Perfect Pratley goes unbeaten! 2024 UK EVO MX Championship Finale – Race Report & Results

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Back on the weekend of September 28th & 29th, the UK Evo Mx team ran their final round of the 2024 Championships at Ford in Wiltshire. Many other meetings had been cancelled because of the wet, but not the UK Evo team; they were to persevere and really worked hard to run this event and on Friday night, seventy per cent of the track was scraped to remove the wet lying on the top and what a good job they had done as the track was in prime condition to produce some excellent racing on both days, but unfortunately because of two incidents on the Saturday they could only run two blocks of racing with a further two blocks on the Sunday.

Race Report and Images by Dave Rich

Before racing commenced on the Saturday all riders were welcomed to do a lap of honour which was well supported in Memory of Bristol Motorcycle dealer Nigel Meredith who sadly lost his battle against illness just days before the meeting.

Aaron Colley denied Luke Dean a clean sweep of wins in the Evo 125 class

In the Evo 125 class, it was Luke Dean who took the overall at the end of the weekend, but he was up against it, especially in the third race, as Aaron Colley was to get the better of Dean mid-race, which denied Dean a clean sweep of wins with Colley taking second overall and Daryl Bolter taking third overall.

First Corner action in the Evo 125 class

In the Pre 83 125’s, there was no stopping Matt Nash, who took a clean sweep of wins. However, it was a battle to see who was going to take second overall, which went right down to the last race between Jordan Hands and Graham Cross. Although they ended the weekend tied on points, by virtue of Hands beating Cross in the last race, he took second overall.

Matt Nash was in fine form in the Pre 83 125 class

The 250 Evo class was fast as usual, and setting the early pace in the opening race was Jamie Skuse, who looked set to take the opening race by some margin, but Skuse was to come to a halt halfway through the race when his earth wire came off which gave him a Dnf and taking the win was Jamie Smith from James Kensington and Rory Merchant. Skuse had the early lead in the second moto before Smith took over on the opening lap and tried to get away from Skuse, who was right in his wheel marks all through the race until the last lap when Skuse piled on the pressure, and it worked as he managed to force Smith into a slight mistake and Skuse shot through and took the win from Smith with Kensington third. The third race saw Smith hit the front from the off from Merchant with Skuse in third, who was soon to get past Merchant, but he had no answer to Smith in this one as Smith went on untroubled to take a comfortable win with Skuse second and third was Merchant. The last race was abit of a procession as Skuse led from the off and literally raced away to take the Chequered flag ahead of Smith and Kensington. Smith took the overall from Kensington, with Merchant ending up third overall.

No 600 Jamie Skuse and No 26 Jamie Smith battling it out in the Evo 250 class

In the Evo 500 class there was only one winner at the end of the weekend and that was Nigel Kibble on his Cr Honda who won all four races with the Kx Kawasaki of James Price taking second overall and third overall went to Scott Faulkner.

The Vets Evo Over 45’s class saw a fine display of riding again from a legend in the past in the shape of Craig Pratley, who took all four race wins to give him the overall with another name from years ago in the shape of Danny Smyth with a hattrick of second place finishes taking second overall with third overall going to Dean Warren who was out on a 250 who finished third in all three races.

In the Vets Evo Over 60’s class, there was a win each for both Glyn Morton and Greg Cox on the Saturday with Cox winning both races on the Sunday, but at the end of the meeting, it was consistency which was to give Morton the overall from Cox with Vince Crawley with a scorecard of 4,2,3,3 taking third overall.

Nigel Kibble took all four race wins in the Evo 500 class

The Super Evo Under 40’s class saw Chuck Davies win both races on the Saturday and the opening race on Sunday, but not the best of last races which was won by Ross Millard. However, Davies still took the overall from Bradley Doyle with Jack Seaborne taking third overall. In contrast, in the Super Evo Over 40’s class, it was Matt Coles who took the overall with three wins and a third with James Baker who took the other win to add to his consistency in the other races, taking second overall and third overall was to go to Nathan Davies. The Super Evo Over 50’s class saw the Kx 500 Kawasaki of Steve Wells win the opening three races of the weekend only to be beaten in the last race by Wildman Willis, but it was Wells who was the overall winner from Willis with Cornishman Mark Roberts with three consistent rides taking third overall.

In the Twinshock Under 50’s class, it was the big 604 Ktm of Ben Dyer who was to dominate the proceedings, winning all four races with Matthew Gurke taking second overall and Lee Witt third overall, whereas in the Over 50’s class, it was Neil Midgley who won the opening race on Saturday from James Reeves, but Reeves was to win the other three races to give him the overall from Midgley with Kevin Allen with four third-place finishes on his 560 Ktm taking third overall.

Liam Gale was to dominate the Modern 2-Stroke Under 50’s class

The Modern 2-Stroke Under 50’s Class was to produce some good racing with some close battles at the front but there was no one who was going to stop Liam Gale, who was to take the overall after winning all four races with second overall going to Aaron Padstone ahead of Harrison McCann who took third overall and in the Over 50’s 2-Stroke class Terry House was a runaway winner in all four races to take the overall with Gareth Dunsford taking second overall with a 2,2,2,2 scorecard and taking third overall was the Mas Sport Ktm of Scott Senter who finished third in all the races.

Results

EVO 125

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	LUKE DEAN	394	100	94	100	100
2	AARON COLLEY	382	94	100	94	94
3	DARYL BOLTER	356	90	86	90	90
4	ARCHIE HICKS	332	82	82	86	82
5	MATT COLES	304	74	74	78	78
6	NEIL LONG	280	66	66	74	74
7	GUY LEDDY	264	62	62	70	70
8	JORDAN BARRS	258	86	90	82	–
9	NATHAN TOMLIN	246	60	58	62	66
10	DARREN BANWELL	242	78	78	–	86
11	CARL BROOKFIELD	184	58	60	66	–
12	BEN HARRISON	140	70	70	–	–
13	LEWIS ROSSER	122	–	–	60	62
14	RYAN PRICE	112	56	56	–	–

250 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	JAMIE SMITH	388	100	94	100	94
2	JAMES KENSINGTON	360	94	90	86	90
3	RORY MERCHANT	352	90	86	90	86
4	KYLE PROCTOR	332	86	82	82	82
5	JAKE CHAMBERLAIN	316	82	78	78	78
6	SCOTT ALLEN	300	78	74	74	74
7	JAMIE SKUSE	294	–	100	94	100
8	WILLIAM STEEDS	144	74	70	–	–

500 Evo

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	NIGEL KIBBLE	400	100	100	100	100
2	JAMES PRICE	368	94	86	94	94
3	SCOTT FAULKNER	360	86	94	90	90
4	JAMES TEENAN	336	82	82	86	86
5	NICKY JONES	262	90	90	82	–

Vets Evo Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	CRAIG PRATLEY	400	100	100	100	100
2	DANNY SMYTH	376	94	94	94	94
3	DEAN WARREN	360	90	90	90	90
4	MARTYN TUCKER	344	86	86	86	86
5	GARY CHAPPELL	312	78	74	82	78
6	JONATHAN BRIGGS	288	66	70	78	74
7	Daniel Gould	276	70	78	66	62
8	MIKE WHEELER	274	74	60	70	70
9	MARK HUTCHINSON	258	44	82	74	58
10	BARRY HIRST	248	62	58	62	66
11	MARTIN KING	230	82	66	–	82
12	GARETH WILLIAMS	224	58	52	60	54
13	SEAN RENVOIZE	200	50	46	54	50
14	DC WILLIAMS	158	56	50	–	52
15	ANTHONY HALL	144	48	44	52	–
16	MARTIN HUMPHRIES	138	46	42	50	–
17	PHIL HUNT	118	–	–	58	60
18	JAMES PATON	116	60	56	–	–
19	VINCE LARCOMBE	112	–	–	56	56
20	WARREN CLIFTON	108	54	54	–	–
21	NATHAN KENNEDY	100	52	48	–	–
22	JOHN HOLMES	62	–	62	–	–

Vets Evo Over 60

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	GLYN MORETON	382	94	100	94	94
2	GREG COX	370	100	70	100	100
3	VINCE CRAWLEY	360	86	94	90	90
4	DUNCAN CHILDS	348	90	86	86	86
5	STEVE FEWS	324	74	90	78	82
6	MARK TILZEY	316	78	82	82	74
7	JOHN BENNETT	296	70	74	74	78
8	ROB JAMES	272	66	66	70	70
9	JOHN RYALL	256	62	62	66	66
10	DAVE ELLIOTT	244	60	60	62	62
11	CHRISTOPHER DOWNING	178	–	58	60	60
12	GRAHAM CHALLIS	160	82	78	–	–

Super Evo Under 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	CHUCK DAVIES	360	100	100	100	60
2	BRADLEY DOYLE	344	94	94	86	70
3	JACK SEABORNE	324	86	90	66	82
4	JORDAN OWEN	308	78	70	70	90
5	TYE BARRS	306	90	86	94	36
6	CARL LUKE	304	82	74	74	74
7	JAMIE SCOTT	280	38	78	78	86
8	LEE BROWN	262	58	66	60	78
9	BEN PRATT	252	66	62	62	62
10	BRADLEY CLARKE	250	60	82	58	50
11	KURT RICHARDSON	240	62	56	56	66
12	SAM MERCER	222	52	60	52	58
13	TOBY HEAD	220	56	58	50	56
14	ROSS MILLARD	214	–	32	82	100
15	HANNAH WINBOURNE	212	50	54	54	54
16	JORDAN BARRS	184	–	–	90	94
17	JAKE HUMPHREYS	184	48	48	48	40
18	JORD MILLS	180	44	46	44	46
19	MACAULEY QUINNEY	166	40	42	42	42
20	BRAD LANE	160	42	40	40	38
21	JAK DINSLEY	158	70	44	–	44
22	JAYDEN ABBINK	154	54	52	–	48
23	DANIEL DAVIES	148	–	50	46	52
24	DAVE ANTHONY	144	74	34	36	–
25	TALLON SPARROW	108	36	–	38	34
26	KIERAN EVANS	84	46	38	–	–
27	BILLY ELVIN	70	34	36	–	–

Super Evo Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	MATT COLES	390	100	100	90	100
2	JAMES BAKER	378	94	94	100	90
3	NATHAN DAVIES	340	90	62	94	94
4	STEPHEN HURST	328	82	78	82	86
5	KIRK BAYNTON	328	78	90	78	82
6	CRAIG DOWDING	324	86	74	86	78
7	DAVID CLACK	268	70	70	62	66
8	ROBERT MILLS	230	–	82	74	74
9	TIM PEARCE	230	74	86	70	–
10	GUY LANGMEAD	202	–	66	66	70

Super Evo Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	STEVE WELLS	394	100	100	100	94
2	WILDMAN WILLIS	378	94	90	94	100
3	MARK ROBERTS	364	90	94	90	90
4	MAX HENDY	344	86	86	86	86
5	JEFF LEWIS	300	62	82	78	78
6	DAVID BOSWELL-JONES	280	78	74	58	70
7	BRAD DAVEY	276	70	66	66	74
8	JAMIE WINBOURNE	272	74	62	70	66
9	JON PINKNEY	248	66	58	62	62
10	STEVE SPARROW	246	82	–	82	82
11	NIGEL DAVIES	240	60	60	60	60
12	JASON JENNER	218	58	56	52	52
13	JAMIE GARDNER	204	36	54	56	58
14	NICK PRITCHETT	202	48	48	50	56
15	JEREMY TOOTH	190	46	46	48	50
16	PAUL ROGERS	184	50	44	42	48
17	MARTIN WALTERS	174	42	42	46	44
18	RUSSELL HURST	170	40	40	44	46
19	GRAHAM JONES	144	–	70	74	–
20	MARK DAVIES	116	38	38	40	–
21	KEVIN NASH	108	–	–	54	54
22	DARREN BUNDOCK	108	56	52	–	–
23	COLIN BOYLES	104	54	50	–	–
24	SIMON KLEMIS	88	52	36	–	–
25	RAY CHIVERS	78	–	78	–	–
26	MATTHEW HILLIER	44	44	–	–	–

Twinshock Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	BEN DYER	400	100	100	100	100
2	MATTHEW GURKE	282	–	94	94	94
3	LEE WITT	180	–	90	90	–

Twinshock Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	JAMES REEVES	386	86	100	100	100
2	NEIL MIDGLEY	382	100	94	94	94
3	KEVIN ALLEN	360	90	90	90	90
4	MARK GLEADHILL	94	94	–	–	–

Pre 83 125’s

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	MATT NASH	400	100	100	100	100
2	JORDAN HANDS	352	90	86	82	94
3	GRAHAM CROSS	352	82	90	90	90
4	DAVE RUSSELL	328	86	78	78	86
5	JAKE CHAMBERLAIN	282	94	94	94	–
6	TAYLER LEVETT	242	74	82	86	–
7	ALF BURNS	152	78	74	–	–

WME Pre 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	MATT NASH	400	100	100	100	100
2	JORDAN HANDS	352	90	86	82	94
3	GRAHAM CROSS	352	82	90	90	90
4	DAVE RUSSELL	328	86	78	78	86
5	JAKE CHAMBERLAIN	282	94	94	94	–
6	TAYLER LEVETT	242	74	82	86	–
7	ALF BURNS	152	78	74	–	–

Modern Under 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	LIAM GALE	400	100	100	100	100
2	AARON PATSTONE	372	94	94	90	94
3	HARRISON MCCANN	364	90	90	94	90
4	KRIS AYRES	324	82	86	82	74
5	TONY GRIFFITHS	296	74	66	78	78
6	JASON WILLIAMS	288	78	74	74	62
7	JOSH HERBERT	284	70	78	66	70
8	JAMES HERRING	264	66	70	62	66
9	DAN BARTLETT	242	62	60	60	60
10	JOSHUA SENTER	230	60	58	54	58
11	CULLEN SCOTT	218	–	62	70	86
12	OLIVER HURST	216	50	56	58	52
13	CAMERON JACKSON	212	54	52	50	56
14	JACK SIMCOCK	208	48	50	56	54
15	JAKE MOULD	192	52	44	46	50
16	HARRY NOAKES	178	46	42	48	42
17	OLLIE CUMBER	176	42	46	44	44
18	LIAM KNIGHT	168	–	–	86	82
19	BRENDAN GRIFFITHS	164	58	54	52	–
20	MATT BENNETT	158	40	38	42	38
21	CALLUM HURST	156	44	40	32	40
22	LUKE CUMBER	154	34	32	40	48
23	CHAD EVANSSAMUEL	146	38	36	36	36
24	BEN MASON	138	36	34	34	34
25	PATRICK WILLIAMS	108	20	28	30	30
26	HARRY KNOWLES	108	26	26	28	28
27	OLIVER WHITEHEAD	104	28	24	26	26
28	SAMUEL TRINDER	92	24	20	24	24
29	Ross Millard	86	86	–	–	–
30	BEN LANGLEY	84	–	–	38	46
31	TOM LYONS	84	30	22	–	32
32	– 12378826 –	82	–	82	–	–
33	BEN GRIFFITHS	80	32	48	–	–
34	THOMAS CASBEARD	56	56	–	–	–
35	MASON EVETT	52	22	30	–	–

Modern Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3	r 4
1	TERRY HOUSE	400	100	100	100	100
2	GARETH DUNSFORD	376	94	94	94	94
3	SCOTT SENTER	360	90	90	90	90
4	DARREN KENINGTON	340	82	86	86	86
5	BRUCE GARSIDE	308	78	74	78	78
6	MATTHEW COLLEY	284	50	70	82	82
7	SEAN DOYLE	256	60	56	66	74
8	ALEX LUCKES	250	66	54	70	60
9	DAVE YARDLEY	238	52	46	74	66
10	BRENDAN CORR	224	48	52	62	62
11	MATT DYKE	210	46	48	60	56
12	BARRY HOLBROOK	204	44	44	58	58
13	ANDY STATHAM	176	38	34	52	52
14	DARREN HALL	172	36	36	50	50
15	JEFF EVANS	168	86	82	–	–
16	RICHARD EVANS	152	74	78	–	–
17	KEITH CHANDLER	146	–	38	54	54
18	JOHN HOLMES	132	70	62	–	–
19	JEREMY TIMMS	126	–	–	56	70
20	SIMON MOLTER	120	54	66	–	–
21	NICK CARTER	118	58	60	–	–
22	ANDREW BOWLES	114	56	58	–	–
23	JUSTIN CARTER	112	62	50	–	–
24	MARCUS BARNES	84	42	42	–	–
25	MARTIN ARCHER	80	40	40	–	–