Westcott runs wild at Whiteway! SWOR Motocross Championship Round 2 – Race Report & Results

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Last Sunday, May 9th round two of the South West Off Road (Swor) Championships took place at Whiteway Barton in Devon and as with other meetings across the country restrictions were still in place and no spectators could attend. A lot of rain had fallen overnight which made things a bit sloppy in places in practice and the track became incredibly challenging and a bit one liney as the day progressed but was still to produce some good racing.

Report and Images by Dave Rich

In the Expert class, there was a good line with a few wildcards, and it was wildcard Tyler Westcott who had notched up the fastest time in qualifying, but it was not the best of starts for him nor Rob Cross who was well down the field.

Fellow wildcard George Hopkins was to lead the way early doors from Ross Kersey with Kersey taking the lead midrace, but back came Hopkins to regain the lead until Hopkins made a mistake and dropped down the field. Wayne Shimell had been in third before he was passed by Westcott and then Cross who was on a mission and soon found a way past Westcott and was now closing on Kersey at the front and was to put Kersey under huge pressure on the last lap, but Kersey held his nerve to take the win with Cross just half a second behind taking second and Westcott taking third.

Ross Kersey heads the second expert race

In the second race, it was Kersey with a blistering start from Westcott and these two were soon to ease away at the front before Kersey went down and it was Westcott who took over until the race was stopped and had to be restarted and again it was Kersey with the best start from Westcott and leapey Leigh Williams with Williams soon to be passed by both Cross and Shimell. Westcott managed to pass Kersey on lap 2 and with a clear track soon pulled away at the front, but the real battle was for third between Cross and Shimell with Shimell getting the better of Cross mid-race, but Cross came on strong in the closing stages and took Shimell and was to catch and pass Kersey on the last lap to take second behind Westcott who took a comfortable win.

In the last race, it was Jordan Gosling who headed the pack from Kersey and Westcott with Westcott soon to be leading as both Gosling and Kersey made mistakes on the opening lap. Westcott had a clear track in front of him and was to extend his lead every lap from Shimell and Hopkins, but a mistake dropped Hopkins down the field, and it was Harvey James who moved up in to third but there was only one winner and that was Westcott which also gave him the overall with Shimell a distant second and James third.

In the Junior Open Championship, there was some good racing as in the opening race it was Dan Merrifield who led early on and was chased down by Harry Burton who took over the lead on lap 3 and was easing away but he went down a lap later when his front wheel washed out and it was Zak Moore who took over at the front. Burton had re-joined back in fourth and was soon on it again and was to move up into second on the last lap and was looking to get past Moore with literally a handful of corners remaining to which he did to take his first race win in the Championship, Moore took second with Andy Gibbons a well-deserved third.

Race 2 and it was a disastrous start for race one winner Burton as he got stuck behind his gate and it was Nick Grenney with the holeshot in this one from Gibbons and Scott Taylor, but by the end of the opening lap, it had all changed as it was Tyler Sterry who led from Gibbons and Taylor. Gibbons was all over Sterry and took the lead on lap 3 and from there went on untroubled to take the chequered flag from Sterry with Glen Harding getting the better of Moore on the last lap to take third.

In the last race, it was Merrifield again at the front with the first two race winners Burton and Gibbons there in second and third respectively giving chase. Burton took over the lead on the opening lap and Gibbons also passed Merrifield and was in second. Burton started to get away at the front and Moore was to move up into third after passing Merrifield. Gibbons was too close on Burton towards the end of the race, but it was to no avail as Burton took his second race win with Moore coming through to take third, but with Gibbons finishing in second he was to take the overall.

Harry Burton notched up two race wins in the Junior Open Championship

The Junior Elite Championship Class it was Paul Ford who led the opening race, but only for the first lap as a mistake cost him and it was Will Matthews who took over at the front and never looked back and took the chequered flag with Gavin Lindsey taking second and Sam Napier after a disastrous start back in twenty third coming through to get the better of Richard Holmes on the last lap.

In race 2 it was Chris Jerwood from Lindsey with Matthews in third, but a mistake on the opening lap saw Matthews drop out of the top twenty. Jerwood and Lindsey were soon put under pressure from Holmes who took the lead on lap 2 with Moss Macriner also moving up into second with Paul Rowe a lap later now in third who was soon closing in on Macriner which turned in to a real battle in the closing stages, Holmes took the win with Macriner just holding off Rowe for second.

In the last race, it was Ford who headed the pack for the first lap before being passed by Holmes on lap 2 and once he hit the front, he went on to take the win from Ford with Rowe again taking third.

Ben Mustoe won all three inter 85 youth races

The Inter 85 Youth Class saw a dominant display of riding from Ben Mustoe. Ben led the opening race from the off and stormed away to take a comfortable win from Freddie Gardiner and Gus Mustoe with all three riders lapping the rest of the field.

The second moto saw Gus lead from the off and was pressured by Gardiner straight away on the opening lap and did touch going into a lefthander with Gardiner going off track which dropped him down the field a bit, but up into second was now Ben who was all over Gus and was to pass Gus before the end of the opening lap and just as he did in the opening race gradually eased away and took another win from Gus with Gardiner this time taking third.

The last race saw Gus again with the early lead from Ben with Danny Flude tucked in third just ahead of Gardiner, but Gardiner was to make a mistake on the opening lap and dropped back to seventh. Ben got the better of Gus towards the end of the opening lap and with a clear track in front of him he went on to make it a hat-trick of wins with Gus again second and Gardiner after his earlier mistake coming back to pass Flude to take third.

Brandon Eva took the overall in the support class

In the Senior Championship Class there was some real close racing as in the opening race it was Jason Worth who led for most of the race before losing the lead to Jacob Randall on the penultimate lap but Worth came back to pass Randall on the last lap to take the win with Ashley Locke taking third.

The second moto saw a close conflict between Dave Colton and Worth with Worth who had lost the lead to Colton on the opening lap regaining the lead on lap 4 and from there went on to take the win from Owen Richards who got past Colton who eventually came home in third. In the last race, Worth did not get the best of starts and had it all to do, but a man that was on a mission in this one was Randall who from being mid-pack on the opening lap was up into second by the end of lap 4 behind Richards who he got pass to take the lead a lap later and from there went on to take the win with Locke third ahead of Worth who took fourth and with it took the overall.

In the Support Class, there was a win for Sam Morcom in the opening race over Brandon Eva who thought his way back from a second lap spill, but in the other two races, there were no mistakes from Eva who led from the off in both races to take the chequered flag and with it took the overall.

Results

Experts

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Tyler Westcott	130	40	45	45
2	Wayne Shimell	118	38	38	42
3	Ross Kersey	116	45	40	31
4	Harvey James	111	35	36	40
5	Jason Down	107	36	35	36
6	Brandon Baker	100	31	31	38
7	Leighton Holmes	99	33	33	33
8	Ross Parkinson	94	32	28	34
9	George Hopkins	94	34	30	30
10	Stefan Little	84	29	26	29
11	Rob Cross	84	42	42	–
12	Andy Bushin	83	16	32	35
13	Jack Stevens	78	23	27	28
14	Bradley Barfoot	75	20	29	26
15	Lewis Barfoot	74	24	23	27
16	Thomas Darlow	68	28	16	24
17	Guy Jacobs	67	30	24	13
18	Taylor Edan	66	–	34	32
19	Josh Francis	58	19	18	21
20	Josh Griffiths	58	26	17	15
21	Leigh Williams	57	13	19	25
22	Kurt Pugsley	55	22	10	23
23	Harry Matthews	55	17	20	18
24	Harvey Jones	53	25	11	17
25	Jordan Gosling	47	–	25	22
26	Colby Walker	47	14	13	20
27	Joel Worthington	45	12	14	19
28	Dale Doutch	43	27	–	16
29	Harry Day	42	21	21	–
30	Josh Hurley	36	10	12	14
31	Matthew Treen	33	11	22	–
32	Mark Cornish	33	18	15	–
33	Aiden Newitt	15	15	–	–
34	Bradley Taylor	9	9	–	–

Seniors

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Jason Worth	128	45	45	38
2	Jacob Randall	122	42	35	45
3	Owen Richards	122	38	42	42
4	Ashley Locke	118	40	38	40
5	Dave Colton	111	35	40	36
6	Lewis Wiltshire	107	36	36	35
7	James Chard	98	31	34	33
8	George Olof	93	33	30	30
9	Steve Wannell	84	27	29	28
10	Sam Raymont	83	26	26	31
11	Jake Strawbridge	81	30	24	27
12	Adam Barfoot	80	20	28	32
13	Finley James	79	25	25	29
14	Jason Sweet	78	24	31	23
15	Colt Bright	77	32	20	25
16	Reegan West	75	21	32	22
17	Michael Brailey	68	19	23	26
18	Josef Scibilia	67	–	33	34
19	Mark Callcut	64	18	22	24
20	Scott Robson	56	29	27	–
21	Alan Packer	55	16	18	21
22	Joe Sansom	53	34	19	–
23	Kevin Pengelly	51	17	16	18
24	Andrew Wright	46	12	14	20
25	Danny Sansom	44	23	21	–
26	Simon Chamberlain	43	13	13	17
27	Wayne Slater	42	11	15	16
28	Marc Tucker	41	22	–	19
29	Jon Jones	40	14	12	14
30	George Jones	39	15	9	15
31	Justin Wood	34	10	11	13
32	Paul Evans	28	28	–	–
33	Steve Nicholls	17	–	17	–
34	Jack Matthews	10	–	10	–
35	Josh Symons	9	9	–	–

Junior Elite

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Richard Holmes	128	38	45	45
2	Paul Ford	112	34	36	42
3	Will Matthews	111	45	28	38
4	Paul Rowe	104	24	40	40
5	Sam Napier	104	40	29	35
6	Gavin Lindsey	100	42	31	27
7	Adrian Retallack	95	36	38	21
8	Laurence Watkins	89	33	30	26
9	Mark Osborne	86	19	33	34
10	Lee Pringle	82	23	27	32
11	John Turner	81	31	21	29
12	Ian Legg	81	18	35	28
13	Trevor Ford	77	21	25	31
14	Paul Callard	76	28	24	24
15	Moss Macriner	75	–	42	33
16	Lee Walsh	75	27	23	25
17	Alex Allen	74	32	22	20
18	Chris Jerwood	63	29	34	–
19	Josh Farleigh	62	30	32	–
20	Sam Andrews	61	20	18	23
21	Brandon Wilton	56	–	26	30
22	Justin Napier	55	–	19	36
23	Adam Pellow	48	15	11	22
24	Daniel Francis	48	35	13	–
25	Tom Barfoot	41	26	15	–
26	John Trevelyan	39	22	17	–
27	Jon Pinkney	36	16	20	–
28	James Foden	35	25	10	–
29	Luke Horsey	33	17	16	–
30	Kester Wood	31	–	12	19
31	Ashley Wigmore	14	–	14	–

Junior Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Andy Gibbons	127	40	45	42
2	Zak Moore	120	42	38	40
3	Harry Burton	118	45	28	45
4	Dan Merifield	106	38	33	35
5	Scott Taylor	104	30	36	38
6	Tom Milton	104	34	34	36
7	Tom Chesters	99	36	30	33
8	Glen Harding	98	28	40	30
9	Kyle Richards	94	29	31	34
10	Lee Mitchell	92	31	32	29
11	James Dawkins	92	32	35	25
12	Mark Baldwin	88	35	29	24
13	Cam Johns	83	25	27	31
14	Zoe Deacon	79	27	26	26
15	Liam Hassard	71	14	25	32
16	Simon Garcia	70	26	17	27
17	Richard Bawden	69	20	21	28
18	Paul Nosworthy	62	21	20	21
19	Dan Hazeldine	57	33	24	–
20	Stefan Kent	54	18	16	20
21	Rihanna Dix	54	16	19	19
22	Damien Sanders	44	22	22	–
23	Tyler Sterry	42	–	42	–
24	Mark Pellow	40	–	18	22
25	Stephen Webb	37	23	14	–
26	Nick Grenney	34	11	23	–
27	Chris Matthews	34	24	10	–
28	Jake Skinner	32	–	9	23
29	Josh Woollard	29	17	12	–
30	Ross Lapping	28	13	15	–
31	David Matthews	28	15	13	–
32	James Read	23	12	11	–
33	Jack Barnes	19	19	–	–
34	Phil Daley	18	10	8	–

85’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Ben Mustoe	135	45	45	45
2	Gus Mustof	124	40	42	42
3	Freddie Gardiner	122	42	40	40
4	Danny Flude	112	38	38	36
5	Kyran Nicholas	110	36	36	38
6	Jack Daley	102	33	34	35
7	Charlie Veale	102	35	35	32
8	Ollie King	101	34	33	34
9	Harry Johnson	94	32	31	31
10	Flynn Parsons	90	31	30	29
11	Sam Grimshaw	88	29	29	30
12	Henry Fenner	65	–	32	33
13	Liam Stephens	30	30	–	–

Support

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Brandon Eva	132	42	45	45
2	Sam Morcom	129	45	42	42
3	James Trethewey	116	38	38	40
4	Craig Garrett	113	35	40	38
5	Jamie Hibberd	110	40	35	35
6	Cole Davis	102	30	36	36
7	Dan Cox	98	34	31	33
8	Dan Pickersgill	95	28	33	34
9	Jack Miller	95	31	32	32
10	Tom Sharpe	94	33	30	31
11	John Mitchell	87	32	34	–
12	Kris Fergus	86	27	29	30
13	Kelly Phillips	79	29	25	25
14	Jack Ellis	75	25	21	29
15	Lian Hitchcock	73	22	24	27
16	Che Weller	72	19	27	26
17	Finn Cooper	70	24	23	23
18	Leigh Townsend	67	23	20	24
19	Jason Wright	64	36	28	–
20	Leon Rudge	63	15	26	22
21	George Porter	56	18	17	21
22	Cameron Butler	54	26	–	28
23	Alex Taylor	42	20	22	–
24	Kieron Hulatt	17	17	–	–
25	Joe Willey	16	16	–	–