Minimoto Racing SEMRC round 2

Minimoto Racing SEMRC Championships – round 2 Lydd Raceway April 14-15, 2007

Once again, sunshine was the order of the day, not to mention nearly 180 competitors.

The day promised much and didn’t fail to deliver, especially at the long – the biggest circuit on the SEMRC calender – and fast Lydd Raceway.

Junior A saw the return of Bradley Ray to the series, who showed exactly why he is the reigning champion, with three straight wins.

Ben Joseph had to settle for second, with Zak Corderoy bagging third from a had charging Jake Archer.

The B’s saw Chester Buckle with a clean sweep, followed home by Connor Wade.

The Academy was Jack Bayford’s day once again, with Kieren Hagger second.

The 4.2hp Senior A/B saw big grids once again. Tom Weedon starting where he finished from round one, with three wins in the A’s.

This time, it was Sam Cherry to follow Weedon home, with a brace of second places. Adam Panther bagged third, but the points went to Will Shuckford.

Lewis Taylor completed a hat-trick of wins in the B’s, with Bernie Hook having to settle for second, and although Andy Weedon claimed third overall, it was only due to the inconsitency of Paul Garret and Jade Spencer.

The Air-Cooled class saw stong battles up front, with Luke Shelley first overall and Scott Gullen second overall. Both claimed race wins with Tom Weedon having to settle for third overall this time.

Andy Weeden came out on top in the B’s, helped by a DNF by eventual third overall, Bernie Hook. Weeden was chased down by second place finisher, Thoma Wright.

Bradley Ray stamped his authority on Production A. Jordan Simpkin would benefit from Tom Callear’s awful day to take second overall with a hard charging Ben Joseph third.

Production Superlight would see Michael Corderoy come out on top, although you wouldn’t have guessed it after race one, where he finished a lowly 8th. Phil Canessa took his only win of the dayin race one, which would eventually lead to Phil finishing second overall.

He was chased by Michael Sipka, who came third overall, after having a miserable time in race two, also only finishing eighth.

The Production B class was again well attended, with Phil Scott taking first overall, with three straight wins. Equally consistent for second overall was Luke Shelley.

There lot’s of inconsistent performances, however, Ben Carr did enough to bag third.

Production C/D is always worth watching, and a few surprises were thrown up, due to inconsistency from some of the usual front runners.

In the C’s, Chris Martin was not only fast, but consistent enough to come first overall, with Paul Garret coming second, with three third places.

Stephen French benefitted from a Bernie Hook DNF, to claim third overall.

The D’s saw the return of Terry Jones, who came back with a bang, and third straight race wins, Andy Weeden had to concede for second, while the consistent Glenn Bettney came third.

The Supers classes suddenly came alive again at Lydd. The A’s was a three-way scrap, between Phil Canessa, Phil Scott and Michael Corderoy, coming home in that order.

The B’s saw another Chris Martin cleansweep, although second place man, Stephen French, bagged the all important points. Most consistent finisher of the day was Matt Filby, who was rewarded by third overall.

A large Supermoto grid was expected at Lydd, and it didn’t disappoint.

The A race was hard fought between Jake Watts and Andy Cowey, with both tying on points. The only other race winner in the class, Jake Gowing came home third.

Dave Perry headed home first overall in Category B, with the ever improving George Whitton coming home with overall second overall. John Chatfield took third overall on his first appearance.

The Modified class, saw CB500 Cup man, Ryan Tyers bring the bike home three times in first place, from his Monstermoto team mate, Ben Turner.

Tim Dance had to settle with third overall, despite some very hard riding.

Jawa GP50 Auto, saw Connor Wade bag a first place trophy from Jake Archer, after a DNF from young Archer.

The Conti Cup South, again, lived up to expectations, in Practice and qualifying.

It was obvious  there was nothing between, race day winner, James White, second place overall plus a race win.

Jamie Thackerey and Adam Robinson, who crashed in race one, wrecking any chance of a top three finish overall, due to the pace and consistency throughout the field.

Kieran Sturley, once again showed why he was “most improved LCRRC 2006” rider with two thirds and a second to come home third overall.

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