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Justwin
Racing's Justin Reid currently sits
seventh in the points after round
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Tinkerhill, Northern Ireland (7/4/2011)
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This past weekend saw the 2011 GOLDSPEED ACU
British Quad Championship head across the Irish
Sea to Northern Ireland, Justwin Racing’s
Justin Reid traveling the relatively short distance
from his Comber base to the outskirts of Newry
for round three of the seven round series.
Promoted by Quad Racing Ireland at the spectacular
Tinkerhill Motocross Circuit on Saturday the
2nd of July, Reid once again put in a superb
display to take a fantastic 6th in the opening
heat, only a troublesome final moto 19th preventing
him from finishing higher than 13th overall
on the day, his valiant effort allowing him
to remain 7th in the overall series standings.
Having last hosted a British Quad Championship
meeting in 2007, the much revamped 0.9 mile
hardpack circuit once again provided a tough
test for the elite of British Quad racing,
with some close fought battles over the two
twenty-five minute plus two-lap motos to keep
the spectators well entertained as they basked
in the sunshine.
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Justin
Reid battles it out with Paul Winrow
aboard his Can-Am DS450 ATV
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With his race bike still unavailable due
to lack of time and parts, Reid once again
used his Pont De Vaux Banshee for the early
part of practice before switching to his standard
enduro-spec Can-Am and posting 15th fastest
time for a front row start. Gating 10th around
the tight right hander as they headed out
on the first of eighteen laps, Reid immediately
put his vast knowledge of the circuit to good
use and began to move through the field, moving
up to 9th on the opening lap before slotting
in to 7th at the halfway point. His years
of experience outweighing the power advantage
of his fully tuned competitor’s machines,
Reid continued his charge up the leaderboard,
moving up to 6th with five laps to go and
comfortably holding position to take the checkered
flag after thirty hot and hectic minutes.
A poor start by his standards saw Reid get
bogged down at the start of the second moto,
rounding the first corner in 20th and with
a lot of work to do. Quickly adapting to the
much-changed surface conditions and finding
his rhythm, Reid began to work up through
the field and within three laps had moved
up to 17th when his progress was thwarted
by a misfiring engine, Reid forced to pit
to investigate the problem. Losing positions
and time as they worked to get underway, Reid
dropped to 22nd before the problem mysteriously
rectified itself and the bike returned to
full power. Almost a lap down to the rest
of the field as he set of at a blistering
pace, Reid amazingly caught up to the riders
in front within three laps to move in to the
points with 20th at half distance, closing
the gap to 19th as the race progressed and
taking the position on the last lap to secure
two valuable championship points.
Currently 7th in the standings with four
rounds remaining, Reid commented,
“Unfortunately I only got the parts
for my race bike yesterday so when we put
it together I wasn’t entirely happy
with the way it was running, so rather than
risk it I opted to run my spare bike today.
It is pretty underpowered, so passing was
hard but my consistency paid off in the first
race and my pace was nearly identical each
lap until the end so I’m happy about
that. I’m not sure what happened in
the second moto but with the new rules this
year I can drop my worst 2 races – so
I’m still in the thick of it…I’m
now looking forward to Dean Moor where I will
have a fresh bike which will really suit the
fast track. A big ‘well done’
to everyone at Quad Racing Ireland for all
their effort over the last few weeks –
the track prep was excellent”.
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Goldspeed ACU British Quad Championship
- Round 3 - Tinkerhill
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| Race 1 |
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| Position |
Rider |
| 1 |
John Mitchel |
| 2 |
Mark Watson |
| 3 |
Paul Holmes |
| 4 |
Paul Winrow |
| 5 |
David Wray |
| 6 |
Justin Reid |
| Race 2 |
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| Position |
Rider |
| 1 |
Paul Holmes |
| 2 |
John Mitchell |
| 3 |
Mark Watson |
| 4 |
James Hellewell |
| 5 |
David Wray |
| 6 |
Carl Bunce |
| 20... |
Justin Reid |
| Goldspeed
ACU British Quad Championship
- ATV Pro Points |
| Position |
Rider |
Points |
| 1 |
John Mitchell |
144 |
| 2 |
MARK WATSON Team KTM UK |
99 |
| 3 |
David Wray |
98 |
| 4 |
JAMES HELLEWELL Team KTM UK |
89 |
| 5 |
Carl Bunce |
84 |
| 6 |
Giles Davis |
81 |
| 7. |
Justin Reid |
68 |
Next race: Saturday 23rd July 2011, Ulster
Premier Quad Championship Round 5, Donemana
Motocross Circuit, Donemana, Northern Ireland
