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Motul Long Edge Series 3 Hour Rd 2 After a very hot week, the weather conditions at the stunning Grewelthorpe venue near RIpon, were set to be a scorcher over the weekend for Round 2 of the Motul Long Edge 3 Hour event. A new course plotted out by the Edge crew was laid on to give this venue a completely different lap compared to the first time it was ever used in 2018. The first action of the day in the Motul event was for the Youth riders who were in for a two hour long battle before the temperatures sored! Edge rider Alex Leadbetter continued his winning streak from start to finish, grabbing the holeshot in the Youth event, followed closely by Lucas Travers. Alex had an awesome ride taking the overall win by 2 laps, with Lucas taking a solid second place and Dan Bradley rounding out the podium in third! In the team event in the Youths, Evie Reynolds and Alfie Marsden took the Winners trophy having completed 10 laps of the Youth course. In the Solo Juniors, Thomas Mcguinn had a storming ride out on his 65cc, completing 9 laps of the course. Jacob Bragg had an outstanding ride on his 50cc and grabbed second from Ryan Freeman Jnr in third. The Motul sponsored 3 Hour Adult Ironman and Tag Team event was packed with talent across all classes. The Expert team class ended up with a good bunch of riders competing. The great spectacle with these team events is when a team is made up of one super quick and one quick rider. This is awesome to watch from the sidelines as advantages can be gained and lost over the period of time out on track. After adjustments to the track, the Edge crew were ready to get things rocking and rolling!
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the Team Novice class Tom Slater and his team mate Billy Matthews had a great
day taking the win, and would have actually won the Sportsman class too!
Jordan and Jan Lawrence also had a great day taking second and George Howard
and George Didsbury secured third. In the Team Sportsman class Ben Ledwidge
and Brandon Hunt carried on their winning ways taking the top spot on the
podium, with father and son team Rick and James Rial taking an impressive
second place home with them, and Mark Button and Danny Balfour rounding out
the podium in third. Kris Farrar and Mick Alderson had an outstanding ride in
the Team Vets class, winning by four and a half minutes! RG Racing team mates
John Leith and Neil Myers also had a fantastic ride taking second place with a
four and a half minute lead on third place, Simon Nutter and Tim Reynolds who
had to settle for third this time. In the Team Clubman, Phil Dodsworth and
Phil Blacka took an impressive win on 15 laps, with Ricky Downs and Jonny
Balfour securing second place ahead of Kate Smith and Mike Houghton taking
third place. In the Team Expert class, Dan Bewlay and Saul Hirst took the
overall win on the day, with a 16 lap tally and the course suiting both riders
down to the ground, Dan putting in the fastest lap of the lap of 11.02! Scott
"Reggie Mac" Altass and team mate Luke Gorse battled for the full
duration, but just didn't quite have the pace of Dan and Saul, so had to
settle for second, ahead of Edge team riders Dan Leadbetter and Harrison Utley,
who rode their socks off to make sure they grabbed third from RG Racing riders
James Gamble and Liam Radcliffe!
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Solos were going to be in for a gruelling 3 hours in the intense heat - but
with the right hydration in place, things worked well. In the Solo Novice
class, Jonathan Clark has come on in leaps and bounds, his first full year of
Enduros and already crept to the top of the board taking the Winners trophy
home with him. His mate Anthony Dunhill had to settle for second this time
round and Damien Fletcher had a great ride securing third place. In the Solo
Sportsman Steve Butterfield was back to his winning ways now he's recovered
from his hand injury, Will Howe had a great ride and secured second spot from
Ash Hancock who had to settle for third. In the Solo Vets class, Rob Swinbank
found life in the old dog (his words!) and took a fantastic win only 31seconds
ahead of a generally unbeatable Andy Dean! Colin Mills had an awesome ride
taking third place! In the Solo Clubman class James Marwood showed he has
settled happily in the class, taking the win two and a half minutes ahead of
second place Mick Harris, with Stevie Fitzsimmons rounding out the podium in
third, having a storming ride and taking his first podium in the Clubman class
this year! Martin Allen also carried on his winning ways taking first in the
Solo Masters class, with John Steeples taking the second spot on the podium
and Lee Depledge having to settle on third place. Solo Experts saw Matthew
Thompson having to DNF, so was left to the brothers - Tim and Ben Pattinson.
Ben having to be pitted twice to make sure he didn't run out of fuel, still
got the better of his brother, and took the win by nearly five minutes! Tim
having to settle for second - his reasoning being he was still suffering with
jetlag! Well done to everyone - you all did brilliantly! It was fantastic to
see so many smiling faces with such a great atmosphere, the weather really
does help! Many thanks to everyone for supporting the event and Edge; a
massive thanks to all the marshals for working tirelessly all day! It was
great to see so many new and old faces! Let's hope we see more of you
throughout the year, along with Mr Sunshine!