FORD CC DUNTON SERIES Race 2

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FORD CC DUNTON SERIES Race 2

Race Results

The weather was fine and bright but with a nagging east wind for the second event of the Ford CC Dunton Series. The EFGH group were given a half lap start and were able to stay away until the first prime which was taken by Chris Dunn. The prime for the ABCD’s was won by Paul Turner. The junction was made after a further two laps and immediately Paul Hart broke away. He soon had about 20 secs from the bunch who couldn’t mount a consistent chase. Within 4 laps Paul Hart had increased his lead to 1 min and he took the third prime. The bunch now seemed resigned to the fact that they weren’t going to catch him. At 3 laps to go Hart had over 1-30sec. At the bell, Matt Steel and Aaron Green escaped from the bunch with Matt Holmes soon joining them. At the line Paul Hart had over 2mins before Green took second place from Steel. Martin Meades was the first EFGH rider.

After 2 events Paul Hart leads Cat A with max points; Matt Holmes leads Matt Steel by one point; in Cat C Murat Ozdenya has a 2 point lead over Paul Turton; Antonius Wubben and Paul Turner share the lead in Cat D; in Cat D Martin Meades has a 2 point lead over Stephen Piper; Paul Dunn and Chris Bird have a win each in Cat F; and Ruth Stapleton leads the Women’s Category.


The Ron Day MK Bowl Race 3

Race Results
Results on MyLaps

The Ron Day Memorial MK Bowl races – Race 3 – 16th May 2023 (Sponsored by Church Lane Creative).

A sunny dry night and plenty of helpers meant we could run the race out of the top gates from the start, starting and finishing on the green (my favourite course 😍).

Thank you so much to all the helpers tonight, I really appreciate you all.

Some fast racing tonight with the Gavin Howell train soon splitting to just Gavin and Simon Moss, holding a 2 man break for the majority of the race with Gavin riding away from Simon at the end to take the win. A later attack saw Bobby McGlue and Kieron Lewis leaving the main bunch finishing 3rd and 4th with Bobby taking the sprint. Michael Darcy attacked on the last lap to finish just ahead of the bunch, followed by Sean Dines with Paul Bird winning the bunch sprint.

The EFGH race was split into two bunches part way through with Mim Taylor riding really strong in the front group taking 1st lady, the bunch sprint was won by James Stewart, followed by Steve James who has brilliant form in his first year as an E cat.

A great nights racing, well done to all our winners and everyone who rode.

I need helpers every week. Please let me know if you are able to help or can bring a helper with you if you want to race (over 16 yrs). Thank you.


Hogg Hill Thursday League

Race Results

Despite the fear of rain, it was a pretty decent turnout . I think we had just under 40 riders on the start line.

As promised, Tony Meader put a DEFG group a minute ahead of the ABC group

This certainly made things a lot more interesting; in fact, the two groups didn’t come together till almost the halfway point of the race

Once they were altogether, from the sidelines, it looked like Richard Baker and Antony Wallis were the ones most keen to force a separation.

But nothing of significance really took place until the last few laps of the race.  Richard got a gap of roughly 15 seconds at one point and held on for a few laps until he was sadly closed down with three to go.

At this point unfortunately on the hairpin around the back of the circuit, there was a crash. Both Carlito Rendora and Paul Bird came down heavily. 

Upfront the four strongest riders left in the race pull themselves clear from the bunch and went on to contest the win.

The super in form Matt Holmes took “the W” and Antony Wallis was 2nd; Matt Steel and an unlucky Richard Barker, grabbed 3rd and 4th spot.

Tomasz Chmielewski took the much depleted bunch sprint

Big shout out to Tony for putting on the event with minimal help. And most importantly super thanks to the amazing Debbie 👍 for taking care of both riders until the ambulance arrived. We wish both Paul and Carlito a swift recovery 🙏