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2006 Championship Standings Adults Kids Reports |
The True Grit Off Road Club kick of the first round of the National Putoline Hare Scramble Championship at the Old Air Field at Driffield East Yorkshire. The venue is ideal in winter with its tarmac car parking & the track is always rideable no matter what the winter weather can throw at it. The championship - now in its 3rd year - offers a £1,000 to the winning expert rider. Last years Champion Paul Bolton will be missing some of the rounds so there a chance for some one to steal his crown. Putoline have once again generously supported the experts clubman 040 and sportsman classes with either cash prizes or product , as the championship moves into spring and summer some of the fantastic new venues will be used, with venues from Derbyshire to the Scottish borders the championship covers a massive area camping will be available at all the rounds from the Friday, with most of the junior youth races on a Saturday, along with training schools provided by wyn Hughes si wakley and graham Jarvis. Dirtbike-traxs and true grit off road are determined to make the championship even better this year which is going to be hard to do, as last years championship was such an outstanding success with record numbers of riders racing, but DBTandTGOR are up to the challenge So get yourselves signed up for the first round , entries can obtained from www.truegritoffroad.org.uk and for move information on the championship www.dirtbike-traxs.com or 07914777534 as of 5/2/08 the event has already got over 260 riders
The Dirtbike-traxs team produced another outstanding weekends sport at the superb Gisburn venue, the venue set in the heart of the stunning Ribble valley with parts of the course following the banks of the scenic river Ribble. The weekend saw over 420 riders compete in the various races that formed the 8th round of the UK's most popular hare scramble championship, and because of cancelled events during the summer the final round of the Sinisalo championship. The Dirtbike-traxs team had spent many weeks preparing the track and the impressive start area for the weekends events, on Saturday the youth riders , juniors and senior B got there chance to sample the awesome track using a smaller loop than the adults course. At 2pm the start signal was given in glorious sunshine and 50 young riders blasted off. In the senior b group Joe Deakin, and Billy Robinson set the early pace but Joe soon started to pull away and take a clear cut win completing 14 laps. The chasing pack contained Billy Robinson 2nd , Davey Todd 3rd and William Hillas 4th - all completing 13 lap. In the junior race Luke flack and Michael Tatham battled for top spot and the winner was only decided by 0.4 of a second in favour of Luke flack both riders completed a fine 12 laps, in third place on 11 laps was Dan Bewlay Sunday The weather conditions had changed and was now cool and overcast, the ideal racing conditions, 215 sportsmen, novice and seniors A riders were on the starts lines awaiting the go signal and at 9 am the race was on , in the youth senior A race Michael briggs was a clear winner from hard riding josh Taylor in second and josh bendil third, Brigg's and talyors lap times would have put them at the front of the sportsman classes such was there pace around the gisburn circuit, Sportsman E1 top honours were collected by Gary Daniels while the sportsman open top spot was claimed by Simon Foulke.
The clubman E1 was dominated by a young man from Halifax Harry Hillas KTM 125 his 14 lap performance would have earned him a fine 6th place in the expert class. Second place went to James Harvey - making his long trip from Scotland worth while - with TGOR'S Craig Altass taking third place. James Clift won the clubman open from Adrian Clarke with Marcus Firth taking third place. Mick Kendall is still putting in great performances in the 040 class to take the win from Manny Smith in second and Leo Cordingley in third.
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7 of the Putoline Hare Scramble Championship
Bolton by Bowland Report and pictures dirtbike dawgResults Main Event Youth Sportsmen The abnormal summer weather played a major part in the out come of the 7th round of the National Putoline Hare Scramble championship, with the course in good condition up to the weekend, but the rain started on Saturday with drizzle and worse was to come. The youth race went off well so the decision was made to continue on Sunday, but during the early hours of Sunday morning torrential rain set in through the night and this was going to make the course extremely difficult for most riders, with the famous bowland hills and off cambers claiming the riders and forcing early retirements. The youth racing got underway at 2 pm on Saturday with the senior b and junior riders, the conditions were ok and the youth riders were circulating around the course. in the senior B class Billy Grimmer took the win from Davey Todd both riders completing 8 laps third place was Ayrton Aldridge on 7 laps Becca Dawson had her best result in the senior B finishing 4th, in the junior class on there small wheeled 65 machine Harrison bell on his ktm put in an outstanding performance to complete 6 laps , 3 laps ahead of second placed Billy Steinman and Charlie Robinson in third all the youth riders coped with the conditions extremely well and on this basics a decision was taken to run the adults .
Dirtbike-traxs held the 6th round of the uk's best supported hare scramble championship at the popular Gisburn venue, once again attracting 400 riders to the weekends proceeding, with the unpredictable summer weather causing havoc with events around the country, the Dirtbike-traxs team were subjected to 15 hours of rain which started early Saturday morning and did not ease until 10 pm Saturday night. This caused havoc with the car parking and track, but the experienced dbt crew modified there plans for both car parking and the track, unfortunately the revised car parking was a long way from the start & DBT would like to thank the riders for there understanding over this .The youth races for the juniors and senior B riders got underway at 2.30 pm Saturday with the conditions wet and slippery for the young riders, in the senior B class Billy Robinson and Joe Deakin swapped the lead during the first hour with Joe Deakin taking the win, in the juniors Luke flack was the victor from Harrison bell second and Michael Tatham third,, it was hard work for the riders and there machines in the wet conditions and congratulations are in order to all the youth riders that raced. As Sunday dawned the conditions had changed dramatically, the sun was shining but the underfoot conditions were still very wet, this would cause the sportsmen problems early on. The first race which got underway at 9 am, had 220 sportsmen novices and senior A youth riders. With a race duration of 2.5 hours The track had undergone major revision due to the conditions the famous Barnes Banks were out. As the leaders came back to time control for the first time young DBT rider Liam Ward on his yam 125 in E1 came through the newly constructed Putoline rock and log section first, a lead he was to hold for the first hour until he suffered throttle trouble despite this he hung on to finish in third place, Rob Wright emerged to take the E1 win from Chris Berrill (who had led up to the 2 hour mark), while in the sportsman open class Peter Carr took top spot from Richard Spencer and Ryan Patrick in third. By the time the race had ended the track conditions had changed dramatically for the better, the hot sun and light breeze had dried the track out so much that the DBT team were busy remarking in the famous Barnes Banks ready for the main race of the day. At 12.30 the expert line blasted off with Justin the daddy Wilson collecting the RAS sport hole shot award he eased into an early lead chased by Sandiford Honda rider Paul Bolton and mps husky mounted Gav Houson ,as the leaders descended into the woods it was Bolton who emerged at the extreme section first chased by Wilson , as the race progressed the lead would change many times between Wilson, Houson and Bolton. As Bolton and Houson went out for the last lap, Houson held a small lead over Bolton, Bolts made a mega last lap charge to take the chequered flag from Houson, but his efforts were in vain as he had refuelled earlier out on the course resulting in a dnf. Houson picked up first place second place going to hard riding biff smith, in third Jason Crosland, Justin Wilson suffered a rare mechanical breakdown on his Race FX ktm. This leaves the championship wide open, all the top experts are all still in with a chance of taking the generous prize fund provided by the UK's leading off road motorcycle oil company Putoline, The clubman class E1 was won by rob Taylor from Damian Butler and Harry Hillas in third, the open class honours were won by Pete brown in first followed by Anthony cooper and in third Marcus firth all 3 completing 12 laps, over 40 rider Brett Haley was a lap clear of John Lofthouse with Anthony Crowe in third. Talking to the DBT clerk of the course at the end, "Its been a hard day for the riders especially the sportsman riders with the track being greasy early on. A big thank you to them for sticking to the track and keeping land damage to within the confinds of the course, I can not believe we have been hit by the weather again, but we still ended up with a great week ends racing". The next round 19th of August at Bolton by Vowland
Houson burns to Gisburn win
The Dirtbike-traxs crew had been working over the last 5 weeks to rework the track in preparation for the massive 500 rider entry that was to take part in round 4 of the UK's most popular hare scramble championship. sponsored by Putoline oils, with a large trade area and impressive start area Dirtbike-traxs are setting new standards in event organisation, Riders came from Scotland in the north and as far south as Kent and Surrey, The venue is set in the stunning Ribble valley Lancashire with the course running down to the banks of the river Ribble. The track which is 6 miles long and consists of open grass land with exhilarating climbs and descents, two woodland sections , some newly introduced twisty gullies , the famous barnes banks, and an extreme section which would prove more challenging as the event progressed thousand of spectators gathered around the course to watch the action. The weekend started on the Saturday with one of Dirtbike-traxs popular KTM training/academy days, with 5 hour of quality instruction the riders came back to the start area with smiling faces and having learned some new techniques , The weather had been hot a sunny all week and the track if anything was to dusty and would cause problems, but at around 5am Sunday morning we had some rain just enough to dampen the track , the weather would then hold out until the last 30 mins of the expert/clubman race.
In the 040 class Mick Kendal won on 14 laps from second placed Jack Twentyman also 14 laps jack may have got the win if he had started on time, 3rd place Rob Butler on 13 laps.. What a fantastic days racing the riders had in the Ribble valley, as the day drew to an end with the awards ceremony, the dbt team could be pleased with the days events' every thing ran on time , and most importantly the riders had a great weekend, dbt would like to thank all the riders and crews who complied with all the parking and the pushing of the bikes to and from the start area restrictions imposed on us by ribble valley council, who were on site and were impressed with our behaviour, ensuring we keep this venue. The championship returns to Driffield on the 27th of may.
The proceedings started on Saturday at 12 noon, with the National Putoline Youth Hare Scramble Championship. Which comprised of 70 young hare scramblers to take to the line, The weather was outstanding , with the sun splitting the skies the heat and dust was going to make this race more difficult for the young guns. So the DBT crew modified the course missing out the difficult rocky woodland climb and extreme rock section. As the clock hit midday the youth racers were off. Josh Bendell took an early lead on a KTM 125, but was soon passed by Michael Briggs Honda 125 and Josh Taylor. Running near the front early on was Rob Dawson, KTM 125 but he was the victim of poor maintenance as his seat fell off. Michael Briggs was on a mission stretching his lead at the front with some stylish riding taking the win from Josh Taylor with a 4 minute winning margin, in third place was Josh Bendell all completing 13 laps. The senior B race was won by Joe Deakin from Billy Robinson CRF150 in second, Billy set the fastest lap of the senior B riders both riders completed 12 laps, 3rd place was secured by Davey Todd 11 laps. The Juniors found the going tough with there small bikes but Harrison Bell rose to the occasion on his 65 KTM taking the win in this competitive class, from Billy Steinman in second and Joe smith taking third.. All the youth riders can be pleased with there performances on this demanding circuit. The DBT crew had less than an hour to prepare the track for the Saturday fun race, aimed at clubmen/, sportsmen/novices, using the full championship course the race got under way at 14:30 with a 70 strong field. In the open class Ian Coburn and David Appleyard were to battle it out for the win with the honours going to Ian Coburn 2nd place for David Appleyard both completed 14 laps, in third place was Richard Thompson on 13 laps. The sportsman class victory went to Stephen Thornton with a winning margin of 2 min 15 seconds over Rob Wright both riders completing 14 laps in third place was Anthony Davison 13 laps. Victory in the novice class was taken by Neil Robinson second Jarrod Vere both 11 laps, Gary Carson took third spot on 10 laps. The race was scheduled for 2.5 hours, but in the extreme heat it was reduced to 2 hours , just as well, as the riders had found it hard work in the dust. The dbt crew had now to get ready for Sunday,
At 12:30 the main race of the day, 140 experts clubman and 0/40 lined up to
be tested on the demanding butts circuit. The championship front runners, the
Daddy Wilson, Bolton, action Jackson, Houson jnr, Biff Smith all trying to get
there hands on the large Putoline prize fund ! As the go board went up Wilson
took the RAS sport hole shot prize, the crowds waited for the riders to come
back into the quarry area , riding with the no 1 plate on his bike it was the
Daddy Wilson on his race FX KTM, with a small lead over Paul Bolton riding his
new CR 250 Honda, as they came on to the extreme section Bolts made his move he
made up ground over Wilson over the extreme section and passed him just as they
cleared the extreme section (pictured top). Bolts started to build his lead, getting used to
his new Honda over the early stages, Eurotek boss action Jackson on his Eurotek
KTM 200 was now gaining ground on the leaders passing Wilson and closing in on
Bolton, he got to within 15 seconds of Bolton with an hour of the race gone
when disaster struck severe stomach cramps forced an early retirement for the
eurotek boss, Wilson was charging again having gone through Round 4 of the championship moves into Lancashire May 5/6 at the outstanding Gisburn venue. National Putoline Hare Scramble Championship Tong Bradford , 24th/ 25th March
The weekends sport started on Saturday at 9 am with a dirtbike-traxs off road academy/training day with instructors Justin Wilson and graham Jarvis taking charge putting the groups through their paces before finishing at 1330 hours, some of the younger riders having just an hour to prepare themselves before the start of the national putoline youth hare scramble championship. 1430 hours saw the start of the youth race with 70 riders spead across the 3 classes senior A senior B and juniors the race had a duration of 90r mins using 70% of the adult course the young riders had been set a challenging route by the dirtbike traxs team, the weather was just about perfect avoiding the forecast rain, and with the breeze continually drying the track making the it superb to ride. Ras sport rider Michael briggs on his cr 125 took an early lead in the senior a class from josh taylor 125 yam these 2 were close for the first few laps before Michael cashed on the slippery rocks, damaging his throttle the repairs cost him the lead, and allowing josh a couple of minutes lead , which michael could not pull back despite setting the fastest lap of the day, both riders finished on 11 laps, 3rd josh bendill 4th rob dawson 5th both on 10 laps 5th place Thomas healey 9 laps. In the senior B race joe deakin took the honours from robert Johnson in second and billy robinson in third all riders completed a fine 10 laps, 4th place went to William hillas and scott altass 5th who both posted 9 laps. The junior riders with there smaller machines struggled on some parts of the course the winner was Luke flack 2nd place Michael tatham 3rd place Alex clegg all these completed 8 laps 4th Harrison bell and 5th Ryan ashton both completing 7 laps well done to all the junior riders who finished this challenging course Sunday brought better weather with sunshine and blue skies. The Sportsman/novice race was the first race with a 200 strong entry. The course was in pristine condition and the extreme section 'the rocks of doom!' were ready for their first customers. In the sportsman E1 class young Liam Ward got off to a flying start and took the hole shot, and started to build a commanding lead. Coming in at the end of the first lap with a minute advantage over Chris Berrill second and Terry Watson third. Liam maintained his lead until the half way point when he crashed causing damage to his handle bars. Terry Watson then moved into the lead which he maintained until the end. Winning by a clear lap from Peter Carr Second Rob Wright third Liam Ward Fourth and faith James Clarke. The Sportsman Open class was a close fought affair with Collin Chapman taking the win from Stuart Gordon and Ryan Patrick third. All completing 11 laps. Simon Foulke fourth and fifth Rob Cartwright both on 10 laps. Novice class honours went to Kirk Wilson Second Phil Jones both completing 10 laps, with Nicholas Owen in third with 9 laps.
040's class was dominated by the wiry old jack twentyman who put 12 laps a lap ahead of burnleys john lofthouse 3rd Mick Kendal 4th rob butler 5th Phil Darwin Talking to the dbt secretary at the end Jane addle said the event has been an out standing success, the course that our team have set had something in it for all riders, the rocks of doom provided the massive crowd with a spectacle to watch , and the riders with a challenge, we can't believe the amount of riders that want to ride our events, with the entry for the weekends races and training at the 500 mark keeping the national putoline hare scramble championship the best supported in the uk , it was great to see the top uk riders race in the north of England Having spoke to a few of them they really loved the tong and dbt experience, don't forget round 3 of the championship moves to butts quarry Derbyshire over the weekend 14th/15th April entries are already 70%full.
Team sponsor Ray Woolhead of Insight Consultants invited D3-Racing and Tom to round 2 of the Dirt Bike trax series as it's his local track and he was sure the circuit would suit Tom and his KTM 250 EXC. The Dirt Bike Trax team had prepared a fantastic circuit for round 2 of their popular series and nearly 500 riders were treated to Tong Hall in its very best conditions over 2 days. This is without doubt one of the best cross-country tracks in the country, but if the weathers bad it can also be a different story. The course of around 12 minutes in length is mostly mixed woodland, streams and gulley's, lots of rocks and roots and very slippy fire roads which claim many who are over ambitious with the throttle. Tom once again did not have the best of starts and was away mid pack in the huge expert line up, early leaders were Ryan Voase, Mark Jasckson and Si Wakeley but within a lap Tom had put on a charge and moved from around 15th to quickly take the lead and looked to be enjoying the slippy conditions. At the end of each lap riders were faced with a short cut through the "rocks of doom" or a longer chicken run, most of the experts tackled the rocks and riders such as Tom, Paul Bolton, Graham Jarvis and Mark Jackson entertained the spectators with their trials skills making them look so easy. With a clear track in front Tom concentrated on pulling out a gap on the chasing pack and after 4 laps had a lead of around 2 minutes, further back Ryan Voase and Wakeley traded positions with Ryan eventually getting the better of Simon and pulled out a good 30 second gap. Tom rode the whole race without incident at a comfortable pace and during the last half hour upped his pace to win by nearly 3 minutes. Tom Sagar "I am really pleased that Ray of Insight Consultants invited us to Tong, this tracks awesome and although very slippy after last week in Sweden on ice this was a breeze, my start was not so good but I'm used to that now and just got on the gas to pass everyone and really just paced myself after that. It's also great to get another win as I have had so many 2nd and 3rd places recently". Result: 1. Tom Sagar D3-Racing, KTM 250 EXC 2T 2. Ryan Voase, Kawasaki 250 2t 3. Simon Wakeley, MPS Husqvarna Next Event: Rd 3 Fast Eddy cross-country championship, Pilsworth, Lancs D3-Racing Team Sponsors: Van Bodies Lancaster Ltd, Insight Consultants, KTM UK , Triple-D Motopsport, Metzeler, Motorex, Acerbis, Scott, Sidi, Airoh, KTM Powerwear, Renthal, Regina Chains, WP Suspension, PG Graphics.
Round 1 National Putoline Hare Scramble Championship
The build up to the event had been busy for the True Grit crew. Paddy Langhan recovering from a serious knee injury had been hard at work driving a machine regrading parts of the course, while the rest of the crew were plotting new routes for the massive entry, which had toped the 500 mark , truly outstanding for a hare scramble event. The course was over 8 miles in length the course used a mixture of young plantations gravel tracks , rough grass fields and an interesting quarry with a ride time of 20 mins for an expert rider which meant refuelling for the expert riders would be critical could you get away with 1 stop or 2 refuelling stops. With a new trade area which was well supported by the industry and a new race format things were set for a truly great event.
Sunday again saw the weather in fine form, with bright sunshine, with the changes having been made to the course from the previous days youth race. the adult racing got under way at 9am with a sportsman novice race, with over 200 riders taking to the course, the race duration was set at 2 hours, the sportsman open class was a close fought affair with Stephen Suddes taking the win from many smith by a 3 minute margin in third place was Stuart Bland all three riders completed 6 laps. Sportsman E1 class was won by Anthony Pye the only E1 rider to complete 6 laps in second place was peter carr third place going to martin Austin In the newly introduced novice class Stephen booth took the win from Sean Massey second and Joseph Christlove third. The marshals now had a short break in which to catch there breath back before the main event of the day. the expert clubman/040 race. With the level of interest in the championship high a fine field of expert riders had come to contest this the first round At 12.15 the start signal was given and the experts were off, Biff Smith on his Dave Clarke racing Husaberg 450 took the RAS Sport hole shot award. As the expert riders came through lap scoring for the first time motocross star David Campbell was in the lead closely followed by Mark Jackson Eurotek KTM 200 & Justin Wilson (top) riding his new Race-FX KTM 250 in 4 place. As the race progressed the leadership changed but as the 2 hour mark came Justin Wilson was out in front on his own. Paul Bolton after a poor start had now worked his way in to second place passing Gav Houson,. As the 2hour 30 race duration came to an end Justin Wilson had secured a winning margin of 2 mins and 29 sec over the smooth riding Gasgas man Bolton, with Gav Houson in third, Eurotek's Mark Jackson getting a solid fourth place with factory Dave Wright Sandiford Honda in fifth all completing 8 laps, the expert battle provided the hoards of spectators with some excellent racing, In the clubman open class Ripon rider Steve Watson took the win from young Andy Noakley riding his Robinson backed ktm 250. Andy - who has just moved up from the youth class - looks set to be a star of the future. Third place going to mark tones all completed 7 laps. Clubman E1 was won by Michael Kay with Harry Hillas in second, third place was secured by Rob Brookster Brooks recently changing his ktm 525 for a 250f all completed 7 laps. The 040 class was fought out by old friends Mick Kendal and Rob Buttler with Tick taking the win by 6 mins from Rob, third place was secured by Rob Elliot all completing 7 laps. True Grit Off Road can be very pleased with the weekends proceedings all the races ran on time. The award presentations were excellent but most of all the competitors had a fantastic weekend, made possible by the dedicated marshals. TGOR would also like to thank Putoline oils for there fantastic support in this championship. Martyn Field TGOR event director said "we were astounded by the level of entries they just kept coming we had to turn a 150 away, regular riders please get your entries in early". The Championship moves to tong near Bradford weekend of the 25th of march .
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Bolts takes the Putoline Crown Round 8 National
Putoline Hare Scramble Championship Gisburn
With
an hours break from the racing action the hard working DBT crew were out
repairing the track for the main race of the day. With top expert riders.
Gavin Houson MPS Racing Husquvarna - making a return to the DBT events
scene - was KB Racing's Lincoln Brewster (left), Martin Sandiford, factory
Dave Wright, Paul Bolton and the Biffester Smith all team Sandiford Honda,
were set to make an epic race of it. 150 experts clubman and 040 lined up for
the second and the main race of the day. At 12 .30 the start signal was given
and it was KB Racing's Lincoln Brewster who emerged from the first turn to
claim the RASport holeshot award. By the time the leading experts had emerged
from the famous Barnes banks it was Sandiford teamster Paul Bolton that was
leading. As the early part of the race unfolded Bolton was building a
commanding lead over Lincoln Brewster and the chasing pack. Martin Sandiford
was making steady progress and moved into second place by the mid way point
with Lincoln in third. As the race moved into the final stages Bolton was
cruising but Biff Smith was on a mission having battled hard for several laps
to get past Lincoln Brewster. He was now on Martin Sandiford's tail, the pair
swapped places several times before the Biffester pulled away to take a well
deserved second place behind the effortless Paul Bolton with Martin Sandiford
in third, Lincoln Brewster fourth and Gav Houson in fifth. Another clean sweep
for team Sandiford Honda.
That
was the end of a superb weekend's racing from the outstanding track to the
slick organisation by the dbt team. As the results were calculated it was
clear that Paul Bolton was now the National Putoline Oils Hare Scramble
Champion for 07 and will collect his £1,000 cheque from Putoline Oils at the
presentation night in December. For the rest of the riders contesting this
great championship there is still lots to fight for at the final round
driffield on the 14th of October, talking to dbt's Jane Addle at the end ,
this has been a fantastic weekend , thanks to the riders who continue to
support our events and to all the marshals that help, a special mention to
mark Houson who broke his collar bone for the second time this year on
Saturday , but was back to marshal and help clear up on Sunday THANKS .
As Sunday dawned it was clear the conditions had deteriorated but with
competitors already arriving the organizers had to continue At 9 am the
sportsman's/ novice and senior A youth blasted off around the circuit Liam
ward on his elderly yz 125 was the early leader in the e1 class being chased
hard by Mick Robson, Liam ward continued building a lead and looked set for a
comfortable win but his bike seized on the last lap, leaving Mick Robson to
claim the win from tez Watson both completing 5 laps in 3rd place was Chris
Berril on 4 laps, The Sports open class win went to john weir with an
outstanding 6 laps Stuart Gordon took second and with grim determination john
Holt picked up his first dbt award. The youth senior A riders were simply a
cut above the sports man class with josh Taylor winning on 6 laps from second
placed Michael Briggs (above) who had some trouble with his bike on 5 laps and josh
bendell 3rd also 5 laps.
At 12 15 the expert 040 clubman main race was off with Sandiford rider Biff
Smith (top) taking the RAS sport hole shot award and taking up the early
leader position, Paul Bolton (left) on another of the immaculately turned out
Sandiford Honda team riders had gone over the bars with a superb superman act
at the start and was trying to make up ground on the flying Biffester,
Biffester hung on to lead until the second lap when Bolts hit the front, world
superbike champion Neil Hodgeson was making excellent progress and was in the
top five on his ktm 250 f , the conditions were getting steadily worse but
sandiford teamster bolts was pulling out a commanding lead finishing 10
minutes clear of the biffester,, Anthony ayrton finished in 3rd making it a
clean sweep of the podium positions for the sandiford team, in a big change to
his customary tarmac world superbike champion Neil hodgeson finished in 4th
place , but said he enjoyed the event ,even in the challenging conditions,
clubman E1 win went to Robert Taylor, 2nd place Phillip Hancock and third
place dbt regular dom garnham , clubman open honours were claimed by Adrian
Clarke 2nd ben airlie 3rd Chris ball Talking to dirt bike -traxs event chief
john kerwin , this has been a very hard day for every one much harder than we
expected a lot of the riders will be disappointed, but what was a perfectly
ride able course on Friday was turned to gloop by the weather, its mad when we
are still in summer but I am looking forward to our winter venues which
provide hard standing car parking and tracks that can run in any conditions,
our next event is at Burnley round 8 of the championship this venue can run in
any conditions, I must thank all the marshals for what was an extremely hard
weekend for them.
At
8 30 am Sunday it was action stations for the experienced dirtbike-traxs
crew. As over 80 youth riders roared away from the start line, on a
shortened course but including the challenging wooded section, in to an
early lead was Michael briggs in the senior A group closely followed by
josh Taylor, Taylor then pushed to the front a lead he would maintain
until the finish despite, Michael briggs setting the fastest lap, josh
Taylor took the win clompleting13 laps from second placed Michael briggs
13 laps in third was josh bendall 12 laps. In the senior B class Joe
deakin and Billy Robinson battled with each other for the win, with Joe
having the edge over local lad Billy Robinson both completed 12 laps in
third place was Richard peers Davies on 11 laps, finishing in 14th
position was becca Dawson on her girl power ktm 85 completing a fine 9
laps with more girls riding it won't be long before we have a separate
class for them. Luke flack freshly returned from his trip to the USA took
a narrow win from Harrison bell in the junior class both riders
completed10 laps in third place on 9 laps was Billy Steinman , all the
youth riders received there finishers awards at the end of this
challenging race. 10 30 saw the 215 strong sportsman novice race start
using the full gisburn course including extreme section, the race duration
was over 2 hours and 15 mins, liam ward took an early lead in the
sportsman E1class but peter carr, tez Watson, terry moore were all pushing
hard for the front as was Craig Thorpe but he suffered a huge looping out
on the extreme section and dropped back, peter carr by the end of the
first hour was in the lead which was to change a few times during
refuelling stops , with peter carr taking the victory by 1 minute and 8
secs over second placed tez Watson, and third place going to terry moore
all completing 11 laps.. The sportsman open win was taken by many smith
the only sportsman rider to complete 12 laps, second place was Paul
mulholland with Simon foulkes in third both on 11 laps.
At 13 45 hours
the main race of the day would start, but before then the DBT crew were
hard at work repairing the track, in the prestigious expert class some of
the UK's top hare scramblers were set to battle it out for top honours and
to take another step towards claiming Putoline's large cash prize fund for
the overall series winner. As the clock hit 1.45 pm the bikes roared into
life and Justin Wilson on his Race FX ktm emerged from the dust to take
the ras sport hole shot award, Wilson was the first man back to lap
scoring with Houson and Bolton in hot pursuit, as the leaders entered the
woods for the second time Wilson crashed heavily cracking his exhaust pipe
which would cause major problems later in the race, gav Houson mps racing
now took up the lead screaming his 125 husky around the course holding off
Paul Bolton 250 Honda, but bolts slipped past Houson to take up the lead,
but gav's chance would come again, and on lap 5 bolts crashed on the
extreme hill allowing Houson to regain the lead , as the race drew in to
its final stages bolt's and his Honda were charging, gaining ground on
young Houson, and looking like he might catch him but he got tangled up
with back markers in one of the gullies and dropped back, meanwhile Wilson
was holding third but his bike was struggling and as he came into the
extreme section for the last time the exhaust had blown a 2 inch hole in
the front pipe after 2 attempts on the hill he was forced to take the long
route around by now Chris hockey husky had moved into 3rd place and biff
smith on his berg 4th . Gavin Houson took a well deserved win on his mps
racing125 husky 2 place Paul Bolton Honda 3 Chris hockey husky. all
completing 15 laps. The clubman E1 was a competitive affair with Jonathon
Hughes taking a narrow win from rob Taylor 2nd and Kieran Tomilinson 3 rd
all completing 13 laps Andrew Noakley took the clubman open win , only a
year ago this young man was riding in the youths' completing a fine 14
laps, in second place was james clift also 14 laps third place going to
Marcus firth on 13 laps.
The Dirtbike-traxs crew spent a week preparing the course, based on the
Butts motocross track, building a trade mark extreme section comprising of logs
and rocks, cutting in new tracks to ensure the course would challenge the
massive 450 entry that would descend over the weekend to the famous quarry.
Sunday dawned with more sunshine and clear blue skies, dust was going to be
a major factor in the days racing. At 9 am the 150 strong sportsman/novice
class set off in lines of 20. As the riders came back in to the quarry area
after completing the mx circuit and surrounding wooded tracks Liam Ward YZ 125
(left) was first back to tackle the extreme logs and rock section he cleared them and
continued to build an early lead. Going well in the early stages were DBT regulars Craig Thope and Oliver Doherty, at the hour mark the extreme section
had to be cut out, fatigue was already hitting the riders. Simon Foulke was
making steady progress towards the front and took up the lead with twenty mins
to go. Steve Irvine was still on the pace and seemed to be enjoying the
pounding he was receiving. With the chequered flag dropping at the two hour
mark due to the conditions, The sportsman class was won by matt berry with Rob
Wright second just 50 seconds down, in third place was was Liam Ward all riders
completed 13 laps. The open class was won by Simon Foulke the only sportsman to
complete 14 laps, 2nd place Ryan Patrick 3rd Stuart Gordon both on 13 laps. in
the novice class john Pierre took the win from Gary Meek with Simon Collings in
third all completed 11 laps
the pain barrier
with arm pump he passed the leader Bolton on lap 13, mean while biff smith was
holding a comfortable 3rd place on his Dave Clarke racing Husaberg. As the race
ran into its final stages with 10 mins to go Wilson crashed heavily entering
the quarry Bolton stopped to make sure the daddy was ok, the daddy Wilson waved
him on and bolts took up the lead despite a hard final charge by the daddy, it
was Paul Boltons day. Third place looked assured for the Biffester (left) but disaster
blighted his efforts went he failed to register his last lap with the
transponder, hard riding Richard Copsey came home in third place. In the
clubman E1 class Robert Taylor took the victory despite problems with his gear
lever, Harry Hillas who is getting better and better came second just1 min and
32 seconds adrift of the winner both completed 15 laps ,third place was secured
by Adrian Townson. In the Clubman open race Adrian Clarke was the victor from
Nathan cannel in second, in third place was Anthony cooper all completed 15
laps. 0nce again Jack Twentyman took the 0/40 win from Mick Kendal in second
place ,third place was claimed by David Selkeld, on a rare hare scramble outing
mps race team boss Mick Seward came home in 4th place , Mick's a staunch time
card man so we hope he enjoyed the day, What a weekend of racing it was, all
made possible by the hard working marshals dedicated to provide quality racing
and the massive in put from Putoline oils. New for this event was the live
results screen giving up to date positions to the service crews , DBT were
pleased with the weekends sport and the fantastic support from the competitors
and off road industry these events enjoy.
This was the first time the venue has been used since
all the reinstatement work has been carried out by the dirtbike-traxs
crew, the work which has taken months to carry out including the building
of flowing tracks through the mature woodland with jumps and berms,
several interesting features had been included into the course the
putoline rocks of doom an extreme section which if ridden cleanly could
save the rider as much as a minute over the scenic route, which would
incorporate a trip along the lakeside taking in the beautiful views then
meandering through a short section of woodland before rejoining the
course, the rocks of doom proved popular with the hundreds of spectators
who lined the rocks to watch the skills of the top riders and see the
lesser riders struggle, further around the course an off camber decent
into a rocky stream bed would prove tricky for some of the riders who
ended up slithering down the bank .
At
12:30 the main race of the day got under way with some of the UK's BEST
off-road riders amongst the 200 strong line up; Si Wakley MPS Racing
Husky, Tom Sagar D3 Racing KTM (left), Ryan Voase LPE Kawasaki, Graham
Jarvis MRS Sherco, Mark Jackson Eurotek KTM plus all the Northern Lads.
Ryan Voase LPE Kawasaki blasted off into an early lead taking the hole
shot. With old timer Mark Houson in second place. But Ryan was soon passed
by Tom Sagar who stared to inch away. As Tom completed his first lap he
came onto the 'Rocks of Doom!' which were lined with hundreds of
spectators. He made them look easy increasing his lead over Ryan Voase,
with Si Wakley in third and Mark Jackson in an early fourth. The top 3
maintained this order but KB GAS GAS mounted Paul Bolton was making steady
progress up the field to move into fourth place. Graham Jarvis running in
the top five early on suffered a rare mechanical failure forcing him to
retire, the top 3 sagar, voase and ,wakeley, beat the clock as the 2.5
hour race duration approached to get out for another lap of the tong
circuit the only riders to complete 14 laps, the victory went to tom sagar
D3 ktm, 2nd ryan voase LPE Kawasaki 3rd si wakeley mps racing husqvarna
4th Paul Bolton kb racing gas gas 5th mark Jackson eurotek ktm. The
clubman class was split in to two groups first away was the E1 class were
Steve Jemison took the win from tom Edwards 3rd mick mundy 4th niki walker
5th david shann all completing 11 laps Clubman open with the top 3 all
completing a fine 12 laps victory was secured by Nathan cannel 2nd
Jonathan Hughes 3rd james clift 4th adrain Clarke 5th Anthony cooper.
Tong
Tom
The weekends sport kicked off on Saturday at 10 am with a Sandiford
Honda try outs were riders got the chance to test the crf250x in race
conditions, at 1400 hours saw Saturdays main feature the first round of
the National Putoline Youth Hare Scramble Championship with classes for
juniors, senior B, and senior A. with over 90 youth riders contesting the
first race of the championship the stage was set for a great race. On a
shortened track , with a race duration of 90 mins the weather conditions
were favourable with clear blue skies and warm sunshine In the senior A
class Joshua Taylor got away from the start in front and started to pull
away with Sam Alexander leading the chasing pack on his tm 125 in second
place with no change to the leading 2 riders over the early stages, on lap
3 Rob Dawson started to pressure Sam and soon moved in to second place
Thomas Healy moved into 3rd place, with Joshua Taylor taking the win from
Rob Dawson second and Thomas Healy third all the top 3 completed 8 laps In
the senior B class Billy Robinson Honda crf150 and Richard Davies fought
out a close race with Richard taking the win narrowly from Billy by a 35
second margin both completing 8 laps third place on 7 laps was Robert
Johnson. The junior race was dominated by Daniel Wright, he pulled out a 7
minute winning margin over Michael Tatham with third place going to Dan
Bewlay all riders completed 6 laps, the youth riders were then treated to
an impressive awards presentation and photos on the podium, a big thanks
to Putoline Oil the series sponsor who gave all the youth riders Putoline
goodies .