Round 1 YMX Youth Scottish MX Championships

11^th March 2007 

 Comerton farm, leuchars

 The long awaited start to the YMX Scotland Youth MX Championships dawned with a dry and mild morning. With 180 plus riders knocking on the door to get signed on it was looking like being an exciting day. And we were most definitely not disappointed! Much work and improvements had been done to the popular Leuchars track and believe it or not, it was actually dusty in the morning! Yes, we were that one place in the UK who didn’t get any rain this week – but we were made to pay for that as the day wore on with rain arriving by the middle of the day! A fantastic turnout in all classes let to some fierce  and entertaining racing!

 Twenty six eager 65 riders got things under way.  The fearless John Adamson took the first holeshot, but Greg Queen quickly took charge! Danny Stalker and young Adamson gave chase and pushed Queen all the way.  Race two saw much tougher conditions for the wee guys with the track now well rutted up. Hardy as they are though they bounced back and did not give up. The final moto in the rain, really showed who the fighters were. Despite most riders hitting the deck at some point, Queen took his third win with Adamson hot on his heels once again, and Lothian lad, Fraser Pohlen taking third spot. Overall, Queen took top honours with Adamson second and Jack Taylor third.

 The small Wheel 85cc class was totally dominated by Matthew Fleming throughout all three races. In race one, Ian Stewart took the holeshot after a couple of false starts with gremlins in the gates. Stewart, the 2006 65 champion and  having just moved to this class,  gave it his all but just couldn’t say on Flemings pace. He was eventually overhauled by Josh Craig who was on top form and took second in all three races. A consistent Taylor Robertson took third overall with Stewart in fourth.

 There was some awesome racing in the Big Wheel 85cc class!  28 lads bolted out of the gates and fought for track position like their lives depended on it! At the head of the field Ewan McLaren and Daniel Hutchison gave not an inch. It was flat out, nail biting stuff. Steven Craig  was also in top form pushing hard to stay on the pace of Mclaren and Hutchison, as was James Hutchison who was superbly quick all day too. In races one and two McLaren showed his mettle as he got the better of Hutchison taking two straight wins. James Hutchison took the win in moto three leaving Daniel to settle for three second places. McLaren eventually took the overall with Daniel Hutchison in second and James Hutchison in third.

 The Schoolpersons 125cc class was a capacity class and again the racing was close and everyone was out for championship points. Ryan Blair was the man of the day dominating  on his new Suzuki. Gary Sharp was  a man on a mission in the first race taking second place behind Blair. Ryan Blair again took the flag in race two but this time it was Tommy Fenwick in his rear view. Fenwick pushed him hard but Blair wasn’t letting the lead slip from his grasp. Fenwick got on top in race three making Blair settle for second and Gregory Fisher took third spot. Overall, Ryan Blair took the podium with Fisher in second after  a consistent day, and Gary Sharp finished in third spot.

 The Adult 125cc Scottish Championship class which runs alongside the Youth Scottish Championship was hard fought. With last years winner Scott Findlay now in the Open Class, it was all there for the taking. Sean McDonald took on the big boys for the first time at just 15, and took the lead in race one. Matthew Moffat soon got the better of MacDonald though and took the first win. Jamie Duncan tried all he could to get on terms with these youngsters but had to settle for third.. race two again saw Moffat taking a well earned win when MacDonald failed to finish, and Duncan took second ahead of Jamie Sandham. The wet and rutted conditions sorted the men from the boys in race three, and the fact that it was almost dark by this time didn’t help! Duncan finally posted a win with Roy McConnachie taking second ahead of Ralph Yeaman. Moffat had done enough to take the spoils with Duncan in second ahead of McConnachie in third.

 The supporting  automatic class saw a good turnout of new riders and they had a great days racing despite some difficult conditions for their wee bikes. The adult open class was won by Tony Craig ahead of Scott Findlay.

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