Maxxis ACU British MX Champs - Round 4 Report
Wednesday 04 May: Milton Park, Northampton featuring: MX1, MX2, MXY2
Osborne and Anderson extend lead - slightly!
In a dazzling display of speed the Bike It Cosworth Wild Wolf Yamaha
Teamsters of Zach Osborne and Arnaud Tonus (pictured) dominated the MX2 Class at
the fourth round of the championship at Milton Park. Osborne
notched up two wins to the one of Tonus, but in the second race Osborne
found a turn of speed which even caught his Swiss counterpart by
surprise. Finding himself midpack at the end of the first lap whilst
Tonus was in front with a clear track, Osborne carved his way through
the field and eventualy caught and passed his main title rival. Our Dave
Rich picture shows them at the height of the battle. As the series now
enjoys a seven week summer break, Osborne leads Tonus by six points.
Elliot Banks Browne on the DB Racing Honda took third with 3-5-3 scores
which put him two points ahead of Mel Pocock who just missed out on a
podium with 5-3-4. Ray Rowson (Samsung Yamaha) finished fifth despite a
non scoring second moto whilst Bryan MacKenzie (Maxxis Henderson LPE
Kawasaki) started well with a solid 4th in the first moto but faded
badly to only score a further five points from the final two races.
Note: John Phillips 22nd and Cam Dillon 33rd.
MX1: On paper Brad Anderson's (PAR Honda) 1-2-1 score looks easy, but this
was far from the truth as he had to work hard to grind out a result
which puts him a slightly more comfortable 19 points ahead at the midway
point. Kristian Whatley (Samsung Yamaha) finished second on the day
with astunning performance which included a charge from nearly last on
the opening lap of the final moto after a first corner crash. Martin
Barr (Proppa.com KTM) took the lower step on the podium with 3-4-3
results and for most of the opening moto was challenging Whatley for the
lead - before Anderson caught and passed both. Jason Dougan on the
bigger version of the Bike It Cosworth Wild Wolf Yamaha made amends for a
poor opening moto which netted just nine points before salvaging his
day with a 3rd and 2nd.
It was not a good day for the Buildbase CCM team with Stephen Sword not
being able to get to grips with the hard pack track with an opening moto
fourth being his best results. Tipped as a possible title contender,
Sword now finds himself 51 points and significantly two motos away from
the sharp end. After finding himself second in the morning Q2 Superpole
shootout, Lanes Kawasaki rider, Alex Snow made his inside starting
position count to nett 44 points - his result day of the season.
The championship now resumes after a short mid season break at Desertmartin in Northern Ireland on Sunday 26th June.
There was no overall results so read the Round 4 in the standings.
Note: Ben Townley is 27th after only running in Round 3, Kieran Scheele is 37th whilst out with injury, Bjarne Frederikesen 43rd.