The Chambers Racing team made the journey to the Welsh countryside at the weekend for the highly anticipated round 2 of the Mx Nationals at Monster Mountain, Merthyr Tydfil.
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The track had been in the making since early 2022 up in the hills of Wales. Everyone was eager to see how good the circuit was and it did not disappoint. Despite constant wind and heavy dust the lads all enjoyed the track.
Qualifying took place of the Fastest 40 first, the combined race see the MX2 and MX1 lads out together, Tom Grimshaw & Dan Thornhill in the MX1 put in solid qualifying with P10 & P11.
Whilst Glenn McCormick in the MX2 put in a stellar qualifying with P3 & Ben Franklin P12.
On to the first Fastest 40 moto, Tom got the jump coming round the first corner in the top 5 with Dan mid-pack. With Glenn a little further down the field but amongst the top 250 riders. Unfortunately, Ben had a first-turn crash but got himself back and pushed on. Some great racing action for the spectators who attended. Tom finished P5, Dan P8, Glenn with an outstanding P2, His best race of the year so far and got back to Ben P9.
Fastest 40 Race 2 was the last moto of the day and onto the rough, dusty track. With good starts from all 4 of the lads, they got set into the 25 +2 lap moto. Tom was having a good battle for 5th the whole race before crossing the line in P6. Dan had a great ride, His still working through the hand injury but it is slowly getting better and it’s showing in his results. Finishing Moto 2 P11.
Ben had a much better start than Moto 1 which see him also having some great & intense battles on track, Ending up P9 at the flag. Glenn had a stormer of a race within the top 3 of the MX2, He just needed another P2 to claim the overall. However, finished the race P3. Despite this Glenn’s riding was outstanding and the results were well deserved.
Taking part in the weekend’s racing was also Harvey Cashmore in the Expert MX2 class.
Harvey had some great starts over both Saturday and Sunday, Saturday being the rougher day for the track surprisingly. He keeps showing his abilities and how much he has progressed since stepping up to the experts from the youth ranks. Even with a few little mistakes, each week he is improving which shows in his results.
Overall Results
Pro MX1
Tom – 5th & 6th =5th
Dan – 8th & 11th = 8th
Pro MX2
Glenn – 2nd & 3rd = 3rd
Ben – 9th & 9th = 9th
Expert MX2
Harvey – 9th , 17th, 9th, 11th = 11th overall.
The next event for the team will be the Revo British Championship at the renowned Hawkstone Park, Shrewsbury on June 18th.
