COOKRIDGE’S James Dabill finished third in Richmond Motor Club’s annual Scott Trial despite suffering a detached rear tyre.

He missed out to Silsden’s Dougie Lampkin, who became the oldest winner aged 42 of the event, winning for a sixth time in the most diabolical weather conditions on record. Jack Price finished second.

The 200 contestants left the start area on Feldom Range at 9am to ride 80 miles totally off-road against the clock and the elements.

Visibility was less than 50 metres in places. Torrential rain brought some stream sections up to a metre in depth.

Three sections were impassable and the advance party of officials had to alter 20 sections.

Price started off one minute and 20 seconds of ahead five times winner Lampkin and blazed a trail through 78 sections to set a time of 5.07.17.

That time penalised the entire field but Lampkin kept Price in sight all the way and his time penalty was a mere five.

The remaining 80 finishers incurred time penalties running into three figures so Price won the time race but not the trial which was down to section penalties and won by Lampkin from Jack Peace and Dabill, who overcame a detached rear tyre on his Beta machine.

The Leeds rider incurred 22 time penalties but was third best on observation behind Lampkin and Jack Peace. The retirement number was 60 per cent which was not much above the normal numbers. For Jack Price it was memorable day, fastest on time, second overall, member of the JST Gas Gas winning manufacturer’s team with past winner Michael Brown and Dan Peace.

Results: 1 Lampkin (Vertigo) 5+51=56. 2 Jack Price (JST Gas Gas) 0+66 = 66, 3 James Dabill (Beta) 22=58=80. 4 Jack Peace (JST Gas Gas) 29+56=85, 5 Michael Brown (JST Gas Gas) 21+61=87, 6 Guy Kendrew (Beta) 25+67=92.