Winrow reaches for the Big Sky
By TMX Archives on 11th Mar 09
PAUL Winrow showed everyone present why he is the 2008 Quad Motocross and Quad Endurance champion by winning the two-day Margate Big Sky Beach Cross.
Winrow wasn't content to just ride the Quad class as he took second place behind a very fast Jamie Wilson in the Solo class. Meanwhile, alongside the grownups, was the Youth Quad event with Oliver Drabble winning five out of his six races to take the overall.
The weekend all started on Thursday as the Nash family turned up at the north Kent seaside town and, with the help of the diggers supplied by Ovenden Plant Hire, pushed and shoved the main beach into the best track since racing started at Margate.
On Saturday, the sun came out and so did the crowds to line the sea wall and watch two groups of Adult Quad racers, plus a handful of Youth Quad riders. All groups had three races on each day of the two- day meeting with the Pro Quads and the Solos getting an extra ‘Dash for Cash' race.
The Quad Pro class was to become a clash
of the Winrow Hondas as the man himself and
his team-mate Stefan Murphy set the early pace with the lead changing hands three or four times with Jason Wildman lying in third place.
Race two was a copy of the first, the same two out in front with Jason Wildman again third. In the final race Winrow, in the name of entertainment, let the rest of the riders go and started the race from the back of the pack. This left Murphy unchallenged to take his only win of the weekend with Jerome Bricheux finally getting a fine second place, while Jason Wildman notched yet another third place. As for Winrow, he managed to get up to fifth and lead the overall standings at the end of the first day of racing.
MARGATE BIG SKY BEACH CROSS
Margate Seafront (Quad Racing Assn)
Pro Quad class: 1 Paul Winrow (Winrow Honda) 133 points, 2 Stef Murphy (Winrow Honda) 131, 3 Jerome Bricheux (Dragon KTM) 103, 4 Ricky Tordoff (ATV World Polaris) 101, 5 Ryan Wildman (MKM Rocketman Suzuki) 96, 6 Jason Wildman (MKM Rocketman Suzuki) 94, 7 Ben Richmond (ATV World Suzuki) 84, 8 Liam Ryland (MKM Rocketman Suzuki) 80, 9 Geoff Sharpe (Sharpes Builders Honda) 68, 10 Simon Osenton (Suzuki) 66, 11 Ben Harman (Adrenalin Can Am) 59, 12 Arran Turner (Broadoak Suzuki) 37.
Expert Quad class: 1 Richard Horton (Suzuki) 120, 2 Chris Murphy (Polaris) 117, 3 Rodney Dennis (Honda) 105, 4 Christian Bye (Yamaha) 96, 5 Chris King (Suzuki) 81, 6 Kevin Dixon (Suzuki) 76, 7 Phillip Johnson (Yamaha) 74. 8 Oliver Smith (Yamaha) 67, 9 Chris Brown (Suzuki) 64, 10 Ant Barrett (MKM Suzuki) 62, 11 Mark Turner (Suzuki) 58, 12 Gavin Sharpe (Honda) 54.
Youth Quad class: 1 Oliver Drabble (Yamaha) 125, 2 Ameelie Miller (Jaks Quads Yamaha) 124, 3 Daniel Lewis (Yamaha) 116, 4 Jak Griffiths (Jaks Quads Yamaha) 112, 5 Jamie Morgan (KMM Yamaha) 112, 6 Luke Brown (Suzuki) 46.
Solo class: 1 Jamie Wilson (250 Candy Wheels Yamaha) 145, 2 Paul Winrow (450 Winrow Honda) 131, 3 Jay Holloway (250 Kawasaki) 109, 4 Craig Polden (250 Kings KTM) 81, 5 Tony Roffey (250 T&L Honda) 71, 6 Tony Milton (250 T&L Honda) 57, 7 Louie Roffey Milton (250 T&L Honda) 57, 8 Mark Bowden (250 Husqvarna) 55, 9 Daniel Tilley (250 Motorward Yamaha) 54, 10 Sam Holloway (250 Suzuki) 51, 11 Carl Lawrence (250 Kawasaki) 49, 12 Jimmy Offley (450 Honda) 46.
Solo Dash for cash final: 1 Daniel Tilley (250 Motorward Yamaha), 2 Jamie Wilson (250 Candy Wheels Yamaha), 3 Craig Polden (250 Kings KTM).
Quad Dash for cash: 1 Jerome Bricheux (KTM), 2 Paul Winrow (Winrow Honda), and 3 Ricky Tordoff (ATV World Polaris).
FOR FULL STORY SEE T+MX NEWS, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009
Jason Wildman (MKM Rocketman Suzuki) roars past Margate's clock tower on his way to sixth in Pro Quad.