Bridgestone BSMA FATCATS Report
Bridgestone BSMA Championship Round 3
Well the sun made his appearance again for the third round of the Bridgestone BSMA Championship at a very well prepared Fatcats Motor Parc Doncaster, with most classes full made very exciting close racing in all groups on this very demanding sand track.
First to the line where our little pilots with two riders Shaun Mahoney and Freddie Bartlett just back from injured battling hard throughout the weekend, Shaun came out on top with three race wins second and a third again Freddie’s two wins and three thirds with only 6 points separating the two, third spot was taken by wild card rider Archie Girdham, Zane Stephens and Harvey Jackson completing the top five positions.
Next to take to the line were the juniors with wild card rider Tyla Hooley taking five straight wins, there was some battles for the next four place between Ellis Poole, Mckenzie Marshall, Lewis Roden and Ben Humphries with only 21 point separating 2nd from fifth gave excellent riding from the young lads and lasses. Keelan Hope passed red plate holder with two seconds a sixth but with two DNF meant that he was out of the top five for the first time during this series.
Small wheel 85cc class was dominated between two wild card entries Local Lad Ben Clark taking the overall win, from Toby Potter, with Red plate holder Ben Watkins never far from them made close racing, Trystan Williams taking 4th place, from Irelands Luke Mcshane taking fifth, with only five points separating the next 5 riders .
Big Wheel 85cc with only two points separating the top two rider who dominated this class throughout the weekend from start to finish, made for some exciting nail biting racing, Callum Beeken coming out on top , from Bridgestone mounted rider James Hanscomb dropping points in race two, with Marshall Smith riding consistent throughout the weekend taking third from James Hyett, just back from injury Aaron Patstone only two points behind Hyett.
Senior 125cc - went to wild card local lad Denny Rapson taking the overall win from Owen Woodhouse, who took the last moto win from Alex Needham with Rapson taking third, which made Rapson, Woodhouse Alex Needham taking first, second and Third respectfully, Jamie Needham taking 4th with consistent riding from Ryan Manley taking 5th spot. Red plate holder Sam Beresford having bad luck in race one with bike problems made him a DNF then had to play catch up all weekend and finished in 10th place.
Senior Open - this was dominated mainly by wild card entries saw Joe Cadwallander take the overall win from fast gating Corey Coombes, another wild card in third and fourth in Jamie Osbourne and another local lad Connor Fish, with Brooklyn Evans taking 5th Place. A win for Adam Hill in moto 3 saw Hill one point off top five position.
Next to the line was the big boys AMX/Open - The wins were share in the AMX class between fast gating Lee Truman and Bridgestone mounted Harry Linton, Truman with three wins under his belt on Saturday and two seconds on Sunday saw him take the overall by 16 points, from Bridgestone’s Harry Linton who had a fall in race two taking 2nd, and six points behind taking third spot is Darren Webster with consistent riding three fourth place on Saturday and two thirds on Sunday.
Last to take to the sandy track were VETS/Novice class - Novice - with four out of five race wins was wild card entries Jack Berry, from Stephen Redfern and Jack Smith, with Jack taking two 4ths, two seconds and a third, from Kieran Price and Nil Davies
VETS - Saw Wild card entry Neil Griffiths take five straight wins from another wild card Neil Thomas. Third place went to registered rider John Gauntlett have a fourth, second and three thirds ahead of Simon Bracey and Jase Gillett topping off the top five
AUTO -
1ST - SHAUN MAHONEY
2ND - FREDDIE BARTLETT
3RD - ARCHIE GIRDHAM
4TH ZANE STEPHENS
5TH - HARVEY JACKSON
6TH - ALFIE OSBOURNE
7TH - DANNY WEBSTER
8TH - JONAS BROWN
9TH - JOEY BENFIELD
10TH BRANDON BUCKLEY
JUNIORS
1ST - TYLA HOOLEY
2ND - ELLIS POOLE
3RD - MCKENZIE MARSHALL
4TH - LEWIS RODEN
5TH - BEN HUMPHRIES
6TH - ROAN DELANEY
7TH - GEORGE GOODFELLOW
8TH - JACK MAKINSON
9TH - JACK VINER
10TH JACOB HARLEY
SW85CC
1ST - BEN CLARKE
2ND - TOBY POTTER
3RD - BEN WATKINS
4TH - TRYSTAN WILLIAMS
5TH - LUKE MCSHANE
6TH - MATT TOLLEY
7TH - BILLY DUKE
8TH - ETHAN SILLS
9TH HARRISON MCCANN
10TH CAMERON BOX
BW85CC
1ST- CALLUM BEEKEN
2ND - JAMES HANSCOMB
3RD - MARSHALL SMITH
4TH - JAMES HYETT
5TH - AARON PATSTONE
6TH - BILLY JONES
7TH - THOMAS CASBEARD
8TH - AARON HALL
9TH - FINLEY SMITH
10TH - BEN EVANS
SENIOR 125CC
1ST - DENNY RAPSON
2ND - OWEN WOODHOUSE
3RD - ALEX NEEDHAM
4TH - JAMIE NEEDHAM
5TH - RYAN MANLEY
6TH - TOOMY DAVIES
7TH - TOMMY MORRIS
8TH - DECLAN RODEN
9TH - JACK SAMUEL
10TH - SAM BERESFORD
SENIOR 250F
1ST - JOE CADWALLANDER
2ND - COREY COOMBES
3RD - JAMIE OSBOURNE
4TH - CONNOR FISH
5TH - BROOKLYN EVANS
6TH - ADAM HILL
7TH - JOHN MCKENZIE
8TH - KELTON GWYTHER
9TH - IEUAN HARRIS
10TH - JAMES BATES
AMX
1ST - LEE TRUMAN
2ND - HARRY LINTON
3RD DARREN WEBSTER
OPEN
1ST - ALAN PEARCE
2ND CHARLIE EVANS
3RD CHRIS GRINDLE
NOVICE
1ST - JACK BERRY
2ND - STEPHEN REDFERN
3RD - JACK SMITH
4TH - KIERAN PRICE
5TH - NEIL DAVIES
VETS
1ST - NEIL GRIFFITHS
2ND - NEIL THOMAS
3RD - JOHN GAUNTLETT
4TH - SIMON BRACEY
5TH - JASE GILLETT