Exmoor Clouds wins for John Reeves and Jon Moores

This years Exmoor Clouds turned out to be a tough trial. Perhaps a little tougher than Paul Merson and his team had intended, as rain before the event made the long, steep, forest sections muddier than expected.

After picking up points on the first two hills John Reeves scored a run of cleans, punctuated by an eight on Vinegar Hill, to be best solo. Vinegar Hill was cleanable though, as demonstrated by Richard Sparks in B2 and Leon Youlton and Mark Bowden in B1.

In the cars Jon Moores put in a dominant performance in his CMR Ford, getting to the two on Periton Hill, which has yet to be climbed on four wheels. Dave Haizelden, having a run in Class Eight with the Deere Special, also got to the two but had picked up quite a few marks earlier in the trial.

The Suzuki engine in John Early’s Leige is now behaving itself after a long development period, and John was 2nd overall and best in Class 7.

The leading car positions were well spread among the classes. Matt Facey was 3rd in his family crewed BMW E30 in Class 3, Jack Selwood 4th in his 1300 Beetle and Ian Facey 5th in Class Five.

Results:-

Solo	John Reeves	KTM Freeride	21
Outfit	Richard Maddern & Tegen Maddern	Husqvarna	11
Car	Jon Moores	CMR Ford	10
A	Stephen Kingstone	BSA Bantam	44.5
B1	Dan Welburn	Honda TLR 200	27
B2	Les Foy	Scorpa R-Ride	24
1	James Shallcross	Peugeot 205	45
2	Steve Hill	Ford Model A	42.5
3	Matt Facey	BMW E30	17.5
4	Jack Selwood	VW Beetle	19.5
5	Ian Facey	BMW Z3	20.5
6	Karen Warren	VW Beetle	45.5
7	John Earley	Leige	15.5
8	Emma Wall	Troll	28
90	Brian Hampson	Suzuki X90	39.5

Videos by Norton Selwood & Paul Merson

InCar with Steven Price 1300 Beetle

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