Location: Dunton, Essex
Event: 3 May2012
Report: Snowdon Sports
Chelmer CC’s Daniel Babbs won the first round of the Ford CC Go Race Series, staged at the company’s banked track facility at the Dunton Centre in Essex on Thursday.
A fine field of 50 riders turned up for the opening event, and all were pleasantly surprised that the heavy rain earlier forecast had not materialised.
The first prime after five laps was won by Jonathan Pool (Chelmer CC), the second after seven laps by Alex Davis (Ford CC), and the third prime after 10 laps by Kevin Attleed (Glendene CC).
With just over half a lap of the 1.6-mile circuit to go to the finish, 36-year-old Daniel Babbs (Chelmer CC) broke away from the pack and built up a lead of around seven seconds.
He managed to dig in deep and at the chequered flag was first over the line by two bike lengths from Kevin Attleed (Glendene CC) who was leading the rapidly approaching pack, and his team-mate Colin King took third.
Results:
1 Daniel Babbs Senior Chelmer CC 80
2 Kevin Attleed Senior Glendene CC 79
3 Colin King Senior Glendene CC 78
4 Richard Matthews Senior Blackwater 77
5 James Samuel Senior Crest CC 76
6 Tim Pettit Veteran Essex Roads CC 75
7 Mick Bath Veteran API 74
8 Matt Haworth Senior Chelmer CC 73
9 Jamie Barton Senior Gateway CC 72
10 Brian Scarboro Senior Gemini CC 71
11 Rob Reynolds Senior 0 70
12 John White Senior 0 69
13 Martin Elms Veteran Southend Wheelers 68
14 Adam Gould Senior Colchester Rovers 67
15 Lindsay Broadbridge Veteran Essex Roads CC 66
16 Tim Savage Senior Maldon CC 65
17 Colin McPherson Senior 0 64
18 James Badman Senior Gateway CC 63
19 Mark Elms Senior Southend Wheelers 62
20 Bob Flack Veteran Ford CC 61
21 Peter Gottlieb Veteran Glendene CC 60
22 Alex Davis Senior Ford CC 59
23 Russell Trialey Veteran Chelmer CC 58
24 Gary Harmos Senior 0 57
25 Brian Farrow Veteran Maldon CC 56
26 John McMahon Senior Essex Roads CC 55
27 Paul Spiceley Senior Glendene CC 54
28 Graham Pearl Veteran Southend Wheelers 53
29 Richard Fraczec Veteran Essex Roads CC 52
30 Philip Robins Senior London Phoenix 51
31 Jag Johal Senior Ford CC 50
32 John Woyton Senior Glendene CC 49
33 Darren De-Beger Senior Glendene CC 48
34 Rob Young Junior Essex Roads CC 47
35 Edwin Burden Senior London Phoenix 46
36 Roger Moore Senior Essex Roads CC 45
37 Steve Tidiman Senior Essex Roads CC 44
38 Sam Wightman Senior 0 43
39 Wayne Tyson Senior Ford CC 42
40 Kim Allen Veteran Essex Roads CC 41
41 Peter Shanney Veteran 0 40
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.
