Round six of the 2022 Indian Motorcycle Flat Track National championship took place on the 7th and 8th of August at the ECCO Arena at the South Tees Motorsports Park. Racing was fast and unrelenting with nonstop action all weekend.

Round six saw the return of the Hooligans, and on this 271 metre banked speedway, track racing was spectacular from the start. The fight for podium spots was a weekend long battle between #93 Jack Bell and Indian FTR riders, #38 George Pickering and #37 Leah Tokelove. In the final, Pickering grabbed second spot on the podium from Tokelove in third after the two FTR riders traded second and third places throughout the heats.

The Pro Class was action packed from heat one with three visiting Pro riders from Spain as well as the UK's usual suspects. The timed practice and qualifying were really tight with the five top riders well matched. Spanish guest rider #68x Eric Reverte managed a strong second place in his first heat on UK soil behind title favourite Gary Birtwistle, with Spanish guest rider #14 Marc Seta close behind him for 3rd place. #30 Alan Birtwistle managed a heat win ahead of #215 Ferran Sastre in heat two with #93 Jack Bell and #171 Conrad little closing out the qualifying from the first three heats, Ferran and Gary both managed Semi-final wins. The Final was an action packed 15 lap race which was stopped and re-started with a line out due to a fall from #14 Marc Seta. It was #11 Gary Birtwistle who was leading when the red flags came out, he managed to restart at the front of the pack opening up a convincing lead on second place Ferran and his brother Alan for third. Congratulations go to Gary who has secured the Pro Championship title with one round to go. 

In the Inters Class, racing was dominated by #11x Charlie Kelly with the fastest lap times in the inters class all day. Second place was taken by #217 Steven Gurnhill who put the work in from the first qualifying race and an impressive third place went to #585 Danny Williams who has just joined the Inters Class from the Rookies.

 

With the Rookie Class going from strength to strength, racing was great to watch. First place went to #82 Luke Potter who also won all but one of his heats. Second place was taken by #86 Sam Shook and third place went to #911 Johnathan James. #89 Natalie Sharp also achieved her first heat win with a very impressive holeshot which saw her awarded the honour of DTRA rider of the day.

 

The season continues with our grand finale at Greenfield Dirt Track, Lincolnshire for Round Seven on the 17th and 18th of September.