Branston IMBA

Written by MIKE WOOD Friday, 29 July 2011 00:00

Burntwood Barracudas Club,proudly stage the home round of the IMBA MX1 European Championship this coming Sunday at Branston,near Burton-Upon-Trent.

Going into this round of the IMBA series,Brits Clinton Barrs and Lee Dunham are right on the heels of Championship leader and three times Champion Frank Jansen-Teitz from Germany.At present Barrs is holding 2^nd spot just a very narrow five points off top slot with Lee Dunham in 3^rd a further six points in arrears.Richard Meakin has also started the IMBA European series strongly and is in 11^th spot with Brad O’Leary 26^th and Shaun Pearce 36^th despite both riders having missed round two.

With a double treat on offer,main support for the IMBA action is round five of a truly thrilling AMCA MX2 Championship chase.Following last weekend’s action at Little Bowden,Shane Holmes still leads the way with a 43 point advantage.Typical of the series,Holmes,Sean Frayne and Jack Taylor all won a race at Little Bowden.In the series standings,Ben Saunders is currently holding 2^nd but now under attack,just two points ahead of the Little Bowden overall winner,the fast starting Paul Neale.

IMBA MX1 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP(TOP TEN) 1 Frank Jansen-Teitz(Germany) 306 points 2 Clinton Barrs(GB) 301 3 Lee Dunham(GB) 295 4 Jelle Grade(Belgium) 263 5 Vince Riechers(Holland) 243 6 Thomas Lhotsky(Czech Republic) 240 7 Erwin Robins(Holland) 240 8 Jarno Verhorevoort(Holland) 204 9 Sven Wouters(Belgium) 194 10 Reto Vogelsang(Switzerland) 180.

AMCA MX2 CHAMPIONSHIP(TOP TEN) 1 Shane Holmes 612 points 2 Ben Saunders 569 3 Paul Neale 567 4 Jack Taylor 524 5 Matthew Porter 498 6 Sean Frayne 492 7 Lewis Abbott 449 8 Carl Benjamin 442 9 Ryan Morris 397 10 Scott Mathia 388.