July 19th, 2018.

Nora-MX QX Championship, round 7, Sunday 15th July, Cusses Gorse, Wiltshire


Held alongside the fourth round of the British QX Championship, Nora-MX members enjoyed a clean set of battles across all classes at its seventh round of the 2018 season.

Jago Jackson continued to dominate the 100cc open class, taking 15 wins out of 15. The only sharing he did this week was in holeshots, as he took one, as did Connor Yates and Rory Wood. Frank Morgan took the 100cc Auto class and Morgan Humphreys the 50 cc class.

Jack Young shone in the 250cc class with three straight wins, and perhaps more importantly, he pulled a 17-point gap in the Championship over Robbie Wood. Alfie Walker got his best result of the year in 2nd (4, 2, 3) and Robbie Wood was 3rd (5, 3, 2). Luke Berlyn had problems in the last race, ruling him out of contention.

In the Masters classes it was normal service for the two "maximum men" of Ed Davies (Masters "A") and Geoff Otway (Masters "B") with three wins each. Jonathan McKnight was the best of the rest (2,2,2), but could not match Davies's pace in the A's on the day, with Davies's smallest winning margin nearly 29 seconds. A credible 2nd place in the B's went to Pete Bates (4, 2, 2).

Ayrton Knowles was jumping high and long in the Clubman Elite Class. Three holeshots for him, and so nearly three race wins (1,1,2), until Zak Orchard showed his Championship pedigree with a last lap overtake of Knowles, to improve his scorecard (2,2,1). Orchard currently leads Knowles in the Championship by 20 points. In the Clubman sub class, Axle Bone took the win (1, 1, 2) over Sonney Ward (2, 2,3)

The Novice class saw a new winner for the day in Myles Mott, with three race wins. The Championship leader, Ryan Hickman fought back from a 11th in race two, but just missed the podium.

NORA MX Championship:
Masters "A": 1st Ed Davies (1, 1, 1), 2nd Jonathan McKnight (2, 2, 2), 3rd Greg Fisher (3, 3, 3)
Masters "B": 1st Geoff Otway (1, 1, 1), 2nd Pete Bates (4, 4, 2), 3rd Richard Clark (5, 3, 3)
Novice: 1st Myles Mott (1, 1, 1), 2nd William Dunlop (3, 2, 2), 3rd Georgia Lent (4, 4, 4).
Clubman / Elite overall: 1st Ayrton Knowles (1,1,3), 2nd Zak Orchard (2,2,1), 3rd Gary Atkinson (3,3,3)
250cc overall: 1st Jack Young (1,1,1), 2nd Alfie Walker (4,2,3) 3rd Robbie Wood (5,3,2).
100cc overall: Jago Jackson (1,1,1), 2nd Rory Wood (2,2,2), 3rd Connor Yates (3,3,6).

NORA’s next event at West Meon on the 9th of September, after the summer break!

Words: Pete Chell
Pics: John Cook