Twenty-two year old Jason Dougan made his first visit to the podium this season, with an excellent third place overall at round three of the 2009 Maxxis ACU British Motocross Championship. Phoenix Tools teamster Dougan displayed the kind of form that has eluded him thus far this year, with two solid fourth spots over two tough motos at the undulating Brampton circuit, which is set high on a Cumbrian hillside close to the city of Carlisle.

Unfortunately it was not such a successful day for Buildbase CCM Racing rider Tom Church who suffered an unusual mechanical breakdown in race one, and a crash on the first turn in the second moto. Twenty-seven year old Church battled back bravely after his early setback during his second outing to take ninth position come the flag. Despite enduring a day packed with bad luck Tom still holds sixth place in the overall standings with five rounds remaining.

A delighted Dougan enthused. “Its been a great day overall and one that has given me some much needed confidence. In the first race I did not make the best of starts and rounded the first turn just inside the top ten. I really made good progress through the field and was soon up into second place behind Anderson. However as the race wore on I got some arm pump and had to let Swanepoel by, and then Noble got by me too right at the end of the race.”

“I thought I had blown it in race two as I hit the gate, which meant I was last going up the start straight.  Thankfully there was a pile-up on the first turn, which I managed to avoid and which allowed me to make up a few places almost immediately.  From there on I steadily made progress until I got into fourth place where I finished the race. Hopefully I can take this kind of speed and confidence to the GP in Portugal next weekend, where two top fifteen finishes is what I will be looking for at least.” Dougan ended.

Church explained. “ It was a real shame in race one as I was holding a strong fifth place, but that’s part of racing unfortunately. I couldn’t believe it when I went down on the first corner in race two, however I picked myself up and battled on to record a top ten result, which was good given the circumstances. I felt much better today and I am now looking forward to Portugal next weekend after my second race performance.”