ACU British Quadcross
Round 4 FatCats ATV MX Race Report
ACU
British Quad-X Championship
- Round 4 - England - August 5, 2012
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DWT's Paul
Holmes took the win at FatCats & leads
the ACU British Quadcross Pro Points after
round 4
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England (8/7/2012) - Paul Holmes
was heralded as “King of the Sand”,
taking the race one win at round four of the ACU
British Quadcross Championship. Held at FatCats
Motoparc and organised by the ACU. With all classes
of quad racing in action, championships were to
be decided during this unique and special event.
On a day packed with nonstop action, great British
weather and a challenging sand based circuit, competitors
faced a tough day’s competition for both man
and machine.
There was also a surprise last minute entry from
current quadcross champion John Mitchell who joined
up with the rest of the championship riders for
qualifying. Holmes was quickest but the margins
were tight with Connor Smith storming into second
and Carl Bunce in third. Dean Colhoun and Ricky
Tordoff were also riding well taking fourth and
fifth fastest times.
Packing an impressive 33 strong lineup, race one
began with a long straight into the first corner.
Taking the holeshot was under 21 rider Thomas Claireaux
with Lindsey Duke immediately taking the lead. David
Wray was in third but crashed before the second
corner. “I was fourth into the first corner
but pushing hard I managed to take the lead a few
corners later” explained Holmes as he began
carving out a lead with the battle for second and
third hotly contested just behind. By lap eight
it looked like Bunce had it after he managed to
pass a struggling Justin Reid who had lost his seat.
Behind them, under 21 rider Smith was catching back
up after coming off while Mitchell (now on a borrowed
quad after suffering a engine problems in practice)
had done an incredible job of moving from 17th to
fifth.
“I knew it would be difficult once my seat
popped off and wanting to save my energy for the
second race, I let Bunce go and maintained the
gap with Smith in fourth” reflected Reid
in the battle for second and third. Despite getting
stuck with three laps to go by a back marker,
Holmes dominated the race with a comfortable 22.6
second lead, making it four wins from five races
in this year’s championship and the fastest
lap onboard his Laeger’s Yamaha YZF450R.
Bunce finished second, his seat also coming off
in the last few laps, ahead of Reid. Smith had
pushed hard since his off and took a superb fourth
ahead of Mitchell and Oli Sansom in sixth.
With thunder and lightning closing in, the sky
darkened for the final race. Holmes battled through
and took the lead ahead of the on-form Smith and
Bunce. The race was red flagged however when Duke
came off badly during the whoop section. The rain
had become a heavy downpour and because the race
had not reached half distance, this would have
meant a re-run. However, due to the time of day,
the torrential rain and the medical services being
tied up dealing with the accident the decision
was made to abandon the race. With no points awarded
in race two, the overall results came from race
one meaning Holmes extends his overall championship
lead by three points.
“My preparation coming into today hasn’t
been ideal but my pace has been fast and I was
happy with the win in race one. I managed to get
to the front in race two and feel that I could
have held on and taken the win but overall I’m
pleased and hope Duke is OK.” commented
Holmes.
It was a good day for the KTM riders in the under
21 championship with Smith, who looked like a
main contender in race two, finishing in first
ahead of Sheldon Seal and race winner from round
two, Luke Cooper in third. Duke was the best of
the Masters class in race one, closely followed
by Anthony Barrett and Clint Eagle taking third.
Anthony Canavan took a gruelling first place finish
in the Clubman class in front of Michael Campbell.
The 2012 Youth Quad Championship was to be decided
over four races throughout the day with over 47
riders battling it out for British title glory.
Adam James was sublime as he won the 250cc Open
class with the 250cc Modified title going to Aaron
Spence and Connor Fitzgerald finishing strong
to clinch the 250cc Standard Championship. With
some incredible performances there were also championship
titles for Bailey Edwards in the 150cc class,
Ayrton Knowles in the 100cc Geared, Catrin Davies
in the 100cc Modified and Joshua Birch in the
100cc Standard. Marcus Sprayson took the 50cc
Modified title while the 50cc Standard championship
was won by Brad Hopps.
Round five of the ACU British Quadcross Championships
will take place on the 26th August at Langrish
Motopark. For more information, please visit www.acuquadracing.co.uk.
British Championship: 1 Paul
Holmes (Yamaha) 40, 2 Carl Bunce (Suzuki) 37,
3 David Justin Reid (Can-Am) 35, 4 Connor Smith
(KTM) 33, 5 John Mitchell (Suzuki) 31, 6 Oli Sansom
(Yamaha) 29
British U21 Championship: 1
Connor Smith (KTM) 40, 2 Sheldon Seal (KTM) 37,
3 Luke Cooper (KTM) 35, 4 Leon Rogers (Kawasaki)
33, 5 David Cowan (Yamaha) 31, 6 Fraser McFadden
(KTM) 29
British Masters Championship: 1
Lindsey Duke (KTM) 40, 2 Anthony Barrett (Suzuki)
37, 3 Clint Eagle (KTM) 35, 4 Darren Bridge (Yamaha)
33, 5 Martin Sayer (Suzuki) 31, 6 Chris Murphy
(Suzuki) 29
British Clubman Championship:
1 Anthony Canavan (Honda) 40, 2 Michael Campbell
37
Youth Championship 250cc Open:
1 Adam James (KTM) 25 + 25 + 22 + 22 =94, 2 Connor
McKenna (Honda) 22 + 22 + 16 + 20, 3 Harry Moore
(Yamaha) 20 + 20 + 18 + 18 =76, 4 Kyle Murphy
(Yamaha) 18 + -- + 25 + 25 =68, 5 Leon Pattmore
0 + 18 + 20 + 16 =54
Youth Championship 250cc Modified: 1
Aaron Spence (Yamaha) 25 + 25 + 25 + 25 =100,
2 Jack Naylor (Yamaha) 18 + 18 + 20 + 22 =78,
3 Blake McCormick (Yamaha) 13 + 20 + 22 + 20 =75,
4 Dafydd Davies (Yamaha) 20 + 16 + 16 + 16 =68,
5 Harrison Sharpe (Yamaha) 15 + 15 +18 + 18=66,
6 Jordon Harris (Yamaha) 22 + 22 + 0 =44
Youth Championship 250cc Standard: 1
Connor Fitzgerald (Yamaha) 18 + 22 + 25 + 25 =90,
2 Kieran Heath (Yamaha) 22 + 20 + 22 + 22, 3 Joshua
Crane 20 + 18 + 20 + 20 =78, 4 Joe Ruby (Yamaha)
25 + 25 + 13 + 14 = 77, 5 Jay Gunning (Yamaha)
16 + 14 + 18 + 18 =66, 6 Luke Penrose (Yamaha)
13 + 16 + 16 + 15 =60
Youth Championship 250cc Overall: 1
Adam James (KTM) 25 + 25 + 22 + 18 =90, 2 Aaron
Spence (Yamaha) 22 + 22 + 18 + 22 =84, 3 Jack
Naylor (Yamaha) 14 + 15 + 15 + 20 =64, 4 Connor
McKenna 20 + 18 + 7 + 15 =60, 5 Kyle Murphy (Yamaha)
9 + -- + 25 + 25 = 59, 6 Blake McCormick (Yamaha)
6 + 16 + 16 + 16 =54
Youth Championship 100cc Geared:
1 Ayrton Knowles (Honda) 25 + 25 + 25 + 18 =93,
2 George Oliver 22 + 22 + 18 + 22 =84, 3 Liam
Griffiths (Yamaha) 20 + 20 + 16 + 20 =76, 4 James
Rawlins (Suzuki) 18 + 0 + 22 + 25 =65, 5 Luke
Gunning 0 + -- + 20 + -- =20
Youth Championship 100cc Modified:
1 Catrin Davies (Apache) 25 + 25 + 25 + 40 =91,
2 Thomas Chell (Quadzilla) 22 + 22 + 22 + 25 =91,
3 Thomas Fitzgerald (Apache) 20 + 20 + 20 + 22
=82, 4 Shelly Smart (Proshark) 18 + 18 + 18 +
18 =72
Youth Championship 100cc Standard:
1 Joshua Birch (Apache) 25 + 20 + 25 + 25 =95,
2 Elysha Crane (Proshark) 22 + 22 + 22 + 20 =86,
3 Vassna Wilcock (Quadzilla) 20 + 18 + 20 + 22
=80, Georgina Atkinson (Apache) 18 + 16 + 18 +
18 =70, Robert Cotton (Apache) 0 + 25 + 0 + --
=25, 6 Nathan Penrose (Proshark) 16 + -- + --
+ -- =16
Youth Championship 100cc Overall:
1 Ayrton Knowles (Honda) 25 + 25 + 25 + 11 =86,
2 Catrin Davies (Apache) 22 + 22 + 18 + 16 =78,
3 Thomas Chell (Quadzilla) 20 + 20 + 15 + 20 =75,
4 George Oliver 18 + 18 + 16 + 22 =74, 5 Thomas
Fitzgerald (Apache) 16 + 15 + 13 + 18 =62, 6 James
Rawlins (Suzuki) 8 + 0 + 22 + 25 =55
Youth Championship 50cc Modified:
1 Marcus Sprayson (ProShark) 25 + 22 + 25 + 22
=94, 2 Mitchell Kerr (Cobra) 16 + 25 + 22 + 25
=88, 3 Woody Jackson (Cobra) 20 + 18 + 20 + 20
=78, 4 Dylan McKenna (Cobra) 22 + 20 + 16 + 18
=76, 5 Cole Kilner (Cobra) 15 + 16 + 18 + 16 =65,
6 Jay Gunning (Cobra) 18 + 15 + 15 + 15 =63
Youth Championship 50cc Standard: 1
Brad Hopps (Apache) 22 + 25 + 25 + 25 =97, 2 Kenzie
Kerr (Apache) 25 + 20 + 22 + 22 =89, 3 Georgina
Cotton (Apache) 20 + 22 + -- + -- =42
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