Todd on top again at 39th Weston Beach Race – Rundown, Highlights & Results

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The 39th Anniversary of the Weston Beach Race kicked off on Saturday with the 125cc & 250cc and 65cc Junior classes and the Quad and Sidecar class.

Report and Images by RHL Activities

It was a tight race in the 125/250 class with Sam Hughes taking the overall win in the 125cc class after Reece Jones had bike issues on the last lap with Team Green Kawasaki rider Charlie Palmer coming in second. Tyler Westcott, 250cc British Championship winner, rounded off his year at the top of the podium, followed closely behind Finley Evans and Leon Williams.

The 65cc class was one of the more interesting races to watch this year with Casey Lister, coming on top of the podium ahead of Riley Ray Barrow and William Evans on the GasGas.

In the Quads race, the riders never fail to disappoint with Yamaha rider Carl Bunce taking the overall win in the quad class, on the solo podium we saw Honda rider John Kelly and Jack Naylor take second and third respectively. In the Quad 4×4 class we yet again saw Steve Atkins on top followed by Graham Guy and Lathan Prichard. The Two Man Quad Jones team took the 2 man quad class by storm ahead of Adam Twine and Ben Gregory’ team in second and Jack Hodge and Allyn Taylor in Third. Last but not least was the spectacular SideCar class with David Williams and William Green taking the win ahead of Alun Davies and James Ferguson in second and Paul Manning and Simon Rogers in third.

Sunday kicked off with one of the wildest and largest 85cc classes we have ever seen.

The 85cc class was broken down into Big Wheel and Small Wheel which was dominated by British Championship riders. Alfie Geddes Green stole the show in the Small Wheel class and bought home one final podium to round off his season. He was closely followed by Jenson Severn on a GASGAS in second and Lucas Lee riding a Husqvarna in third. In the Big Wheel class Josh Vail took top step for SJP Moto followed by the GASGAS rider Drew Stock and Freddie Gardiner for the Matt Gardiner MX team in third.

The Adult Solo class is where all the action is, the biggest race of the weekend, this year we had over 800 riders in the adult solo race and it was by far the most carnage we have seen in the solo class in years. In the Factory Image Racing Ladies class we saw 2022 World Women Enduro Champion Jane Daniels take top step placing 74th overall. Zoe Zembrzuski in second and Elizabeth Tett in third, all within the top 400.

Over 40s never fail to disappoint, Derek Bawn on the Husqvarna, Derry Milling on the KTM and Ryan Lawn on a Honda all on the podium in the respective order. The overall Adult Solo class was topped by Todd Kellett, who is now on par with David Knight and Rob Meek for five Weston Beach Race wins. MX2 British Champion Conrad Mewse on his last ride for the 426 Motorsport Stebbings KTM Team impressively, came second and previous winner Ashley Greedy, yet again made an appearance on the podium in third place.

Will Todd be back next year to confirm a new all time record?…