Gilbert and Nudds take Victory at Blaxhall! ACU Eastern Motocross Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

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May Bank Holiday Sunday saw the Woodbridge DMCC host the Stebbings Car Superstore / PP Sports Insurance ACU Eastern Motocross Championship at Blaxhall for the start of the season after the opening round was cancelled last month. Sunshine and a massive line up of 200 riders produced some fantastic racing throughout the day.

Report and Images by Richard Blyth – Image Rich Media

The Expert Championship class featured a full line up of 40 riders, including a handful of British Championship riders such as Josh Gilbert, Harri Kullas and Charlie Heyman looking to gain some race practice ahead of the upcoming British event, along with a number of top local Experts including Sam Nunn, Calum Mitchell, Luke Parker and Shaun Southgate.

When the gate dropped for the opening Expert race it was Harri Kullas who made the start and quickly opened a large gap over the rest of the field. In second it was team mate to Kullas, Sam Nunn who was battling with Josh Gilbert in third who was recovering from a poor start. By the second lap, Gilbert moved into second place and tried to close the gap on Kullas but was unable to make up the ground. The race ended with Kullas taking the victory over Gilbert, Nunn followed by Luke Parker in fourth and Charlie Heyman in fifth.

The second Expert race saw Kullas make another great start with current Eastern Centre Champion Luke Parker just behind, while Gilbert was recovering from another poor start. By the mid race point, Gilbert was into second and closed in on Kullas before making a pass for the lead and opening a gap to take the victory. Kullas came home in second ahead of Nunn, Calum Mitchell and Dylan Woodcock rounding out the top 5.

The final Expert race once again saw another great start by Kullas as Gilbert charged through the field to finish the opening lap in second. In the early laps of the race Gilbert battled with Kullas until his made a pass for the lead and started to open a gap and took the victory by 16 seconds and the overall. Third place went to Mitchell with Nunn and Woodcock rounding out the top 5.

With the season starting at Blaxhall, the Junior Championship saw some fresh faces looking to challenge at the front of the field. In the first race Tim Warnes took the early race lead while eventual race winner Charlie Nudds pushed through the pack from 11th on the opening lap to take the win, second went to Kai Thorpe ahead of Joe Hall in third and Jake Brown and Kayden Smith rounding out the top 5.

The second Junior Championship race saw Charlie Nudds take another race win ahead of Kai Thorpe and Joe Hall once again. Freddie O’Leary and Tim Warnes finished the race in fourth and fifth.

The third and final race saw Charlie Nudds make it three out of three race wins ahead of Connor Bunkle in second and Joe Hall in third. Fourth and fifth places went to Harrison Forde and Kai Thorpe.

Alongside the Expert and Junior Championship classes were the Support B, C and D classes. In the Support B class, it was won by John Hinz who tied on points with James Taylor. Hinz took the victory with a 3-1-1 scorecard over Taylor’s 1-2-2. Third overall went to Luke Nolan with Sam Rogers and William King fourth and fifth.

Support C saw Robbie Pearmain take the class win with a 3-2-2 over Joe Scillitoe with an 1-3-3 and William Bell in third with an 8-1-1. Luke Clifton and Tim Soane rounded out the top 5.

In the Support D class Lewis Wells went 3-1-1 for the class win ahead of Josh Smith in second and Justin Dennis in third. Tony Rooke and Thomas Davies took fourth and fifth place.

The Woodbridge DMCC’s next event is the fifth round of the Revo ACU British Motocross Championship at Blaxhall on Sunday 28th May with discounted tickets already on sale online at woodbridgemcc.co.uk

Results

Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joshua Gilbert	72	22	25	25
2	Harri Kullas	69	25	22	22
3	Sam Nunn	58	20	20	18
4	Calum Mitchell	53	15	18	20
5	Luke Parker	45	18	12	15
6	Shaun Southgate	40	12	14	14
7	Luke Benstead	36	14	15	7
8	Declan Whittle	35	9	13	13
9	Lewis Tombs	33	10	11	12
10	Dylan Woodcock	32	–	16	16
11	Max Broadbelt	28	13	7	8
12	Ben Mustoe	26	6	10	10
13	Bayliss Utting	26	11	6	9
14	Ben Franklin	24	4	9	11
15	Charlie Heyman	16	16	–	–
16	Josh Peters	15	7	8	–
17	Benjamin Cole	12	5	2	5
18	Thomas Murphy	12	8	–	4
19	William Farrow	11	–	5	6
20	Liam Bennett	9	3	3	3
21	Joseph Leeks	6	2	4	–
22	Wal Beaney	2	–	–	2
23	Jake Rackham	2	1	–	1
24	Todd Ritchie	1	–	1	–

Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Charlie Nudds	75	25	25	25
2	Joe Hall	60	20	20	20
3	Kai Thorpe	60	22	22	16
4	Jake Brown	46	18	13	15
5	Connor Bunkle	43	6	15	22
6	Timothy Warnes	43	14	16	13
7	Kayden Smith	40	16	10	14
8	Harrison Forde	38	9	11	18
9	Kai Brown	30	4	14	12
10	Freddie O’Leary	30	12	18	–
11	Lewis Anderson	29	11	8	10
12	Cullen Hawkins	23	13	5	5
13	Finley Jarvis	22	10	12	–
14	Mark Hunt	16	–	7	9
15	Bailey Jackson	15	5	6	4
16	Gary Hoptrough	15	15	–	–
17	James Rowsell	13	1	4	8
18	Jack Davis	12	3	9	–
19	Teddy Hyde	11	–	–	11
20	Oliver Gaut	9	–	3	6
21	Harrison Fitchett	8	8	–	–
22	Jae Jeffries	7	–	–	7
23	Alby Smith	7	7	–	–
24	Shane Brown	3	–	–	3
25	Harry Smith	2	–	–	2
26	Carl Miller	2	–	2	–
27	Arran Powley	2	2	–	–
28	Gareth Lane	1	–	–	1
29	Louis Dutton	1	–	1	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	John Hinz	131	41	45	45
2	James Taylor	131	45	43	43
3	Luke Nolan	110	43	34	33
4	Sam Rogers	104	33	37	34
5	William King	100	30	35	35
6	Josh Sturman	98	20	41	37
7	Jack Whitlam	95	24	32	39
8	Lee Butson	94	35	28	31
9	Alex Truslow	91	17	33	41
10	Simon Daniels	87	37	18	32
11	Max Monk	82	26	31	25
12	Paul Aldridge	74	28	25	21
13	Paul Hubbard	73	22	23	28
14	Teddy Howard	73	34	39	–
15	Joshua Deadman	71	23	19	29
16	Kieran Jessett	70	19	27	24
17	Aaron Smith	69	10	29	30
18	Bradley Allen	62	14	21	27
19	James Suckling	62	32	30	–
20	Sam Hilton	55	7	22	26
21	Aaron Saunders	53	15	16	22
22	Mark Goodson	53	8	26	19
23	Scott Goodson	53	13	24	16
24	James Gadd	48	21	13	14
25	Ty Atkins	47	18	14	15
26	Robert Bond	47	25	11	11
27	Lee Kirkpatrick	46	39	7	–
28	Ethan Cone	44	29	15	–
29	Stephen Atkins	43	3	17	23
30	Lee Anderson	38	12	9	17
31	Vinnie Snell	37	31	6	–
32	Charlie Starsmoore	36	16	–	20
33	Lewis Saunders	32	9	10	13
34	Taylor Saunders	28	4	12	12
35	Reece Wright	27	27	–	–
36	Reggie Jacobs	23	5	–	18
37	Jay Peperell	22	2	20	–
38	Ethan Plummer	19	11	8	–
39	Oliver Brinkley	6	6	–	–
40	Max Fleming	1	1	–	–

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Robbie Pearmain	127	41	43	43
2	Joe Scillitoe	127	45	41	41
3	William Bell	123	33	45	45
4	Luke Clifton	111	43	29	39
5	Tim Soane	101	34	35	32
6	Marcus Smith	98	35	32	31
7	Aidan Weston	95	24	34	37
8	Luke Reeve	94	28	33	33
9	Alfie Self	93	27	31	35
10	Lee Scott	85	31	39	15
11	Thomas Miller	77	30	26	21
12	Daniel Lawlor	76	16	30	30
13	Ewan Niblock	74	25	23	26
14	Troy Brumpton	73	22	24	27
15	Daniel Cole	71	–	37	34
16	George Reeves Furness	68	19	27	22
17	Cory Smith	67	20	19	28
18	William Mcrae	64	18	21	25
19	Katie Stock	60	32	11	17
20	Georgia Potter	58	21	8	29
21	Joel Doncaster	57	23	14	20
22	Sam Pudney	57	29	28	–
23	Bryan Rouse	53	15	15	23
24	Shaun Palfrey	52	39	13	–
25	Zack Kingshott	51	14	18	19
26	Ollie Denyer	48	26	22	–
27	Tavis Coulson	45	10	17	18
28	Sam Whittred	43	9	10	24
29	Harry Sobkowiak	38	13	25	–
30	Andrew Cattermole	37	37	–	–
31	Craig Page-Baker	34	11	9	14
32	Kieran Dawson	32	7	12	13
33	Kieran Banham	31	8	7	16
34	Ryan Cole	28	12	16	–
35	Jake Cazey	26	6	20	–
36	Cameron Hallett	21	4	5	12
37	Nick Pinder	17	17	–	–
38	Aiden Payne	11	5	6	–
39	Alfie Arnold	3	3	–	–

Support D

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Lewis Wells	131	41	45	45
2	Josh Smith	127	43	41	43
3	Justin Dennis	117	39	39	39
4	Tony Rooke	114	34	43	37
5	Thomas Davies	102	35	34	33
6	Jason Turner	98	30	33	35
7	Robert Green	96	33	37	26
8	Chris Gaut	93	26	35	32
9	Robert Hardwick	85	24	30	31
10	Thomas Harrington	83	29	26	28
11	Matthew Herring	82	28	27	27
12	Daniel Allen	82	27	31	24
13	Adam Bird	78	37	–	41
14	John Smith	77	19	29	29
15	Hector Storey	74	12	32	30
16	Steve Mardell	69	23	21	25
17	Carl Hood	62	17	23	22
18	Zachary Kneller	56	32	24	–
19	Gary Nutt	54	13	20	21
20	Andrew Smith	53	25	28	–
21	Joshua Middleton	52	–	18	34
22	Nathan Gotts	52	15	17	20
23	Anna Groves	52	14	19	19
24	Shaun Tacey	45	45	–	–
25	Perry Fiddy	44	22	22	–
26	Jason Eaves	43	18	25	–
27	Dean Last	41	11	13	17
28	Toby Henderson	38	–	15	23
29	Geraint Hubbard	36	20	16	–
30	Matthew Turner	31	31	–	–
31	Nick Hunton	30	–	12	18
32	Jonathan Boreham	27	16	11	–
33	Colin Pettitt	23	9	14	–
34	Shaun Mutch	21	21	–	–
35	Raymond Brooks	20	10	10	–