Amateur meetings back on track

Last Sunday Scunthorpe Speedway’s Winter Series finally recommenced after two months off due to the festivities and frost damage to the track. An excellent turnout competed over seven classes and 60 races with class wins for Skye Adams (Flat Track), Wayne Carter (Pit Bikes), Eryk Borczuch (Youth 500), Jordan Palin (Youth 250), Mickie Simpson (Youth 125/150), Luke Gardner (Junior 110) and Scott Speed (Road Bikes).

For Jordan Palin it was an excellent way to celebrate his 13th birthday and after the meeting he declared “It was the best birthday ever as I put in some very fast times. I really enjoy the Scunthorpe meetings. They are very well run and each time I progress. I learnt my skills on the mini track and progressed the big track. Now I am on a 250 and I feel it is the right step for my career”.

Palin’s reference to fast times certainly was true as he and the youth 500 riders were constantly exchanging the fastest time of the day. In the end his best time was 63.24 seconds and was only bettered by youth 500 rider Eryk Borczuch in his last meeting in the class. Borczuch had a slow start to the day with just four points from his first three rides but three consecutive wins to finish the meeting ensured he pipped Anders Rowe, who only dropped one point in qualifying, to victory.

In the 125/150cc Mickie Simpson went through the card unbeaten to record his second class victory defeating nine-time winner Harry McGurk, his younger brother Sam and Corban Pavitt who hit Simpson’s back wheel in the final causing it to be stopped and the result awarded.

Skye Adams won her ninth flat track class to give her eleven class victories in total. She didn’t have it all her own way with Neil Martin winning four races but failing to start one race and having to settle for second overall. Adams’ eleven class wins leaves her behind just Kyle Bickley and Gary O’Hare who have 18 class victories and Jack Parkinson-Blackburn who has 17. The only other rider to win 10 classes is perennial Open Class Summer Champion Mirek Daniszewski who has exactly ten class wins to his name.

The Road Bike Class was very competitive with three different race winners but it was Scott Speed who followed in his brother’s footsteps (previous four-time class winner Odgie Danaan who has stepped up to the Flat Track class) to win whilst Wayne Carter was on top form in the pit bikes to demote his brother down to third place.

The youngest riders, as always, were in the Junior 110 class and whilst it was Luke Gardner who claimed his sixth victory some of the best racing came further back in the class with the youngest riders on the 50cc bikes.

After the meeting club promoter Rob Godfrey confirmed “The day went well. I don’t think anyone was seriously hurt, just a couple of bruised bodies. The track held up pretty well considering where it was at a week ago and it is just great to hear the bikes going round again. The winter activities are an important income stream for the club so the last two months have been very frustrating. Hopefully the serious frosts are all done now and we can keep active until the season starts now.

“I’d like to thank everyone who comes and supports the club at these meetings. That is the riders and the volunteers. Hopefully we’ll have a good turnout next week when the adult speedway riders have their meeting”.

Next Sunday’s meeting is for the Open, Support, Novice and Upright classes and anyone wanting to join in the fun has until 8pm Saturday to book in (text 07832-402167) whilst, as always, the club would love to hear from people who would like to help marshal the meeting on the day.

Full list of Winter Series meeting dates:

Flat Track, Pit Bike, Road Bike, Quad/Trike and Youth Speedway classes – 13th November, 11th December, 8th January, 29th January, 19th February & 12th March

Adult Speedway Classes – 27th November, 18th December, 15th January, 5th February, 26th February & 19th March

Flat Track
Scores: Skye Adams 49, Neil Martin 46, Lee Sadler 43, Aaron Tuttlebee 31, Connor Jackson 25, Odgie Danaan 25, Joe Burden 25, Luke Gardner 11, Ben Hewitt 11.

Winter Series points: Adams 20, Martin 19, Sadler 18, Tuttlebee 17, Jackson 16, Danaan 15, Burden 14, Gardner 13, Hewitt 12.

Series standings (after three rounds): Skye Adams 60 (20-20-20), Aaron Tuttlebee 54 (18-19-17), Joe Burden 49 (17-18-14), Odgie Danaan 32 (17-15), Ian Cramp 29 (15-14), Connor Jackson 29 (13-16), Luke Gardner 27 (14-13), Steve Newsham 19, Neil Martin 19, Lee Sadler 18, Lee Stevens 16, Peter Jordan 16, Richard Rowden 15, Ben Hewitt 11

Race winning times: 14. Martin 104.94, Adams 107.33, Martin 103.45, Martin 101.79, Adams 100.50, Martin 100.95

Pit Bikes
Scores: Wayne Carter 65, Jack Bell 58, Lee Carter 52, Thomas Hewitt 46, Tom Miles 37, Stuart Foster 34, Jeff Robinson 24, Adrian Snowden 23, Thomas Spooner 21, Graham Field 14, Dan Miles 12

Winter Series points: W. Carter 20, Bell 19, L. Carter 18, Hewitt 17, T. Miles 16, Foster 15, Robinson 14, Snowden 13, Spooner 12, Field 11, D. Miles 10

Series standings (after three rounds): Jack Bell 59 (20-20-19), Lee Carter 54 (19-17-18), Stuart Foster 50 (17-18-15), Jeff Robinson 45 (15-16-14), Tom Miles 37 (12-9-16), Jack Parkinson-Blackburn 33 (14-19), Jon Dyer 26 (13-13), Dan Miles 21 (11-10), Stuart Avery 18, Thomas Hewitt 17, Ben Basford 16, Kean Dicken 15, Darren Legg 14, Adrian Snowden 13, Nick Thorp 12, Thomas Spooner 12, Lee Dicken 11, Graham Field 11, Reece Harvey 10, Jordan Palin 8

Race winning times: 10. W. Carter 81.22, 18. W. Carter 77.09, 26. W. Carter 76.11, 38. W. Carter 74.14, 47. W. Carter 74.71, 63. Bell 72.91

Youth 500
Qualifying scores: Anders Rowe 14, Eryk Borczuch 10, Alex Spooner 7, Kean Dicken 6, Carl Basford 4

A Final: Borczuch, Rowe, Dicken, Spooner (retired), 62.39

Winter Series points: Borczuch 20, Rowe 19, Dicken 18, Spooner 17, Basford 16

Series standings (after three rounds): Ben Basford 35 (19-16), Kyle Bickley 20, Luke Woodhull 20, Eryk Borczuch 20, Anders Rowe 19, Sheldon Davies 18, Kean Dicken 18, Alex Spooner 17

Qualifying heat winning times: 5. Rowe 64.30, 13. Basford 64.00, 21. Rowe 63.66, 29. Rowe 63.57, 37. Rowe 63.30, 45. Borczuch 63.16, 54. Borczuch 63.15

Youth 250
Qualifying scores: Jordan Palin 15, Jacob Clayton 10

A Final: Palin, Clayton 64.17

Winter Series points: Palin 20, Clayton 19

Series standings (after three rounds): Jacob Clayton 39 (20-19), Jordan Palin 20

Qualifying heat winning times (all Palin): 6. 65.96, 15. 64.65, 25. 64.43, 34. 63.34, 44. 63.24

Youth 125/150
Qualifying scores: Mickie Simpson 15, Harry McGurk 13, Corban Pavitt 13, Max Perry 10, Jack Bell 10, Sam McGurk 9, Luke Harrison 9, Alex Goldsbrough 6, Freddie Fox-Baron 6, Cameron Taylor 6, Aidan Arthur 5, Mikey Robbins 3, Callum Gill 2, Finley Dimmock 0

D Final: Arthur, Robbins, Gill, Dimmock, 73.23
C Final: Harrison, Goldsbrough, Taylor, Arthur, 69.10
B Final: S. McGurk, Harrison, Bell, Perry, 66.66
A Final: Simpson, H. McGurk, S. McGurk, Pavitt (fell), awarded

Winter Series points: Simpson 20, H. McGurk 19, S. McGurk 18, Pavitt 17, Harrison 16, Bell 15, Perry 14, Goldsbrough 13, Taylor 12, Arthur 11, Fox-Baron 10, Robbins 9, Gill 8, Dimmock 7

Series standings (after three rounds): Harry McGurk 59 (20-20-19), Mickie Simpson 55 (16-19-20), Luke Harrison 49 (16-17-16), Jack Bell 42 (14-13-15), Freddie Fox- Baron 39 (15-14-10), Jordan Palin 37 (19-18), Sam McGurk 36 (18-18), Corban Pavitt 34 (17-17), Mikey Robbins 33 (12-12-9), Finley Dimmock 29 (11-11-7), Alex Goldsbrough 28 (15-13), Max Perry 14, Jacob Clayton 13, Cameron Taylor 12, Aidan Arthur 11, Beau Stonehewer 10, Callum Gill 8.

Qualifying heat winning times: 1. Pavitt 74.53, 2. S. McGurk 76.40, 3. Simpson 74.73, 4. H. McGurk 73.61, 8. S. McGurk 73.94, 12. H. McGurk 68.66, 16. Bell 76.01, 20. Pavitt 71.66, 24. Pavitt 68.55, 28. Bell 74.83, 32. Simpson 67.47, 36. H. McGurk 67.30, 40. Perry 74.71, 43. Simpson awarded, 46. Harrison 69.49, 49. Simpson 68.04, 52. Simpson awarded, 55. Perry 72.69

Junior 110
Scores: Luke Gardner 60, Henry Unsworth 53, Max McGurk 44, Mikey Robbins 38, Callum Gill 29, Jack Franklin 28, Arran Scott 25, Lewis Fellows 17, Louis Walker 17, Harry Parnaby 12

Winter Series points: Gardner 20, Unsworth 19, McGurk 18, Robbins 17, Gill 16, Franklin 15, Scott 14, Fellows 13, Walker 12, Parnaby 11

Series standings (after three rounds): Max McGurk 57 (19-20-18), Mikey Robbins 51 (16-18-17), Jack Franklin 48 (18-15-15), Luke Gardner 40 (20-20), Henry Unsworth 38 (19-19), Iona Glover 34 (17-17), Louis Walker 27 (15-12), Jake Dyer 16, Callum Gill 16, TJ Dunn 14, Arran Scott 14, Lewis Fellows 13, Harry Parnaby 11

Race winning times (all Gardner): 11. 78.98, 22. 80.21, 30. 79.44, 41. 77.68, 51. 79.11, 61. 80.76

Road Bikes
Scores: Scott Speed 36, John Boddy 34, Jeff Tuttlebee 31, Darren Brook 22, Denise Lawson 16, Jon Lawson 13, James Boddy 13

Winter Series points: Speed 20, John Boddy 19, Tuttlebee 18, Brook 17, D. Lawson 16, J. Lawson 15, James Boddy 14

Series standings (after three rounds): John Boddy 57.5 (20-18.5-19), Denise Lawson 47 (14-17-16), Scott Speed 38.5 (18.5-20), Jeff Tuttlebee 37 (19-18), Jon Lawson 28 (13-15), Odgie Danaan 20, Chas Challis 18, Gary Clayton 17, Darren Brook 17, Jeff Halford 16, James Boddy 14

Qualifying heat winning times: 9. John Boddy 84.64, 23. Tuttlebee 80.00, 31. Tuttlebee 78.50, 42. Speed 78.93, 50. Tuttlebee 75.63, 66. Speed 78.97