The third round of The ScotMX Scottish Championship, powered by Milwaukee, was held over two consecutive Saturdays at Doune MX circuit on Saturday 10th/17th July, Doune mx circuit is run by Scott Gardner, former British Motocross Championship rider and owner of Planet Advanced Racing Suspension. Day 1 was the youth championship with Day 2 concentrating on the Adult races, but on Day 2 Stuart Flockhart added a Super Mini Cup, based on a race format from the U.S.A. for 85cc – 112cc bikes and riders being 10yr-14yrs old. This gave the youths a great opportunity to race without the pressures of a championship and win some prize money courtesy of SS Plant Services.
Riders as young as 6 years old through to the age of 50+ battled for the prestigious AMD holeshot award over 35+ races over the 2 days, for anyone not familiar with the holeshot term and what it represents, it is when the first rider of a field of up to 40 riders reaches a designated marker slightly after the first turn off the start of a race, this is known as taking the holeshot!
The youth race classes over the weekend were – Auto 50cc, 65cc, 85cc small wheel, 85cc big wheel and Rookies. For the adult classes there was the Premier MX1 class (450cc), MX2 class (250cc) Adult “B” class (up to 450cc) Adult “C” class (up to 450cc) and the Veteran class (up to 450cc)
Saturday 10th July
The weather turned out to be perfect as overnight rain made for prime track conditions. Scott Gardner had the tracked well prepared in advance and the bright periods of sunshine were not enough to impact the soil. As ever, Stuart Flockhart and his ScotMX team, with the support of his sponsors, pulled off yet another amazing action packed race day. With an extra block of racing to accommodate the one day format, the team would make sure the meeting ran flawlessly. The racing started at 10:30 and ran non-stop through to 17:30 without any break, 23 races kept everyone involved busy, but it would be worth the effort.
AMDs Works Manager Derek Faulds was in his usual position in Parc Ferme making sure the race format was streamlined and riders were on the start line ready to race. Once the riders were on the line, Derek then made his way to the first corner to record the holeshot winner for each race
With the meeting being spread over two weekends, the first day was focused on the kids with an Adult support class making up the days race schedule. Saturday’s format was tweaked to fit in the regular 3 races plus the 4th race (normally run on day 2) being run as a shortened sprint race.
The overall winners in the youth classes were:
Autos – Zac Hendry
65cc – Malachi Allan
Sw85cc – Rhys Whyment
Bw85cc – Jack Fletcher
Rookies – Ayden Smith
Saturday 17th July
The weather on Saturday was probably the hottest day of the year and meant the on-site sprinkler system was used overnight and first thing to ensure the track was in prime condition and maintained throughout the day. The racing started at 10:30 and ran non-stop through to 17:30. Stuart Flockhart and his Team kept everything running cool which was just as well as the racing was blistering, just like the relentless sun.
Qualifying got underway at 10:30 and all classes would get the chance to secure the best spot on the line. With tight qualifying times throughout the classes, it looked like the racing would be just as close all day.
Again AMDs Works Manager Derek Faulds was in his usual position in Parc Ferme making sure the race format was streamlined and riders were on the start line ready to race. Once the riders were on the line, Derek then made his way to the first corner to record the holeshot winner for each race.
With a bumper entry of over 300 riders the racing was close and exciting in all classes
The overall winners in the Adult classes were:
Veterans – Lewis Farrow
C- Class – Darren McDougall
B- Class – John Gray
MX2 – Kyle McNichol
MX1 – Tony Craig
Super Mini Cup winner – Troy Flockhart
Round 4 of the ScotMX Scottish Championship, Powered by Milwaukee.. And AMD will continue on 14th/15th August at Rhynie MX Track, north of Aberdeen.
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