Date: 15 August 2010

Gareth Swanepoel contested Round 6 of the British Motocross Championship on the historic and natural flowing motocross circuit of Farleigh Castle yesterday.

In the opening of the 3 short races ‘Swanie’ grabbed solid start, rounding out lap one in 6th position, before quickly getting into the top 4. A series of mistakes then relegated the GP regular back down to 7th before finding a good rhythm. Swanepoel finally got back into 4th place where he finished the race.

In moto 2 a poor start left ‘Swanie’ with some work to do as he sat in 13th place at the end of lap 1. Throughout the race Swanepoel slowly worked his way back up the score sheets, eventually finishing in 6th position.
The final race of the day would see Swanepoel grab a decent start as he chased Sword for 2nd position, but again some mistakes and a fall cost ‘Swanie’ as he dropped back. At the end of a difficult race the number 8 Honda crossed the finish line in 7th position.

“ I battled today. I found it hard to get into a good rhythm all day, and simply battled to gel with the bike on this particular circuit.” Commented Swanepoel.

Image Stefan Paetow

Results

Moto 1

1 Stephen Sword
2 Brad Anderson
3 Josh Coppins
4 Gareth Swanepoel
5 Evgeny Bobryshev
6 Nathan Parker
7 Alex Snow
8 Gordon Crockard
9 Tom Church
10 James Noble

Moto 2

1 Evgeny Bobryshev
2 Stephen Sword
3 Brad Anderson
4 Gordon Crockard
5 Tom Church
6 Gareth Swanepoel
7 Josh Coppins
8 Jason Dougan
9 Alex Snow
10 Dorren Coutts

Moto 3

1 Stephen Sword
2 Evgeny Bobryshev
3 Tom Church
4 Josh Coppins
5 Gordon Crockard
6 Jason Dougan
7 Gareth Swanepoel
8 Gert Krestinov
9 Brad Anderson
10 James Noble

Overall

1 Stephen Sword 72
2 Evgeny Bobryshev 63
3 Brad Anderson 54
4 Josh Coppins 52
5 Tom Church 48
6 Gordon Crockard 47
7 Gareth Swanepoel 47
8 Jason Dougan 37
9 Alex Snow 34
10 James Noble 32

Championship Standings

1 Evgeny Bobryshev 398
2 Stephen Sword 361
3 Brad Anderson 329
4 Gareth Swanepoel 270
5 Jason Dougan 259
6 Gordon Crockard 222
7 Tom Church 215
8 James Noble 196
9 Alex Snow 172
10 Carl Nunn 157