Ford Focus! 2022 UK EVO MX Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

Back on Sunday 24th April Round 2 of the UK EVO MX Championships took place at the popular venue of Ford in Wiltshire. As with the opening round entries were good in all classes on a track that is natural and was to produce some fast and exhilarating racing.

Report and Images by Dave Rich

In the Evo 125’s there were some good tussles during the day especially in the first two races between the two Cr Honda’s of John May and Jordan Carter with May winning the opening encounter by literally 0.304 of a second and it was much the same in the second moto with May winning this one by just under a second. Carter again was to give chase in the last moto, but a mistake was to drop him back abit which was to ease the pressure of May who went on to make it a clean sweep of wins and the overall with Carter second overall with Daryl Bolter having three consistent rides taking third overall.

John May leads the way in the second Evo 125 race

The 250 Evo class saw a dominant display of riding from Jamie Skuse on his CR Honda as he was on a mission and recorded the fastest lap time of the day of 1min.45 in the opening race which he won by over 30 seconds from the YZ Yamaha of James Kensington and he was to do the same in the second moto, winning by much the same deficit and in the last moto he was to take the chequered flag and with it the overall by some 45 seconds over Kensington who ended the day with a hattrick of second-place finishes with Kyle Proctor with a scorecard of 3-4-4 taking a well-deserved third overall.

In the Evo 500 class, there was also some top-quality racing which included Terry House in the line up changing from riding in the Twinshocks. George Gough on his KX Kawasaki was to take the overall with a win, a second and a third with House on his 490 Butler Maico taking 2nd overall winning the second and third races but a rear brake problem in the opening race cost him dearly and he only managed seventh and with three consistent rides, third overall went to Paul Edge on his CR Honda.

Jamie Skuse was flying in the Evo 250 class

In the Under 40’s Super Evo class we saw a return to Evo racing for Irishman Graeme Irwin who showed that he is still one to watch as he raced away to take a clean sweep of wins with Oliver Weeks and Gary Brown on their Cr 500 Honda’s taking second and third overall, whereas in the Over 40’s Super Evo class it was the CR 250 Honda of Nathan Davies who took the overall with a hattrick of wins with Martyn Tucker and Luke Dewey ending the day second and third overall and in the Super Evo Over 50’s class it was Jason Morris on the CR 250 Honda who took all three race wins, but the battle for second overall was to go down to the last race as both Steve Wells and Mark McGill were tied on points going into the last race, but it was Wells who finished the race second behind Morris who took second overall and McGill was awarded third overall.

In the Vets Over 45 class the Overall went to Danny Blakeley on his KX 500 Kawasaki who took two wins and a second only to be denied a clean sweep of wins in the last one by Phil Lewis, whereas in the Vets Over 60’s class it was Martin Coleman on his 510 Husqvarna who with two wins and a second took the overall from Dave White who was second to Coleman in the first two races on his 500 Husqvarna but won the last race with Vince Crawley on his KX 250 with a hattrick of third-place finishes taking third overall.

Martin Coleman took the overall in the Evo Over 60’s class

The Twinshock Under 50’s class saw Matt Nash on his CR 250 complete a hattrick of wins to give him the overall, but in the Over 50’s it looked as if Kelvin Tatum was going to run away with it after winning the opening two races, but he was a nonstarter in the last one which was won by Cornishman Mark Roberts who also took second in race 2 to Tatum, but a DNF in the opening race for Roberts who picked up a rear-wheel puncture kept him off the podium at the end of the day and it was Richard Benham with a 2-4-2 scorecard who took the overall from Kevin Butcher and Keith Jones.

In the Modern 2-Stroke Under 50’s class it was Thomas Herbert on his KTM 250 who with a hattrick of wins took the overall and in the Over 50’s class it was the YZ 250 Yamaha of Jason Morettes who with a win and two seconds just took the overall by one point from Rich Vincent with David Ford third overall.

Steve Wells holding off No 100 Mark McGill in the Super Evo Over 50’s

Results

125 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	John May	150	50	50	50
2	Jordan Carter	137	47	47	43
3	Daryl Bolter	133	45	41	47
4	Alex Butler	133	43	45	45
5	Jordan Barrs	123	39	43	41
6	Ryan Butler	117	41	39	37
7	Sheldon Seal	113	37	37	39
8	Matt Coles	103	33	35	35
9	Kristian Hutchings	101	35	33	33
10	Phillip Newman	92	31	30	31
11	Max Butler	90	29	31	30
12	Paul Jones	88	30	29	29
13	Neil Long	84	28	28	28
14	Jason Davies	77	24	27	26
15	Tim Pearce	74	27	20	27
16	John Haxton	74	25	24	25
17	Chris Matthews	73	26	25	22
18	Paul Watson	72	23	26	23
19	Jordan White	65	22	19	24
20	Lee Bream	63	21	21	21
21	Colin Boyles	63	20	23	20
22	Mathew Jakeways	53	17	18	18
23	Reece Pincher	52	16	17	19
24	Harry Keen	41	19	22	–
25	Nick Pritchett	18	18	–	–
26	Tom Moore	15	15	–	–

250 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jamie Skuse	150	50	50	50
2	James Kensington	141	47	47	47
3	Kyle Proctor	131	45	43	43
4	Steven Stutt	121	35	41	45
5	Tyler Green	121	43	39	39
6	Dean Stutt	113	37	35	41
7	Kieron Genge	113	39	37	37
8	Josh Barrs	97	31	33	33
9	James Baker	96	30	31	35
10	Ross Kerr	86	29	30	27
11	Ben Hodgkins	86	41	45	–
12	James Sansom	85	27	28	30
13	Scott Allen	82	28	25	29
14	Andy Saywell	81	26	27	28
15	Mark Chamberlian	74	24	26	24
16	Matthew Allen	71	22	24	25
17	Stuart Puddle	68	23	22	23
18	Steven Coate	63	20	21	22
19	Scott Baker	63	21	23	19
20	Zack Hackett	60	–	29	31
21	Jake Chamberlian	59	33	–	26
22	Andrew Dangerfield	58	18	19	21
23	Lee Sims	57	19	20	18
24	Johno Ryall	54	16	18	20
25	Luke Sims	49	15	17	17
26	Zack Hackett	45	14	15	16
27	Paul Annetts	33	17	16	–

500 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	George Gough	142	50	47	45
2	Terry House	137	37	50	50
3	Paul Edge	135	47	41	47
4	Tony Griffiths	129	45	43	41
5	Aaron Poolman	127	43	45	39
6	Ben Griffiths	121	41	37	43
7	James Price	115	39	39	37
8	David Alderton	105	35	35	35
9	Alex Wallis	97	31	33	33
10	Alfie Rimell	90	29	31	30
11	Ben Wincent	88	30	29	29
12	Joe Maguire	84	28	25	31
13	Nathan Kennedy	83	27	28	28
14	Martin Humphries	77	24	26	27
15	Henry Smith	63	33	30	–
16	Nathan Marston	52	25	27	–
17	Jim Allwood	26	26	–	–

Super Evo Under 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Graeme Irwin	160	50	60	50
2	Oliver Weeks	146	45	54	47
3	Gary Brown	136	43	50	43
4	Richie Frankcom	119	37	43	39
5	Joel Curtis	99	33	37	29
6	Marcus Booker	97	35	27	35
7	Dave Anthony	97	31	33	33
8	Tom Gilbert	94	47	47	–
9	Mark Oakley	87	27	29	31
10	Ryan Allen	86	–	41	45
11	Lee Brown	82	41	–	41
12	Kyle Bennett	82	–	45	37
13	Lee Bedwell	81	29	25	27
14	Chris Mcgill	78	39	39	–
15	Jake Harris	74	25	24	25
16	Alfie Rimell	71	26	23	22
17	Brett Ayres	69	23	22	24
18	Adam Hawkwood	68	24	21	23
19	Bradley Clarke	60	30	–	30
20	John Gill	59	–	31	28
21	Toby Wright	54	28	26	–
22	Liam Walter	20	–	20	–

Super Evo Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Nathan Davies	150	50	50	50
2	Martyn Tucker	139	45	47	47
3	Luke Dewey	133	43	45	45
4	Simon Marston	121	37	41	43
5	Craig Dowding	121	41	39	41
6	Nathan Jones	113	39	35	26
7	Jamie Winbourne	109	35	35	39
8	Dave King	97	31	31	35
9	Jason Hasaka	91	29	29	33
10	Max Hendy	90	47	43	–
11	Robert Mills	66	33	33	–
12	Phil Hunt	60	30	30	–

Twinshock Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Matt Nash	150	50	50	50
2	Harvey Cashmore	135	45	47	43
3	James Reeves	131	41	45	45
4	Brad Coleman	119	43	41	35
5	James Hudson	115	37	37	41
6	James Humphrey	111	35	39	37
7	Chris Taylor	105	39	33	33
8	Carl Benham	91	31	30	30
9	Scott Reed	90	–	43	47
10	Nigel Davies	89	30	28	31
11	Shaun Thomas	87	29	29	29
12	Phillip Peaster	82	47	35	–
13	Neil Mcmullon	81	27	26	28
14	Brad Perrett	64	–	25	39
15	Andy Bowles	60	33	27	–
16	Kier Tett	31	–	31	–
17	Dave Clack	28	28	–	–

Twinshock Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Richard Benham	137	47	43	47
2	Kevin Butcher	135	45	45	45
3	Keith Jones	117	41	35	41
4	Mark Taylor	112	28	41	43
5	Bill Hutcheson	107	35	33	39
6	Kelvin Tatum	100	50	50	–
7	Dean Bull	99	33	29	37
8	Mark Roberts	97	–	47	50
9	Gary Heath	92	31	28	33
10	Geoff Churchill	87	29	27	31
11	Stuart Spalding	82	43	39	–
12	Derek Mills	76	39	37	–
13	Adam Tabrett	68	37	31	–
14	Ian Thomas	65	–	30	35
15	Paul Stacey	56	30	26	–

Vets Evo Over 45

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Danny Blakeley	147	50	50	47
2	Phillip Lewis	142	47	45	50
3	Dean Warren	133	45	43	45
4	Simon Jones	123	39	41	43
5	Martin King	123	43	39	41
6	Andy Lidington	117	41	37	39
7	Jody Barnes	105	35	33	37
8	Alex Buckingham	93	37	23	33
9	Paul Ford	92	31	30	31
10	Stuart James	91	33	29	29
11	Mike Wheeler	85	28	27	30
12	Richard Dors	84	14	35	35
13	Johnathon Briggs	83	29	26	28
14	Jason Jenner	77	26	25	26
15	Barry Sills	76	25	24	27
16	Gareth Williams	71	24	22	25
17	Sean Renvoize	66	22	20	24
18	John Annely	65	23	21	21
19	Simon Bradbury	59	21	15	23
20	Asa Davies	59	20	17	22
21	Kevin Woolford	58	27	31	–
22	Glyn Moreton	58	30	28	–
23	Kevin Ayres	56	19	18	19
24	Ben Palmer	54	18	16	20
25	Stuart Kingston	49	17	14	18
26	Jeff Perrett	47	–	47	–
27	Paul Rainey	36	–	19	17
28	Darren Walkden	28	15	13	–
29	Shaun Hiscox	16	16	–	–

Vets Over 60

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Martin Coleman	147	50	50	47
2	Dave White	144	47	47	50
3	Vince Crawley	135	45	45	45
4	Graham Challis	127	41	43	43
5	Duncan Childs	115	39	41	35
6	Aidan Quinn	111	37	35	39
7	Kevin Spiller	110	30	39	41
8	Lee Mason	109	35	37	37
9	Dave Elliott	93	29	31	33
10	Derek Cook	92	33	28	31
11	Mike Sealey	91	31	30	30
12	Dave Hunt	83	28	27	28
13	Stephen Wildman	80	27	26	27
14	Mark Dean	76	43	33	–

Modern 2 Stroke

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Thomas Herbert	150	50	50	50
2	Jason Morettes	144	50	47	47
3	Rich Vincent	143	43	50	50
4	David Ford	137	47	45	45
5	James Herring	135	43	47	45
6	Mike Allport	131	45	43	43
7	Josh Herbert	127	39	45	43
8	Tom Butler	127	47	39	41
9	Darren Shortt	121	39	41	41
10	Nicky Jones	121	41	41	39
11	Neil Sutton	117	41	37	39
12	Jason Williams	115	45	33	37
13	Keith Chandler	111	35	39	37
14	Andy Statham	103	33	35	35
15	Matthew Fews	99	33	35	31
16	Elliott Woodward	97	37	31	29
17	Doug Carrier	93	30	30	33
18	Theo Prince	91	35	28	28
19	Luke Smith	90	–	43	47
20	Kelvin Hammer	89	26	30	33
21	Cameron Lochead	88	29	29	30
22	Mark Tiffan	85	31	27	27
23	Archie Howell	77	28	24	25
24	Jay Maddison	76	27	26	23
25	Olli Coate	75	24	25	26
26	Josh Pitt	72	–	37	35
27	Tom Strange	70	23	23	24
28	James Adams	70	37	33	–
29	Dean Tucker	65	22	22	21
30	Paul Smith	62	31	31	–
31	Brad Parkins	62	19	21	22
32	Lewis Sills	60	21	20	19
33	Luke Webb	58	20	18	20
34	Harvey Coate	44	25	19	–
35	Ben Mason	30	30	–	–