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Justin
Reid took another clean sweep of race
wins, earning him the 2009 P&O
Winter Supermoto Series title
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Ireland (11/23/2009) -Justin
Reid took yet another clean sweep of race wins
and maximum points to win the 2009 P&O Winter
Supermoto Series in style at a wet and windy
Kirkistown race circuit at the weekend, the
Comber rider dominating the Ulster Aerials Quad
class to add his name to the list of winners
of the prestigious Kevin Martin Memorial Trophy.
Travelling down the Ards Peninsula to the superb
venue needing just twelve points from the 4th
and final round, Justin quickly showed that
he had no intentions of taking the easy option
as he put in a dominant display to clinch the
title he last won in 2002.
Despite heavy rain and gale force winds making
for miserable conditions at the Killinchy
& District MCC promoted event, Justin’s
skill and determination came to the fore as
he blitzed the field to remain fastest rider
throughout the day, taking pole position before
delivering lights to flag victories in the
first two heats, with a winning margin of
almost twenty-five seconds in the opening
ten lap race, but his outstanding performance
in the final outing of the day had the paddock
talking long after the meeting had drawn to
a close.
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Justin
delivered light to flag victories
in the first 2 heats, with a winning
margin of about 25 seconds in the
opening 10 lap race
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Despite
heavy rain and gale force winds, Justin
remained the fastest rider through
out the day
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Running 7th at the end of the opening lap
after a poor start, the former British and
Ulster Champion showed why he is the outright
lap record holder around the 0.9 mile Kirkistown
circuit, Justin, lapping almost two-and-a-half
seconds faster than his nearest rival as he
treated the crowd to an exhibition of riding
skills to take the lead six laps later, his
pass for the lead around the outside on the
exit from the shale section a candidate for
pass of the series before cruising to a comfortable
four second win.
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Justin
is the lap record holder around the
0.9 mile Kirkistown circuit, which
helped him move into the lead after
6 laps
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It
will be difficult to beat Justin's
consistency during the 5 heats of
the 4-round series
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Justin’s domination and consistency
throughout the fifteen heats of the four-round
series have been truly outstanding and will
be difficult to beat. In addition to taking
three of the four overall wins, Justin has
won eleven of the fifteen heats with seven
of those wire to wire, taken the runner up
spot in three of the four heats not won, qualified
pole twice, taken fastest lap of the race
seven times and has led seventy-seven of the
one-hundred and twenty laps in total!
Speaking after the event Justin commented,
"Fair play to the club, all the marshals
and track personnel who braved the conditions
toady to enable us to race. Between the wind
and rain, it was absolutely horrendous this
morning – it was crazy how much later
you could brake at the end of the main straight
simply due to the head wind. Once I had the
Championship wrapped up I decided to hang
back at the start of the last race and try
to come through the field. I had a lot of
fun and it worked out well with some good
wheel to wheel racing… Huge thanks to
my mechanics Tommy and Jim for all their invaluable
help through the series. It’s great
to finish the season on a high!"
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Race 1: |
Race 2: |
Race 3: |
1st - Justin Reid
2nd - Cathal McCartan
3rd - Colin Forsythe
4th - Emma Mackin
5th - Geoffrey Ingram Jr |
1st - Justin Reid
2nd - Cathal McCartan
3rd - Geoffrey Ingram Jr
4th - Terence Mackin
5th - Emma Mackin |
1st - Justin Reid
2nd - Daniel McDermott
3rd - Cathal McCartan
4th - Geoffrey Ingram Jr
5th - Colin Forsythe |
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P&O
Winter Supermoto Series Final Standings
(Round 4 of 4) |
1st -
Justin Reid 473
2nd - Cathal McCartan 390
3rd - Emma Mackin 285
4th - Terence Mackin 283
5th - Geoffrey Ingram Jnr 252
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Next race for Justin: Saturday
28th November 2009 – Future West
British Supercross Championship Round
1, NEC Arena, Birmingham |