United Kingdom (8/18/2010) -
Team KTM UK riders Paul Winrow,
Jason Macbeth and James Hellewell all delivered
fantastic performances at the double-header GOLDSPEED
ACU British Quad Championship meeting at the weekend,
all three riders making a trip to the overall
podium after a superb two days of action at the
demanding Comerton Farm venue. Promoted by Quad
Racing Scotland at the sandy Leuchars venue in
Fife on Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th
of August, the amazing result saw Team KTM UK
take four of the possible six overall podium positions,
nine of the fifteen possible top three finishes
including a race win, with only an unfortunate
incident beyond their control in the final race
on Sunday preventing the team from achieving no
lower than a 6th place finish over the entire
weekend.
Coming in to the meeting with a twelve point
lead in the series standings, Paul Winrow once
again showed the qualities that have helped
him to a record ten British Championship titles,
putting in an excellent display of race-craft
on Saturday including a candidate for pass of
the year to take the opening moto victory and
tie on points for the overall win on Saturday,
Winrow following this up on Sunday with another
dazzling display to take a 2-2-2 scorecard and
2nd overall on the day.
Having increased his lead in the series to
forty points, a delighted Winrow commented afterwards
“this has been a great event for myself
and the Team, and to have added another twenty-eight
points to my advantage is fantastic. The Team
KTM UK 505 SX is working really well, the GOLDSPEED
SC2 tyres gave me fantastic drive of the line
and good starts, and despite the circuit getting
really rough and rutted as the day progressed,
the PEP suspension handled everything with ease
and allowed me to attack the track. It’s
a pity that the 3rd race on Saturday got cancelled
as the points for the overall win were tied
and it would have been an interesting race,
but having seen the advantage I’d opened
up I was happy enough to settle for 2nd overall
on Sunday. Winning races is always good, but
winning the Championship for KTM, Team KTM UK,
our loyal sponsors and my family and friends
is more important to me. The whole Team’s
performance was outstanding today and it’s
a pleasure to be part of that success.”
