Collings keeps his cool at Warmingham! 2021 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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After a last-minute change of plan, it was Warmingham Lane that hosted round 3 of the 2021 Acerbis Amateur Nationals series as the championship hit the halfway point. Plenty of water was put down and a rutted track with plenty of line choices was what was offered and it produced some fantastic racing across all classes.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images Courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

The Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 class were the first to hit the freshly groomed circuit with Brian Wheeler putting on a masterclass performance dominating as he always does and claimed 5 wins from 5 starts. 2019 champ Chris Brown wasn’t too far off the pace but runner up is what he had to settle for this weekend as Paul Wildman Willis screamed his little 125 around for a bag of third place finishes and the third spot overall. Steve Ward and Ewan Johnston rounded off the top 5.

In the LS2 helmets Vets Over 40 category, it was business as usual for the Kawasaki former GP man Ryan Voase who like Wheeler did, dominated the weekend even coming from behind in a few races to get to the front. A maximum points haul was his reward however Lee Martin kept him honest and even pushed Voase by hovering a couple of seconds back in one of the outings but in the end took home the runner up position. Danny Tollett had a consistent weekend with a second and 4 third place finishes giving him the lower step of the rostrum ahead of fourth placed Giancarlo Sivoli.

Alfie Calvert’s 100% win streak finally came to an end in the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open category as a fall early in moto three had him coming from the back but only managed a tenth place finish. Calvert still took the overall however by 14 points over Ryan Davis who pipped moto 3 winner James Chandler by just four points for the runner place overall. A second place in the final race of the weekend boosted Luke Price up to fourth overall while a pair of seconds on day one did no harm to Tom Marsh and his overall, landing him with fifth at the end of play Sunday.

In the Pro Green Ladies category it was battle royal at the front between the front 4 as they diced all weekend between themselves for the top honours. Cath King was the victor overall taking all five wins luckily just making it over the finish line before her bike expired in the final race having to push it off the track. Rebecca Newman was hot on her heals on her 125 Yamaha and managed to pull 4 seconds and a fourth out of the bag for the second spot overall. Nadiya Jones stood on the lower step of the rostrum just pipping Taylor Scott by 2 points who also led laps but a couple of falls over the weekend cost her in the end. Kady Moore was best of the rest finishing fifth.

Young up and coming Joel Fisher was the eventual overall winner in the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class as he claimed a runner up followed by four moto wins to give him the overall with an 8 point buffer from first race winner Matt Ridgway. Ridgway was back after his AMCA duties stopped him racing Haverigg and boosted him back up the championship with runner up overall ahead of Ash Harland who was more than happy to be back on the hardpack standing on the third step of the podium. Series leader Stu Owen ended up fourth on the weekend and extended his lead due to second in points Liam Gale being a no show at Warmingham.

Everything got turned upside down in the California MX Dreams 250 Open 2 stroke category as series leader James Dent went out of the first race with an unfortunate crash and a trip to A&E ruling him out of contention. This left wildcard Corey Hockey to claim the top step of the rostrum with four wins and a runner up spot ahead of new points leader Adam Harris who claimed the second moto victory on his way to opening up a decent sized points gap at the head of the field. Chris Nuttall finished the weekend in third overall with a mixed bag of results inside the top 5 while Ryan Matthews and Trystan Williams rounded off the top five.

In the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 category Adam Collings was the man in charge as he took 4 out of 5 race wins to give himself the victory overall. Collings was pushed hard all weekend however by Harry Linton who hovered around the top three in each race giving him the runner up prize. Marshall Smith finished the weekend with a 3-3-5-5-5 scorecard taking the final podium spot and taking full advantage of closest rival Mitchell Meadows issues. Tim Burrows and James Hanscomb finished tied on points for fourth overall but Burrows getting the nod by way of the final race result.

There was another tie in overall points for the weekend but for the overall victory this time as the Paradise MX Holidays MX1 class provided some tight exciting racing. Brad Wheeler riding for the first time in the series this year claimed the top honours with a 5-3-3-1-3 scorecard. Andy Wilson will be kicking himself after a few falls on day two may well have cost him the overall as him and Wheeler both ended on 180 points apiece. Wilson came through the pack well though on a tricky track gaining a point back on series leader James Hutchinson. Hutchy claimed the third moto win but he too had some issues with crashes and had to settle for third overall.

The series now heads to Pontrilas in Herefordshire for round four of the series.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BRAD WHEELER	180	32	36	36	40	36
2	ANDY WILSON	180	38	34	38	36	34
3	JAMES HUTCHINSON	179	34	38	40	29	38
4	JACK BENISTON	165	29	29	29	38	40
5	JAYDEN ASHWELL	164	36	40	34	34	20
6	ED BRISCOE	134	30	26	30	30	18
7	JAMES LASSU	128	28	28	23	21	28
8	SONNY THOMPSON	120	14	23	32	32	19
9	SCOTT HAMILTON	116	26	21	21	25	23
10	CORY NEMETH	110	27	30	27	26	–
11	SIMON BOOTH	109	25	25	20	10	29
12	ADAM THIRWELL	107	23	18	17	17	32
13	SCOTT MERADITH	105	18	16	25	19	27
14	MATT LOMAS	104	21	20	13	24	26
15	DAN SHEP	103	24	12	19	23	25
16	ALBERT MARTINDALE	100	12	14	24	20	30
17	LEE HARRISON	98	–	24	22	28	24
18	SEB BERTHIAUME	89	19	27	28	15	–
19	JAMES GOODALL	81	13	13	16	18	21
20	DAVID PLANK	79	7	19	15	22	16
21	WILL MILLER	75	22	–	26	27	–
22	JIMMY MARGETSON	72	40	32	–	–	–
23	LUKE BULHAM	61	10	11	12	14	14
24	KERIAN MULLOY	60	11	8	3	16	22
25	AARON McLOUGHLIN	60	20	22	18	–	–
26	JASON MARTIN	50	3	6	11	13	17
27	CHRIS HAMLET	46	6	7	9	11	13
28	ADAM SPARKS	45	9	9	5	7	15
29	THOMAS O’CONNOR	42	8	5	10	9	10
30	ARRAN MURPHY	40	4	4	8	12	12
31	TOBY BAILEY	38	17	15	6	–	–
32	MARK REED-BROUGH	34	5	3	7	8	11
33	SEAN WAINWRIGHT	33	16	17	–	–	–
34	JORDAN MARTIN	24	–	10	14	–	–
35	DANIEL EDGAR	22	2	1	4	6	9
36	KIA THIRWELL	17	15	2	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ADAM COLLINGS	198	40	40	40	40	38
2	HARRY LINTON	186	38	38	36	38	36
3	MARSHALL SMITH	168	36	36	32	32	32
4	TIM BURROWS	151	30	30	29	28	34
5	JAMES HANSCOMB	151	34	34	19	34	30
6	DYLAN SPENCER	149	32	26	34	29	28
7	BEN WHITE	137	25	28	30	30	24
8	KIERAN GREGORY	135	24	29	26	27	29
9	ROB AINLEY	130	29	32	16	26	27
10	ROB YATES	114	–	–	38	36	40
11	CALLUM WATSON	111	28	11	28	24	20
12	CALLUM BALDWIN	104	18	25	24	12	25
13	JASON MOORE	101	17	21	25	15	23
14	IWAN ROBERTS	93	20	24	7	21	21
15	RICHIY ROBERTS	93	22	17	22	20	12
16	JUDE HARDTWELL	85	9	16	15	23	22
17	JORDAN HEARN	85	15	23	23	10	14
18	BEN WARINWRIGHT	84	26	9	5	18	26
19	BRAD KNOWLES	81	23	19	8	22	9
20	RYAN MANLEY	73	21	8	12	19	13
21	LUKE TUNRER	72	8	18	11	17	18
22	FRAZER HATCH	72	12	15	21	14	10
23	GREG FISHER	71	16	20	27	8	–
24	AIDEN CARNEY	65	13	6	18	9	19
25	BRADLEY LE FEUVRE	65	7	12	14	16	16
26	MITCHELL MEADOWS	62	–	2	20	25	15
27	JASPER GIBSON	60	10	13	13	13	11
28	KARL SCHULZE	54	27	27	–	–	–
29	KANE RUMBLE	45	6	22	–	–	17
30	SHEA RYAN	43	4	10	10	11	8
31	JAMES PARKIN	35	11	7	17	–	–
32	JAMES KIRBY	28	14	14	–	–	–
33	CAMERON MCGREGOR	22	5	4	6	–	7
34	CAMRON JACKSON	19	19	–	–	–	–
35	MACKENZIE CROCKATT	18	2	1	9	–	6
36	JAMES WATSON	8	1	3	4	–	–
37	LUKE POSS	8	3	5	–	–	–

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JOEL FISHER	198	38	40	40	40	40
2	MATT RIDGWAY	190	40	38	38	38	36
3	ASH HARLAND	174	34	36	36	34	34
4	STU OWEN	165	36	21	34	36	38
5	JORDAN RIDGWAY	147	30	29	30	32	26
6	KEELAN HOPE	144	19	34	32	27	32
7	LEWIS PETFIELD	142	28	32	28	25	29
8	MATT HOCKENHULL	136	27	28	29	24	28
9	ROBERT BARNEY	124	22	24	20	28	30
10	MATT RAYSON	118	23	26	21	21	27
11	GREGOR CAMPBELL	116	25	20	26	26	19
12	ALAN PEARCE	111	11	22	25	29	24
13	TIM GARDHAM	102	24	–	27	30	21
14	BEN HUNTER	99	10	27	24	22	16
15	HAYDEN STEVENS	95	18	23	12	19	23
16	EZRA BLACKWELL	95	21	25	17	12	20
17	BEN MURRAY	93	20	14	22	15	22
18	ANDREW LAWTON	84	29	30	–	–	25
19	JOE SMITH	83	12	19	19	16	17
20	MITCH GREGORY	81	13	16	23	23	6
21	KERR THOMPSON	71	15	12	16	14	14
22	JAMIE COX	66	9	18	15	17	7
23	CRAIG REYNOLDS	63	7	15	13	10	18
24	JAMES WILKINSON	57	16	17	5	7	12
25	JACK PARTINTON	52	14	8	10	11	9
26	HAYDEN BROWN	49	–	10	6	18	15
27	JOSH NOON	49	6	13	8	9	13
28	WILL MORRIS	46	5	11	7	13	10
29	STEVE GARDHAM	44	26	–	18	–	–
30	CHAD PROSSER	42	8	–	14	20	–
31	JASPER UPHILL	32	32	–	–	–	–
32	LEWIS SMITH	31	3	9	11	8	–
33	ADIEE SMITH	28	2	–	9	6	11
34	ASHLEY SUGDEN	18	1	–	4	5	8
35	JACK MAY	17	17	–	–	–	–
36	LOUIS BRUCE	7	–	7	–	–	–
37	NATE PARKIN	4	4	–	–	–	–

250 2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	CORY HOCKEY	198	40	38	40	40	40
2	ADAM HARRIS	190	38	40	38	36	38
3	CHRIS NUTTALL	174	36	34	36	32	36
4	RYAN MATTHEWS	146	29	30	30	28	29
5	TRYSTAN WILLIAMS	144	30	24	32	26	32
6	CALLUM BIRCHER	142	28	28	27	29	30
7	TOM SHUTTLER	142	34	29	25	30	24
8	RYAN GARDINER	134	26	27	26	27	28
9	OWEN WOODHOUSE	132	32	26	28	24	22
10	BEN BURRIDGE	130	24	25	29	25	27
11	DREW ROE	126	–	32	34	34	26
12	JOSH GREEDY	112	23	23	20	23	23
13	ALEX NEEDHAM	111	27	22	24	22	16
14	AIDEN WILLIAMS	108	–	36	–	38	34
15	LIAM SOMERVILLE	106	20	21	21	19	25
16	ALAN MORTON	103	22	19	22	20	20
17	CARL HOWES	92	19	18	19	17	19
18	JAMIE NEEDHAM	90	25	–	23	21	21
19	SEAN KENNY	85	17	17	18	15	18
20	JOSH CARTER	84	18	16	17	16	17
21	TIM THORTON	59	21	20	–	18	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	CATH KING	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	REBECCA NEWMAN	186	38	34	38	38	38
3	NADIYA JONES	178	36	36	36	34	36
4	TAYLOR SCOTT	176	34	38	34	36	34
5	KADY MOORE	155	32	32	32	30	29
6	MOLLY WERNHAM	151	30	30	30	29	32
7	EMILY NOON	149	29	29	29	32	30
8	DAISY BLACKWELL	137	26	28	28	28	27
9	CHLOE CLEGG	133	28	27	27	25	26
10	GEORGIA BOTTRIELL	131	25	26	25	27	28
11	ANDREA TAYLFORTH	118	23	23	26	23	23
12	LAUREN COX	101	27	24	–	26	24
13	AALIYAH HILBERT	98	24	25	–	24	25

Vets Over 40’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN VOASE	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	LEE MARTIN	186	34	38	38	38	38
3	DANNY TOLLET	182	38	36	36	36	36
4	GIANCARLO SIVORI	172	36	34	34	34	34
5	BARRY GRAY	154	32	30	28	32	32
6	NEIL GRIFFTHS	143	28	29	29	29	28
7	ANDREW WOOLHOUSE	140	27	28	27	28	30
8	PAUL COWARD	130	26	26	26	25	27
9	LEE BUCK	128	22	25	25	27	29
10	LEE SCOTT	123	25	22	24	26	26
11	RICHARD MILLER	118	29	27	32	30	–
12	MARK SUTHERLAND	111	21	23	21	22	24
13	CRAIG KEERFOOT	110	24	19	22	24	21
14	NIGEL SMORFITT	100	17	20	20	20	23
15	DAVID HOPKINS	99	23	11	19	21	25
16	JOHN CURRUTHERS	96	19	21	23	16	17
17	SIMON BONSOR	92	30	32	30	–	–
18	NEIL PRINGLE	88	15	17	18	19	19
19	CHRIS ELCOCK	87	20	24	–	23	20
20	ALAN THAIN	86	18	15	13	18	22
21	DALE SILK	83	14	18	16	17	18
22	JAMIE MENZIE	76	13	16	17	14	16
23	MIKE JOHNSTON	69	10	14	15	15	15
24	CHRIS GAUT	64	12	13	12	13	14
25	ADRIAN CLATWORTHY	59	11	12	11	12	13
26	MATTHEW WARD	30	16	–	14	–	–
27	GARY MOFFAT	18	9	9	–	–	–
28	JOSH HIBBERT	10	–	10	–	–	–

Vets Over 50’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BRIAN WHEELER	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	CHRIS BROWN	190	38	38	38	38	38
3	PAUL WILDMAN WILLIS	180	36	36	36	36	36
4	STEVE WARD	162	32	34	32	32	32
5	EWAN JOHNSTON	156	34	24	30	34	34
6	ROB LEWIS	155	29	32	34	30	30
7	CHRIS STEMP	147	30	30	29	29	29
8	ADRIAN LEWIS	133	27	25	27	28	26
9	ADRIAN SMTIH	130	20	27	28	27	28
10	STEVE HOWES	126	25	22	26	26	27
11	STEVE HUMPHRIES	118	22	28	22	22	24
12	ADRIAN JESSOP	116	21	26	19	25	25
13	STEVEN POLLOCK	116	15	29	25	24	23
14	ALAN MORTON	108	24	19	23	21	21
15	ANDREW PROSSER	107	23	20	24	20	20
16	BRIAN FRASER	106	28	23	16	17	22
17	STANLEY MORPHER	100	26	21	20	16	17
18	COLLIN BERRY	90	17	18	17	19	19
19	IAN MCGREGOR	88	16	17	21	18	16
20	JOHN CARD	83	19	16	18	15	15
21	IAN POSS	69	13	15	–	23	18
22	IAN SAYER	65	11	14	14	13	13
23	PAUL RODGERS	61	12	12	13	12	12
24	STEPHEN THORNTON	46	18	–	–	14	14
25	NICKY MACLENNON	42	14	13	15	–	–
26	GARY VINE	33	10	11	12	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ALFIE CALVERT	186	40	40	26	40	40
2	RYAN DAVIS	172	36	28	38	38	32
3	JAMES CHANDLER	168	29	36	40	29	34
4	LUKE PRICE	166	26	34	36	32	38
5	TOM MARSH	160	38	38	20	36	28
6	JAMES NEWBY	156	22	32	32	34	36
7	JACK GOTTS	129	32	24	34	30	9
8	REECE WILKINSON	126	23	25	25	24	29
9	SEB BASHFORD	124	24	17	30	27	26
10	TOM CARD	123	27	21	22	28	25
11	RICHARD EVANS	118	25	26	29	15	23
12	SAM ALDERMEN	110	28	29	4	22	27
13	GRAHAM CLARK	108	30	20	19	25	14
14	LEWIS DAVIDSON	95	20	27	15	14	19
15	JASON WAYMAN	93	10	15	27	17	24
16	KEVIN BROWN	93	9	30	21	26	7
17	JOSH OATES	92	14	22	17	23	16
18	BRADLEY OWENS	86	16	16	16	16	22
19	SAM HAMER	86	18	10	28	12	18
20	OIL GAUT	83	8	9	24	21	21
21	JAKE BASHFORD	68	21	–	12	18	17
22	STEFAN ROBSON	66	13	11	23	7	12
23	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	59	6	12	18	13	10
24	DALE LYONS	57	34	23	–	–	–
25	FRASER SMITH	54	15	7	–	19	13
26	JACK GATLAND	53	–	–	13	20	20
27	LOUIS SMITH	46	12	18	10	1	5
28	ROSS HEPBURN	45	7	6	11	10	11
29	ADRIAN WITCOMBE	45	17	19	1	–	8
30	BEN PROSSER	43	4	8	5	11	15
31	JACK GATLAND	32	19	13	–	–	–
32	ASH SENIOR	30	–	–	–	–	30
33	DOM COCHRANE	30	2	14	–	8	6
34	MATT BENNETT	29	5	5	9	6	4
35	DAN EVANS	28	3	2	14	9	–
36	PAUL SHUTE	19	1	3	8	5	2
37	AIDEN MURPHY	15	–	4	6	4	1
38	LEWIS RAYNE	11	–	1	7	3	–
39	STEVE RILEY	11	11	–	–	–	–
40	LOUIS BRUCE	5	–	–	–	2	3
41	JASON BRICE	3	–	–	3	–	–
42	TONY TENNETT	2	–	–	2	–	–