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Herring rolls back the years at Wickwar! 2024 UK Evo MX Championship Round 4 – Race Report & Results

Back on Sunday, June 16th, round 4 of the UK Evo Mx Championships took place at the ever-popular Wickwar track in Gloucestershire. Heavy rain had fallen early Saturday evening and during the night, which made things a bit slippery and tricky on race day, to begin with, but with the sun making an appearance several times during the day, the track soon dried and was to produce some excellent racing for the many spectators who were in attendance. There was a big entry which included many wildcards, with the biggest wildcard coming in the shape of Rob Herring, who was out to get some time on the bike for another event later in the year.

Race Report and Images courtesy of Dave Rich

The Evo 125 class always produces some fast and close racing, and Wickwar certainly did that and was to produce three different winners, with Daryl Bolter winning the opening encounter from Aaron Colley and Darren Banwell, but in the second race, it was Colley who took the win after Bolter had to ease off when his throttle stuck open, but he came back to take third behind Griffiths whereas in the last race there was no stopping Griffiths who led from the off and took the win with Bolter a close second and taking third was Colley which put Colley and Bolter on the same points but with Bolter beating Colley in the last race he was to take the overall with Griffiths third overall.

Jamie Skuse was absolutely flying in the Evo 250 class

In the Evo 250 class, there was only one winner at the end of the day, and that was Jamie Skuse, who must be one of, if not the fastest Evo 250 riders in the country who put up a fine display of riding, taking a hattrick of wins and the overall with Gareth Artus taking second overall after taking second in every race and with a hattrick of third place finishes third overall went to John McKenzie.

Nigel Kibble was dominant in the Evo 500 class

The Evo 500 class saw James Price have a flyer out of the gate in the opening race and led for the first couple of laps but was being pressured all the time by Nigel Kibble, who got the better of Price towards the end of the second lap and from there on went on to take the Chequered flag just as he did in the other two races to take a clean sweep of wins to give Kibble the Overall with Price with a 2,2,2 scorecard second overall and Nicky Jones taking third overall with a hattrick of third place finishes.

In the Pre 83 125 class, there was some good racing in all three races, especially from Jake Chamberlain, who was victorious in all three races and took the overall, with Tayler Levett taking second overall and Jordan Hands third overall.

No 739 Danny Blakeley holding off Danny Smyth in the Vets Evo over 45 class

In the Vets Evo over 45 class, Craig Pratley continued his winning ways with yet another hattrick of wins and remains unbeaten in this class after four rounds, but behind him, there was some really close and exciting racing between Danny Blakeley and Danny Smyth with Blakeley who got the better off Smyth halfway through the opening race holding on under a lot of pressure in the closing stages to take second with Smyth a close third whereas in the second race the tables were turned with Smyth taking second after getting pass Blakeley mid-race. So, going into the last race, both Blakeley and Smyth were tied on points, so it was a last-race decider to see who was going to take second overall behind Pratley, and it was Blakeley who had the better start and was lying second by the end of the opening lap, but right in his wheel marks was Smyth who was all over Blakeley looking to get past for several laps, until lap 5 when disaster struck for Smyth when his shock blew, and he was forced to retire and up into third was now Dean Warren but he wasn’t going to catch Blakeley who took second to give him that second overall and with three consistent rides Warren took third overall.

Craig Pratley remains unbeaten in the Vets Evo over 45 class

The Vets Evo over 60’s class saw a fine ride from Mike Allport, who was to take a clean sweep of wins to give him the overall. Second overall went to Greg Pascoe by two points, who had been consistent in all three races, just pipping David White, who put in a strong ride in the last race and took third overall.

Mike Allport giving his all in the Vets Evo over 60’s class

In the Super Evo under 40’s class, the opening two races were won by Chuck Davies, but a bad start in the last race saw him with a lot to do but there was plenty of action at the front between Tye Barrs and Carl Jones with the lead changing twice on the opening couple of laps before Jones took command at the front and went on to take the win with Barrs just holding on to take second from Davies who was a close third which was enough to give Davies the overall by three points from Jones with Barrs just three points behind Jones taking third overall, whereas in the over 40’s class it was Nathan Davies who took the overall winning two of the races only to be denied a clean sweep by Simon Dearing who took the other win and with two good results in the other two races he was to take second overall with Matt Coles taking third overall.

In the Super Evo over 50’s class, there were great expectations, as lining up in this class was one of Britain’s finest from years gone by, Rob Herring, who showed that he has still got what it takes to compete with three commanding wins to give him the overall. Steve Wells finished second overall after finishing second to Herring in all three races, and with a hattrick of third-place finishes, third overall went to Paul Wildman.

The under 50’s Modern 2-Stroke class saw Aaron Patstone in fine form taking all three race wins, but there was some good racing going on behind him between Tom Gilbert and James Herring, who were tied on points going into the last race, so the battle was on to see who was going to take second overall. Well it looked pretty good for Herring as he had a pretty good start and was sitting in third behind Ross Millard mid race with Gilbert not to far back in fourth, but Gilbert was starting to close on Herring towards the end of the race and as the last lap flag was shown he was all over Herring looking for a way pass which he managed to do and from there he held on to finish third behind Millard and Patstone, but more importantly he finished ahead of Herring to clinch second overall with Herring third overall, whereas in the over 50’s Modern 2-Stroke class it was Terry House who won the opening race after getting the better of the early leader Rob Mead mid race, and it was Mead again in the second moto who led early doors before House caught and passed him and looked set to take his second win of the day, but unfortunately for House he came to a halt two laps from the end when his chain came off, he did get going again but it kept coming off and he had a dnf which gave Mead the win and it was Mead who took the chequered flag in the last one to give him the overall with second overall going to Gareth Dunsford and third overall went to Darren Kenington.

No 888 Mark Gleadhill holding off No 242 Matt Wells in the Combined Twinshocks

In the Twinshock under 50’s class, there was no stopping Matt Nash, who was triumphant in all three races, taking the chequered flag quite convincingly, with James Hudson taking second overall and third overall went to Seb Dexter, and in the over 50’s Twinshocks it was Mark Gleadhill who won the opening race from James Reeves with the tables being turned in the second moto which meant they were tied on points going into the last race decider to battle for the overall, and it was Reeves who was to get the better start and from there went on untroubled to take the win and with it, the overall with Gleadhill just doing enough in the last race to take second overall by one point from Andrew Batten who had been consistent in all three races.

Results

Evo 125

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	DARYL BOLTER	142	50	45	47
2	AARON COLLEY	142	47	50	45
3	RUSTY GRIFFITHS	136	39	47	50
4	ARCHIE HICKS	125	43	41	41
5	KRISTIAN HUTCHINGS	123	37	43	43
6	DARREN BANWELL	123	45	39	39
7	SHELDON SEAL	115	41	37	37
8	MATT COLES	98	30	33	35
9	RICHARD VINCENT	95	31	31	33
10	NEIL LONG	93	33	29	31
11	BRADLEY POUNDER	85	28	28	29
12	TIM PEARCE	83	23	30	30
13	GUY LEDDY	83	29	27	27
14	BRAD LANE	78	27	26	25
15	IAN ALLEN	76	26	24	26
16	CARL BROOKFIELD	73	24	25	24
17	RYAN GEE	71	25	23	23
18	BEN MURRAY	70	35	35	–
19	JORDAN SHAW	28	–	–	28

Evo 250

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	JAMIE SKUSE	150	50	50	50
2	GARETH ARTUS	141	47	47	47
3	JOHN MCKENZIE	135	45	45	45
4	KYLE PROCTOR	125	43	41	41
5	RORY MERCHANT	123	37	43	43
6	JAKE CHAMBERLAIN	115	41	35	39
7	SCOTT ALLEN	107	33	39	35
8	JORDAN PRATT	105	35	33	37
9	STUART PUDDLE	93	30	30	33
10	LEE SIMS	89	29	29	31
11	TYLER GREEN	76	39	37	–
12	MATT WELLS	62	31	31	–

Evo 500

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	NIGEL KIBBLE	150	50	50	50
2	JAMES PRICE	141	47	47	47
3	NICKY JONES	135	45	45	45
4	SCOTT FAULKNER	127	41	43	43
5	THOMAS SORRELL	123	43	41	39
6	KEIRREN GENGE	119	39	39	41

Super Evo Under 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	CHUCK DAVIES	145	50	50	45
2	CARL JONES	142	47	45	50
3	TYE BARRS	139	45	47	47
4	RYAN ALLEN	129	43	43	43
5	DREW LANE	113	39	37	37
6	BRADLEY DOYLE	109	29	39	41
7	JORDAN OWEN	109	37	33	39
8	CARL LUKE	99	35	31	33
9	BRADLEY CLARKE	92	31	30	31
10	JAMIE SCOTT	90	30	25	35
11	MARCUS BOOKER	87	28	29	30
12	JACK SEABORNE	82	41	41	–
13	SAM VICKERS	81	26	26	29
14	SAM MERCER	77	25	24	28
15	JAKE HUMPHREYS	69	19	23	27
16	GARY BROWN	68	33	35	–
17	ANDREW HAYES	68	21	21	26
18	HARRY LINDSEY	62	18	19	25
19	JAK DINSLEY	51	23	28	–
20	TOBY HEAD	51	24	27	–
21	HANNAH WINBOURNE	44	22	22	–
22	TALLON SPARROW	40	20	20	–
23	RICHIE FRANKCOM	27	27	–	–

Super Evo Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	NATHAN DAVIES	147	50	47	50
2	SIMON DEARING	140	43	50	47
3	MATT COLES	135	47	45	43
4	JAMES BAKER	133	45	43	45
5	MARK CHAMBERLAIN	121	41	39	41
6	STEPHEN HURST	115	39	37	39
7	CRAIG DOWDING	113	37	41	35
8	ANDREW MARRIOTT	95	31	31	33
9	KIRK BAYNTON	67	30	–	37
10	PHIL HUNT	66	33	33	–
11	ROBERT MILLS	65	35	30	–
12	KIRK BAYTON	35	–	35	–

Super Evo Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	ROB HERRING	150	50	50	50
2	STEVE WELLS	141	47	47	47
3	PAUL WILDMAN	135	45	45	45
4	MARK ROBERTS	125	43	41	41
5	IAN MEAD	119	41	39	39
6	MAX HENDY	117	31	43	43
7	RICHARD TAPSCOTT	111	39	35	37
8	GARY HURST	100	28	37	35
9	JEFF LEWIS	97	35	31	31
10	STEVE SPARROW	97	37	30	30
11	CHRIS MATTHEWS	96	30	33	33
12	DAVID BOSWELL-JONES	89	33	28	28
13	BRAD DAVEY	85	27	29	29
14	JASON JENNER	78	25	27	26
15	JAMIE GARDNER	75	22	26	27
16	BILL HUTCHESON	74	26	24	24
17	JON PINKNEY	72	24	23	25
18	NICK PRITCHETT	70	23	25	22
19	JEREMY TOOTH	61	20	21	20
20	NICK NOBLE	60	17	20	23
21	MATTHEW HILLIER	55	19	19	17
22	KEVIN NASH	50	18	22	10
23	BRIAN BOOKER	48	14	15	19
24	PAUL WOOLFORD	48	12	18	18
25	DEREK COOK	43	13	17	13
26	MARK UPTON	41	9	16	16
27	PHILLIP JONES	39	11	14	14
28	SEAN MITCHELL	39	15	12	12
29	ADAM TABRETT	37	16	–	21
30	JAMIE SCOTT	34	21	13	–
31	MARK DAVIES	32	10	11	11
32	JAMIE WINBOURNE	29	29	–	–
33	DAVID KING	15	–	–	15
34	RUSSELL HURST	9	–	–	9

Pre 83 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	JAKE CHAMBERLAIN	150	50	50	50
2	TAYLER LEVETT	139	47	45	47
3	JORDAN HANDS	129	45	43	41
4	DAVE RUSSELL	127	43	41	43
5	DARREN HOULT	117	39	39	39
6	MARK KEMBER	113	41	37	35
7	NICK MAUGER	109	37	35	37
8	MATT NASH	92	–	47	45

Vets Evo Over 45

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	CRAIG PRATLEY	150	50	50	50
2	DANNY BLAKELEY	139	47	45	47
3	DEAN WARREN	131	43	43	45
4	MARTYN TUCKER	119	41	37	41
5	RICHARD DORS	109	27	39	43
6	MARTIN KING	108	39	30	39
7	WARREN CLIFTON	105	33	35	37
8	DANNY SMYTH	92	45	47	–
9	MARK HUTCHINSON	91	31	25	35
10	MIKE WHEELER	90	29	31	30
11	DANIEL GOULD	82	23	28	31
12	ALEX BUCKINGHAM	81	26	22	33
13	JONATHAN BRIGGS	81	25	27	29
14	STEVE MATTHEWS	74	20	26	28
15	GARETH WILLIAMS	72	22	24	26
16	ANDY LIDINGTON	71	30	41	–
17	STEVE BUNDOCK	70	37	33	–
18	NATHAN KENNEDY	68	18	23	27
19	KEVIN ALLEN	61	17	19	25
20	PHIL GEE	61	21	21	19
21	NICK NOBLE	58	14	20	24
22	DAREN NEALE	58	19	17	22
23	LEE PINCHER	57	16	18	23
24	JOHN HOLMES	53	24	29	–
25	SEAN RENVOIZE	50	13	16	21
26	NEIL LONG	35	35	–	–
27	ANDREW MARRIOTT	30	15	15	–
28	JASON PLANK	28	28	–	–
29	ANTHONY HALL	20	–	–	20

Vets Evo Over 60

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	MIKE ALLPORT	150	50	50	50
2	GREG PASCOE	129	41	45	43
3	DAVID WHITE WHITE	127	39	41	47
4	GLYN MORETON	123	43	39	41
5	JOHN BENNETT	121	45	37	39
6	STEVE FEWS	116	28	43	45
7	DAVE DINSLEY	114	37	47	30
8	VINCE CRAWLEY	107	35	35	37
9	DAVID SMITH	97	33	31	33
10	DAVE ELLIOTT	82	27	27	28
11	AIDAN QUINN	79	26	24	29
12	KEITH RICKETTS	75	25	23	27
13	PAUL STACEY	72	24	22	26
14	MARK TILZEY	68	–	33	35
15	CHRISTOPHER DOWNING	68	22	21	25
16	GRAHAM CHALLIS	61	–	30	31
17	NICK BAUM	59	30	29	–
18	KEVIN SPILLER	57	29	28	–
19	ROB JAMES	57	31	26	–
20	DAVE WHITE	48	23	25	–
21	MARTIN PERRETT	47	47	–	–

Twinshock Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	MATT NASH	150	50	50	50
2	JAMES HUDSON	141	47	47	47
3	SEB DEXTER	133	45	43	45
4	SAM MCEVOY	123	39	41	43
5	MATT WELLS	88	43	45	–
6	MARC BROCKHURST	80	41	39	–

Twinshock Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	JAMES REEVES	147	47	50	50
2	MARK GLEADHILL	138	50	47	41
3	ANDREW BATTEN	137	45	45	47
4	ED SPEAR	131	43	43	45
5	NEIL MIDGLEY	123	41	39	43
6	DC WILLIAMS	113	37	37	39
7	DARREN WALKDEN	107	35	35	37
8	WAYNE TWIDDLE	80	39	41	–

Modern Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	AARON PATSTONE PATSTONE	150	50	50	50
2	TOM GILBERT	127	37	45	45
3	JAMES HERRING	125	41	41	43
4	JASON WILLIAMS	123	43	39	41
5	JOSHUA HERBERT	119	47	35	37
6	DAN BARTLETT	108	39	30	39
7	ADAM DYER	107	35	37	35
8	KRIS AYRES	92	45	47	–
9	ROSS MILLARD	90	–	43	47
10	OLIVER HURST	89	29	27	33
11	KEVIN SANDERS	88	30	31	27
12	DUGGIE JAMIESON	87	26	33	28
13	BEN THOMSON	83	28	26	29
14	TOM CONLON	79	31	28	20
15	OLLIE CUMBER	76	21	25	30
16	JAKE MOULD	75	25	24	26
17	RICH MAY	73	27	15	31
18	HARRY NOAKES	72	24	23	25
19	LUKE CUMBER	66	23	20	23
20	KYLE JONES	65	19	22	24
21	TYLER GREEN	62	33	29	–
22	DANIEL MEAD	62	50	12	–
23	MATT BENNETT	61	22	18	21
24	CHAD CHAD EVANSSAMUEL	58	15	21	22
25	CALLUM HURST	55	18	19	18
26	BEN MASON	51	16	16	19
27	ALFIE REEVES	44	13	14	17
28	SAMUEL TRINDER	41	12	13	16
29	GEORGE TUCKER	34	17	17	–
30	BEN CRYER	20	20	–	–
31	DOUG SMITH	14	14	–	–

Modern Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	ROB MEAD	147	47	50	50
2	GARETH DUNSFORD	137	43	47	47
3	DARREN KENINGTON	129	41	45	43
4	DAVE DUNN	129	45	43	41
5	GARY HENSON	125	39	41	45
6	BRUCE GARSIDE	113	37	39	37
7	JOHN HOLMES	105	33	37	35
8	SEAN DOYLE	103	31	33	39
9	SIMON MOLTER	95	29	35	31
10	BARRY HOLBROOK	89	26	30	33
11	BRENDAN CORR	89	30	29	30
12	NICK CARTER	85	35	21	29
13	ALEX LUCKES	81	27	26	28
14	JEREMY TIMMS	78	28	23	27
15	MARCUS BARNES	77	24	27	26
16	ALISTAIR BRAMWELL	75	25	25	25
17	MATT DYKE	69	21	24	24
18	ANDY STATHAM	67	22	22	23
19	GRAEME SMART	65	23	20	22
20	KEITH CHANDLER	57	20	19	18
21	MIKE GOULD	55	17	18	20
22	MARK MEAD	54	18	17	19
23	JAMES PATON	50	19	31	–
24	TERRY HOUSE	50	50	–	–
25	ANDREW BOWLES	49	–	28	21

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