Sheffield Indoor Enduro Results

[matt]

are there any results anywhere yet???

matt

[jordi]

1. Taddy. 2 Mike Brown 3. Graham Jarvis. Dougie 8th

[Andy]

From Dougie Press Release:

Results:

Rider/ Nat / Machine Total = F1+F2+F3

Total F1 F2 F3

1: Tadeusz Blazusiak POL - KTM 45 15 15 15

2: Mike Brown USA - KTM 32 10 10 12

3: Graham Jarvis GBR - Sherco 25 5 12 8

4: Ivan Cervantes SPA - KTM 22 6 6 10

5: Antoine Meo FRA - Husqvarana 20 12 4 4

6: Joakim Ljunggren SWE- Husaberg 18 4 8 6

7: David Knight GBR - Kawasaki 8 8 - -

8: Dougie Lampkin GBR - Beta 8 1 5 2

9: Daniel Gibert SPA - KTM 8 2 3 3

10: Christophe Nambotin FRA - Gas Gas 6 3 2 1

Championship Current Standings:

1: Blazusiak 45, 2: Brown 32, 3: Jarvis 25,

4: Cervantes 22, 5: Meo 20, 6: Ljunggren 18,

7: Knight 8, 8: Lampkin 8, 9: Gibert 8,

10: Nambotin 6

and the release itself:

Dougie Lampkin endured a disappointing opening to his 2010 FIM Indoor Enduro World Cup campaign when he placed eighth overall at the first round of the series held in Sheffield, Great Britain. This was the first time that this relatively new championship had visited these shores, and Lampkin was determined to put on a strong display in front of his native Yorkshire fans. Over the last decade or so Dougie has been crowned the King of Sheffield due to his many World IndoorTrial victories at the same arena, but he was fully aware of just how tough his switch of disciplines was going to be against such decorated opposition.

Lampkin was in no mood to make up the numbers and soon made his mark amongst his rivals, with a string of lap times that placed him up with the more fancied front runners. The thirty-three year old ex multi World trials champion used the two ten minute practice sessions to his full advantage, and to discover the best lines around a demanding yet compact course that included large tyres, rocks, logs and a murky water splash. Dougie continued his good form into his qualifying race, and used his vast off road experience to take a comfortable second position behind former World enduro champion David Knight. This result was enough to give the lone Beta rider fifth gate pick for the three main final races.

Lampkin's night was to take a turn for the worse prior to the triple show down, with the tough Yorkshireman suffering a severe migraine attack during the respite period. Far from his best Dougie bravely took his place on the line for the first final and looked to have put himself in a strong position as the pack rounded the first corner, only for his route to be totally blocked as three riders crashed immediately in front of him. Dougie tried his best to make up ground, but could only claim tenth spot as he took the chequered flag on this occasion.

Things went slightly better in the second final for Dougie, when this time he benefitted from some first lap carnage after a mid pack start, to carefully pick his way through to sixth position come the end of the five lap encounter. It appeared that Lampkin had left his best to last as the veteran campaigner got out of the gate brilliantly in the third final and had a share of the lead as the field charged into the first turn.

Dougie's joy was to be short lived, as the trials star's front wheel washed out on the sandy surface, leaving him down on the deck as the rest of the pack filed by. Lampkin did manage to pick himself up and come through to ninth place as the race drew to a close, but this was a cruel end to a disappointing evening after Dougie had shown so much promise during the early part of the proceedings.

Lampkin stated. "I am really frustrated, as the bike felt really good during practice earlier this week and I came here full of confidence. I was happy how practice and the qualifying race went, as I felt comfortable with the pace I was running."

"I have suffered with migraines before, but this one was fairly bad. I felt pretty drained before the first final, and just went out and tried to do my best. You need to get a good start if you want to stay out of trouble, and although I got out of the gate OK I was not strong enough in the first corner and as a result I ended up getting caught up in the mess that then happened right in front of me."

"The second race went a bit better, but still not good enough and then when I went down at the start of the last final, that very much summed up my night. I am very disappointed, as I wanted to put on a good show for my home fans, but it never happened. We have a few weeks now to get things sorted for the next round, where hopefully I can turn things around." Dougie finished.

[manx2day]

What a great event! Very well done to the organisers, excellent!

It was a shame Knighter was ill and pulled out after the first of the three final races but, Grimbo put on one hell of a show! He nearly had Taddy beat!

I do have to say though that the highlight of the night was the clubman and pro-expert races! They were by far the best! All credit to them, the first set of tyres were pretty big!

Hell of a night and it was a shame it didn't sell out. Loads of space left. Surely if Sheffield get it again next year it will be a bit fuller!

[thespikeyone]

found this little bit of video looks good http://video.mpora.com/watch/KGBCeATe0/

[manx2day]

Excellent video!