Mewse conquers Foxhill but Dodd wins the title! 2024 Bridgstone British Masters Finale – Race Report & Results

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Conrad Mewse, on his Crendon Tru7 Honda, may have dominated the sixth and final round of the 2024 Bridgestone British Masters, taking two convincing wins from his two race starts. But by competing in all six rounds and scoring high points in all his races, James Dodd was crowned the Expert / Open champion for the year.

Race Report and Images by Dick Law

Heavy rain on Thursday hampered the track crew’s preparation of the historic Foxhill track in Wiltshire. Saturday’s riders faced a challenging and testing course that took no prisoners. Still, with hard work and a lot of grading, Sunday’s track was the best it’s been for a while.

It was clear from the start of qualifying that it was going to take a superhuman effort from any of the other riders to beat Mewse. As the gate dropped on the first race, he got the holeshot and just disappeared into the distance, taking his first win of the day.

Mewse’s teammate, Taylor Hammal, had gated second, with John Adamson (Lexa MX Honda) third. The top three riders became very spaced out and crossed the finish line in the same order they rounded the first turn.

Mewse crossed the line almost forty-five seconds clear of Hammal with an eleven-second gap between Hammal and Adamson.

The battle for fourth was more interesting as Carlton Husband (Phoenix Tools, Evenstrokes Kawasaki), Dan Thornhill (Chambers KTM), and Josh Spinks (M. Williams KTM) battled it out. Husband gated fourth, but Spinks, after passing Thornhill on the opening lap, snatched the place from Husband on lap two, only to have the place taken back the very next lap. For the rest of the race, the three were wheel-to-wheel and bar-to-bar. With two laps to go, Spinks made fourth his own, with Husband settling for fifth as Thornhill watched the action, waiting to take advantage of any mistakes from the riders in front of him.

As for the eventual champion, Dodd. He gated eighth, lost a couple of places by the halfway point and had a crash with three laps to go in the race. He finished fifteenth.

For the first two riders, Mewse and Hammal, the race second race was the same as the first, and the pair gatted first and second and stayed in the order till the end of the race. But behind them, it was all happening.

Charlie Heyman (SC Sporthomes Husqvarna) started the race in third place but was passed on lap two by Adamson, Thornhill, and Husband. A lap later, he crashed and dropped back to thirteenth place, where he finished.

Thornhill then pushed Adamson hard on the way to the finish flag but could not make a pass stick, as the pair finished third and fourth.

Overall, it was Mewse from Hammal and Adamson, but in the final championship positions, it was James Dodd, champion, who was thirty-five points clear of Charlie Cole. Henry Williams was third despite not competing in the last round.

“It’s been a perfect day for me, really. Fastest in qualifying and with two race wins,” said winner Mewse, “I have similar lap time times, which I was concentrating on the intensity. We also did some testing between races, and that worked out great. A very productive day.”

When asked about the final round of the main British championship, he added, “I am really looking forward to it. I like the sandy conditions like they have at Preston Docks; it’s the track conditions I prefer. Only fifteen points are in it, and anything can happen in motocross. I will go there and give it my all and hopefully come out on top.”

Mewse’s teammate Hammal said about his second overall, “Being second to Conrad (Mewse) has been the story of the year really. I am second to him every time, but I like that he knows what that feels like when he races against Herlings. He is world-class. I was good in the second race but didn’t get going in the first”.

Adamson said about his third overall, “I have had two good rides today, but I had nothing for those two Honda boys today. It’s nice to be racing back in Britain again. I like sandy conditions, but I like how they prepared the track for today. There were many more racing lines than before, and even when I didn’t get a good start, I managed to get through to third place again”.

With a fourth place, two race wins and a second, Ben Knight (Yamaha) won the Amateur MX1 from Josh Greedy (Moto 33 Yamaha) and Brad Wheeler (MX Vice Evenstrokes Yamaha). But Greedy’s second overall gave him the championship win. Seth Manners (Chambers Gas Gas) was fourth on the day but second in the championship.

It was all about the wildcard riders in the Amateur MX2s, as Bayliss Utting (Honda), with four race wins from four starts, won from fellow wildcard rider George Hopkins (KTM). Registered rider Raify Broadly (Fantic) was third overall but won the championship from Jonathan Rodenick-Evans and Josh Bassett (KTM).

Scott Bates (IDS Kawasaki) won the Clubman event and the championship, with three race wins and a second. Elliott Pugh (Kawasaki) was second on the weekend, with Jamie Collins (Difts Media Yamaha) third.

The 125s are always close, and the championship was won on the last lap of the last race of the year, and a single point separated the top two. Matt Bayliss (S Briggs Commercials Gas Gas) won the overall and the championship from Charlie Richmond (JP KTM), who also finished second in the championship. Steven Clarke, who was having a wildcard ride on a little two-stroke, was third overall, while fourth-place man Damen Strydom (FUS Marsh Honda) was third in the championship.

Matt Bayliss leads the pack in the 125’s

Wildcard riders Reece Jones (KTM) and Makenzie Marshall (DK Off-Road KTM) were first and second overall in the youth MXY2s, with Harrison Greenough (KTM) third. Beau Brown (Boandock Racing KTM) was fifth overall but had accumulated enough points for the championship win.

It was very close at the top of the big wheel 85s as Olly Waters, with a race win, two second-place finishes, and a third, took the overall on the weekend from Joel Winstanley-Dawson (Castle Trucks KTM) and Alfie Herron (L+R Herrow Trailers Husqvarna). But Winstanley-Dawson had already won the championship with a race in hand.

Harley Marczak (JMR Foundation KTM) and Arthur Moore (RMJ SJP Moto JWR KTM) finished first and second overall in the Small wheel 85s event, with Nixon Coppins (Yamaha) third, but Moore’s second overall won him the championship from Marczak and Coppins.

The on-form Cohen Jagielski (KTM) won all four Junior 65 races from wildcard rider Jett Gardiner (KTM). Elliott Shawyer (Airport Autos KTM) third overall was enough to be crowned champion.

Results

Expert – Overall

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2
1	Conrad Mewse	90	45	45
2	Taylor Hammal	86	43	43
3	John Adamson	82	41	41
4	Dan Thornhill	74	35	39
5	Carlton Husband	74	37	37
6	Josh Spinks	70	39	31
7	Charlie Cole	69	34	35
8	Charlie Putnam	64	31	33
9	Rafie Broadley	63	29	34
10	Charlie Heyman	61	33	28
11	Alfie Jones	60	28	32
12	Rory Jones	60	30	30
13	James Dodd	55	26	29
14	Dan Brough	52	25	27
15	Harvey Cashmore	49	23	26
16	Bayliss Utting	32	32	–
17	Josh Vail	27	27	–
18	Louie Kessell	24	24	–

Final championship positions:

1 Dodd 359, 2 Cole 324, 3 Williams 284, 4 Jones 282, 5 Husband 281, 6 Spinks 244, 7 Thornhill 232, 8 Hammal 215, 9 Mewse 180, 10 Steels 171.

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Ben Knight	172	39	45	45	43
2	Josh Greedy	164	43	41	39	41
3	Brad Wheeler	160	33	39	43	45
4	Seth Manners	155	45	34	37	39
5	Aaron Patstone (w)	149	34	43	41	31
6	Harrison McCann (w)	146	37	37	35	37
7	Josh Canton	138	35	35	34	34
8	Liam Smith	124	26	32	31	35
9	Tom Dodsworth (w)	115	27	30	29	29
10	Brad Thornhill	114	25	27	30	32
11	Billy Collins	113	32	26	25	30
12	Ross Millard	113	30	28	28	27
13	Bradley Flagg	112	13	33	33	33
14	James Thompson	110	31	25	26	28
15	Sam Ongley (W)	95	23	22	24	26
16	Liam Crellin	89	28	29	32	–
17	Jake Strange	87	21	23	18	25
18	Fraser Garidiner	86	15	21	27	23
19	Matt Lomas(w)	85	19	20	22	24
20	Drew Lane (w)	78	20	16	23	19
21	Ethan Blackley	77	22	14	20	21
22	Josh Scott	76	16	17	21	22
23	David Curtis	74	17	18	19	20
24	Ryan Christian (w)	64	14	15	17	18
25	John Joe Wright	60	29	31	–	–
26	Connor Cramp (W)	57	12	12	16	17
27	Thomas Sorrell (w)	54	10	13	15	16
28	Andrew Walker (w)	51	11	11	14	15
29	Travis Reynolds (W)	48	24	24	–	–
30	Simon Booth	41	41	–	–	–
31	Ben Butler	37	18	19	–	–

Final championship positions:

1 Greedy 907, 2 Manners 905, 3 Knight 897, 4 Wheeler 851, 5 Booth 683, 6 Crellin 683, 7 Maule 615, 8 Smith 554, 9 Canton 530, 10 Flagg 514.

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Bayliss Utting(w)	180	45	45	45	45
2	George Hopkins (w)	166	43	41	41	41
3	Raife Broadley	157	28	43	43	43
4	Leon Williams (W)	147	39	37	32	39
5	Max Ingram (w)	134	41	25	31	37
6	Tyler Rowe (w)	131	34	39	33	25
7	Aaron Ongley(w)	129	37	31	26	35
8	Mitch Armour	129	31	27	37	34
9	Josh Bassett	125	33	24	35	33
10	Syd Putnam	120	29	32	29	30
11	Jesse Wren	116	30	35	28	23
12	Ben Gillett (W)	115	32	28	23	32
13	Jonathan Rodenick-Evans	115	20	33	34	28
14	Jay Platt (w)	101	23	26	21	31
15	Leon Onley	99	22	29	22	26
16	Ben White (w)	97	27	22	24	24
17	Tye Jones	93	25	30	11	27
18	Samuel Bishop	88	26	17	25	20
19	Logan Powell	86	21	16	27	22
20	Jamie Watson	84	16	–	39	29
21	Harvey James (w)	80	24	21	20	15
22	Bailey Betsworth	75	13	23	18	21
23	Richy Roberts	75	18	19	19	19
24	Corey Collins	69	19	20	12	18
25	Kayde Rayns	64	–	34	30	–
26	Connor Warren	58	14	13	14	17
27	Jack Griffiths	55	12	15	15	13
28	Lewis Bethell	49	17	18	–	14
29	Cody Spacagna	46	–	14	16	16
30	James Parkin (w)	45	10	11	13	11
31	Sam Menzies	41	–	12	17	12
32	Brandon Love (w)	41	11	10	10	10
33	David Plank	35	35	–	–	–
34	Charlie Parrott (W)	31	8	9	7	7
35	Joe Grace	30	6	7	9	8
36	Charlie Cannon (w)	24	7	–	8	9
37	Joe Smith	17	9	8	–	–
38	Deejay Walker (w)	15	15	–	–	–

Final championship positions:

1 Broadley 980, 2 Rodenick-Evans 806, 3 Bassett 720, 4 Ongley 703, 5 Plank 678, 6 Putnam 649, 7 Armour 617, 8 Wren 615, 9 Rayns 593, 10 Collins 536.

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Scott Bates	178	45	45	45	43
2	Elliott Pugh	160	41	43	31	45
3	Jamie Collins	160	39	41	39	41
4	Lee Clarkson	157	43	39	43	32
5	Jack Loveridge	144	37	37	35	35
6	Frank Elwell	141	35	34	41	31
7	Dan Chapman	139	30	35	37	37
8	Matt Jones	138	34	33	32	39
9	Joshua Lee Young	131	33	32	33	33
10	Jacob Bell	120	32	30	30	28
11	Luke Price	107	27	23	28	29
12	Max Aspden (w)	104	25	25	27	27
13	Joe Sargent	103	19	28	26	30
14	Connor Maltby (w)	100	28	26	20	26
15	Hayden Stevens (W)	91	31	31	29	–
16	Kurt Richardson	87	24	21	19	23
17	Liam Deegan	82	14	–	34	34
18	Stuart Perry(W)	82	20	15	23	24
19	Robert Williams	77	23	19	14	21
20	Richard Evans	75	26	27	22	–
21	Aidan Carney	75	29	29	17	–
22	Liam Baggs (w)	74	21	18	10	25
23	Callum Radford	73	17	13	21	22
24	James Hargreaves	68	9	17	24	18
25	Adam Hardy (w)	63	16	22	25	–
26	Jason Hibberd (w)	62	22	24	16	–
27	Kane Fisher	53	15	20	18	–
28	Harley Jones	50	12	12	7	19
29	Ben Hughes	49	18	16	15	–
30	Ryan Davies	44	13	11	–	20
31	Jamie Aitken (w)	42	8	9	9	16
32	Roger Frean	38	11	14	13	–
33	Michael Summers (w)	37	7	8	8	14
34	Joshua Walsh (w)	33	5	7	6	15
35	Jamie Mc Carthy (w)	28	–	–	11	17
36	Lewis Wigger (w)	28	6	10	12	–
37	14064203	10	4	6	–	–
38	Matthew Fuller	10	10	–	–	–
39	Gary Cheshire (w)	5	–	–	5	–

Final championship positions:

1 Bates 862, 2 Chapman 827, 3 Collins 820, 4 Clarkson 770, 5 Pugh 714, 6 Loveridge 691, 7 Fisher 676, 8 Lee Young 669, 9 Bell 618, 10 McLuckie 594.

125cc

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Matt Bayliss	170	43	39	43	45
2	Charlie Richmond	160	37	41	39	43
3	Steven Clarke (w)	160	41	37	41	41
4	Damen Strydom	142	35	35	37	35
5	Drew Stock (W)	139	33	34	35	37
6	Paul Neale (w)	135	34	33	29	39
7	Josh Vail (w)	127	39	43	45	–
8	Declan Wright	124	29	29	34	32
9	Zane Stephens (W)	123	31	28	31	33
10	Daniel Brough	118	30	31	33	24
11	Fabian Jnr Morrison (w)	117	27	30	32	28
12	Troy Willerton	105	26	26	23	30
13	Jorge Parkin	104	25	25	28	26
14	Will Haddock	98	32	32	–	34
15	Harrison Drewell	98	22	23	26	27
16	Max Ellerker	96	23	24	24	25
17	Ashton Phillips	90	20	22	25	23
18	Ollie Colmer (w)	90	45	45	–	–
19	Finley Evans (w)	89	28	–	30	31
20	Jamie Prentice	84	21	19	22	22
21	Lucas Lee (w)	77	–	21	27	29
22	Jordan Harris (w)	56	18	17	21	–
23	Jack Brearey	44	24	20	–	–
24	Harry Shand	37	19	18	–	–
25	Tom Evans (w)	33	17	16	–	–
26	Leon Ongley (w)	27	–	27	–	–

Final championship positions:

1 Bayliss 962, 2 Richmond 961, 3 Strydom 880, 4 Haddock 813, 5 Brough 708, 6 Wright 578, 7 Phillips 550, 8 Willerton 519, 9 Perrin-Brown 483, 10 Grainger 477.

MXY2

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Reece Jones (w)	176	43	45	45	43
2	McKenzie Marshall (w)	174	45	41	43	45
3	Harrison Greenough	166	41	43	41	41
4	Max Corke (W)	152	39	39	39	35
5	Beau Brown	144	35	37	35	37
6	George Corke (W)	139	32	31	37	39
7	Kyron Carron	139	37	35	33	34
8	Shane Jones	131	34	32	32	33
9	Austin Beasty	128	33	30	34	31
10	Rueben Always (w)	125	31	33	31	30
11	Finlay Boxall	123	30	34	27	32
12	Harley Prickett (w)	114	28	29	30	27
13	Reegan Rogers (w)	111	29	28	25	29
14	Mitchell Conway	106	26	27	28	25
15	Josh Lansbury (w)	102	23	24	29	26
16	Braedon Mc Ginn	97	25	26	26	20
17	Fenton Rayns	96	24	25	23	24
18	Ricky Barstow	88	22	22	21	23
19	Ollie Davies (w)	81	20	23	16	22
20	Bobby Watson	81	21	17	22	21
21	Tyler Jones (W)	79	27	–	24	28
22	Joseph Horn	78	18	21	20	19
23	Ashden Walsh	74	19	18	19	18
24	Leon Warren	66	16	20	14	16
25	Tommy Gibbard	61	15	16	15	15
26	Josh Blackley	54	17	19	18	–
27	Enzo Mussell	34	–	–	17	17

Final championship positions:

1 Brown 888, 2 Greenough 883, 3 Beasty 805, 4 Jones 798, 5 Boxall 641, 6 Carron 606, 7 Rayns 579, 8 Conway 577, 9 Barstow 530, 10 Mc Ginn 527.

Big Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Olly Waters	172	43	43	45	41
2	Joel Winstanley Dawson	170	45	45	43	37
3	Alfie Herron	164	41	41	37	45
4	Maison Jones	160	37	39	41	43
5	Jack Leese	154	39	37	39	39
6	Archie Stapley	137	35	33	34	35
7	Kameron Greenhalgh	131	32	32	33	34
8	Harley O’Callaghan	129	34	34	31	30
9	Stanley Siebert (W)	121	30	31	32	28
10	Archie Congdon	118	29	28	29	32
11	Elvis Totney (w)	116	28	29	28	31
12	Riley Ray Barrow	112	27	26	30	29
13	William Evans	112	33	35	35	9
14	Charlie Hobden	102	25	27	25	25
15	Joseph Robinson	100	26	23	24	27
16	Spencer Newman (w)	99	24	24	27	24
17	Oscar Gilham	96	23	25	22	26
18	Jenson Severn (w)	94	31	30	–	33
19	Max Williams	88	22	21	23	22
20	Bobby Farmer	82	21	19	21	21
21	William Wood (w)	81	19	22	26	14
22	Elliot Yeandle (w)	78	18	17	20	23
23	Harry Beattie	77	20	20	17	20
24	Freddy Richards	64	12	16	18	18
25	Dexter Prowse (w)	60	15	14	12	19
26	Max Gilmore (w)	60	13	11	19	17
27	Sam Verbeeten	57	17	18	9	13
28	Hayden Clarke (w)	53	10	13	14	16
29	Ryan Prentice	46	8	10	16	12
30	Junior Wigglesworth (w)	44	14	–	15	15
31	Matt Colgin (w)	40	9	8	13	10
32	Ricco Hardy	37	7	9	10	11
33	Lucas Todd	34	11	12	11	–
34	Alan Thomson (w)	31	16	15	–	–

Final championship positions:

1 Winstanley-Dawson 935, 2 Waters 877, 3 Greenhaigh 824, 4 Jones 814, 5 Stapley 751, 6 Leese 725, 7 Evans 537, 8 Piggford 524, 9 Congdon 512, 10 Williams 506.

Small Wheel 85

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Harley Marczak	172	43	41	45	43
2	Arthur Moore	172	45	45	41	41
3	Nixon Coppins	164	41	35	43	45
4	Arthur King	150	37	39	35	39
5	Daniel Devine	149	39	34	39	37
6	Henry Lewis	144	35	37	37	35
7	Jamie Thorpe	131	32	43	27	29
8	Ryan Taylor	130	31	33	34	32
9	Teddy Merriman	118	27	28	32	31
10	Harry Hall	112	23	23	33	33
11	Chad Prince	110	26	29	29	26
12	Jakson Ross	109	29	30	26	24
13	Jamie Currie (w)	105	30	32	13	30
14	Dylan Standing	104	22	26	31	25
15	Ethan Gawley	104	33	31	25	15
16	Keedan Williamson	99	34	24	7	34
17	Rylee Byrne	92	21	21	30	20
18	Jake Dixon	91	25	25	14	27
19	Harry Cuddy	87	28	10	21	28
20	Remi Wigglesworth (w)	82	20	19	22	21
21	Baili Black	80	24	27	6	23
22	Sam Morris(w)	74	16	20	19	19
23	Callum Harper (w)	73	15	18	23	17
24	Charley Gerrard (w)	69	18	17	24	10
25	Logan Lewis (w)	63	10	15	20	18
26	Woody Hill	62	14	16	16	16
27	Charlie Dalgleish	61	19	13	18	11
28	Oliver Bardoe	54	11	14	17	12
29	George Dryden	53	17	22	–	14
30	Ben Alexander	52	12	12	15	13
31	Freddie Gurney (W)	50	–	–	28	22
32	Sebastian Todd	39	13	9	11	6
33	Caleb Shearer	34	5	8	12	9
34	Harris Curran (W)	31	6	7	10	8
35	Jenson Banter (w)	28	7	6	8	7
36	Haydn Escott (w)	27	8	5	9	5
37	Riley Seeds	15	4	11	–	–
38	Oliver Monks (w)	13	9	4	–	–

Final championship positions:

1 Moore 974, 2 Marczak 965, 3 Coppins 943, 4 Hall 734, 5 Williamson 702, 6 Gawley 699, 7 Wilson 691, 8 Lewis 673, 9 Thorpe 663, 10 Devine 654.

65cc

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	Cohen Jagielski	180	45	45	45	45
2	Jett Gardiner (W)	172	43	43	43	43
3	Elliott Shawyer	162	41	41	41	39
4	Ronan Watson	150	37	37	35	41
5	Alfie Cotter	144	33	39	39	33
6	Forrest Roberts	141	34	33	37	37
7	Sydney Williams	140	39	34	32	35
8	Charley Wilcock	135	32	35	34	34
9	Tommy Wood ( w)	118	24	32	30	32
10	Jack Waters	117	31	27	28	31
11	Jack Clark	112	28	28	27	29
12	Blake Marks Bracey	110	23	26	31	30
13	Tyler Peaty	105	20	24	33	28
14	Harrison Chiddey	105	29	23	26	27
15	Mason Staddon	93	22	22	23	26
16	Max Jones	92	27	25	24	16
17	Preston Chorley	88	26	8	29	25
18	Will Kremer	87	21	17	25	24
19	Bradley Thompson	85	35	30	1	19
20	Sonny Saunders	84	19	20	22	23
21	Tommy Gaddes	78	25	31	20	2
22	Freddie Graham	77	18	16	21	22
23	Archie Oakes	73	16	19	17	21
24	Charlie Farmer	73	14	21	18	20
25	Harley James Barrow (w)	61	30	29	2	–
26	Austin Edwards (w)	57	17	7	19	14
27	Harvey Taylor (w)	56	12	14	15	15
28	Charlie Park (w)	54	10	15	11	18
29	Daniel Morris (w)	54	15	18	4	17
30	Jackson Bishop (w)	51	13	11	16	11
31	Max Miller	50	11	12	14	13
32	Archie Parry (W)	45	8	13	12	12
33	Taylor Clarke (w)	37	9	10	13	5
34	Preston Killeran (w)	36	7	9	10	10
35	Ava Peedle (W)	26	4	6	8	8
36	Maxx Korszewski (W)	24	6	–	9	9
37	Stanley Allen (w)	24	5	5	7	7
38	William King	18	2	4	6	6
39	Henry Goswell (w)	12	3	–	5	4
40	Tallulah Warren (w)	10	1	3	3	3

Final championship positions:

1 Shawyer 925, 2 Watson 888, 3 Jagielski 810, 4 Wilcock 750. 5 Williams 734, 6 Roberts 730, 7 Cotter 679, 8 Chorley 612, 9 Peaty 592, 10 Thompson 569.