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Richard Tordoff Fantastic 4th Overall at Dean Moor ATV Race

Yamaha GYTR ATV Richard Tordoff

Richard Tordoff

Europe (5/20/2008) - Sunday the 18th of May saw the Filtec GYTR Team Yamaha racing team travel North to Dean Moor Motocross Park near Whitehaven, Cumbria, the West Cumbria MXC promoting the 3rd round of the 2008 ACU British MMX Quad Championship at the picturesque but demanding circuit on the edge of the Lake District. Holding 2nd place in the series coming in to this round but having aggravated a back injury at the opening European Championship round the previous weekend, team rider Ricky Tordoff still maintained a positive approach coming in to the weekend, and as the crew headed home to Elland after a frantic days racing this positive attitude had bourne fruit, Ricky taking a fantastic 4th overall to extend his lead over 3rd place to twenty four points.

Race One
Glorious sunshine was the order of the day as the riders took to the circuit in timed practice, Ricky securing 9th pick of gate after a few modifications to the Lonestar / Ohlins suspension settings to tame the demanding track. A poor start by his standards left Ricky mid pack around the first corner, Ricky completing his first full circuit in 12th position with a lot of work to do. Using the excellent traction of the Goldspeed tyres in the loose surface, Ricky quickly settled in to a rhythm and gradually began making up places, moving past Chris North on lap two and quickly closing the gap to Justin Reid and Michael McAneney in front. Passing both Reid and McAneney for 9th within two laps and continuing to scythe his way through the field, Ricky past early race leader Lindsay Duke, Simon Hammersley and James Behan on the same lap to move up to 6th. With half the twenty five minute plus two lap moto still to run and the four way battle for 2nd place within his sights, Ricky pushed hard over the next two laps and began to close the gap before armpump set in and slowed his progress. Forced to maintain a steady pace and unable to ride at full pace for the next three laps, the arm-pump finally subsided enabling Ricky to quickly close in on the battling quartet, and as the two-lap board came out Ricky had caught and passed David Cowan and David Hammersley for 4th position, comfortably holding the position to the chequered flag for a valuable eighteen points.

Race Two
Yamaha GYTR ATV Richard Tordoff MMX

Richard Tordoff

Another mid pack start for the final race of the day left Ricky circulating in 11th position at the end of the opening lap. With the Lonestar / Ohlins suspension working overtime on the rough and rutted surface, Ricky quickly moved up through the ranks, James Behan, Michael McAneney and Carl Bunce demoted over the opening half of the race to leaving Ricky 8th. Riding with severe back pain and with arm pump once again setting in, Ricky nevertheless continued on a relentless pace to catch the rider in 7th, but struggling to safely manoeuvre the bike to make a pass stick, wisdom replaced valour and Ricky relaxed in to a comfortable pace to the end of the race, crossing the finish line after fourteen fast and furious laps for a well deserved 8th place.

Ricky Tordoff
“ Given the circumstances with my back coming in to this weekend I’m really happy with my overall performance. I got a poor start and really bad arm pump half way in to the first race and had to ease of a bit, but it disappeared with three laps to go and I was able to push through to 4th. In the second race my back was very stiff and once the arm pump set in I couldn’t safely push hard enough to make up any more places. At that stage I decided it was better to finish and extend the gap between 3rd and myself in the series so I just cruised to the end. I’d like to thank Richard and Ian at Pro-Prep for doing a great job with the bike and it worked perfectly all weekend. The next round is at Hawkstone in six weeks so I’ll be aiming for podium results there.”

Brittish Quad Championship Round 3 Race Results

Race One Race Two
  1. Paul Winrow
  2. William Waggott
  3. Leon Beda
  4. Ricky Tordoff
  5. David Hammersley

1. Leon Beda
2. Paul Holmes
3. Paul Winrow
4. Mark Watson
5. William Waggott
8. Ricky Tordoff


Championship Standings (after 3 of 8 rounds)
    1. Paul Winrow 142
    2. Ricky Tordoff 104
    3. David Hammersley 80
    4. Paul Holmes 76
    5. Leon Beda 75

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