BURNLEY BOG RACE
ROUND 9 NATIONAL PUTOLINE HARE SCRAMBLE CHAMPIONSHIPTHE BURNLEY BOG RACEWITH GRIM WEATHER UP NORTH GRIMBO WINS THE BOG RACE With the poor weather over the north west of England during the last week compounding the already wet ground, after yet another poor summer the dirtbike-traxs team took the decision to switch venue as the proposed venue of Gisburn was unusable so New Barn farm at Hapton Burnley where the conditions were better for the riders was prepared for the 9th round of the national putoline hare scramble championship,
Saturday saw the youth riders take up the Burnley challenge with an 11 am start considering the conditions with rain sweeping across the Burnley area there was a good turn out of youth and lady riders , Scott Altass was quickly into the lead in the senior B a lead he would maintain taking a comfortable win with Luke Flack 2nd, Michael Gilby 3rd, Harrison Bell 4th, while in the juniors Dexter Douglas was building a lead and took the win Doltan Shannon battled to take second and Ross Johns came in third , the ladies race was won by Gina Bewlay with Jade Gordon second and Molly Howe 3rd . All the youth and lady riders can be proud of completing the Burnley course much feared among the adult riders for some unknown reason .
After the youth race The hard working dirtbike-traxs crew switched the track around ready for the 2 pm quad race using the full Burnley bog course the quad riders were in for a treat . at 2pm starter Sie Jones gave the start signal and the quad race burst into life with the Dirtbike Dawg leading the quads away on the can am renegade , Phil Robobog Robinson briefly moved into lead on his Craigs dr loo ktm but the Dawg was having none of it powering the mighty can am back into the lead as he raced towards heartbreak hill , Matt Holmes Craigs ktm was now in second place and making up ground on the leader over the fast stretches , Matt took the lead just before cow bog , but as he headed in to the first gullies the Dawg was back in the lead and completed the first lap in front . for the next few laps Matt Holmes Craigs ktm kept the pressure on the leader the Dirtbike Dawg but Matt was forced to retire after the 4th lap with mud impacted into his eyes the Dawg went on to lap the entire field and take the sportsman class win from Phil Robobog robinson second and in third place Justin the Daddy Wilson who has found a new passion in quad racing , in the clubman/expert class Billy Hall was the winner with Andy Warren second and Mathew Holmes third big thanks to Robobog and dr loo for supplying the extrabogs!!!
Sunday saw much better weather conditions with 2 or 3 rare glimpses of the sun which was a real treat for the riders and the inhabitants of Burnley and more amazingly no rain , with the riders massed on the start line for the 11am start starter John kerwin gave the go signal and the annual Burnley Bog race was under way , the Biffstar leading the field away to take the RAS sport hole shot award with David Woods close behind , the Biffstar held the lead for most of the first lap but Graham Jarvis or Grimbo as he is better known appeared first at race control with the Biffstar and Dave Woods chasing hard , Joe Deakin was remaining in touch getting used to the new husky 125 , as the leaders approached heartbreak hill David Woods made a mistake and buried his bike he lost nearly half a lap on the leaders before extracting himself, after the 3 lap the series leader the Biffstar’s rear mouse came out and tangled around the wheel but he limped back to repair it keeping himself in the championship by gaining some points for a finish, as the race drew to a close Graham Jarvis secured the win, David Woods was on a mission after his early mistake and took a fine second place . Joe Deakin the midlands youngster on board a husky sport wr 125 finished with the 3rd podium place after being in second for a long spell .
The clubman E1 class was once again dominated by Niki Walker, with Stuart Gordon second and John Calvert 3rd Levi Johnson won the clubman open class by a lap from Richard Spencer second and Mick Thompson third . Rob Butler dished out a fine ride to win the 040 class with Chris Ball in second and Jon Lappin third , the sportsman E1 class was won by James Reeve while the sportsman open class victory went to Elliot Shaw , Shaun Routledge won the novice group Scott Altass won the senior A youth class , well the Burnley bog race was a winner and the venue change proved to be the correct decision as the riders came off the course with smiling faces, tired but most importantly having enjoyed the Burnley challenge . The series moves to the east coast for the next round on the 20th of September were Woodhouse Farm will host the 10th round of the national putoline hare scramble championship .