ACU British Quadcross
Heads to FatCats for Round 4
ACU British Quadcross
Championship, Sunday 5th August 2012 at FatCats
Moto Park
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DWT's Paul
Holmes leads the ACU British Quadcross
Pro Points
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England (7/30/2012) - Due to record
rainfall in June, the third round of the ACU British
Quadcross Championships unfortunately had to be
put on hold. So, riders will be raring to go at
this weekend’s fourth round challenge at the
superb FatCat Moto Park which will also include
the Youth Quad Championship. It was a thrilling
second round of the QX championships at Asham Woods
back in June that saw Paul Holmes take overall victory
and 17 year old Luke Cooper take an incredible race
two win.
It demonstrated just how closely fought the championship
has become as David Wray took the quickest lap
in qualifying with Paul Holmes securing the win
in race one. Behind him the battle for second
and third place was being closely fought by Irish
men David Wray, Justin Reid and David Cowan. It
was Cowan who went on to grab second - his best
ever finish in a British championship, followed
by Reid, Wray and an impressive last to fifth
for Carl Bunce after he was caught up in a first
corner tangle.
Things got even more interesting in race two when
another first corner tangle left Wray, Holmes
and Cowan at the back while Reid took the holeshot
and pulled away only to be forced out of the race
on the fifth lap with technical problems. Reid’s
team mate Dean Colhourn took the lead before also
dropping out as an impressive Luke Cooper made
his way into the lead and went on to take the
win. Meanwhile Bunce and George Callaway were
battling it out for second place - Callaway getting
the better of Bunce with Holmes finishing fourth
after working his way through the pack to take
enough points to win the overall round.
Current 2012 ACU British Quadcross Championship
standings:
1. Paul Holmes 153, 2. Carl Bunce 138, 3. Oli
Sansom 119 4. George Callaway 114, 5 David Wray
105, 6. Justin Reid 101
Cooper’s win put him as overall winner
in the Under 21 class, joint on points with Cowan
and with Callaway taking third. With two strong
races, Lindsey Duke took maximum points in the
Quad Masters while Darren Bridge just pipped Anthony
Barrett to second place. Joe Williams sealed his
first Clubman victory ahead of Michael Campbell
and Anthony Canavan.
With many young riders moving up from their 2011
classes and new riders entering the championship,
there will be plenty of action across the five
races planned in the Youth British Quad Championship
which joins up with the adults exclusively for
round four at FatCats. With many young riders
already midway through their season at local MX
clubs, it’s a chance to meet up with top
riders from other clubs and compete at this prestigious
national level.
Practice starts at 09.30am. Entry cost is £10.00
for spectators and £5 for children under
14 with under 5s free. Postcode for the track
is DN3 3EH. There are still spaces left in all
Youth Classes and entry forms can be obtained
from the ACU Motocross Department on 01788 566404
or by email to sonia.goggin@acu.org.uk
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