After eight drama filled events so far this year, the ninth and final round of the Thundersport GB Championship took place at Rockingham this weekend, the first motorcycle races to take place at the Northants circuit in over six years.

In the Aprilia Dunlop Superteen class, five riders entered the round as potential champions as spectators witnessed an epic final four races of the series.

Wayne Ryan entered the round with a 44 point lead, but things didn’t go as planned for the youngster, and for the full Superteen report, click here.

As for the Nitro Newcomers, Tommy Mountain cruised home to take the championship after some tough races. Danny Murphy ended up in second overall and Scott Pitchers finished third, with Chrissy Rouse taking his first Nitro Newcomer win of the year too, taking eighth overall in the points.

In the Newcomer race itself, brothers Greg and Scott James, from Tonypandy in Wales, were entertaining the crowds on Saturday evening.

Greg, the older of the two, had initially set the pace, but after numerous overtaking manoeuvres from the siblings and quite a bit of elbow bashing, it was in fact Scott who took the win, having made his final move into ‘Tarzan’ on the final lap.

In the GiMoto Streetfighter ‘A’ races, Jamie Wilkins returned to form on his Aprilia Tuono, taking all four wins and securing second in the championship overall.

Keith Smith claimed third in the standings, whilst the Champion Andy Denyer completed his 100% podium record with his 33rd consecutive rostrum coming in the final race of the day on Sunday.

In the ‘B’ class, Craig Morley won all four races to just squeak the overall championship. Barry Utting ended the weekend with four second places, leaving him just five points adrift of claiming the title himself, and Ian Popplewell’s four podiums clarified his third place finish too.

The Bridgestone Thundersport 500 Championship was new for 2009, and Jonathan Harrison was crowned the first champion of the class this weekend with four stunning wins to make it nineteen for the year.

John Butcher was confirmed second overall, but the battle for third between Chris Pickersgill, Matt Bainbridge and Mark Evans went in Pickersgill’s favour.

The E2E Solutions GP3 Championship has been packed full of Britain’s best talent all year, and this weekend was no different. Fraser Rogers put together three splendid finishes to claim the GP3 title and add it to his GP3 Cup success and his Superteen crown of 2008.

Rogers was clever enough not to get involved with any of the antics up front, which saw the likes of Sam Hornsey chasing Danny Kent, who this time saw off all opponents with three stylish wins.

Curtis Wright was again on form, and Arnie Shelton secured third overall behind Hornsey in the standings, although he just missed out on second in the Cup, with Tom Carne taking it by a whisker in the final race of the weekend.

In the CIA Bike Insurance GP1 category, Peter Baker was up against some new competition in the class as young Hungarian rider David Juhase came to play.

With Luke De La Cour on the form of his life too, Baker found himself in an intriguing battle all weekend as the 50-year-old faced some gritty and determined younger riders.

In race one on the Sunday, a great 18 lap battle unfolded with Juhase and Baker gunning for the lead, and De La Cour following just behind. The 17-year-old Hungarian was a bit too hot to handle though and on the final lap, Baker ran wide whilst attempting his final move, handing the win to Juhase, much to the delight of his team.

Race two on the Sunday was a bit different though, and the Champion gave a master class lesson at the front on his Morello Roofing Suzuki, keeping the Hungarian at bay for the entire race and taking his eighth win of the year ahead of Juhase and De La Cour.

For the final race of the day, Juhase turned up late to the grid and was faced with starting at the back of the grid, a true test for a young man who is tipped to be in the BSB next season.

This time though, De La Cour had upped his pace and Baker again had some strong company. Luke made his move in the end and was unaware that Baker then fell behind due to a scary moment nearly losing his front end.

In the end, nobody could take away the win from Luke, his first victory of the season and promptly putting himself up there in the list of favourites for 2010. Finishing second was a delighted Juhase, a remarkable feat given the circumstances, and in third, Richard Green completed a successful weekend just ahead of Barry Chapman.

In the Supertwins, Michael Price was unstoppable. Three wins just simply added to the greatness of his Championship win and it leaves you wondering what his plans are for 2010?

Brian Greenfield added extra insurance onto his second place overall, and after a long hard season of battling, Stuart Poyser took third ahead of an unlucky Scot Adam.

In the Pirelli Superstock 600 Championship, John Simpson returned to action taking three excellent wins on his Trickbits Triumph, claiming fifth in the championship overall.

The Northern Irish rider has obviously put his bad start to the season behind him now, and he along with his Triumph, look like a fatal combination for 2010.

Tom Gazzard claimed second with two solid podiums and although Erol Ahmet injured himself on the Friday Practice day, neither Dean Brown nor Ashley Chivers could capitalize, leaving Erol to take third overall.

In the Formula 600, Price took two wins again to finish the year on the best possible high with his family and sponsors all present. Darryl Cox’s race one win and two other podiums was enough for him to take second in the championship, and despite some charging from James Henry, Chris Mort scurried home to take third.

In the BSN.com Junior Powerbikes, Rob Elsmere ended the year with a few podiums on his championship winning Aprilia 550, but neither he nor Alex Hutchinson could stop Steve Tomes from taking four run away wins to end up sixth in the points.
Sam Coventry just did enough to claim second overall ahead of Alex in the standings, and gives the Knight Road Racing Team yet another runners-up prize in the class following their heart breaking 2008 season.

In the Minitwins, Tim Jones took two wins to earn the title, his recent form was just too much to ask of his feisty competitors.
Clive White also took a double to just pinch third from Chris Boland in the standings too, as Leigh Hutchinson ended the year as runner-up after a consistent season.

The only rider to make the podium on all four occasions though, was novice rider Jamie Morris. Of the 14 races he’s competed in this season, Jamie has finished inside the top four 13 times and of those, has taken nine podiums overall.

Teams looking for a young rider to take on, should not need to look much further!

And in the Moto 450 class, John Coventry took his first win and climbed to third in the final standings, whilst youngster Joe Carnell took three wins in the class and moved to sixth overall.