Muk Junkie British Masters Winter Series Final round preview

Written by MIKE WOOD Monday, 24 January 2011 00:00

It may have been cold this Winter,but its red hot out on track for the riders contesting the Muk Junkie British Masters Winter series.After three super rounds at Leisure Lakes,Preston Docks and Mepal,all four classes are set to go down to the wire during the final meeting at Finningley on Sunday,6^th February.

In the Amateur MX1 class,Kawasaki rider Kevin Wells leads the way following a stunning start to the series.Wells won all three motos at both Leisure Lakes and Preston Docks before suffering his first defeat at Mepal.Despite that dominance though,Wells holds just a 14 point advantage ahead of an equally consistent and determined Ryan Bruce.In the nine races contested so far,Bruce has finished inside the top five on each occasion!.Holding 3^rd in the series and a further 70 points in arrears is Christian Dicks whilst Paul White and Scott Matthews,the only other riders to have completed in all three previous rounds,currently round off the top five overall championship positions.

Over in Amateur MX2,Ashley Wilson leads the way ahead of Daniel Woodward,John Hall,Robbie Wilson,David Blackburn and Stuart Houlston.Incredibly,6^th placed Houlston is though the only rider in that group who has recorded a moto win!!.For leader Ashley Wilson,consistency as certainly again been the key word,picking up podium places at both Leisure Lakes and Mepal whilst also having never finished lower than 6^th spot in any of the nine motos contested.  Wilson currently holds just a 20 point advantage over Woodward whilst 3^rd placed Hall is only a further 12 points behind.

Luke Newman the Muk Junkie MXY2  series leader boasts the largest Winter series advantage going into the final round at Finningley.Luke sits some .71 points ahead of Callum Sloman with Tom Kelly 3^rd,Simon Booth 4^th,Jake Lord 5^th and Stuart Owen 6^th.In the three previous rounds,the MXY2 class as provided both the biggest entry numbers and indeed the most competitive racing.Newman,Callum Luxton,James Dunn,Kelly and Nathan Watson have all recorded moto wins.Although Newman must now be considered the favourite to take the crown in this class following podium spots at Leisure Lakes and Preston Docks,Kelly could well be the spoiler.After having missed the opening round at Leisure Lakes,young Tom has since reeled off five out of six races wins in this MXY2 class!!.

Incredibly despite brilliantly winning seven out of nine motos,scoring two overall victories and being on the podium in all three rounds,Mini-Masters BW85cc leader Jack Kelly still only holds a 45 point advantage in the race for that particular title.That’s due to the equally incredible performances of William Wall who just like Kelly has also been on the podium in all three rounds!.At present,Myles Duffy holds 3^rd in this class ahead of Sam Wragg,Paul Coffey and Jordan Roberts.

In Mini-Masters SW85cc,Ethan Gatenby has superbly won the opening seven races of the series before suffering a DNF at Mepal.That one non-finish as resulted in Aaron Burns,a rider who has never finished lower than in 5^th spot in any of the nine motos completed,deservedly jumping into pole position in the series standings.However Aaron is under intense pressure from Ethan who is still just 10 points in arrears and a very determined Matt Lomas who is just a very narrow further  2 points behind.Such is the dominance of Burns,Gatenby and Lomas that the Muk Junkie SW85cc champion will certainly come from one of these three very determined lads.With Howard Wainwright,Jack Camwell and Dee Jaywalker still chasing hard,this promises to be an absolute Finningley thriller.

If you would like to be part of this Muk Junkie British Masters Winter finale,then entries are still available by contacting Barrie Jones on 07743 196335,online www.amca.uk.com or download an entry from www.britishmasters .com.

MUK JUNKIE BRITISH MASTERS WINTER SERIES

Amatuer MX1(Top six) 1 Kevin Wells 415 points 2 Ryan Bruce 401  3 Christian Dicks 331  4 Paul White 286 5 Scott Matthews 279  6 Robert Brown 244.

Amateur MX2 1 Ashley Wilson 389  2 Daniel Woodward 369  3 John Hall 357  4 Robbie Wilson 287  5 David Blackburn 266  6 Stuart Houlston 197.

MXY2 1 Luke Newman 396  2 Callum Sloman 325  3 Tom Kelly 295  4 Simon Booth 291  5 Jake Lord 280  6 Stuart Owen 268.

BW 85cc 1 Jack Kelly 444  2 William Wall 399  3 Myles Duffy 355  4 Sam Wragg 256  5 Paul Coffey 253  6 Jordan Roberts 206.

SW85cc 1 Aaron Burns 405  2 Ethan Gatenby 395  3 Matt Lomas 393  4 Howard Wainwright 242  5 Jack Camwell 145  6 Dee Jaywalker 135.

Mike Wood (www.moto-action.co.uk)