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Butts team & mini iron man event
The Smith's team clean up butts The TGOR team returned to the Butts quarry motocross circuit to stage their annual team and mini iron man 4 hour hare scramble event. The course was a combination of the famous old mx track, the surrounding woodland and the quarry. The TGOR team were blessed with a good break in the relentless summer rain which has seen so many events cancelled. Martyn Field TGOR's event director employed a le mans start with the riders running to there machines & at 10 am sharp the start signal was given and the solo riders sprinted, limped and trudge the 50 metres to their machines followed a minute latter by the team riders. Doom Garnham on his wacker sponsored ktm 250f led the solo riders around the course for much of the first lap. In the team race hard charging Adam smith sandiford Honda from the smith team partnering the biffster was on the gas in the first shift, not far behind was the young guns pairing of Joe Deakin and Josh Bendel. They were on top form, chasing hard their team plan involved changing every 5 laps about 35 minute shifts. That way they were going flat out but losing 10 seconds in the change over every 5 laps. It worked well as they were never far behind hot favourites - the Smiths. Biffster on his husqvarna and Adam on his Honda [ the smiths ] continued to edge away from the chasing teams eventually winning by a clear lap completing 30 laps, second place went to the young guns teams of Bendel and Deakin on 29 laps in third place Luke Meredith and Chay Granby. Chris Berril and Ian Shannon won the clubman team award while hot favourites in the sportsman class Phillip robobog Robinson and Steve Irvine in team poo were beaten by girl power as Jane Daniels teamed up with Reece Morewood to win by 3 minutes. Gina bewlay and Becca Dawson won the novice team award. Phil corner won the expert solo completing 26 laps most of them with out a front brake, but Mick Hammond won the solo clubman and put in the best performance of the solo riders overall. John Kerwin husqvarna won the solo sportsman class from mark bell The weather remained fine right up to the last 30 minutes of the event, making the last few laps greasy on top. With riders sprawling around on the floor The riders certainly enjoyed the team spirit and the solo determination that this annual event inspires TGOR would like to thank every one that helped and rode. We will see you all at Driffield in October for the final round of the National Putoline hare scramble championship. Where something special is in store .
The final round of the UK's most popular off road motor cycle series the 07 Putoline Hare Scramble championship took place at the mod training area Driffield East Yorks. The first round back in February started with 400 riders and this the last round finished with an incredible 500 riders taking in part in the weekends races. The final round was organised by TGOR who set out a course comprising of flowing woodland tracks link by fast open breaks and a quarry with jumps. Saturday was the youth riders turn to test the Driffied circuit out. Junior and senior B riders numbering 70 strong lined up for the 2 pm start on a shorter course than the adults. The young riders blasted off around the track. After 90 mins of hard riding it was Adam Taylor who took the win in the senior B with Joe Deakin in 2nd and Davey Todd 3rd. Luke Flack once again won the juniors, Dan Bewlay second and Josh Hornshaw 3rd. The track was a real treat for the young riders - many of which were newcomers to the sport. As Sunday dawned the weather was overcast with fine rain in the air. At 9 am the truly massive Sportsman, Novice, and Senior A youth entry lined up. Riders in the sports E1and open class still had a lot to fight for. As the start signal was given Liam Ward riding a Husqvarna 125 took the hole shot and led the masses into the woods. Liam held the lead for the first hour but was hit in the face by a rock which caused him to drop back. Tez Watson took up the lead and was getting faster., and went on to take the win from Karl Waltho who was only 41 seconds adrift , third place went to Bez Berill all riders completed 9 laps , the sports open class was won by Stuart Gordon in second place Nick Rowbotham and third Kevin Whitehead all on 9 laps.
In the 040 class Jack Twentyman made a good effort to take the win but Mick Kendal in second place was crowned 040 champion , clubman E1 was battled out by close rivals with Rob Taylor 1st with the ever improving Harry Hillas 2nd and Damien Butler 3rd victory in the clubman open class went to James Clift , as the hordes of riders drifted away with smiles on there faces it was clear that TGOR had provided the riders with another brilliant event , the championship has grown in quality and in the record numbers of riders , but DBT and TGOR are determined to do even better next year with new venues and an even bigger prize fund. A big thanks to Putoline oils for the generous prize fund , The full putoline hare scramble championship tables will be out shortly and all the prize winners are to collect there awards at the presentation night on the 8th of December, at the Harrogate Town Football Club.
The TGOR team once again made there annual pilgrimage to Ashover in Derbyshire for there mini iron man and team event. They worked through Thursday Friday and Saturday preparing the butts track in what can only be described as tropical monsoon conditions. At one point the river that flows through the quarry was in danger of breaking its banks and flooding the car park and camping areas as it had done 3 weeks earlier. Fortunately the water subsided over Friday night and Saturday. As Sunday dawn the sun shone surprisingly & started to dry the track leaving it in excellent condition. Running a one race formula over 4 hours TGOR had attracted a bumper 260 riders to the event, with most riders in a two man team and only the brave in the mini iron man event. At 11am the start signal was given by TGOR's supremo Martyn Field. As the Expert team and Ironmen roared off around the butts circuit for the first time, Gavin Houson riding his mps husky in the mini ironman took an early lead and was first to the log and rock section. Gav then spectacularly cleared it in one mighty leap (above). Chasing Houson was Paul Bolton riding for the Sandiford Honda team paired with martin sandiford. these two were to dominate the team event, riding in one hour shifts each, they completed 33 laps and won the expert team event from the second sandiford Honda team of Jason Crosland and Ben Newbould completing 31 laps. Gavin Houson took the overall expert mini Ironman win with 32 laps. Biff Smith in second place on 30 laps was an unusual sight, gone was his trusty yellow and blue husaberg replaced with a team sandiford Honda crf250x we wonder if this is a one off or is it bye bye berg!! gas gas mounted Luke Meredith came home in third place on 30 laps. It was great to see old campaigner mark Houson back on his bike after a serious collar bone injury riding in the o40 team event it won't be long before he is back on form. Jack twentyman won the over 40 iron man, while Harry Hillas took top honours in the clubman class, it was a good day for team Hillas as younger brother William paired with d butler took the overall sportsman team prize Talking to TGOR's Martyn Field at the end he said at some points during the set up for the event I was worried that if the rain didn't ease we might have to call it off. The river had risen to the top off its banks and water was streaming through the car park. Only 3 weeks ago part off the car park was washed away! I must thank all the TGOR team who worked through the monsoon conditions and the riders who supported the event. As it was, Sunday turned out to be a nice day with the track in top condition and an excellent race.
The tgor team had spent the last month redesigning the course lay out, they opened up new woodland and brought back the old woods to the left of the start area linking it together with 4x4 tracks, with these changes in place the course was fast and flowing and ready to receive the 450 riders that would descend on the old airfield venue. Saturday saw the ever growing youth race take place with over 90 riders lined up, TGOR chief martyn field decided as this was the only race on the Saturday to extend the ride time of the young riders, the junior riders out for 90miniutes senior B riders 105 minutes and the seniorA riders 120miniutes, riding on a shortened course with the near perfect weather conditions. The senior A riders on there 125 machines set off first and during the early stages Michael briggs and josh taylor fought for the lead , before briggsey upped the pace and broke free, finishing a lap up on second placed josh taylor, with Jordan botched in third , in the senior B class Joe deakin grabbed the win from Richard peers-Davies, with Billy Robinson picking up third place after a poor start on his wacker sponsored crf 150, in the junior Luke Flack dominated the race to take the win from Michael Tatham second and third Billy Steinmam As Sunday dawned the weather was looking gloomy with large parts of the country suffering heavy rain, but the driffield area just missed it, only receiving the odd short shower during the day which kept the dust at bay. the race day was divided into to two races, at 9 am the 200 strong sportsman/novice class lined up with a race duration of 2.5 hours, topping the sportsman's class was rob Wright on his Honda 250 .who took the overall victory from Stuart Gordon in second who just 1 second ahead of third placed ben Hamilton . In the novice class young Sam Alexander came home in first place on his tm 125 second spot going to Andrew dale and third Alex partington. At 12.30 hours the main race of the day got under way , with the field totalling 160 spread through the classes, as the go signal was given the experts roared away , around the first corner, out in front was mark Jackson the eurotek chief on his ktm 200, he took the RASsport holeshot award , but by the time the experts entered the first wood , Honda mounted Paul Bolton was in the lead, there was now a tense wait back at race control to see who would be first back , after 20 minutes Paul Bolton emerged from the old wood and entered the mx section with a small lead over Gavin Houson mps racing husky 125 . over the next few hours the lead would change many times with Houson Wilson and Bolton all leading at various stages, as the race drew into its final stages Wilson and Bolton were neck and neck having pulled away from Houson, as the leaders entered the mx section for the last time it was Paul Bolton's who claimed the victory with Justin Wilson on his race fx ktm in second and Gav Houson in third. These three put on tremendous race for the crowds of spectators that gathered around the track, Mick Kendall again dominated the 040 class taking a comfortable win, while overall honours in the clubman class went to James Clift, talking to TGOR'S Martyn Field at the end , we were pleased with the day proceedings and the unrivalled support the events and the championship receives , I must thank the whole TGOR team for there superb effort which aids the continuing development of the events and maintains the championship as the best supported in the uk. It's great to see all the riders going away having enjoyed the days racing.
Final Round of the Putoline Winter Hare Scramble Championship The DirtBike Traxs Crew spent the last 2 weeks preparing the Ellington Bank Venue for this weekends off road extravaganza, for the final round of the Putoline Winter Hare Scramble Championship. Cutting new routes through the scrub and bridging the ditches to avoid damage the course lay out was much changed from previous events. The weather for once was mild and sunny which made a pleasant change from the previous two events. The weekend got under way with one of the Dirt Bike Traxs much acclaimed Honda Training Days. The training school was lead by Justin Wilson and Graham Jarvis. Feedback from the training school was excellent as usual. As the training finished the youth riders were preparing to start their race. Into an early lead on his trick Honda CR125 was senior A Michael Briggs, being pushed hard by Josh Bendall, Josh Taylor and Liam Ward was also well placed early on. The senior race win went to to Michael Briggs from Josh Bendall with Josh Taylor in third. In the Senior B race for small wheeled machines, the win went to Joe Deakin from the ever improving Billy Robinson, and Craig Hancock in 3rd. They all completed 6 laps. In the Juniors, the race was dominate by Davey Todd who lapped all his rivals by completing a fine 6 laps. William Hillas was 2nd with 5 laps and Daniel Wright 3rd. Credit must be given to all the youth riders who completed the race, which was one of the most difficult youth races DBT has held. They all truly deserved the "I survived Ellington" medals. On Sunday the the weather was again warm and sunny, just what was ordered for the massive turn out of 300 riders. All riders were treated to a free bottle of Pro Clean. A special thanks to the guys at pro clean for this treat as it gave ever rider a chance to use this fantastic motorcycle cleaner. Split into 2 races the first race started at 9am with the Sportsman taking to the line. The sportsman class was divided into E1 and Open. As the race settled down it was clear it was going to be fought out and won by one of the two young up and coming riders Harry Hillas Ktm 125 and Andrew Noakley on a Robinsons Ktm 250. The riders started to struggle on the Proclean banks after the hour mark, so to keep the race flowing they were cut out. The bulk of the sportsman were finding the conditions tricky. Not so Harry Hillas and Andrew Noakley who by now were well out in front with Harry Hillas Taking the win in the E1 Class and Andrew Noakley taking the Open Class win. They both completed 10 laps. Second in the E1 class was Anthony Robson with James Croft in third. In the Open class second went to Ben Scott and third went to Chris Ball. They all completed 9 laps. 12 Noon saw the main race of the day. A fine field of expert riders were lined up to do battle, along with the clubman and over 40's. The DBT Crew had reinstated then proclean banks which caused so much trouble in the sportsman race. A the impressive field set off around the challenging course, Justin the daddy Wilson was back to lap scoring first riding his Sandiford Honda 250. He was closely followed by team leader Martin Sandiford on his crf250x, making his return to the sport from his serious knee surgery. Gavin Houson riding his MPS Racing Husqvarna 125 was some what down in the field at this point. But starting to move up by lap three Gav moved into second place. The daddy Wilson was starting to stretch his lead and by the hour mark his lead was over 4 mins over second place Gav Houson. As the race drew into its final hour MPS racing Steve Melville riding his Bikesport Yam was in third place. As the Clock reached the 2 hour mark Justin the Daddy Wilson had laped the field completing a fine 12 laps from Gav Houson 2nd and a solid 3rd for Steve Melville.
Jack Twentyman took the over 40 class tin, still getting back to full fitness after his serious injury 1 year ago at Butts. Andrew Holland came in 2nd with Dave Selkeld in 3rd on his CRF 250X Honda. They all completed 9 laps on the demanding circuit. That was DitBike Traxs first full motorcycle weekend of 2007, which was an outstanding success. Over 400 riders took part in the various races and training. It also drew a close to the Winter Series, with Justin the Daddy Wilson taking the overall series win. A big thanks to PRO CLEAN who provided every rider with a bottle of their excellent bike cleaner. A big thanks goes to PUTOLINE the series sponsor for helping through the winter months. A big thank you goes to all the riders for supporting us through this winter championship. See you all at Driffield on the 18th of Feb for Round 1 of the National Putoline Hare Scramble championship. The DirtBike Dawg
The Two Hou's take Driff The true grit team lead by the inspirational Marytn field, produced another cracking event at there popular Driffield venue, using a mixture of woodland tracks open grassland and an interesting quarry section giving a lap time of about 15 mins for the experts. The weather was cold with an icy wind leading up to the event but as Sunday dawned the wind had dropped leaving a sunny day. Starting the days proceedings were the young hare scramblers in total some 70 riders taking part. Split into three classes' senior A, Senior B and junior. First way was the Senior class one minute ahead of the juniors. Off into an early lead was Josh Bendall KTM 125 closely followed by Liam Ward 125 DBT Yamaha. Rob Dawson got a poor start but started to make his way through the pack. Steadily pulling away from the chasing pack Rob Dawson passed Liam Ward to move into second with Will Howe moving into fourth. As the race drew into the final stages Josh Bendall managed to get out for an extra lap to take a well deserved victory from Rob Dawson Second, Liam Ward Third, Will Howe Fourth and Thomas Healey Fifth. In The Senior B Class Jordan Maxwell put in a great ride to win by a clear lap from Nathan Williamson Second, Jack Davis Third, Sam Jackson Fourth and Michael Raymond Fifth. The junior class was won by Davey Todd who completed 7 laps with Luke Flack second on 6 laps, Ayrton Aldridge third, Michael Tatham fourth and Danny Bewley fifth. With a nice award presentation that completed the youth hare scrambles day.
Event director Martyn Field would like to thank all the team of TGOR and to all the riders that supported this event with this incredible entry. They again with there superb organisation produce another outstanding event which went like clockwork.
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In the senior A youth, Michael Briggs was once again in a class of his
own setting the fastest lap in the morning race he completed 8 laps in 2
hours and 11 mins and if he had continued on his blistering pace for the
sportsmans race duration would have completed 10 laps ,in second place was
Josh Taylor with Josh Bendall taking third . As the dedicated TGOR team
checked and repaired the track during the break the Experts Clubman and
040 were lining there bikes up ready for the off, WEC rider Euan Mc Connel
elatraction TM 3oo was on the front row ready to challenge the regular
front running experts , at 12 .30 the start signal was given and the 3
hour race was under way , as the experts came around the first bend Mc
ConnelL on his mighty TM took the RASsport hole shot prize ,as McConnell
pulled away from the pack Gav Houson MPS racing Husqvarna was just keeping
in touch , with the Biffstar and Paul Bolton both team Sandiford Honda
running in third and forth , at the half way stage disaster struck young
Houson the bike high sided down a long fast straight and Gav crashed
heavily dislocating his shoulder, Mc Connell was cruising out in front but
he miscalculated his refuelling and was left stranded out on the course ,
the Biffstar was now out in front on his sandiford CRF250 X, but team mate
Bolton was reeling him in , the sandiford teamsters were to ride the last
2 laps together, entertaining the crowds in the quarry section styling it
over the many jumps , crossing the line together Bolts already crowned
champion looked to the Biffstar to take the win, the Biffstar shook his
head and Bolts tagged his transponder first to take the win from the
Biffstar , a good solid ride from Vince Harker earned the Bedale man 3rd
place .
The Clubman race had 2 sub classed E1 and Open. In the Open class the
racing was very close with only seconds splitting the top 3 who all
completed 10 laps. The win went to David Wood narrowly from Ben Rennison
and in third was James Clift. The E1 win went to Damien Butler, in second
was Chris Whitfield only 4 seconds behind in 3rd place was the ever
popular Burton Leonard builder Lee Smith.
