Ardmore Motocross Track

Ardmore will be open for practice this Sunday 30th August from 10 am until 4 pm. We will be power harrowing the circuit to create a soft, tacky surface with maximum traction on Sunday morning before the ride. The track was packed and bone dry when we finished prepping it today with rain forecast for Saturday clearing in the evening and fining up on Sunday which will create perfect conditions for power harrowing in the morning. We will check the forecasts early on Sunday morning, check the rain radar and post an update on Facebook before we head to the track to do the final prep for the ride.

We finished prepping the track tonight for the Wildman on tomorrow Sunday 23rd August, adding in the drop off through the trees into the Cavity section, Brads new tabletop, the Step Up and the big middle sweeper section which power harrowed up to perfection. Ryan ripped up the whole track yesterday then power harrowed everything today, We spent two days blading the start straight to a smooth powdery finish for maximum traction out of the gates and despite the weather forecasts during the week predicting rain for Sunday the latest forecasts are for a cloudy day with the rain holding off until later on Sunday night. The gates will be open at 9 am with briefing followed by practice at 10 am and racing from 11 am.

THE WILDMAN ROUND 5 RACE REPORT

Alan Cameron and Zarko Mravicich were out in front at the start of the 30 minute Wildman main event on their SX300 KTMs leading Rhys Staham on his SXF250, CRF450 mounted Charles Durrant, Jayden Evans on a YZ250, Mark Collier on his SXF450, Mattias Fridh, Connor Walworth, Dean Isemonger, Dylan Martin, Rhys Millington, Wayne Chetham and Shelley Hickman. SXF250 mounted Dylan Martin passed Dean Isemonger on his CRF250 on lap 2 while Regan Lineham charged through the pack from 16th to 12th. Rhys Staham took 2nd on lap 4 with Charles Durrant moving into 3rd the following lap and SXF250 mounted Regan Linehan now through to 11th after passing KXF450 mounted Rhys Millington. Regan took 10th the following lap while CRF450 mounted Mattias Fridh passed Mark Collier to move into 6th. A mistake dropped Mark back to 10th on lap 8 with YZF450 mounted Connor Walworth now through to 7th behind Mattias Fridh leading Dylan Martin in 8th and Regan Linehan 9th while Jayden Evans moved up to 4th behind Charles Durrant.
Regan passed Connor on lap 9 to take 8th with Dylan Martin through to 7th and Mattias through to 5th after passing Zarko. Dyan passed Zarko on lap 12 but Regan passed Dylan and Zarko to take 6th with Zarko now in 8th leading Connor Walworth, Mark Collier, Dean Isemonger, Rhys Millington, KX125 mounted Tom Keith, Wayne Chaetham on his Gasgas MC450, Shelley Hickman on her YZF250X and Morris Pullman on his YZF450. Mattias Fridh passed Jayden Evans on lap 13 with Regan Linehan passing Jaden and Mattias on lap 14 to move in to 4th behind Charles Durrant. Alan Cameron had a solid lead but was being chased relentlessly by Rhys Statham. After putting in a solid 20 minutes Rhys Millington was out on lap 16 with a flat tyre from a cracked rim with Dean Isemonger passing Connor Walworth the following lap to move into 9th. Dylan Martin passed Jayden Evans to take 6th behind Mattias Fridh on lap 20 with race leader Alan Cameron taking the white flag on lap 22 and the chequered on lap 23 leading Rhys Statham, Charles Durrant, Regan Linehan, Mattias Fridh, Dylan Martin, Jayden Evans, Zarko Mravicich, Dean Isemonger, Connor Walworth and Mark Collier across the line.

THE WILDMAN ROUND 5

1st Alan Cameron 878 SX300 55
2nd Rhys Statham 737 SXF250 50
3rd Charles Durrant 40 CRF450 46
4th Regan Linehan 808 SXF350 43
5th Mattias Fridh 318 CRF450 41
6th Dylan Martin 76 SXF250 40
7th Jayden Evans YZ250 39
8th Zarko Mravicich 92 SX300 38
9th Dean Isemonger 95 CRF250 37
10th Connor Walworth YZF450 36
11th Mark Collier 57 SXF450 35
12th Tom Keith 101 KX125 34
13th Wayne Chetham 114 MC450 33
14th Shelley Hickman 121 YZF250 32
15th Morris Pulman 641 YZF450 31
16th Rod Pickerill 97 CRF250 30
17th Mike Cameron 66 SXF450 29
18th Danny Evans 553 CRF250 28
19th Rhys Millington 712 KXF450 27
20th Jessie Sleeth 66 CRF250 26
21st Louis Fraysse 63 SXF250 25

JUNIOR WILDMAN ROUND 5 RACE REPORT

Max Robinson took the lead in the Junior Wildman on his Triumph TF250X at Round 5 of the series leading Logan Welch, Alex Wheeler, Cooper Griggs, Bjorn Russouw, Kael Rhodes, Jessica Lawrence, Nate Goodwright, Dave Elliot, Kobe Goodwright, Seth Durrant and Ruan Russouw. Jessica Lawrence was on the move charging through to 6th on her YZF250 on lap 2 then 5th on lap 3 with Nate Goodwright through to 6th on lap 4 on his CRF150. Max Robinson had a solid lead but Logan Welch closed in on his KXF250 and passed him on lap 6 with Max pulling out the following lap while in 2nd. Cooper Griggs passed Alex Wheeler to take 2nd on on his YZ125 on lap 8 chasing Logan Welch to the flag on lap 15 with the Kawasaki rider taking the win, Cooper 2nd ahead of SXF250 mounted Alex Wheeler, Jessica Lawrence 4th leading Nate Goodwright, SXF250 mounted Kael Rhodes, Kobe Goodwright on his CRF250 and SX125 mounted Ruan Russouw across the line.

1st Logan Welch 22 KXF250 55
2nd Cooper Griggs 321 MC125 50
3rd Alex Wheeler 60 SXF250 46
4th Jessica Lawrence 78 YZF250 43
5th Nate Goodwright 42 CRF150 41
6th Kael Rhodes 23 SXF250 40
7th Kobe Goodwright 71 CRF250 39
8th Ruan Russouw 518 SX125 38
9th Jayden Skelton 216 CRF150 37
10th Chad Goodwright 58 YZ65 36
11th Kaleb Blackburn SX85 35
12th Jess Eccles TF250X 34
13th Jayden Skelton 216 CRF150 33
14th Dave Elliot 26 YZF250 32
15th Max Robinson 664 TF250X 31
16th Bjorn Russouw 80 SXF450 30
17th Louis Fraysse 63 SXF250 29
18th Seth Durrant 17 YZ125 28

Round 6 of the Wildman is on at Ardmore this Sunday 23rd August from 10 am until 4 pm. The Metservice three day computor model is showing fine weather on Sunday so we are working on building our longest track layout for the year while the conditions are right for a summer style power harrow and prep. We will post a facebook update on the track layout on Saturday night before the raceday.