Fast & Furious at Farleigh! Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 5 – Race Report & Results

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The legendary Farleigh Castle played host to round five and the penultimate round of the 2021 Acerbis Amateur National series and with a whole host of fast wildcards coming in to mix it up with the best Amateur riders in the country, all was set for a fantastic weekend of red hot action.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

First up on the perfectly groomed circuit was the LS2 helmets Vets Over 40 category and it was a repeat of the previous four rounds as Kawasaki man Ryan Voase was on another level all weekend clean sweeping the class with five for five race victories and a good six seconds a lap faster than the rest to dominate the field. Lee Martin picked himself up from a first moto sixth to take the remaining runner up places for second on the box while Phil Lewis, Stevie Gesner and Andrew Woolhouse were left to fight over the lower step of the podium after a mixed bag of results for the trio.

In the Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 category it was once again the Brian Wheeler show as the former GP man took off in each race and wheelied his way to another maximum points haul keeping his title hopes alive after missing a couple of races at the first round at Hawkstone. Chris Brown led a lap in moto 4 while Wheeler stalled the bike but in the end, could only manage to bring home runner up overall yet again but still takes the points lead into Culham for the finale. Paul Wildman Willis took a final race second spot giving him third overall ahead of Steve Elford who he went into the final race tied with, in a winner takes all dual.

It was Kathryn Booth who took the overall in the Pro Green sponsored Ladies class with a 1-2-1-1-2 scorecard. She didn’t have it all her own way as Charlotte Hall claimed the other two moto victories on her GasGas and backed them up with a pair of runner up positions and a third for the second step on the rostrum come the end of play Sunday. Grace Richards had her best result of the year so far claiming the third step overall and also bagged a runner up in the first race of the weekend behind Booth which must have boosted her confidence going into the Culham finale. Series leader Nadiya Jones consolidated her points lead going into the final round as she took home fourth ahead of nearest challenger Taylor Scott.

In the Manchester Xtreme Junior Open class Alfie Calvert put one hand on the title with a maximum points haul while his nearest rival Ryan Davis could only manage fifth overall. Calvert just needs a solid first race at Culham to now claim the title in what has been a dominant year for the Husky rider. Luke Price was best of the rest with the runner up spot a huge 30 points behind Calvert. Tom Marsh put in a consistent weekend which bagged him third overall while Jack Gotts and Ryan Davis rounded out the top five as the battle heats up for runner up in the series.

John May mixed it up with the top runners in the Moto Connection 125 2 stroke category as he always does at Farleigh and managed to take the overall honours with a pair of wins, a pair of seconds and a seventh, putting his little Husqvarna on the top step of the rostrum. Championship leader Stu Owen was runner up over the weekend slightly extending his points lead and being one step closer to the title he’s been so close to for many years. Matt Ridgway took a moto win which helped boost him to third overall while Ash Harland rode the wheels off his Yamaha, after a DNF in the first race he battled through the take two runner up places and finished the weekend off with two wins keeping him in the fight at Culham and minimising the damage done with the first race mishap.

In the California MX Dreams Open 2 stroke class Enduro man James Dent took his third overall victory of the season at Farleigh and surprisingly only took one moto win over the weekend after many late charges where the race was just a lap too short for the Cumbrian. Dent took the overall by just a couple of points over the current series leader and defending champion Adam Harris who took a pair of wins himself on day two which boosted his tally up but unfortunately came up a couple of points short of the overall on his Fantic. Drew Roe was the opening race winner and in the end, had to settle for the lower step of the podium as a mediocre third race took him out of the battle for the overall while Chris Nuttal and Ben Gillett showed some solid speed over the course of the weekend and were rewarded with fourth and fifth places overall.

It was a battle royale between a pair of wildcards in the Craig Motorcycles MX2 category as Joe Dark and Harry Linton dished out the wins and second-place finishes between them. It was winner takes all in the final moto of the weekend after they both had two wins and two runner ups apiece from the first four motos and it was 0.916 of a second which separated the two Husky riders for the honours which went to Dark after a late-race charge from Linton. Points leader Marshall Smith took the third spot on the podium and put one hand firmly on the title consolidating his lead. Former 2 time 125 champ Dylan Spencer was just a point behind Smith overall as the CPS Husqvarna man fended off Tim Burrows who had to settle for fifth on the day after his first race 21st didn’t do much to help his overall aspirations for a podium spot.

The Paradise MX Holidays MX1 class was thrown right up in the air as all the contenders were struck with some kind of bad luck. It was the wildcarding Ultimate Wheels Honda duo of James Dodd and Mark Young who put themselves in the top two spots overall with Dodd claiming a maximum five wins and Young posting five consistent top five results. Another wildcard from the AMCA British MX1 championship in Jayden Ashwell finished the weekend third overall while Jack Beniston was the only championship contender to have a solid weekend taking consistent top six results and fourth overall as points leader James Hutchinson went out of race five with a broken chain, while Andy Wilson and Scott Hamilton both went out with unfortunate injuries, we all wish them well in their recovery.

All attentions are now set on the final round in three weeks at Culham in Oxfordshire where 8 new champions will be crowned.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JAMES DODD	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	MARK YOUNG	182	38	38	32	36	38
3	JAYDEN ASHWELL	178	36	34	34	38	36
4	JACK BENISTON	162	30	30	36	32	34
5	CORY NEMETH	141	22	28	29	30	32
6	BRAD WHEELER	140	29	29	27	29	26
7	JAMES HUTCHINSON	136	28	36	38	34	–
8	SIMON BOOTH	133	23	25	30	27	28
9	SCOTT MERADITH	130	25	26	28	26	25
10	BRADLEY FLAGG	125	26	20	26	23	30
11	BRADLEY BARFOOT	120	24	22	25	25	24
12	WILL MILLER	119	21	24	17	28	29
13	ADAM THIRWELL	102	20	21	10	24	27
14	JAMES GOODALL	100	17	19	23	22	19
15	LEE SEALEY	97	32	27	–	15	23
16	LEWIS BARFOOT	92	15	18	16	21	22
17	RILEY LOWE	88	18	13	19	17	21
18	JASON MARTIN	87	16	14	21	16	20
19	PETE HAMLETT	85	11	16	22	18	18
20	CHRIS HAMLETT	80	14	15	20	14	17
21	ANDY WILSON	66	34	32	–	–	–
22	THOMAS O’CONNOR	61	13	10	14	11	13
23	ALBERT MARTINDALE	56	19	17	–	20	–
24	SCOTT HAMILTON	51	1	23	24	3	–
25	MARK REED-BROUGH	49	7	5	11	10	16
26	ARRAN MURPHY	47	9	11	–	12	15
27	LIAM GOODING	47	–	7	13	13	14
28	HARRY WIECZOREK	46	8	8	12	7	11
29	DANIEL EDGAR	39	6	4	9	8	12
30	DAN SHEP	38	4	–	15	19	–
31	KERIAN MULLOY	37	2	12	18	5	–
32	PATRICK GILLIGAN	33	27	6	–	–	–
33	JACK HOUKES	30	12	9	–	9	–
34	BRAD PERRETT	29	3	2	8	6	10
35	RYAN NEAL	21	–	1	7	4	9
36	JORDAN KING	10	10	–	–	–	–
37	TOBIAS ADAMS	8	5	3	–	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JOE DARK	196	38	40	38	40	40
2	HARRY LINTON	194	40	38	40	38	38
3	MARSHALL SMITH	156	32	32	34	34	24
4	DYLAN SPENCER	155	34	30	30	27	34
5	TIM BURROWS	148	15	36	32	29	36
6	MITCHELL MEADOWS	145	30	29	28	28	30
7	OLLY JONES	138	36	34	36	32	–
8	AARON COLLINS	135	29	27	27	25	27
9	DANIEL SULTANA	126	23	25	26	24	28
10	MAX LEWIS	123	27	26	25	22	23
11	JORDAN HUGHES	119	–	28	29	30	32
12	CAMRON JACKSON	115	25	23	20	21	26
13	TROY JONES	104	24	22	17	23	18
14	ADAM NEVITT	99	16	17	24	26	16
15	SAM BROWNING	98	18	16	23	16	25
16	BRADLEY LE FEUVRE	97	21	24	13	20	19
17	LUKE POSS	90	26	15	8	19	22
18	LUKE TUNRER	82	20	13	18	11	20
19	RYAN MANLEY	81	13	18	16	13	21
20	CALLUM BALDWIN	80	19	10	22	14	15
21	JORDAN HEARN	72	12	19	21	10	10
22	JAMES PARKIN	71	22	21	10	18	–
23	CAMERON MCGREGOR	69	11	14	15	12	17
24	ROB YATES	65	–	–	–	36	29
25	OLLY COPPERTHWAITE	62	10	12	9	17	14
26	JACK DANDO	60	17	20	12	–	11
27	JANE DAINELS	52	14	1	19	5	13
28	SHEA RYAN	43	8	9	11	7	8
29	BILLY WIECZOREK	39	5	7	6	9	12
30	FRAZER HATCH	39	4	11	7	8	9
31	LEWIS SMITH	31	9	6	4	6	6
32	JOSH HART	29	–	–	14	15	–
33	MARK WYATT	28	7	8	5	3	5
34	SHANE HOLMES	28	28	–	–	–	–
35	DAVID BRADLEY	23	6	5	3	2	7
36	ADAM GLENISTER	10	1	4	–	1	4
37	NATE PARKIN	10	2	3	2	–	3
38	DANIEL NEVITT	9	–	2	1	4	2
39	MACKENZIE CROCKATT	3	3	–	–	–	–

250 2T

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JAMES DENT	192	38	40	38	38	38
2	ADAM HARRIS	190	36	38	36	40	40
3	DREW ROE	165	40	36	23	32	34
4	CHRIS NUTTALL	147	30	34	30	36	17
5	BEN GILLETT	136	29	29	26	25	27
6	MICHALE OGDEN	134	26	30	21	28	29
7	RYAN MATTHEWS	130	24	27	27	24	28
8	JORDAN BARRS	130	25	23	29	27	26
9	TROY WILLERTON	128	34	28	32	34	–
10	CALLUM BIRCHER	122	23	19	28	22	30
11	TIMMY ANDREWS	112	22	24	22	21	23
12	RYAN TANNER	103	27	22	25	29	–
13	KRISTIAN WHATLEY	100	–	–	34	30	36
14	RYAN GARDINER	98	–	26	24	23	25
15	JAMIE NEEDHAM	92	17	16	18	17	24
16	REECE WAIN	91	14	15	20	20	22
17	JORDAN CARTER	86	28	–	–	26	32
18	JOSEPH DAVIS	74	18	20	17	19	–
19	ALEX NEEDHAM	70	16	14	19	–	21
20	TRYSTAN WILLIAMS	69	20	21	–	8	20
21	JORDAN WRIGHT	64	32	32	–	–	–
22	OWEN WILKES	64	11	17	8	16	12
23	GRANT YOUNG	63	–	11	15	18	19
24	MARCUS FELTHAM	59	5	13	12	15	14
25	AARON BARNES	54	8	8	10	13	15
26	TOM CLARK	52	15	10	13	14	–
27	BEN GARDINER	44	9	7	–	12	16
28	JOSH BARRS	44	13	6	14	11	–
29	KURT FREEGARD	43	–	9	16	–	18
30	RUSSELL BOYLES	43	7	4	9	10	13
31	ADAM COOK	40	–	–	40	–	–
32	BEN BURRIDGE	39	21	18	–	–	–
33	CARL HOWES	31	6	5	11	9	–
34	476477	25	–	25	–	–	–
35	LUKE DEWEY	22	10	12	–	–	–
36	LIAM SOMERVILLE	19	19	–	–	–	–
37	MARK TROW	12	12	–	–	–	–

125 2t

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	JOHN MAY	185	40	29	40	38	38
2	STU OWEN	169	38	36	34	32	29
3	MATT RIDGWAY	165	26	40	27	36	36
4	ASH HARLAND	156	–	38	38	40	40
5	ALAN PEARCE	145	36	30	32	24	23
6	DOM NEWBURY	140	25	25	26	30	34
7	ROBERT BARNEY	139	28	26	30	28	27
8	JORDAN RIDGWAY	138	30	23	28	29	28
9	OLIVER BARNS	136	34	21	23	34	24
10	LIAM GALE	128	32	28	36	–	32
11	ALEX MORRIS	126	23	27	24	22	30
12	MATT RAYSON	124	24	32	25	23	20
13	JOEL FISHER	120	21	34	19	25	21
14	KEELAN HOPE	113	29	22	20	17	25
15	LEWIS PETFIELD	103	27	19	4	27	26
16	BEN MURRAY	99	22	17	16	26	18
17	TIM GARDHAM	97	17	24	18	21	17
18	MATT TOLLEY	86	20	7	22	18	19
19	HAYDEN STEVENS	82	11	15	15	19	22
20	GREGOR CAMPBELL	80	15	16	21	14	14
21	JAMIE COX	76	18	12	17	20	9
22	GEORGE POOL	70	16	14	13	12	15
23	JOSH NOON	65	13	10	14	15	13
24	BEN HUNTER	58	9	8	12	13	16
25	CRAIG REYNOLDS	55	12	11	11	9	12
26	CONNOR CHANILER	50	19	20	–	–	11
27	MITCH GREGORY	41	7	13	–	16	5
28	JAMES WILKINSON	37	8	–	10	11	8
29	TOM DANIELS	36	6	6	7	10	7
30	JACK PARTINTON	32	10	9	8	5	–
31	DYLAN HARDISTY	30	4	4	9	7	6
32	ANDREW LAWTON	29	–	–	29	–	–
33	JOSH JAMES	26	14	–	6	3	3
34	REGGIE GESNER	23	–	2	3	8	10
35	KERR THOMPSON	20	2	5	5	4	4
36	JASPER UPHILL	18	–	18	–	–	–
37	DAN HART	14	3	3	2	6	–
38	ADIEE SMITH	5	5	–	–	–	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ALFIE CALVERT	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	LUKE PRICE	170	36	38	22	36	38
3	TOM MARSH	164	34	34	30	32	34
4	JACK GOTTS	154	32	36	38	38	10
5	RYAN DAVIS	148	38	30	36	15	29
6	DAN TIMBRELL	145	25	32	24	28	36
7	LEWIS DAVIDSON	135	29	27	28	30	21
8	REECE WILKINSON	126	24	29	29	16	28
9	TYSON	125	21	20	32	27	25
10	SAM ALDERMAN	123	17	26	21	29	30
11	JAMES NEWBY	117	28	7	25	25	32
12	JOE LAYLAND	116	20	28	34	34	–
13	STEFAN ROBSON	111	26	25	23	14	23
14	JAKE BASHFORD	101	16	22	20	17	26
15	ADRIAN WHITCOMBE	97	15	23	14	26	19
16	JACK GATLAND	96	23	17	26	8	22
17	SEB BASHFORD	95	30	–	15	23	27
18	JOSH OATES	90	14	16	18	22	20
19	SAM HAMER	86	12	24	17	18	15
20	LUKE SCOTT	79	22	8	13	24	12
21	ADAM BARFOOT	78	7	18	27	21	5
22	FRASER SMITH	77	19	9	19	19	11
23	TAYLOR MISSELBROOK	70	11	19	16	6	18
24	MATT BENNETT	63	8	14	12	13	16
25	RICHARD EVANS	55	10	21	–	–	24
26	DAN EVANS	52	9	6	10	10	17
27	JASON WAYMAN	51	5	12	9	12	13
28	KEVIN BROWN	48	18	15	4	2	9
29	TOM BERRY	48	13	11	11	9	4
30	ROSS HEPBURN	43	3	10	8	20	2
31	LOUIS SMITH	37	2	4	6	11	14
32	CHRIS MCGILL	27	27	–	–	–	–
33	AIDEN MURPHY	21	6	13	2	–	–
34	PAUL SHUTE	19	1	–	3	7	8
35	TOM MATTHEWS	19	–	3	5	4	7
36	TONY TENNETT	18	–	5	7	5	1
37	LEWIS RAYNE	11	–	1	1	3	6
38	BEN PROSSER	5	–	2	–	–	3
39	DOM COCHRANE	4	4	–	–	–	–
40	JASON BRICE	1	–	–	–	1	–

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN VOASE	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	LEE MARTIN	182	30	38	38	38	38
3	PHIL LEWIS	168	34	30	34	34	36
4	STEVE GESNER	161	32	34	29	32	34
5	ANDREW WOOLHOUSE	161	36	29	30	36	30
6	SIMON BONSOR	150	24	32	32	30	32
7	PAUL COWARD	140	29	27	28	28	28
8	NEIL GRIFFITHS	131	27	24	26	27	27
9	PAUL WIECZOREK	121	17	28	27	20	29
10	DAVID HOPKINS	121	25	25	24	21	26
11	PAUL GROOM	116	26	23	19	26	22
12	DANNY TOLLET	110	38	36	36	–	–
13	NIGEL SMORFITT	110	20	22	18	25	25
14	MARK SUTHERLAND	110	23	21	20	22	24
15	MARTIN CUDDY	110	28	18	22	23	19
16	JOHN CURRUTHERS	108	21	19	23	24	21
17	MARK SLADE	88	16	17	17	18	20
18	DALE SILK	87	14	16	15	19	23
19	NEIL PRINGEL	76	15	14	12	17	18
20	PAUL SMITH	73	22	26	25	–	–
21	MARCUS BARNS	67	9	12	14	15	17
22	MIKE JOHNSTON	64	10	11	11	16	16
23	PAUL CURTIS	60	19	20	21	–	–
24	CRAIG BAGGOTT	50	8	7	8	13	14
25	ANDREW CURTIS	49	18	15	16	–	–
26	JAMES COLLINS	49	7	9	6	14	13
27	RICHARD VINCENT	44	–	–	–	29	15
28	PETER DICKSON	42	12	8	10	–	12
29	SCOTT ETON	40	4	6	7	12	11
30	VINCE CRAWLEY	39	13	13	13	–	–
31	ASH MAIR	31	5	5	–	11	10
32	NICK MacLENNAN	30	11	10	9	–	–
33	DAVE SMITH	6	6	–	–	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BRIAN WHEELER	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	CHRIS BROWN	188	38	38	38	38	36
3	PAUL WILDMAN WILLIS	178	34	36	36	34	38
4	STEVE ELFORD	174	36	34	34	36	34
5	EWAN JOHNSTON	152	32	29	32	30	29
6	ROB LEWIS	146	30	28	28	28	32
7	JOHN HEATH	144	28	30	29	29	28
8	CRIAG POTTER	143	27	27	27	32	30
9	CHRIS STEMP	118	22	24	26	22	24
10	STEVE WARD	114	26	32	30	26	–
11	BRUCE GARSIDE	113	23	22	24	23	21
12	STEVE HUMPHRIES	112	20	20	20	25	27
13	MARK DUDLEY	109	24	25	14	21	25
14	ROB PROSSER	107	29	26	25	27	–
15	ADRIAN LEWIS	95	25	23	7	14	26
16	IAN POSS	90	14	19	18	17	22
17	ALAN MORTON	90	21	21	23	13	12
18	STEVE HOWES	78	19	12	15	18	14
19	ROB MILLS	74	18	15	21	20	–
20	COLLIN BERRY	73	12	17	13	8	23
21	ADRIAN JESSOP	69	15	10	19	10	15
22	ANDREW PROSSER	69	11	9	17	19	13
23	STEVEN POLLOCK	65	13	14	8	11	19
24	DAVE STONE	64	10	18	9	9	18
25	MARK MCGILL	63	17	–	22	24	–
26	BRAD DAVEY	62	16	16	4	16	10
27	BRIAN FRASER	60	6	6	16	15	17
28	VINCE CRAWLEY	43	–	–	11	12	20
29	JOHN CARD	41	9	13	12	7	–
30	ADRIAN SAUNDERS	38	7	11	–	4	16
31	IAN MCGREGOR	33	5	8	5	6	9
32	STEVE MATTHEWS	22	1	3	2	5	11
33	STAN MATTHEWS	22	4	4	6	–	8
34	PHILL WEST	22	3	7	10	2	–
35	PAUL BUNN	11	2	5	3	1	–
36	RODGER FRANCOME	8	8	–	–	–	–
37	DAVID IBBERTSON	7	–	–	–	–	7
38	PAUL RODGERS	6	–	–	–	–	6
39	THOMAS CURTHERS	6	–	2	1	3	–
40	ANTHONY WARWOOD	1	–	1	–	–	–