CCM BRITISH QUAD-CROSS CHAMPS
By TMX Archives on 20th Apr 07
JOE Maessen lead the large pack of quads into turn one at the start of the first quad race of 2007 with his team-mate, Leon Beda, second and Stefan Murphy bike the wrong way up against the fencing.
JOE Maessen lead the large pack of quads into turnone at the start of the first quad race of 2007 with his team-mate,Leon Beda, second and Stefan Murphy bike the wrong way up against thefencing.
On lap two it all went wrong for Winrow: I wasgoing up the inside of a slower rider and just touched which swung meround and bit more then I would have liked. I hit a pile of tyresmarking the track. By the time I pulled the bike off them, I was almostat the back of the pack.''
But then things went from bad to worse for Winrow!Later in the race, and trying too hard, I hit a straw bail at theside of the track, stalling the engine.'' Net result, last place.
Meanwhile, Maessen was still in the lead andopening up a small gap over Beda, Lindsey Duke and Richard Tordoff,with last year's champion, John Mitchell, fifth.
Ten minutes into the race and things started to gowrong for Mitchell: A part of the silencer broke off and jammed inthe exhaust pipe and closed it up, so I lost most of the power till wecame in and modified it, by which time the leaders were well gone.''
CCM BRITISH QUAD-CROSS CHAMPS
Rd 1 - Whiteway Barton, Kingsteignton, Devon
(West of England MC)
1 Joe Maessen (Mercuria GYTR Yamaha) 25 + 22 = 47
2 Lindsey Duke (L&G Plant Honda) 16 + 25 = 41
3 Jason Macbeth (Fourtech Honda) 20 + 18 = 38
4 Richard Tordoff (Anderson ATV Suzuki) 22 + 13 = 35
5 William Waggott (KIK Honda) 14 + 20 = 34
6 Justin Reid (F&F GYTR Yamaha) 15 + 16 = 31
For full report, results and pictures see T+MX NEWS, Friday, April 20, 2007.