Nunn and Leeks claim Blaxhall Victory! Eastern ACU Motocross Championship Round 5 – Race Report & Results

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This Sunday saw the Stebbings Car Superstore / PP Sports Insurance Eastern ACU Motocross Championship return to Blaxhall near Woodbridge for the fifth round. Once again, the Blaxhall Circuit was in great condition, with the Woodbridge DMCC spending the days leading up to the event, pumping water onto the race circuit to ensure the track was in good condition to cope with the heat come race day.

Report and Images by Richard Blyth – Image Rich Media

The racing featured 150 riders contesting across 12 races during the day and produced some red-hot action on track. In the Premier Class, the Experts and fastest Juniors competed together for Championship points.

In the opening Premier race, it was Luke Benstead who got the start and early race lead, but Shaun Southgate soon made a pass for the lead. Later in the race a bike problem saw Benstead drop out of the race. It was Shaun Southgate who battled for the lead with Sam Nunn who was riding a 450 for the first time. As the race progressed Nunn moved into the lead and took the race win over Southgate in second with Luke Parker in third, with Declan Whittle and Max Broadbelt in fourth and fifth. In the Junior class it was Joseph Leeks who was first home ahead of Travis Frost and Ben Hayward.

The second Premier class race saw Southgate make the start as Nunn almost went down in the first turn. Southgate rode a strong race to claim the race win ahead of Nunn who recovered to take second. Parker and Whittle battled for third place but collided on the last lap and both went down, handing third to Benstead. Whittle remounted to take fourth and Parker in fifth. Once again Leeks took the Junior win ahead of Ben Hayward and Travis Frost.

The final Premier class race saw Sam Nunn make the start and battle with Southgate for the race win. Going into the race the pair were tied on points and the winner of the final race would claim the overall win. In the opening laps Southgate managed to pass Nunn and looked to be comfortable at the front until Nunn made a late charge and retook the lead and the race win. Third place went to Benstead with Broadbelt in fourth and Parker fifth. In the Junior class Leeks made it three out of three with another race win ahead of Finley Jarvis and Travis Frost.

The Expert overall saw Sam Nunn take the overall ahead of Shaun Southgate and Luke Parker. In the Junior class the overall went to Joseph Leeks ahead of Travis Frost and Finley Jarvis.

In the Support A group, it was Charlie Nude who took all three race wins to claim the overall victory ahead of Louis Dutton who went 3-2-2 for second overall. Third overall went to Josh Sturman who went 4-7-3.

The Support B group it was Lewis Holmes who claimed the overall victory after a poor first race, he came back with two race wins to take the victory. Second overall went to race one winner Scott Goodson, with Bradley Allen third overall.

It was Shaun Tracy who took the overall victory in Support C with three race wins ahead of David Homan and Tony Rooke.

Results

Premier Class Expert

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Sam Nunn	72	25	22	25
2	Shaun Southgate	69	22	25	22
3	Luke Parker	52	20	16	16
4	Thomas Murphy	42	14	13	15
5	Benjamin Cole	41	15	12	14
6	Luke Benstead	40	–	20	20
7	Wiliam Farrow	40	12	15	13
8	Brad Woodroffe	39	13	14	12
9	Declan Whittle	36	18	18	–
10	Max Broadbelt	34	16	–	18
11	Benjamin Parry	31	10	10	11
12	Adam Hayward	25	7	8	10
13	Carl Hayward	22	11	11	–
14	Samuel Arbon	18	9	9	–
15	Benjamin Alexander	15	8	7	–

Premier Class Junior

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joseph Leeks	75	25	25	25
2	Travis Frost	62	22	20	20
3	Finley Jarvis	58	18	18	22
4	Benjamin Hayward	49	20	22	7
5	Mitch Best	45	13	16	16
6	Connor Bunkle	39	9	15	15
7	Daniel Clark	34	16	–	18
8	Jae Jeffries	33	7	12	14
9	James Rowsell	32	10	11	11
10	Joseph Hall	25	12	–	13
11	Jake Brown	25	5	14	6
12	Freddie O’Leary	24	11	13	–
13	Joe Phillips	23	4	10	9
14	Bailey Jackson	21	8	8	5
15	Thomas Batts	18	6	–	12
16	Scott Claydon	15	1	6	8
17	Matthew Pope	15	15	–	–
18	Carl Miller	14	–	4	10
19	Cullen Hawkins	14	14	–	–
20	Ashly Campbell	12	3	9	–
21	Max Timmins	11	2	5	4
22	Sean Wright	7	–	7	–
23	Alex Truslow	3	–	3	–

Support A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Charlie Nudds	135	45	45	45
2	Louis Dutton	127	41	43	43
3	Josh Sturman	114	39	34	41
4	Jack Whitlam	111	37	35	39
5	Mark Hunt	110	35	41	34
6	Joshua Deadman	106	43	28	35
7	Lee Butson	102	33	32	37
8	Mark Goodson	95	24	39	32
9	Paul Aldridge	92	28	31	33
10	Mitchell Murfitt	84	34	26	24
11	Matthew Cummings	82	29	23	30
12	John Hilton	82	30	24	28
13	Marc Nickerson	82	32	30	20
14	Luke Clifton	76	22	25	29
15	William Bell	72	14	27	31
16	Lloyd Goldstraw	71	15	29	27
17	Sam Hilton	68	21	22	25
18	Jack Watling	64	26	16	22
19	Aaron Smith	64	31	33	–
20	Shane Brown	59	27	17	15
21	Charlie Starsmoore	56	12	18	26
22	Edward Pegram	46	18	14	14
23	Karl Sturman	45	5	21	19
24	Ty Atkins	45	20	13	12
25	Alexander Dutton	45	25	20	–
26	Stephen Atkins	41	9	15	17
27	Lewis Saunders	39	11	12	16
28	James Gadd	38	7	8	23
29	Kieran Jessett	38	17	–	21
30	Mason Miller	37	–	37	–
31	Alfie Self	33	10	10	13
32	Reggie Jacobs	27	–	9	18
33	George Stark	27	8	19	–
34	Cameron Fitchett	24	13	11	–
35	Max Fleming	24	19	5	–
36	Robert Bond	23	6	6	11
37	Lee Anderson	23	16	7	–
38	Teddy Howard	23	23	–	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Lewis Holmes	122	32	45	45
2	Scott Goodson	121	45	35	41
3	Bradley Allen	119	41	43	35
4	Tai Elvin-Andrews	115	39	39	37
5	Zak Roberts	99	43	17	39
6	Aidan Weston	97	33	32	32
7	Katie Stock	94	30	30	34
8	Lee Scott	94	35	28	31
9	Craig Page-Baker	89	26	34	29
10	Nathan Moulton	84	–	41	43
11	James Light	75	25	24	26
12	George Reeves Furness	72	17	25	30
13	Henry Utting	71	34	37	–
14	Ollie Denyer	68	37	31	–
15	Aaron Holden	64	19	21	24
16	William Mcrae	64	23	19	22
17	Steven East	60	11	22	27
18	Lewis Abel	59	15	16	28
19	Gareth Cushion	58	29	29	–
20	Thomas Olley	57	14	20	23
21	Brad Watts	57	31	26	–
22	Luke Reeve	54	22	13	19
23	Jake Lane	51	12	14	25
24	Andrew Webster	51	16	15	20
25	Ben Last	48	21	27	–
26	Jake Pearce	46	13	33	–
27	Sam Pudney	42	24	18	–
28	Chris Gaut	40	10	9	21
29	Alfie Hunt	38	27	11	–
30	Jason Ramsey	34	5	12	17
31	Alexander Dutton	33	–	–	33
32	David Doust	33	8	10	15
33	Andrew Rooke	32	7	7	18
34	Nick Pinder	28	28	–	–
35	Senna Summers	23	–	23	–
36	Jack Hunton	22	–	6	16
37	Alex Buckenham	20	20	–	–
38	Alfie Arnold	18	18	–	–
39	Robert Green	14	6	8	–
40	Joshua Middleton	9	4	5	–
41	Finlay Woods	9	9	–	–

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shaun Tacey	133	45	45	43
2	David Homan	123	41	37	45
3	Tony Rooke	123	43	41	39
4	Ryan Goode	119	35	43	41
5	Jason Turner	109	33	39	37
6	John Smith	101	32	34	35
7	Matthew Herring	97	34	29	34
8	Adam Bird	97	37	30	30
9	Kai Ryder	95	31	32	32
10	Daniel Allen	91	30	28	33
11	Carl Hood	87	29	27	31
12	Anna Groves	85	25	31	29
13	Michael Blaxell	75	24	24	27
14	Hector Storey	74	23	23	28
15	Toby Henderson	71	20	25	26
16	Aiden Payne	65	21	19	25
17	Mark Hegarty	62	27	35	–
18	Jason Eaves	59	17	18	24
19	Jake Cazey	59	26	33	–
20	Andrew Carter	54	16	16	22
21	Callum Lake	54	28	26	–
22	Nick Hunton	53	15	15	23
23	Jonathan Boreham	44	22	22	–
24	Stephen Hood	39	19	20	–
25	Darren Stone	39	39	–	–
26	Ben Chilvers	35	18	17	–
27	Dan Simpson	28	14	14	–
28	Darren Soames	26	13	13	–
29	Perry Fiddy	21	–	21	–