EXPERT CLASS

In a championship which throws out so many twists and turns, current series leader Richard Sadler will be happy to hold a slender points advantage over James Fry as the series moves towards its conclusion with only three rounds remaining. On the wide variety of terrain found at the Harwood Dale venue Sadler opened up an advantage over Fry that he was able to hold to the end of the event as both third placed Luke Walker and Dan Thorpe tied on 30 marks each, with Walker getting the ‘nod’ on the tie decider. Lynton based Joe Baker, at 36 years old, won the Expert class as far back as 2008 on a Scorpa and is still a very dominant force in the Devon area. He showed this with a victory at the ‘Ruby Rocks’ venue at round five. Not able to commit to a full championship season due to family commitments, he kept series leader Sadler down in second position.

Dan Thorpe continues to lead the JST Gas Gas UK challenge but knows he needs a win to challenge for the title. He was followed home by the three Sherco riders Tom Affleck, Luke Walker and James Fry. The last of these three retains second in the championship and will be looking to fight with Sadler for the title over the remaining three rounds.