Strong ride at Whitby for Dougan

Fork Rent Suzuki’s Jason Dougan enjoyed a day of top-ten results yesterday as the Maxxis British Motocross Championship went to Whitby in Yorkshire.

Following a 12th place in timed practice, Jason went into race one in optimistic form, making up for an average start by charging through the field early-on. Moving up to fifth place by the end of lap-one, Jason went into a race-long battle with Carl Nunn, eventually taking his Fork Rent RM-Z250 to a well-earned fourth place.

A similar start in race two, left Jason with work to do. Sitting in 14th place at the end of the first lap, Dougan rode strongly once more, moving through the field to eighth position, where he stayed to the chequered flag.

Team manager Mark Chamberlain commented, “Another positive performance from Jason. He was a little disappointed to miss out on the podium position in race one, but rode strongly and earned useful championship points once again. Jakes 11th and 9th place finishes do not represent the effort and progress he has made this year, qualifying in his best British Championship position ever in seventh. Overall, it’s been a solid weekend of racing for us”.

MX2 Race 1:

1st Gareth Swaenpole. 2nd Mike Brown, 3rd Carl Nunn, 4th Jason Dougan, 5th Shaun Simpson

MX2 Race 2:

1st Carl Nunn. 2nd Gareth Swaenpole, 3rd Mike Brown, 4th Shaun Simpson,. 5th Martin Barr, 8th Jason Dougan

Championship Positions:

1st Swaenpole (57), 2nd Nunn (55), 3rd Brown (52), 4th Simpson (44), 5th Barr (40), 6th DOUGAN (38), 10th NICHOLLS (23)