Apart from race wins by Shaun Simpson – KTM and pre event favourite Tommy Searle – Red Bull KTM, plus two consistent outings by Stephen Sword – Molson Kawasaki, all in the MX2 division, the day belonged to the foreign riders who dominated the overall places in both classes.

In fact Sword was the only home rider to feature in the top five positions at the end of the day, with the ex British champion finishing as runner up in the overall MX2 results. Reigning MX1 British champion Billy MacKenzie, making his debut on the Monster CAS Honda, started the day strongly by qualifying in second spot behind eventual winner De Reuver.

The young Scots’ speed was also evident in the early part of the first MX1 moto, with Mackenzie holding the lead until lap nine before crashing out of the race totally. Ironically it was Ken De Dycker – Suzuki, who Billy replaced at CAS, who benefitted from this mistake to take the race win ahead of his team mate 2007 MX1 champion Steve Ramon.

De Reuver, Josh Coppins and David Philippaerts both – Rinaldi Yamaha completed the top five on this ocassion. It was a similar story for the ill fated Billy in the second MX1 encounter, but this time a slip on the final lap pushed him down to fourth, after having led the race from start to finish.

De Reuver was on hand to collect the victory at the expense of MacKenzie to add to his third place in the first race of the day, which was enough to give the Dutch rider the overall win. Coppins and Ramon both passed Mackenzie before he could recover, leaving Philippaerts to pick up fifth spot this time out. Shaun Simpson was by far the fastest MX2 rider on track for the first half of the meeting, with him posting the quickest time in qualifying before taking a start to flag win in the opening moto.

Simpson begun the second race in similar form but crashed whilst leading on lap six, which dropped him down to outside the top thirty before a spirit fight back brought him back to twenty second spot come the finish. Searle made up for some of his early disappointment by winning the Grand Finale, which included the top twenty riders from both classes on the day, to bring a close on another piece of Hawkstone Park history.

With this in mind, Salop Motor club would like to say a massive ‘Thank You’, to everyone who helped to make it all happen once again, and who are too numerous to list on this page.

Results: Moto One MX1: 1. Ken de Dycker 2. Steve Ramon 3. Marc de Reuver 4. Josh Coppins 5. David Philipaerts

Moto Two MX1: 1. Marc de Reuver 2. Josh Coppins 3. Steve Ramon 4. Billy MacKenzie 5. David Philipaerts

MX1 Overall: 1. Marc de Reuver 55 2. Steve Ramon 52 3. Josh Coppins 50 4. Ken de Dycker 49 5. David Philipaerts 42

Moto One MX2: 1. Shaun Simpson 2. Erik Eggens 3. Stephen Sword 4. Jeremy van Horebeek 5. Tyla Rattray

Moto Two MX2: 1. Tyla Rattray 2. Tommy Searle 3. Stephen Sword 4. Erik Eggens 5. Joel Roelants

MX2 Overall: 1.Tyla Rattray 51 2. Stephen Sword 50 3. Erik Eggens 50 4. Jeremy van Horebeek 42 5. Joel Roelants 34

MX1 / MX2 Grand Final: 1.Tommy Searle 2.Steve Ramon 3.David Philipaerts 4.Billy MacKenzie 5.Shaun Simpson

More information about Salop Motor Club and Hawkstone Park moto-x circuit can be found on the club’s official website - www.hawkstonemx.co.uk