Wulfsport British Masters Motocross Championship

Following the excitement of the opening round of the Wulfsport British Masters round at Mallory Park,surely it could not get any better could it ?.You bet it could!!,as the racing at Dean Moor,Cumbria was red-hot in all groups,the weather was fine and the organisers completed a slick programme including keeping their promise to restage the three postponed motos from Mallory.Although one of the stars of round one,Zach Osborne was away on GP duty,in compensation and added to the mix at Dean Moor on the weekend was the likes of Brad Anderson,James Noble,Martin Barr,Nathan Parker,Neville Bradshaw and even North American teenage star Ben LaMay,all chasing one of the biggest MX prize funds in Europe,also helping to ensure that this was to be another super Wulfsport Masters weekend.

 Opening the Wulfsport Pro action at Dean Moor was the MX1 class and it was youngster LaMay who made a stunning start to thus lead the way ahead of Gordon Crockard,Alex Snow,Scott Elderfield,Brad Anderson,Jamie Lewis,Martin Barr,James Noble,Neville Bradshaw and Nathan Parker.At the front,LaMay was setting a super pace, pulling well clear of the pack with only Crockard in tow and chasing hard.Using his vast experience to the full,the Crockstar then eventually reeled LaMay in and timing his challenge to perfection crucially made his pass with just one lap remaining to snatch the win.After gating in 7^th,Barr moved up to 3^rd at the flag with Elderfield in 4^th.Earlier in the moto,Scott had collided with Anderson,the latter losing some of his front wheel spokes in the process and being forced to eventually retire on lap nine.

 In MX1 moto two,LaMay was again quickest away with Anderson,Elderfield,Noble,Snow,Lewis,John May,Alex Rach,Bradshaw and James Lassu giving chase.Following his opening race disapointment,Anderson was in determined mood on this occasion passing LaMay and taking control of proceedings on lap three.As the moto quickly settled down,Noble slotted into 3^rd spot with Elderfield 4^th.However the main movers in this clash were to be Bradshaw,Crockard and Barr.Coming from almost last spot on lap one,Barr was storming through the pack,eventually getting back to 8^th spot at the flag.First race winner Crockard was equally impressive in charging from an early 19^th back to 6^th whilst Bradshaw went from 10^th up to 5^th.Although Anderson eventually took the win some 15 seconds ahead of LaMay,his first moto DNF meant that the overall win went instead to the very impressive North American with Crockard and Elderfield earning the other big money placings in this class.In the restaging of the postponed Pro MX1 Mallory race which was only open to riders who had entered the original staging,Elderfield led the opening two laps before Crockard took control to earn the win.

If the Wulfsport Pro MX2 battles at Mallory between Zach Osborne and Scott Elderfield were good,the opening clash at Dean Moor was simply stunning!!.For seven laps of moto one,Anderson led the way under severe pressure from Barr.Crucially then on lap eight,Anderson slipped off letting Barr in and although the former quickly remounted in 2^nd spot,his chances of claiming the win appeared over.Undeterred,Anderson quickly regained his rhythm and by very cleverly using backmarker traffic in the closing stages of the contest he swooped past a stunned Barr to snatch the moto victory.Bradshaw was to earn 3^rd in this opener some 23 seconds behind Barr with Elderfield moving from 7^th up to 4^th ahead of Shane Carless,Matthew Moffat,James Lassu,AMCA youngster Jack Taylor,Wayne Smith and James Dodd.

 Anderson and Barr were at it again in the second Pro MX2 clash of the day,producing another super motocross battle.For the opening seven laps,they thrilled the crowd until Barr unfortunately stalled his PAR Honda.Unable to quickly restart,Barr lost his hard-fought second placing to Bradshaw.Starting in 3^rd spot,Elderfield temporarily dropped back to 6^th before recovering for 4^th at the flag ahead of Wayne Smith,Luke Mellows,Matthew Moffat, James Dodd,Richard Bird and Sunny Thompson.Of the AMCA racers,Lee Dunham gated in 7^th before eventually finishing 11^th whilst Carl Benjamin was 14^th.After finishing a super 8^th in the opening race,Jack Taylor was forced out of this clash with badly blistered hands. REPORT CONTINUED BELOW IN FEATURED ARTICLES