Burton bags reunion win at Culham! 2022 Motocross & Speedway Memories Reunion – Race Report & Results

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An absolutely huge entry turned out at Culham at the weekend for the second staging of the Pro Alloys of Melksham sponsored Motocross and Speedway Memories Reunion Motocross meeting.

Report by Lee Ashby – Images courtesy of Ady Smith

The event promoted by Lee Ashby and Kevin Wheeler brought friends from the days of 80’s and 90’s schoolboy motocross and the heyday of British Speedway together for a weekend of racing, beer, reminiscing and good times.

This year’s meeting attached some top names with Luke Burton onboard his Team Fus Marsh MX Husqvarna being the cream of the crop, taking all three MX1 moto victories as well as taking the Super Final win for good measure. Josh Taylor had two punctures in the MX1 class but was always in the top 5 and came out swinging in the Superfinal finishing second on his Torbay MX Yamaha. 3rd in the Super Final was Ultimate Wheels Honda team member James Dodd who also had consistent 5 x 2nd places to Luke Burton in MX1! But the top 7 in MX1 was red hot with Luke Burton, James Dodd, Mark Young, Josh Taylor, Corey Hockey, Steve Bixby, & Tommy Alba all swapping around places in that top 7 each race!!

Over in MX2 Kieran Banks on the Meredith backed Fantic 250f won 4 out of 5 races, his colours only being lowered in the last moto by last year’s MX2 champ and 2021 super final winner Harvey James on the GasGas who ended the weekend second with Danny Lanfear who was exciting to watch on his 125 KTM third.

Former BSMA champion Shane Holmes took 4 out of 5 wins in 125cc Evo/Super Evo class, only getting just beaten in the last moto of the weekend by Scott Mathia who was 2nd all weekend till stopping Holmes from a clean sweep. Matt Holcombe stood on the third step of the podium.

250/500cc Evo/Super Evo class was very competitive with Glen Phillips and Tommy Alba trading race wins! But Phillips and Alba dropped races with bike blowups so it was last year’s Super Evo champion Oliver Consterdine who kept in the top 3 all weekend taking the overall ahead of Nathan Davies in second and Gary Brown third.

Darren King took max points in the Vets over 45 class with 5 out 5 wins, being miles out in front and winning each moto by half a lap! But the battles behind were stacked for the top 3 in each race with amazing battles all weekend between Steve Elford, Tony Hale, Russ Jarman, & Leon Day. In the end, though Elford gained second with Hale third.

The Inters was competitive all weekend with no one dominating the races. Finly Abbott won motos as did Dan Hartley. Adam “Dodger” Gustafson was always in the mix along with Daniel Saunders putting up some great battles all weekend long. On the box though it was Abbott, Hartley and Gustafson in that order.

Novice 1 was competitive all weekend. The favourite who was 2nd last year was former BSMA champ Vaughn Williams, but unfortunately, he broke his shoulder blade and cracked ribs in the 1st race of the weekend. we wish him all the best. We spoke to him and he is in good spirits and looking to be back! We wish all the injured riders all the best, heal up asap and get back out there!

But the racing was amazing between the top 5! Luke Lambert took some race wins, but a bad race knocked his overall to 5th! The battle for the win all weekend was between eventual overall winner Martin Curtin, and especially Paul Maynard and local supported well known BSMA man Adam Prior as the two were stuck together all weekend in the top 3!

Taylor Othen got maximum points in Novice 2 over Jordan Keene in second and Gary Ades third who were both in the top three in each moto.

In Novice 3 Colby Walker only dropped one race win to eventual runner up Daniel Jones with Haydn Carter third.

A massive thanks from me and Kevin Wheeler to my Mrs Lanie Lou, my mum Jenny and auntie Dee, and Mick, Kevs Mrs Jemma, and his mum Lynn you were all fantastic and we love you so much, for all you did on the weekend and your support throughout!

Thanks to all our family & friends all mucked in to help us over the weekend so appreciated, my brother Jamie, Jack, Clive, Bazza, and my sister in law Helen who had my Poppy!

Sharon Hartley and all her catering family were a different class, thank you.

Thirty3mx guys Russell & Tracey Watts unreal their work! Really appreciate all their team too they were superb!

To Scott Cheadle and his Toadpit medical services team were first class again so big thanks to them.

Podium Pictures

Results

Super Final – in loving memory of Chris Tucker, sponsored by Stagg Hairdressing. (Jessica Stagg)

Pos	Competitor	Diff	Laps
1	Luke Burton	0	8
2	Josh Taylor	14.587	8
3	James Dodd	15.623	8
4	Steve Bixby	18.823	8
5	Mark Young	27.867	8
6	Kieran Banks	29.137	8
7	Harvey James	01:38.0	8
8	Shane Holmes	01:43.6	8
9	Jack Bachelor	01:47.4	8
10	Danny Lanfear	02:01.6	8
11	Corey Hockey	1 lap	7
12	Troy Jones	1 lap	7
13	Dan Hartley	1 lap	7
14	Russell Jarman	1 lap	7
15	Scott Ardren	1 lap	7
16	Mark Morris	1 lap	7
17	238	1 lap	7
18	Benjamin Carter	2 laps	6
19	Danny Morris Snr	2 laps	6
20	Finly Abbott	4 laps	4
21	Adam Gustafson	4 laps	4
22	Haydn Carter	5 laps	3

MX1 – in loving memory of Mark Hucklebridge, sponsored by Terry Heasman.

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Luke Burton	225	45	45	45	45	45
2	James Dodd	215	43	43	43	43	43
3	Mark Young	196	39	36	41	39	41
4	Corey Hockey	188	37	39	39	36	37
5	Steve Bixby	181	34	41	37	35	34
6	Tommy Alba	179	35	37	35	37	35
7	Tyler Westcott	166	27	33	33	34	39
8	Ben White	157	32	31	30	32	32
9	Josh Taylor	153	41	35	36	41	–
10	James Bates	150	28	32	31	31	28
11	Jack Griffiths	141	26	28	29	28	30
12	Dan Lawler	137	25	26	26	29	31
13	Paul Barrand	125	19	27	27	25	27
14	Bradley Priest	120	16	23	25	27	29
15	Scott Williams	120	23	24	24	24	25
16	Nicky Jones	106	15	22	23	22	24
17	Danny Hooper	101	14	19	22	23	23
18	Jordon Bachelor	99	33	34	32	–	–
19	Callum Green	96	30	–	–	33	33
20	James Herring	95	22	21	–	26	26
21	James Smith	94	–	30	34	30	–
22	Danny Smith	80	10	13	17	18	22
23	Sam Callow	77	20	29	28	–	–
24	Mark Morris	74	17	17	19	21	–
25	Dean Filby	67	21	25	21	–	–
26	Kyde Hartwell	60	9	16	16	19	–
27	Peter Garrard	45	13	14	18	–	–
28	Glen Phillips	31	31	–	–	–	–
29	Paul Longford	30	12	18	–	–	–
30	Callum Ford	29	29	–	–	–	–
31	James Drinkwater	26	11	15	–	–	–
32	Oliver Conterdine	24	24	–	–	–	–
33	Andrew Deadman	18	18	–	–	–	–

MX2 – in loving memory of Si Higgins, sponsored by Tyremarks. (Farrah Tillyer)

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Kieran Banks	223	45	45	45	45	43
2	Harvey James	215	43	43	41	43	45
3	Danny Lanfear	205	41	41	43	39	41
4	Jack Bachelor	191	39	39	39	37	37
5	Troy Jones	177	37	36	35	34	35
6	Richard Sharp	172	33	37	36	35	31
7	George Pool	161	34	35	34	26	32
8	Callum Watson	158	31	32	32	33	30
9	Connor Disano	157	29	34	29	32	33
10	Adam Ford	153	30	33	31	30	29
11	Jake Moss	143	36	–	37	36	34
12	Ezra Blackwell	141	24	29	30	31	27
13	Tyler Kirby	138	28	26	28	28	28
14	Jordan Meredith	134	26	28	27	27	26
15	Giles Richards	122	32	31	12	23	24
16	Phillip Doe	112	21	24	26	21	20
17	Spencer Cockerill	105	17	30	33	25	–
18	Lewis Ruffle	101	23	12	24	19	23
19	Olly Aldridge	89	25	–	25	18	21
20	Samuel Upton	88	13	22	21	14	18
21	Dan Whitman	86	11	21	22	15	17
22	Joe Blundell	84	19	25	23	17	–
23	Jordon Bachelor	80	–	–	–	41	39
24	Lewis Hayward	76	27	27	–	–	22
25	James Kirby	70	10	14	19	11	16
26	Josh Griffiths	69	15	19	–	16	19
27	Bradley White	69	22	23	–	24	–
28	Max Atherton	68	7	18	16	12	15
29	Tom Chesterman	64	35	–	–	29	–
30	Stefan Hooper	63	16	–	–	22	25
31	Neil Thomas	60	8	13	17	9	13
32	Leroy Burniston	57	12	–	18	13	14
33	Oakley Sharp	57	9	16	14	6	12
34	Callum Fulford	54	6	15	15	7	11
35	Jack Roebuck	41	14	17	–	10	–
36	Wayne Matthews	24	5	11	–	8	–
37	Mark Cornish	18	18	–	–	–	–
38	Andy Statham	17	4	–	13	–	–
39	Dan Adams	15	–	10	–	5	–

Evo 125 – in loving memory of David Ashby, sponsored by Mx & Speedway Memories. (Lee Ashby)

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Shane Holmes	223	45	45	45	45	43
2	Scott Mathia	217	43	43	43	43	45
3	Matt Holcombe	189	41	39	31	37	41
4	Sean Smith	182	39	35	32	39	37
5	Sheldon Seal	178	34	37	39	35	33
6	Phil Newman	172	37	33	34	33	35
7	Matt Coles	170	32	32	33	34	39
8	Wildman Willis	168	33	34	37	32	32
9	Nathan Jacobs	147	30	28	29	30	30
10	Tom Moore	144	–	41	41	41	21
11	James Richman	139	26	29	30	27	27
12	Glenn Bixby	135	35	31	35	–	34
13	Matt Wright	130	20	23	28	28	31
14	Bradley Kelly	122	23	24	25	25	25
15	Dave Anthony	119	29	30	–	31	29
16	Chris Lamborne	116	21	25	26	22	22
17	John Haxton	114	18	21	27	24	24
18	Ben Master	102	22	26	–	26	28
19	John Holmes	90	–	22	24	21	23
20	Ben Setchell	86	17	20	–	23	26
21	Steve Hayward	66	11	17	–	18	20
22	Dean Kift	56	27	–	–	29	–
23	Mark Bonning	52	25	27	–	–	–
24	Simon Butler	45	12	16	–	17	–
25	Mason Masters	42	8	18	–	16	–
26	Simon Marston	38	19	19	–	–	–
27	James Ovens	31	31	–	–	–	–
28	Hayman Scriven	30	10	–	–	20	–
29	James Feiven	28	13	15	–	–	–
30	Ryan Harris	28	28	–	–	–	–
31	Nathan Wells	28	14	14	–	–	–
32	Paul Groom	24	24	–	–	–	–
33	Riley Watts	19	–	–	–	19	–
34	Warren leach	16	16	–	–	–	–
35	Toby Wright	15	15	–	–	–	–
36	Gav Richmond	9	9	–	–	–	–

Evo 250/500 – in loving memory of Steve Wheeler, sponsored by The Empowering Network. (Kevin Wheeler)

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Oliver Consterdine	207	41	43	39	41	43
2	Nathan Davies	193	39	41	33	39	41
3	Gary Brown	179	34	35	34	37	39
4	Glenn Phillips	178	–	45	43	45	45
5	Scott Ardren	168	32	33	32	34	37
6	Gareth Morgan	154	31	31	30	29	33
7	Ben Ardren	154	30	32	28	33	31
8	James Sansom	150	27	27	31	31	34
9	Tom Ware	144	28	25	29	30	32
10	Kyle Bennett	144	35	39	35	35	–
11	Paul Deeble	143	21	29	26	32	35
12	Tommy Alba	133	45	–	45	43	–
13	Dale Pullinger	116	20	19	25	24	28
14	Terry Maggs	109	15	21	23	23	27
15	Ryan Allen	107	33	37	37	–	–
16	Jordan Watts	106	23	–	27	26	30
17	Robert Snell	102	14	18	22	22	26
18	Mark Oakley	101	22	23	–	27	29
19	Ben Kirkman	90	19	22	24	25	–
20	Harvey James	78	37	–	41	–	–
21	Marcus Alba	78	24	26	–	28	–
22	Jack May	77	43	34	–	–	–
23	Callum Watson	55	25	30	–	–	–
24	Gary Henson	54	26	28	–	–	–
25	Rob Drinkwater	53	29	24	–	–	–
26	David White	36	16	20	–	–	–
27	Alex Hartley	18	18	–	–	–	–
28	Johno Hoskins	17	17	–	–	–	–

Vets – in loving memory of Phil Hendy. Sponsored by The Bathroom Studio Ltd. (Steve Liddington)

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Darren King	225	45	45	45	45	45
2	Steve Elford	207	43	43	37	41	43
3	Tony Hale	199	39	41	41	39	39
4	Russell Jarman	194	35	32	43	43	41
5	Leon Day	181	37	33	39	37	35
6	Stuart Scott	167	41	34	21	34	37
7	Rob Topp	156	29	30	32	32	33
8	Chris Hooper	149	28	29	31	30	31
9	Clark Davidson	147	22	25	35	33	32
10	Jason Robson	143	26	28	29	31	29
11	Mark Relland	133	18	26	33	28	28
12	Stuart Hayward	133	27	27	28	25	26
13	Nigel Davies	123	24	–	30	35	34
14	Steven Holmes	98	23	22	–	26	27
15	Nathan Kennedy	98	10	18	24	21	25
16	Paul Longford	98	33	31	34	–	–
17	Daniel Cavanagh	95	15	24	27	29	–
18	Micheal Scoulding	92	21	21	26	24	–
19	Mark Head	82	8	14	22	16	22
20	Richard Chinn	71	34	37	–	–	–
21	Dean Warren	71	32	39	–	–	–
22	Jon Chapman	67	11	16	23	17	–
23	Anthony Tanner	66	20	23	–	23	–
24	Neal Browning	65	30	35	–	–	–
25	Stephen Hancock	64	9	13	–	19	23
26	Andrew Batten	58	16	20	–	22	–
27	Jim Shand	52	25	–	–	27	–
28	Darren Hall	47	12	17	–	18	–
29	Jason Alba	44	19	–	25	–	–
30	Nigel Davies	44	–	–	–	20	24
31	Matthew Loader	36	17	19	–	–	–
32	Robert Church	31	31	–	–	–	–
33	?? ??	30	–	–	–	–	30
34	Nigel Davies	15	–	15	–	–	–
35	Alan Pocock	14	14	–	–	–	–
36	Adam Winslet	13	13	–	–	–	–
37	Shayne Barter	7	7	–	–	–	–

Inters – in loving memory of Derrick & Hazel Caswell. Sponsored by TTC The Trade Collective. (Rob King)

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Finly Abbott	209	45	45	37	43	39
2	Dan Hartley	206	34	37	45	45	45
3	Adam Gustafson	203	39	43	39	39	43
4	Daniel Saunders	188	43	41	43	35	26
5	Ashley Smith	167	33	35	34	32	33
6	Ben Deeble	163	30	33	35	31	34
7	Jason Dallimore	153	35	20	31	30	37
8	Ashley Atherton	152	31	32	32	28	29
9	Oli Gort	149	32	39	41	37	–
10	Lewis Bye	135	28	30	24	23	30
11	Lee Veale	134	27	23	26	27	31
12	311??	133	–	31	33	34	35
13	Marni-Leigh Saunders	129	25	29	29	25	21
14	Matty Hardwick	128	26	24	28	22	28
15	Lee Scott	117	21	22	30	26	18
16	Callum Maggs	114	17	19	27	24	27
17	Tom Evans	110	37	28	–	33	12
18	Shane Campion	101	22	26	–	21	32
19	Ryan Neale	101	19	14	25	20	23
20	Daniel Cheese	94	20	16	22	12	24
21	Joshua Fryer	93	2	2	–	41	41
22	John Holmes	76	–	17	23	11	25
23	Peter Marston	75	41	34	–	–	–
24	Ian Legg	74	7	13	21	13	20
25	Connor Maggs	71	10	10	16	16	19
26	Craig Roberts	71	15	12	15	14	15
27	Chris Smith	68	18	21	–	18	11
28	Brett Kelly	67	14	6	20	17	10
29	Arren Sagoo	61	–	7	17	15	22
30	Chris Gaut	59	9	8	18	10	14
31	Timmy Dancer	56	–	11	–	29	16
32	3?	56	29	27	–	–	–
33	143?	49	24	25	–	–	–
34	Alex Taylor	43	4	–	14	8	17
35	??	37	–	18	–	19	–
36	Russell Romans	27	12	15	–	–	–
37	Matthew Cooke	26	8	9	–	9	–
38	Rennie fenton	23	23	–	–	–	–
39	33	19	–	–	19	–	–
40	Danny Brown	19	3	3	13	–	–
41	86?	16	16	–	–	–	–
42	338?	13	13	–	–	–	–
43	Andy Salt	13	–	–	–	–	13
44	Matt Gillard	11	6	5	–	–	–
45	Daniel Marsh	11	11	–	–	–	–
46	Luke Gillard	9	5	4	–	–	–

Novice 1 – in loving memory of Andrew Marston, sponsored by Oakleaf Building Ltd Motorsport. (Shaun Anthony)

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Martin Curtin	213	39	41	45	45	43
2	Paul Maynard	203	41	39	41	43	39
3	Adam Prior	191	37	37	39	41	37
4	Martin Alden	179	35	35	37	37	35
5	Luke Lambert	176	45	43	43	–	45
6	Bradley Roberts	165	34	34	33	33	31
7	Callum Smith	147	26	26	35	31	29
8	Paul O’Hagen	133	–	33	31	35	34
9	Toby Atherton	132	30	30	26	13	33
10	Ricky Prior	127	20	22	27	28	30
11	Ben Wyles	126	28	32	32	34	–
12	Scott Eaton	124	25	24	20	30	25
13	Daisy Blackwell	116	23	21	23	22	27
14	Jason Smith	114	29	23	30	32	–
15	Nick Radford	111	17	15	22	16	41
16	Ashley Mair	109	27	25	28	29	–
17	Kye Flippance	109	22	19	19	25	24
18	Shaun Anthony	108	21	16	24	24	23
19	Jack Baker	102	24	17	17	23	21
20	Cory Kelly	101	13	18	16	26	28
21	Steve Griffin	101	14	20	25	20	22
22	Ben Lacey	100	–	–	29	39	32
23	Tim Riggs	98	18	14	13	27	26
24	Jamie Horn	98	33	27	–	18	20
25	Kevin Pride	94	32	28	34	–	–
26	Corey Hawkins	88	43	45	–	–	–
27	Jason Campion	79	15	13	15	17	19
28	Rhianna Dix	77	12	10	18	21	16
29	Josh Lacey	75	31	29	–	15	–
30	Robin Bayman	70	11	9	14	19	17
31	Joseph Ritchie	60	10	11	21	–	18
32	Ben Lambert	50	19	31	–	–	–
33	Sylvain Donzeaud	33	–	7	12	14	–
34	Simon Howells	28	16	12	–	–	–
35	Dean Chrippes	9	9	–	–	–	–
36	Dean Abbott	8	–	8	–	–	–

Novice 2 – in loving memory of Jude Morris #101, sponsored by Jones Rentals.

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Taylor Othen	225	45	45	45	45	45
2	Jordan Keene	213	43	41	43	43	43
3	Gary Ades	207	41	43	41	41	41
4	Joe Kemp	193	37	39	39	39	39
5	Luke Budzizewski	176	34	37	34	34	37
6	Darren Othen	175	39	35	33	35	33
7	Mark Rawlins	174	35	31	37	37	34
8	Matthew Eaton	165	30	32	35	33	35
9	Lucas Leach	155	29	30	32	32	32
10	Tony Wilde	142	24	29	29	31	29
11	Ben Barney	138	27	25	31	24	31
12	Tyler Kelly	133	20	28	28	27	30
13	Jason Smith	129	22	27	27	28	25
14	Craig Griffin	122	21	24	25	25	27
15	Helen Morgan	118	23	23	21	23	28
16	Daniel Deeprose	113	28	26	30	29	–
17	David Griffiths	98	18	19	18	20	23
18	Callum Davidson	97	17	–	26	30	24
19	Darren Rogers	91	15	16	20	19	21
20	Lee Owen	90	–	20	22	22	26
21	Ian Cunningham	80	19	–	23	16	22
22	Kieron Owen	76	10	14	15	17	20
23	Sam Trinder	75	25	–	24	26	–
24	Luke Wiltshire	75	31	33	11	–	–
25	Lewis Cornwall	67	33	34	–	–	–
26	Anthony Smith	62	13	15	16	18	–
27	Joe Broadbank	58	–	18	19	21	–
28	Leigh Wilcox	58	8	–	17	15	18
29	Eddie McCarthy	50	11	12	14	13	–
30	Jamie Barter	49	16	22	–	11	–
31	Matt Asher-Lorimer	42	–	–	13	10	19
32	Spencer Briggs	32	32	–	–	–	–
33	Gary Heath	29	12	17	–	–	–
34	??	26	26	–	–	–	–
35	Jamie Ashby	22	9	13	–	–	–
36	22	21	–	21	–	–	–
37	Craig Hann	19	7	–	12	–	–
38	Will Sperry	18	6	–	–	12	–
39	27	14	14	–	–	–	–
40	Lea Ellis-Callow	14	–	–	–	14	–

Novice 3 – in loving memory of Roger Hook, sponsored by Wax is dead.

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Colby Walker	223	45	43	45	45	45
2	Daniel Jones	209	39	45	43	41	41
3	Haydn Carter	207	43	41	37	43	43
4	Benjamin Carter	188	35	39	36	39	39
5	Danny Morris Jnr	177	34	37	35	34	37
6	Jack Wajtknecht	166	31	34	33	33	35
7	Danny Morris Snr	154	33	33	31	30	27
8	John Green	153	25	32	34	28	34
9	Jake Pawley	135	32	31	21	32	19
10	Luke Lindley	130	23	23	28	27	29
11	Chris Golding	129	27	27	18	24	33
12	Jay Sherwood	125	24	15	32	29	25
13	Gary Quincy	121	22	25	23	20	31
14	Steve Humphrey	115	18	26	26	19	26
15	Kyle Richards	114	21	24	16	25	28
16	Russell Groves	108	–	–	39	37	32
17	Finley Golding	103	17	21	24	21	20
18	Steve Moody	93	26	14	27	26	–
19	Simon Bentley	93	20	20	30	23	–
20	Alex Dark	85	16	17	15	13	24
21	Mark Morris	85	15	19	13	15	23
22	Chris Fussell	80	11	11	19	17	22
23	Steve Morgan	79	14	16	12	16	21
24	Tyler Marston	76	–	–	41	35	–
25	Callum Loader	69	29	18	22	–	–
26	Noah Pocock	66	37	29	–	–	–
27	Andy Imrie	66	28	30	8	–	–
28	Jamie Horn	61	–	–	–	31	30
29	Matt Jarvis	57	10	7	10	12	18
30	Jamie Johnson	57	–	28	29	–	–
31	Richard Evans	51	13	10	14	14	–
32	Jason Gutteridge	47	–	–	25	22	–
33	Kieran Jones	41	41	–	–	–	–
34	Paul Ross	41	19	22	–	–	–
35	James Garrett	41	12	9	9	11	–
36	Jason Chapman	35	–	35	–	–	–
37	Reece Ball	35	8	6	11	10	–
38	Chris West	31	–	13	–	18	–
39	Jason Chapman	30	30	–	–	–	–
40	Reg Sheppard	17	–	–	17	–	–
41	Sean Gillard	17	9	8	–	–	–
42	Joe Duguid	12	–	12	–	–	–