Beda time for Leon
By TMX Archives on 21st May 08
LINDSEY Duke grabbed the holeshot at the start of the Quad opener with the on-form Beda and Willie Waggott in close attendance, but as they completed the lap, Beda was in second while Mitchell was way back in 30th place after having trouble with another rider.
Winrow was in fourth, but during the next four laps he made his way ahead of Waggott, Duke and then Beda and into the lead while Mitchell was struggling to make his way forward.
At the halfway stage Beda hit trouble and slipped back to eighth spot while Waggott passed Duke for second.
At the flag it was Winrow by just over 13-seconds from Waggott, Beda and Tordoff as Mitchell ended the race in sixth.
A determined Mitchell got the holeshot in race two ahead of Beda and Duke, but the Scot's race was short-lived as a mechanical put him out of the running after just over one and a half laps.
Beda took the lead and that was the last any of his rivals saw of him.
Meanwhile, Winrow was up to second by lap eight, but arm pump caused him to drop back and into the hands of Paul Holmes, and Waggott.
So, Beda won by just under eight-seconds from Holmes and Winrow, while Mark Watson headed up the best of the rest.
After the race, winner Beda said: "In the opener I fell when in second place, but luckily the bike ended up on its wheels and I got back on and battled back to third place. In race two, I got the holeshot and just kept my head down and just went for it.”
Second place man, Winrow said: "In the second race I just went over one of the berms, loosing some places and in a effort to get back to the front I
got arm-pump and the harder I tried the worse it got. However, I still have the points lead so I am happy.”
Meanwhile, a philosophical Mitchell: "In the first race I got a reasonable start but got rammed up the back on the first lap and his front and my rear wheels became entangled. That took some time to separate, so I was right up the back with no real chance of getting in the big points.”
"In race two, I got the holeshot but when I landed from a jump it felt like the rear-shock had gone at first. In fact one of the rear hubs had broken and the wheel overtook me, hit the fence and went over it – we still can't find it!
"It's a shame as the bike was going well, I felt good and liked the track and we were hoping for some
good points. But that's racing!”
BRITISH QUAD-CROSS CHAMPS
Rd 3 – Dean Moor, Cumbria (West Cumbria MCC)
1 Leon Beda (131 Racing Yamaha) 20 + 25 = 45
2 Paul Winrow (Winrow Honda) 25 + 20 = 45
3 William Waggott (KIK Honda) 22 + 16 = 38
4 Richard Tordoff (Mercuria GYTR Yamaha) 18 + 13 = 31
5 Dave Hammersley (Lamos Yamaha) 16 + 14 = 30
6 Mark Watson (Anderson Suzuki) 5 + 18 = 23
7 Jonny Kelly (Aglinton Timber Honda) 11 + 12 = 23
8 Michael McAneney (JB Homes Yamaha) 14 + 9 = 23
9 Paul Holmes (ATV World Yamaha) 0 + 22 = 22
10 Stefan Murphy (Winrow Honda) 9 + 10 = 19
11 James Behan (Fourtech ATV Honda) 12+6=18, 12 Carl Bunce (Anderson Suzuki) 6+11=17, 13 Lindsey Duke (L&G Plant Honda) 0+15=15, 14 John Mitchell (ATV World Yamaha) 15+0=15, 15 Richard Toye (Yamaha) 7+7=14, 16 Oliver Sansom (Cromwell Trucks Yamaha) 10+4=14, 17 Justin Reid (Team Can Am) 13+0=13, 18 Cathal McGilligan (Honda) 8+3=11, 19 Wayne Tyson (KIK Honda) 2+8=10, 20 Sam Bishop (Fourtech ATV Honda) 3+5=8, 21 David Cowan (Gilchrist Yamaha) 4+0=4, 22 Justin Parry (Frenni Transport Yamaha) 0+2=2, 23 Chris Murphy (450 Honda) 0+1=1, 24 Sean Goss (ATV World Yamaha) 1+0=1.
RACE ONE: 1 Winrow, 2 Waggott, 3 Beda, 4 Tordoff, 5 Dave Hammersley, 6 Mitchell, 7 McAneney, 8 Reid, 9 Behan, 10 Kelly, 11 Sansom, 12 Stefan Murphy, 13 McGilligan, 14 Toye, 15 Bunce, 16 Watson, 17 Cowan, 18 Bishop, 19 Tyson, 20 Goss.
RACE TWO: 1 Beda, 2 Holmes, 3 Winrow, 4 Watson, 5 Waggott, 6 Duke, 7 Dave Hammersley, 8 Tordoff, 9 Kelly, 10 Bunce, 11 Stefan Murphy, 12 McAneney, 13 Tyson, 14 Toye, 15 Behan, 16 Bishop, 17 Sansom, 18 McGilligan, 19 Parry, 20 Chris Murphy.
SERIES STANDINGS after 3 (of 8) rounds: 1 Winrow 142 points, 2 Tordoff 104, 3 Dave Hammersley 80, 4 Holmes 76, 5 Beda 75, 6 Watson 74, 7 Waggott 73, 8 Mitchell 64, 9 Stefan Murphy 61, 10 Toye 56, 11 Duke 53, 12 McAneney 50, 13 Tyson 45, 14 Bunce 45, 15 Simon Hammersley 43,...
NEXT ROUND: Jun 29 – Hawkstone Park, nr Shrewsbury, Shrops (Salop MC).
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CAP The four-wheeled demons kick up the Dean Moor dirt as they blast into action from the starting line.
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CAP Leon Beda secured overall Quad class glory with a second race win at the dusty Dean Moor.