Grimshaw king of the Hill! 2024 Eastern Centre Motocross Championship Round 4 – Race Report & Results

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On Sunday, June 16th, the Norwich Viking MCC hosted round 4 of the ACU Eastern Centre Motocross Championship at the spectacular Cadders Hill circuit. With Stebbings Car Superstore and the Norton Way group backing the series, the English weather played its part once again to muddle track conditions.

Race report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Narna Media – Max Leveridge

The morning qualifying session saw the expert class take to the track just as the heavy downpour began, and it proved crucial to lay a fast lap time down early on as the track was at its best. Up stepped (Apico Honda) Tom Grimshaw who would put his bike on pole and have the first gate pick.

Race one in the experts got underway with Grimshaw towards the front and Sam Nunn (John Banks Honda) buried in the mid-pack. With mostly all the championship front runners towards the front, Nunn bravely fought his way through to the top 5 within the first lap and began about chasing down Grimshaw. Lewis Tombs (John Banks Honda) carried on his fine 2024 form and was battling with Luke Parker (MPM Kawasaki) on the opening laps. As the rain again began to fall, Grimshaw tipped over and gave the lead of the race to Nunn, who had by this point passed Tombs and Parker. Nunn then checked out and came home with the race win ahead of Tombs, Parker and Grimshaw.

In race two, it was Nunn and Grimshaw again who put on a great display of racing for the spectators to watch and further showing their dominance in this class for 2024. With wildcards Charlie Cole (Phoenix Kawasaki) and Taylor Hammal (Crendon Tru7 Honda) battling for a top 5 finish, that allowed Tombs and Parker to again go bar-to-bar in a fight for third. This time it was Grimshaw who would take the race win ahead of Nunn, Tombs, Parker and Hammal.

In the final race for the expert class, Grimshaw once again had his Honda dialled off the start and flew off the gate to take the holeshot. Last year’s champion and Norwich Viking club member, Luke Parker, was quick off the gate and rode very well to cling onto the rear wheel of Grimshaw for the best part of the 20-minute-long race. Nunn was third, and in trying to close the gap to Parker, he would make a mistake and give himself too much to do. Grimshaw crossed the finish line, arms aloft, and looked elated to take his second race win. Parker would claw some points back in the championship with a very solid second-place finish, ahead of Nunn and Hammal, who took his best result of the afternoon.

The expert overall went to Grimshaw. He finished a point ahead of Nunn, who extended his lead for the 2024 title. Parker would take third and bring himself within four points of Tombs in the championship standings.

In the Junior championship class, it was Mitchell Meadows who dominated the day with a hattrick of race wins ahead of Aaron Framingham in second place. Current junior championship leader Tim Warnes rounded his day off with a 4-3-3 finish for third overall.

In the support B class, it was Vinnie Snell who won the overall with a 3-2-3 finish, ahead of Tyrone Tugwell in second with a 2-4-5. In third, it was James Taylor with 2 race wins but a costly 14th in the second moto.

Support C was won by Ross Taylor with a 2-1-1 ahead of Lee Keyton in second with a 3-3-2. In third was Bradley Allen with a 4-2-8.

In support D the winner was Joel Doncaster with a 3-2-1, in second was Chris Gaut with a 2-3-3 ahead of Andrew Webster in third with a 10-4-2.

Results

Expert Championship

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Tom Grimshaw	68	18	25	25
2	Sam Nunn	67	25	22	20
3	Luke Parker	60	20	18	22
4	Lewis Tombs	57	22	20	15
5	Taylor Hammal	48	14	16	18
6	Declan Whittle	44	13	15	16
7	Charles Cole	44	16	14	14
8	Shaun Southgate	38	15	13	10
9	Jake Rackham	34	12	11	11
10	Benjamin Cole	32	10	10	12
11	William Farrow	30	9	12	9
12	Joseph Leeks	26	11	8	7
13	Simon Booth	20	7	7	6
14	Todd Ritchie	17	–	9	8
15	Travis Steels	13	–	–	13
16	Callum McCaul	12	6	4	2
17	Josh Bassett	11	–	6	5
18	Benjamin Hayward	8	4	–	4
19	Ryan Allison	8	8	–	–
20	Connor Bunkle	7	2	5	–
21	Oliver Brader	6	5	1	–
22	Mitch Armour	3	–	–	3
23	Shane Lock	3	–	3	–
24	Archie Fisher	3	3	–	–
25	Brad Woodroffe	2	–	2	–
26	Jake Brown	1	–	–	1
27	Finley Jarvis	1	1	–	–

Junior Championship

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Mitchell Meadows	75	25	25	25
2	Aaron Framingham	66	22	22	22
3	Timothy Warnes	58	18	20	20
4	Matthew Pope	56	20	18	18
5	Alex Christopher	48	16	16	16
6	Jordan Andrews	43	15	14	14
7	Gareth Lane	36	14	10	12
8	Teddy Hyde	27	11	5	11
9	George Foames	27	13	6	8
10	Jae Jeffries	25	–	12	13
11	James Wadsworth	24	–	9	15
12	Joe Phillips	22	12	7	3
13	James Rowsell	21	–	15	6
14	Harry George	20	5	11	4
15	Lewis Holmes	18	9	–	9
16	Barnaby Knight	16	6	–	10
17	Jamie Cox	16	8	8	–
18	Robert Hales	15	2	13	–
19	Joshua Deadman	12	10	2	–
20	Oliver Gaut	8	–	3	5
21	Jack Whitlam	7	–	–	7
22	Shane Brown	7	7	–	–
23	Christopher Lake	4	–	4	–
24	Bailey Jackson	4	4	–	–
25	Sam Rogers	3	3	–	–
26	Charlie Roper	2	–	–	2
27	Max Timmins	2	–	1	1
28	Simon Daniels	1	1	–	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Vinnie Snell	125	41	43	41
2	Tyrone Tugwell	119	43	39	37
3	James Taylor	117	45	27	45
4	Aaron Smith	117	37	41	39
5	Aaron Hopkins	116	39	45	32
6	Alex Truslow	113	33	37	43
7	Lee Kirkpatrick	98	34	31	33
8	Aaron Minter	93	29	33	31
9	Stephen Atkins	90	28	28	34
10	Ethan Hayward	89	35	30	24
11	Cole Taylor	81	23	23	35
12	Luca Manby	81	20	32	29
13	Mark Goodson	78	17	35	26
14	Marc Nickerson	73	24	21	28
15	Joe Scillitoe	73	25	25	23
16	Joshua Andrews	66	32	34	–
17	Will Jurgens	65	19	16	30
18	Aidan Weston	65	18	26	21
19	Luke Nolan	59	13	24	22
20	Robert Bond	59	30	11	18
21	Taylor Saunders	58	21	22	15
22	Brandon Love	57	12	20	25
23	James Colclough	57	27	14	16
24	Scott Goodson	55	26	29	–
25	Joshua Parker	51	16	15	20
26	Ben Last	49	11	19	19
27	Paul Hubbard	49	14	18	17
28	Jake Lane	36	9	13	14
29	Taylor Ralph	34	22	12	–
30	Paul Aldridge	31	31	–	–
31	Joseph Henthorn	27	–	–	27
32	Troy Brumpton	23	10	–	13
33	Max Fleming	17	–	17	–
34	Marcus Smith	15	15	–	–
35	Kieran Jessett	12	–	–	12

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Ross Taylor	133	43	45	45
2	Lee Keyton	125	41	41	43
3	Bradley Allen	115	39	43	33
4	Luke Cliftom	112	37	34	41
5	Cameron Parrish	106	28	39	39
6	Harry Sobkowiak	99	25	37	37
7	Ben Secker	98	31	33	34
8	Tavis Coulson	92	34	26	32
9	Henry Crawford	92	32	29	31
10	Zack Kingshott	83	33	27	23
11	Darren Eastall	75	21	28	26
12	Lewis Saunders	71	26	18	27
13	Christian Drane	71	30	17	24
14	Shawn Graham	71	17	32	22
15	Aaron Saunders	70	–	35	35
16	Jake Harvey	70	18	24	28
17	Sam Cushion	70	24	25	21
18	Harry Hawes	68	22	21	25
19	Samuel Cook	63	23	22	18
20	Craig Page-Baker	60	–	31	29
21	Aaron Holden	60	20	20	20
22	Rudi Carter	59	29	30	–
23	Wayne Fulcher	55	19	19	17
24	Charlie Starsmoore	53	–	23	30
25	Russell Snowling	52	27	13	12
26	Sam Philpott	47	16	15	16
27	Noah Waterfield	45	45	–	–
28	Daniel Elsey	41	14	14	13
29	Katie Stock	39	13	12	14
30	Joshua Middleton	35	–	16	19
31	Cory Smith	35	35	–	–
32	Ryan Christmas	26	–	11	15
33	Freddie Bond	15	15	–	–
34	Joshua Chappell	11	–	–	11
35	Thomas Harrington	10	–	10	–

Support D

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Joel Doncaster	129	41	43	45
2	Chris Gaut	125	43	41	41
3	Andrew Webster	113	31	39	43
4	Ashley Reeve	103	37	34	32
5	Ben Cook	98	32	31	35
6	Damian Flack	97	34	33	30
7	Jack Williams	94	29	32	33
8	Nathan Gotts	94	33	30	31
9	Tony Rooke	93	30	29	34
10	Lee Anderson	90	45	45	–
11	Peter Andrews	88	35	24	29
12	Kai Ryder	80	27	25	28
13	Jake Hicks	78	23	28	27
14	Shane Edwards	77	25	26	26
15	Sam Whittred	74	–	37	37
16	Shaun Tacey	74	39	35	–
17	Harry Saunders	66	19	22	25
18	Adam Baker	64	22	20	22
19	Jason Eaves	61	20	18	23
20	Ben Lamb	60	21	19	20
21	Sam Ashwell	56	18	17	21
22	Steven Halfhide	49	26	23	–
23	John Smith	48	24	–	24
24	Finlay Whitlam	39	–	–	39
25	Hector Storey	28	28	–	–
26	Zachary Kneller	27	–	27	–
27	Jake Sims	21	–	21	–
28	David Maddison	16	–	16	–