Nunn stars in the Suffolk sun as Woodbridge DMCC host 2024 MX number three – Race Report & Results

On Sunday the 28th of July, the Woodbridge DMCC hosted their third motocross event of the year, with an open motocross meeting including Round 5 of the popular NGR championship. A strong lineup of expert and fast junior riders were ready to battle it out in the Suffolk sunshine, on one of the countries most fierce and spectacular circuits.

Race Report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Dean Warner

In group A race 1, Luke Parker (MPM Kawasaki) was quick out of the gate alongside fellow Eastern Centre regulars Sam Nunn (John Banks Honda), Tom Grimshaw (Apico Honda) and Shaun Southgate (GH Motorcycles Yamaha). Top national 250cc riders Ben Mustoe (ASA Gas Gas) and Taylor Hammal (Crendon TRU7 Honda) were fighting for places in the top 10, while the super talented youngster Josh Vail (SJP/RFX KTM) was flying on his 125cc machine through traffic, after a less-than-ideal start. Parker looked confident in the early stages and even started to pull away from Nunn as the top 5 all bunched up together, meaning some very close action on track. After multiple laps in the lead, Parker had to watch Nunn and then Grimshaw go through as they both reignited their rivalry for 2024. Hammal started to crank the pressure up on Mustoe and found his way past into 4th and onto the rear wheel of Parker. The battle for the lead intensified during the last half of the 18-minute plus one-lap race, but Sam Nunn held off Grimshaw for the win as Hammal made his way into third past Parker. Ben Mustoe crossed the line in fifth, while Josh Vail came home in a very respectable ninth.

Group A race 2 saw a fast and frantic start as 40 riders came charging into the first few turns, and Ben Mustoe powered his 250 to the front early on. With Nunn and Grimshaw ready to trade blows behind him, Mustoe was laying it all on the line in the hope of a race win. He would lead for a handful of laps before the inevitable happened, and the ever-smooth Nunn came to the front of the pack. Grimshaw would follow him through into second, and Hammal also made a move past Mustoe as he, unfortunately, started to drop down the order with bike issues. Nunn would then lead for the remainder of the race, holding off Grimshaw and Hammal, while Parker and Tom Murphy rounded out the top 5. The top 3 in the overall were Nunn, Grimshaw and Hammal.

In the NGR championship opening race, there was a nasty incident during the first half of the race, causing the red flag to appear and bring proceedings to a lengthy pause, while the injured rider gained much-needed medical assistance. Everybody at the Woodbridge DMCC would like to wish the injured rider a speedy and full recovery. Unfortunately, with the stoppage being a significant period of time the racing was cut short by one full block, meaning 8 races instead of 12.

A full race restart got underway for the NGR group, and Arran Powley fired his 2-stroke to the lead and would control from the front for the remainder of the race. John Hinz was consistent as ever and came home second ahead of Lee Kirkpatrick in third.

Race 2 for the NGR group seemed to be going the same way as the first with Powley leading Hinz before the leader Powley, would fall in the shade of the woods and lose the lead. Hinz would take the race win ahead of championship leader Aaron Hopkins in second, while Shane Brown came home in third.

The Group B honours were taken by Scott Claydon with a 1-1 ahead of Joshua Andrews with a 4-2. Third was John Hilton with a 2-6 finish.

In Group C the overall winner was Luke Clifton with a 1-1 ahead of Luke Reeve with a 2-3. In third was Marcus Becque with a 4-2 finish.

The next meeting at Blaxhall will be on the 15th of September for the Eastern Centre Championship.

Results

Group A

Pos	Competitor	Class	Total	r 1	r 2
1	Sam Nunn	Expert	90	45	45
2	Tom Grimshaw	Expert	86	43	43
3	Taylor Hammal	Expert	82	41	41
4	Luke Parker	Expert	78	39	39
5	Thomas Murphy	Expert	71	34	37
6	Bayliss Utting	Expert	70	35	35
7	Ben Mustoe	Expert	69	37	32
8	Benjamin Cole	Expert	67	33	34
9	Josh Vail	Expert	63	30	33
10	Callum McCaul	Expert	62	31	31
11	Liam Bennett	Expert	62	32	30
12	Benjamin Hayward	Expert	56	29	27
13	Ryan Nock	Expert	54	26	28
14	Kai Thorpe	Expert	54	28	26
15	Oliver Brader	Expert	51	27	24
16	Benjamin Parry	Expert	48	19	29
17	Connor Bunkle	Expert	46	23	23
18	Harrison Forde	Expert	45	25	20
19	James Wadsworth	Junior	41	22	19
20	Teddy Hyde	Junior	39	21	18
21	Charlie Nudds	Expert	38	24	14
22	Noah Wathen	Junior	34	17	17
23	Timothy Warnes	Expert	33	18	15
24	Mason Miller	Junior	27	11	16
25	Kieran Clarke	Expert	25	–	25
26	Oscar Knights	Junior	25	13	12
27	Jae Jeffries	Junior	25	15	10
28	Shane Lock	Expert	22	–	22
29	Joe Hall	Expert	22	9	13
30	Finley Jarvis	Expert	21	–	21
31	Oliver Brinkley	Junior	21	10	11
32	Ellis Atkins	Junior	21	12	9
33	Harry George	Junior	20	20	–
34	Teddy Howard	Junior	16	16	–
35	Benjamin Arthurton	Junior	14	14	–
36	Jack Whitlam	Junior	8	–	8

Group B

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2
1	Scott Claydon	90	45	45
2	Joshua Andrews	82	39	43
3	John Hilton	78	43	35
4	Lewis Holmes	76	35	41
5	Max Hale	76	37	39
6	Bailey Jackson	74	41	33
7	Lee Butson	68	31	37
8	Robert Bond	65	33	32
9	Cameron Parrish	62	28	34
10	Finlay Woods	57	27	30
11	Joe Scillitoe	56	25	31
12	Ty Atkins	54	29	25
13	Sidney Dawson	54	34	20
14	Aaron Saunders	53	30	23
15	James Colclough	51	22	29
16	Nathan Lock	48	21	27
17	Aidan Weston	46	20	26
18	Ethan Hayward	45	23	22
19	Henry Crawford	44	16	28
20	Oliver Champness	44	26	18
21	Ben Last	43	19	24
22	George Stark	34	17	17
23	Sam Hilton	32	32	–
24	Tavis Coulson	29	15	14
25	Marcus Cooper	29	18	11
26	Troy Brumpton	28	12	16
27	Craig Page-Baker	24	14	10
28	Charlie Starsmoore	24	24	–
29	William Mcrae	23	11	12
30	Haydn Martin	22	7	15
31	Lewis Wells	22	9	13
32	Zack Carter	21	–	21
33	Harry Sobkowiak	19	–	19
34	Zac Bowden	18	10	8
35	Shaun Tacey	15	6	9
36	Joel Doncaster	13	13	–
37	Zachary Kneller	12	5	7
38	Ben Carey	8	8	–

Group C

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2
1	Luke Clifton	90	45	45
2	Luke Reeve	84	43	41
3	Marcus Becque	82	39	43
4	Sam Whittred	80	41	39
5	Zack Kingshott	70	35	35
6	Ben Cook	68	37	31
7	Samuel Cook	67	33	34
8	Jack Williams	66	34	32
9	Sam Philpott	65	32	33
10	Finlay Whitlam	63	26	37
11	Josh Faulkner	60	30	30
12	Perry Fiddy	60	31	29
13	Shane Edwards	57	29	28
14	Peter Andrews	51	24	27
15	Hector Storey	48	27	21
16	Henry Fox	47	25	22
17	Ryan Christmas	46	22	24
18	Ky Rolfe	46	23	23
19	Darren Watts	45	20	25
20	Andrew Rooke	41	21	20
21	Ben Lamb	36	17	19
22	Tony Rooke	36	19	17
23	Benjamin Wigger	29	11	18
24	Tyreece Wells	28	28	–
25	Jake Faulkner	26	–	26
26	Nick Hunton	25	10	15
27	Jason Eaves	18	18	–
28	Scott Ramsey	16	–	16
29	Joseph Ripken	16	16	–
30	Matthew Goodger	15	15	–
31	Joel Parkin	14	14	–
32	Stuart Martin	13	13	–
33	Jack Hunton	12	12	–
34	Ryan Crump	9	9	–