A home victory at The Aviators Arena as Ashley Wakerley put his last season’s woes behind him. Wakerley finished with three fine wins to clinch top spot on the podium with 13 points. Second place went to London’s Mitchell Spink. Two thirds mid-meeting slowed his progress but he hit back with a last race win to snatch second place just ahead of Frankie Young from Westwood and Kelly Kallstrom of Falmouth. They both scored 10 points and look strong contenders for semi-final places. Young shot from the tapes in the run-off and was untroubled by Kallstrom. JJ first timers Michael Plant and James Knight, both unattached, finished on 9 points along with Estuary’s Jordan Trott. 8 points for Boyd Beaton of Maidstone and Canvey’s Alex Gagen sees them start the series well. Just behind them Dominic Rivers from Hailsham and Marcus Jay of Stone Cross may well have finished higher but for a fall and a retirement respectively while Liam Gilbertson’s last race win helped him finish alongside them on 7. Carl Griffin’s heat 2 fall means he will be out of the next couple of rounds. His place will be taken by first reserve Sean Mullins.
23/07/2015 at The Aviators Arena – Att: 365
JJ South
1. Ashley Wakerley........... 2 2 3 3 3 13
2. Mitchell Spink............ 3 3 1 1 3 11
3. Frankie Young............. 3 1 2 2 2 10
4. Kelly Kallstrom........... 1 2 3 3 1 10
5. Michael Plant............. 3 1 0 3 2 9
6. James Knight.............. 3 N2 1 3 2 9
7. Jordan Trott.............. 2 3 2 2 0 9
8. Boyd Beaton............... 1 2 3 1 1 8
9. Alex Gagen................ 2 2 2 0 2 8
10. Dominic Rivers............ 0 3 F 1 3 7
11. Marcus Jay................ 2 0 3 2 R 7
12. Liam Gilbertson........... 1 1 1 1 3 7
13. Chris Ford................ 0 3 0 2 1 6
14. Adam Schofield............ 1 F 2 0 1 4
15. Mark Powell............... 0 1 1 Fx 0 2
16. Sean Mullins.............. 0 R 0 - - 0
17. Taylor Crowe.............. 0 0 - - - 0
18. Carl Griffin.............. Fx - - - - 0 (I)
No. Results
1: Mitchell Spink, Jordan Trott, Kelly Kallstrom, Chris Ford
2: Frankie Young, Alex Gagen, Adam Schofield, Carl Griffin (Fx)
3: Michael Plant, Ashley Wakerley, Boyd Beaton, Mark Powell
4: James Knight, Marcus Jay, Liam Gilbertson, Dominic Rivers
5: Dominic Rivers, Kelly Kallstrom, Mark Powell, Adam Schofield (F)
6: Chris Ford, Ashley Wakerley, Frankie Young, Marcus Jay
7: Jordan Trott, Alex Gagen, Michael Plant, Sean Mullins
8: Mitchell Spink, Boyd Beaton, Liam Gilbertson, Taylor Crowe
9: Kelly Kallstrom, Frankie Young, Liam Gilbertson, Michael Plant
10: Boyd Beaton, Adam Schofield, James Knight, Chris Ford
11: Marcus Jay, Jordan Trott, Mark Powell, Sean Mullins (R)
12: Ashley Wakerley, Alex Gagen, Mitchell Spink, Dominic Rivers (F)
13: Kelly Kallstrom, Marcus Jay, Boyd Beaton, Alex Gagen
14: Michael Plant, Chris Ford, Dominic Rivers, Taylor Crowe
15: Ashley Wakerley, Jordan Trott, Liam Gilbertson, Adam Schofield
16: James Knight, Frankie Young, Mitchell Spink, Mark Powell (Fx)
17: Ashley Wakerley, James Knight, Kelly Kallstrom, Sean Mullins
18: Liam Gilbertson, Alex Gagen, Chris Ford, Mark Powell
19: Dominic Rivers, Frankie Young, Boyd Beaton, Jordan Trott
20: Mitchell Spink, Michael Plant, Adam Schofield, Marcus Jay (R)
3rd Place Run-Off
21: Frankie Young, Kelly Kallstrom
Carl Griffin fell awkwardly in heat 2 and suffered a damaged hip. He will be out for 3 weeks.