After last year’s cancellation, the Mike Brown Memorial Motocross was back with a bang in 2025. Taking place on Good Friday at its annual home of the Marshfield Moto Parc, the event once again attracted both a fantastic crowd of spectators and a stacked field of racers, who competed in the Huck Cup, Jude Morris Celebration Race, the Mike Brown Memorial classes, the new Waldi 57 cup and more…
In the crowd favourite Huck Cup races, it was Dirt Store Racing Triumph’s Tommy Searle who came away with the spoils, going 2-1 to win the coveted trophy for the first time since 2019. In Moto One, though, it was the injury returnee Taylor Hammal on his DRT Kawasaki who emerged with the holeshot and the win, having to keep Searle and the hard-charging ASA United GasGas of Ben Mustoe at bay. After tussling with Mustoe for a good portion of the race, Searle eventually eked clear to take second, with Mustoe claiming a fantastic third. Brad Todd would edge out Chris Mills for fourth, while Luke Dean on his Fantic 250 2 Stroke would fight his way through the pack to sixth ahead of Dirt Store Racing Triumphs Joel Rizzi in seventh, Chambers Racings Dan Thornhill in eighth, Louie Kessell in ninth and Jack Timms in tenth.
Race 2 saw Scottish Motocross Champion Brad Todd pull off the holeshot, and he looked in control of the moto. The rain started to fall, though, as the race progressed, and it was Searle in second and Hammal in third at the halfway stage of the race. A mistake for Todd, though, saw Searle gain the lead and seemingly cruising to a comfortable win, but Luke Dean had other ideas as he fought his way through the field with blinding speed and right onto the rear wheel of Searle, much to the delight of the crowd. Dean pushed hard, but in the end, by just over a second, the chequers went the way of Searle and with it the Huck Cup Trophy, but it was a remarkable ride for Dean to take second. Todd would hold onto third ahead of Mills, who had to work hard to get to the sharp end. Crendon Tru7 Honda’s Jamie Carpenter took fifth, but he suffered a DNF in moto one due to a broken gear shifter, so he was out of podium contention. Hammal would end the race in sixth, Mustoe was seventh, Rizzi was eighth, Timms was a good ninth, and Harry Bradley was tenth.
The podium spots, though, were filled by Searle, Todd and Hammal in that order.
Ollie Bubb took two epic moto wins in the Jude Morris Celebration Races to take home the title over the hard-charging George Corke, with Charlie Richmond the top 125 in third.
The new Waldi 57 Cup races for Evo machines saw Ben Putnam taking the victory with two second-place finishes. Joining him on the podium was Elliot Barrs in second and Moto Two winner Nev Bradshaw in third. Josh Coleman was the Moto One victor, but a DNF in race two meant he could only finish fifteenth overall.
Glen Phillips rolled back the years with maximum points in the Mike Brown Memorial open race ahead of young gun Charlie Hucklebridge, who would have done his Dad proud with some great rides in second. Alan Pearce rounded out the podium in third.
In the Mike Brown Memorial Over 50 category, Brian Wheeler stormed to the moto one win, but in race two, James Lane put the hammer down, and with his brother Simon splitting the two moto winners, the overall would go the way of James, with Wheeler having to settle for second overall. Terry House would stand on the third step of the podium.
Nev Bradshaw is still a demon on a Two Stroke and with a 2-1 scorecard, he would claim the GF Open 2 Stroke victory over the impressive moto one winner Cullen Scott, with Jamie Skuse in third.
The MX1/MX2 Open class had a superstar competitor in the form of five-time World SuperEnduro Champion Billy Bolt on his factory Husqvarna. In Moto 1, Bolt went down on the second bend and had to work his way through the field from last. He got close to race leader Harry Fletcher, but Fletcher would ride a great race and would hold onto the flag for the Race 1 victory. In a super slippery second moto, Bolt took the early lead and looked solid out front, but Fletcher again was fast and kept Bolt in sight for the whole moto. Bolt did enough, though, to take the chequers for the overall ahead of Fletcher in second, with Bradley Flagg riding well for third.
Once again, well done to the Brown family for putting on another superb meeting and to the UK Evo team for ensuring the meeting ran like clockwork.
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Report by Dirthub – Images courtesy of Dave Rich