Racer X Race Report: British Championships
Mackenzie in a class of his own at Torrington.
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James Noble took a very impressive fifth overall, a superb result for a man recovering from pneumonia. It was a bad day for Brad Anderson’s title aspirations - the fiesty North-Easterner took a nasty spill on the last lap of moto one whilst comfortably second and did not appear for moto two.
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In MX2, Steven Sword ran off and hid in moto one after Shaun Simpson fell in turn two. Kristian Whatley got a great start, and had a grandstand view as first Pascal Leuret and then Martin Barr came by in the whoops early on, only for the pair to collide nastily right in front of him. Barr bounced up and was away within seconds, but for Leuret it was game over for the day. Whatley himself would fight gamely for four laps before he dropped down the field - reigning champion Mike Brown is having a torrid time of it at the moment, gating well but also falling back through the pack.
In contrast, Martin Barr put on a great display of damage limitation, the Irishman easing Elliot Banks-Browne of the burden of second place and bringing it all the way home - Banks-Browne would hold on for an excellent third, ahead of Shaun Simpson, whose fight back though the sludge was inspirational. The roles were largely reversed in moto two - Brown and Sword got out together, but a lap two mishap saw them both plummet down the field. Simpson was ready and waiting to scoop a lead he would not lose, whilst Sword in turn had to start his charge back through the pack. At the flag, Sword would take third, enough to give him the overall ahead of Simpson - James Dougan would take third overall lahead of Barr, whilst Banks-Browne can consider himself unlucky to only finish fifth in the final standings after two great rides.
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Maxxis British Motocross Championship
MX1 round 3 - Torrington
1. Billy Mackenzie - Honda
2. Tom Church - Kawasaki
3. Mark Hucklebridge - Kawasaki
4. Mark Jones - Kawasaki
5. James Noble - KTM
6. Wayne Smith - Yamaha
Maxxis British Motocross Championship
MX2 round 3 - Torrington
1. Stephen Sword - Kawasaki
2. Shaun Simpson - KTM
3. Jason Dougan - Suzuki