Bridgestone BSMA Clubman’s Series Round 1
Round 1 of the Bridgestone sponsored BSMA Clubman’s Series Championship was hosted by Severn Valley at a superbly well prepared Brookthorpe track near Gloucester, in glorious sunshine. Thanks must go to the very determined and professional Severn Valley Team.
Automatics started proceedings with Lewis Roden in difficult track conditions winning unchallenged with Larry Harper a good second and Zac Dunton third. Zac Dunton got his act together winning the next 4 races by ever increasing margins, the battle was for 2nd spot with Larry Harper with a higher position giving him runner up from the improving Oliver Wheeler both finished equal on points, with Roan Delaney taking 4th with a zero score in his last race relegating Roden to 5th with Rheanna Morgan Rogers completing the top 6.
Juniors were dominated by 2 riders, Charlie Palmer and Billy Duke. Charlie taking the top spot by 4 points, despite making a few mistakes as he set a fantastic pace. Duke was always close and able to take advantage. The next 3 riders battled hard for the final podium positions with just 2 points separating them after two days racing Dylan Kitto improving to snatch 3rd ahead of Billy Simpson and Hedley Longford who finished on joint points with Ben Pratt 6th.
A full line up of SW85 saw Dominic Lancett with consistent riding taking the overall with 2 good wins, Some of the best racing at this level I have seen especially against James Hanscomb battling to the finish in a couple of races only electronic timing could separate them by 10th of a second. Second Ryan Tanner started slowly costing him 1st position but he improved with 4 runaway wins with Lancett and Hanscomb having no answer. These 3 were well clear of the rest of field with Aaron Colley, Jaydon Murphy and James Smith in 4th, 5th and 6th respectively.
Big Wheel pilot Jordan Riley with 4 super wins came top of the group his maximum was spoilt in race 2 by the fast starting Brooklyn Evans, Whose consistent race results leaving him clear in second spot. Third by just one point was Josh Greedy who had a disaster in race 2 just getting the better of Eddie Irving his first 4 results blown away by a bad last race. Nathan Bache and James Bates split by one point again a last race decider in this very competitive full line up of riders.
Senior rider Henry Williams one of the superstars of the meeting, was kept honest by Lewis Dowdeswell the wins going 3 to 2 in favour of Henry making for some fantastic racing for the spectators. Dan Wheeler 3rd on 3 occasions, with strong finishes taking the last podium spot Luke Craig finished a creditable 4th with Alex Walton just up from BW85 took a good runner up position in race 4, Jack French was just 2 points adrift in 6th Kieran Cooke always fast away from the gate was unable to hold his position.
AmxOpen Chase Neale took 3 wins and was well clear of the rest of the group Shaun Buchan finished runner up ahead of Tom Watson , Kieran Watkins and Jonathan Evans the top 5 trophy winners.
AMX racing with the open were the quicker of the 2 with Jack Timms a 3 race winner getting the better of Ricky Roderick who took the opening moto. These 2 riders were well clear of the chasing pack, Lee Truman took 3rd overall with determination strong finishes in all his races, Bridgestone Sponsored Rob Yates on a 125cc had to work hard in every race to gain 4th, Karl Haycock was unlucky to finish 5th a disaster in race 3 costing him dearly. Darren Webster finishing a creditable 6th returning to the track after a bad accident last August a week after being crowned BSMA Champion. We wish him well for the rest of the series.
Vets – Dean Warren was a clear points winner winning all 3 races on the first day. Matt White taking the wins on the 2nd day not able to cope with the track conditions at the start of the meeting relegates him to 9th. Consistent riding from Matthew Colley giving up 2nd overall the weekend with Fred Smith in 3rd ahead of Matt Nash and Kevin Brotherton.
Vets Open Stuart Rawlings gained maximum points battling with Rob Church on day 1 the positions in doubt until the finish line. Unable to contest the 2nd day Rawlings was left out in front with Paul Longford and Guy Longmead battling it out for the other 2 podium places Jamie Smith and Lee Barrett filled the final trophy positions.
The first time in the BSMA an EVO and Open Pre 85 class competed on the 2nd day, Matt Hitchman with 3 race wins dominated the results, Nick Selwyn riding consistently gained runner up with Kevin Reed just behind in 3rd. In the smaller engines it was James Shand with 2 excellent wins who took the overall from David Russell and Nick Saunders taking the other 2 podium positions.
The BSMA would like to congratulate Severn Valley for the organisation of a superb event and all individuals who helped to make it such an enjoyable weekend Bridgestone our main sponsors for trophies and Tyre Deals, Mick Extance for Training Day experience and Race Spec for Holeshot prizes.
see you all in Wales for the next round on 12/13 April
Written by Don Church
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1st – Zac Dunton 221 points
2nd – Larry Harper 199 points
3rd- Oliver Wheeler 199 points
4th- Roan Delaney 188 points
5th -Lewis Roden 174 points
6th Rheanna Morgan Rogers 169 points
7th – Teagan Nightingale 163 points
8th – Levi Davies 160 points
9th – Tyler Shedden 151 points
10th Sion Aled Evans 148 points
Junior
1st Charlie Palmer 221 points
2nd Billy Duke 217 points
3rd Dylan Kitto 186 points
4th Billy Simpson 184 points
5th Hedley Longford 184 points
6th Ben Pratt 177 points
7th Bryn Brookes 176 points
8th Josh Noon 166 points
9th Carwyn Rosser 153 points
10th Jordan Gould 147 points
SW85
1st Dominic Lancett 217 points
2nd Ryan Tanner 213 points
3rd James Hanscomb 209 points
4th Aaron Colley 193 points
5th Jaydon Murphy 189 points
6th James Smith 170 points
7th Jack Samuel 160 points
8th Kyle Biggs 160 points
9th Ben White 155 points
10th Marshall Smith 149 points
BW85
1st Jordan Riley 221
2nd Brooklyn Evans 209
3rd Josh Greedy 193
4th Eddie Irving 192
5th Nathan Bache 177
6th James Bates 176
7th Jamie Evans 163
8th Michael Watson 155
9th Joe Cadwallader 147
10th Daniel Bartlett 141
Senior
1st Henry Williams 221
2nd Lewis Dowdeswell 213
3rd Dan Wheeler 197
4th Luke Craig 189
5th Alex Walton 181
6th Jack French 179
7th Kieran Cooke 172
8th Josh Bishop 165
9th Tyron Cleaver 158
10th Jack Hunt 153
AMX
1st Jack Timms 178
2nd 9 Rickie Roderick 174
3rd Lee Truman 158
4th Rob Yates 154
5th Karl Haycock 151
6th Darren Webster 141
7th Andy Fitzgereld 137
8th Emerson Jones 131
9th Chris Grindle 125
10th Dan Craig 121
Open
1st Chase Neale 176
2nd Shaun Buchan 162
3rd Tom Watson 152
4th Kiaron Watkins 142
5th Jonathan Evans 137
6th Gareth Hudson 133
7th Scott Rawlings 130
8th Ryan Bawn 129
9th Tom Hoyles 123
10th Darrell Sims 116
Vets
1st Dean Warren 219
2nd Matthew Colley 181
3rd Fred Smith 177
4th Robert Nash 165
5th Kevin Brotherton 160
6th Vince Crawley 157
7th Russell Hartill 156
8th Matthew Norris 152
9th Matt White 133
10th Kevin Saunders 127
Vets Open
1st Stuart Rawlings 225
2nd Paul Longford 209
3rd Guy Longmead 193
4th Jamie Smith 181
5th Lee Barrett 173
6th Leon Vaughan 162
7th Jamie Williams 161
8th Andrew Rockey 154
9th Robert Church 129
10th Mark Mcgill 113
Pre 85
Open
1st Matt Hitchman 135
2nd Nick Selwyn 121
3rd Kevin Reed 117
4th Matt Evans 111
5th Scott Reed 102
6th Kevin Butcher 100
7th Ben Maulier 93
8th Rob Jones 87
9th Paul Kirby 86
10th Nick Payton 82
1st James Shand 129
2nd David Russell 112
3rd Nick Saunders 104
4th Nick Mauger 98
5th Simon Howells 86
6th Anthony Giles 85
7th Nigel Green 83
8th David Kift 71
9th Amie Honeywell 66