Maximum Max Goes Treble Top at Blaxhall! 2023 Eastern Motocross Championship Round 5 – Race Report & Results

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Sunday saw the Woodbridge DMCC host their final Motocross event of the year, as they hosted the fifth round of the Stebbing Car Superstore / PP Sport ACU Eastern Centre Motocross Championship. With nearly 150 riders competing the event there was plenty of action in the warm weather at the sandy Blaxhall Circuit.

Race Report by Richard Blyth – Images courtesy 0f Richard Blyth – Image Rich Media

Due to a clash in dates with a National Championship which saw the Expert line up limited in numbers, but racing alongside the top Junior riders produced some great action to keep the strong crowd in attendance entertained.

The day started with the opening Premier Class race featuring the Experts and top Juniors, when the gate dropped it was Shaun Southgate who took the holeshot and early race lead. Battling to take the race lead was Max Broadbelt who pushed forward and took the lead before the halfway point and went on to take the race win ahead of Southgate. Third place went to the reigning champion Luke Parker who was returning from injury and ahead of Ben Cole in fourth and Joesph Leeks in fifth. The top Junior rider in the race was Freddie O’Leary in 9th ahead of Jake Brown in 10th and the third Junior was Shane Lock in 12th.

The second Premier Class race saw Southgate and Broadbelt both starting at the front of the field and again quickly picked up from where they ended the opening moto. Broadbelt moved into the lead on the second lap and went onto control the race and take another race win. Southgate rode a solid race to claim second ahead of Parker in third. Fourth went to Joesph Leeks ahead of William Farrow in fifth. The top Junior was Charlie Nudds in 10th with Freddie O’Leary next in 11th and Shane Lock as the third Junior in 12th.

Broadbelt took the holeshot in the final Premier Class race and held off the challenge from Southgate as the pair battled for the race win all the way to the flag. Parker took another third place finish ahead of Leeks and Jake Rackham. The top three Junior were Jake Brown, Shane Lock and Connor Bunkle.

After the three races it was Max Broadbelt who took the Expert Overall win ahead of Shaun Southgate and Luke Parker. The top three Juniors Overall were Jake Brown, Shane Lock and Charlie Nudds.

In the Support Class A it was Louis Dutton who took the first race win, before Sam Rogers took the next two race wins to claim the Overall win in the class ahead of Henry Cox who took a 2-2-5 and Luke Nolan who took third overall.

The Support Class B was won by Taylor Saunders who claimed a race win in the final race to secure the overall ahead of Scott Goodson and Henry Crawford.

The final class of the day was the Support Class C which was won by Adam Bird who took two race wins. Second overall went to Toby Souchotte ahead of Sam Whittred.

Results

Premier Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Max Broadbelt	75	25	25	25
2	Shaun Southgate	66	22	22	22
3	Luke Parker	60	20	20	20
4	Joseph Leeks	52	16	18	18
5	William Farrow	45	15	16	14
6	Jake Rackham	43	13	14	16
7	Benjamin Cole	43	18	12	13
8	Brad Woodroffe	40	12	13	15
9	Ryan Nock	29	14	15	–

Premier Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jake Brown	63	22	16	25
2	Shane Lock	62	20	20	22
3	Charlie Nudds	56	18	25	13
4	Connor Bunkle	53	15	18	20
5	Finley Jarvis	49	16	15	18
6	Freddie O’Leary	47	25	22	–
7	Timothy Warnes	39	14	11	14
8	Joe Hall	37	12	13	12
9	Toby Buchan	35	6	14	15
10	Ben Casey	28	–	12	16
11	Mark Hunt	25	10	5	10
12	Cullen Hawkins	23	13	10	–
13	Jae Jeffries	21	1	9	11
14	Shane Brown	19	4	6	9
15	Harrison Fitchett	18	7	4	7
16	Max Timmins	17	9	8	–
17	Kayden Smith	16	11	–	5
18	Mitchell Murfitt	14	3	7	4
19	William Bell	13	5	–	8
20	Bailey Jackson	8	8	–	–
21	Aaron Minter	6	–	–	6
22	Lee Kirkpatrick	5	–	2	3
23	Gareth Lane	5	–	3	2
24	Scott Claydon	3	2	–	1
25	Charlie Baker	1	–	1	–

Support A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Sam Rogers	127	37	45	45
2	Henry Cox	123	43	43	37
3	Luke Nolan	113	41	29	43
4	John Hilton	105	30	34	41
5	Mark Goodson	102	26	41	35
6	Paul Hubbard	98	34	37	27
7	Paul Aldridge	95	29	33	33
8	Aaron Smith	94	20	35	39
9	Joshua Deadman	85	28	26	31
10	Luke Clifton	85	24	31	30
11	Robbie Pearmain	85	25	32	28
12	Joseph Henthorn	84	27	25	32
13	Dan Lee	84	31	27	26
14	Louis Dutton	84	45	39	–
15	Jay Peperell	78	19	30	29
16	Marcus Smith	73	32	23	18
17	Charlie Grant	62	–	28	34
18	Lee Keyton	61	16	22	23
19	Stephen Atkins	60	17	18	25
20	Sam Hilton	57	33	24	–
21	Kieran Jessett	56	12	20	24
22	Finlay Woods	53	21	21	11
23	James Colclough	52	15	17	20
24	Ben Last	46	9	15	22
25	Lewis Saunders	45	10	19	16
26	Aaron Saunders	42	8	13	21
27	Alexander Dutton	42	35	7	–
28	James Gadd	40	14	14	12
29	Barnaby Knight	39	39	–	–
30	Alexander Smith	38	13	8	17
31	Edward Pegram	37	18	–	19
32	Jake Cazey	37	11	11	15
33	Ty Atkins	32	7	12	13
34	Joshua Andrews	32	23	9	–
35	Ewan Niblock	25	5	10	10
36	Ethan Hayward	22	22	–	–
37	Luke Pharoah	20	6	–	14
38	Cameron Parrish	16	–	16	–
39	Joshua Parker	4	4	–	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Taylor Saunders	121	39	37	45
2	Scott Goodson	120	34	43	43
3	Henry Crawford	108	26	41	41
4	Luke Reeve	108	37	34	37
5	Tavis Coulson	107	33	39	35
6	Harry Sobkowiak	103	29	35	39
7	George Reeves Furness	95	32	32	31
8	Ryan Crisp	90	45	45	–
9	Zack Kingshott	89	30	31	28
10	Jak Young	85	41	24	20
11	Sam Pudney	82	16	33	33
12	Aaron Holden	82	22	28	32
13	William Mcrae	74	11	29	34
14	Lee Anderson	73	43	30	–
15	Andrew Webster	72	19	23	30
16	Samuel Cook	71	27	19	25
17	Josh Faulkner	69	23	25	21
18	Jake Lane	67	21	22	24
19	Jason Turner	64	9	26	29
20	Perry Fiddy	62	31	14	17
21	Bradley Allen	62	35	27	–
22	Lewis Wells	57	10	21	26
23	Casey Carter	56	20	18	18
24	Charlie Starsmoore	55	28	–	27
25	Wayne Fulcher	55	13	20	22
26	Dale Brinkley	50	14	17	19
27	Russell Snowling	43	12	15	16
28	Kieran Dawson	41	18	–	23
29	Jake Faulkner	31	15	16	–
30	Finlay Whitlam	30	17	13	–
31	Dylan Wilby	25	25	–	–
32	Kevin Rossiter	24	24	–	–

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Adam Bird	133	45	45	43
2	Toby Souchotte	127	43	43	41
3	Sam Whittred	125	39	41	45
4	Tony Rooke	119	41	39	39
5	Thomas Davies	106	32	37	37
6	Robert Green	99	30	35	34
7	Matthew Herring	98	31	32	35
8	Hector Storey	91	34	29	28
9	Thomas Bond	89	26	30	33
10	Kai Ryder	85	25	31	29
11	Daniel Allen	80	29	24	27
12	John Smith	80	28	28	24
13	Andrew Smith	77	21	26	30
14	Robert Farrow	77	24	27	26
15	Peter Andrews	76	22	22	32
16	Zachary Kneller	75	27	23	25
17	Rudi Carter	68	37	–	31
18	Sam Bullock	68	35	33	–
19	David Homan	67	33	34	–
20	Ryan Christmas	62	20	21	21
21	Jack Hunton	60	18	19	23
22	Jason Eaves	52	17	15	20
23	Shane Edwards	52	16	18	18
24	Toby Henderson	48	23	25	–
25	Michael Blaxell	44	14	13	17
26	Freddie Bond	42	–	20	22
27	Nathan Gotts	35	19	16	–
28	Adam Baker	33	–	14	19
29	Nick Hunton	27	15	12	–
30	Raymond Brooks	24	13	11	–
31	Paul Neave	22	12	10	–
32	Carl Warner	17	–	17	–