The Zak’s were on the Attack! 2023 Nora MX Quadcross and Sidecarcross Championship Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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The NORA MX Club hosted the third round of the NORA MX championships of 2023 at the West Meon track in Hampshire. It also incorporated the second round of the NORA sidecar Championship. The weather was not great in the morning, and rain in the preceding day left the track very wet and it took a while to dry out, by lunch time the mud was scraped away, and the track was dry with the sun shining all afternoon.

Report and Images by Tracy Thacker

They ran a full seven class format, with the Pro / Pro-am run as a 2-race event, with all other quad classes as a 3-race event. The NORA sidecar Championship was again well attended with a line-up of twenty teams.

Race one got underway with an early lead for John and Tony Murch with Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps just behind and Tilo Maguire with stand-in British champion passenger Dan Chamberlain held third. Behind, Tony and Scott Grahame were pushing hard to take the lead, fighting through the difficult conditions to blast into the lead and take their first win of the day. Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps held second with Tilo Maguire and Dan Chamberlain third just ahead of Jack Roger / Ryan Beavis.

In race two Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps left nothing to chance, blasting into the lead, being chased all the way by Tony and Scott Grahame who fought hard and found a way past, taking a great second win. Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps held second with a battle for third, Jack Roger and Ryan Beavis worked their way forward passing Paul Pelling/ Mike Curnow, who held fourth.

In the final race of the day, Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps were determined leading from the start going on to take the win. Tony and Scott Grahame had a slow start but were going through the field like a train picking off their rivals but didn’t catch the leading duo and settled for second, but enough points to take the overall win on the day. Jack Rogers and Ryan Beavis took another great third, just ahead of Paul Pelling / Mike Curnow in fourth. Lee Foyle and Dan Phelps still hold the championship lead, but the battles are close with Tony and Scott Grahame snapping at their heels.

In the Pro / Pro-am class, racing got underway with Under 21 rider Zak Orchard taking the lead from George Day with Jamie Morgan third but determined, he battled hard to blast into second, George Day took third from Luke Berlyn.

In Race two Dafydd Davies took the holeshot with Tom Day holding second and the Under 21 rider Chad Beevers in third. Behind Harry Walker was fighting forward but picked up a mechanical problem and headed to the pits. Chad Beevers had a great race fighting to take the lead and a brilliant win, Dafydd Davies held second with Zak Orchard taking third.

At the end of round three it is Jamie Morgan who retained the lead of the Pro championship, Marcus Sprason leads the Pro-am class.

The Masters A and B class, they had three races and each one saw great battles for the win. In race one Johnathan Mcknight took the holeshot, holding on for a great win, behind Ed Davies and Paul Winrow fought for the whole race, swapping places several times and just when it looked like Ed Davies had the advantage, Paul Winrow swooped in on the last lap and took second.

In race two it was Ed Davies who led from the start with Paul Winrow holding second throughout, but the arch-rivals were close with Paul Winrow again swooping in on the final lap to take the win. Johnathan Mcknight blasted past Greg Fisher to take third.

In the final day of the day Paul Winrow took the hold shot and lead to the flag. Ed Davies chased but held second just ahead of Johnathan Mcknight and Greg Fisher, but they both had problems in the final lap with Paul McConway swooping in to take third.

After a great day’s racing, Ed Davies still holds the championship lead. In the Masters B class Danny Gilligan had a great weekend with three class wins to secure the lead in that class.

In the 150 / 250 races it was Louie Holt who took the overall ahead of Frank Marston with Reggie Binskin was third. Jay Sams dominated the 250 Air cooled class, with Brodie North heading up the 150 Open class.

The Clubman Elite and Clubman classes raced together and also had three races. Aled Davies and Josh McKnight battled together with Aled taking two wins and moving into the lead of the Clubman Elite championship. There was strong competition in the Clubman class with Charlie Wheatley winning all three races to retain the championship lead.

The Intermediates were dominated by Morgan Junge with Brooke Bunce leading the ladies class, she currently has eight wins from the nine races.

The 50 / 100 class was well supported with Kayla George leading the 100 Auto, and Seth Balaam the 100 geared. Jayden Garrett worked hard to hold the overall win of the 50s class.

At the end of an eventful day there were lots of exhausted riders celebrating a brilliant day’s racing. The club worked tirelessly all weekend to make it a fantastic event, and we look forward to round four and five (round three for sidecars) – May 28th & 29th – Brookethorpe – GL4 0UT

Results

Sidecars

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tony Graemme/ Scott Graeme	117	40	40	37
2	Lee Foyle/ Daniel Phelps	114	37	37	40
3	Jack Roger/ Ryan Beavis	103	33	35	35
4	Paul Pelling/ Mike Curnow	94	28	33	33
5	Dan Chamberlain/ Tilo Miguire	88	35	27	26
6	Robert Oldfield/ Faye Barnes	87	29	29	29
7	Taylor Whitt/ Jake Grahame	86	27	31	28
8	Ashley Williams Dug Woods	85	26	28	31
9	Richard Gillham/ Miles Gillham	81	31	25	25
10	Adrian Hoare/ Rob Eastman	75	22	26	27
11	Jack Pattison/ Steven Pannel	73	25	24	24
12	Craig Hunter/ Ryan Henderson	69	24	22	23
13	Darren Honour/ Barry Ballard	63	21	21	21
14	Olly Peters/ Christopher Pannell	61	20	19	22
15	Steve Bazell/ Paul Silvester	58	18	20	20
16	Brian Turner/ Kelly Higgins	52	17	16	19
17	Steve Jones/ Rob Jones	37	19	18	–
18	Neil Warrington/ Cameron Winfield	33	16	17	–
19	John Murch/ Tony Murch	23	23	–	–
20	Thomas Mackay/ Luke Peters	23	–	23	–

Quads

Pro

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Zak Orchard (U21)	75	40	35
2	Jamie Morgan	70	37	33
3	Chad Beevers U21	67	27	40
4	George Day	66	35	31
5	Dafydd Davies	61	24	37
6	Carl Bunce	59	31	28
7	Tom Day	58	29	29
8	Luke Berlyn U21	58	33	25
9	Harry Walker	54	28	26
10	Jack Naylor	52	25	27
11	James Bevan	26	26	–
12	Alfie Walker U21	23	23	–
13	Lestyn Rolands	22	22	–

Pro-AM

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Zak Beevers U21	72	37	35
2	Marcus Sprason U21	69	29	40
3	George Oliver U21	65	40	25
4	Kieran Marriott (Rookie) U21	64	33	31
5	Scott Berlyn U21	63	26	37
6	Craig Fisher	62	35	27
7	Ryan Walters (Rookie)	60	31	29
8	lewis Painter (Rookie) U21	55	27	28
9	Daniel Scott Evans (Rookie)	54	28	26
10	Dylan Mckenna U21	33	–	33

Masters A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Paul Winrow	117	37	40	40
2	Edward Davies	109	35	37	37
3	Johnathan Mcknight	102	40	33	29
4	Chris Keitch	97	33	31	33
5	Paul McConway	93	29	29	35
6	Greg Fisher	91	28	35	28
7	Keith Harden	84	25	28	31
8	Mark Stepney	79	27	25	27
9	Geoff Otway	73	21	26	26
10	Matthew Kirk	72	23	24	25
11	Richard Clark	58	31	27	–
12	David Hull	48	24	–	24
13	John Hall	48	26	22	–
14	Clint Eagle	45	22	23	–
15	Jason Wildman	20	20	–	–

Masters B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Danny Gilligan	120	40	40	40
2	Christopher Gyles (V)	101	35	29	37
3	Jason Hall	101	33	35	33
4	James Lees	97	37	31	29
5	Simon Prichard	96	28	37	31
6	Gareth Walters	87	31	28	28
7	Stumpy Lawrence (V)	86	26	25	35
8	Karl Pilcher	81	27	27	27
9	Russ Wells	77	25	26	26
10	Mark Moseley (V)	62	29	33	–
11	Ashley Willis	24	24	–	–

Clubman Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Aled Davies	113	40	33	40
2	Josh McKnight	112	35	40	37
3	Harry Koller	101	37	37	27
4	David Marriott	99	33	31	35
5	Lewis Humphris	95	29	35	31
6	Will Mead	93	31	29	33
7	Luke Brown	83	26	28	29
8	Harry Grant	82	28	26	28
9	Catrin Davies	78	27	27	24
10	Alfie Pennington	74	23	25	26
11	Jack Evans	73	25	23	25
12	Laurence Stopps	71	24	24	23

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Charlie Wheatley	120	40	40	40
2	Zac Hull	111	37	37	37
3	Charlie Enticknap	97	29	33	35
4	Benjamin Woodhead	97	33	31	33
5	Nicole Lowry	95	35	29	31
6	Oliver Martin	62	27	35	–
7	Cameron Wildman	58	31	27	–
8	Kai Bradbury	56	28	28	–

Intermediates

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Morgan Junge	117	37	40	40
2	Harry Terrell	102	28	37	37
3	Josh Morris	93	23	35	35
4	James Scott	90	31	28	31
5	Heyden Stanton	88	35	27	26
6	Jason Dickins	88	40	26	22
7	Chris Thorn	86	33	25	28
8	Paul Needham	82	29	29	24
9	Ethan Williams	78	27	24	27
10	Charlie Eaton	76	24	33	19
11	Ewan Packman	74	25	20	29
12	Richard Murphy	69	26	22	21
13	Bradley Stanton	64	–	31	33
14	Sam Chappel	46	–	21	25
15	Simon Pilsworth	45	22	–	23
16	Gary Piper	43	–	23	20

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Brooke Bunce (L)	117	37	40	40
2	Chloe Keitch (L)	114	40	37	37
3	Carly Sewell (L)	105	35	35	35
4	Amelia Mead (L)	95	29	33	33
5	Grace Keitch	93	33	29	31
6	Amy Naylor (L)	91	31	31	29

250 Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Louie Holt (O)	80	40	–	40
2	Frank Marston (O)	72	37	–	35
3	Reggie Binskin (O)	66	35	–	31
4	Connor Yates (O)	64	31	–	33
5	Lara Logan (O)	62	33	–	29
6	Ellie Stott (O)	37	–	–	37

250 Air Cooled

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jay Sams (A)	77	37	–	40
2	Shane Havard Evans (A)	75	40	–	35
3	Seth Terrell (A)	70	33	–	37
4	Samuel-James Tatler (A)	66	35	–	31
5	Georgia Binskin (A)	64	31	–	33
6	Ella Walters (A)	58	29	–	29
7	Josh Smart (A)	56	28	–	28
8	Abbie Eaton (A)	27	–	–	27

150 Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Brodie North	80	40	–	40
2	Malachy McKenna	72	37	–	35
3	Ella Robe	66	35	–	31
4	Amelia Talent	37	–	–	37
5	Keian Willis	33	–	–	33

100cc Auto

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Kayla George (A)	109	40	40	29
2	Louie Garrett (A)	107	35	35	37
3	Owain Lewis (A)	103	26	37	40
4	Dexter Griffin (A)	99	37	29	33
5	Vinnie Harper (A)	94	28	31	35
6	Bentley Don Garrett (A)	93	33	33	27
7	Danny Harper (A)	90	31	28	31
8	Cameron Lees (A)	82	27	27	28
9	Brooke North (A)	29	29	–	–

100cc Geared

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Seth Balaam (G)	120	40	40	40
2	Beatrix Drinkwater (G)	105	35	33	37
3	Rhys Williams (G)	103	33	35	35
4	Shay McKenna (G)	101	31	37	33
5	Beau Terrell (G)	99	37	31	31

50cc

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jayden Garrett (A)	117	37	40	40
2	Erin Mansell (50)	110	40	33	37
3	Harry Barker bLU cRU(50)	101	33	35	33
4	Macson Lorton (50)	101	35	37	29
5	Hunter Griffin bLU cRU(50)	93	29	29	35
6	Tyler Willcock bLU cRU(50)	93	31	31	31
7	Gracie-Anne Blythe (50)	82	26	28	28
8	Oliver Willsher bLU cRU(50)	81	28	27	26
9	Hugo Griffin bLU cRU(50)	80	27	26	27