Two in a row for Southerly MXC at the 2024 NORA Motorsport Team Event

The weekend of August 31st and September 1st saw the third NORA Motorsport Team take place at Landrake Moto Parc in Cornwall with over 300 riders competing. With the sun shining, eight teams took on the challenge to take the ultimate prize, the trophy and title home at the end of the weekend. It was great to see two new clubs join the Team Event this year, Hampshire Youth Motocross Club and SWOR MX. 

First up on Saturday morning was the team photos taken at the start line with Cotswold Youth and AMX, Corsham SSC, Dursley MX, Hampshire Youth Motocross Club, Ringwood MXC, Severn Valley MXC, Southerly MXC and SWOR MX in attendance. 

With a lot at stake for all the clubs with prizes to be won it would go down to the wire to see who would take the title but the prizes on offer. 

Each team could field five riders in each of the classes running at the event: Auto, 65cc, Small Wheel 85cc, Big Wheel 85cc, Youth, MX2, Open and Vets. With each team being strong across the different classes it wasn’t until the final block of racing on Sunday where we could see the order settle to the final standings. 

Taking the title once again was Southerly MXC, Corsham SSC took second place on the podium with Severn Valley MXC taking third. Hampshire Youth Motocross Club, Ringwood MXC, SWOR MX, Cotswold Youth and AMX and Dursley rounding out fourth to eighth position in the team overalls. Danny Flude (Southerly MXC), Harley Prickett (Severn Valley MXC) and Benjamin Sullivan (Southerly MXC) rounded out the top six. 

It was Southerly MXC who took the honours for winning the Youth Class overall when the scores were finalised however it was Ringwood MXC rider Fabian Junior Morrison who took the top step on the podium with Southerly MXC rider Zane Stephens in second and NORA CRS Development Team rider and representing Cotswold Youth and AMX Jack Evans taking third overall for the weekend.  

Youth Podium

In the Big Wheel 85cc class it was Cotswold Youth and AMX rider Olly Waters who took first overall with 197 points with Southerly MXC rider Archie Congdon in second and Lewys Morgan representing Corsham SSC taking third. Southerly MXC took the overall in the class with 613 points. Stanley Siebert (Corsham SSC), Cameron Chapman (Southerly MXC) and Jaden Hill (Severn Valley MXC) were your fourth to sixth place finishers. 

Big Wheel 85cc Podium

Up next were the Small Wheel 85cc riders and after four motos it was Severn Valley MXC’s Mylie Evans who took the top spot on the podium with an impressive 192 points. With 185 points and taking second was William Dennis racing for Southerly MXC and Sebastian Brown with 179 points taking the third spot for Southerly MXC. Rounding out the top 6 was Jamie Currie (Ringwood MXC), Oliver Bardoe (Southerly MXC), Jake Dixon (Corsham SSC). 

Small Wheel 85cc Podium

It was the youngest of riders up next. Taking the team overall in the Auto class was Southerly MXC with 633 points. With 200 points and taking all four moto wins was Jenson King (Corsham SSC), taking the second place trophy was Jaxson Hooper (Corsham SSC) and Austin Senior (Hampshire Youth MXC). Taking fourth to sixth in the group were Oliver Hill (Southerly MXC), Reggie Chard (Southerly MXC) and Roczen-Rae Pickersgill (Southerly MXC). 

Auto Podium

Next up were the 65cc riders and taking three out of the four race wins to take the top step on the podium was Corsham SSC’s Ronnie Morgan, followed by team mate Blake Bracey taking second and Cotswold Youth & AMX rider Jack Waters in third. Rounding out fourth position to sixth for the class was Mason Foreman (Severn Valley MXC), Freddy Graham (Corsham SSC) and Travis Meese (Hampshire Youth MXC). Corsham SSC were the team to take first overall in the standings for the class with 679 points. 

65cc Podium

Moving on to the next group was the MX2 class which provided some action packed racing with some close battles across the four motos. Taking the top spot with 190 points and two race wins was Corsham SSC’s Domonic Newbury, Southerly MXC’s Leon Williams took second and third place trophy went to Ringwood MXC’s Ben Zeale. Taking the overall team result for the MX2 class was Southerly MXC. 

MX2 Podium

It was Corsham SSC’s Bradley Wheeler taking the number 1 plate home with three out of four race wins with 197 points. Jake Curtis Stevens racing for Southerly MXC took second place with also taking the second race win of the weekend stopping Bradley Wheeler from taking four out of four race wins. Corsham SSC rider Finley Evans walked away with third place after some impressive racing across the two days. With a grand total of 689 points, Corsham SSC took the overall team result for the class. 

Open Podium

The final group was the Vets class where it went down to the final moto to see who will take the first place spot on the podium, which ended with being tied on points. Standing on the 1st place was Severn Valley MXC’s Rob Lewis and second went to Phil Mercer racing for Hampshire Youth MXC. Third spot with 180 points was Will Payne racing for Dursley MXC.  

A huge thank you to Phil and the team at Landrake Moto Parc, riders, officials, staff, clubs and sponsors of the event, Sports Insure, Motorex UK, Bickers and 4Gunz Midlands MX for their support in the event. We will be back in 2025 to see who take the fourth NORA Motorsport Team Champion title.

View all the race results and class overalls here

 

Check out the Team overall Results below:

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