Marshall motors to Hawkstone victory! 2024 AMCA British Motocross Championship Round 5 – Race Report & Results

Good old Hawkstone Park was the setting for round five of the 2024 AMCA British Motocross Championship supported by Holab Concepts and Joov Sports Products. And as expected the iconic venue was to produce a stern challenge for most competitors and with it plenty of outstanding, close racing.

Race Report & Images by Mike Wood

The title race is certainly getting red hot right now as it charges head on towards the business end of proceedings. And one rider who is probably feeling that heat following the Hawkstone action is Ray Rowson! After leading the Open class right since round one, Ray’s advantage is down to just a single, nervous point. It didn’t start well for the Shropshire based rider, leading moto one until lap five before going out with a DNF. In a class again mixed with the MX2 lads, it was Lennox Dickinson who went onto take the victory from Will Hughes, Rory Jones, Liam Gale, McKenzie Marshall and Joel Fisher. After that moto one disappointment though, Rowson then bounced back in the best way possible by coming through from an early 7th to take the win as his closest Open class title rival Hughes followed him home in a strong 2nd place. In a topsy turvy and very competitive contest, Marshall was first past the post in the last combined clash ahead of Rowson, Jones, Adam Wells, Jordan Wright, Lewis Proud and Gale as Hughes was down the order in 14th. With all of the Open class results compiled it meant overall victory on the day for a delighted Hughes with Wells back on the podium in a great 2nd and Harvey Tillotson 3rd.

As already mentioned, the MX2 boys raced alongside the Open class and resulted in overall victory for series leader Mckenzie Marshall ahead of fast Wildcard ace Rory Jones and Liam Gale. After a frustrating double DNF at the very wet previous round, Gale was desperate to claw some points back on Marshall and it certainly started well at Hawkstone. In moto one Liam gated in 7th before climbing right up to 3rd, eventually dropping to 4th but importantly only one place better off than Marshall. After that frantic opener, Marshall then turned up the gas to go 3/1 in the remaining clashes versus Gale’s 6/7. Those results means that Marshall advantage at the top of the MX2 Championship as opened up to 35 points over Gale with Adam Nevitt, Samuel Bishop, Tim Burrows and Jordan Wright still giving chase.

Taking out a Wildcard entry and in his first season of 125cc racing, Josh Vail stormed to AMCA Championship victory at Hawkstone. Already having sampled some World/EMX Championship action, Vail was simply superb, winning all three moto’s by over 46 seconds. With Vail clearing off, AMCA 125cc series leader Jimmy Margetson, Jake Davies, Simon Booth and Luke Newman provided the closest challenge. This AMCA class also included a certain Rob Clitheroe who was previously a major AMCA and IMBA European Championship contender. Rob was to show his always stated liking for sand tracks by taking a super 6th overall at Hawkstone. In the 2024 title chase though, Margetson now boasts a 52-point advantage at the top of the standings ahead of Newman, Charlie Palmer and Wyatt McGregor.

The main series also shares the same stage as the AMCA 125cc Youth series and it’s certainly getting very interesting in that one! Ollie Jewitt is back on top but with just a one-point advantage over Tom Goodfellow following the Hawkstone action. With Jewitt scoring 13/14/13 in the three moto’s, Goodfellow went 16/22/14. On the podium it was Woz Boyce, Jack Evans and Travis James. Both Evans and James are registered 125cc series riders and there super results in the Hawkstone sand mean that they hold 6th and 8th respectively in the Championship table.

Whilst Vail sailed to victory in the 125cc class, there was to be another outstanding Wildcard rider storming to success in the BWMA Women’s Championship action at Hawkstone Park. Just a week after securing her second EMX Women’s MX title, British AVT Campers KTM racer Lucy Barker took all three wins in Sunday’s racing, her smallest winning margin being a mere 57 seconds! As Lucy stylishly dominated, BWMA series leader Grace Richards consolidated her position at the top of the standings with a hat-trick of strong 2nd places, joining Lucy and Grace on the podium at Hawkstone was to be Lauren Collingwood. In the opening race, Libby Chatburn held 3rd throughout with Collingwood, Leah Rees-Evans and Grace Bates next best. Moto two and Richards had to pass the fast-starting Collingwood with all of the above-mentioned riders again in the frame along with Hannah Jones and Ebony Brown. With seventeen riders coming to the start line for the final clash, Barker again cleared off for another super win. In the BWMA table, Richards is now 64 points better off than Chatburn with Rees-Evans, Brown, Bates and Jones next up.

Kameron Greenhaigh (2) and Christopher Brindley took the wins in the combined BW85/SW85/BWMA Girls 85cc class at Hawkstone. Both of those lads were Wildcard entries and with BW85cc series leader Ryan Jackson a non-starter it means that Sean Smout now tops the standings. Indeed, Smout worked hard at round five really mixing it up and going 4/6/4. That last moto being a particularly impressive ride after initially gating right down in 19th. There’s also been another change at the top of the SW85cc table following the Hawkstone action. After losing his series lead during round four at Lower Drayton, Alfie Pincher is back in control, 16 points clear of Mason Brown with Jimmy Whiston in 3rd. In the Shropshire sand, Pincher scored 10/9/9 placings with Brown recording 26/23/19. So, on completion of proceedings, it was a BW85cc podium of Greenhaigh, Brindley and Elvis Totney, a SW85cc podium of Finley Cookson, Riley Butterworth and Pincher whilst Emery took the BWMA 85cc Girls overall.

Making a flying start, Mark Swift led the opening AMCA Vets Championship race at Hawkstone from gate to flag and thus secure his maiden AMCA series win with James Lane, Lee Martin, Sean Smith, Simon Lane and Adam Wilkinson giving chase. Swift again lived up to his name as he was fastest away in moto two, heading the charge for three laps before James Lane came through for the win. In the last one it was Lane all the way as Matt Ryder, Martin, Smith and Simon Lane were next up. In the Vets Over 40’s title chase, James Lane marches relentlessly on now holding a nice 74-point advantage over Wilkinson and Swift. The Vets Over 50’s table though is a lot tighter with Simon Lane the pacesetter just 6 points better off than Ryder with Brian Staples holding 3rd.

Completing the Hawkstone action was a support class for Clubman Under 40 riders. In the two moto’s, it was Danny Townsend and Callum Radford taking the wins. Townsend though was to bag the overall verdict after backing up his moto victory with a runners-up spot in the second clash of the day. Third overall in this one was claimed by Matt Wright.

Results

Open

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Will Hughes	68	25	25	18
2	Adam Wells	64	22	20	22
3	Harvey Tillotson	54	18	16	20
4	Ben Margetson	51	20	15	16
5	Ray Rowson	47	–	22	25
6	Harrison Mccann	33	15	18	–
7	Scooter Webster	30	16	14	–
8	Matthew Jones	26	11	–	15
9	Peter Hamlett	26	13	13	–
10	Andrew Pemberton	23	9	–	14
11	Kian Bown	22	10	12	–
12	Lee Clarkson	14	14	–	–
13	Harry Purslow	13	–	–	13
14	Ben Walker	12	12	–	–
15	Daniel Withington	8	8	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	McKenzie Marshall	68	18	25	25
2	Rory Jones	66	22	22	22
3	Liam Gale	54	20	18	16
4	Jordan Wright	48	12	16	20
5	Lewis Proud	47	15	14	18
6	Lennox dickinson	45	25	20	–
7	Billy Bayliss	43	13	15	15
8	Jack Davis	34	10	11	13
9	Samuel Bishop	33	9	12	12
10	Joel Fisher	29	16	13	–
11	Adam Nevitt	26	8	10	8
12	Logan Jay Powell	22	7	8	7
13	Yarin Evans	20	6	–	14
14	daniel Nevitt	20	3	7	10
15	Oliver Davis	17	2	6	9
16	Martin Jones	16	–	5	11
17	Jack Cox	14	14	–	–
18	Corey Collins	11	11	–	–
19	Adam Hill	10	1	9	–
20	Tim Burrows	5	5	–	–
21	Will Turner	4	4	–	–

125cc Championship

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Josh Vail	75	25	25	25
2	Jimmy Margetson	64	22	20	22
3	Jake Davies	60	18	22	20
4	Luke Newman	50	16	18	16
5	Wyatt McGregor	41	14	13	14
6	Charlie Palmer	40	13	14	13
7	Kai Reason	36	12	12	12
8	Hugh Darley	11	11	–	–

125cc Youth

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Woz Boyce	75	25	25	25
2	Jack Evans	66	22	22	22
3	Travis James	54	14	20	20
4	Ashton Phillips	54	20	16	18
5	Linc Hasted	50	18	18	14
6	Ollie Jewitt	47	16	15	16
7	Oakley Kettle	42	15	14	13
8	Tom Goodfellow	36	13	8	15
9	Oliver Bebb	35	12	13	10
10	Lewis Roberts	33	9	12	12
11	George Bromley	25	7	7	11
12	Tyler Lane	21	3	9	9
13	Cailen Jai Griffiths	20	10	10	–
14	Ashton Somerville	19	8	11	–
15	Ryan Oboye	16	11	5	–
16	Jake Darley	15	4	4	7
17	Levi Reading	10	2	–	8
18	Finley Goodyear	7	–	2	5
19	Max Brick	7	1	6	–
20	Harley Piper	6	6	–	–
21	Oscar Bott	6	–	–	6
22	Louis Tilley	5	5	–	–
23	Ethan Ballam	3	–	3	–
24	Harvey Kell	1	–	1	–

Womens

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Lucy Barker	75	25	25	25
2	Grace Richards	66	22	22	22
3	Lauren Collingwood	58	18	20	20
4	Libby Chatburn	56	20	18	18
5	Leah Rees-Evans	48	16	16	16
6	Hannah Jones	44	14	15	15
7	Ebony Brown	39	11	14	14
8	Amber McGregor	38	13	12	13
9	Grace Bates	38	15	13	10
10	Caitlin Newman	35	12	11	12
11	Cyra-j Carysforth Smith	30	10	9	11
12	Sophie Jones	25	9	7	9
13	Cameron Mansbridge	25	8	10	7
14	Izzi Wright	21	7	6	8
15	Erin Howes	19	6	8	5
16	Sasha Tollet	14	3	5	6
17	India Hodgkinson	12	4	4	4
18	Lucy Fearn	8	5	3	–

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	James Lane	72	22	25	25
2	Mark Swift	65	25	22	18
3	Lee Martin	62	20	20	22
4	Adam Wilkinson	56	18	18	20
5	Richard Meakin	47	15	16	16
6	Richard Tudor	45	16	14	15
7	Lee Spurr	42	14	15	13
8	Kirk Baynton	39	12	13	14
9	Stephen Thorley	34	10	12	12
10	Karl Gater	26	7	8	11
11	James kay	24	13	11	–
12	Thurlow Bone	21	11	10	–
13	Michael Lambton	17	8	9	–
14	David Bennett	9	9	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Sean Smith	67	25	20	22
2	Simon Lane	67	22	25	20
3	Matt Ryder	65	18	22	25
4	Brian Staples	56	20	18	18
5	Paul Croxon	48	16	16	16
6	Nigel Travis	39	11	13	15
7	Peter Sargent	34	9	11	14
8	Adrian Lewis	29	14	15	–
9	Andrew Reno	24	10	14	–
10	Chris Elcock	15	15	–	–
11	Robert Glynn	13	13	–	–
12	Kevin Cowie	12	12	–	–
13	Stuart Arden	12	–	12	–

Big Wheel 85cc

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Kameron Greenhalgh	70	25	20	25	–
2	Chris Brindley	67	20	25	22	–
3	Elvis Totney	64	22	22	20	–
4	Sean Smout	52	18	16	18	–
5	Jenson Clitheroe	46	15	15	16	–
6	Daniel Sheppard	41	13	13	15	–
7	Harvey Collins	34	16	18	–	–
8	Jack Bullock	34	9	12	13	–
9	Jacob Ince	33	12	11	10	–
10	Finn Fitzgerald	33	11	14	8	–
11	Arley Marshall	29	7	8	14	–
12	Terry challinor	28	8	9	11	–
13	Kian John	28	14	5	9	–
14	Aston Whitehead	23	6	10	7	–
15	Cameron Gerrard	22	10	–	12	–
16	Corey Harrison-Ross	17	5	6	6	–
17	Ryan Tilley	16	4	7	5	–
18	Samuel Gibbs	8	1	3	4	–
19	John-Joseph Dickinson	6	2	4	–	–
20	Myles spurr	5	–	2	3	–
21	Oliver Proctor-Hollins	3	3	–	–	–

Small Wheel 85cc

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Finley Cookson	70	25	25	20
2	Riley Butterworth	65	18	22	25
3	Alfie Pincher	64	22	20	22
4	Jimmy Whiston	48	16	16	16
5	Freddie Darvill	48	15	18	15
6	Mason Brown	47	14	15	18
7	Tyler Shaw	20	20	–	–
8	Lucas Kell	14	–	14	–
9	Jude Richards	13	13	–	–

Girls 85cc

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Lexi Emery	75	25	25	25

Clubman Under 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2
1	Danny Townsend	47	25	22
2	Callum Radford	45	20	25
3	Matt Wright	34	16	18
4	Bennyboy Harrison	34	18	16
5	Ben Seaburg	33	13	20
6	Oliver Abbott	30	15	15
7	Oliver Hurst	28	14	14
8	Chris Conduit	24	11	13
9	Joe Harrison	24	12	12
10	Albie Hall	22	22	–
11	Harry Purslow	21	10	11
12	Alfie Bebb	18	8	10
13	Sam Hughes	15	9	6
14	Ben Hurley	14	7	7
15	Daniel Dew	10	1	9
16	Mitchell Hartill	8	–	8
17	Callum Hurst	8	4	4
18	Rob Longworth	6	3	3
19	Jordan Lane	6	6	–
20	Ricky Ryder	5	–	5
21	Billy MCgillivray	5	5	–
22	Ollie Carney	4	2	2
23	Lewis Day	1	–	1