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Paul Holmes Wins IOPD
Quad X Championship
ATV World Yamaha rider Paul Holmes won the
IOPD Quad X Championship on the 6th of September
after an impressive season.
Race One: Paul got a good start and just was
only just passed at the first corner by Oli
Sansom and James Behan. Paul then overtook James
on the third lap. Paul was determined to take
maximum points and was beginning to catch Oli,
who had worked a big lead. With just three laps
to go, Paul had caught up and passed on the
hairpin turn. With wet weather to contend with,
the track was slippy and hard to pass. All
riders rode well with Paul Holmes taking first
place.
Race Two: Paul enjoyed another good start and
had a steady race, working his way up to second
place but as he went off-line to make a pass, he
went over a berm! Fortunately he recovered and
finished in second place, first overall on the
day and the new 2008 IOPD Quad X Champion!
Holmes Wins at round nine of European Quad
Championships 2008
Paul Holmes took his ATV World YFZ450 to
Germany last weekend for the penultimate round
of the European Championships and finished
fourth in both races – leaving him with 36
points. This tied Paul in joint first on the day
with Maessen and Vlaeymans.
Race One: Having qualified sixth, Paul made a
good start to race one going into the first
corner about fifth. Battling with Jan Vlaeymans,
Maessen and Ingo Ten Vergvlaar for the whole
race. On the last lap Paul passed Jan and
finished in fourth spot while Romain Couprie
won.
Race Two: Paul didn’t get such a good start
to race two but worked hard in the first quarter
of the race to move into fourth and finished
just behind Stefan Schreiber, Maessen and Jan.
This meant that Paul, Maessen and Jan Vlaeymans
were tied on 36 points, making Paul’s third time
on the podium out of the last three rounds rode
in Europe! Paul is also ranked the highest place
British rider in Europe this year despite
missing half of the rounds!
Both Paul Holmes and John Mitchell now travel
to Oxford for this weekend’s final round of the
ACU British MMX Quad Championships 2008. With
the championship first place already taken by
Paul Winrow, it’s an exciting battle for second,
third and forth between Mitchell, Holmes and
Tordoff.
Thanks again for all the support
from sponsors who along with their outstanding
products have helped develop a Championship
winning team for the 2008 season.
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