Clean Sweep at Cardenden Scottish ATV Race for Holeshot Holmes
Scottish ATV Championship - Round 2 - April 25th

Cardenden, Scotland (4/27/2010) - The small Scottish town of Cardenden played host to Round 2 of the Scottish Championship on Sunday 25th April. The torrential rain, which had threatened the smooth running of the day's racing, stopped eventually and another action packed event was soon underway.

In race 1, Paul Holmes had first gate choice and took an awesome holeshot leading the pack around the first corner. Before the race was halfway through he'd pulled a decent lead of seven seconds, making the fastest lap of the race on lap 5 with a 1.43.837. Holmes continued his own race out front, riding at his own pace while keeping the rest of the pack a good distance behind. He crossed the finish line just under nine seconds ahead of Scotsman John Mitchell.

Race 2 saw another outstanding performance from Holmes who had made a few minor alterations to his quad's set up to better suit the track conditions. He soon pulled away from the rest of the pack and in lap 3 he secured another fastest lap of 1.42.054. This race was cut short just over the half way point when it was red-flagged due to an accident. The results stood, with Holmes claiming the win over Scotsmen Leon Beda in 2nd and John Mitchell in 3rd.

Yet another holeshot for Holmes made it 3 from 3 and leading the pack round the opening bends he soon pulled a gap. Knowing the track conditions were getting difficult as the circuit got rougher he was careful not to make any mistakes. Attaining a decent gap, he continued to pull away and in lap 4 set a 1.41.480 lap time, which not only was the fastest of the race but the fastest of the entire day. With another flag to flag race win Holmes claimed his third win of the day and his winning streak took him to 6 from 6 in the Championship.

Paul commented after the days action:
"What a difference a week makes! I was really unlucky last weekend but that's behind me and things are looking good. We made some adjustments to the quad mid week, taking on board some excellent advice about changing the set-up and as a result the quad has been awesome all day. As the day progressed we made more adjustments to the set-up in the hope of gaining a few extra seconds here and there which was really beneficial as my ever improving lap times showed. I'm happy with how today has gone and I am looking forward to the British Championship in Northern Ireland in a fortnight's time. Once again I would like to say a huge thanks to all my sponsors and supporters as they're all brilliant and I couldn't achieve this without their help and generosity."