Corey’s Cumbrian Haul! 2022 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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It was a trip up north to sunny Cumbria and the sandy track of Haverigg which played host to round 3 of the Acerbis Amateur Nationals series where the track crew did an amazing job at prepping the track which got really rough making it a tough weekend on the riders.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of JMFS Photography

The first guys to hit the track were the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 class and it was business as usual for Brian Wheeler as he put on a masterclass making it look so easy and staying smooth he took 5 more wins and another maximum points haul extending his series lead further. Local lad Richard Miller tried his utmost to overhaul the dominant Wheeler but however, like he did at Hawkstone, had to settle for the runner up spot. James Whitelaw stood on the third step of the podium just ahead of defending champ Chris Brown and Cumbrian Paul Coward.

In the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 category it was 2021 champion, Kawasaki man Ryan Voase who took home a full sweep as he stormed to all 5 race wins over the weekend convincingly. Lee Martin consolidated his series lead with runner up on the weekend with a mixed bag of results inside the top 5 fending off Danny Tollett who took third. Barry Gray led laps early on in moto three but in the end fourth overall was where he was credited with just one point ahead of Simon Bonsor.

In the Motoverde Ladies category it was battle royale at the front as Grace Richards and Kathryn Booth diced it out at the front. The pair couldn’t leave each other alone all weekend which even involved a moto three collision and it looked tight at the top of the results going into the final race of the weekend. Booth however ran into issues and a DNF put her right outside the top 5 overall and gifting the series lead to rival Richards as she went on to claim the win and the overall. Nadiya Jones picked up the pieces for runner up on the weekend and Amie Goodlad lost a few points but is definitely still in the fight for the championship with third overall.

The Manchester Xtreme supported Junior Open class were last to hit the track over the weekend so got the worst of the conditions but it was Liam Somerville who made it three overall victories from three rounds and extended his already big lead even further but he didn’t have it all his own way this time around. Kerr Thomson took three of the five race wins over the weekend and if it wasn’t for his first race ninth, would have been in for a shout at the top spot. Richard Evans came back from a moto four spill to recover to third overall on the day while Aidee Smith had to work hard coming through the pack in a few races to claim a seasons best fourth overall.

Close racing as always greeted us in the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class and it was all about 2 guys that separated themselves from the rest. Damon Strydom and Rob Holyoake continued their season-long scrap for the title on the Cumbrian coast and they each shared the wins and runner ups alternatively and went into the final race tied on points in a winner takes all dual. Strydom was the man to claim that final race victory and with it the overall honours pulling back a mere 2 points on Holyoake in the championship. Charlie Hamlet could do nothing about the front pair and had to settle for third on the podium ahead of former champ Ash Harland, who normally prefers the hard-pack tracks, had a good weekend in the soft stuff and took fourth.

It was a dominating weekend for the leader of the California MX Dreams Open 2 stroke category as Corey Hockey claimed his first maximum of the year with five wins leaving all the action to happen behind him. There was a 3-way scrap on for the runner up on the day between James Dent, Adam Harris and Stephen Wade with the trio sharing the second, thirds and fourths between them all weekend. It was local man Dent that ended up coming out on top of this little fight though taking the runner up spot while Harris just scraped onto the lower step of the rostrum by a couple of points over Wade who had to settle for fourth this time around.

In the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 class former Buildbase Honda rider Callum Green made a wildcard appearance at Haverigg and claimed the overall honours with a 4-1-1-2-1 scorecard giving him a slender 6 point cushion over Rob Clitheroe. Clitheroe enjoyed Hawkstone so much that he decided to jump back on the 250 and throw another wildcard ride in this weekend claiming a moto win and second overall for his efforts. CPS Husqvarna rider Dylan Spencer claimed the moto four victory on his way to third overall and consolidated his championship lead in the process while Harry Linton recovered from his 8th and 11th results in the first two races to work his way to fourth overall.

Everything got turned upside down and back to front in the Paradise MX Holidays MX1 class as Andy Wilson went out with an injury and James Hutchinson had 2 mechanical issues after 3 race wins meaning they lost a lot of points. Jack Beniston put in a consistent weekend and even bagged a race victory to become the sole leader of the championship after coming in tied with Wilson before the weekend’s action. Luke Meredith also claimed a race win but wasn’t quite as consistent as Beniston so had to settle for runner up this time around while Ed Briscoe quietly went about his business and landed on the podium just ahead of Daniel Parry.

With round 3 wrapped up and in the history books it’s onto round 4 in 4 weeks at the end of June.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JACK BENISTON	192	38	38	40	38	38
2	LUKE MERADITH	178	32	36	36	40	34
3	ED BRISCOE	172	36	30	38	36	32
4	DANIEL PARRY	170	34	32	34	34	36
5	HARVEY TILLOTSON	144	26	25	32	32	29
6	SIMON BOOTH	140	28	28	27	27	30
7	CORY NEMETH	139	29	29	28	29	24
8	ADAM THIRWELL	136	24	24	30	30	28
9	KIA THIRWELL	124	18	27	25	28	26
10	JOE TAYLFORTH	122	20	26	29	22	25
11	JAMES HUTCHINSON	120	40	40	–	–	40
12	BRADLEY FLGG	118	21	21	23	26	27
13	LEE SEALEY	114	25	22	26	20	21
14	LEWIS MEDOWS	109	22	23	20	24	20
15	JAY LEWIS	104	17	18	24	23	22
16	PATRICK GILLIGAN	104	23	20	17	25	19
17	PETE HAMLET	103	19	19	21	21	23
18	TYE BARRS	86	15	16	19	19	17
19	ANDY WILSON	83	27	34	22	–	–
20	CALLUM BIRCHER	69	16	17	18	18	–
21	JAMIE BROWN	64	14	15	–	17	18
22	LEE HARRISON	30	30	–	–	–	–
23	TYLER SMITH	13	13	–	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	CALLUM GREEN	192	34	40	40	38	40
2	ROB CLITHROE	186	40	38	34	36	38
3	DYLAN SPENCER	186	38	36	36	40	36
4	HARRY LINTON	159	28	25	38	34	34
5	ZAC STEALEY	154	30	30	32	30	32
6	MITCHELL MEADOWS	149	32	28	30	32	27
7	JACK TIMMS	143	27	29	28	29	30
8	BRADON FURGUSON	140	29	34	27	27	23
9	ALFIE CALVERT	133	25	26	26	28	28
10	OLLY JONES	130	26	27	25	26	26
11	JORDAN HEARN	117	22	24	22	24	25
12	DOM NEWBRY	111	36	32	29	–	14
13	ADAM NEVITT	110	23	23	24	20	20
14	ARRAN MURPHY	95	19	18	16	18	24
15	AARON COLLINS	93	20	20	19	15	19
16	TROY JONES	93	21	17	15	22	18
17	JAKE WINNARD	92	17	–	23	23	29
18	AIDEN CARNEY	90	24	22	7	16	21
19	OLIVER BARNES	90	14	19	20	25	12
20	BRADLEY LE FEUVRE	89	18	15	21	19	16
21	RYAN MANLEY	82	12	16	18	14	22
22	FRAZER HATCH	75	10	14	17	17	17
23	LUKE TUNRER	66	15	13	14	11	13
24	SCOTT MERADITH	62	16	21	-6	21	10
25	DANIEL NEVITT	59	13	11	11	13	11
26	JOSH WILLIAMS	58	9	10	12	12	15
27	MACKENZIE CROCKATT	48	8	9	13	9	9
28	DAN HART	38	11	8	9	10	–
29	JOSH HART	30	–	12	10	8	–
30	KRISTERS KARKLINS	29	7	7	8	7	–

2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	COREY HOCKEY	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	JAMES DENT	178	38	32	36	34	38
3	ADAM HARRIS	174	32	38	38	36	30
4	STEPHEN WADE	172	34	34	34	38	32
5	DREW ROE	168	36	36	32	30	34
6	RORY JONES	156	28	30	30	32	36
7	RYAN DEACON	136	29	29	26	28	24
8	JAMES HANSCOMB	132	26	27	27	25	27
9	MATT LOMAS	129	23	25	29	24	28
10	BEN GILLETT	126	30	14	28	29	25
11	KEELAN HOPE	125	24	24	25	23	29
12	ALEX NEEDHAM	118	21	28	22	21	26
13	FRAZER HANSON	112	25	26	20	19	22
14	RYAN MATTHEWS	109	17	19	24	26	23
15	MATT HOCKENHALL	106	18	23	21	27	17
16	SAM COWIE	93	22	12	18	22	19
17	REECE WAIN	92	20	18	16	17	21
18	MATT RAYSON	88	16	17	15	20	20
19	JORDAN BARRS	82	27	–	19	18	18
20	OWEN WILKES	76	11	16	17	16	16
21	SEAN VENESS	67	12	13	14	14	14
22	REECE WILKINSON	62	10	11	13	13	15
23	JOE SMITH	59	15	21	23	–	–
24	BENNY LEWIS	54	19	20	–	15	–
25	MARKY TROW	29	14	15	–	–	–
26	OLIVER CONSTERDINE	22	–	22	–	–	–
27	KIERAN SHAW	21	9	–	12	–	–
28	SAM TAYLFORTH	13	13	–	–	–	–

125

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	DAMON STRYDOM	196	38	40	38	40	40
2	ROB HOLYOAKE	194	40	38	40	38	38
3	CHARLIE HAMLET	172	34	32	36	34	36
4	ASH HARLAND	170	36	36	34	30	34
5	WESLEY McGAVIN	158	30	34	32	32	30
6	STU OWEN	142	32	27	30	21	32
7	TOM FISH	135	28	30	23	25	29
8	JORDAN RIDGWAY	133	24	28	28	26	27
9	TIM GARDHAM	130	29	26	27	24	24
10	LIAM GALE	112	19	–	29	36	28
11	ALAN PEARCE	112	23	25	21	20	23
12	MATT TOLLEY	109	26	29	–	29	25
13	ANDREW LAWTON	107	27	–	26	28	26
14	BEN MURRAY	104	22	12	22	27	21
15	OLIVER RUDDOCK	104	25	20	19	23	17
16	HARRISON FORDE	102	21	23	20	22	16
17	LEWIS PETFIELD	101	14	24	25	16	22
18	LIAM JOHNSTON	82	16	22	15	15	14
19	JOSH NOON	78	11	17	14	18	18
20	BEN HUNTER	77	12	16	17	17	15
21	CONNOR CHANILER	75	18	19	–	19	19
22	AYJAY SIMPSON	73	6	15	18	14	20
23	RYAN LOWES	64	15	13	12	12	12
24	JACK PARTINGTON	62	20	18	24	–	–
25	CONNOR TINGLE	53	10	9	11	10	13
26	CRAIG REYNOLDS	52	8	11	13	9	11
27	GEORGE POOL	48	13	8	16	11	–
28	ADAM DYER	38	17	21	–	–	–
29	HAYDEN BROWN	36	9	14	–	13	–
30	KEIRON DAVIES	17	7	10	–	–	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	GRACE RICHARDS	192	38	36	38	40	40
2	NADIYA JONES	172	34	34	36	34	34
3	AMIE GOODLAD	171	36	38	32	27	38
4	GRACE PACKMAN	163	29	32	30	36	36
5	REBECCA NEWHAM	158	32	30	34	30	32
6	KATHRYN BOOTH	158	40	40	40	38	–
7	KADY MOORE	150	30	29	29	32	30
8	LILLY MORELAND	141	28	28	27	29	29
9	EMILY NOON	138	27	27	28	28	28
10	ZOE DEACON	131	26	26	26	26	27

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN VOASE	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	LEE MARTIN	182	38	38	34	38	34
3	DANNY TOLLET	176	36	34	36	32	38
4	BARRY GRAY	166	34	32	38	30	32
5	SIMON BONSOR	165	28	36	29	36	36
6	ADAM WILKINSON	156	32	30	30	34	30
7	MARC ROE	147	29	29	32	28	29
8	STU DAWES	138	30	28	28	29	23
9	CLAYTON HOGG	134	27	27	26	27	27
10	CRAIG CHAMBERLAINE	127	22	26	27	26	26
11	JOHN CURRUTHERS	121	19	25	25	24	28
12	DAVID EVANS	111	21	24	21	25	20
13	CHRIS RUDD	109	20	23	24	20	22
14	MARK SUTHERLAND	108	24	22	19	19	24
15	NIGEL SMORFITT	104	18	20	18	23	25
16	MARK MASON	92	16	17	20	18	21
17	JAMIE MENZIE	80	14	16	15	16	19
18	GAVIN LOWES	80	15	15	16	17	17
19	PAUL WIECZOREK	79	17	19	22	21	–
20	ANDY DUFFIELD	74	13	14	14	15	18
21	CRAIG KERFOOT	69	25	21	23	–	–
22	STUART BRACKWELL	65	11	13	13	13	15
23	ADRIAN CLATWORTHY	52	10	12	–	14	16
24	JAMES ANDREW	44	26	18	–	–	–
25	RAY GRAY	39	–	–	17	22	–
26	STEVE RILEY	23	23	–	–	–	–
27	DALE SILK	12	12	–	–	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BRIAN WHEELER	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	RICHARD MILLER	190	38	38	38	38	38
3	JAMES WHITELAW	178	34	36	36	36	36
4	CHRIS BROWN	172	36	34	34	34	34
5	PAUL COWARD	148	29	30	32	27	30
6	BRIAN FRASER	148	28	29	30	32	29
7	DAVID HOPKINS	142	26	26	28	30	32
8	CHRIS STEMP	140	32	32	22	29	25
9	ROB LEWIS	133	27	27	25	26	28
10	EWAN JOHNSTON	133	30	28	27	22	26
11	ADRIAN LEWIS	113	21	25	19	25	23
12	STAN MORFITT	111	22	18	23	24	24
13	IAN WILSON	110	7	24	29	23	27
14	STEVE HUMPHRIES	109	25	17	24	21	22
15	MIKE JOHNSTON	103	24	21	21	16	21
16	DAVID HOPE	95	19	22	26	28	–
17	STEVE HOWES	91	15	20	20	17	19
18	JOHN GAUNLETT	88	17	23	16	14	18
19	LEE DAVIES	80	20	14	15	15	16
20	STEPHEN POLLOCK	79	12	15	17	20	15
21	NICKY MACLENNAN	78	18	13	12	18	17
22	JIM SHAND	76	8	19	18	11	20
23	ADRIAN JESSOP	69	13	12	14	19	11
24	KEVIN CHARLES	61	10	11	13	13	14
25	STEVE LYONS	57	23	7	9	12	6
26	STEVE MATTHEWS	53	14	10	7	9	13
27	VINCE CRAWLEY	50	9	8	11	10	12
28	DAVE CLAYBORN	47	11	9	10	8	9
29	STEVE THOMPSON	37	6	6	8	7	10
30	STEPHEN THORNTON	32	16	16	–	–	–
31	PAUL RODGERS	28	4	4	6	6	8
32	ANDY STEPHEN	27	5	5	5	5	7

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	LIAM SOMERVILLE	194	40	38	40	38	38
2	KERR THOMPSON	181	27	40	34	40	40
3	RICHARD EVANS	153	38	36	32	13	34
4	ADIEE SMITH	152	30	32	27	34	29
5	CHARLIE WHITLOW	151	29	34	28	28	32
6	JAMES NEWBY	149	28	27	26	32	36
7	JACK GOTTS	147	24	28	29	36	30
8	LUKE PRICE	139	22	25	38	29	25
9	BILLY WIECZOREK	131	32	21	25	30	23
10	STEFAN ROBSON	128	34	26	21	26	21
11	JAMES MILNE	121	26	19	30	20	26
12	JACK MURRAY	120	14	29	22	27	28
13	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	112	21	22	24	23	22
14	SHEA RYAN	106	23	18	19	19	27
15	AUSTIN MOWBRY	103	19	23	36	25	–
16	JAKE BASHFORD	100	25	20	15	21	19
17	FINNLY ABOTT	88	18	9	13	24	24
18	DALE LYONS	87	13	24	11	22	17
19	SAM RAYNER	86	15	14	23	14	20
20	ADRIAN WITCOMBE	83	20	17	12	16	18
21	BEN SOUTHWARD	83	36	30	17	–	–
22	ETHAN BRIERLEY	79	17	15	16	17	14
23	JOSH OATES	67	12	16	9	15	15
24	SAM HAMER	62	7	13	14	12	16
25	LIAM KELLY	47	9	12	8	10	8
26	HARRY WIECZOREK	45	11	7	20	4	3
27	KURT PUGSLEY	43	10	10	10	2	11
28	ASH SUGDEN	40	5	11	3	8	13
29	SHAUN MURPHY	36	–	–	18	18	–
30	DAN EVANS	36	6	6	7	7	10
31	MATT BENNETT	35	4	8	5	9	9
32	KIERON DAVIES	23	–	–	–	11	12
33	TOM BERRY	21	3	5	6	3	4
34	TOM MATTHEWS	20	2	3	2	6	7
35	JORDAN DAWES	16	16	–	–	–	–
36	RYAN NEAL	16	–	1	4	5	6
37	BEN LOCKLEY	8	–	2	1	–	5
38	TIM THORNTON	8	8	–	–	–	–
39	LOUIS SMITH	5	1	4	–	–	–