Top gun Nunn! 2024 ACU Eastern Motocross Championship Round 3 – Race Report & Results

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Sunday 12th May saw Round 3 of the Stebbings Car Superstore and Norton Way Group Honda ACU Solo Eastern Motocross Championship at Wattisfield Hall. A full entry of 172 experts and juniors lined up for a 12-race programme. Considering how warm and dry it was, the event provided some great racing on a well-prepared relatively dust free track at the Diss MCC venue.

Between them, the John Banks Honda support riders had a great day with Sam Nunn Honda CRF 450 winning 2 out of the 3 Premier Legs and fellow Banks Honda rider Lewis Tombs, also on a 450 Honda achieving 3rd overall on the day. These two riders were split by the 2023 ACU Eastern Champion Luke Parker, Roger Warnes Transport and Matt Pope Motorcycles 450 Kawasaki. Parker was careful to make sure he did not further injure his knee in the deep ruts but still got the race win in the 2nd of the Premier class races. The is the first time Nunn has been beaten in the last 9 races at this venue after having taken all races at last year’s May and evening meeting in July.

Shaun Southgate – GH Motorcycles 450 Yamaha showing the power of his bike managed a great hole shot in Race 1 and held the lead for 10 laps before Sam Nunn finally took over after starting the race 17th. Who said you couldn’t overtake at Wattisfield?

In the 2nd race, Southgate gated first again but a big off at the double berm near the road put Shaun back to dead last. Somehow nursing a neck injury, he still managed to claw his way back to 10th by the finish. Parker who had gated 7th in this race, took the lead on lap 5 and retained this until the finish ahead of Nunn.

The 3rd Premier race saw Lewis Tombs take the hole shot which he kept until lap 8 when team mate Nunn passed him to take the finish flag. In the ACU Eastern Championship Expert Class standings, Sam Nunn, now leads with 202 points with Lewis Tombs on 162 points and 2023 champion Parker on 155 points.

In the Premier Junior Class Chester Hyde – Gas Gas 250 took the top honours for Tim Warnes RWT / MPM Kawasaki 250 and Jae Jefferies BWR KTM 350. Hyde was really impressive, finishing in the top 10 of the expert riders in all 3 races after a lot of overtaking. In terms of the ACU Eastern Championship, Tim Warnes is leading with 195 points, from Matt Pope in 2nd (164 points) and Chester Hyde who never rode the 1st round, in 3rd on 150 points.

In support Group A races – Vinnie Snell KTM 300 got the overall win on the day from rider 591 Harrison Fitchett – Husky 250 and Teddy Hyde – Gas Gas 250.

Group B race at Wattisfield saw Diss MCCs Wally Hubbard take a very popular 3 out of 3 wins on his Honda 450 after some great overtakes. Shaun Tacey then took the overall win in Group C.

A big thanks to all marshals and officials who made the event possible, plus thanks also to series sponsors Stebbings Car Superstore / Norton Way Group Honda and also our event sponsors Clarkes of Walsham and Steve Lumley Planings.

A date of the diary is the next event at Wattisfield Hall which is the evening motocross on Wednesday 10th July. This is the most popular event of the year attracting a big crowd with short sharp races. Entries for this open on Monday 3rd June at 7pm and riders are reminded not to delay putting their entries as it is expected to fill up very quickly.

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Results

Premier Experts

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Sam Nunn	72	25	22	25
2	Luke Parker	61	16	25	20
3	Lewis Tombs	60	18	20	22
4	Declan Whittle	54	20	18	16
5	Shaun Southgate	52	22	12	18
6	Joseph Leeks	42	15	14	13
7	William Farrow	39	9	15	15
8	Benjamin Cole	34	14	16	4
9	Brad Woodroffe	33	6	13	14
10	Benjamin Hayward	31	10	11	10
11	Brad Tomlin	25	13	–	12
12	Cullen Hawkins	21	7	8	6
13	Josh Bassett	18	11	7	–
14	Harry Clark	18	12	6	–
15	Callum McCaul	17	8	–	9
16	Adam Reeve	17	3	9	5
17	Connor Bunkle	17	4	10	3
18	Shane Lock	15	–	4	11
19	Finley Jarvis	11	1	3	7
20	Carl Hayward	8	–	–	8
21	Robert Nicoll	7	5	2	–
22	Charlie Nudds	5	–	5	–
23	Oliver Brader	3	2	–	1
24	Benjamin Parry	2	–	–	2
25	Jordan Pasquale	1	–	1	–

Premier Juniors

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Chester Hyde	75	25	25	25
2	Timothy Warnes	66	22	22	22
3	Jae Jeffries	56	16	20	20
4	George Foames	53	20	15	18
5	Harry George	47	15	18	14
6	Mason Miller	44	13	16	15
7	Matthew Pope	42	18	8	16
8	Joe Phillips	39	14	13	12
9	Aaron Hopkins	38	11	14	13
10	Shane Brown	33	12	12	9
11	Will Jurgens	29	8	11	10
12	Charlie Baker	28	10	10	8
13	Ty Atkins	23	9	7	7
14	Mark Goodson	20	–	9	11

Support A

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Vinnie Snell	123	45	39	39
2	Harrison Fitchett	117	43	45	29
3	Teddy Hyde	115	41	29	45
4	James Taylor	108	35	30	43
5	Oliver Gaut	105	34	43	28
6	Scott Claydon	102	37	35	30
7	Joseph Henthorn	99	39	33	27
8	Danny Palmer	88	26	21	41
9	Oliver Brinkley	83	32	19	32
10	Robbie Pearmain	82	19	26	37
11	John Hilton	82	30	27	25
12	Mitchell Murfitt	79	31	25	23
13	Mark Gardner	75	4	37	34
14	Lee Butson	75	15	34	26
15	Luke Nolan	73	18	22	33
16	Sam Rogers	72	–	41	31
17	Edward Pegram	71	27	23	21
18	Gareth Lane	67	–	32	35
19	Aaron Smith	67	28	24	15
20	Scott Goodson	64	20	20	24
21	Stephen Atkins	61	25	16	20
22	Sam Hilton	61	33	28	–
23	Joshua Andrews	60	29	31	–
24	Max Hale	48	17	14	17
25	Lee Keyton	47	11	17	19
26	Shaun Palfrey	44	23	13	8
27	Ben Last	41	9	10	22
28	Aidan Weston	39	14	7	18
29	Shawn Graham	36	21	15	–
30	Cameron Parrish	35	13	12	10
31	Joshua Parker	33	8	9	16
32	Marc Nickerson	33	24	–	9
33	Chris Townshend	30	5	11	14
34	Alexander Dutton	30	–	18	12
35	Callum Lake	27	12	8	7
36	James Gadd	26	7	6	13
37	Harry Sobkowiak	22	6	5	11
38	Jenson Whitehall	22	22	–	–
39	Louis Dutton	16	16	–	–
40	Max Fleming	10	10	–	–
41	Nathan Lock	4	–	4	–
42	Dylan Wilby	3	–	3	–

Support B

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Paul Hubbard	135	45	45	45
2	Paul Aldridge	125	39	43	43
3	Bradley Allen	114	34	41	39
4	Kieran Jessett	105	41	23	41
5	Harry Hawes	101	37	39	25
6	Taylor Ralph	100	31	32	37
7	Alfie Self	99	43	22	34
8	Aaron Saunders	94	25	34	35
9	Stephen Gilbey	90	29	29	32
10	Wayne Fulcher	88	20	37	31
11	Luke Reeve	79	27	25	27
12	Dale Brinkley	79	35	35	9
13	Darren Eastall	76	12	31	33
14	Sam Philpott	76	26	27	23
15	Katie Stock	76	33	33	10
16	Aaron Holden	70	23	30	17
17	Sam Whittred	69	32	11	26
18	Lee Faulkner	64	16	24	24
19	Craig Page-Baker	64	24	19	21
20	Ben Secker	63	28	16	19
21	Noah Waterfield	60	30	–	30
22	Joshua Middleton	59	17	28	14
23	Taylor Saunders	57	18	10	29
24	Zack Kingshott	54	8	18	28
25	Brendan Corr	54	10	26	18
26	Andrew Webster	51	15	20	16
27	Jake Harvey	49	19	17	13
28	Troy Brumpton	39	2	15	22
29	Rudi Carter	38	9	9	20
30	William Mcrae	35	7	13	15
31	Joseph Mulley-Forsdike	33	–	21	12
32	Casey Carter	29	13	5	11
33	Sebastian Millbank	23	11	12	–
34	Joel Doncaster	22	22	–	–
35	Andrew Cattermole	21	21	–	–
36	Lewis Wells	19	5	14	–
37	Matthew Turner	14	6	8	–
38	Trevor Brinkley	14	14	–	–
39	Nathan Gotts	12	–	4	8
40	Teddy Clark	11	4	7	–
41	Shane Redgewell	9	3	6	–

Support C

Pos	Competitor	Total Points	r 1	r 2	r 3
1	Shaun Tacey	131	43	43	45
2	Henry Crawford	127	45	45	37
3	Sam Cushion	113	41	31	41
4	William Pooley	109	37	37	35
5	Kieran Dawson	98	30	39	29
6	Hector Storey	97	28	30	39
7	Matthew Goodger	91	25	34	32
8	Robert Green	90	33	35	22
9	Toby Henderson	88	22	33	33
10	Guy Fleming	86	27	29	30
11	Cameron Hallett	75	26	18	31
12	Jack Hunton	73	19	26	28
13	Ky Rolfe	73	16	32	25
14	Carl Warner	73	31	28	14
15	Josh Faulkner	73	32	41	–
16	Finlay Whitlam	70	21	6	43
17	Jake Hicks	68	24	10	34
18	Matthew Herring	68	20	27	21
19	Freddie Bond	68	23	25	20
20	Ashley Reeve	65	17	21	27
21	Ryan Goode	62	39	–	23
22	Ryan Christmas	61	12	23	26
23	Richard Ingram	58	34	–	24
24	Jake Faulkner	55	14	22	19
25	Damian Flack	55	18	20	17
26	Daniel Allen	52	10	24	18
27	Harry Saunders	41	7	19	15
28	Jason Eaves	39	13	15	11
29	John Smith	35	35	–	–
30	Adam Baker	34	11	11	12
31	Christopher Bickley	32	5	14	13
32	Sam Ashwell	32	9	17	6
33	Jake Sims	29	29	–	–
34	Geraint Hubbard	28	15	13	–
35	Aiden Payne	26	4	12	10
36	Henry Fox	24	8	–	16
37	Colin Booker	23	6	8	9
38	Stuart Martin	19	3	9	7
39	Shane Edwards	18	2	16	–
40	Paul Neave	13	1	7	5
41	Nick Hunton	8	–	–	8