Husband back to his best at Ironworks! Bridgestone British Masters Round 4 – Race Report & Results

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Brad Todd won both Pro Mx1 races at last weekend’s round four of the Bridgestone British Masters Motocross at a very changeable Ironworks circuit and has now scored six race wins in a row.

Report and Images by Dick Law

But, while Todd was doing his thing in the MX1’s Carton Husband, now fully recovered from his shoulder injury, found his old pace to take two hard-fought wins in the Pro MX2’s.

The hardworking member of the Master’s team thought they had missed the worst of the forecast rain, but on Friday night, the heavens opened up and down it came making the packed paddock a mud bath. But as Friday night became Saturday morning, the rain eased off, with the well-protected track was more than ridable for a day of competitive racing. Unfortunately, Saturday evening, the rain returned. But as the riders awoke on the last day, the sun was shining, drying out the track and giving a large number of riders a lot to think about on what was a very challenging weekend.

Todd (Moto-Cycle Yamaha) got the holeshot at the start of the first combined Pro MX1 and MX2 with Dan Thornhill (Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha) and Liam Knight (Gabriel KTM) in his wheel track and with the first of the MX2’s Husband (Phoenix Kawasaki) in fourth at the end of the opening lap.

For the rest of the race, the large crowd watched Thornhill do all he could to find a way past Todd for the race win. But conditions were against him as offline the sticky mud was deeper, and the bike would try and slip out from under him, and in the turns you needed to drop into one of the deep grooves around all the turns.

But, in the end, Todd managed to hold on for the first win of the weekend with Thornhill under a second behind him. Knight, in his last event before a season-ending knee operation, was in a lonely third place.

John Robson (Bikesport KTM) started fourth but became under pressure from a load of charging MX2 riders from the halfway point and ended his race in eighth but fourth MX1.

As for the MX2’s. Husband, after his great start, spent all but a lap in fourth, but behind him, Jay Hague (Crendon Fasttrack Honda), John Adamson (Gabriel KTM) and Michael Ellis (ICE Husqvarna) were coming, and fast. As the laps counted down, Hague closed the gap on the class leader Husband but just ran out of laps.

Adamson gated eighth but slipped back two places in the tricky condition in the first two laps. He then regrouped to fight his way back to sixth in the race but third MX2 home.

Despite being on an MX2 bike, Husband got the holeshot at the start of the Pro’s second race, followed by Thornhill, Knight, Todd, and Adamson. Thornhill slipped by Husband and into the lead at the end of the first lap, with Todd following him through a lap later. Todd then put Thornhill under a lot of pressure for four laps till he found a way past for the lead and the race win.

Thornhill slipped off at the back of the track and remounted in sixth, allowing Knight, Husband, Adamson, and Hague through. He repassed Hague with two laps to go.

Michael Ellis (ICS Husqvarna) 4th Pro MX2 and John Adamson (Gabriel KTM) 2nd Pro MX2

Knight was second to Todd as the pair crossed the finish line, separated by just over two seconds, with Thornhill fifth but third MX1. Husband was chassed over by Adamson less than half a second behind, with Hague a distant third after he stopped to pull out some thick mud that had stuck his rear brake on and brought him to a stop.

Overall, it was Todd with two win’s first from Knight and Thornhill, with Richard McKeown fourth in the Pro MX1’s, while Husband had two wins in the MX2’s from Adamson and Hague, with Ellis just missing out on the podium.

“I honestly only came here today to just ride around to get championship points,” said a happy Pro Mx1 overall winner Todd, “I have been in the hospital the last four days with really bad headaches. But, after I went out in practice, I felt really good, and I went into the races with an open mind as I was thinking I would fade as I have not been riding much for the last three weeks with other things going on, so I am over the moon with the two wins.”

Husband said when asked who this new Carlton Husband is and why he isn’t at all the races, he said, “To be honest, I am going to ask myself that when I get home tonight. I broke my shoulder six weeks ago, and I haven’t been feeling myself. But last week, I have put in a couple of good sessions and have come out this weekend swinging. I just have to keep it up now.”

Aaron Padstone notched yet another four wins from four starts in the amateur MX1 and now had a seventy-point lead in the championship. Edward Briscoe, who chased him over the line three out of the four times, was second with Benjamin Knight, and George Clarke finished equal on points, third.

With two wins and two second places, Sam Atkinson won the amateur MX2’s from Dan Brought and Alfie Jones, who had a win each on there was to second and third.

Adam Paxton didn’t finish out of the top three all weekend and, with two wins, took the Clubman class overall, while race one and three winner, wildcard Mark Trow was second. Joe Croft was third while Scott Anymore finished on the same points as Croft was fourth but hissed out on the podium because of Croft’s higher place last race finish.

Troy Willerton proved that you don’t have to win a race to win an overall, as with three-second places and a third gave him the overall in the 125cc two-stroke class. Despite winning a race, each Jorden Bachelor and Arai Elcock were second and third. After two race wins and a third, Rob Holyoak a DNF in the last race that dropped him down to eighth place.

It couldn’t have been tighter at the top of the MXY2’s as both Ban Clark and Max Lewis had two wins, one second and one third each, to finish the weekend on the same points. But Clark claimed the top step on the podium by virtue of his higher place last race finish. Jack Lindsay finished all his races in the top three was third overall, with Jude Turton a distant fourth place.

With three wins and a second, Tyla Hooley won the big wheel 85’s but had to work for it as he came from fourth to win race one. He came from tenth to win race two on the last lap and from sixth to win race three. But, in race four and after he got the holeshot, Billy Askew passed him to snatch the win as Hooley had to settle for a second that time. Askew was second overall, with Josh Vail third.

Reece Jones dominated the small wheel 85’s by winning all four of his races, with Drew Stock second and Jamie Keith third.

Like the small wheel’s Robbie Daly won all four of his junior 65cc races from Alfie Geddes-Green and Olly Waters.

Results

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Brad Todd	90	45	45
2	Liam Knight	84	41	43
3	Dan Thornhill	84	43	41
4	Richard McKeown	76	37	39
5	John Robson	76	39	37
6	Drew Anderson	70	35	35
7	Simon Booth	68	34	34
8	Keirren Genge	66	33	33
9	James Hutchinson	32	32	–

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Carlton Husband	90	45	45
2	John Adamson	84	41	43
3	Jay Hague	84	43	41
4	Michael Ellis	78	39	39
5	Robert Yates	74	37	37
6	Rossi Beard	69	35	34
7	Lewis Hall	67	34	33
8	Howard Wainwright	35	–	35

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Aaron Patstone	180	45	45	45	45
2	Edward Briscoe	170	43	43	43	41
3	Benjamin Knight	160	41	37	39	43
4	George Clarke	160	39	41	41	39
5	Harry Bradley	144	35	39	35	35
6	Jamie Fort (w)	142	37	34	34	37
7	John Joe Wright (w)	131	33	33	37	28
8	Ross Millard	128	32	32	30	34
9	Kieran Clarke	127	34	35	25	33
10	Brad Thornhill	125	30	31	33	31
11	David Plank (w)	121	28	30	31	32
12	Aiden Maloney	118	31	29	29	29
13	Rob Wood	109	29	28	22	30
14	Callum Gordon	108	26	27	32	23
15	Kyle Creevy	103	25	24	27	27
16	Lee Clarkson (w)	99	22	23	28	26
17	Liam Piggford (w)	99	27	26	21	25
18	Connor Dickens	97	24	25	24	24
19	Joshua Dodwell-Scott	91	21	22	26	22
20	Colin McLuckie	87	23	20	23	21
21	Matt Wood	61	–	21	20	20
22	Craig Wright	39	20	19	–	–

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Sam Atkinson	176	45	45	43	43
2	Dan Brough	166	43	39	45	39
3	Alfie Jones	164	37	43	39	45
4	Rory Jones	164	41	41	41	41
5	Mitchell Warhurst	148	39	35	37	37
6	Harry Barker	135	34	34	33	34
7	Aaron Ongley	128	32	33	28	35
8	Mitch Armour (w)	124	27	32	32	33
9	Ben Burridge	124	29	31	34	30
10	Lewis King-London	124	31	30	35	28
11	Thomas Dodsworth (w)	124	35	37	30	22
12	Jesse Wren	118	26	29	31	32
13	Billy Collins	104	24	27	27	26
14	Jake Marsh	98	22	25	24	27
15	Arnis Paberzs (w)	98	25	26	22	25
16	Bailey Betsworth	93	17	22	25	29
17	Dee Jay Walker	90	30	–	29	31
18	David Flitney	88	19	24	21	24
19	Jake Hall (w)	85	18	21	23	23
20	Richy Roberts	82	28	28	26	–
21	Daniel Warby	81	20	20	20	21
22	Matt Ward (w)	53	16	19	18	–
23	Charlie Parker (W)	51	14	18	19	–
24	Joe Driver	46	23	23	–	–
25	Callum Ford(W)	33	33	–	–	–
26	Dan Hart (W)	32	15	17	–	–
27	Joele Hart	21	21	–	–	–
28	Jaydon Wright	13	13	–	–	–

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Troy Willerton	170	43	41	43	43
2	Jordan Bachelor	170	45	43	41	41
3	Arai Elcock	156	35	39	37	45
4	Joel Fisher	154	39	37	39	39
5	Henry Siddiqui (w)	138	37	33	31	37
6	James Barker	136	34	32	35	35
7	Bradley Doyle	134	33	35	34	32
8	Rob Holyoak (w)	131	41	45	45	–
9	Rob Barney	130	31	34	32	33
10	Dan Arkell	127	32	31	33	31
11	Jake Smith (W)	122	30	28	30	34
12	Hayden Stevens	117	29	29	29	30
13	Liam Deegan	113	28	30	26	29
14	Jack Colley (w)	109	27	26	28	28
15	Frank Burton	107	26	27	27	27
16	Archie Fremel	25	25	–	–	–
17	Charlie Owen	24	24	–	–	–

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Adam Paxton	174	43	45	41	45
2	Mark Trow (w)	161	45	34	45	37
3	Joe Croft (w)	154	41	39	31	43
4	Scott Alymore	154	37	37	39	41
5	James Thompson	143	26	41	37	39
6	Joe Sargent	141	31	43	35	32
7	Curtis Henderson (W)	129	34	17	43	35
8	Aidan Carney	126	39	30	23	34
9	Max Wood	125	35	33	29	28
10	Mark Kinsley	120	32	35	32	21
11	Josh Watson-Bailey	118	30	28	34	26
12	Mitchil Collins	117	33	31	22	31
13	Jacob Bell	117	27	32	33	25
14	Ivan Williamson	116	24	29	30	33
15	Matt Jones	104	28	27	19	30
16	Matthew Fuller (w)	98	25	26	24	23
17	Steven Lennie	96	29	23	25	19
18	Charlie Sutton	90	12	25	26	27
19	Kevin McBride	89	19	21	27	22
20	Tony Makepeace	86	21	22	14	29
21	Alex Harvey (w)	84	22	20	28	14
22	Josh Ithell	72	14	24	16	18
23	Jack Loveridge	69	17	18	10	24
24	Chris Elcock (w)	63	11	15	20	17
25	Scott Isherwood	62	23	19	–	20
26	Warren Banner	59	15	10	18	16
27	Lee Bell (W)	48	10	13	12	13
28	Robert Williams	47	8	12	17	10
29	Joshua Lee Young (w)	47	18	8	21	–
30	Stuart Perry	44	9	7	13	15
31	Dean Paling	41	6	9	15	11
32	Lewis Grimshaw	39	16	14	–	9
33	Jake Pembridge	36	7	6	11	12
34	Tod Thompson	29	13	16	–	–
35	Nigel Smorfitt (w)	20	20	–	–	–
36	Duanne Baines	16	5	3	–	8
37	Paul Keates (w)	14	3	11	–	–
38	Phil West (w)	7	2	5	–	–
39	Kyle Reeves (w)	5	1	4	–	–
40	Jack Drydale (w)	4	4	–	–	–

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ben Clark	174	43	45	41	45
2	Max Lewis	174	45	41	45	43
3	Jack Lindsay	168	41	43	43	41
4	Jude Turton	146	39	35	37	35
5	Ayden Smith	139	35	39	33	32
6	Jamie Collins	134	37	32	34	31
7	Oliver Ruddock (W)	133	33	34	32	34
8	Josh Bassett	131	30	37	27	37
9	Cameron Jackson	125	34	30	28	33
10	Samuel Jackson	123	32	33	35	23
11	Kayde Rayns	122	22	22	39	39
12	Ben Croft (w)	119	28	31	30	30
13	Jules Brigham (w)	116	31	26	31	28
14	Sonny Shipton	108	27	29	25	27
15	Tyler Stevenson	107	29	28	24	26
16	Jasper Gibson	106	26	25	26	29
17	Harrison Drewell	104	24	27	29	24
18	Riley Halstead	97	25	24	23	25
19	Leyton Duffy	90	23	23	22	22
20	Tony Makepeace	86	21	22	14	29

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tyla Hooley	178	45	45	45	43
2	Billy Askew	174	43	43	43	45
3	Josh Vail	156	41	39	41	35
4	Finley Evans	152	35	41	35	41
5	Jake Walker	152	37	37	39	39
6	Kalvin Kelly (w)	148	39	35	37	37
7	Will Haddock	134	33	33	34	34
8	Kyron Carron	125	34	28	30	33
9	Ryan Waggott	123	31	29	33	30
10	Jack Brearey	120	32	32	31	25
11	Lucy Barker	116	29	30	29	28
12	Bradley Johnstone	112	27	31	25	29
13	Dylan Meaney	107	10	34	32	31
14	Carl Harris (w)	104	30	24	27	23
15	William Murphy (W)	99	22	26	24	27
16	Corey Gordon	98	24	22	26	26
17	Benny Bradley (w)	93	23	27	19	24
18	Dylen Davidson (w)	90	28	25	15	22
19	Danny Moore	85	21	20	23	21
20	Declan Wright	77	26	19	–	32
21	Benas Blazevicius (w)	74	25	21	28	–
22	Bayley Ward-Clarke	74	17	17	22	18
23	Jon Waghorn (w)	73	18	23	12	20
24	Oliver Almond (W)	67	13	16	21	17
25	Jack Ranner	66	14	15	18	19
26	Troy Weaver	58	11	14	17	16
27	Sebby Moore (W)	57	19	18	20	–
28	Luke Wilson (w)	55	15	13	14	13
29	Logan Ireland (w)	51	12	12	13	14
30	Charlie Mcdonald (w)	47	16	–	16	15
31	Max Ellerker	20	20	–	–	–

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Reece Jones	180	45	45	45	45
2	Drew Stock	170	43	41	43	43
3	Jamie Keith	162	39	43	41	39
4	Chester Hyde	160	41	39	39	41
5	Blake Ward-Clarke	144	37	35	35	37
6	Hayden Statt	141	35	37	37	32
7	Sonny Rooney (w)	132	33	34	32	33
8	Zane Stephens	130	28	33	34	35
9	Oakley Kettle	123	34	25	33	31
10	Liam Bell	120	25	30	31	34
11	Zane Sibley – Deakin	114	32	32	20	30
12	Jaxon Haswell	111	27	27	29	28
13	Libby Chatburn	109	26	28	28	27
14	Alfie Herron	106	16	31	30	29
15	Harvey Collins	101	31	20	24	26
16	Ollie Jewitt	101	24	29	25	23
17	Leo Salf (w)	96	23	26	22	25
18	Jamie Prentice	93	30	15	27	21
19	Finley Easton	90	22	21	23	24
20	William Siddons	90	19	23	26	22
21	Tyler Rogers (w)	79	20	24	17	18
22	Andrew Piggford (w)	76	21	17	19	19
23	Frankie Jubb (W)	75	18	16	21	20
24	Corey Wheatley (W)	70	17	18	18	17
25	Mason Jones	67	29	22	–	16
26	Callum Johnson	19	–	19	–	–

Junior 65’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Robbie Daly	180	45	45	45	45
2	Alfie Geddes-Green	161	34	43	41	43
3	Olly Waters	156	41	37	39	39
4	Jack Leese	152	39	41	35	37
5	Finley Pickering	137	35	32	37	33
6	Olivia Reynolds	136	37	30	34	35
7	Jenson Severn	134	33	39	33	29
8	Joel Winstanley-Dawson	127	43	–	43	41
9	Elvis Totney	127	30	34	29	34
10	Leo Wilson	120	28	35	27	30
11	Chase Panter	117	31	27	32	27
12	Williams Evans	116	29	26	30	31
13	Marty Spires	115	26	33	24	32
14	Stanley Siebert	104	27	29	28	20
15	Frankie Anderson (W)	92	23	25	18	26
16	Casey Lister	87	32	–	31	24
17	Sean Smout	87	20	21	25	21
18	Ryan Taylor	86	19	22	22	23
19	Harry Cuddy	85	22	24	17	22
20	Teddy Merriman	80	21	23	20	16
21	Oscar Gilham	78	25	28	–	25
22	Tommie Perfect	78	24	31	23	–
23	Finley Crookson (w)	74	–	20	26	28
24	Arthur King	74	18	17	21	18
25	Ryan Prentice	72	15	19	19	19
26	Mason Martin Doe	65	17	15	16	17
27	Harry Hall (w)	62	16	16	15	15
28	Talon Hodgson (w)	56	14	18	14	10
29	Tom White	52	13	13	12	14
30	Issaac Arnold (w)	52	12	14	13	13
31	Jay Weaver	40	10	11	10	9
32	Tallice Gibson (W)	38	11	8	11	8
33	Evan Evans (w)	33	–	12	9	12
34	Tyler Lloyd	28	7	6	8	7
35	Seersha Jones (w)	27	–	9	7	11
36	Reggie Broadbent	19	9	10	–	–
37	Leo Whittle	15	8	7	–	–
38	Charley Gerrard (w)	11	6	5	–	–