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Paul Holmes
took the last win of the season at Milton
Moto Park aboard his Holmes Racing Yamaha
YFZ450R ATV
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England (10/4/2011) - Holmes
Racing’s Paul Holmes showed exceptional
speed and style to win the final round of the
2011 GOLDSPEED British championship at Milton
Park this past weekend. Taking 2 wins and a 5th
place Holmes moved to 2nd place in the overall
Championship which is an amazing result considering
he missed the entire first round due to an event
clash with the European Championship in which
he also claimed 2nd overall.
This final round of the Championship came just
1 week after Holmes represented his country
in the 2011 Quad-X of Nations event in Germany
where he took one win and a 2nd place claiming
the 2nd place overall individual honours.
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Paul Holmes
placed second overall in the ACU British
Quadcross Championship
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The fast and flowing technical track of Milton
Park saw sunshine all race day and with the
usual format of 2 races being pushed to 3 races
due to an earlier rounds cancelation, The qualifying
session was cut down to just 15mins. Holmes
once again claimed the fastest lap in qualification,
firmly putting himself in the record books for
managing 100% 1st place qualifying results in
rounds attended in one season.
Race 1: With confidence
high following qualifying Holmes grabbed a good
start but was unfortunately caught up on the
3rd
corner with a small pile up of quads whilst
tussling with Championship points leader Mitchell.
Leaving the carnage
unscathed Holmes battled with Mitchell and once
the pass was made Holmes pulled an instant gap
and caught the 6 riders
battling ahead of him on lap 2. By lap 4 Holmes
had moved into second place and after another
2 laps he closed in on and
passed early race leader Murphy. Holmes made
the pass stick and began to pull a gap which
he kept until the end of the
30min race and won comfortably by 11 seconds
over Bunce.
Race 2: With another
front of pack start, Holmes found himself in
2nd place on the opening laps before moving
into the
lead. Whilst maintaining a 7 second lead trying
to replicate race 1’s performance, a slight
lapse in concentration caused
Holmes to spin the quad on the slick polished
track and he stalled the engine. Once restarted
Holmes had an issue with
the track markers and was way down in 15th place
when he finally got going again. Holmes rode
his heart out and slogged
it out in the hot conditions all the way through
the pack to end the race in 5th place.
Race 3: Needing
a 1st place to claim the overall win, Holmes
wasted no time in the final race by moving from
2nd to 1st on the 2nd lap and by setting the
fastest lap of the race began instantly to pull
a gap on the rest of the field. Holmes kept
his composure and rode a flawless race to take
the chequered flag and the overall victory by
a comfortable 12 seconds.
| Goldspeed
ACU British Quad Championship - ATV Pro
Overall Top 5 |
| Position |
Rider |
Points |
| 1 |
John Mitchell |
256 |
| 2 |
Paul Holmes |
219 |
| 3 |
Carl Bunce |
190 |
| 4 |
Mark Watson |
174 |
| 5 |
Stefan Murphy |
167 |
| Goldspeed
ACU British Quad Championship -Round 5-
ATV Pro Overall Top 5 |
| Position |
Rider |
Points |
| 1 |
Paul Holmes |
66 |
| 2 |
Carl Bunce |
66 |
| 3 |
John Mitchell |
61 |
| 4 |
Stefan Murphy |
53 |
| 5 |
Oliver Sansom |
146 |
Rounding up Holmes’s results for the
season, he was the only rider to consistently
stay in the top 5 positions in the races he
finished and all except one of those results
were in the top 3.
Holmes commented after the days racing action;
I am really pleased with how today has gone.
Qualifying again in 1st was great and I that
set me up for a great day. I was kicking myself
after making the mistake in the 2nd race but
without giving up and working hard I stayed
determined to the finish line and that 5th was
good enough to go with my 2 wins to give me
the overall victory. It was a huge shame there
was an event clash this year with the European
Championship and although I am happy to have
claimed 2nd place only attending 5 from 6 rounds,
I feel I have ridden stongly and could have
possibly taken the Championship title, but I
will carry this momentum on through my winter
program and come out next year even stronger.
I would like to say a huge thank you to the
team for not only this weekend but the year,
They have been great and I couldn’t have
done it without them and my amazingly supportive
sponsors.
Holmes Racing would
like to take this opportunity to thank
GR Electrical Services PEP Suspension, Goldspeed
Tires, SHIFT Racing, DWT, Laegers, HINSON, DP
Brakes,Twin Air, Kutvek Kit Graphik, Motion
Pro, RNR, ATVs Only, AXP, BORN, Quad Tech, Renthal,
TPSL, Gaerne, Muk Junkie, Pulse Beats and Lonestar
Racing for their continued support and also
thank and welcome to the team new sponsors DOMA
Exhausts, Drag’on DistributionATV NRG,
Drag’on Tek, MOTUL, ATV World, Action
Cameras, GoPro, SAMCO hoses, Racebikebitz, Pro
Armour, Tire Balls, Leatt, USWE and Elkay Sports.
