Bish Bash Josh! 2024 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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After a change of venue from Fatcats, the Acerbis Amatuer National series rolled into sunny Marshfield for round three and with the series hitting the halfway mark after this round its crunch time in the scraps for them vital championship points.

Race Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

The California MX Dreams Open 2 stroke class were first up this weekend, and we were treated with some fantastic racing throughout as Rory Jones came out on top with three wins and a third spot, clearly back to full fitness after his injury earlier in the year. Joe Jones pushed all the way and was in the fight for a moto win in the third outing, where a last-lap crash let Rory off the hook, but runner-up on the weekend was what he had to settle for in the end. Lee Truman took the second race victory on his way to third overall, while series leader Patrick Jackson was slightly off the pace and had to settle for fourth, still bagging good points for the championship.

Just like the Open 2 stroke class, the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke category was a closely fought affair with any of 5 riders being able to take victory. Local wildcard Paul Neal eventually came out on top with three wins and a sixth to take the honours after a fierce scrap in the final moto with Harry Linton, Ryan Waggott and Luke Dean. Waggott managed to pip Linton to runner-up overall by just a single point, while Luke Dean had a front wheel puncture in Moto 2, which hindered his overall from standing on the podium. Damon Strydom was never far away and was rewarded with fourth overall, keeping his championship fight alive.

In the hotly contested Acerbis MX1 class, the top two of Josh Spinks and Chris Mills were separated by just two points coming into the weekend, with the KTM man having the upper hand. However, Marshfield suited Spinks down to the ground as he took home a maximum points haul and added an extra 8 points onto the lead as Mills finished runner-up in each of the four motos. Jayden Ashwell, after a 5-5-7 start to the weekend, capped it off with a third in the final race, which boosted him to third overall, just a point ahead of FUS Marsh Honda man James Dodd.

In the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 class, three riders have separated themselves from the rest of the pack. Henry Williams, Josh Waterman and Dominic Newbury are in a league of their own, and the champion will most likely come from one of the trio. Waterman found form this weekend and managed to take his first race wins and overall of the year, taking three wins and a runner-up spot. Williams finished runner-up and lost 8 points to Waterman in the points chase but will still have a decent cushion going into round four. Dominic Newbury was in the top 3 all weekend and was rewarded with third overall, while Zac Stealey and James Lassu rounded out the top five.

With series leader Ben Walsh a no-show at round three, it was blown wide open once again in the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open category. Chris Jackson dominated the weekend as the wildcard rider had a perfect showing with four wins from four starts. Hayden Stevens did his championship challenge no harm at all, being the first registered rider overall in the second spot, just a couple of points ahead of Jack Griffiths. Sam Browning was another wildcard stepping up onto the podium, and Billy Wieczorek finished the weekend top five overall.

In the Motoverde Ladies class, Grace Richards came in with a perfect score over the first two rounds; however, that was to come to an end at Marshfield as various issues over the weekend caused her to only finish runner-up overall. Non-registered rider Leah Evans put on a great performance over the weekend, taking two wins, a second and a fifth to claim the top spot from Richards on a tiebreak, the final race result deciding that outcome. Libby Chatburn was consistent in the top five all weekend and was rewarded third overall for her efforts, just two points ahead of Nadiya Jones in fourth.

In the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 class, Welshman Glen Phillips made an appearance in the class for the first time after being in the MX1 category last year and led every lap over the weekend, dominating the weekend. Paul Jonty Johnston extended his series lead on his new KTM machine to over 30 points with a runner-up spot overall ahead of Alan Pearce, who had a solid weekend, finishing on the lower step of the rostrum. Lee Martin and Craig Chamberlain rounded out the top five.

Last up was the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 class, which looked to be dominated by FUS Marsh GasGas man Phil Mercer; however, after his three wins to kick the weekend off with he had last race issues, meaning only a fourth place finish was achievable, which was just enough the stand on the top step once again as Brian Wheeler pulled his 500 Honda out for a blast around the Gloucestershire circuit and claimed the final moto victory along the way to come to within two points of the overall. Danny Tollett finished the weekend in third and scored some good points, while Sean Smith and Adrian Bradley rounded out the top five.

Round 4 goes to another new venue for the series and to Penybont in Wales at the end of July.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	JOSH SPINKS	160	40	40	40	40
2	CHRIS MILLS	152	38	38	38	38
3	JAYDEN ASHWELL	129	32	32	29	36
4	JAMES DODD	128	30	34	34	30
5	JACK BENISTON	124	34	30	26	34
6	SCOTT ALDRIDGE	119	29	29	32	29
7	ASHLEY GREEDY	118	28	28	30	32
8	JOSH GREEDY	108	26	27	27	28
9	BEN MUSTOE	108	36	36	36	–
10	ED BRISCOE	104	24	25	28	27
11	SIMON BOOTH	102	27	26	23	26
12	DAN DAN MAULE	94	25	22	25	22
13	BEN CLAYTON	92	21	24	22	25
14	REECE WAINE	79	13	21	21	24
15	BEN WALKER	72	16	17	18	21
16	KIERON COOK	70	23	23	24	–
17	CORY NEMETH	58	–	16	19	23
18	TOMMY DAVIES	58	20	18	20	–
19	CALLUM WATSON	47	15	15	17	–
20	SCOTT ROBSON	44	14	14	16	–
21	DAN WHITEHEAD	39	19	20	–	–
22	HARRY FLETCHER	36	17	19	–	–
23	BRAD WHEELER	22	22	–	–	–
24	MAX FLETCHER	18	18	–	–	–
25	WILL HUGES	12	12	–	–	–
26	4664758	11	11	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	JOSH WATERMAN	158	40	40	38
2	HENRY WILLIAMS	150	36	38	40
3	DOM NEWBURY	148	38	36	36
4	ZAC STEALEY	123	29	32	32
5	JAMES LASSU	122	30	30	28
6	BEN WHITE	120	34	25	29
7	LUKE MELLOWS	118	32	29	30
8	SHANE JONES	113	25	26	34
9	SCOTT HAMILTON	106	28	24	25
10	COREY COLLINS	102	27	28	24
11	PATRICK GILLIAN	97	22	22	27
12	YARIN EVANS	93	20	23	26
13	LEWIS PROUD	87	23	17	22
14	ADAM NEVITT	80	19	18	21
15	JOE FEILD	79	21	19	18
16	AIDEE SMITH	76	17	20	20
17	ARRAN MURPHY	71	18	14	19
18	CONNOR CHALINOR	68	24	21	23
19	RYAN MANLEY	67	16	16	17
20	DAN NEVITT	62	15	15	16
21	SCOTT BARROW	58	13	13	15
22	TOM SHUTTLER	53	26	27	–
23	JACK TIMMS	34	–	34	–

Open 2 Stroke

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	RORY JONES	156	40	36	40	40
2	JOE JONES	150	36	38	38	38
3	LEE TRUMAN	150	38	40	36	36
4	PATRICK JACKSON	128	34	32	30	32
5	MARK YOUNG	127	30	34	34	29
6	DREW ROE	115	26	30	29	30
7	TAYLOR JOHNSON	110	29	28	25	28
8	LEE SEALEY	110	32	29	28	21
9	ROSS BENTON	106	27	27	26	26
10	JOE JORDAN	105	28	26	24	27
11	LEWIS PETFEILD	99	23	24	27	25
12	LEWIS RODEN	96	25	25	23	23
13	THOMAS SORRELL	89	24	22	21	22
14	CHARLIE HAMLETT	66	–	–	32	34
15	SHELDON SEAL	46	–	–	22	24
16	TOM HIRONS	45	22	23	–	–
17	13287945	42	21	21	–	–

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	PAUL NEAL	150	40	40	30	40
2	RYAN WAGGOTT	144	38	34	36	36
3	HARRY LINTON	143	29	38	38	38
4	DAMO STYDOM	134	32	36	34	32
5	MATT RIDGWAY	122	36	30	26	30
6	LUKE NEWMEN	115	30	27	29	29
7	CHARLIE PARLMER	114	28	32	28	26
8	LUKE DEAN	108	34	–	40	34
9	CHARLIE HUCKELBRIDGE	108	25	28	27	28
10	JAMES HANSCOMB	108	27	29	32	20
11	JACK EVANS	101	26	26	25	24
12	WYATT McGREGOR	93	20	24	24	25
13	FABIAN JR MORRISON	92	21	25	19	27
14	TIM GARDHAM	89	23	23	21	22
15	WILL TURNER	89	24	21	23	21
16	BEN SULLIVAN	85	22	22	22	19
17	TROY JONES	76	19	20	20	17
18	TOM GOODFELLOW	68	16	13	16	23
19	SEAN VENESS	64	17	12	17	18
20	PHIL BURTON	64	18	14	18	14
21	SPENCER STANBRIDGE	57	10	18	14	15
22	OLIVER BEBB	56	8	17	15	16
23	BEN HUNTER	54	14	19	10	11
24	LEWIS ROBERTS	53	13	15	13	12
25	OLLIE HARRIS	44	15	16	–	13
26	GEORGE BROMLEY	41	12	8	11	10
27	JAMIE ALLAN	35	9	9	9	8
28	TRISTAN JAMES	32	–	11	12	9
29	CHRIS CARTER	21	11	10	–	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	LEAH EVANS *	150	40	38	32	40
2	GRACE RICHARDS	150	34	40	40	36
3	LIBBY CHATBURN	144	32	36	38	38
4	NADIYA JONES	142	38	34	36	34
5	BECCA NEWHAM	129	36	29	34	30
6	HANNAH JONES	122	30	30	30	32
7	CAITLIN NEWMAN	117	29	32	28	28
8	AMBER McGREGOR	114	28	28	29	29
9	EMILY NOON	107	27	27	27	26
10	LILY MORELAND	105	26	26	26	27
11	SHASHA TOLLET	98	25	24	25	24
12	SOPHIE JONES	97	23	25	24	25
13	AALIYA HULBERT*	93	24	23	23	23

Vets Over 40

1	GLEN PHILLIPS *	160	40	40	40	40
2	PAUL JOHNSTONE	148	34	38	38	38
3	ALAN PEARCE *	146	38	36	36	36
4	LEE MARTIN	138	36	34	34	34
5	CRAIG CHAMBLINE	123	30	29	32	32
6	MATT CHAPLIN	122	32	32	29	29
7	LEE LARKIN	119	29	30	30	30
8	CARL STANNARD	112	28	28	28	28
9	NICK DAVIES	107	27	27	26	27
10	ANTONIO SOUZA	105	26	26	27	26
11	NATHAM PALMER	98	25	23	25	25
12	PABLO CUSATO	94	23	25	22	24
13	ROB PEARCE	82	20	19	20	23
14	GAV HALL	68	22	22	24	–
15	RYAN PALMER	64	21	24	19	–
16	ANDY DUFIELD	61	17	21	23	–
17	STEPHEN DUFIELD	57	18	18	21	–
18	DAVE BOTTERILL	54	19	17	18	–
19	MARK SUTHERLAND	40	24	16	–	–
20	SIMON SMART	36	16	20	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	PHIL MERCER	154	40	40	40	34
2	BRIAN WHEELER	152	36	38	38	40
3	DANNY TOLLETT	140	38	34	36	32
4	SEAN SMITH	138	30	36	34	38
5	ADRIAN BRADLEY	126	34	27	29	36
6	DAVID CAMPBELL	122	32	30	30	30
7	ANDY WATKINS	122	29	32	32	29
8	PAUL COWARD	109	28	29	26	26
9	CHRIS STEMP	104	27	26	24	27
10	PAUL WIECZOREK	103	25	25	25	28
11	PAUL WILDMAN WILLS	101	21	28	27	25
12	DAVID HOPKINS	97	22	24	28	23
13	CHRIS ELCOCK	94	26	23	23	22
14	JOHN PRIESTLY	92	24	22	22	24
15	DALE SILK	80	20	20	19	21
16	LEE DAVIES	74	23	10	21	20
17	ADRIAN SMITH	69	16	21	15	17
18	BRIAN FRAZER	65	17	13	20	15
19	ADRIAN JESSOP	64	15	17	16	16
20	GARY MASON	63	19	16	9	19
21	MICHAEL JOHNSTON	61	11	15	17	18
22	PAUL SLEIGHT	55	18	19	18	–
23	COLIN BERRY	52	10	14	14	14
24	PHIL WEST	48	12	12	13	11
25	JOHN CARD	45	9	11	12	13
26	IAN POSTLETHWAITE	44	13	8	11	12
27	BRYAN	42	14	18	10	–
28	ANDY STEPHENS	17	8	9	–	–
29	TIM RIGGS	13	6	7	–	–
30	TONY PRIESTLEY	7	7	–	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	CHRIS JACKSON	160	40	40	40	40
2	HAYDEN STEPHEN	146	38	38	34	36
3	JACK GRIFFTHIS	144	36	34	36	38
4	SAM BROWNING	127	27	28	38	34
5	BILLY WIECZOREK	125	34	36	32	23
6	GEORGE POOL	124	32	32	28	32
7	SHEA RYAN	108	30	27	21	30
8	KYLE NOBLE	101	28	19	25	29
9	JOE WINNARD	101	24	23	26	28
10	LUKE PRICE	101	25	29	29	18
11	TYRONE TUGWELL	99	29	21	23	26
12	SAMUAL RAYNER	91	19	24	24	24
13	JACK TOMPKLINS	91	22	30	27	12
14	LEWIS GRIFFITHS	86	13	26	20	27
15	AYJAY SIMPSON	84	23	18	18	25
16	JACK GATLAND	78	20	22	14	22
17	ROSS DEAN	76	26	20	13	17
18	TYLER WILCOX	70	–	25	30	15
19	JACK JORDAN	66	14	17	19	16
20	DAN EVANS	65	17	11	16	21
21	DANIEL JONES	63	10	16	17	20
22	SAM HAMER	61	21	10	11	19
23	JAKE BASHFORD	55	16	13	22	4
24	MATT READMAN	53	18	15	7	13
25	STUART PERRY	51	15	14	12	10
26	MATT BENNETT	39	7	9	15	8
27	ALEXANDER WILLIAMS	35	5	12	4	14
28	HARRY WEST	34	9	8	8	9
29	LLOYD CLARKE	32	11	6	9	6
30	RYAN NEAL	28	8	3	6	11
31	BEN HUGHES	25	3	7	10	5
32	LUIS ROBERTS	19	6	1	5	7
33	ETHAN DAVIES	17	12	4	–	1
34	LOUIS SMITH	12	4	5	3	–
35	JAMIE CASSIDY	9	2	2	2	3
36	RYAN DVAIES	4	1	–	1	2