Wilson wins out at hallowed Hawkstone! 2022 Acerbis Amateur Nationals Round 2 – Race Report and Results

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Amateur riders from all corners of the country gathered at the world-famous Hawkstone Park in Shropshire for the second round of the 2022 Acerbis Amateur Nationals series and with dry weather leading up to the event the track was primed for an action-packed weekend of racing.

Report by Arran Murphy – Images courtesy of Matthew Rudd Photography

It was the Manchester Xtreme sponsored Junior Open category who were first to hit the track and round one winner Liam Somerville made the trip down from Cumbria very worthwhile as he claimed 4 from 5 race victories backed up by a second race runner up to take the overall once again and extend his lead in the championship. Mitch Brooks will have improved on his seventh from Culham as he kept Somerville honest all weekend and even bagged himself a race win in moto two to claim runner up overall while Richard Evans stood on the lower step of the rostrum. Austin Mowbray and Jack Gotts rounded out the top five.

In the Motoverde Ladies class consistency was key as Kathryn Booth, the winner from round one, took her second overall win of the year but didn’t have it all her own way this time around. Booth only claimed one moto win over the weekend as Amie Goodlad also snatched a win in the first outing, but the girl of the weekend was Grace Richards, who after a second race mishap, came back on Sunday to sweep all three races and keep herself right in contention for the championship and show she could be the girl to watch out for at Haverigg. So with the podium settled as Booth, Goodlad and Richards, the rest had to fight over the remaining places and reigning champion Nadiya Jones took home fourth and Rebecca Newman finished fifth.

In the LS2 Helmets Vets Over 40 class after missing the first round at Culham defending champ Ryan Voase was back and what a display he put on as well. The Kawasaki man was 6-10 seconds a lap faster than the rest in all but one moto and went on to dominate the weekend claiming five wins from five starts. Scot Paul Johnston was riding with a broken finger sustained last weekend at the Kendal Classic and took home a bag full of runner up spots on his 250 2 stroke Honda. Adam Wilkinson and Lee Martin scrapped all weekend for the final podium place as the pair went back and forth with results which led to Wilkinson getting the nod by two points after a last race third.

The Roberts Plant Engineers Vets Over 50 category had another dominant rider in the form of former GP ace Brian Wheeler. Wheeler managed to get out front and clear off into the distance and take home yet another maximum points haul. Cumbrian Richard Miller gave Wheeler a good run for a couple of laps but had to settle in the end for runner up spot overall. It wasn’t as clear cut in the battle for the lower step of the podium however as Chris Brown, Andy Watkins and Paul Coward all ended the weekend split by just two points. Each of them had a couple of top three results with Coward even bagging a runner up in race three but it all came down to the final moto and Brown managed to take it in the end from Watkins and Coward.

The Moto Connection 125 2 stroke class provided us with some hot frantic racing as always and it was Charlie Hamlet who was most consistent and stayed inside the top three all weekend to take home the overall honours just two points ahead of his nearest rival and series leader Rob Holyoake, who had a race four sixth which ultimately cost him the overall win. Joel Fisher took the race two victory on his way to third place on the box while Damon Strydom, even after the final race victory, will be gutted about his second race 34th as he could also have been on the top step had the issue not happened. Reigning champion Stu Owen put the Yamaha into the prize money in fifth overall.

A pair of wildcards in the form of Tommy Alba and Rory Jones dominated the MX Dreams California Open 2 stroke class as Jones took the moto one victory and Alba claimed the rest after a first race fourth, showing the main championship guys the way around the Shropshire circuit. Alba got out front and took off leaving the rest to fight over the remaining positions. Jones claimed runner up on the weekend and series leader Corey Hockey was the best of the regulars in third overall and had it not been for a race two tenth, he could have been runner up as he was ultra-consistent in the other four motos. Stephen Wade and Jake Preston rounded out the top five.

Top British Youth rider Travis Steels took command in the Craigs Motorcycles MX2 class as he claimed the overall honours with a 2-1-4-1-3 scorecard on his KTM fending off CPS Husqvarna rider and championship leader Dylan Spencer by a couple of points. Spencer took the first moto win and was super consistent but with Steels managing to take home two wins thats where the difference lay. Harry Linton took the final race victory to help him to take third on the day tied on points with another wildcard in the form of Rob Clitheroe. Clitheroe claimed the third race victory but in the end, had to settle for fourth overall.

In the Paradise MX Holidays MX1 class, it was a battle royale as anybody in the top 7 could have taken a race victory had the race gone their way. Reigning champion James Hutchinson took two wins on the weekend and looked to be having things his own way until a big get off down the drop off crushed his chances of a podium place. Andy Wilson was the man to pick up the pieces and run away with a couple of wins and the overall honours ahead of Luke Meredith who also claimed a race victory on his way to runner up overall. Ed Briscoe was consistent as always and put his Husky onto the lower step of the rostrum while Lee Harrison could have been higher up if it wasn’t for his race three 17th, meaning he had to settle for fourth overall.

The series now moves up to the Cumbrian coastline and to Haverigg for the Thurs round of the series at the end of May.

Results

MX1

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	ANDY WILSON	184	36	40	36	32	40
2	LUKE MEREDITH	178	32	38	30	40	38
3	ED BRISCOE	168	30	34	34	36	34
4	LEE HARRISON	163	38	36	19	34	36
5	JACK BENISTON	160	34	32	32	30	32
6	CORY NEMETH	155	29	29	38	29	30
7	JAMES HUTCHINSON	146	40	–	40	38	28
8	SIMON BOOTH	142	28	30	27	28	29
9	HARVEY TILLOTSON	135	27	28	29	27	24
10	LEE SEALEY	122	22	23	25	26	26
11	MARK YOUNG	122	23	26	28	23	22
12	DANIEL PARRY	120	26	25	26	16	27
13	ADAM THIRWELL	115	20	22	24	24	25
14	KIA THIRWELL	112	19	24	21	25	23
15	BRADLEY FLAGG	111	24	27	20	20	20
16	JOE TAYLFORTH	96	18	21	18	18	21
17	PETE HAMLETT	94	21	20	17	19	17
18	PATRICK GILLIGAN	93	25	4	23	22	19
19	JAY LEWIS	82	16	17	14	17	18
20	TYE BARRS	82	17	19	16	15	15
21	CALLUM BIRCHER	67	14	16	13	11	13
22	ELLIOT REEVES	64	10	15	12	13	14
23	THOMAS O’CONNOR	61	15	12	11	12	11
24	LEWIS MEDOWS	59	–	–	22	21	16
25	KANE RUMBLE	54	12	13	15	14	–
26	JOSH HOOKER	47	8	10	9	8	12
27	JAMIE BROWN	47	13	18	6	10	–
28	KURT PUGSLEY	36	6	6	8	7	9
29	DEAN CUMMINGS	30	9	11	10	–	–
30	BILLY WIECZOREK	26	4	–	3	9	10
31	KERIAN MULLOY	25	11	14	–	–	–
32	CONNOR TINGLE	21	7	7	7	–	–
33	JACOB GRIFFTHIS	16	5	9	2	–	–
34	KIERON RILEY	12	–	8	4	–	–
35	NICK DAVIS	8	3	5	–	–	–
36	BEN SOUTHWARD	5	–	–	5	–	–

MX2

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	TRAVIS STEELS	188	38	40	34	40	36
2	DYLAN SPENCER	186	40	38	36	34	38
3	HARRY LINTON	182	32	34	38	38	40
4	ROB CLITHROE	182	36	36	40	36	34
5	DOM NEWBRY	157	34	30	32	32	29
6	ZAC STEALEY	150	30	32	30	28	30
7	JAKE WINNARD	149	29	29	29	30	32
8	OLLY JONES	136	27	28	26	27	28
9	MITCHELL MEADOWS	134	28	25	28	26	27
10	ALFIE CALVERT	128	24	26	27	25	26
11	JORDAN HEARN	115	23	21	24	24	23
12	ADAM NEVITT	110	22	23	17	23	25
13	GREG FISHER	106	18	19	23	22	24
14	LUKE TUNRER	100	21	20	22	19	18
15	ADAM PIERCE	99	20	17	21	21	20
16	OLIVER BARNES	88	17	22	19	20	10
17	BRADLEY LE FEUVRE	85	14	15	18	16	22
18	AARON COLLINS	77	16	18	9	17	17
19	AIDEN CARNEY	74	19	16	14	10	15
20	TROY JONES	71	4	13	20	15	19
21	RYAN MANLEY	67	13	14	8	11	21
22	FRAZER HATCH	66	10	8	16	18	14
23	ARRAN MURPHY	65	15	10	15	12	13
24	JOSH WILLIAMS	61	9	12	11	13	16
25	BRAYDON FERGUSON	60	–	27	25	8	–
26	JOCOB BELL	58	12	11	10	14	11
27	DANIEL NEVITT	54	11	9	13	9	12
28	MARSHALL SMITH	50	26	24	–	–	–
29	JAMES MILNE	42	7	7	12	7	9
30	MACKENZIE CROCKATT	35	8	6	7	6	8
31	RAY ROWSON	29	–	–	–	29	–
32	MATTY SANDERS	25	25	–	–	–	–
33	JAMES McEWAN	21	5	4	–	5	7
34	KEIRON DAVIES	11	6	5	–	–	–

2 Stroke Open

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	TOMMY ALBA	194	34	40	40	40	40
2	RORY JONES	180	40	36	36	38	30
3	COREY HOCKEY	174	38	26	38	36	36
4	STEPHEN WADE	166	36	34	34	28	34
5	JAKE PRESTON	165	32	38	32	25	38
6	JAMES DENT	153	29	29	29	34	32
7	ADAM HARRIS	146	30	32	30	26	28
8	DREW ROE	139	20	30	28	32	29
9	JAMES HANSCOMB	132	28	27	26	24	27
10	JAMES LASSU	129	25	25	27	30	22
11	MICHELL WARHURST	121	23	24	24	27	23
12	MATT HOCKENHALL	118	24	23	25	21	25
13	MATT LOMAS	97	18	21	21	18	19
14	BEN GILLETT	92	22	28	11	14	17
15	ALEX NEEDHAM	90	11	19	20	16	24
16	RYAN DEACON	85	17	12	14	22	20
17	MATT RAYSON	79	16	17	16	15	15
18	OLIVER CONSTERDINE	76	14	18	13	10	21
19	RYAN MATTHEWS	76	6	15	22	19	14
20	SAM COWIE	75	15	16	15	13	16
21	REECE WAIN	71	12	13	18	20	8
22	TOMMY SIMPSON	67	–	–	12	29	26
23	BEN BURRIDGE	64	19	22	23	–	–
24	JORDAN BARRS	62	21	20	9	–	12
25	JOE SMITH	61	26	–	–	17	18
26	OWEN WILKES	61	13	11	17	7	13
27	JAMES ANGELL	60	4	14	19	23	–
28	ROB SHUTT	49	9	9	8	12	11
29	SAM TAYLFORTH	48	10	10	10	9	9
30	JORDAN STEVENS	40	7	8	7	8	10
31	TYRONE TUGWELL	29	5	6	5	6	7
32	BRADLEY TRANTER	27	27	–	–	–	–
33	REECE WILKINSON	25	3	7	6	3	6
34	JAKE THORNTON	23	8	4	3	4	4
35	JACOB GROSSMAN	21	2	5	4	5	5
36	BENNY LEWIS	13	–	–	–	11	2
37	KIERAN SHAW	11	1	3	2	2	3

125’s

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	CHARLIE HAMLET	186	36	38	36	40	36
2	ROB HOLYOAKE	184	40	36	40	30	38
3	JOEL FISHER	174	30	40	34	36	34
4	DAMON STRYDOM	156	38	2	38	38	40
5	STU OWEN	154	29	34	30	32	29
6	TOM FISH	145	28	32	29	26	30
7	JORDAN RIDGWAY	144	27	29	32	28	28
8	ASH HARLAND	139	34	27	27	24	27
9	MATT TOLLEY	135	32	18	28	34	23
10	ANDREW LAWTON	125	25	28	19	27	26
11	OLIVER RUDDOCK	123	24	25	21	29	24
12	LIAM GALE	116	26	30	5	23	32
13	TIM GARDHAM	116	21	22	23	25	25
14	JAMIE COLLINS	111	22	24	25	21	19
15	TRYSTAN WILLIAMS	94	7	20	26	20	21
16	CONNOR CHANILER	90	23	14	24	9	20
17	HARRISON FORDE	89	10	17	22	22	18
18	GEORGE POOL	85	20	21	14	15	15
19	BEN MURRAY	81	1	19	20	19	22
20	JACK PARTINGTON	80	17	16	17	17	13
21	ADAM DYER	74	18	23	9	18	6
22	BEN HUNTER	72	15	10	15	16	16
23	LEWIS PETFIELD	71	14	11	18	14	14
24	AYJAY SIMPSON	58	16	15	6	12	9
25	STEVE GARDHAM	57	13	12	12	10	10
26	JAMIE COX	50	11	8	11	8	12
27	CRAIG REYNOLDS	49	9	9	16	7	8
28	ALEX MORRIS	46	12	6	10	11	7
29	KEELAN HOPE	45	19	26	–	–	–
30	HAYDEN BROWN	42	6	13	13	6	4
31	BILLY BAYLISS	30	–	–	–	13	17
32	JOSH NOON	27	5	7	–	4	11
33	RYAN LOWES	24	4	4	8	3	5
34	KURT RICHARDSON	18	8	5	–	5	–
35	DANIEL LEAK	7	–	–	7	–	–
36	MITCHELL HARTILL	5	2	3	–	–	–
37	KURT RICHARDSON	4	3	1	–	–	–

Ladies

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	KATHRYN BOOTH	190	38	40	38	38	36
2	AMIE GOODLAD	188	40	38	36	36	38
3	GRACE RICHARDS	180	36	24	40	40	40
4	NADIYA JONES	172	34	36	34	34	34
5	REBECCA NEWHAM	158	32	32	32	32	30
6	GRACE PACKMAN	156	30	34	30	30	32
7	TAYLOR SCOTT	145	29	30	29	29	28
8	KADY MOORE	141	27	29	28	28	29
9	MOLLY WERNHAM	135	28	27	27	27	26
10	LILLY MORELAND	133	26	28	26	26	27
11	EMILY NOON	125	24	26	25	25	25
12	MOLLY CUTLER	122	25	25	24	24	24

Vets Over 40

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	RYAN VOASE	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	PAUL JOHNSTON	190	38	38	38	38	38
3	ADAM WILKINSON	174	36	36	34	32	36
4	LEE MARTIN	172	34	34	36	36	32
5	DANNY TOLLET	161	29	32	32	34	34
6	BARRY GRAY	148	30	30	30	30	28
7	CRAIG CHAMBERLAINE	144	28	29	29	29	29
8	DAVID EVANS	140	27	28	28	27	30
9	CLAYTON HOGG	124	24	26	26	23	25
10	ANDIS LILIENTALS	120	26	12	27	28	27
11	CRAIG KERFOOT	119	18	24	25	26	26
12	CHRIS RUDD	112	22	22	24	24	20
13	MARK SUTHERLAND	111	23	23	20	21	24
14	NIGEL SMORFITT	105	20	16	21	25	23
15	PAUL WIECZOREK	98	16	20	19	22	21
16	JOHN LITLLER	89	15	15	18	19	22
17	DALE SILK	86	14	18	17	18	19
18	LEE BUCK	80	17	21	22	20	–
19	MARK MASON	79	12	17	16	16	18
20	ANDY DUFFIELD	66	13	8	14	14	17
21	JOHN CURRUTHERS	61	21	25	15	–	–
22	JAMES ANDREW	61	19	19	23	–	–
23	SIMON BONSOR	59	32	27	–	–	–
24	NICHOLAS PAWSON	55	11	14	13	17	–
25	GAVIN LOWES	47	9	11	12	15	–
26	SCOTT JONES	44	2	5	8	13	16
27	WAYNE PARKER	27	6	10	11	–	–
28	PAUL SLIGHT	27	8	9	10	–	–
29	MARC ROE	25	25	–	–	–	–
30	JAMIE MENZIE	23	10	13	–	–	–
31	MARK CONOLE	16	7	–	9	–	–
32	KERION DICKINSON	10	3	7	–	–	–
33	DEAN TUCKER	10	4	6	–	–	–
34	ADRIAN LAKEY	5	5	–	–	–	–

Vets Over 50

Pos	Competitor	Points	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5
1	BRIAN WHEELER	200	40	40	40	40	40
2	RICHARD MILLER	186	38	38	34	38	38
3	CHRIS BROWN	172	36	34	32	34	36
4	ANDY WATKINS	172	34	32	36	36	34
5	PAUL COWARD	170	32	36	38	32	32
6	DAVID HOPKINS	147	30	30	30	30	27
7	CHRIS STEMP	144	29	29	28	29	29
8	ROB LEWIS	133	27	28	29	21	28
9	JOHN MORELAND	130	25	26	27	26	26
10	BRIAN FRASER	130	24	27	26	28	25
11	KEVIN COWIE	121	18	24	24	25	30
12	ADRIAN LEWIS	114	23	21	22	24	24
13	STEPHEN POLLOCK	106	22	23	21	18	22
14	ROB PROSSER	105	28	25	25	27	–
15	NEIL PRINGLE	97	19	19	18	22	19
16	ADRIAN JESSOP	95	15	22	20	20	18
17	STEVE HUMPHRIES	88	14	18	16	19	21
18	STEVE HOWES	80	16	11	19	14	20
19	STEPHEN THORNTON	72	26	–	–	23	23
20	MIKE JOHNSTON	70	8	14	15	17	16
21	ANDREW PROSSER	69	13	10	17	15	14
22	LEE DAVIES	68	12	12	14	13	17
23	EWAN JOHNSTON	63	20	20	23	–	–
24	COLLIN BERRY	59	9	15	9	11	15
25	JOHN CARD	54	11	9	12	10	12
26	VINCE CRAWLEY	51	5	8	13	12	13
27	KEVIN CHARLES	47	6	6	10	16	9
28	DAVE CLAYBORN	42	7	7	8	9	11
29	NICKY MACLENNAN	41	17	13	11	–	–
30	ROB GLYNN	38	21	17	–	–	–
31	PAUL RODGERS	29	2	4	6	7	10
32	ANDY STEPHEN	19	1	5	7	6	–
33	JIM SHAND	16	–	16	–	–	–
34	DARREN MUMFORD	11	3	–	–	8	–
35	STEVE LYONS	10	10	–	–	–	–
36	PAUL BUNN	4	4	–	–	–	–
37	TIM RIGGS	3	–	3	–	–	–