Masterful return to Racing! 2021 Bridgestone British Masters – Race Report and Results

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The 2021 British National Motocross season fired back into life with a tremendous opening round of the Bridgestone British Masters championship at Hawkstone Park at the weekend.

Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

For the first time this year, the Pro racer lined up behind a start gate and with a good entry already committed to the series alongside some high profile wildcards anticipation was high for some great action. The sun was out the track was prime and qualifying threw up some shocks with Moto-Cycle Yamaha’s Brad Todd claiming the prize money in MX1 and Rob Hooper Racing Yamaha’s Lewis Hall in MX2.

In Moto 1 Liam Knight’s Gabriel Insulation KTM rocketed from the start and he set about gapping the field with a blistering pace followed by GP regular Ashton Dickinson who was heading the MX2 class and also looking superfast. Pre Race favourite Crendon Fastrack Honda’s Tommy Searle, who would come off spectacularly in qualifying, picked off his rivals after starting fourth but he couldn’t catch Knight and he had to settle for second. Dan Thornhill on his Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha looked great and finished a solid third in MX1 ahead of the PGVM Honda of Josh Spinks, Chambers Racing Glen McCormick, and Gav Stevenson.

While Dickinson cleared off into the distance his MX2 counterparts fought it out for a second, and it was another Crendon Fastrack Honda rider Jay Hague who would take that honour after scrapping it out with the Verde Substance KTM 2 smoker of Brad Anderson who was third, Gabriel Insulation KTM’s John Adamson was fourth, Phoenix Tools Apico Kawasaki’s Carlton Husband fifth and Apico Husqvarna’s Jamie Law in sixth.

Knight was again the early leader in moto 2 but a fall would see him relinquish the lead to Searle who never looked back as he took the win and overall. Knight would remount and finish second. Spinks was also battling at the sharp end, but a collision with Knight saw him drop down the order and having to fight back through the field which he did to fifth. Todd, who would suffer a DNF in race one due to a burst fuel pipe, avenged this result with third in moto 2 ahead of Thornhill in fourth, Spinks was fifth and Stevenson would continue his good day for sixth. The MX1 standings at the end of the day would be Searle, Knight, Thornhill, Spinks, McCormick and Stevenson.

Dickinson was once again the lead MX2 racer and was keeping his heels clean at the front of the pack with the 450’s but behind him Adamson was in an epic fight through the pack and would finish 12 seconds shy of Dickinson when the chequered flag was dropped with Bike It MTX Kawasaki’s Taylor Hammal just a second behind him. Making up for a crash in race one, fastest qualifier Hall would finish fourth ahead of Hague, and the Crescent Yamaha of Jamie Carpenter. When the points were tallied up the overall standings were Dickinson, Adamson, Hague, Hammal, Carpenter and Law.

Alfie Geddes-Green showed his rivals a clean pair of heels in the first three motos of the 65’s but Robbie Daly never looked back in the final moto to finish the weekend with a race victory with Geddes having to fight through the pack to second. On the box though it was Geddes-Green flanked by Daly and Olly Walters who put in four consistent motos for third.

In the Small Wheel 85’s, Reece Jones on his SJP Moto Husqvarna was unstoppable, topping qualifying before winning all four motos by a comfortable margin. Behind Jones, Drew Stock put in a solid weekends racing going 2-3-2-2 for an excellent second overall with Jamie Keith fending off Harlow Green for the final space on the podium.

Billy Askew and Wal Beaney went at it hammer and tongs throughout the weekend but it was Askew who had the upper hand and he would go unbeaten in the four races. Joining the party was Tyla Hooley who got himself well and truly in the mix finishing off the weekend with a second, nudging out Beaney in moto four. So the podium was Askew, Beaney and Hooley and we reckon the racing in this class is going to be epic this season if it continues in this vein.

On this Phoenix Tools Apico Kawasaki, Sam Atkinson is looking pretty darn special this year, as shown by mixing it last weekend with some of the Pro racers at 90 Racing’s season opener. This weekend however it was in the MXY2 class where he plied his trade, doing so with aplomb claiming each and every moto victory over a chasing Bailey Johnston who had great speed but had to settle for second each time. Rounding out the podium was Kayde Rayns.

The 125cc class is going to make for awesome viewing in 2021 with a combination and youth and experience making this a feast for both eyes and ears. On Saturday James Barker was the guy to beat taking both moto wins, but Ollie Colmer had the bit between his teeth on Sunday and rattled off two race wins to edge Barker out for the overall after they had tied on points. Matt Bayliss onboard a bog standard CR125 was the best of the battling rest and nailed down the third and final podium spot.

There were three different race winners in the ultra-competitive Amateur MX1 group, and with one moto victory to his name, it was Adam Wells who notched up the highest tally of points to gain the overall ahead of race 1 winner Ed Briscoe and Sunday’s double moto victor Aaron Patstone.

Denny Rapson drew first blood in the Amateur MX2 class but from there on in the chequers for the remaining races went the way of Alfie Jones who would claim the overall courtesy of beating Rapson in the final moto after they were level on points. Patrick Jackson had a solid day and finished the weekend in third.

Mark Kinsley rode like a demon in the Clubman going through the card with a 1-1-1-1 weekend. Max Wood was never out of the top three and took second over the weekend with Karl Jenkinson in third.

Congratulations to the team at the Bridgestone British Masters and everyone who attended for abiding by the rules and showing the sport in such a great light. It was great to be back at the races.

Results

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Tommy Searle	88	43	45
2	Liam Knight	88	45	43
3	Dan Thornhill	80	41	39
4	Josh Spinks	76	39	37
5	Glen McCormick	71	37	34
6	Gavin Stevenson	70	35	35
7	Billy Mac	63	30	33
8	Charlie Putnam	63	31	32
9	Zac Stealey	63	32	31
10	Simon Booth	59	29	30
11	Aiden Wigger	57	28	29
12	Keirren Genge	55	27	28
13	Brad Todd	41	–	41
14	Richard McKeown	34	34	–
15	Joshua Bentley	33	33	–

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Ashton Dickinson	90	45	45
2	John Adamson	82	39	43
3	Jay Hague	80	43	37
4	Taylor Hammal	75	34	41
5	James Carpenter	68	33	35
6	James Law	68	35	33
7	Sam Nunn	64	32	32
8	Tom Grimshaw	63	29	34
9	Rossi Beard	62	31	31
10	Adam Collings	59	30	29
11	Michael Ellis	58	28	30
12	Ben Putnam	52	24	28
13	Howard Wainwright	52	26	26
14	Louie Kessel	49	22	27
15	Jack Bintcliffe	48	23	25
16	Brad Anderson	41	41	–
17	Lewis Hall	39	–	39
18	Carlton Husband	37	37	–
19	Robert Yates	27	27	–
20	Cullen Scott	25	25	–

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65’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alfie Geddes-Green	178	45	45	45	43
2	Robbie Daly	174	43	43	43	45
3	Olly Walters	162	41	41	41	39
4	Jack Leese	136	28	37	37	34
5	Finley Pickering	135	25	39	34	37
6	Stanley Siebert	131	37	32	32	30
7	Joel Winstanley-Dawson	129	19	30	39	41
8	Jenson Severn	127	31	33	31	32
9	Elvis Totney	126	39	24	30	33
10	Casey Lister	122	21	31	35	35
11	Ryan Prentice	121	35	26	33	27
12	Olivia Reynolds	116	29	34	25	28
13	Marty Spires	111	34	27	28	22
14	Archie Edwards	110	24	29	26	31
15	Sean Smout	104	30	22	27	25
16	Ryan Clift	96	32	17	18	29
17	Williams Evans	94	33	35	–	26
18	Ryan Taylor	93	20	25	24	24
19	Franky Donoghue	92	12	28	29	23
20	Nixon Coppins	91	27	23	20	21
21	Chase Panter	73	22	19	22	10
22	Jamie Thorpe	72	17	18	21	16
23	Tommie Perfect	64	5	21	19	19
24	Arthur King	63	23	11	15	14
25	Harry Cuddy	62	14	20	16	12
26	Mason Martin Doe	58	11	10	17	20
27	Teddy Merriman	55	10	16	11	18
28	Oscar Gilham	54	18	–	23	13
29	Troy Kennett	51	26	9	13	3
30	Walt Carroll	49	9	13	12	15
31	Mason Brown	46	8	12	9	17
32	Harley Ince	46	13	15	7	11
33	Terry Challinor	43	16	8	10	9
34	Logan Falconer	38	3	14	14	7
35	Jay Weaver	36	15	7	8	6
36	Tom White (Tyres)	26	6	6	6	8
37	Tyler Lloyd	18	4	5	4	5
38	Reggie Broadbent	12	1	4	5	2
39	Mason Herberts	11	7	–	–	4
40	Ryleigh Adderley	6	2	–	3	1

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	158	41	43	37	37
4	Harlow Green	153	37	34	41	41
5	Blake Ward-Clarke	138	34	39	32	33
6	Chester Hyde	135	31	37	28	39
7	Liam Bell	126	30	33	33	30
8	Hayden Statt	125	32	35	23	35
9	Lewis Spratt	123	26	31	35	31
10	Alfie Osborn	123	29	32	34	28
11	Rocco Hands	117	27	30	31	29
12	Freddie Gardiner	110	39	–	39	32
13	Zane Stephens	109	25	28	29	27
14	Oakley Kettle	105	28	22	30	25
15	Alfie Herron	95	33	29	26	7
16	Kayden Smith	89	35	20	–	34
17	Rylee Clark	89	21	26	21	21
18	Zane Sibley – Deakin	88	16	27	27	18
19	Jaxon Haswell	86	24	24	24	14
20	Ollie Jewitt	82	19	17	22	24
21	Lucas Lee	81	20	25	10	26
22	Jamie Prentice	80	17	21	20	22
23	Libby Chatburn	78	22	14	19	23
24	Leo Salf	76	12	19	25	20
25	Hayden Yeend	68	23	23	3	19
26	Callum Johnson	63	18	18	18	9
27	Finley Easton	56	13	12	15	16
28	Logan Burns	54	10	13	14	17
29	William Siddons	49	15	11	13	10
30	Harvey Collins	45	–	15	17	13
31	Liam Regan	40	8	9	8	15
32	Andrew Piggford	39	14	10	9	6
33	Jenson Cole	38	7	7	12	12
34	Casey Kennett	37	9	6	11	11
35	Mason Jones	37	3	16	16	2
36	Logan Gardner	33	11	8	6	8
37	Llogan Ireland	18	6	4	4	4
38	Lewis Park	18	5	3	7	3
39	Bobby Smith	17	2	5	5	5
40	Daniel Hollis-Reeves	4	4	–	–	–

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Billy Askew	180	45	45	45	45
2	Wal Beaney	170	43	43	43	41
3	Tyla Hooley	166	41	41	41	43
4	Finley Evans	156	39	39	39	39
5	Josh Vail	144	35	37	35	37
6	Louis Vincent	140	37	35	34	34
7	Ryan Waggott	136	33	31	37	35
8	Kyron Carron	127	30	34	30	33
9	Jack Fletcher	127	32	33	31	31
10	Will Haddock	126	31	32	33	30
11	Jake Walker	122	34	24	32	32
12	Joey Benfield	108	26	28	27	27
13	Bradley Johnstone	99	25	30	25	19
14	Billy Moriarty	98	20	23	26	29
15	Lewis Proud	97	24	26	21	26
16	Jack Brearey	96	28	27	18	23
17	Max Ellerker	94	27	21	22	24
18	Dylan Meaney	89	29	4	28	28
19	Phillip Tchorek	88	23	25	20	20
20	Declan Wright	86	21	20	24	21
21	Ellis Poole	82	19	22	19	22
22	Lucy Barker	76	9	19	23	25
23	Danny Moore	67	16	16	17	18
24	Jack Ranner	65	15	17	16	17
25	Charlie Richmond	65	18	18	29	–
26	Levi Saunders	51	22	29	–	–
27	Tyler Jones	49	10	13	12	14
28	Corey Gordon	47	3	15	13	16
29	Ashley Matthews	47	17	–	15	15
30	Cameron Chell	46	13	11	11	11
31	Mikey Ward	46	12	14	14	6
32	Ashton Phillips	43	14	9	8	12
33	Callum Feely	40	6	12	9	13
34	Bayley Ward-Clarke	35	8	8	10	9
35	Jacob Collins	30	7	6	7	10
36	Matt Cooper	27	11	10	6	–
37	Troy Weaver	25	5	7	5	8
38	Cole Hall	20	4	5	4	7
39	Bobby Smith	17	2	5	5	5
40	Daniel Hollis-Reeves	4	4	–	–	–

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Sam Atkinson	180	45	45	45	45
2	Bailey Johnston	172	43	43	43	43
3	Kayde Rayns	156	41	39	39	37
4	Ben Clark	150	27	41	41	41
5	Harvey Cashmore	150	37	37	37	39
6	Leon Ongley	140	35	35	35	35
7	Max Lewis	135	33	34	34	34
8	Callum Mccaul	127	30	33	31	33
9	Ayden Smith	124	32	32	32	28
10	Jude Turton	117	31	31	23	32
11	Liam Bennett	113	28	30	29	26
12	Harrison McCann	103	39	–	33	31
13	Charlie Reynolds	103	29	27	27	20
14	Corey Collins	100	17	23	30	30
15	Myles Taylor	98	25	26	24	23
16	Jamie Watson	94	34	28	3	29
17	Sonny Kember-Smyth	92	16	21	28	27
18	Keelan Hope	82	3	29	26	24
19	Jason Bancroft	79	23	25	12	19
20	Jamie Collins	79	14	22	25	18
21	Jake Barker	79	21	24	20	14
22	Cameron Jackson	77	26	9	21	21
23	Freddie O’Leary	77	22	16	22	17
24	Josh Jones	75	18	20	15	22
25	Jasper Gibson	73	24	19	18	12
26	Levi Davies	69	20	17	16	16
27	Josh Bassett	66	4	18	19	25
28	Harrison Drewell	62	19	14	14	15
29	Liam Ware	54	15	13	17	9
30	Samuel Jackson	46	5	15	13	13
31	Sonny Shipton	46	13	12	10	11
32	Riley Halstead	42	12	11	11	8
33	Tyler Stevenson	37	8	10	9	10
34	George Elsden	31	11	6	8	6
35	Ryan Lowe	30	9	7	7	7
36	Leyton Duffy	28	10	8	5	5
37	Jack Saunders	21	7	4	6	4
38	James Light	18	6	5	4	3
39	Bobby Smith	17	2	5	5	5
40	Daniel Hollis-Reeves	4	4	–	–	–

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Ollie Colmer	176	43	43	45	45
2	James Barker	176	45	45	43	43
3	Matt Bayliss	148	33	37	37	41
4	Troy Willerton	141	34	31	39	37
5	Jordan Bachelor	141	35	39	35	32
6	Bayliss Utting	139	41	33	31	34
7	Bradley Doyle	132	29	34	34	35
8	Chuck Davies	132	37	35	30	30
9	Rob Holyoak	121	–	41	41	39
10	Luke Newman	118	28	27	32	31
11	Luke Kennett	117	30	29	29	29
12	Ashton Barlow	117	32	30	33	22
13	Archie Hicks	106	31	23	24	28
14	Tye Jones	105	24	28	26	27
15	Liam Gale	100	27	26	23	24
16	Jack Bachelor	92	22	22	22	26
17	Rob Barney	91	26	25	17	23
18	Alfie Barnes	81	21	19	20	21
19	Syd Putnam	76	16	20	21	19
20	Charlie Nightingale	75	23	24	28	–
21	Dan Arkell	73	15	–	25	33
22	Aaron Nicholls	71	25	21	–	25
23	Archie Fremel	70	13	18	19	20
24	Frankie Elwell	66	17	15	18	16
25	Liam Deegan	63	20	14	16	13
26	Kieran Cook	59	–	32	27	–
27	Keaton Ellis	58	12	13	15	18
28	Tom Daniels	58	18	12	13	15
29	Frank Burton	57	14	17	12	14
30	Hayden Stevens	49	19	16	14	–
31	Arai Elcock	39	39	–	–	–
32	Robert Storer	28	11	–	–	17

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Mark Kinsley	180	45	45	45	45
2	Max Wood	168	41	43	41	43
3	Karl Jenkinson	154	35	35	43	41
4	Matt Nash	145	39	34	35	37
5	Mitchil Collins	141	31	37	34	39
6	Matthew Jones	133	34	39	32	28
7	James Thompson	129	30	32	33	34
8	Aidan Carney	128	26	30	37	35
9	Joe Sargent	123	43	31	39	10
10	Jacob Bell	121	32	27	31	31
11	Kevin McBride	121	37	29	26	29
12	Richard Evans	120	29	41	17	33
13	Ben Hughes	116	28	33	25	30
14	Scott Alymore	109	27	25	30	27
15	Tod Thompson	99	23	24	20	32
16	Colin Marsh	97	25	28	27	17
17	Graham Clark	93	24	19	28	22
18	Josh Ithell	92	22	21	23	26
19	Dean Paling	88	20	22	21	25
20	Charlie Sutton	86	15	18	29	24
21	Scott Isherwood	84	21	26	22	15
22	Jack Loveridge	83	17	23	24	19
23	Alex Harvey	77	33	15	18	11
24	James Benson	71	19	17	14	21
25	Josh Watson-Bailey	64	14	16	16	18
26	Steven Lennie	62	–	20	19	23
27	Warren Banner	56	12	13	11	20
28	Robert Williams	56	11	14	15	16
29	Lewis Grimshaw	51	18	11	10	12
30	Lewis Wigger	44	13	9	8	14
31	Jake Pembridge	43	9	12	9	13
32	Duanne Baines	31	8	8	7	8
33	Matt Lowe	30	5	10	6	9
34	Karl Kavanagh	23	10	–	13	–
35	Phil West	18	6	7	5	–
36	Dan Smedley	16	4	–	12	–
37	Josh Cranfield	16	16	–	–	–
38	Ben Bowden	7	7	–	–	–

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Adam Wells	170	43	45	39	43
2	Edward Briscoe	166	45	41	43	37
3	Aaron Patstone	164	31	43	45	45
4	George Clarke	154	39	37	37	41
5	Oliver Benton	146	41	25	41	39
6	Scott Hail	137	35	34	35	33
7	Lewis O’Sullivan	137	34	39	32	32
8	Rob Wood	130	32	35	29	34
9	Kieran Clarke	123	29	32	31	31
10	Brad Thornhill	123	33	33	30	27
11	Jack Craggs	119	28	28	34	29
12	Callum Gordon	113	25	31	27	30
13	Michael Watson	107	27	27	25	28
14	Harry Bradley	105	37	–	33	35
15	Kyle Creevy	100	22	26	26	26
16	Ross Millard	91	24	19	23	25
17	Dan Whitehead	84	30	30	24	–
18	Joshua Dodwell-Scott	82	20	18	21	23
19	Jamie Dixon	82	18	21	22	21
20	John Mckenzie	81	19	20	20	22
21	Bill Moynes	74	–	22	28	24
22	Aiden Maloney	73	21	13	19	20
23	Colin McLuckie	69	16	17	18	18
24	Connor Dickens	64	17	14	17	16
25	James Day	61	13	15	16	17
26	Roger Frean	52	10	12	15	15
27	Paul Hauxwell	50	26	24	–	–
28	Liam Brosnan	49	14	16	–	19
29	John Joe Wright	46	23	23	–	–
30	Garry Holman	33	8	11	14	–
31	Matt Lomas	29	–	29	–	–
32	James Park	21	11	10	–	–
33	Paul Edge	15	15	–	–	–
34	Miles Kitchen	12	12	–	–	–
35	Dan Best	9	9	–	–	–
36	Matt Wood	7	7	–	–	–
37	Matt Cope	6	6	–	–	–

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alfie Jones	174	39	45	45	45
2	Denny Rapson	174	45	43	43	43
3	Patrick Jackson	157	41	34	41	41
4	Rory Jones	154	43	39	33	39
5	Dan Brough	152	37	41	39	35
6	Kieran Yorke	139	35	35	35	34
7	Lewis King-London	126	32	32	32	30
8	Mitchell Warhurst	126	34	33	31	28
9	Alex Buchanan	122	18	37	34	33
10	Ben Burridge	121	30	31	28	32
11	Dee Jay Walker	111	27	27	26	31
12	Martin Jones	109	33	28	21	27
13	Mitch Armour	106	28	29	29	20
14	Elliott Pugh	101	20	30	25	26
15	James Angel	95	29	–	37	29
16	Bailey Betsworth	93	24	24	23	22
17	Todd Ritchie	92	25	–	30	37
18	Daniel Warby	85	14	23	24	24
19	Richy Roberts	85	23	22	22	18
20	Joe Driver	75	16	25	17	17
21	Billy Collins	74	21	26	27	–
22	Jesse Wren	73	17	20	20	16
23	Lee Clarkson	69	19	14	13	23
24	Jake Marsh	66	11	18	18	19
25	Nathan Heath	62	22	–	19	21
26	David Flitney	60	13	16	16	15
27	Luke Horley	59	12	19	14	14
28	Tommy Clark	51	26	–	–	25
29	Connor Barnett	49	9	15	12	13
30	Kathryn Booth	49	5	17	15	12
31	Stevie Edmonds	45	10	13	11	11
32	Scott Weldon	37	6	11	10	10
33	Jaydon Wright	36	15	21	–	–
34	Harry Barker	31	31	–	–	–
35	Oliver French	20	8	12	–	–
36	Scott Chamberlain	7	7	–	–	–