A 'rows by any other name...
By TMX Archives on 13th Nov 08
MARTIN Benbow, riding a 450 ATV World Yamaha, won the sixth and final round of the QRA's British Quad Endurance Championship at a wet and windy Llangrove, deep in the heart of Wales.But while Benbow won the round in the pre-class, it was the on-form Paul Winrow, on his 450 Winrow Honda, who took the championship by 11 points from last year's winner, Steve Atkins, riding a Suzuki.Heavy overnight rain finally stopped as racing was about to start and the rest of the day was wet but rain free all be it under a grey overcast sky. Winrow was unbeaten in the opening five rounds and led the riders round the first of 20 laps that went deep into the forest, and after the first hour was up he was still out in front.
Chris Cook, Benbow and Clint Eagle were all in touch with Winrow but Atkins was back in sixth place on his Suzuki.
At the end of the second hour, Winrow had suffered a small number of little problems and had slipped down to sixth while Benbow had upped his pace and found his way into the lead.
Atkins to was making progress and was now up to third, having passed both Cook and Eagle and was just behind Ben James.
At the end of the three-hour event Benbow was the winner by just under a minute from Atkins, Eagle, and John Robson while Winrow finished in fifth place and was the champion for 2008.
The Expert class was a mess as an unnamed rider was excluded after the event for changing machines during the race and changing back to his original bike before the end. This is against the rules, but there is an ongoing appeal so the results my still be changed, but this is how it went on the day.
Darran Bridge on his 450 Yamaha led the event from start to finish with Lewis Hill being passed in the third hour by Ian Johnson for second and third.
BRITISH QUAD ENDURANCE CHAMPS
Rd 6 Llangrove, Wales (QRA)
PRO CLASS: 1 Martin Benbow, 2 Steve Atkins, 3 Clint Eagle, 4 John Robson, 5 Paul Winrow, 6 Chris Cook.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Paul Winrow 261 points (CHAMPION), 2 Steve Atkins 250, 3 Chris Cook 237, 4 Benbow 221, 5 Robson 209, 6 David Baldwin 194, 7 Eagle 193, 8 Matt James 193, 9 Caine Hinder 192, 10 Simon Osenton 184.
EXPERT CLASS: 1 Darran Bridge, 2 Ian Johnson, 3 Lewis Hill, 4 Richard Horton, 5 Ryan Griffin, 6 Barrie Dennis.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Lewis Hill 242 points (CHAMPION), 2 Darran Bridge 229, 3 Richard Bradford 219, 4 Ian Johnson 198, 5 Paul Hannam 189, 6 Barrie Dennis 188, 7 Richard Horton 187, 8 Ryan Griffin 185, 9 Michael Nash 179, 10 Dave Tokarz 144.
CLUBMAN/ LADY CLASS: 1 Josh Chilcott, 2 Nathan Palmer, 3 Clyde Thompson, 4 Martin Evison, 5 Christian Bye, 6 Peter Gallagher, 7 Nigel Morris, 8 Beverley Barnes, 9 Elizabeth Price, 10 Gary Evans.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Nathan Palmer 306 points (CHAMPION), 2 Martin Evison 296, 3 Clyde Thompson 287, 4 Barnes 279, 5 Gallagher 256, 6 Price 250, 7 Josh Chilcott 247, 8 Sam Barrett 222, 9 Jason Lowe 210, 10 Mark Lakeland 206.
STOCK CLASS: 1 Andy Mellor, 2 Gary Bowen, 3 Peter Hockly, 4 Moose Pittaway, 5 Richard Clark.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Gary Bowen 159 points (CHAMPION), 2 Liam Ryland 147, 3 Andy Mellor 134, 4 Clark 122, 5 Pittaway 120, 6 Peter Hockly 105, 7 Aaron Marriott 83, 8 Warren Jackson 73, 9 Jim Jones 41, 10 Lance Hand 34.
QUAD 4x4 CLASS: 1 Jon Morgan, 2 Stephen Williams, 3 Neil Martin, 4 Simon Davies, 5 Robert Gee.
FINAL SERIES STANDINGS after 6 rounds: 1 Stephen Williams 147 points (CHAMPION), 2 Jon Morgan 114, 3 Neil Martin 114, 4 Davies 98, 5 Gee 89, 6 Scott Davis 32, 7 Phil Rowley 30, 8 Ben Webb 6.
FOR FULL REPORT SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2008