Duns maximum for Spinks! 2023 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 2 – Race Report & Results

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The Acerbis Amateur Nationals series headed north of the border and into Scotland for round 2 of the 2023 series to the perfectly prepared Duns circuit where we had all types of weather conditions over the weekend eventually making the track technical and tricky.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

First up to hit the track were the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 class and series leader Ryan Voase continued on with his 100% win streak from Fatcats as he claimed 4 very dominating victories for the overall honours. Local rider Paul Johnston stood on the second step of the podium tied on points however with Lee Martin who lost out on the final race result. Danny Tollett and David Evans rounded out the top five.

In the Motoverde Ladies category, Elaine MacEachern made a welcome return to the series after missing round one and totally dominated the class. MacEachern came from way back to win the first moto on the final lap and then continued on to claim the remaining three races. Defending champ Grace Richards got better as the weekend went on and took home runner up ahead of Team Hutch racing rider Taylor Scott who after a steady start at Fatcats, stepped onto the podium this time around.

Simon Bonsor extended his championship lead in the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 category as he took his second overall victory of the year with a 1-3-2-1 scorecard. Richard Miller had a solid weekend of racing taking second overall and even claiming a moto win on the last corner after a titanic battle with Bonsor. Ady Bradley took a moto win himself and tied on points for the runner up spot but lost out by way of the final race result while Ewan Johnston had a consistent weekend of racing to finish fourth overall and Nigel Smorfitt took fifth.

In the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open class Riley Voase, following in dad Ryan’s footsteps, proved being consistent is key in this class as he claimed his second overall win of the year without winning a moto but giving himself a nice cushion in the points standings. Jamie Clarke took a race win on his way to second overall just a mere 3 points off the top spot while Ryan Lowes, who dominated Saturday taking both wins, ended the weekend in third after a couple of crashes on Sunday. Mitch Brooks’ final race victory helped him to fourth overall and Sam Lyons-Carr took home fifth.

In the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class Chris Povey came into round 2 with some points to make up after a 6th overall at Fatcats and he did just that claiming three race wins and a second to stand on the top step of the rostrum and clawed back some much needed points. Harry Linton also had a solid weekend taking the other remaining race victory on his way to runner up also closing the gap to the top spot. Damon Strydom was always up near the front but a last race seventh meant he had to settle for standing on the third step this time around ahead of TM pilot Troy Willerton, who tied on points with former champion Ash Harland but took fourth due to the better final race result.

Josh Spinks took his second overall win of the season in the MX Dreams California Open 2 stroke class by claiming maximum points from his long journey up to Duns and consolidated his championship lead leaving the rest to fight over the remaining positions. The scrap was on behind the flying KTM man as second third and fourth were separated by just 2 points come end of play Sunday. Rory Jones did just enough to take home the runner up spot as he ended the weekend on 144 points while James Dent made some last race last lap passes to boost his tally up to 142 tied with Ryan McLean. McLean ran second for most of the final encounter but had a small crash on the last lap causing him to drop positions and points ultimately dropping him to fourth overall behind Dent.

Lee Sealey recovered from a first turn crash at the start of moto one to salvage the overall victory in the Craigs Motorcycles sponsored MX2 class by just a couple of points. Sealeys 12-1-2-1 scorecard just edged out the 2-3-5-4 results of former Junior champion Alfie Calvert, who was solid all weekend and both have thrown themselves right up there into the championship mix with their results at Duns. Jake Winnard put in another solid performance and standing on the podium for the second round in succession taking third overall. Suzuki man Logan Wilcox claimed the other two race victories but a second moto 24th after a race full of crashes and mishaps meant fourth overall was the end result. Patrick Gilligan finished the weekend fifth overall.

In the Acerbis MX1 category James Hutchinson managed to nurse home a steaming KTM in the final moto to claim the overall honours and take a massive step in his title fight making up huge ground on his rivals. George Simmutch was the winner in the last races on both days which helped boost him to runner up overall ahead of local wildcard Sean Williamson who had a race full of crashes in the final moto meaning a 13th to salvage third overall. Welshman Glen Phillips was always running up front and was rewarded with fourth overall ahead of former champion Andy Wilson.

Round 3 takes the series to the famous Hawkstone Park in Shropshire on 27/28 May.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JAMES HUTCHINSON	152	40	36	38	38
2	GEORGE SIMMUTCH	137	34	40	23	40
3	SEAN WILLIAMSON	135	38	34	40	23
4	GLEN PHILIPS	126	28	30	32	36
5	ANDY WILSON	119	36	24	30	29
6	WILL HUGHES	118	29	32	29	28
7	ED BRISCOE	114	25	23	36	30
8	LUKE MERADITH	106	32	28	21	25
9	SIMON BOOTH	105	21	29	28	27
10	JACK BENISTON	103	13	38	20	32
11	BRADLEY FLAGG	96	26	22	27	21
12	SEB BERTHIAUME	95	30	27	16	22
13	ADAM THIRLWELL	91	24	25	25	17
14	KIA THIRLWELL	90	14	26	26	24
15	CORY NEMETH	85	23	21	22	19
16	ARAI ELCOCK	84	16	18	24	26
17	JOHN JOE WRIGHT	68	–	–	34	34
18	SCOTT HAMILTON	64	27	–	17	20
19	DAN PARRY	61	22	20	19	–
20	AARON COLLINS	60	17	14	13	16
21	JAY LWEIS	54	19	17	18	–
22	PETE HAMLETT	54	20	19	15	–
23	MATT LOMAS	48	15	15	–	18
24	DAN WHITEHEAD	48	18	16	14	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	LEE SEALEY	142	24	40	40	38
2	ALFIE CALVERT	140	38	36	32	34
3	JAKE WINNARD	133	29	34	34	36
4	LOGAN WILCOX	132	40	14	38	40
5	PATRICK GILLIGAN	132	34	30	36	32
6	AYDEN SMITH	118	36	38	25	19
7	CALUM PRIDDLE	115	30	29	28	28
8	MYLES REID	111	26	32	27	26
9	MITCHELL MEADOWS	106	19	27	30	30
10	JORDAN HEARN	106	27	28	29	22
11	CONNER CHALLINOR	90	25	22	20	23
12	LUKE TUNRER	89	22	25	22	20
13	ADAM NEVITT	88	16	23	24	25
14	JORDAN MARTIN	85	21	21	16	27
15	GEORGE CLARKE	84	17	20	23	24
16	JOSH BUCHANAN	84	32	26	26	–
17	GREGOR CAMPBELL	81	28	24	–	29
18	RYAN MANLEY	77	23	18	18	18
19	ARRAN MURPHY	75	20	17	17	21
20	AIDEE SMITH	67	18	13	19	17
21	HATDEN STEPHENS	53	13	19	21	–
22	LUKE POSS	43	12	16	15	–
23	KYLE NOBLE	43	14	15	14	–
24	JAKE BAKER	27	15	12	–	–
25	ANDREW WILLIAMS	11	11	–	–	–

2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	JOSH SPINKS	160	40	40	40	40
2	RORY JONES	144	38	32	38	36
3	JAMES DENT	142	34	34	36	38
4	RYAN McCLEAN	142	36	38	34	34
5	JAKE PRESTON	125	29	36	30	30
6	JAY CHEEL	119	30	30	32	27
7	DREW ROE	116	26	29	29	32
8	KEELAN HOPE	110	28	25	28	29
9	LIAM GALE	110	32	27	27	24
10	MITCH ARMOUR	109	27	28	26	28
11	JAMES HANSCOMB	101	25	26	25	25
12	REECE WAINE	90	23	21	23	23
13	ALEX NEEDHAM	89	17	22	24	26
14	CHAE JENKINSON	89	24	24	20	21
15	SAM COWIE	86	22	20	22	22
16	LEWIS PETFIELD	85	21	23	21	20
17	JACK GOTTS	74	19	18	18	19
18	TYLER WILCOX	58	20	19	19	–
19	JAMIE CASSIDY	52	18	17	17	–

125 2 Stroke

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	CHRIS POVEY	158	40	40	38	40
2	HARRY LINTON	152	36	38	40	38
3	DAMON STRYDOM	139	38	36	36	29
4	TROY WILLERTON	132	30	34	32	36
5	ASH HARLAND	132	34	32	34	32
6	RYAN WAGGOTT	117	29	28	30	30
7	STU OWEN	111	18	30	29	34
8	LEWIS PROUD	109	27	26	28	28
9	TIM GARDHAM	107	26	29	26	26
10	ASH CROSSLEY	106	25	27	27	27
11	HARRY BARKER	102	32	25	25	20
12	SEAN VENESS	91	28	22	23	18
13	BILLY BAYLISS	90	22	20	24	24
14	STEVE GARDHAM	83	24	23	11	25
15	GEORGE POOL	78	20	18	17	23
16	ROS FEGAN	75	17	21	20	17
17	SONNY NOBLE	75	21	17	22	15
18	JACK JORDAN	67	15	13	18	21
19	DYLAN DAVISON	66	19	12	21	14
20	BENNY LEWIS	66	23	24	19	–
21	CRAIG REYNOLDS	63	11	14	16	22
22	TOMMY STONE	62	14	16	13	19
23	TOM BLACKWOOD	51	10	10	15	16
24	RYAN FARLEY	37	12	11	14	–
25	JAMIE ARROWSMITH	35	16	19	–	–
26	BEN HUNTER	28	13	15	–	–
27	RILEY GERRARD	18	9	9	–	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	ELAINE MacEACHERN	160	40	40	40	40
2	GRACE RICHARDS	144	38	30	38	38
3	TAYLOR SCOTT	136	32	32	36	36
4	REBECCA NEWHAM	136	34	36	34	32
5	NADIYA JONES	131	36	38	27	30
6	GRACE PACKMAN	128	30	34	30	34
7	TORREN HUSBAND	118	28	29	32	29
8	KADY MOORE	110	27	27	29	27
9	HANNAH JONES	107	23	28	28	28
10	CASEY TEMPERLEY	106	29	26	25	26
11	LILLY MORELAND	100	25	25	26	24
12	CLAIRE WINTHROP	95	24	23	23	25
13	SARA JOINER	93	26	22	22	23
14	EMILY NOON	91	22	24	24	21
15	ELLIE SHORT	62	21	21	20	–
16	ALICE KID	43	–	–	21	22

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	RYAN VOASE	160	40	40	40	40
2	PAUL JOHNSTON	142	38	28	38	38
3	LEE MARTIN	142	36	36	34	36
4	DANNY TOLLET	140	32	38	36	34
5	DAVID EVANS	125	34	32	30	29
6	CRAIG CHAMBERLAINE	122	29	29	32	32
7	RICK DARLINGTON	121	28	34	29	30
8	CARL STANNARD	114	30	30	27	27
9	NEIL GRIFFTHS	108	26	26	28	28
10	DAVID WILCOX	104	25	27	26	26
11	MARK SUTHERLAND	96	24	24	23	25
12	ANDY DUFFILED	90	22	20	24	24
13	DALE SILK	87	20	21	25	21
14	RICHARD BRYCE	82	19	19	21	23
15	JAIME MENZIES	76	17	17	20	22
16	ANDY LILENTHALS	71	27	25	19	–
17	ANDREW JAMES	62	18	22	22	–
18	STEVE RILEY	44	21	23	–	–
19	JOHN CARRUTHERS	41	23	18	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	SIMON BONSER	154	40	36	38	40
2	RICHARD MILLER	148	32	38	40	38
3	ADY BRADLEY	148	38	40	36	34
4	EWAN JOHNSTON	140	36	34	34	36
5	NIGEL SMORFITT	128	34	32	32	30
6	CHRIS ELCOCK	119	30	28	29	32
7	JOHN PRIESTLEY	114	27	29	30	28
8	KEVIN COWIE	106	25	24	28	29
9	IAN WILSON	105	26	26	27	26
10	ADRIAN LEWIS	96	28	25	20	23
11	PAUL WIECZOREK	94	22	23	22	27
12	BRIAN FRASER	90	18	22	26	24
13	STEVE HOWES	89	24	20	23	22
14	GARY JONES	84	29	30	25	–
15	STANLEY MORPHET	79	21	21	21	16
16	ADRIAN JESSOP	75	19	19	18	19
17	ROB LEWIS	74	23	27	24	–
18	MICHALE JOHNSTON	72	15	16	16	25
19	STEPHEN HUMPHIRES	71	17	17	17	20
20	LEE DAVIES	54	20	15	19	–
21	BRYAN MUNDY	52	10	11	13	18
22	NEIL JENKINSON	46	12	7	10	17
23	PAUL SLEIGHT	44	11	18	15	–
24	DAVID CLAYBORN	41	9	8	9	15
25	COLIN BERRY	38	16	14	8	–
26	NEIL PRINGEL	38	14	12	12	–
27	IAN POSS	37	13	13	11	–
28	STEPHEN POLLOCK	35	–	–	14	21
29	PHIL WEST	18	8	10	–	–
30	THOMAS CURRATHERS	16	7	9	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	RILEY VOASE	146	36	38	38	34
2	JAMIE CLARKE	143	38	36	40	29
3	RYAN LOWES	139	40	40	34	25
4	MITCH BROOKS	130	34	26	30	40
5	SAM LYONS-CARR	128	28	32	32	36
6	DAN NEVITT	114	22	25	29	38
7	BEN HUGHES	110	29	30	28	23
8	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	104	27	27	24	26
9	JOE WINNARD	103	32	14	36	21
10	FIN ABBOTT	98	24	23	23	28
11	BILLY WIECZOREK	97	30	34	21	12
12	SAMUEL RAYNER	95	15	24	26	30
13	THOMAS CARRUTHERS	89	19	28	22	20
14	ALEXANDER WILLIAMS	87	21	17	25	24
15	DANIEL COOK	87	18	29	18	22
16	JAMES MILNE	86	23	21	15	27
17	DYLAN SMITH	78	26	20	13	19
18	LEE BELL	78	25	16	19	18
19	JAMES NEWBY	73	20	1	20	32
20	SAM HAMER	72	16	22	17	17
21	STANLEY NOBEL	62	17	13	16	16
22	SHEA RYAN	52	7	18	27	–
23	ANTONIO SOUZE	49	13	15	8	13
24	HARRY WIECZOREK	47	14	8	11	14
25	DAN EVANS	43	11	11	10	11
26	LOUIE BRUCE	34	8	12	14	–
27	AIDEN MURPHY	33	4	5	9	15
28	ZAC CHEEL	31	9	10	12	–
29	KERION DAVIES	31	12	19	–	–
30	LLOYD CLARKE	26	5	7	6	8
31	GAV LOWES	23	3	6	4	10
32	STEFAN ROBSON	20	–	9	5	6
33	RILEY GERRARD	16	–	–	7	9
34	DANIEL JONES	10	10	–	–	–
35	TONY SHACKELTON	10	–	3	–	7
36	TOM BERRY	8	1	4	3	–
37	LOUIS SMITH	6	6	–	–	–
38	TAYLOR THOMPSON	4	2	2	–	–