Team PR: Cabscreens Deos Group Honda – Cusses Gorse

Cab Screens Deos Group Honda headed into round three of the MX Nationals British Championship at Cusses Gorse in Wiltshire, with all three riders fit and raring to go. Harri Kullas was 3^rd in the Pro MX1 title hunt after round two and Dan Thornhill is making steady progress in his return from almost 18 months on the sidelines through injury. Dan was looking to break the top 10 and was 12^th in the Pro MX1 standings after two rounds.

Youth rider Joe Brookes is going great in his Rookie MXY1 year. He just needs to add consistency to speed and was looking for a podium finish at Cusses Gorse. He sat 4^th in the MXY1 standings after two rounds, even with two DNF’s.

In MX1, Harri qualified 4^th fastest on his Honda CRF450R with Dan in 14^th. Race one start saw Harri gate well in second place, behind Russian, Evgeny Bobryshev, and then lose another spot to eventual race winner, Brent van Doninck. Harri stayed third for six laps, creeping away from Tommy Searle in 4^th place, before a mechanical gremlin hit on lap 7, forcing Harri out of the race. Heartbreaking for Harri and the team. Dan was doing us proud as he moved from 13^th to 9^th in MX1 for a great result.

Race Two saw both our Honda CRF450R’s get great starts, as Harri pulled a holeshot and Dan had a flier from the outside and slotted into 4^th place on lap one. Van Donink edged past Harri on lap one while Dan was in the mix and 5^th at the end of lap one. Tommy Searle then moved past Harri and he held third for most of the race until Bobryshev pushed past to push him to 4^th place with two laps to go. Dan was having a flier all race and even though he dropped a few places, still finished an awesome 8^th place for 7^th overall.

Dan moved up to 9^th in the championship and Harri dropped to 6^th.

MXY1 – Joe qualified in 4^th place giving him a decent start gate pick and in race one he was lying 3^rd on his class at the end of lap one. Joe made a move into 2^nd place on lap 4 and moved away to shake off his previous race one issues and finish a strong 2^nd place. In race two it was a similar story as Joe rounded lap one in 4^th place before making two passes on lap two into 2^ndplace and he rode a smart race to finish 2^nd again by 12 seconds. Joe again showed maturity on Sunday as he was 3^rd place in race three and four, meaning he secured his first MXY1 podium with 2^nd overall for the weekend. More importantly Joe moved up to 2^nd in the series, behind Bobby Bruce who has now won the championship

Photo Credit – Martin Pickard

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