Maxxis British Motocross Championship 2007
Review – Rnd 1 Canada Heights – Sunday
11th March
De Dycker and Swanpoel take opening honours
 Clear
blue skies, bright sunshine and a large crowd provided the
perfect back drop for an action packed opening to the 2007
Maxxis British Motocross championship held at the awesome
Canada Height circuit near Swanley, Kent yesterday. After
two highly entertaining motos in each class it was Ken De
Dycker – CAS Honda and Gareth Swanpoel - Molson Kawasaki
who took the overall honours in the MX1 and MX2 categories
respectively. Appalling weather in more recent weeks had threatened
to wreck the meeting, but thanks to the huge efforts of Sidcup
motorcycle club, their revised and reverse direction track
could not have been in better condition ready for yesterday’s
packed programme.
The MX2 class got the racing underway, and with Tommy Searle
– KTM UK having posted a time 1.2 seconds faster than
anyone else in morning qualifying, he looked the clear favourite
when the gate dropped on the first moto. However a first corner
incident left Searle on the deck and with work to do. Up front
it was Shaun Simpson – Wulfsport Kawasaki who soon opened
up a clear advantage, a position he held to the flag to give
him his first ever victory at this level. Eventual overall
winner Swanpoel followed Simpson home, with Martin Barr –
Bike It Yamaha completing the first podium of the day. Searle
could only pull through to ninth, as reigning champion Carl
Nunn – Bike It Yamaha struggled down in fourteenth as
a result of the injury he collected at Hawkstone Park just
seven days earlier.
 Race
two saw Searle confirm his qualifying speed as he put together
a text book start to flag win, well ahead of a rejuvenated
Mike Brown – CAS Honda. Swanpoel took a safe third to
head the series standings, with Sean Hamblin – Swift
Suzuki taking a solid fourth spot on his debut, as Simpson
came back to fifth after getting held up in the early part
of the race.
Gordon Crockard – PAR Honda and Billy Mackenzie –De
Groot Kawasaki produced the race of the day during the first
MX1 moto. The young Scott took the early lead, but was reeled
in by the Irish ex GP winner in the latter stages, with the
Honda rider just taking the win as they crossed the line.
Current MX1 champion De Dycker took the last rostrum place,
but had no answer to the leading duo on this occasion.
However the second MX1 moto was a different affair as De
Dycker got the gate and never looked like he would be headed
as he romped to a clear victory. Brad Anderson – Pioneer
Yamaha, who had been fastest in qualifying, finished 7.5 seconds
behind De Dycker and 10.8 seconds in front of Mackenzie, as
the pair took second and third positions respectively. Crockard
fought his way through the pack to take fourth after getting
boxed in at the first turn.
The next round of the series will take place at Landrake,
Devon on Sunday 25th March 2007, please visit the official
championship website - www.mxgb.co.uk - for further details.
MX1 Moto One: 1: Crockard 2: Mackenzie 3: De Dycker 4: Noble
5: Anderson
MX1 Moto Two: 1: De Dycker 2: Anderson 3: Mackenzie 4: Crockard
5: Vehvelainen
MX1 Overall: 1: De Dycker 55 2: Crockard 53 3: Mackenzie 52
MX2 Moto One: 1: Simpson 2: Swanpoel 3: Barr 4: Church 5:
Gregory
MX2 Moto Two: 1: Searle 2: Brown 3: Swanpoel 4: Hamblin 5:
Simpson
MX2 Overall: 1: Swanpoel 52 2: Simpson 51 3: Searle 43
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