Dorchester’s Fort Weatherby Releases A Flying Husky Bolt

Track n Trail’s Round3 Husquvarna Sponsored Winter Series

Sunday 10th February

Race Report By Mark Morris

Photos by image consortium www.imageconsortium.com

 

(The Flying Bolt Race Winner Daryl Bolter) (Si-Wakley a long way down)

Just three weeks after the hugely successful Track n Trail Matcham’s Park round, many of the 300 riders were still removing sand debris from their mounts, as they pushed their racing thorough-breads up the steep grassy hill to the Fort’s Plateau.

It was a crisp early winter morning, where Jack Frost had risen before the morning light and had laid its crisp white canapé across the previously green farm-land blanket. The Sun climbed slowly and almost laboured into the clear crisp sky inch by inch, it rose just slowly to start, it began to win its climatic dual as frosty breath and gloves began to subside. The weeks of rain had ensured a ground that suppressed and was left concaved with the tread of marching boots.

The track offered over five-miles of contrasting land, which turned, twisted and carved its way through open fields, it climbed off chamber grassy banks, before failing into tight and gnarley single line woods, who’s design and layout owed much of its make up to Husky Sport Rider Daryl Bolter, the earth soft and peat based soon developed deep single line ruts through most of the route.

The open fields were broken by steep jumps and whooped out rhythm section and corners that rutted, and rutted deeper, and then deeper again with each and every passing lap, forcing total concentration and constant rider line changes.

The Riders all on parade and ready, and the front row: a real mouth watering appetite wetter for the Enduro gastronomic with Daryl Bolter, Si Wakely, Jason Frasier, Jonathan Hayman and Jon Hinman all ready to draw swords and dual at the drop of the flag.

 

(Greg Pascoe RUTTED!) (Easy Tiger an unusual rut riding style)

 

As they raced into the first right hander before dropping through the left hander around the old oak tree, it was the Husky riders who already began to pull a lead and to no ones surprise it was Daryl who edged into the front, just before the riders embarked into the first of the many wooded section.

It was not to be Si Wakely’s day, dropping out with a twisted knee after four laps. In fact he should have known better after dropping his bike at scrutineering proving to the Track n Trail massive he is only human after all and great sport!

So it was left to Daryl and Jason Frasier to contend for the day’s top honours, which Daryl duly accepted on 13 laps with Jason just five minutes behind him with Jonathan Hayman in 3rd on 12-laps.

 

(Jason Frazier in rather retro Colour Combination!!) (Even the trail boys got in on the air display)

In the Experts class Oliver Pope suffered a broken gear lever to tree stump whilst leading the race at the two-hour mark through the woods, though somehow still managed to race until the last lap before losing all transmission leaving Greg Pascoe to go one better than his Matcham’s second place claiming the top spot on the podium with Paul Cowshall in second on 11-laps and Darren Caws in 3rd also on 11-laps. Brad Armstrong had put in a sterling performance despite managing to get tangled with his dad Paul on the parade lap.

In the over 40’s expert Adrian Cowshall went one better than his brother with first place breaking 2nd place Pete Archers winning monopoly in this class, with Nick Dyer in third also on 11-laps, though surely rider of the day in this group has to go to Tom Moore who was just 10 seconds back in fourth.

Martin Brown made it two from two in the Clubman four-banger with 11-laps just 20-seconds ahead of Daniel Beavin in second with James Jackson in third.

 

(Smokin!!!) (Oh My God I’ve got the Holeshot!!!)

In the Clubman 2-stroke Shaun Kearsey claimed top spot with a 2-minute lead of fellow 11-lapping Chris Blackmore, with the ever consistent Kevin Rummings in 3rd place.

In the Sportsman over 40’s it was another 30 points in the bag for Andrew Solcombe the only rider on 10-laps with Gerhard Wallis 2nd on 9-laps with Lee Welch in 3rd.

 

(Take the Shot quick I’ve got both wheels off the ground!!!) (Kevin Butt almost through the hard route)

In Sportman 2-stoke, not to be out done by his Matcham’s winning father Paul, Joe Golding took top spot at Weatherby Fort on 9-laps with Lee Linley in 2nd and Michael Bisiga in 3rd all on 9-laps.

In the Sportsman 4-banger Matcham’s fourth place Tristan Fisher climb to top spot on 9-laps with second place Noel James just a minute ahead of 3rd place Chris Guy.

(Does my bug look big in these!!1)

In the Trail group David Thomas claimed the winners medal, 2nd place was Matt Casey improved on his previous 4th, with Carl Robinson in 3rd all on 8 laps.

And so to Castle Park on 9th March see you all there.