Dillon conquers Culham! 2022 Nora MX Quadcross & Sidecarcross Championship – Race Report & Results

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The NORA MX Club hosted the second round of the NORA MX championships of 2022 at Culham MX Park in Oxfordshire. It was part of a fantastic two-day quad championship event which incorporated the first round of the NORA sidecar Championship. The weather was fantastic with the sun shining all weekend on the sandy, well-prepared track.

Report and Images by Tracy Thacker

This weekend they were running the new format, with the Pro / Pro-am / Rookies run as a 4-race weekend, with all other quad classes as a 5-race weekend and the sidecars as a 3-race single day event.

This was the first NORA Championship round for the sidecars and what a fantastic track for the sidecars, wide and fast, and in top condition too, a recipe for some great racing.

Race one got underway with an early lead for Paul Pelling / Mike Curnow, but Tony Graeme / Ryan Henderson blasted ahead going on to take the lead. Behind, Matthew Connor with stand-in passenger Guy Eastman fought hard to take second with Paul Pelling / Mike Curnow holding third.

In race two Tony Graeme / Ryan Henderson left nothing to chance, leading from the start. Paul Pelling / Mike Curnow tucked into second. This time Matt Connor / Guy Eastman had problems on the start, but soon fought back blasting through the field to take a brilliant third.

In the final race of the day, Tony Graeme / Ryan Henderson took the holeshot going on to take their third win of the day and now lead the championship going into round two. Paul Pelling / Mike Curnow took second a few bends ahead of Matthew Connor / Guy Eastman.

In the Pro / Pro-am / Rookie class, racing got underway with an early lead for Dean Dillon with James Bevan holding second and Harry Walker third, but the battle was on, Harry Walker fought hard to pass James Bevan and blasted ahead to catch Dean Dillon in the final few laps going on to take his first win of the day. At the halfway point James Bevan was left rack side with mechanical problems, this left Carl Bunce third just ahead of Jamie Morgan in fourth.

In Race two Carl Bunce took the holeshot, with Harry Walker second from Dean Dillon and Paul Winrow behind, but it was all change on the first few laps with Harry Walker charging into the lead, only to go missing the following lap, problems with the kill switch kept making the bike stop. Dean Dillon saw his chance and battled into the lead, leaving Carl Bunce in second ahead of and Paul Winrow. Jamie Morgan has a slow start but kept fighting to the end to take a great fourth place.

On day two there were another two races, with just as much excitement. Dean Dillon blasted into the lead on Race three, going on to take another great win. Carl Bunce held second with Harry Walker third, but both riders suffered problem in the first few laps and retired from the race. From behind, Simon Hammersley saw the opportunity and blasted into second. Jamie Morgan was again on top form tucking into third with Chad Beevers just behind.

In their last race of the weekend, it was James Bevan took the holeshot but was quickly passed by Harry Walker who held the advantage going on to take another great win. James Bevan had mechanical problems which slowed him, dropping out of the leading positions. Dean Dillon took second just ahead of Jamie Morgan with Simon Hammersley tucking into fourth.

The Masters A and B class, they had two races on Saturday and another three on Sunday. In race one it was a battle between Ed Davies who took the holeshot and Paul Winrow who fought past into the lead, going on to take his first great win, Ed Davies took second ahead of Johnathan Mcknight. Darren Bridge battled hard to take fourth

In race two it was Johnathan Mcknight who dominated, holding the lead, and staying ahead of Ed Davies and Paul Winrow until the final lap where Paul Winrow made his move going on to take a second great win. Another good race for Darren Bridge in fourth.

On day two there were another three races, two wins for Paul Winrow he held the advantage at the start of the day. In race 4 it was Ed Davies who took the lead on lap one, going on to take his first win of the weekend. Paul Winrow fought through to take second ahead of Johnathan Mcknight, with Darren Bridge fourth.

In race four Paul Winrow took an early lead holding on for the win. Ed Davies and Johnathan Mcknight battled for second with Ed Davies blasting ahead at the halfway point. Another consistent race for Darren Bridge in fourth.

In their last race of the weekend, it was Ed Davies who took the hold shot and lead to the flag. Behind Johnathan Mcknight and Paul Winrow battled for second, with Darren Bridge again fourth.

With three out of five race wins Paul Winrow retains the championship lead.

In the 250 class it was Ross Dillon who dominated taking wins in all five races with Andrew Black close behind and taking second overall, and Alfie Pennington third.

The Clubman Elite and Clubman classes raced together and was another great format. They also had two races on Saturday and another three on Sunday. Axel Bone took wins in all five races, battling to stay ahead of Daniel Scott Evans and Ryan Walters.

At the end of an eventful weekend, there were lots of exhausted riders celebrating a great start to the racing season. The club worked tirelessly all weekend to make it a fantastic event, and we look forward to round three on June 3rd & 4th – Little Hempton – TQ9 6NE

Results

National Sidecars

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tony Grahame/ Ryan Henderson	120	40	40	40
2	Paul Pelling / Michael Curnow	109	35	37	37
3	Matt Connor / Guy Eastman	107	37	35	35
4	Antony J Green/ Jason Green	95	31	31	33
5	Taylor Whitt/ Samuel Marshall	88	28	29	31
6	Miles Gillham/ Richard Gilham	88	33	28	27
7	Ashlie Williams / Brian Gray	85	29	27	29
8	John Murch/ Tony Murch	81	24	33	24
9	Luke Banks / Liam Hodges	79	26	25	28
10	Sam Watson/ Jak Watson	76	27	23	26
11	Callum Mallaber/ George Tokley	74	25	26	23
12	Jack Rogers/ Ryan Beavis	72	23	24	25

Quads

Pro

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Dean Dillon (U21)	154	37	40	40	37
2	Jamie Morgan	136	33	33	35	35
3	Paul Winrow	128	31	35	33	29
4	Alfie Walker (U21)	114	29	28	29	28
5	Harry Walker	109	40	29	–	40
6	Carl Bunce	103	35	37	–	31
7	James Bevan	86	28	–	31	27
8	Simon Hammersley	70	–	–	37	33
9	Lestyn Rolands	58	27	31	–	–

Pro Am

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Luke Berlyn (Rookie) U21	154	40	37	37	40
2	Chad Beevers U21	145	37	40	40	28
3	Craig Fisher (Rookie)	134	31	35	31	37
4	Dylan Mckenna (Rookie) U21	132	35	29	35	33
5	Scott Berlyn (Rookie) U21	126	29	33	29	35
6	Iestyn Rees (Rookie) U21	115	27	31	28	29
7	Marcus Sprason U21	97	33	–	33	31
8	Zak Beevers (Rookie) U21	28	28	–	–	–

Masters A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Paul Winrow	192	40	40	37	40	35
2	Edward Davies	189	37	35	40	37	40
3	Johnathan Mcknight	179	35	37	35	35	37
4	Darren Bridge	165	33	33	33	33	33
5	Paul McConway	142	28	28	28	29	29
6	Keith Harden	137	26	29	27	28	27
7	Greg Fisher	136	31	31	31	12	31
8	Geoff Otway	117	29	–	29	31	28
9	Lee Waring	54	27	27	–	–	–
10	Barrie Dennis	45	25	20	–	–	–
11	Matthew Kirk	26	–	26	–	–	–

Masters B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Mark Moseley (V)	187	35	35	40	37	40
2	David Hull	168	31	33	35	40	29
3	Stumpy Lawrence (V)	163	37	29	31	31	35
4	Gary Griffin	161	24	40	37	33	27
5	Christopher Gyles (V)	152	29	31	20	35	37
6	Rick Jones (V)	143	25	26	33	26	33
7	James Lees	140	26	27	27	29	31
8	Jason Hall	134	27	24	28	27	28
9	Danny Gilligan	132	28	25	29	28	22
10	Karl Pilcher	117	23	22	24	23	25
11	Nik Blythe(V)	116	20	21	25	24	26
12	Neil Peacock	111	22	20	23	22	24
13	Russ Wells	104	19	19	22	21	23
14	Steven Masters	98	18	18	21	20	21
15	Mark Smith	77	40	37	–	–	–
16	Steven Smart	61	33	28	–	–	–
17	Stephen Claro	51	–	–	26	25	–
18	Ashley Willis	44	21	23	–	–	–

Clubman Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Axel Bone (U21)	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Daniel Scott Evans	183	37	37	37	37	35
3	Ryan Walters	160	33	35	33	31	28
4	Aled Davies	150	28	27	35	33	27
5	Joe Pryke	144	29	31	29	29	26
6	Alfie North	134	31	29	20	23	31
7	Lewis Humphris	125	24	23	21	28	29
8	Harry Grant	124	26	26	23	24	25
9	Catrin Davies	122	27	24	26	22	23
10	Luke Brown	108	21	20	22	21	24
11	Jamie Bone	104	35	25	24	20	–
12	Mark Wilson	103	–	–	31	35	37
13	Jack Evans	99	20	22	18	19	20
14	Will Mead	88	23	28	19	18	–
15	Ryan Hickman	76	–	–	28	27	21
16	Laurence Stopps	72	–	–	25	25	22
17	Mark Hadden	60	–	–	27	–	33
18	Jamie Smith	58	25	33	–	–	–
19	Mitch Couzens	43	22	21	–	–	–
20	Oliver Martin	26	–	–	–	26	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Christopher Bladon	174	33	29	35	37	40
2	Max Turner	164	37	37	26	31	33
3	David Marriott	160	40	40	40	40	–
4	Tom Miller	156	25	26	33	35	37
5	Nicole Lowry	150	31	28	31	25	35
6	Zack Hull	138	24	27	27	29	31
7	Lance Hand	133	26	22	28	28	29
8	Myles Mott	125	23	23	24	27	28
9	Richard Paynter	121	28	31	29	33	–
10	Charlie Enticknap	120	22	25	22	24	27
11	Adam Lomas	102	27	24	25	26	–
12	Jack Shone	93	21	35	37	–	–
13	Charlie Wheatley	73	29	21	23	–	–
14	Ryan Thornborrow	68	35	33	–	–	–

Inters

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Kieran Marriott	187	27	40	40	40	40
2	Tom Welch	182	40	37	37	37	31
3	Kieren Johnson	173	31	35	35	35	37
4	Benjamin Woodhead	169	35	33	33	33	35
5	Vassna Willcock (L)	150	27	28	29	40	26
6	Ewan Packman	147	29	29	29	31	29
7	Samual Jenkins	133	23	26	27	29	28
8	Shanice Mott (L)	130	24	25	21	37	23
9	Amelia Mead (L)	127	21	22	24	35	25
10	Richard Murphy	116	21	21	23	27	24
11	Chris Thorn	113	20	20	22	26	25
12	Carly Sewell (L)	112	20	19	19	33	21
13	Tom Segal	110	–	22	31	24	33
14	Declan McKenna	108	37	18	28	25	–
15	James Scott	104	26	25	25	28	–
16	George Patterson	102	25	24	26	–	27
17	Ryan Higgs	95	18	27	24	–	26
18	Sam Francis	64	33	31	–	–	–
19	Connor McKenna	56	28	28	–	–	–
20	Bodram Brito	45	22	23	–	–	–
21	Charlie Batson	38	19	19	–	–	–
22	Michael Watmore	24	24	–	–	–	–
23	Archie Welch	17	17	–	–	–	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Vassna Willcock (L)	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Shanice Mott (L)	181	37	37	35	37	35
3	Amelia Mead (L)	179	35	35	37	35	37
4	Carly Sewell (L)	165	33	33	33	33	33

250cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Ross Dillon (O)	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Andrew Black (O)	185	37	37	37	37	37
3	Alfie Pennington (O)	175	35	35	35	35	35
4	Frank Marston (A)	163	31	33	33	33	33
5	Louie Holt (A)	157	33	31	31	31	31
6	Reggie Binskin (A)	137	28	24	28	28	29
7	Rylee Marshall (O)	133	29	28	29	20	27
8	Connor Yates (O)	132	26	26	25	27	28
9	Brooke Bunce (O)	132	27	29	27	26	23
10	Ellie Stott (O)	124	22	25	26	29	22
11	Charlie Eaton (A)	119	23	22	23	25	26
12	Jay Sam (A)	113	24	23	22	23	21
13	Shane Havard Evans (A)	112	21	21	21	24	25
14	Morgan Junge (A)	76	25	27	24	–	–
15	Harry Terrell (A)	66	20	–	–	22	24
16	Georgia Binskin	61	–	–	20	21	20

50cc and 100cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	Brodie North (G)	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	Luca Shaw (G)	167	35	29	33	37	33
3	Ethan Legg (G)	161	29	35	31	29	37
4	Amelia Talent (G)	159	33	33	35	27	31
5	Seth Balaam (G)	156	31	28	29	33	35
6	Seth Terrell (A)	151	28	31	28	35	29
7	Liam McGowan (G)	146	37	37	37	10	25
8	Malachy McKenna (G)	138	25	27	27	31	28
9	Beatrix Drinkwater (A)	132	27	24	26	28	27
10	Ella Robe (G)	124	24	25	25	24	26
11	Louie Garrett (A)	117	23	22	23	25	24
12	Dexter Griffin (50cc)	103	19	21	20	20	23
13	Harry Barker (50)	103	21	20	19	22	21
14	Shay McKenna (50)	94	20	18	17	19	20
15	Bentley Don Garrett (50)	92	10	23	24	26	9
16	Keian Willis (A)	86	22	–	22	23	19
17	Macson Lorton (50)	84	17	15	18	18	16
18	Beau Terrell (A)	83	18	19	14	17	15
19	Oliver Willsher (50)	77	12	17	15	16	17
20	Gracie-Anne Blythe (50)	75	13	16	13	15	18
21	Erin Mansell (50)	71	16	12	16	14	13
22	Jack Needham (50)	66	15	13	11	13	14
23	Kayla George (A)	64	–	–	21	21	22
24	Josh Smart (A)	52	26	26	–	–	–
25	Cameron Lees (50)	51	9	11	10	11	10
26	Abi Eaton (A)	36	–	–	12	12	12
27	Brooke North (50)	25	11	14	–	–	–
28	Jayden Garrett (50)	25	14	–	–	–	11