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LCRRC RACE REPORT,WHILTON MILL 30.09.07LCRRC RACE REPORT,WHILTON MILL 30.09.07
After terrible weather, resulting in a cancellation at Rowrah, Whilton Mill, for the penultimate round of a fantastic 2007 season, couldn't have been more contrasting, with sunshine the whole day, drama and great racing was the name of the game.
The Junior mini moto titles were actually wrapped up at Rowrah, despite only half points being awarded. However, the champions from each class obviously decided not to relent, in the A's, it was yet another Jake Archer clean sweep, with a very consistent, not to mention rapidly improving, Kieran Smith in 2nd. 3rd overall belonged to Ryan Folkes, the main benefitiary of Euan Miller having a pretty dire day, with 2 DNF's, his only consolation was a third place in race three. The B's saw Bradley Hughes, another 2007 champion, and recentyl switched to Conti for 2008, take another meeting win, with Ryan Brain 2nd.
Drama was certainly unfolding in the Jawa GP50 Auto class, going into this round, there were less than a handfull of points seperating Sam Edwards and Joe Ravenscroft, and race one saw the pair of them swapping paint at almost every turn, race two saw a disaster in the shpe of a cracked exhaust on Edwards bike on the warm up lap, resulting in a DNS. This left Ravenscroft to take a comfortable win from Bradley Perie, who was having a good race day after a stressed Saturday practice, Kieran Smith was third, his first podium in the class. Race three saw a repeat of race one, with Edwards and Ravenscroft pushing hard, Ravenscroft took the lead, but only briefly,it looked as if Edwards had done enough, then distaster struck two corners from home on the last lap, when a low side let Ravenscroft cruise to the win, again from Perie. In the end it was Ravenscroft 1st, Perie 2nd and his first class trophy, Kieran Smith in 3rd.
This was the best Junior Supermoto grid of the year, and it was good to see some new blood mixing it up front. The A catagory saw Aaron Murray pushed all the way by Lee Jackson, both sharing wins, however, Murray's 2 wins to Jackson single win was enough for 1st overall and the 2007 Championship to be wrapped up for the young Yorkshire rider, who is going to Superteen in 2008. 3rd overall was Jow Ravenscroft. The B catagory saw usual front runner, Josh Brown take a win, with Kyle Harris second and Tome Carne third, however, after this, it was two DNF's for Brown, Carne seemed to come alive and took two wins from Harris to take 1st overall, with Harris 2nd, Noah Lee in the meantime made a welcome return from injury to come home 3rd overall.
Senior Pit Bike fielded a large, and certainly quality field, with some of the best racing seen this year. Cat A saw a blisteringly fast Kev Wright leave the field way behind, mixing it up front in a titanic battle with the Cat B and Modified riders, in the shape of Alex Berkshire, Ryan Tyers and George Whitton. 2nd in Cat A was Kenny Owen, giving him the 2007 Championship, Lewis Burns, an SEMRC regular front runner came home 3rd. Cat B saw Alex Berkshire once again in a class of his own, but on track had his hands full with Whitton, Tyers and Wright, regardless of the class, they all wanted to take the chequered flag! Will Mayes came home 2nd overall in only his second Pit Bike meeting! One to watch for sure, with Mick Brierley coming home 3rd overall, despite complaining most of the day that he is getting too old! George Whitton decided to ride, despite an ankle injury, mainly because he wanted to take on Ryan Tyers! This was battle of the importers, however, Whitton hadn't banked on Marc Flinders, who took race 1 after a massive scrap. Whitton responded to tke the remaining two race wins, with Tyers struggling with machine set up, all he could do was settle for 3rd, with Flinders 2nd overall and Whitton taking the win.
The GP70 class was simply breathtaking, in the junior catagory, Adam Robinson knew he only had to finish one race to take the 2007 Championship, however, a titanic battle ensued between Robinson, Jamie Thackeray and Connor Tagg. Robinson won all three races just to let everybody know who's boss, in the meantime, Tagg and Thackeray were not only trying to decide who was coming second and third on the day, but also in the championship. As it was, Tagg responded to Thackeray's second in race one, by demoting him in the next two races to take 2nd overall, leaving Thackeray 3rd, and a mountain to climb at the final round. The Rookie's saw some new faces, trying to get ready for 2008, Aaron Murray once again was in a field of his own, and with Luke Thackeray second in race one, and Cory Smith third, it looked like business as usual, however, Devon Turner was having non of it, and after problems in race one, which invloved some grass tracking, he came back with two second places, and enough to come 2nd overall, with Luke Thackeray 2nd, despite being pushed by new boy Kyle Harris. The seniors saw Kev Wright in a class of his own, with Steve Riach coming home 2nd, and 2007 champion, Andrew Asher 3rd after a fairly big crash, which resulted in a twisted thumb.
The Conti Cup UK has simply been outstanding all year, and championship leader, James White knew he only had to finish within sight of Tom Carne to wrap it all up a round early. Race one saw a titanic battle with White, Carne, Bradley Ray, Joe Irving and Devon Turner. White seemed to be having rear suspension problems, then the drama came, White went down at turn 1, leaving Carne in second to Ray, it would seem as if the championship would go to the wire, then a lap later, Carne retired with ignition woe's! Race two saw Carne come out fighting, although Bradley Ray deomted him to second, with Irving third, however, White, nursing the same rear suspension problems came home 5th, not far enough back for Carne. Race three was pretty well a repeat, and that was it, the 2007 championship wrapped up for White, a round early, despite Carne's never say die attempt. In the end, Bradley Ray [one to watch in 2008 for sure] was 1st, the stylish and getting faster all the time, Joe Irving 2nd and Tome Carne 3rd, helped by a DNF from Devon Tuner in race three.
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