Nunn tightens his grip on the 2024 Eastern Centre MX Championship with round 5 win – Race Report & Results

On Sunday, September 8th, the Halstead DMCC hosted round 5 of the ACU Eastern Centre MX championship, backed by sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore and the Norton Way Honda group. This was the club’s final meeting of the 2024 season, and it was sure to be one not to miss.

Race Report by Stefan Hicks – Images courtesy of Narna Media/Max Leveridge

There was drama from the get-go in the expert qualifying session, as Sam Nunn (John Banks Honda) had some mechanical issues and would not set a single lap, meaning he would have the last choice gate pick, giving an advantage to the rest of the pack….

In the premier class race 1, Lewis Tombs (John Banks Honda) shot out of the gate and into an early lead with fellow top 3 championship rival Luke Parker (MPM Kawasaki) a close second. Both GH Motorcycle team riders Ben Cole and Shaun Southgate would have torrid times of it on the opening laps, with Cole ending up not finishing the race. Nunn battled through the likes of Dec Whittle (Lings KTM) and Scott Aldridge but could only watch on, as the front two went bar-to-bar all race. In a drag race to the finish line, Tombs would finish first and only 0.5 of a second ahead of Parker in second and Nunn in third.

Premier class race 2 would see a much better start for Shaun Southgate, as all the big hitters were towards the front early on. Joe Leeks carried on his fine 2024 form and would look comfortable with the pace of the top 10. Luke Parker started to tumble out of the top 5 after a couple of mid-race mistakes, which would cost him some valuable points in the championship. Up stepped Sam Nunn to capitalise on this, and it was he who would take the race win ahead of Tombs and Southgate with Alldridge coming home in a solid 4th.

In the final Premier class race of the day, it was again Southgate and Tombs with storming starts, but the pace came from behind as Aldridge looked to throw a spanner in the works of this year’s championship, breezing up to the rear wheel of Tombs and making it a three-way battle for the lead. This, in turn, would allow Nunn to close the gap, but at first sight looked to be unable to make the pass. He then turned on the style and swiftly made 3 exquisite passes in succession and into the lead. Tombs gave everything to try and bounce back, but it was too late, and Nunn would take his second win of the day, Tombs over the line in second, and Aldridge would finish in third, his best result of the day.

The expert overall is going to Nunn a point better off than Tombs in second and Alldridge (riding in his first Eastern Centre meeting) in third. The Junior class overall would go to Tim Warnes, in second was Jae Jeffries and Justin Whyatt in third.

In support A, Lee Kirkpatrick took the honours with a 1-12-1, ahead of Joe Henthorn, who had a 3-1-13. In third was Jack Whitlam, who had an 11-7-2 finish.

The support B overall was won by Mark Relland with a 3-1-1 ahead of Mark Gardner with a 1-2-2, and Adam Pain in third with a 2-3-3.

In support C, it was Richard Ingram who won with a 1-1-3 finish ahead of Jason Ramsey with a 3-2-2 and Ethan Johnson in third with a 2-8-1.

The Halstead DMCC thank you for your support and look forward to welcoming you back to Wakes Colne in 2025!

Results

Experts

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Sam Nunn	70	20	25	25
2	Lewis Tombs	69	25	22	22
3	Scott Aldridge	53	15	18	20
4	Shaun Southgate	50	12	20	18
5	Luke Parker	48	22	10	16
6	Bayliss Utting	44	18	11	15
7	Declan Whittle	41	16	12	13
8	Joseph Leeks	40	14	15	11
9	Brad Woodroffe	38	13	13	12
10	Kristian Hutchings	35	11	14	10
11	Benjamin Cole	30	–	16	14
12	Simon Booth	26	8	9	9
13	William Farrow	26	10	8	8
14	Shane Lock	17	6	4	7
15	Callum McCaul	16	9	7	–
16	Connor Bunkle	13	5	6	2
17	Joe Hall	12	4	5	3
18	Finley Jarvis	11	3	3	5
19	Carl Hayward	10	2	2	6
20	Oliver Brader	7	7	–	–
21	Cullen Hawkins	4	–	–	4

Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Timothy Warnes	67	22	20	25
2	Jae Jeffries	58	25	18	15
3	Justin Whyatt	57	15	22	20
4	Jordan Andrews	48	20	12	16
5	Oliver Brinkley	47	12	25	10
6	Matthew Pope	42	4	16	22
7	Harry George	42	16	14	12
8	Christopher Lake	38	14	10	14
9	Joe Phillips	35	9	13	13
10	George Foames	31	13	–	18
11	James Taylor	29	18	11	–
12	Gareth Lane	25	6	8	11
13	George Ray	23	8	15	–
14	Harrison Fitchett	21	3	9	9
15	Reece Bevan	11	11	–	–
16	Mason Miller	10	10	–	–
17	Joshua Andrews	7	7	–	–
18	Jamie Cox	5	5	–	–

Support A

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2
1	Lee Kirkpatrick	119	45	29
2	Joseph Henthorn	114	41	45
3	Jack Whitlam	107	30	34
4	Bailey Jackson	103	35	37
5	William Giddings	102	37	31
6	Aaron Smith	98	25	32
7	Lee Keyton	97	27	41
8	Joshua Fullalove	89	23	39
9	Edward Pegram	86	39	14
10	Tom Brown	82	21	24
11	Lee Butson	80	33	23
12	Scott Claydon	78	29	19
13	Joshua Deadman	77	43	16
14	Sam Rogers	73	34	–
15	Cameron Parrish	73	22	28
16	Luke Nolan	71	28	21
17	Stanly Delany	69	14	43
18	James Gadd	68	18	30
19	Shane Brown	66	31	–
20	Will Jurgens	65	32	20
21	Edward Jary	63	17	27
22	Stephen Atkins	62	12	25
23	Harry Peck	61	26	35
24	Henry Cox	57	13	12
25	Paul Hubbard	52	9	22
26	Lewis Saunders	51	8	17
27	Lewis Holmes	47	–	33
28	Jake Cazey	45	19	26
29	Harry Sobkowiak	43	15	11
30	Callum Lake	42	11	15
31	Aaron Saunders	37	10	18
32	Jenson Whitehall	31	16	–
33	Trevor Brinkley	30	7	13
34	Ty Atkins	27	6	10
35	Max Whittley	24	24	–
36	Charlie Baker	20	20	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Mark Relland	131	41	45	45
2	Mark Gardner	131	45	43	43
3	Adam Pain	125	43	41	41
4	Aidan Weston	106	32	39	35
5	Henry Crawford	104	35	37	32
6	Luke Reeve	102	34	34	34
7	Zak Beards	96	25	32	39
8	Sam Whittred	96	26	33	37
9	Bradley Allen	95	39	35	21
10	Harry Hawes	94	37	29	28
11	Dylan Wilby	84	27	31	26
12	Craig Page-Baker	82	21	28	33
13	Joseph Mulley Forsdike	78	31	27	20
14	Josh Faulkner	75	24	26	25
15	Samuel Cook	72	20	22	30
16	Charlie Starsmoore	71	29	24	18
17	Jason Bennett	71	28	30	13
18	Ben Cook	69	19	23	27
19	Lee Faulkner	67	23	21	23
20	Jake Hicks	62	17	16	29
21	Rudi Carter	57	22	19	16
22	Dom Kay	55	14	17	24
23	Lewis Wells	55	30	25	–
24	Jake Faulkner	52	18	15	19
25	Jake Lane	45	16	18	11
26	Benjamin Barwick	42	11	14	17
27	Damian Flack	42	15	13	14
28	Kieran Dawson	35	8	12	15
29	Paul Barwick	33	10	11	12
30	Kieran Jessett	33	33	–	–
31	Jake Harvey	31	–	–	31
32	Russell Snowling	29	9	20	–
33	Troy Taylor	28	6	–	22
34	Casey Carter	13	13	–	–
35	Michael Wood	12	12	–	–
36	Robert Farrow	7	7	–	–

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Richard Ingram	131	45	45	41
2	Jason Ramsey	127	41	43	43
3	Ethan Johnson	121	43	33	45
4	Andrew Smith	117	39	39	39
5	Toby Henderson	109	31	41	37
6	Darren Watts	94	33	37	24
7	John Smith	93	28	34	31
8	Finlay Whitlam	92	22	35	35
9	Joseph Ripken	92	32	27	33
10	James Wilson-Hall	91	35	30	26
11	Robert Green	88	37	29	22
12	Geraint Hubbard	86	34	20	32
13	Ryan Christmas	85	26	32	27
14	Perry Fiddy	84	29	26	29
15	Jason Turner	82	23	31	28
16	Matthew Goodger	80	27	23	30
17	Sam Philpott	74	12	28	34
18	Jason Eaves	74	25	24	25
19	William Pooley	73	30	25	18
20	Steven Halfhide	62	20	21	21
21	Andrew Smith	57	16	22	19
22	Daniel Allen	56	17	19	20
23	Jason Spriggs	53	19	17	17
24	Jack Hunton	52	18	18	16
25	Adrian Brewer	48	15	10	23
26	Joshua Chappell	39	24	–	15
27	Nick Hunton	38	10	14	14
28	Adrian Hadman	34	8	13	13
29	Maisie Olivia Hockney	32	11	9	12
30	Connor Davison	32	6	15	11
31	Steven Catney	30	14	16	–
32	Colin Booker	29	7	12	10
33	Luke Coveney	29	9	11	9
34	Lauren Cox	21	21	–	–
35	Stephen Hood	13	13	–	–
36	Shaun Tacey	5	5	–	–