Masterful Davies! 2023 Nora Quadcross & Sidecarcross Championship Round 1 – Race Report & Results

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The NORA MX Club hosted the first two rounds of the NORA MX championships of 2023 at Grittenham MX Park in Wiltshire.

It was part of a fantastic two-day quad championship event which incorporated the first round of the NORA sidecar Championship.

Report and Images by Tracy Thacker

The weather was fantastic with the sun shining all weekend on the sandy, but rain in the preceding week left the track very wet and it took a while to dry out. Despite a few problems is practice, the problem areas were scraped, and it was all good to go for the races.

This weekend they were running the same format as 2022, with the Pro / Pro-am run as a 4-race weekend, with all other quad classes as a 6-race weekend and the sidecars as a 3-race single day event.

The NORA sidecar Championship was well attended with a mixture of modern and twin shock teams.

Race one got underway with an early lead for John and Tony Murch with Tony Graeme just behind, for this season being joined by his cousin Scott Graeme. Unfortunately, the two pairs touched together going into a bend, and both stopped and were left track side for a while, this left Lee Foyle also with a new passenger, Dan Phelps, to take the lead holding on for their first win of the day. Luke Banks and Daniel Spencer fought through to take a great third place passing Ashley Williams and John Hunt in the final few laps.

In race two Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps left nothing to chance, blasting past John and Tony Murch and into the lead, being chased by Tony and Scott Graeme, but they took a big upside-down tumble, luckily the ground was soft, and they were soon up the right way, bit had lost that leading position. Tony and Scott Graeme took the lead, going on to take a great win with Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps fighting back into second with Ashley Williams and John Hunt holding third until they were left track side with mechanical problems, this left John and Tony Murch to take third, just ahead of Luke Banks and Daniel Spencer.

In the final race of the day, Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps left nothing to chance, leading from the start going on to take their second win of the day and now lead the championship going into round two. Tony and Scott Graeme stayed close throughout but settled for second. Jack Roger and Ryan Beavis took advantage of a great start to tuck into third just ahead of Paul Pelling and Mike Curnow who put their earlier race problem behind them to take fourth.

In the Pro / Pro-am class, racing got underway with an early lead for Dean Dillon with Tom Day holding second and George Day third, despite being chased throughout Dean Dillon held on to take his first win of the weekend. Dafydd Davies held fourth with Jamie Morgan close behind.

In Race two Dafydd Davies took the holeshot, with George Day second from Dean Dillon, but it was all change with Dean going missing the following lap with mechanical problems had to be towed back to the pits. Jamie Morgan saw his chance and tucked into third leading Tom Day fourth, just ahead of Carl Bunce.

On day two there were another two races, with just as much excitement, and this time it was great to see Harry Walker join the action. George Day blasted into the lead on Race three, being chased by Dean Dillon but it was Jamie Morgan who was on charging through the pack, blasting into the lead to take the win. Dean Dillon held second with Harry Walker passing George Day to take third.

In their last race of the weekend, it was Dean Dillon who took the hole shot but was quickly passed by Harry Walker who held the advantage going on to take a great win. Dean Dillon took second just ahead of Jamie Morgan with Tom Day tucking into fourth.

After a weekend of brilliant racing it is Jamie Morgan who won through with consistency and is now leading the Pro championship, Marcus Sprason leads the Pro-am class with three of four wins.

The Masters A and B class, they had three races on Saturday and another three on Sunday. In race one it was a battle between Ed Davies who took the hole shot and Johnathan Mcknight who tried hard to pass but had to settle for second. Greg Fisher has third with Chris Keitch in fourth.

In race two it was Ed Davies who led from the start with Paul Winrow blasting past to take his first win of the weekend, Ed Davies held second from Johnathan Mcknight and good race for Darren Bridge in fourth.
In the final day of day one Ed Davies took the hold shot and lead to the flag. Paul Winrow chased but held second just ahead of Johnathan Mcknight and Greg Fisher.

On day two there were another three races, with two wins for Ed Davies he held the advantage at the start of the day. In race 4 it was Paul Winrow win. Ed Davies fought through to take second ahead of Johnathan Mcknight, with Chris Keitch fourth.
At the start of race four it was all to play for with two wins for Paul Winrow two wins for Ed Davies, and with Paul Winrow holding the lead it looked like he would take the advantage, but he picked up mechanical problems and worked on the bike outside the pit area to earn a disqualification. Ed Davies took the win with Johnathan Mcknight second. Greg Fisher held a safe third from Paul McConway in his best finish of the weekend.

In their last race of the weekend, it was Ed Davies who took the hold shot followed by Johnathan Mcknight, Greg Fisher was again in good for just behind. Paul Winrow had a slow start but was determined and fought hard to take the lead after a few laps, holding on for the win.

With three out of six race wins, and three seconds Ed Davies takes the championship lead. In the Masters B class Stumpy Lawrence had a great weekend and some brilliant starts to secure the lead in that class.

In the 150 / 250 races it was Frank Marston who dominated the 250 open class taking wins in all races with Louie Holt close behind and taking second overall, and Reggie Binskin third. Jay Sams dominated the 250 Air cooled class, with Brodie North heading up the 150 Open class.

The Clubman Elite and Clubman classes raced together and was another great format. They also had three races on Saturday and another three on Sunday. Ross Dillon and Aled Davies battles together all weekend taking three wins each, with Ross holding just a 2 point advantage leading the Clubman Elite championship. There was strong competition in the Clubman class with Charlie Wheatley winning through to hold the championship lead.

The Intermediated were dominated by Morgan Junge with Brooke Bunce leading the ladies class.

Finally the 50 / 100 class was well supported with Owain Lewis leading the 100 Auto, and Seth Balaam the 100 geared. Macson Lorton worked hard to hold the lead of the 50s class.

At the end of an eventful weekend there were lots of exhausted riders celebrating a great start to the racing season. The club worked tirelessly all weekend to make it a fantastic event, and we look forward to round three on RD3 – May 7th – West Meon – GU29 9DH

Results

Round 1 – Saturday

Sidecars

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Lee Foyle/ Daniel Phelps	117	40	37	40
2	Tony Graemme/ Scott Graeme	105	28	40	37
3	Luke Banks/ Daniel Spencer	92	37	33	22
4	John Murch/ Tony Murch	90	26	35	29
5	Jack Roger/ Ryan Beavis	89	23	31	35
6	Paul Pelling/ Mike Curnow	88	31	24	33
7	Ashley Williams John Hunt	84	35	21	28
8	Taylor Whitt/ Jake Taylor	83	33	29	21
9	Danirl Lawry/ Jak Watson	82	29	26	27
10	Miles Gilham/ Richard Gillham	80	27	27	26
11	Brebdan Griffiths/ Tony Griffith	72	24	25	23
12	Brian Turner/	65	22	23	20
13	Thomas Mackay/ Luke Peters	59	–	28	31
14	Darren Honour/ Barry Ballard	49	25	–	24
15	Peter King/ Martin Lawford	47	–	22	25

Quads

Pro

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Dafydd Davies	73	33	40
2	George Day	72	35	37
3	Tom Day	70	37	33
4	Jamie Morgan	66	31	35
5	Carl Bunce	60	29	31
6	Zak Orchard (U21)	57	28	29
7	Chad Beevers U21	55	27	28
8	Jack Naylor	53	26	27
9	Kyle Murphy	50	25	25
10	Luke Berlyn U21	48	24	24
11	Dean Dillon	40	40	–
12	James Bevan	26	–	26

Pro AM

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Marcus Sprason U21	80	40	40
2	George Oliver	74	37	37
3	Dylan Mckenna U21	68	33	35
4	Zak Beevers U21	66	35	31
5	Scott Berlyn U21	57	24	33
6	Kieran Marriott (Rookie) U21	56	29	27
7	Ryan Walters (Rookie)	56	31	25
8	Daniel Scott Evans (Rookie)	55	26	29
9	Craig Fisher	55	27	28
10	Alfie North U21	54	28	26
11	lewis Painter (Rookie) U21	49	25	24

Clubman Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Aled Davies	113	40	33	40
2	Ross Dillon	110	37	40	33
3	Christopher Bladon	100	35	37	28
4	Ryan Hickman	95	33	31	31
5	Catrin Davies (BL)	93	31	27	35
6	Harry Koller	89	27	35	27
7	Josh McKnight	84	22	25	37
8	David Marriott	83	29	28	26
9	Luke Brown	79	24	26	29
10	Lewis Humphris	73	23	29	21
11	Alfie Pennington	72	26	24	22
12	Will Mead	62	20	22	20
13	Laurence Stopps	51	28	–	23
14	Max Turner	48	25	23	–
15	Harry Grant	45	21	–	24
16	Jack Evans	25	–	–	25
17	Connor Paxton	19	19	–	–
18	Bradley Watson	19	–	–	19

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Ryan Thornborrow	114	40	37	37
2	Charlie Wheatley	112	37	40	35
3	Charlie Enticknap	110	35	35	40
4	Kieren Johnson	90	24	33	33
5	Tom Miller	88	28	31	29
6	Benjamin Woodhead	86	31	28	27
7	Zac Hull	85	33	29	23
8	Richard Paynter	83	25	27	31
9	Nicole Lowry (BL)	83	29	26	28
10	Cameron Wildman	77	26	25	26
11	Heyden Stabton	71	23	23	25
12	Bradley Stanton	68	22	22	24
13	Lance Hand	51	27	24	–

Intermediates

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Morgan Junge	120	40	40	40
2	Charlie Eaton	99	35	29	35
3	Chris Thorn	95	33	33	29
4	James Scott	91	29	31	31
5	Jason Dickins	88	27	28	33
6	Harry Terrell	85	31	26	28
7	Gary Piper	82	28	27	27
8	Tom Welch	74	37	37	–
9	Ewan Packman	72	–	35	37
10	Declan McKenna	51	26	25	–

Masters A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Edward Davies	117	40	37	40
2	Paul Winrow	108	31	40	37
3	Johnathan Mcknight	107	37	35	35
4	Greg Fisher	95	35	27	33
5	Darren Bridge	93	29	33	31
6	Chris Keitch	91	33	29	29
7	Paul McConway	87	28	31	28
8	Keith Harden	78	23	28	27
9	Richard Clark	74	24	24	26
10	Jason Wildman	74	25	26	23
11	John Hall	72	27	23	22
12	David Hull	71	22	25	24
13	Mark Stepney	67	20	22	25
14	Geoff Otway	67	26	20	21
15	Barrie Dennis	62	21	21	20

Masters B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	James Lees	114	40	37	37
2	Danny Gilligan	106	26	40	40
3	Jason Hall	99	33	35	31
4	Stumpy Lawrence (V)	95	35	27	33
5	Karl Pilcher	90	31	31	28
6	Christopher Gyles (V)	88	27	26	35
7	Simon Prichard	86	24	33	29
8	Nik Blythe(V)	83	28	29	26
9	Gareth Walters	80	25	28	27
10	Russ Wells	70	23	23	24
11	Rick Jones (V)	62	37	25	–
12	Paul Needham	53	29	24	–
13	Richard Murphy	47	22	–	25

250 Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Frank Marston (O)	120	40	40	40
2	Louie Holt (O)	111	37	37	37
3	Reggie Binskin (o)	103	35	35	33
4	Ellie Stott (O)	99	31	33	35
5	Connor Yates (O)	95	33	31	31
6	Lara Logan (O)	87	29	29	29

250 Air Cooled

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shane Havard Evans (A)	110	40	37	33
2	Jay Sams (A)	108	28	40	40
3	Georgia Binskin (A)	95	29	29	37
4	Josh Smart (A)	90	33	28	29
5	Ella Walters (A)	85	27	27	31
6	Seth Terrell (A)	72	37	35	–
7	Finnley Bedding (A)	68	35	33	–
8	Samuel-James Tatler	66	31	–	35
9	Abbie Eaton	54	26	–	28

150 Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Brodie North	120	40	40	40
2	Luca Shaw	109	37	37	35
3	Ethan Legg	99	35	31	33
4	Malachy McKenna	93	33	29	31
5	Ella Robe	93	31	33	29
6	Amelia Talent	72	–	35	37
7	Keian Willis (A)	59	–	31	28

100cc Auto

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Owain Lewis (A)	120	40	40	40
2	Kayla George (A)	105	35	35	35
3	Louie Garrett (A)	103	37	29	37
4	Vinnie Harper (A)	101	33	37	31
5	Dexter Griffin (A)	93	29	31	33
6	Bentley Don Garrett (A)	93	31	33	29
7	Danny Harper (A)	84	28	28	28
8	Cameron Lees (A)	79	27	25	27
9	Brooke North (A)	52	26	26	–
10	Poppy Davies	27	–	27	–

100cc Geared

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Seth Balaam	117	40	40	37
2	Beatrix Drinkwater (G)	114	37	37	40
3	Rhys Williams (G)	105	35	35	35
4	Shay McKenna (G)	97	31	33	33
5	Beau Terrell (G)	95	33	31	31

50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Macson Lorton (50)	117	37	40	40
2	Harry Barker (50)	112	40	37	35
3	Erin Mansell (50)	105	35	33	37
4	Tyler Willcock(50)	97	33	35	29
5	Jayden Garrett (50)	95	31	31	33
6	Gracie-Anne Blythe (50)	89	29	29	31
7	Hugo Griffin (50)	82	28	27	27
8	Oliver Willsher (50)	81	27	26	28
9	Hunter Griffin (50)	80	26	28	26

Sunday – Round 2