It's IMBA 'Double' time

Written by MIKE WOOD Wednesday, 17 August 2011 00:00

For the AMCA riders also chasing IMBA European Championship glory,the next two weeks could well prove to be extremely pivotal as they face back to back meetings.

The MX1 team travel to Ohlenberg in Germany this coming weekend,followed just seven days later by a visit to Wingles in France.Meanwhile our MX2 lads are off to Groesbeek in Holland before moving onto Andelfingen,Switzerland .

Last time out for MX1 was on home soil at Branston where Lee Dunham finished in 3^rd overall with Clinton Barrs 5^th,Shaun Pearce 7^th and Rich Meakin 12^th.That result meant that Dunham leapt above teammate Barrs and into 2^nd place in the title standings,just four points behind leader and current triple Champion Frank Jansen-Teitz with Barrs only a further three points in arrears.So it’s all to play for in MX1 although Sunday’s event at the tricky,tight Ohlenberg is also Teitz’s home circuit!!.

Also enjoying home track advantage this weekend is the current IMBA MX2 leader,Dutchman Rene Albers however he does have a very determined duo of Brits on his tail as Shane Holmes holds 2^nd and Jack Taylor 3^rd. Making this another successful campaign in MX2 for the AMCA ,Carl Benjamin sits in 5^th,Scott Mathia 7^th and Scott Williams 10^th.In their last round at a wet Allaire in France,Holmes and Taylor were the top British performers in 4^th and 5^th respectively  after bike problems in the final moto had robbed Benjamin of an almost certain podium placing.

Good luck to all Team AMCA riders in your IMBA Championship ‘Summer tour’.

IMBA MX1 (TOP TEN) 1 Frank Jansen-Teitz(Germany) 453 points 2 Lee Dunham(GB) 449 3 Clinton Barrs(GB) 446  4 Jelle Grade(Belgium) 418 5 Thomas Lhotsky(Czech Republic) 353 6 Vince Riechers(Holland) 346 7 Jarno Verhorevoort (Holland) 302 8 Sven Wouters(Belgium) 301 9 Erwin Robins(Holland) 298 10 Rich Meakin(GB) 267.  Other British positions  21^st Richard Cannings 159 22^nd Shaun Pearce 158 25^th Brad O’Leary 131 37^th Chris Neesam 77.

IMBA MX2 (TOP TEN) 1 Rene Albers(Holland) 490 2 Shane Holmes(GB) 406 3 Jack Taylor(GB) 393 4 Josef Mnuk (Czech Republic) 365 5 Carl Benjamin(GB) 359 6 Ronnie van Rooji(Holland) 344 7 Scott Mathia(GB) 328 8 John Cuppen(Holland) 318 9 Roman Mnuk(Czech Republic) 291 10 Scott Williams(GB) 280. Other British positions 16^th Tom Neesam 229  22^nd Ben Saunders 159.