Day of good four tunes
By TMX Archives on 16th Jul 08
PAUL Winrow continued his winning ways by taking first place in the Pro class at round four of the QRA's British Quad Endurance Championship. He has now posted four wins for four starts, and looks unbeatable, so far.
With the weather forecast not looking so good for the weekend, Tony Nash and his very small band of helpers almost called off the event on the Saturday morning as rain just continued to fall.
But as that thought was forming in the minds of the organisers, a contingent of Irish riders turned up and all they could do was try and run the event.
The course was shortened because of the conditions but most thought that this course of action was better then going home.
David Baldwin lead from the start, but was passed by Winrow in the early stages.
Winrow completed the three-hour event just over 90-seconds clear of defending champion, Steve Atkins, with Chris Cook third.
Lewis Hill won a closely fought battle with Rhyan Griffin for Expert honours, with Roger Page a close third.
Josh Chilcott came out tops in the Clubman class with Nathan Palmer second, but Beverley Barnes and Elizabeth Price filled the next two places and showed lots of the men a clean pair of heels.
Liam Ryland won the Stock class from Gary Bowen with Steve Williams winning a rather small Auto/ 4x4 class.
RESULTS
Pro Class: 1 Paul Winrow (450 Winrow Honda), 2 Steve Atkins (450 MKM Rocketman Suzuki), 3 Chris Cook (450 Winrow Honda), 4 John Robson (450 KIK Honda), 5 Caine Hinder (450 Winrow Honda), 6 David Baldwin (525 Quad Magazine KTM), 7 Martin Bendow (450 ATV World Yamaha), 8 Stuart Jones (450 Can Am), 9 Simon Osenton (450 Suzuki), 10 Ben James 525 KTM).
Expert: 1 Lewis Hill (450 MKM Rocketman Suzuki), 2 Rhyan Griffin (450 Yamaha), 3 Roger Page (450 Yamaha), 4 Richard Bradford (450 Yamaha), 5 Paul Hannam (450 Honda), 6 Ian Johnson (450 Honda), 7 Chris King (450 Honda), 8 Scott Pratley (450 Yamaha), 9 Ashley McConnell (700 Yamaha), 10 Richard Horton (450 Suzuki).
Clubman: 1 Josh Chilcott (MKM Rocketman Suzuki), 2 Nathan Palmer (450 Palmer Sport KTM), 3 Beverley Barnes (450 Mike Pryce Suzuki), 4 Elizabeth Price (450 Suzuki), 5 Clyde Thompson (450 Bourne Removals Honda), 6 Jamie Hail (450 Honda), 7 Adam Shanahan (450 Honda), 8 Peter Gallagher (450 Honda), 9 Jason Lowe (450 Gas Heating Yamaha), 10 Sam Barrett (450 Suzuki).
Stock: 1 Liam Ryland (450 MKM Rocketman Suzuki), 2 Gary Bowen (450 MPM Suzuki), 3 Andy Mellor (450 Suzuki), 4 Richard Clark (450 Yamaha), 5 Aaron Marriott (450 Can Am), 6 Moose Pittaway (450 Rocket Centre Suzuki), 7 Warren Jackson (450 WD Suzuki).
Auto/ 4x4 Class: 1 Steve Williams (800 Can Am), 2 Jon Morgan (800 KMM Can Am), 3 Neil Martin (700 Yamaha), 4 Robert Gee (700 Suzuki), Simon Davies (700 Suzuki).