Bobryshev & Talviku triumph on the Mountain! 2023 Bridgstone British Masters Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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Evgeny Bobryshev, on his SC Sporthomes Husqvarna, was back to his old winning ways as he took victory in both combined MX1 and MX2 races at last weekend’s round four of the Bridgestone Masters at the new Monster Mountain track in South Wales.

Race Report and Images by Dick Law

In the Pro MX2 side of the races, his teammate Jorgen-Matthias Talviku won both of his races to make it a clean sweep of wins in the Pro class for the SC Sporthomes Husqvarna team.

A tremendous amount of work had been done to the track and the surrounding area since its first use, with tons more earth being laid on the course to reinstate the jumps and turns. But the wind on top of the mountain did blow the dust about despite the continual watering.

Steven Clarke (Store 114 racing Honda) got the holeshot at the start of the first combined Pro race from Dan Thornhill (Chambers Gas Gas) and Bobryshev, with Lewis Hall (Fantic) being the first of the MX2s in fourth position. On lap two, Bobryshev found a way past Thornhill and was content to follow Clarke around the challenging track to learn some of his racing lines.

At the halfway point, Bobryshev pounced, took the lead, and won the race. Clarke hung on to second, almost seventeen seconds behind, with Thornhill spending all but the opening lap in third place. The third SC Sporthomes Husqvarna team member, Miro Sihvonen, finished just under two seconds behind Thornhill in fourth, with Callum Green (Tru 7 Honda) fifth.

In the MX2 side of the race, Talviku gated sixth but managed to pass some of the bigger MX1 machines on his way to finish fifth on the track, but first MX2 rider. Hall ended his race in eighth place for second MX2 overall, with Callum Mitchell (Lexa MX Racing Husqvarna) coming from thirteenth at the start to ninth on the track for third overall.

Once again, at the start of race two, Clarke led the pack around the opening lap, but as he did, in an effort to get to the front quickly, Bobryshev crashed out of a comfortable second place and dropped down to fourth.

Charlie Putnam and Callum Green, Pro MX1

Charlie Putnam (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna) inherited second place as Bobryshev went down with Talviku, the first of the MX2s moving into third as Thornhill watched all this happening from fourth place.

It took a lap for Bobryshev to retake third from Talviku and another lap to snatch second from Putnam. Once passed, Putnam started to slip down the running order as first Talviku passed him, then Thornhill and Sihvonen passed him as he ended the race sixth.

Bobryshev passed Clarke at the halfway point again and went on to win by just over three seconds from Clarke, with Thornhill third in class as Sihvonen came from ninth at the start to finish fifth on the track but fourth MX1 rider home.

Talviku was the first MX2 rider home in third, with Mitchell fourth but second MX2 home.
Overall, in the Pro MX1s, Bobryshev won with maximum points from Clarke and Thornhill. But in the Pro MX2s, it was Talviku from Mitchell and Mustoe.

“It doesn’t matter how many are in a race. A win is still a win”, said a happy Bobryshev, “today was a good day as I wasn’t under any pressure and really enjoying my riding. I didn’t get the holeshot in the first race, but I made the win happen. But in the second race, I had a big crash. I was in the lead early, which I thought would be good as I would stay out of the roost and stay clean. But on the second lap, I crashed over the bars and had to come from the back again. I was Ok with that as my speed and riding was good. To me, it’s little steps since I had the forced year off riding, so it’s good to have a couple of races like that”.

Clarke said about his MX1 second overall, “It’s been too long since I have been on a podium. It’s a bit of a thin field of riders today, but I will take a second overall. It’s been a long time since I have led a couple of laps, in fact, two years, and it is great after having all last year off racing. We are progressing, and I am happy to be back on the podium”.

Thornhill said with his usual big grin, “I don’t understand why there was only a small number of Pro riders here today, but there may only be ten riders in my race, but six of them a British Championship riders, and the intensity is the same. So, it’s nice to come here and race. I had two good starts and even had the holeshot in the first race. My speed was good, and every week I am getting back to where I need to be, and it’s nice to have two solid rides again as recently it’s been a bit of a struggle”.

Winner of the Pro MX2s, Talviku said, “It’s been a good day and good practice as I need more racing time, so for me, it was perfect. The track is nice and on a massive bit of land. It’s also a cool layout, but I would have slowed it down a bit and made it more technical. It’s a new track for everyone, so it’s good”.

From second on the Pro MX2 podium, Mitchell said, “It’s been a good day for me as I have been struggling a bit at the last couple of events. I tried my hardest in the first race but got knocked off but finished third. In the second, I got a better start and finished second for second overall”.

Mustoe said about his third Pro MX2 overall, “It’s my first podium of the year, and now perhaps I will get more. The track was much better than the first event they run here, and I enjoyed it”.

Just three points separated the top three in the Amateur MX1s as Bradley Wheeler (Evenstrokes, MX Vice KTM) took the overall by a single point from local lad and winner of races two and four, Glen Phillips (Holeshot Kawasaki) with Josh Greedy (Kawasaki) third as two race winner John Joe Wright (Mr Dig Groundworks Honda) just missed out on a podium position by crashing in race two.

Ashley Greedy (Honda) won all four of his amateur MX2 races for maximum points, with Henry Siddiqui (Apico Husqvarna) second and Rory Jones (IDS Transport KTM) third.

Without winning any of his clubman races, Richard Roberts (Rutzz.Co.UK Yamaha) won the clubman overall from race two and four winner, Kane Fisher (PR Crain Yamaha) and with one and three race winner Colin McLuckie (Honda) third.

Despite a race two re-run after a red flag incident, wildcard rider Tyla Hooley (723 Fantic) managed to win all four of his 125cc races and left fellow wildcard rider Corey Hockey (Husqvarna) and Beau Brown (KTM) to fight over the lower places with Hockey securing second place by just two points after a long weekend.

Mckenzie Marshall (DK Offroad Yamaha) won all four MXY2 races for the overall win. Bayliss Utting (Gibbons Plant Husqvarna), who didn’t finish out of the top three, was second overall, with wildcard rider Dominic Newbury (426 Motorsport KTM) third.

The on-form Josh Vail (SJP Moto KTM) dominated the big wheel 85s by winning all four of his races on the way to the overall win. Maison Jones (Electrical Innovations KTM) was second, with Zane Stephens (Troy Lee Gas Gas) third, a single point behind Jones.

Joel Winstanley-Dawson (Catle Trucks, FXR KTM) was unbeaten in the small wheel 85s by notching up four wins from four starts. Chase Panter (KTM) was second, with Arthur Moore (Retro Coatings Husqvarna) claiming the third step on the podium.

Harley Marczak (JMR Foundation Gas Gas) dominated the junior 65s by winning all four of his races, with Arthur King (Motoverde KTM) and Nixon Coppins (Yamaha) finishing second and third, separated by nine points.

Results

Pro Elite MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Evgeny Bobryshev	90	45	45
2	Steven Clarke	86	43	43
3	Dan Thornhill	82	41	41
4	Miro Sihvonen	78	39	39
5	Charlie Putnam	72	35	37
6	Callum Green	71	37	34
7	James Hutchinson	69	34	35
8	Aaron Ongley	65	32	33
9	Richard McKeown	65	33	32

Pro Elite MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Jorgen Talviku	90	45	45
2	Callum Mitchell	84	41	43
3	Ben Mustoe	80	39	41
4	Shaun Mahoney	76	37	39
5	Daniel Hutchinson	72	35	37
6	Tom Hughes	69	34	35
7	Lewis Hall	43	43	–

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bradley Wheeler	153	30	41	39	43
2	Glen Phillips (W)	152	25	45	37	45
3	Josh Greedy (W)	151	41	43	33	34
4	John Joe Wright	144	45	19	45	35
5	Sean Williamson	140	37	35	35	33
6	Max Lewis	136	31	39	27	39
7	Todd Ritchie (W)	127	43	–	43	41
8	Ryan Osborn	127	35	30	32	30
9	Kieran Yorke	126	39	32	23	32
10	Callum Gordon	116	32	25	30	29
11	Daniel Maule	115	33	27	24	31
12	Jamie Dixon	114	26	34	26	28
13	Simon Booth	111	22	31	31	27
14	Jamie Fort	107	29	–	41	37
15	Liam Crellin	107	23	29	29	26
16	Lewis Huckerby	106	27	26	28	25
17	Harrison McCann	105	34	37	34	–
18	Frazer Gardiner	98	24	28	25	21
19	Keelan southwood	90	20	24	22	24
20	Rhys Baker (W)	84	19	23	20	22
21	Connor Maltby	82	18	22	19	23
22	David Curtis	77	17	20	21	19
23	Matty Ryder	75	16	21	18	20
24	Dale Brockhurst	61	28	33	–	–
25	Lewis Anderson	21	21	–	–	–

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ashley Greedy (W)	180	45	45	45	45
2	Henry Siddiqui	162	41	43	35	43
3	Rory Jones	162	39	39	43	41
4	Ben Clark	157	43	41	34	39
5	Patrick Jackson	139	35	34	41	29
6	Liam Williams (w)	134	34	35	33	32
7	Jordan Bachelor	133	33	26	37	37
8	Leon Ongley	128	32	33	30	33
9	Harvey Cashmore	126	29	37	32	28
10	Mitchell Armour	123	26	31	31	35
11	Syd Putnam	120	31	29	29	31
12	Mitchell Warhurst	118	25	32	27	34
13	Joele Hart	113	30	30	28	25
14	Tommi Davies(W)	110	27	28	25	30
15	Adam Paxton	100	24	25	24	27
16	Corey Collins(W)	96	23	24	23	26
17	Ben Zeale	81	28	27	26	–
18	Adam Harris	76	37	–	39	–
19	Jaydon Murphy	22	22	–	–	–

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tyla Hooley(W)	135	45	–	45	45
2	Corey Hockey	125	41	–	41	43
3	Beau Brown	125	43	–	43	39
4	Freddie Gardiner	110	30	–	39	41
5	Chester Hyde	106	34	–	35	37
6	Daniel Brough	104	37	–	32	35
7	Declan Wright	104	39	–	34	31
8	Shane Jones(W)	100	33	–	33	34
9	Will Haddock	98	35	–	30	33
10	Troy Willerton	98	31	–	37	30
11	Finlay Boxall	95	32	–	31	32
12	Ethan Blackley	76	23	–	24	29
13	Teddy Hyde	74	24	–	28	22
14	Tyler Jones	74	28	–	29	17
15	Ryan Cristian	73	25	–	23	25
16	Logan Powell (W)	72	18	–	26	28
17	Braidy Tucker	72	21	–	27	24
18	Max Ellerker	67	19	–	25	23
19	Oliver Almond	64	17	–	20	27
20	Ashton Phillips	60	16	–	18	26
21	Zachary Pearson	60	20	–	19	21
22	Robert Wood	54	14	–	21	19
23	Oli Wickers	51	15	–	16	20
24	Josh Blackley	48	13	–	17	18
25	Dan Wood	44	22	–	22	–
26	Brandon Hedayat (W)	29	29	–	–	–
27	Jake Ward	27	12	–	15	–
28	Harry Shand	27	27	–	–	–
29	Nicky Jones (W)	26	26	–	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Richard Roberts	166	43	41	41	41
2	Kane Fisher	159	34	45	35	45
3	Colin Mc luckie	158	45	43	45	25
4	Lee Clarkson	156	41	39	37	39
5	Nathan Heath	133	35	37	24	37
6	Jordan Ambler (W)	132	30	29	43	30
7	Bradley Priest	131	31	28	29	43
8	Matthew Fuller	129	32	35	33	29
9	Mark Kinsley	128	22	33	39	34
10	Josh Young	121	39	17	34	31
11	Hayden Stevens (W)	120	23	32	30	35
12	Ivan Williamson	115	33	34	21	27
13	Josh Watson-Bailey	115	37	30	32	16
14	Mitchil Collins	114	27	31	28	28
15	Joe Sargent	109	25	26	26	32
16	Aidan Carney	109	29	23	31	26
17	Dan Best	97	28	27	18	24
18	Richard Evans	90	20	25	22	23
19	Tristan Daniels	84	15	24	23	22
20	Roman York(w)	81	12	21	27	21
21	Jacob Bell	81	17	22	25	17
22	Kevin McBride	77	21	19	19	18
23	Matthew Jones	73	–	20	20	33
24	Luke Price	72	19	16	17	20
25	Alex Harvey	66	26	18	3	19
26	Robert Williams	52	9	15	13	15
27	Scott Isherwood	49	10	9	16	14
28	Tod Thompson	47	11	11	12	13
29	Kurt Richardson	47	13	12	10	12
30	Roger Frean	47	14	14	9	10
31	Josh Ithell	43	18	10	15	–
32	Harley Jones	37	8	4	14	11
33	Jake Evans	30	24	6	–	–
34	Callum Radford	29	16	13	–	–
35	Tyler Stevenson	25	5	7	5	8
36	Connor Barnett	24	6	3	8	7
37	Ryan Davies (W)	22	7	8	7	–
38	Max Hudson (w)	20	–	–	11	9
39	Phil West	11	2	5	4	–
40	James Barabach(W)	10	4	–	6	–
41	Ben Hughes	3	3	–	–	–

MXY2 Youth

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	McKenzie Marshall	180	45	45	45	45
2	Bayliss Utting	168	43	41	41	43
3	Dominic Newbury (W)	158	39	43	37	39
4	Jak Taylor	156	33	39	43	41
5	Joseph Leeks	149	41	37	39	32
6	Kayde Rayns	143	37	34	35	37
7	Josh Bassett	139	35	35	34	35
8	Jack Wilson	134	34	33	33	34
9	Jamie Collins	125	32	31	32	30
10	Lewis Bethell	122	30	28	31	33
11	Dayton Thompson	115	28	29	29	29
12	Jack Dando	113	31	32	19	31
13	Fenton Rayns (W)	104	24	24	28	28
14	Harrison Drewell	103	27	23	27	26
15	Louis Perrin-Brown (W)	100	23	25	25	27
16	Max Agar	99	22	26	26	25
17	Warren Boyce	99	25	27	24	23
18	Sam Jackson	89	29	30	30	–
19	Richard Barstow	85	21	22	21	21
20	Tommy Gibbard	79	17	20	20	22
21	Sonny Shipton	69	26	21	22	–
22	Leyton Duffy	67	20	–	23	24
23	Max Hudson	37	18	19	–	–
24	Alfie Duckett (w)	34	16	18	–	–
25	Dylan Bakewell	19	19	–	–	–

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Josh Vail	180	45	45	45	45
2	Maison Jones	161	43	43	41	34
3	Zane Stephens	160	41	41	43	35
4	Harley O’Callaghan	151	37	39	34	41
5	Riley Small (W)	150	39	33	35	43
6	Ollie Jewitt	145	35	34	39	37
7	Ethan Jordan	139	33	37	30	39
8	Kameron Greenhalgh	135	32	35	37	31
9	Jorge Parkin	122	28	29	32	33
10	Archie Congdon (W)	122	31	30	29	32
11	Reegan Rogers (W)	122	34	32	33	23
12	Josh Hutchinson	120	29	31	31	29
13	Andrew Piggford	108	27	27	26	28
14	Robert Sweeney (W)	107	25	28	27	27
15	Halim Own	106	30	18	28	30
16	Oliver Burridge (W)	103	26	26	25	26
17	Ashden Walsh	96	24	23	24	25
18	Jayden Greyson (W)	90	19	25	22	24
19	Holly Williams	85	22	22	19	22
20	Harry Grayson	83	20	19	23	21
21	Freddy Richards (W)	78	18	20	20	20
22	Lucas Smith (W)	66	21	24	21	–
23	Harry Johnson (W)	62	23	21	18	–

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Joel Winstanley-Dawson	180	45	45	45	45
2	Chase Panter	162	41	37	43	41
3	Arthur Moore	158	35	43	37	43
4	William Evans	153	43	39	34	37
5	Jenson Severn	146	39	35	39	33
6	Archie Butterfield	143	33	34	41	35
7	Lucas Lee	138	31	41	35	31
8	Caiden Brand	134	34	33	33	34
9	Harry Cuddy	132	30	31	32	39
10	Ryan Taylor	121	29	32	30	30
11	Harry Hall	115	27	30	31	27
12	John Mc Cann (W)	112	37	28	18	29
13	Henry Lewis	104	23	25	28	28
14	Ryan Flynn (W)	104	26	27	26	25
15	Oscar Gilham	104	28	24	29	23
16	Harley Pastoor	104	32	26	27	19
17	Jamie Thorpe	102	25	22	23	32
18	Jamie Prentice	96	24	23	25	24
19	Tommy Hutchinson	94	18	29	21	26
20	Alan Thomson	82	21	17	22	22
21	Ryan Prentice	82	22	20	19	21
22	Jack Masters	73	20	19	20	14
23	Chad Prince	72	17	18	17	20
24	Ricky Barrick	64	19	21	24	–
25	Rueben Jenkins (W)	62	16	16	12	18
26	George Miles	62	15	15	16	16
27	Tommy Barford (W)	59	13	14	15	17
28	Seersha Jones	56	14	13	14	15
29	Cole Fuller (W)	13	–	–	13	–

Junior 65cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Harley Marczak	180	45	45	45	45
2	Arthur King	162	41	41	39	41
3	Nixon Coppins	153	37	39	34	43
4	John Slade (W)	146	35	35	37	39
5	Jett Gardiner	140	39	37	41	23
6	Elliott Shawyer	135	34	33	35	33
7	Lyall Rutherford	134	32	34	31	37
8	Casey Lister	129	43	43	43	–
9	Dylan Standing	127	31	31	33	32
10	Charley Wilcock	121	30	29	28	34
11	Jakson Ross	118	26	30	27	35
12	Tommy Wood	117	29	28	29	31
13	Sydney Williams	111	27	26	30	28
14	Riley Seeds	106	28	27	24	27
15	Finley Rundle	104	25	24	25	30
16	Harri Luckwell (W)	102	24	23	26	29
17	Jack Clark	97	23	25	23	26
18	Jamie Currie	97	33	32	32	–
19	Ivan Williamson	91	22	22	22	25
20	Bradley Thompson (W)	87	21	21	21	24
21	Haydn Escott	82	20	20	20	22
22	Charlie Tunnicliffe (W)	38	19	19	–	–