BEC round3
Crychan Enduro, Wales Round 3 Metzeler British Enduro Championship: The Crychan Enduro has the reputation to be one of the hardest and this year lived up to that reputation and was described by many as the hardest ever, the recent Hafren club WEC round was tough but not quite as demanding as round 3 of the BEC series. Weeks of Rain and Torrential Showers over the race days just made the course one hard slog for all those that could master the conditions, many club riders just pulled out, mainly due to be exhausted. Day 1 was a long day with an expected 3 ½ laps and almost 8 hours riding, but due to the course becoming impassable in places, the day was shortened and the club worked hard to cut out some difficult sections. All the championship riders lost minutes on the check controls, but it was Tom of the small KTM 250 Fourstroke that was the quickest only taking 1 minute penalty. Tom also won all three of the cross country tests to easily take the days win despite his bike not running perfectly with a carburation problem due to water or dirt , in these conditions it was just impossible to consider opening the carb to clean it and also because there was so much water about we had to fit a new airfilter at every check point , so Tom just hard to adapt his riding style to accept the small glitch and rode extremely well. Day 2 and the organisers had made big changes to the circuit and the riders just had 2 laps to complete and 2 special tests, there would be no drama’s on this day, no problems with check control times and even the sun made an appearance between showers. Tom once again won both special tests and took another day win. There is still one round remaining in the BEC series but Tom cannot be beaten for the Title, with 4 day wins and a 2nd position he is now the overall 2008 Metzeler British Enduro Champion for the 2nd time. Results Day 1: Tom sagar D3-Racing KTM 250 EXC-F Edward Jones KTM UK 300 EXC Rob Jones Yamaha YZ 125 Day 2: Tom Sagar D3-Racing KTM 250 EXC-F Paul Edmondson Suzuki RM 250 Edward Jones KTM UK 300 EXC