Thornhill & Adamson the Masters of 2021! Bridgestone British Masters Finale – Race Report, Results & Final Standings

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Dan Thornhill on Cab Screens Crescent Yamaha proved the consistency win’s championships as last weekend he won the Bridgestone British Masters for 2021 without winning a race all year.

Report and Images by Dick Law

As Thornhill did his thing in the Pro MX1’s, John Adamson riding a Gabriel KTM clinched the Pro MX2 championship with a race in hand.
But the two Pro races at this fifth and final round of the championship were set alight by the wildcard riders PAR Homes Husqvarna pairing Evgeny Bobryshev and Josh Gilbert as the pair shared the Pro class win’s and second places were in a class of their own.

All the championship classes were hard-fought, with some going to the final lap of the year’s last race. Luckily for the hard-working series organisers, the heavy forecast rain didn’t arrive. Still, some showers overnight made for a somewhat soggy track when the Pro riders lined up for qualifying first thing Sunday, but as the track dried out, it became a bit one liney.

As the gate dropped for the first combined Pro MX1 and MX2 race Gilbert got the holeshot from championship contender Thornhill with Bobryshev in third. But before the end of the lap, Bobryshev was into second, and the two fast PAR Homes riders started to pull further and further away from the rest of the pack, who were disputing the championship win.

For the rest of the eleven-lap race, Bobryshev did all he could to get past his teammate and snatch the win. But, with the drying track and the number of races before the Pro’s went out, passing was a problem.

Josh Spinks found away passed Thornhill for third on lap two as the top four finished in that order.

Adamson was riding with a damaged knee and is waiting for surgery and was planning to do just enough to clinch the Pro MX2 championship and gated fifth, the first MX2 rider, and spent all race in the position. This result was more than enough to make him this year’s champion, with a race spare. However, he didn’t participate in the day’s second Pro race to save his knee from further damage.
Thornhill’s main championship rival, Brad Todd (Moto-cycle Yamaha), didn’t get the start he wanted and rounded the first turn in tenth place. He made it up to sixth before a small off dropped him back to eighth at the end of the race, making winning the championship an uphill struggle.

Sam Nunn (RHR Yamaha) started the race in seventh, but second MX2 rider. He took full advantage of Todd’s crash on lap eight and passed Tom Grimshaw (Chambers Husqvarna) on the last lap for sixth on the track but the second MX2.

Before the start of the second and last Pro race of the year, all Thornhill needed to do was finish seventh or higher to clinch the Pro MX1 championship, but as the gate fell, Thornhill stalled his Yamaha and put him to the back of the field with a mountain to climb.

Bobryshev got the holeshot from Gilbert, Spinks and Todd, and that was the order they finished. Mind you, Bobryshev and Gilbert finished over a minute and a quarter in front of Spinks and Todd.

Thornhill was eighth by the end of the first lap and finished fifth and was chased over the finish line by Grimshaw. But he had done enough for the championship win.

Nunn was the first of the MX2’s at the start in sixth, but a slip off on the last lap allowed Callum Mitchell, from fourteenth place to eighth on the track, but first MX2 home.

Overall, in the MX1’s, it was Bobryshev from Gilbert, Spinks and Thornhill, but in the MX2’s, it was Nunn from Yates, Collings and Kessel.
“It’s been a great year, and it’s nice to get this championship for myself and the team,” said new Pro MX2 champion John Adamson, “They have put a lot of hard work into the team, and it’s nice to give something back. This year I have improved by the team giving me a great bike and the support that goes with it, and on my training side, I have had Dave Dougan helping me. He has really stepped it up for me, both physically and mentally.”New Pro MX1 champion Thornhill said, “It’s been a rough couple of years leading up to this. This year is a step in the right direction for me. Last year was OK, but Covid made it an even shorter year. I have not always been the fastest rider out there, but I have always been towards the front, and this has brought about this result. You always have to be in it to win it, so they say”.

Only four points separated the first two places at the top of the amateur MX1 class. Race two winner George Clarke took the overall from wildcard rider Corey Hockey second as mistakes robbed other riders from podium places. Mark Young had two wins and a second, but a DNF in race two dropped him down to fifth overall. Likewise, a troubled first race spoilt Tyrone Cleaver challenge for the win as he scored a third, second and ended his weekend with a win for fourth overall.

Aaron Patstone finished the weekend in eleventh place overall, but that was enough to make him the 2021 amateur MX1 champion.
The battle for the amateur MX2 was all about the Jones’s. Alfie Jones had three race wins and a second-place for the overall for the last round but, as a result, won the championship, while Rory Jones won the race that Alfie didn’t and chased him over the finish line in two of the other three. But this gave him second in the championship.

Four wins from four starts for wildcard rider Tallon Aspden in the clubman class, but fifth overall over the weekend, Mark Kinsley won the championship.

Luke Dean won all four of the 125cc two-stroke races for a maximum, while second overall, Troy Willerton won the championship by fifteen points from Jordan Bachelor.

With three wins and a second-place wildcard rider, Bayliss Utting won the MXY2’s from Jack Lindsay and Max Lewis. Ben Clark had a terrible day and finished eleventh overall, but luckily, he had enough points to clinch the 2021 MXY2 championship by a massive hundred and twelve points from Lewis and Kayde Rayns.

Before the start of the big wheel 85’s, it was tight between Billy Askew and Tyler Hooley for the championship. But Hooley was behind and had to go all out to snatch the win from Askew. Hooley won two of his races and finished second in the other two for the overall. But Askew played it smart and was never out of the top three for second overall, and with it won the championship by fourteen points.

You must feel sorry for Reece Jones. He was on the perfect championship till race three of the last round. He had won every small wheel 85 race up until then but was beaten by Jamie Keith. However, he won the last race making it 19 wins from 20 starts. Jamie Keith was second on the weekend, with Freddie Gardiner third. Drew Stock was second to Jones in the championship, with Chester Hyde third.

It was tight at the top of the junior 65’s, but then again, it’s been like that all year as Alfie Geddes-Green and Robbie Daly have been exchanging wins and second places at every round. But, in the end, Geddes-Green, with two wins, a second and a fourth, won the weekends overall from race one and three, winner Daly as the pair finished on level points. But in the championship, Daly won by just twenty-three makes from Geddes-Green. Joel Winstanley-Dawson was third at the weekend and third in the championship.

And that’s it for another year. Registration is already open for next year, with some classes already almost full.

Results

Pro MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Evgeny Bobryshev	88	43	45
2	Josh Gilbert	88	45	43
3	Josh Spinks	82	41	41
4	Dan Thornhill	76	39	37
5	Brad Todd	74	35	39
6	Tom Grimshaw	72	37	35
7	Drew Anderson	67	33	34
8	Charlie Putnam	65	32	33
9	Richard McKeown	65	34	31
10	Simon Booth	61	31	30
11	Gavin Stevenson	32	–	32

Final championship positions:
1 Thornhill 396, 2 Todd 385, 3 Knight 338, 4 Booth 316, 5 McKeown 312, 6 Anderson 267, 7 Putnam 263, 8 Stevenson 248, 9 Spinks 197, 10 Genge 183.

Pro MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2
1	Sam Nunn	86	43	43
2	Robert Yates	82	41	41
3	Adam Collings	78	39	39
4	Louie Kessel	74	37	37
5	Michael Ellis	70	35	35
6	John Adamson	45	45	–
7	Callum Mitchell	45	–	45
8	Howard Wainwright	34	34	–

Final championship positions:
1 Adamson 391, 2 Ellis 351, 3 Yates 322, 4 Hall 274, 5 Kessel 251, 6 Nunn 224, 7 Wainwright 195, 8 Hague 164, 9 Grimshaw 145, 10 Collings 137.

Amateur MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	George Clarke	162	43	45	33	41
2	Corey Hockey (w)	158	41	43	39	35
3	Benjamin Knight	142	35	29	41	37
4	Tyrone Cleaver (W)	138	9	41	43	45
5	Mark Young (w)	133	45	–	45	43
6	James Rutter(w)	128	33	34	29	32
7	Harry Bradley	125	37	19	30	39
8	Rob Wood	121	31	37	22	31
9	Frazer Gardiner (w)	119	29	28	34	28
10	Aiden Maloney	116	34	32	23	27
11	Aaron Patstone	112	39	39	–	34
12	Mitch Best (w)	112	23	31	32	26
13	Brad Thornhill	107	27	20	35	25
14	Kyle Creevy	106	28	23	31	24
15	Matt Dowse (w)	99	22	26	28	23
16	Ross Millard	97	19	33	27	18
17	Kieran Clarke	92	30	25	37	–
18	Alex Christopher(w)	90	20	30	21	19
19	Billy Collins(w)	88	32	27	–	29
20	Matt Wood	87	25	18	24	20
21	Scott Aldridge (w)	83	18	35	–	30
22	Connor Dickens	81	21	21	17	22
23	Sam Gabriel (w)	71	26	24	–	21
24	James Day	69	16	17	19	17
25	Lewis O’Sullivan	63	10	–	20	33
26	Elliott Reeves (w)	62	17	16	13	16
27	Lee Clarkson (w)	61	24	11	26	–
28	Dan Best	60	15	14	16	15
29	Matty Fry (w)	57	13	15	15	14
30	Lee Randall-Smith (w)	56	12	13	18	13
31	Stevie Edmonds (w)	49	11	12	14	12
32	Matt Lomas	47	–	22	25	–
33	Edward Briscoe	14	14	–	–	–

Final championship positions:
1 Patstone 806, 2 Clarke 786, 3 Bradley 668, 4 Knight 625, 5 Briscoe 606, 6 Wood 597, 7 Thornhill 576, 8 Millard 544, 9 Maloney 511, 10 Creevy 498.

Amateur MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alfie Jones	178	45	43	45	45
2	Rory Jones	170	43	45	43	39
3	Aaron Ongley	164	41	39	41	43
4	Dan Brough	160	39	41	39	41
5	Todd Ritchie	138	34	34	33	37
6	Luke Kennett (w)	137	37	29	37	34
7	Thomas Dodsworth (W)	129	35	33	32	29
8	Mitchell Warhurst	125	20	35	35	35
9	Jesse Wren	122	32	32	34	24
10	Dee Jay Walker	120	26	30	31	33
11	Ben Burridge	120	30	28	30	32
12	Bailey Betsworth	114	29	25	29	31
13	Ben Gillet (w)	110	31	24	25	30
14	Arnis Paberzs (w)	109	28	27	27	27
15	Sam Bishop (W)	108	27	31	24	26
16	Jake Marsh	102	25	26	26	25
17	Josh Greedy (w)	100	23	21	28	28
18	Jake Hall (w)	91	22	23	23	23
19	Kris Ayres (W)	70	33	37	–	–
20	Daniel Warby	68	24	22	22	–
21	Thomas Evans (W)	21	21	–	–	–

Final championship positions:
1 A Jones 825, 2 R Jones 812, 3 Brough 747, 4 Burridge 618, 5 Warhurst 607, 6 Betsworth 495, 7 King-London 481, 8 Wren 472, 9 Walker 466, 10 Ritchie 436.

Clubman

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tallon Aspden (w)	180	45	45	45	45
2	Adam Paxton	153	43	28	41	41
3	James Thompson	145	41	32	29	43
4	Scott Alymore	143	27	43	43	30
5	Mark Kinsley	141	39	34	39	29
6	Matthew Fuller (w)	137	37	39	33	28
7	Mitchil Collins	130	33	37	28	32
8	Joe Sargent	128	34	35	35	24
9	Max Wood	122	32	29	30	31
10	Joshua Lee Young (w)	120	31	33	21	35
11	Jack Loveridge	109	24	25	27	33
12	Aidan Carney	107	28	18	34	27
13	Rory Wooton (w)	106	14	23	32	37
14	Elliott Pugh (w)	103	25	41	37	–
15	Richard Evans	94	21	30	18	25
16	Josh Watson-Bailey	93	29	31	17	16
17	Steven Lennie	89	15	27	24	23
18	Matt Jones	86	–	26	26	34
19	Mitch Brooks (w)	82	23	24	23	12
20	Liam Jones (w)	81	5	6	31	39
21	Jacob Bell	81	22	22	19	18
22	Scott Isherwood	77	18	12	25	22
23	Stuart Perry	73	17	14	16	26
24	Connor Tingle (W)	73	30	17	5	21
25	Alex Harvey (w)	64	35	21	8	–
26	Connor Barnett (w)	56	13	19	4	20
27	Curtis Henderson (w)	54	20	20	14	–
28	Jamie Isherwood-Birkett	50	11	8	12	19
29	Robert Williams	49	8	9	15	17
30	Josh Ithell	47	10	15	22	–
31	Kevin McBride	47	16	11	20	–
32	Luke Jenkinson (w)	45	19	13	13	–
33	Dean Paling	43	9	10	9	15
34	Tod Thompson	41	26	5	10	–
35	Fion Thomas (w)	31	7	4	7	13
36	Charlie Sutton	30	12	7	11	–
37	Phil West (w)	23	–	3	6	14
38	James Benson	16	–	16	–	–
39	Chris Elcock (w)	6	6	–	–	–

Final championship positions:
1 Kinsley 591, 2 Wood 562, 3 Collins 524, 4 Jones 524, 5 Almore 501, 6 Thompson 483, 7 Sargent 480, 8 Bell 442, 9 Watson-Bailey 406, 10 Carney 403.

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Luke Dean(w)	180	45	45	45	45
2	Troy Willerton	161	41	43	43	34
3	Jordan Bachelor	148	39	37	31	41
4	Rob Barney	144	35	35	39	35
5	Mckenzie Marshall (w)	141	37	32	35	37
6	Bradley Doyle	141	34	33	41	33
7	James Barker	134	30	39	33	32
8	Joe Brookes (w)	127	43	41	–	43
9	Arai Elcock	126	25	28	34	39
10	Archie Hicks	124	33	30	30	31
11	Tye Jones	117	29	26	37	25
12	Fin Wilson (w)	115	28	29	29	29
13	Ashton Barlow (w)	115	32	31	24	28
14	Luke Newman	114	31	24	32	27
15	Danny Tollet (W)	105	26	27	26	26
16	Richy Roberts (w)	98	24	25	25	24
17	Hayden Stevens	97	18	22	27	30
18	Henry Siddiqui (w)	89	27	34	28	–
19	Liam Deegan	84	20	21	22	21
20	Tom Daniels	82	21	18	20	23
21	Harrison Jepson (W)	81	19	19	21	22
22	Robert Storer	65	22	20	23	–
23	Dan Arkell	46	23	23	–	–

Final championship positions:
1 Willerton 774, 2 Bachelor 759, 3 Doyle 663, 4 Barker 661, 5 Elcock 564, 6 Barney 482, 7 Stevens 440, 8 Jones 437, 9 Deegan 398, 10 Arkell 385.

MXY2 Youth

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Bayliss Utting (w)	178	43	45	45	45
2	Jack Lindsay	170	45	43	41	41
3	Max Lewis	164	41	41	43	39
4	Luke Southern	156	37	39	37	43
5	Liam Bennett	131	34	33	33	31
6	Leon Ongley	129	33	32	31	33
7	Raife Broadley (W)	122	39	37	9	37
8	Josh Bassett	122	31	28	34	29
9	Jack Dando(w)	122	32	30	32	28
10	Eric Lynch (w)	111	29	21	29	32
11	Ben Clark	109	35	35	39	–
12	Jude Turton	109	19	29	27	34
13	Kayde Rayns	104	–	34	35	35
14	Corey Collins	101	22	23	30	26
15	Josh Jones	99	24	25	25	25
16	Jamie Collins	98	27	22	26	23
17	Cody Spacagna (w)	96	26	26	20	24
18	Max Smith (w)	94	15	31	21	27
19	Harrison Greenough (w)	91	28	27	17	19
20	Ayden Smith	91	23	24	28	16
21	Billy Moriarty (w)	82	20	18	24	20
22	Harrison Drewell	74	18	17	22	17
23	Harvey Cashmore	72	30	–	12	30
24	Archie Fremel (W)	72	17	14	19	22
25	Jasper Gibson	70	12	19	18	21
26	Syd Putnam (w)	70	13	16	23	18
27	Cameron Jackson	66	21	20	10	15
28	Max Aspden (w)	60	16	15	15	14
29	Leyton Duffy	50	11	12	14	13
30	Liam Ware	43	14	13	16	–
31	Harvey Antrobus(W)	36	25	–	11	–
32	Mackenzie Marshall (w)	34	10	11	13	–

Final championship positions:
1 Clark 787, 2 Lewis 675, 3 Rayns 659, 4 Turton 633, 5 Smith 622, 6 Bassett 533, 7 Lindsay 514, 8 Gibson 430, 9 Collins 420, 10 McCaul 408.

Big Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Tyla Hooley	176	43	45	43	45
2	Billy Askew	162	41	41	37	43
3	Jake Walker	158	37	39	41	41
4	Josh Vail	149	39	37	34	39
5	Ryan Waggott	140	35	31	39	35
6	Will Haddock	137	31	34	35	37
7	Kyron Carron	135	34	35	33	33
8	Finley Evans	133	45	43	45	–
9	Isaac Ash	132	33	33	32	34
10	Lucy Barker	113	29	25	30	29
11	Archie Hobbs (w)	112	30	32	20	30
12	Dylan Meaney	111	19	30	31	31
13	Danny Moore	108	28	28	29	23
14	Tyler Jones	106	26	27	26	27
15	Jack Ranner	104	25	26	25	28
16	Hayden Yeend (w)	100	24	23	28	25
17	Sebby Moore (W)	97	23	24	24	26
18	Bayley Ward-Clarke	97	27	22	27	21
19	Jack Brearey	93	32	29	–	32
20	Troy Weaver	90	22	21	23	24
21	Callum Johnson (w)	85	21	20	22	22
22	Logan Ireland (w)	80	20	19	21	20
23	Cole Hall	70	18	16	17	19
24	Miley Hodgson (W)	70	16	18	18	18
25	Alfie Duckett (w)	53	17	17	19	–
26	Charlie Hucklebridge (W)	15	15	–	–	–

Final championship positions:
1 Askew 864, 2 Hooley 793, 3 Evans 757, 4 Vail 723, 5 Walker 689, 6 Haddock 653, 7 Carron 626, 8 Meaney 544, 9 Waggott 542, 10 Barker 503.

Small Wheel 85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Reece Jones	178	45	45	43	45
2	Jamie Keith	174	43	43	45	43
3	Freddie Gardiner	164	41	41	41	41
4	Drew Stock	156	39	39	39	39
5	Blake Ward-Clarke	146	37	37	35	37
6	Chester Hyde	141	34	35	37	35
7	Oakley Kettle	135	35	34	33	33
8	Hayden Statt	128	33	33	28	34
9	Lucas Lee	127	30	31	34	32
10	Zane Sibley – Deakin	126	32	32	31	31
11	Liam Bell	120	31	29	32	28
12	Maison Jones	119	29	30	30	30
13	Libby Chatburn	114	28	28	29	29
14	Jaxon Haswell	101	26	27	25	23
15	Zachary Howells (w)	98	24	25	24	25
16	Harvey Collins	92	23	20	22	27
17	Jamie Prentice	89	25	23	21	20
18	William Siddons	86	22	22	20	22
19	Casey Kennett	86	21	21	23	21
20	Tyler Rogers (w)	80	27	–	27	26
21	Ryan Pentince (W)	77	20	19	19	19
22	Ollie Jewitt	76	–	26	26	24
23	Finley Easton	61	19	24	18	–

Final championship positions:
1 Jones 898, 2 Stock 777, 3 Hyde 762, 4 Ward-Clarke 725, 5 Keith 722, 6 Statt 681, 7 Bell 578, 8 Sidley-Deakin 565, 9 Haswell 507, 10 Chatburn 506.

Junior 65’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4
1	Alfie Geddes-Green	172	39	45	43	45
2	Robbie Daly	172	45	39	45	43
3	Joel Winstanley-Dawson	168	43	43	41	41
4	Olly Waters	160	41	41	39	39
5	Jack Leese	142	37	37	37	31
6	Finley Pickering	139	35	35	32	37
7	Olivia Reynolds	134	30	34	35	35
8	Williams Evans	130	34	32	31	33
9	Leo Wilson	127	29	30	34	34
10	Arthur Moore (w)	122	32	29	33	28
11	Mason Martin Doe	110	27	28	28	27
12	Marty Spires	105	19	33	23	30
13	Stanley Siebert	102	31	9	30	32
14	Ryan Taylor	102	28	23	29	22
15	Chase Panter	101	33	31	8	29
16	Nixon Coppins	97	26	21	25	25
17	Jamie Thorpe	94	25	24	19	26
18	Ashton Kitching (w)	90	22	25	26	17
19	Harry Cuddy	87	23	17	24	23
20	Tommie Perfect	84	24	22	17	21
21	Jett Gardiner (w)	81	18	26	21	16
22	Harley Ince	78	–	27	27	24
23	Terry Challinor	78	21	19	20	18
24	Oscar Gilham	77	17	18	22	20
25	Arthur King	71	14	20	18	19
26	Troy Kennett	60	16	15	14	15
27	Talon Hodgson (w)	52	12	13	15	12
28	Lewis Day (w)	50	13	7	16	14
29	Teddy Merriman	49	11	14	13	11
30	Chad Prince(w)	44	9	12	10	13
31	William Macaulay (w)	43	10	11	12	10
32	Tom White	38	8	10	11	9
33	Walt Carroll (W)	36	20	16	–	–
34	Seersha Jones (w)	30	7	8	7	8
35	Mason Brown	24	15	–	9	–

Final championship positions:
1 Daly 854, 2 Geddes-Green 831, 3 Winstanley-Dawson 760, 4 Waters 730, 5 Leese 706, 6 Pickering 703, 7 Reynolds 669, 8 Siebert 553, 9 Panter 546, 10 Evans 544.