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MPS RACING - MAG SPORT RACING 2007 - British Enduro Championship
Bolter Dominates E1 Class
Crychan Enduro - Llandovery - Wales - Round 3 - 11th - 12th August 2007
Husky Sport Husqvarna rider Daryl Bolter claimed his first double Enduro 1 class victory of the ’07 British Enduro Championship season at the Crychan Enduro, round three of the BEC series.
Finishing comfortably ahead of his nearest class rival on both days.
Placing fifth overall on day one aboard his WR125 Bolter then claimed a deserved third place overall result on day two.
In doing so the former European Enduro Champion opened up a small but significant gap at the top of the E1 BEC series standings.
MPS Racing Husqvarna rider Si Wakely was unable to repeat his winning result from round two of the championship and placed in fourth and third positions in the Enduro 2 class.
Determined to claim his first double E1 class win of the ’07 BEC series having won one day at both the Hafren and Tywi enduros Daryl Bolter put his many seasons of international racing to good use to perform well on the event’s fast, rough and one-lined enduro test.
Although not able to finish as high up the overall results as he would have liked on day one Bolter importantly finished at the top of the E1 class, close to 30 seconds ahead of runner-up and his closest championship rival Greg Evans.
On day two Bolter achieved his goal of claiming a double E1 class win but also improved his overall result. Performing well on each of the second day’s four timed tests Daryl improved to third overall finishing just two seconds behind overall runner-up Paul Edmondson. In addition Bolter finished the day as the only E1 class rider to not drop time and as a result placed close to one-and-a-half minutes ahead of the second E1 class rider.
Hoping to repeat his overall winning result from the second round of the ’07 BEC series Si Wakely struggled to perform at his best during the Crychan Enduro despite still finishing in fourth and third positions in the competitive Enduro 2 class.
With no riders permitted to walk the event’s enduro test before the start of the first day Si rode a little too cautiously and despite no mistakes ended the day behind class winner Tom Sagar, Jason Thomas and Paul Edmondson.
Not helping Si’s performance was the fact that he crashed prior to the opening day’s first test and badly damaged one of his bike’s radiators. Forced to ‘take it steadily’ on the final test Si finished in sixth overall.
On day two Si was again unable to perform at his best and following a crash on the going was forced to ride the first test with a broken clutch perch. Despite not being able to match the pace of the E2 class front runners Si did manage to improve his results from day one and finished third in the E2 class and fifth overall.
In the Expert class MPS Racing Husqvarna rider Gavin Houson claimed a creditable runner-up result in the Enduro 1 class while also finishing in third overall. But on day two Gavin performed better still taking the top spot in the E1 class and finishing as overall runner-up in the Expert class.
The next round of the ’07 BEC series again takes place in Wales with the Rhayader Enduro on September 7-8. Both Daryl Bolter and Si Wakely will now travel to Finland for round three of the ’07 European Enduro Championship.
Daryl Bolter: “It’s been a really good weekend for me. I knew that I would have to ride well to beat Greg, but my goal was to beat him on both days as we’ve won one day each in the Enduro 1 class at the first two rounds of the BEC. I managed to do that so I’m pleased with the way I rode. The event was good, but the main thing for me was that I got more championship points.
“I was a bit nervous on the test having never walked it. I felt comfortable on it though, I guess having ridden in Italy a lot it helped me because it was a lot like a test you get abroad. I stayed clean on time, which was good. I’m looking forward to the Rhayader now.”
Si Wakely: “I was pretty steady on the first day, but not riding that well really. I seemed to be half asleep on the first test and didn’t ride that well.
I felt better on the second test but that wasn’t brilliant – I just couldn’t get my head around the test. I did start to feel better towards the end of the day but then I smashed a radiator on the going.
I had a stupid little crash – I hit a stick, cart wheeled the bike and put a hole in the radiator. I couldn’t fix it before the last test so I just had to take it easy and not get the bike too hot. Obviously that test wasn’t so good.
“The second day was better, but I still didn’t get to grips with the test properly. I fell before the first test and broke my clutch perch. I wasn’t riding that well so I just wanted to get as many points as I could. I stayed clean on the going though so I was pleased with that.”
2007 British Enduro Championship - Round 3 - Crychan Enduro – Day 1 (overall)
1. Tom Sagar (KTM) 1241.2; 2. Euan McConnell (TM) 1254.28; 3. Jason Thomas (Yamaha) 1255.35; 4 Paul Edmondson (Suzuki) 1256.64; 5. Daryl Bolter (Husky Sport Husqvarna) 1272.1; 6. Si Wakely (MPS Racing Husqvarna) 1292.38; 7. Greg Evans (KTM) 1301.07; 8. Paul Bolton (Honda) 1313.74; 9. Tim Lewis (TM) 1323.87; 10. Ollie Moyce (Yamaha) 1332.18
2007 British Enduro Championship - Round 3 - Crychan Enduro – Day 2 (overall)
1. Tom Sagar (KTM) 1630.94; 2. Paul Edmondson (Suzuki) 1672.09; 3. Daryl Bolter (Husky Sport Husqvarna) 1674.33; 4. Euan McConnell (TM) 1680.51; 5. Si Wakely (MPS Racing Husqvarna) 1747.59; 6. Greg Evans (KTM) 1800.84; 7. Ed Jones (KTM) 1869.56; 8. Ashley Wood (Honda) 1870.09; 9. Rob Jones (Yamaha) 1871.57; 10. Andrew Edwards (KTM) 1893.88
NB: All enquiries to be directed to either gmc@attglobal.net or mike.carter@huskysport.co.uk
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