31	29
12	Oakley Kettle	118	31	31	26	30
13	Franky Jubb (W)	117	33	26	30	28
14	Halim Own	100	26	27	23	24
15	Andrew Piggford	96	24	25	22	25
16	Oliver Bebb (W)	93	17	28	25	23
17	Marley Alder	92	25	16	24	27
18	Oliver Burridge (W)	90	22	24	18	26
19	Elvis Totney (W)	88	10	29	27	22
20	Jorge Parkin	86	30	18	28	10
21	Jaxon Haswell	83	21	23	20	19
22	Ashden Walsh	81	20	22	19	20
23	Bailey Williams (W)	73	16	19	17	21
24	Jenson Clitheroe (W)	72	19	21	14	18
25	Jacob Francis (W)	72	23	14	21	14
26	Bobby Watson (W)	66	18	17	15	16
27	Josh Hutchinson	60	15	20	16	9
28	Max Williams	49	9	15	12	13
29	Lewis Day (W)	48	13	12	8	15
30	Sophie Jones (W)	48	14	13	9	12
31	Lexi Emery (W)	44	12	11	10	11
32	Holly Williams	30	–	–	13	17
33	Cameron Gerrard (W)	22	11	–	11	–

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Robbie Scott (W)	170	45	43	43	39
2	Joel Winstanley-Dawson	162	35	45	39	43
3	Lucas Lee	162	37	39	45	41
4	Olly Waters	156	41	37	41	37
5	Leo Wilson	143	43	32	33	35
6	Harvey Collins	138	39	31	34	34
7	Archie Butterfield	137	33	34	37	33
8	Chase Panter	122	34	41	23	24
9	Arthur Moore	115	–	35	35	45
10	Caiden Brand	115	32	33	28	22
11	Harry Cuddy	110	24	25	29	32
12	Harry Hall	109	31	27	30	21
13	Hayden Gibson	108	22	24	32	30
14	Oscar Gilham	107	20	30	26	31
15	Harley Pastoor	100	26	22	25	27
16	Ryan Flynn (W)	96	29	21	18	28
17	Daniel Devine (W)	94	30	29	22	13
18	Ricky Barrick	88	14	26	19	29
19	Ryan Taylor	87	19	28	20	20
20	Brooklyn Gabbitas	85	23	20	24	18
21	Henry Lewis	84	18	23	17	26
22	Finley Cookson (W)	82	12	14	31	25
23	Jamie Prentice	80	25	16	16	23
24	Spencer Newman	78	27	15	21	15
25	William macaulay	76	28	17	12	19
26	Tommy Hutchinson	65	21	–	27	17
27	Alan Thomson	60	16	18	15	11
28	Junior Wigglesworth	57	17	13	13	14
29	Jack Masters	57	15	19	11	12
30	Ryan Prentice	54	13	11	14	16
31	C J Morris	39	10	10	10	9
32	Archie Humphery(W)	33	11	12	–	10

Junior 65’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Casey Lister	174	41	45	43	45
2	Harley Marczak	174	45	41	45	43
3	Cohen Jagielski	168	43	43	41	41
4	Nixon Coppins	152	39	37	37	39
5	Arthur King	146	37	35	39	35
6	Ethan Gawley	135	35	32	35	33
7	Jamie Currie	130	34	34	28	34
8	Elliott Shawyer	126	31	29	34	32
9	Lyall Rutherford	125	32	33	32	28
10	Jett Gardiner	123	33	39	14	37
11	Jakson Ross	117	28	27	33	29
12	Ronan Watson	113	23	28	31	31
13	Alfie Cotter	107	29	22	29	27
14	Riley Seeds	101	30	30	25	16
15	Ivan Williamson	94	24	21	27	22
16	Dylan Standing	90	20	20	24	26
17	Sydney Williams	90	19	23	23	25
18	Jack Walters (W)	89	25	15	26	23
19	Rylee Byrne	89	27	19	30	13
20	Jack Clark	87	22	26	20	19
21	Freddie Bayley (W)	85	26	16	19	24
22	Tommy Wood	79	18	25	15	21
23	Charley Wilcock	78	17	31	–	30
24	Remi Wigglesworth	74	15	17	22	20
25	Andrew Anderson(W)	72	14	24	17	17
26	Oscar Fairclough (W)	62	21	11	18	12
27	Archie Oakes(W)	58	16	14	13	15
28	Bradley Thompson (W)	57	–	18	21	18
29	Preston Hubbard(w)	56	13	13	16	14
30	Oliver Flood(w)	47	12	12	12	11
31	Alfie Brough (w)	42	11	10	11	10