Tommy Gun’s Triple Top at Blaxhall! Woodbridge DMCC & NGR Championship – Race Report & Results

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This weekend saw the Woodbridge DMCC host their first motocross event at the newly reversed Blaxhall Circuit. With bright sunshine all day, there was plenty of action across the 15 races programme which was kindly sponsored by GH Motorcycles and GB Finch.

Report and Images by Richard Blyth – Image Rich Media

With the event being the first time that the track was run in reverse for nearly 12 years there was many riders looking forward to contesting the new layout, which also attracted a large crowd of spectators.

In Group A there was a handful of National riders contesting alongside the Experts and top Juniors including current British Champion Tommy Searle along with Blaxhall regulars like Tom Grimshaw, Lewis Tombs and Luke Benstead. Following the morning qualifying session, Searle had quickly got to grips with the new layout and posted the fastest lap time, closely followed by Tom Grimshaw.

The opening Group A race saw Searle make a great jump out of the gate and charged into the main arena ahead of the field. Grimshaw was close behind and pushing for the race lead early on. Both riders settled into the race and charged hard as they pulled away from the rest of the pack as Searle took the race win ahead of Grimshaw, with Luke Benstead claiming third ahead of Lewis Tombs and Luke Parker making up the top 5, while Joseph Leeks finished as the top Junior in 14th place.

Following the opening race win, Searle once again took another great start in the second Group A race to take the early race lead and once again had Grimshaw chasing him down once again as the pair battled at the front and pulled away from rest of the pack to finish 1 and 2 in the moto. This time it was Luke Parker who claimed third ahead of Lewis Tombs and Charlie Cole in fifth. Once again it was Joseph Leeks who finished as the top Junior in 16th.

The final Group A race saw Searle spin out of the gate and it was Grimshaw who made the start and took the early race lead. Unfortunately, Grimshaw slipped off on the second lap allowing Searle to take the race lead once again. Grimshaw remounted on the bike in 6th place but was soon picking off the riders ahead to recover back to 2nd by mid-race and tried to close the gap on Searle at the front. In third it was Luke Benstead who had another good ride ahead of Calum Mitchell in fourth and Lewis Tombs in fifth. This time it was top National youth rider Jacob Randall who finished as the top Junior.

Alongside the event was the second round of the NGR Championship where series leader Tim Clark was looking to extend his Championship lead. In the opening moto it was Lee Powell who took the race win ahead of Paul Bennett in second and Tim Clark in third, with Peter Hook in fourth and John Hinz in fifth.

In the second NGR race it was Sean Wright who rode well to claim the race win ahead of Paul Bennett who once again took second ahead of John Hinz in third. Fourth and fifth place in the race went to Tim Clark and Robert Baldry.

The final NGR race of the day saw Sean Wright once again take the race win ahead of Paul Bennett who made it three, second place finishes on the day to take the overall win. Peter Hook claimed third in the moto ahead of Tim Clark in fourth and Mark Goodson in fifth.

In the Group B races it was Cullen Hawkins who took the opening race win, while Joseph Hall took the other two moto wins to claim the overall victory ahead of Hawkins with Carl Miller in third overall. Fourth overall went to Mark Hunt ahead of Simon Daniels in fifth overall.

Group C was dominated by James Taylor who took three races wins to claim the overall ahead of Luke Clifton and Henry Utting in second and third overall. Fourth overall went to Joe Scillitoe with Bradley Allen in fifth overall.

In Group D it was Shaun Tacey who took the overall win ahead of Trevor Buckley and Chris Gaut.

The Woodbridge DMCC now focus on their next event which is the fifth round of the Revo ACU British Motocross Championship fuelled by Gulf Race Fuels on Sunday 19th June and Discounted Advance Tickets can be purchased online now.

Results

Group A

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tommy Searle	135	45	45	45
2	Tom Grimshaw	129	43	43	43
3	Lewis Tombs	115	39	39	37
4	Luke Parker	113	37	41	35
5	Calum Mitchell	109	35	35	39
6	Shaun Southgate	101	33	34	34
7	Declan Whittle	97	32	33	32
8	Charles Cole	97	31	37	29
9	Ben Putnam	94	34	32	28
10	Thomas Murphy	93	30	30	33
11	Benjamin Cole	91	29	31	31
12	Wiliam Farrow	86	28	28	30
13	Luke Benstead	82	41	–	41
14	Wal Beaney	82	26	29	27
15	Bayliss Utting	76	25	27	24
16	Todd Ritchie	74	23	26	25
17	Jake Randall	72	22	24	26
18	Joseph Leeks	69	27	25	17
19	Mitchell Meadows	66	21	23	22
20	Jake Rackham	64	19	22	23
21	Liam Bennett	59	18	20	21
22	Connor Bunkle	54	16	19	19
23	Benjamin Hayward	53	15	18	20
24	Travis Frost	41	8	15	18
25	Dan Arkell	41	20	21	–
26	Lewis Anderson	39	10	13	16
27	Bailey Jackson	39	11	14	14
28	Ashly Campbell	35	9	11	15
29	Finley Jarvis	31	14	17	–
30	James Rowsell	29	13	16	–
31	Benjamin Parry	24	12	12	–
32	Lewis O’sullivan	24	24	–	–
33	Carl Hayward	17	17	–	–

Group B

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Joseph Hall	131	41	45	45
2	Cullen Hawkins	125	45	37	43
3	Carl Miller	123	43	43	37
4	Mark Hunt	110	28	41	41
5	Simon Daniels	110	37	39	34
6	Vincent Snell	101	33	33	35
7	Teddy Hyde	101	34	35	32
8	Scott Claydon	96	35	28	33
9	Lewis Holmes	95	39	17	39
10	Joshua Deadman	92	32	30	30
11	Louis Dutton	91	29	34	28
12	Harry Mills	82	27	31	24
13	Justin Whyatt	78	30	26	22
14	Teddy Howard	77	24	22	31
15	Lee Butson	76	26	23	27
16	Max Timmins	71	21	24	26
17	Henry Cox	68	22	25	21
18	Bill Rothon	66	17	20	29
19	Joe Phillips	65	23	19	23
20	Mason Miller	64	18	27	19
21	Adam Hayward	63	31	32	–
22	Josh Sturman	62	25	12	25
23	James Gadd	57	16	21	20
24	Jay Peperell	49	20	29	–
25	Paul Burdett	45	14	13	18
26	Luke Nolan	43	19	16	8
27	Paul Aldridge	42	8	18	16
28	Kieran Jessett	39	13	14	12
29	Georgia Potter	37	12	15	10
30	Lewis Saunders	32	7	11	14
31	Ty Atkins	30	9	4	17
32	Thomas Miller	28	10	5	13
33	Charlie Starsmoore	27	5	7	15
34	Karl Sturman	25	4	10	11
35	Marcus Smith	24	15	9	–
36	Max Fleming	23	11	3	9
37	Ethan Cone	12	6	6	–
38	Ricky Bowden	8	–	8	–

Group C

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	James Taylor	135	45	45	45
2	Luke Clifton	129	43	43	43
3	Henry Utting	107	25	41	41
4	Joe Scillitoe	103	35	37	31
5	Bradley Allen	99	33	39	27
6	Lee Scott	96	32	32	32
7	Jak Young	94	37	23	34
8	Zak Roberts	91	41	35	15
9	Alfie Hunt	90	34	31	25
10	Lee Keyton	86	15	34	37
11	Scott Goodson	86	30	26	30
12	Aidan Weston	84	27	28	29
13	Luke Jordan Pharoah	78	39	–	39
14	George Reeves Furness	78	21	24	33
15	Kieran Banham	71	16	29	26
16	Jake Pearce	71	18	30	23
17	Alfie Self	69	24	10	35
18	Craig Page-Baker	68	19	21	28
19	George Stark	66	23	19	24
20	Robert Bond	64	20	27	17
21	Ollie Denyer	64	31	33	–
22	Troy Brumpton	61	28	15	18
23	Justin Dennis	58	22	20	16
24	Thomas Olley	57	17	18	22
25	Tavis Coulson	53	14	25	14
26	Andrew Webster	52	11	22	19
27	Samuel Cook	47	26	–	21
28	Alfie Arnold	42	5	17	20
29	Dean Suckling	41	13	16	12
30	Matthew Valentine	35	8	14	13
31	Thomas Davies	29	7	11	11
32	Katie Stock	29	29	–	–
33	Gene Barfield	23	4	9	10
34	Shaun Mutch	23	10	13	–
35	Robert Green	21	9	12	–
36	Lewis Abel	12	12	–	–
37	Ryan Whitehead	6	6	–	–
38	Thomas Clarkson	3	3	–	–

Group D

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Shaun Tacey	125	45	35	45
2	Trevor Buckley	125	39	43	43
3	Chris Gaut	123	43	41	39
4	William Mcrae	120	34	45	41
5	David Ward	106	35	37	34
6	Sam Bullock	96	25	34	37
7	Adam Groom	91	30	26	35
8	Jake Harvey	91	31	29	31
9	Zachary Kneller	91	29	33	29
10	Carl Hood	90	33	30	27
11	Andrew Smith	85	24	28	33
12	Matthew Herring	84	27	27	30
13	David Doust	83	32	25	26
14	Shaun Griffiths	78	26	24	28
15	Samuel Smith	76	37	39	–
16	Callum Lake	63	21	17	25
17	Darren Stone	61	41	20	–
18	Mark Hegarty	59	28	31	–
19	Wayne Taylor	58	13	21	24
20	Daniel Allen	56	15	18	23
21	Cameron Hallett	56	19	16	21
22	Jody Cutler	55	–	23	32
23	Greg Ready	54	22	32	–
24	Adam Baker	48	18	10	20
25	Nathan Gotts	46	14	13	19
26	Jack Hunton	45	9	14	22
27	Joshua Chappell	43	12	15	16
28	Jake Middlemass	42	20	22	–
29	Colin Stewart	42	23	19	–
30	Aiden Payne	41	16	8	17
31	Jason Eaves	40	17	9	14
32	Trevor Neave	37	11	11	15
33	Charlie Mallett	34	10	6	18
34	Geraint Hubbard	20	8	12	–
35	Stephen Hood	14	7	7	–

NGR Championship

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Paul Bennett	141	47	47	47
2	Sean Wright	139	39	50	50
3	Timothy Clark	131	45	43	43
4	Peter Hook	128	43	40	45
5	Lee Powell	123	50	39	34
6	Robert Baldry	119	38	41	40
7	Mark Goodson	116	37	38	41
8	Jake Morphey	110	35	36	39
9	Paul Hubbard	107	32	37	38
10	Arran Powley	101	40	25	36
11	Shaun Palfrey	100	31	34	35
12	Lewis Dorling	96	27	32	37
13	Edward Pegram	92	30	30	32
14	Tim Soane	90	28	31	31
15	Stephen Atkins	88	29	29	30
16	John Hinz	86	41	45	–
17	Aaron Hopkins	83	26	24	33
18	Lewis Joyce	80	25	26	29
19	Mark Gardner	80	24	28	28
20	Andrew Cattermole	72	23	22	27
21	Wayne Fulcher	70	21	23	26
22	Marc Nickerson	69	36	33	–
23	Aaron Smith	68	33	35	–
24	Aaron Holden	67	22	21	24
25	Christian Drane	65	20	20	25
26	Jason Turner	59	18	18	23
27	Sam Appleton	58	19	19	20
28	John Smith	52	13	17	22
29	Kai Ryder	51	15	15	21
30	Anna Groves	49	16	14	19
31	Christopher Bickley	43	12	13	18
32	David Sturman	40	11	12	17
33	Philip Waldron	34	34	–	–
34	Sam Westcott	30	14	16	–
35	James Benson	27	–	27	–
36	Michael Foster	17	17	–	–
37	Paul Neave	10	10	–	–