The ACU has released a brief summary of the enquiry held on March 25, 2015 into the events at the opening round at Hilton Park of the 2015 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship powered by Skye Energy Drink. Will fans, riders and teams be happy with the outcome?

The enquiry has led to amended race results that change the overall and championship standings for the MX2 class. The biggest winner from that decision is Wilvo Forkrent KTM’s Adam Sterry who moves from 20th place to eighth overall. You can see the new tables below.

The enquiry concludes that while the Medical Cover provided at Hilton Park exceeded the ACU’s minimum requirement, significant improvement to Medical Cover will be brought in soon.

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New appointments have been made for the running of the series with more management roles to be confirmed in the coming weeks. Stuart Drummond who is the operations manager for ACU Events Ltd will also assume the position of acting series manager.

A full report will be released at a later date but you can read the summary in full below.

ACU press release

Brief Summary of the ACU Enquiry into Hilton Park

Following events at round one of the Maxxis Championship held a Hilton Park, the ACU held an enquiry at Rugby on Wednesday 25th March.

Chaired by John Collins, the ACU Deputy Chairman, the Board of ACU Events Ltd, members of the ACU’s Motocross Committee met with three team principals and an importer and held a detailed and frank discussion on the events of the day and areas of which caused concern about the conduct of the meeting.

A more detailed report of the meeting will be published shortly but the key resolutions the meeting came up with are:

Steve McCauley will assume the position of Race Director at Rounds Two and Three of the Championship

Stuart Drummond will assume the role of Acting Series Manager

Whilst the Medical Cover provided at Round 1 exceeded the ACU’s minimum requirement, significant improvement to Medical Cover will be implemented shortly.

Over the next few weeks, ACU Events Ltd and the ACU Motocross Committee and the Series Promotor will be putting together a management structure that will be responsible for each round of the Championship

Ahead of this enquiry, the ACU Motocross Committee investigated their earlier decision to impose place penalties and conclude that they did not comply with the NSC. As a result, the four penalties issued in the first MX2 race have been rescinded. 

MX2 Race 1 amended results for Maxxis ACU British Motocross Champ Rnd 1 Hilton Park

Pos No. Name Sponsor Make Points
1 919 Ben Watson Hitachi Contruction Machinery Revo KTM UK KTM 25
2 811 Adam Sterry Wilvo Forkrent KTM KTM 22
3 685 Steven Lenoir Dyer & Butler KTM KTM 20
4 511 Steven Clarke Apico Husqvarna Motorcycles Husqvarna 18
5 121 Bryan Mackenzie Pendrich Height Services Kawaski 16
6 134 Liam Knight Dyer & Butler KTM KTM 15
7 114 Jordan Booker JBR by AMS KTM 14
8 6 Carlton Husband MBO Power ASA Scaffolding Yamaha Racing Yamaha 13
9 411 Erki Kahro Route 77 Energy MVR-Honda Honda 12
10 711 James Cottrell Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM UK KTM 11
11 272 Neville Bradshaw 272 Raceschool Husqvarna Husqvarna 10
12 51 Harri Kullas Heads & All Threads Suzuki Suzuki 9
13 360 Nathan Dixon Feehily MX Colwyn Bay KTM KTM 8
14 153 James Harrison Phoenix Tools IflyHusqvarna Husqvarna 7
15 11 Matt Burrows SBW Husqvarna 6
16 148 Michael Eccles Phoenix Tools Ifly Husqvarna Husqvarna 5
17 111 Ben Putnam SPH-Fountain-Goldentyre Yamaha 4
18 803 Marcus Nilsen Apico Husqvarna Motorcycles Husqvarna 3
19 303 Jake Millward Verde Sports Racing KTM 2
20 723 Ashley Smith Motoward Yamaha Yamaha 1
21 151 Matt Bayliss Wooldridge Demolition Honda 0
22 326 Josh Gilbert Route 77 Energy MVR-D Honda Honda 0
23 998 Todd Kellett Dave Thorpe Honda Offroad Centre LTD/SJ Hodder Ltd Honda 0
24 19 Tom Neal Moto 41 /Motoshak Craigs Motorcycles KTM 0
25 77 Jason Meara Five5 Motorsport Motul KTM KTM 0
26 274 Kieran Banks Team MX Zone – Turvey Construction Yamaha Yamaha 0
27 52 Matthew Callaghan Manchester Extreme – Preston Docks MX KTM 0
28 161 George Clarke Cab Screens MX Yamaha 0
29 24 Liam Garland Team MX Zone/ Turvey Construction Yamaha Yamaha 0
30 818 Shaun Springer   Honda 0
31 173 Luke Norris MNE KTM KTM 0
32 714 Brad Todd Planet Advanced Racing Suspension/Braithwaites Garage KTM 0
33 100 James Rutter Evotech Husqvarna UK Husqvarna 0
34 4 Gary Gibson Heads & All Threads Suzuki Suzuki 0
35 337 Glenn McCormick Watt Motorcycles – AGNEW Recovery KTM KTM 0
36 214 Lewis Trickett MBO Power ASA Scaffolding Yamaha Racing Yamaha 0

MX2 Overall amended results for Maxxis ACU British Motocross Champ Rnd 1 Hilton Park

Pos No. Name Sponsor Make Total points Diff R1. R2.
1 919 Ben Watson Hitachi Contruction Machinery Revo KTM UK KTM 50 0 25 25
2 685 Steven Lenoir Dyer & Butler KTM KTM 42 8 20 22
3 121 Bryan Mackenzie Pendrich Height Services Kawaski 36 14 16 20
4 134 Liam Knight Dyer & Butler KTM KTM 33 17 15 18
5 114 Jordan Booker JBR by AMS KTM 29 21 14 15
6 411 Erki Kahro Route 77 Energy MVR-Honda Honda 28 22 12 16
7 511 Steven Clarke Apico Husqvarna Motorcycles Husqvarna 24 26 18 6
8 811 Adam Sterry Wilvo Forkrent KTM KTM 22 28 22 0
9 51 Harri Kullas Heads & All Threads Suzuki Suzuki 20 30 9 11
10 272 Neville Bradshaw 272 Raceschool Husqvarna Husqvarna 20 30 10 10
11 148 Michael Eccles Phoenix Tools Ifly Husqvarna Husqvarna 18 32 5 13
12 11 Matt Burrows SBW Husqvarna 15 35 6 9
13 14 Robert Davidson Hardcore Racing Husqvarna 14 36 — 14
14 6 Carlton Husband MBO Power ASA Scaffolding Yamaha Racing Yamaha 13 37 13 0
15 214 Lewis Trickett MBO Power ASA Scaffolding Yamaha Racing Yamaha 12 38 0 12
16 711 James Cottrell Hitachi Construction Machinery Revo KTM UK KTM 11 39 11 0
17 303 Jake Millward Verde Sports Racing KTM 10 40 2 8
18 803 Marcus Nilsen Apico Husqvarna Motorcycles Husqvarna 8 42 3 5
19 153 James Harrison Phoenix Tools IflyHusqvarna Husqvarna 8 42 7 1
20 360 Nathan Dixon Feehily MX Colwyn Bay KTM KTM 8 42 8 0
21 77 Jason Meara Five5 Motorsport Motul KTM KTM 7 43 0 7
22 326 Josh Gilbert Route 77 Energy MVR-D Honda Honda 4 46 0 4
23 723 Ashley Smith Motoward Yamaha Yamaha 4 46 1 3
24 111 Ben Putnam SPH-Fountain-Goldentyre Yamaha 4 46 4 0
25 151 Matt Bayliss Wooldridge Demolition Honda 2 48 0 2
26 998 Todd Kellett Dave Thorpe Honda Offroad Centre LTD/SJ Hodder Ltd Honda 0 50 0 0
27 274 Kieran Banks Team MX Zone – Turvey Construction Yamaha Yamaha 0 50 0 0
28 4 Gary Gibson Heads & All Threads Suzuki Suzuki 0 50 0 0
29 19 Tom Neal Moto 41 /Motoshak Craigs Motorcycles KTM 0 50 0 —
30 337 Glenn McCormick Watt Motorcycles – AGNEW Recovery KTM KTM 0 50 0 0
31 818 Shaun Springer   Honda 0 50 0 0
32 52 Matthew Callaghan Manchester Extreme – Preston Docks MX KTM 0 50 0 0
33 161 George Clarke Cab Screens MX Yamaha 0 50 0 0
34 24 Liam Garland Team MX Zone/ Turvey Construction Yamaha Yamaha 0 50 0 0
35 173 Luke Norris MNE KTM KTM 0 50 0 —
36 714 Brad Todd Planet Advanced Racing Suspension/Braithwaites Garage KTM 0 50 0 0
37 100 James Rutter Evotech Husqvarna UK Husqvarna 0 50 0 0

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