2004
Summer
Series
2004
Summer
Series
Round 6 - FOBDOWN
23rd May 2004
TOP 6
| GROUP | AUTOS | |||||
| POSITION | RIDER NO | NAME | RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1st | 40 | Fraser VINER | 1 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| 2nd | 60 | Oliver OSMASTON | 3 | 2 | 4 | 123 |
| 3rd | 41 | Toby COOK | 2 | 3 | 5 | 121 |
| 4th | 0 | Michael DENTON | 4 | 4 | 2 | 121 |
| 5th | 3 | Luke GODDARD | 6 | 5 | 3 | 113 |
| 6th | 14 | Bethany FARMER | 5 | 6 | 6 | 107 |
| GROUP | JUNIORS | |||||
| POSITION | RIDER NO | NAME | RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1st | 8 | Daniel MAXEY | 2 | 3 | 1 | 129 |
| 2nd | 91 | Jake CAREY | 1 | 2 | 7 | 122 |
| 3rd | 44 | Lloyd PETTETT | 3 | 1 | 6 | 121 |
| 4th | 55 | Tom ELLWOOD | 4 | 6 | 2 | 117 |
| 5th | 4 | Liam GARLAND | 7 | 5 | 4 | 110 |
| 6th | 17 | Christopher CHAPMAN | 11 | 4 | 5 | 106 |
| GROUP | INTER 85's | |||||
| POSITION | RIDER NO | NAME | RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1st | 13 | Sebastian OSBOURNE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| 2nd | 00 | Oliver RUSBY | 3 | 4 | 2 | 123 |
| 3rd | 36 | Charlie HUGHES | 2 | 2 | 7 | 120 |
| 4th | 88 | Ashley BAILEY | 4 | 6 | 3 | 115 |
| 5th | 4 | Danny URRY | 5 | 3 | 5 | 115 |
| 6th | 37 | Robert HAIG | 9 | 7 | 4 | 105 |
| GROUP | INTER OPEN | |||||
| POSITION | RIDER NO | NAME | RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1st | 2 | Daniel GOODWIN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| 2nd | 37 | John HAIG | 3 | 2 | 2 | 127 |
| 3rd | 11 | Jamie TEMPEST | 2 | 5 | 3 | 121 |
| 4th | 27 | Gennaro DICHELLO | 5 | 3 | 4 | 117 |
| 5th | 18 | Thomas SPEER | 4 | 4 | 7 | 112 |
| 6th | 9 | Daniel LATHAM | 8 | 7 | 5 | 104 |
| GROUP | SENIOR's | |||||
| POSITION | RIDER NO | NAME | RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1st | 26 | Nicky WATTS | 1 | 2 | 1 | 133 |
| 2nd | 72 | Alex MARTIN | 6 | 4 | 4 | 113 |
| 3rd | 64 | James WATTS | 7 | 6 | 2 | 112 |
| 4th | 21 | Sean BARNSDALE | 3 | 1 | 16 | 111 |
| 5th | 32 | Tom MOORE | 5 | 5 | 6 | 109 |
| 6th | 52 | Luke PRIDDLE | 9 | 7 | 3 | 107 |
| GROUP | AMX | |||||
| POSITION | RIDER NO | NAME | RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1st | 26 | Paul WATTS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| 2nd | 4 | Brett WHEELER | 2 | 3 | 4 | 127 |
| 3rd | 30 | Mike SHOTTER | 10 | 4 | 3 | 111 |
| 4th | 25 | James RICHMAN | 4 | 5 | 7 | 110 |
| 5th | 23 | Ian TALLACK | 6 | 10 | 6 | 101 |
| 6th | 44 | Steve TURVEY | 7 | 6 | 10 | 100 |
| GROUP | VMX | |||||
| POSITION | RIDER NO | NAME | RACE 1 | RACE 2 | RACE 3 | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1st | 015 | Russell PRIDDLE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 135 |
| 2nd | 049 | Richard PAINE | 2 | 8 | 2 | 119 |
| 3rd | 80 | Jason SKINNER | 4 | 4 | 4 | 117 |
| 4th | 039 | Martin BRADBURY | 9 | 3 | 6 | 108 |
| 5th | 04 | Paul RUSBY | 8 | 7 | 5 | 104 |
| 6th | 82 | Chad SAIT | 3 | 6 | 15 | 102 |
Round 6 - FOBDOWN
23rd May 2004
OVERALL RESULTS
| Position | Autos | Juniors | Inter 85s | Inter Open | Seniors | AMX | VMX |
| 1st | 40 (135) | 8 (129) | 13 (135) | 2 (135) | 26 (133) | 26 (135) | 015 (135) |
| 2nd | 60 (123) | 91 (122) | 00 (123) | 37 (127) | 72 (113) | 4 (127) | 049 (119) |
| 3rd | 41 (121) | 44 (121) | 36 (120) | 11 (121) | 64 (112) | 210 (108) | 80 (117) |
| 4th | 0 (121) | 55 (117) | 88 (115) | 27 (117) | 21 (111) | 44 (107) | 039 (108) |
| 5th | 3 (113) | 4 (110) | 4 (115) | 18 (112) | 32 (109) | 23 (107) | 04 (104) |
| 6th | 14 (107) | 17 (106) | 37 (105) | 9 (104) | 52 (107) | 20 (106) | 82 (102) |
| 7th | 53 (102) | 83 (101) | 33 (105) | 4 (101) | 28 (100) | 2 (101) | 93 (96) |
| 8th | 16 (98) | 6 (98) | 77 (99) | 89 (100) | 96 (91) | 33 (93) | 83 (94) |
| 9th | 74 (96) | 22 (93) | 45 (96) | 77 (98) | 83 (88) | 54 (92) | 66 (93) |
| 10th | 4 (89) | 1 (89) | 31 (90) | 85 (94) | 12 (86) | 47 (89) | 72 (92) |
| 11th | 44 (88) | 19 (88) | 43 (90) | 47 (90) | 40 (81) | 12 (88) | 02 (91) |
| 12th | 34 (86) | 51 (83) | 6 (81) | 68 (88) | 11 (81) | 7 (84) | 96 (86) |
| 13th | 46 (81) | 85 (82) | 47 (78) | 38 (82) | 51 (80) | 14 (82) | 67 (84) |
| 14th | 18 (78) | 48 (79) | 66 (76) | 32 (80) | 14 (80) | 59 (78) | 79 (81) |
| 15th | 72 (78) | 38 (78) | 3 (71) | 69 (79) | 3 (67) | 35 (74) | 06 (78) |
| 16th | 35 (75) | 49 (73) | 12 (69) | 46 (74) | 15 (65) | 24 (74) | 90 (69) |
| 17th | 66 (72) | 7 (68) | 74 (69) | 29 (72) | 17 (64) | 18 (70) | 99 (67) |
| 18th | 68 (71) | 45 (67) | 69 (67) | 14 (71) | 29 (63) | 57 (69) | 03 (66) |
| 19th | 99 (67) | 60 (61) | 21 (62) | 67 (64) | 67 (63) | 1 (65) | 88 (59) |
| 20th | 96 (64) | 70 (60) | 61 (54) | 10 (64) | 9 (54) | 50 (50) | 97 (58) |
| 21st | 6 (62) | 63 (53) | 17 (53) | 30 (59) | 61 (53) | 15 (41) | 09 (57) |
| 22nd | 29 (57) | 50 (53) | 25 (52) | 36 (53) | 34 (51) | 28 (26) | 00 (55) |
| 23rd | 1 (52) | 30 (52) | 64 (52) | 81 (49) | 43 (50) | 3 (24) | 74 (53) |
| 24th | 9 (51) | 77 (49) | 5 (50) | 19 (47) | 88 (50) | 8 (0) | 05 (50) |
| 25th | 26 (47) | 28 (48) | 84 (47) | 6 (43) | 38 (47) | 73 (48) | |
| 26th | 7 (41) | 47 (48) | 19 (46) | 35 (42) | 65 (46) | 034 (43) | |
| 27th | 99 (47) | 9 (42) | 76 (41) | 27 (44) | 71 (43) | ||
| 28th | 18 (40) | 44 (39) | 7 (36) | 42 (43) | 84 (43) | ||
| 29th | 24 (38) | 39 (36) | 12 (35) | 2 (42) | 68 (41) | ||
| 30th | 14 (37) | 0 (35) | 79 (34) | 82 (41) | 63 (38) | ||
| 31st | 25 (31) | 46 (34) | 1 (32) | 0 (41) | 75 (35) | ||
| 32nd | 9 (30) | 11 (34) | 44 (28) | 5 (39) | 77 (24) | ||
| 33rd | 72 (30) | 1 (31) | 48 (25) | 45 (35) | |||
| 34th | 37 (24) | 73 (24) | 49 (19) | 1 (28) | |||
| 35th | 50 (19) | 8 (12) | 31 (27) | ||||
| 36th | 60 (19) | 48 (25) | |||||
| 37th | 2 (15) | 55 (22) | |||||
| 38th | 59 (14) | 78 (21) | |||||
| 39th | 30 (13) | ||||||
| 40th | 51 (11) | ||||||
| 41st | 18 (0) |
FOBDOWN Report
23rd May 2004
Report by: Kay Turner
Fobdown
farm was the setting for Portsmouth Motocross Clubs 7th round of
the Summer Club Championship. With
the track being watered until nearly midnight the day before, everyone was
hoping for a minimal amount of dust. A
glorious sunny morning welcomed 230 riders for an enjoyable days racing.
Roaring
out of the start gate to commence proceedings were the VMX old boys.
Always guaranteed to provide some thrilling racing, Russell Priddle
dusted off his boots and crash helmet to interrupt the usual dogfight between
Chad Sait and Richard Paine. Priddle constantly battled with Paine but had the upper hand
every time, becoming the overall victor with three wins.
Paine stayed in close contention for the first and last races,
finishing 2nd, but a disastrous 8th in race two after
vouching to beat Russell, left Richard several points behind, but still
managed to finish second overall. Without
making a mistake all day, Jason Skinner was awarded third overall finishing
consistently in 4th in each moto.
Unless he is carried off on a stretcher, fourth overall rider Martin
Bradbury will continue to race, no matter how much he’s hurting.
The grimace on his face after each race shows how determined this rider
is to battle his way to the top. A
slow start in race one, obviously still coming to after downing at least half
a shandy the night before, he showed true grit in race two by finishing 3rd,
but a kamikaze effort around the last corner in race three, where he tried to
take out the lap scorning van and a committee member left him finishing 6th. Tim for a holiday and rest those aching limbs!
After a disastrous start in race one, Paul Rusby had to settle for
fifth overall. Finishing in 8th
he steadily improved throughout the day to finish 7th in race two
and found the extra power to finish in 5th in race three.
A very surprising and extremely disappointing sixth overall goes to
regular winner Chad Sait. Race
one appeared to be another normal day at the office with Chad finishing just
behind Paine in 3rd, but an off in race two saw him slip down to 6th,
but worse was yet to come as after holeshotting race three, a puncture on lap
one saw Sait slowly drop down the order and eventually ended up finishing 15th.
With
dust still hanging in the air, the AMX boys stormed off for another day of
brilliant showmanship for all involved. In
his usual brilliant standard, Paul Watts showed who’s boss and dominated all
three races to grab the overall victory.
With Phil Lewis taking an early shower after recently returning after a
knee injury, Brett Wheeler took control of second overall with two magnificent
2nd places, finishing in 3rd in race two, just behind Lewis.
Third overall is awarded to visitor Mike Shotter.
With certain VMX riders extremely happy to see Shotter racing in the
AMX class, afraid of the humiliation if he had raced in the VMX, Shotter
showed what an outstanding rider he was, finding his feet in race one by
finishing 10th. He
went on to finish 4th in moto two, but showed his true skills by
finishing just behind Wheeler in 3rd.
Another visiting rider who added some extra interest to the group,
James Richman finished in fourth overall, just one point behind Shotter.
Richmans day went the opposite way to Shotters, starting off finishing
in 4th position. Race
two saw Richman narrowly beaten by Shotter to come in 5th, but race
three was his downfall, but still managed to finish in a respectable 7th.
Fifth overall goes to the ever impressive Ian Tallack who finished
consistently in 6th in races one and three but in race two, Ian
only managed to finish in 10th, the early morning dog walk
obviously taking its toll! And
the long awaited return of Steve Turvey saw him racing below par, finishing 7th
in race one, improving to 6th in race two, but a disappointing 10th
in race three meant sixth overall is the best that Turvey could achieve on the
day.
Once
the Seniors flew out of the start, the dust settled only slightly, but the
action didn’t. With bikes and
bodies flying in all directions, the racing hotted up as did the temperature
on the track. Once again, the
Watts name appears in top spot, this time Nicky copies big brother Paul as
overall victor on the day. Nicky
“she’s very low but I haven’t got the nerve to tell her” Watts
dominated the racing, only losing top spot in race two to Sean Barnsdale, but
with brother James breathing down his neck, victories were essential in races
one and three. Alex Martin continues to impress everyone with his racing and
second overall highlights his enthusiasm for the sport, even crashing with
Allen Waring in race two, leaving Waring having to visit A&E and unable to
start race three. Martin improved
on his 6th position in race one, to consistently finish 4th
in the remaining races. Yet
another Watts name appears in a top 6, this time it’s James who finished
just one point behind in third overall. Some
impressive racing witnessed yet again by a member of this talented family,
James started off at a rather slower than normal pace, to finish in 7th,
6th in race two, but pursued twin Nicky to finish a magnificent 2nd
in the final moto. By the look of
things, sister Laura won’t be too far behind over the next few meetings to
complete the Watts top 6 quartet. After
a brilliant start to his day, Sean Barnsdale had a disappointing finish to the
day, passing the chequers in 16th place, meaning he would have to
settle for fourth overall. Just
one point behind third overall, Sean would have been higher up the overall
order if races one and two were anything to go by.
3rd in race one wasn’t enough to satisfy this spirited
riders appetite, so he beat everyone in race two to finish the winner.
Shame about race three. Another
consistent days racing from newcomer Tom Moore who started well in 5th
place in motos one and two, but Lewis Hall managed to sneak in front of him,
pushing Tom down to 6th for the final moto.
With dad Russell leading the way in the VMX class, son Luke had to
prove he could keep the winning ways in the Priddle family.
Unfortunately things didn’t go according to plan but a respectable
sixth overall is awarded to Luke. A
brilliant 3rd in race three increased his tally of points awarded
for his 9th in race one and 7th in race two.
And
so to the first 85cc group. The
big wheels took to the track and the usual group of top 6 contenders were
chasing for the lead, but Daniel Goodwin was to return to Pompey to ruin
everyone’s plans. An absentee
for the last couple of championship rounds, Goodwin returned with a vengeance
to score maximum points, winning all three motos and being overall victor. After returning from France, John Haig tried his utmost to
win three races but after spinning out during race one and finishing 3rd,
Haig had to try harder to gain his usual victories. But with Goodwin already set fast in top spot, John had to
settle for 2nd in motos two and three, but second overall is still
a great achievement for such an amazing rider.
Third overall goes to Jamie Tempest who had to constantly battle with
Gennaro Dichello, who followed in fourth overall. Tempest had the upper hand in race one finishing 2nd
over G’s 5th placing, but tables were turned in race two with G
coming in 3rd with Tempest having to settle for the 5th
place. Then in race three the two
riders fought hammer and tongs to finish even closer still with Tempest in 3rd,
Dichello in 4th. Getting
in their way and being awarded fifth overall comes Thomas Speer.
Always impressive on the racetrack, Speer finished 4th in
the first two races, but a 7th in the final race denied him a more
deserved higher position. Closing
the top 6 is Daniel Latham. After
stalling on the last lap in race one and only managing to finish 8th,
Latham had to push himself to the limit and after finishing in 7th
in race two, his 5th in race three finished Dan’s day off on a
happier note.
Next
the mighty Autos and with no dust to get in the way, Fraser Viner again shone
through to reign overall victor for the umpteenth time this year.
Three convincing wins secured Viner first place overall.
Oliver Osmaston could soon be taking over the top spot if he continues
to race as well as he did at this meeting.
Continually battling with Toby Cook, yet another rider closing in on
top spot, Oli finish just behind Cook in 3rd in race one, just in
front to finish 2nd in race two and again in front in race three
but only managed to finish 4th.
Third overall comes Oli’s nemesis Toby Cook.
Toby continued to impress the spectators with his results highlighting
his determination to achieve top spot in the not-so-distant future.
Although his positions deteriorated during the day, 2nd, 3rd
and 5th places are nothing to be sniffed at.
Michael Denton tied on points with Cook but settles for fourth overall,
finishing 4th in races one and two, but saved the best for last by
finishing 2nd in race three. Luke
Goddard finished fifth overall, steadily improving throughout the day,
finishing 6th, then 5th and ending the day on a high,
coming in 3rd. The
final spot in the top 6 goes to our feisty female, Bethany Farmer.
Another gutsy performance with three consistent finishes, passing the
flag in 5th in moto one, and 6th in the last two races.
The
smaller 85cc’s were next out of the start gate and as on so many other
occasions, Sebastian Osbourne wipes the floor clean with three outstanding and
domineering wins. Second overall
goes to Oliver Rusby who can boast that he has achieved a higher position than
dad at this meeting. A brilliant
performance by Oli, determined to gain those all important championship points
over his rivals, finishing 3rd, 4th and 2nd,
with Charlie Hughes in hot pursuit, finishing third overall.
Beating Rusby in motos one and two by finishing 2nd place,
he slipped up in moto three by only managing to finish 7th.
Ashley Bailey and Danny Urry equalled on points, finishing fourth and
fifth respectively, due to Bailey achieving higher race positions.
Completing the top 6 comes Robert Haig who steadily improves his
performances after being out of action for so long last year.
A 9th and 7th were joined by a brilliant 4th
in race three.
The Junior group were the last to go but the action was well worth waiting for. An outstanding result at long last for young Daniel Maxey who achieves overall victory after coming so close at previous meetings. Three superb results, a 2nd, 3rd and last race win shows the true racing skills of this talented young rider, and hopefully it won’t be the last time we see Dan in the top spot. Jake Carey may have won overall as he started brilliantly with a 1st and 2nd, but a disastrous 7th left him just a few points off of top spot. Lloyd Pettett also won a race but his last race 6th resulted in him finishing third overall on the day. Tom Ellwood can usually be found in the top 6 and this meeting was to be no different, with Tom finishing fourth overall with a 4th in race one, 6th in race two and just missing out on victory in race three, passing the flag in 2nd. Since moving up from the Autos, Liam Garland hasn’t appeared in the top 6, but he proved the gutsy fight regularly witnessed last year is still in his blood as he battled his way up from 7th in race one to 5th in the second, to 4th in the final moto, ensuring fifth overall was his. Christopher Chapman completes the top 6, highlighting that even an 11th in race one can provide you with a top 6 overall, as long as you achieve outstanding results in your other two races. Christopher finished 4th and 5th in motos two and three, which guaranteed Chris would score enough points to grab the final top 6 position.