Date: 12 August 2007.

The penultimate round of the Maxxis British Motocross champs held in Brampton has seen Molson Kawasaki rider Gareth Swanepoel lose touch in the MX2 points standings.

Swanepoel’s hopes of his first ever British motocross title were dashed in the first moto when both Tommy Searle and Swanepoel went down together in the first turn leaving Mike Brown with a clear track and maximum points to gain over his younger rivals. The experienced Brown stayed out of trouble as Swanepoel and Searle had to fight through the pack on a muddy circuit to stay in championship contention

A better start in the second moto had Swanepoel placed in the top five as he put his head down to go after Brown who again was out front. He moved into third behind Searle and it looked to become a three way battle for the race when Swanepoel made a mistake and went down. He recovered to fourth challenging Nunn on the last lap for a podium spot.

“I lost a lot of points today,” commented the South African. “ With one round to go in the championship it’s going to be tough but I’ll give it everything I’ve got.”

The final round of the British championship will be held on the 15 August in Pontrilas.

MX2 Race 1
1 Mike Brown
2 Jason Dougan
3 Ashley Greedy
4 Tommy Searle
5 Tom Church
6 Sean Hamblin
7 Jake Nichols
8 Gareth Swanepoel
9 Ray Rowson
10 Alex Snow
11 Martin Barr
12 Lewis Gregory
13 Luke Remmer
14 Joe Dark
15 Carlos Campano

MX2 Race 2
Mike Brown
2 Tommy Searle
3 Carl Nunn
4 Gareth Swanepoel
5 Jason Dougan
6 Tom Church
7 Shaun Simpson
8 Lewis Gregory
9 Martin Barr
10 Ray Rowson
11 Ashley Greedy
12 Jake Nichols
13 Carlos Campano
14 Elliot Banks - Browne
15 Scott Probert

MX2 British championship standings:
1 Mike Brown 328
2 Tommy Searle 316
3 Gareth Swanepoel 305
4 Tom Church 281
5 Shaun Simpson 264
6 Jason Dougan 232
7 Martin Barr 214
8 Carl Nunn 204
9 Sean Hamblin 178
10 Lewis Gregory 154
11 Ray Rowson 147
12 Jake Nichols 133
13 Elliot Banks - Browne 91
14 Ashley Greedy 87
15 Wayne Smith 83