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Paul Holmes
placed first overall at Kegums by winning
both motos aboard his Yamaha YFZ450R
ATV
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Kegums, Latvia (8/12/2011) - HOLMES Racing’s
Paul Holmes took all the glory at Kegums in Latvia
last weekend with two clear race wins and closed
in on the Championship lead.
The picturesque sand based track was perfectly
prepared as usual. With blue skies and extremely
high temperatures,
Holmes opted to limit the amount of laps he
turned in free practice to conserve energy for
Sunday’s two 30 min + 2 lap
races. Despite his lack of laps in free practice
Holmes shot straight to the top of the timing
screens in the 40min
Qualifying session but was pipped by a local
rider at the end of the session meaning a 2nd
choice of gate pick for the
races.
Race 1: With a perfect
jump out of the gate, Holmes grabbed an amazing
Holeshot and immediately began to show immense
pace by pulling away from the pack at around
1 second per lap. At the half way stage of the
race Holmes had built up a 20 second lead over
Championship points leader Couprie. As the race
wore on Holmes continued to set a great pace
whilst riding within his comfort zone and took
an incredible win 37 seconds clear of 2nd place.
Paul Holmes Conquers Kegums at Round 5 of the
Goldspeed European Quad Championship
Race 2: Hoping for
another win, Holmes wanted another Holeshot
but as he led into the first corner he was rammed
from behind and got trapped in the resulting
multi quad pile up. Holmes eventually got going
but he was down in 16th place and had a lot
of work ahead of him. He wasted no time passing
Couprie on the opening lap, who'd also been
caught up in the carnage, and began to dice
through the field making passes look easy on
the rough sandy track.
Holmes continued his pace with an incredible
show of speed all the way until he took the
lead on lap 8 and set the fastest lap of the
race which was a full second clear of any other
rider. Keeping consistent speed and concentration
levels Holmes rode smart all the way until the
chequered flag which he took 26 seconds ahead
of Couprie in 2nd with early race leader Torraco
claiming 3rd. HOLMES Flies to victory in both
races
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Goldspeed
European Championships Pro Podium (left
to right)
Romain Couprie(1st), Paul Holmes (1st),
Nicola Montalbini (3rd) |
Holmes next adventure takes him to Southern
France to compete in the prestigious annual
12hour Endurance event of Pont de Vaux. Holmes
will again join Romain Couprie, Joe Maessen
and Team Audemar Yamaha as they attempt to repeat
their winning performance of 2010.
With two clear race wins Holmes took the overall
1st place position and made the top step of
the podium his own all weekend and grabbed a
maximum amount of points which puts him within
15 points of the overall lead in the series.
| Goldspeed
European Championships - ATV Pro Overall
- Round 5 |
| Place |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Paul Holmes (GB) |
50 |
| 2 |
Romain Couprie |
44 |
| 3 |
Nicola Montalbini (I) |
38 |
| 4 |
Nicola Montalbini |
36 |
| 5 |
Renaldas Petrulionis |
24 |
| Goldspeed
European Championships - Top 5 ATV
Pro Points After Round 5 |
| Place |
Name |
Points |
| 1 |
Romain Couprie (F) |
232 |
| 2 |
Paul Holmes (GB) |
217 |
| 3 |
Nicola Montalbini (I) |
198 |
| 4 |
Stefan Schreiber (D) |
160 |
| 5 |
Mattia Torraco (I) |
146 |
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.
