Motorsport

It was a weekend to remember for three members of Holbeach-based Team TRM. On the motocross scene, brothers Kieran and Ashley Rudd starred at Chatteris, while supermoto ace Lee Rudd was on-song at Three Sisters. The youngest of the trio, ten-year-old Kieran, had one of the best outings of his embryonic career at the Peterborough Motocross Club meeting. Racing in ...

Aaron Clarke shrugged off a qualifying crash to finish a solid 31st at round seven of the National Superstock 600 Championship at Brands Hatch on Sunday. The Kirton-based ACR Kawasaki rider began his weekend on Friday with free practice, where he got to grips with the Kent circuit and began to reduce his lap times. He continued to make steady ...

A nasty hand injury suffered during qualifying made it a tough weekend for Saracen’s Head race ace Ben Stafford at Brands Hatch. Representing Silicone Engineering at round six of the National Superstock 600 Championship, Stafford came into the meet in fine form. That was reflected in his pace, as he set some great times in free practice and was happy ...

Ben Wilson put two nightmare rounds behind him as he rode to a brace of top ten finishes in the British Supersport Championship meet at Brands Hatch over the weekend. After two pointless outings on the trot, Kirton racer Wilson managed seventh and ninth at round six of the championship – but he drops down to 11th in the overall ...

Andy Molsom secured his first-ever pole position in the Caterham Graduates Racing Club at Donington Park as he stormed to a pair of top four finishes. Saturday’s qualifying session went well, and saw the Spalding racer – of Molsom & Associates Optometrists – top the timesheet for the MotorsTV live televised race later in the day. Amazingly, the top six ...

Ever-improving Ben Stafford has moved into the top ten of the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship after another promising points finish. Saracen’s Head ace Stafford was unfortunate to only finish 13th at round five, with the heavy rain at Scotland’s Knockhill track costing him at least two positions. It was a different story on Friday, with the riders enjoying the ...

It was another disastrous weekend for Kirton rider Ben Wilson who crashed out of both races in the British Supersport Championship meet at Knockhill. Wilson started round five of the series in good form and was looking good for a couple of strong results in Scotland after his horror show at Snetterton in the last round. He completed his free ...

Ashley Rudd stole the show at Chatteris over the weekend as he took top spot in the Schoolboy category of the East of England Challenge event. The Holbeach teenager, who was representing Team TRM at the Peterborough Motocross Club event, secured two wins and a second place in his three races on Saturday. That was followed by a win and ...

Spalding’s Andy Molsom smashed another lap record on the Caterham scene as he lit up the Silverstone GP circuit. On the first day of the weekend meet, Molsom – of Molsom & Associates Optometrists – faced qualifying amid wet conditions. It proved a difficult session for him – and he placed 19th and 17th respectively for Saturday and Sundays races. ...

Saracen’s Head star Ben Stafford was within a whisker of a top six finish in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship meet at Snetterton over the weekend. Running sixth with two laps to go at round four, he out-braked himself and was forced to settle for 12th. It still marked a successful return to the seat for Stafford, who was ...

Snetterton proved to be a disaster for Kirton rider Ben Wilson at the weekend. The Gearlink Kawasaki racer was unable to complete even a lap in qualifying for the MCE British Supersport meet on Saturday due to issues with the bike – and then crashed out of both races. Wilson suffered all weekend with his Kawasaki, but did at least ...

Spalding Autograss Club’s third meeting of the season takes place this Sunday (11.30am start). There will be 45 races with 15 different classes on show at the Hurdletree Bank meet. The track can be found off the B1168 near Holbeach (PE12 8QH). Cost is £8 to enter, with OAPs £6 and under-16s free when accompanied by an adult. All meetings ...

Moulton race ace Robert Oldershaw stormed to a superb second place at the first round of the FIA Masters Historic Festival at Brands Hatch. This was the first outing for the team in 2015 as they compete in the prestigious FIA championship. The grid is a mixture of 1970s sports racing cars, ranging from Chevrons, Ford GT40s and the mighty ...

Ben Wilson is to make his debut on the North West 200 road race scene this week. The Vauxhall International North West 200 takes place on public roads between Coleraine, Portstewart and Portrush in Northern Ireland and is considered one of the fastest road races in the world. The annual event is run over the 8.97 mile course – famously ...

Gutted Ben Wilson came away from Oulton Park with just ten British Supersport Championship after another problematic weekend. The Kirton racer crashed his Gearlink Kawasaki in the sprint race on Sunday, before once again finishing in sixth place in Monday’s feature event. Qualifying didn’t go quite to plan for the 33-year-old Wilson, as he was forced to start the sprint ...

Aaron Clarke completed his first race of the National Superstock 600 Championship season at the weekend – but could face a spell on the sidelines after suffering from ‘arm pump’. The Kirton rider, who has been unable to make it onto the starting grid for the first two rounds because of the small grids, qualified in 40th position at Oulton ...

Ben Stafford bounced back from his crash at Brands Hatch to record an impressive 12th place at round three of the National Superstock 600 Championship at Oulton Park. Saturday’s qualifying one (Q1) saw the riders begin the session on a damp track – but most still opted for the dry tyre. Before the rain came again mid-way through the session, ...

Holbeach lad Ashley Rudd was in absolutely incredible form at round two of Peterborough Motocross Club’s championship last Sunday. The teenager, who was representing Team TRM, stormed to three wins from as many races at the Chatteris track to seal overall victory. Even more impressive was the fact that Rudd led each race from start to finish, grabbing the ‘hole ...

Ben Wilson moved up to fifth in the British Supersport Championship rider standings with a pair of sixth-place finishes at Brands Hatch over the weekend. Free practice and qualifying didn’t quite go to plan and the Kirton racer found himself down in 13th place to start Saturday’s sprint race from a fifth-row grid position. But as the lights went out ...

The first two races in the new Caterham Racing season have proved something of a learning curve for Spalding race ace Andy Molsom. Meets at Oulton Park and Brands Hatch have seen Molsom bag three top ten finishes – which represented a solid start as both circuits are a little unfamiliar to the Hall Place-based optometrist. At Oulton, testing saw ...