Paul Holmes Continues Points Lead in British Quad X
Pro ATV Motocross Racer Paul Holmes
Wiltshire, UK (6/1/2015)
- Double British champion and current championship
leader, Paul Holmes holds his number one spot
after Round 3 of the Championship. The 3rd round
of the 2015 ACU British Championship was held
on 24th May at Foxhills, the former GP circuit
in Wiltshire. In the short, timed qualification
session Holmes managed to post a decent lap
time and secured 3rd place despite having
to learn the track very quickly.
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Paul Holmes currently holds down a 20 point lead in the British Championship Points |
This was Holmes' first visit to the former GP track since riding an 85cc mx bike back in 2003 but the majority of the riders had ridden at the venue during the 2014 Championship which Holmes missed due to injury but he overcame the difficulties and made his own lines and rode his own session as he set his machine up for the races .
Race 1: Blasting out of the start gates on board his HOLMES Racing Yamaha, Holmes rounded the first turn in 3rd place and immediately put pressure on the riders ahead. Before the end of the first lap Holmes had already made his way into 2nd place and sat in behind fellow DWT rider Jeremie Warnia. By half way, Holmes was still in 2nd place but another rider rear-ended him in a slow turn resulting in both machines getting tangled and it took over a minute to separate them. After eventually getting re-mounted in 15th place, Holmes did what he could until the finish flag but had to settle with 13th place.
Race 2: Re-focusing and determined to get a better result, Holmes got another good start and was in 4th place as he started to work his way toward the front. After making up places where he could but ever conscious of the technical track catching out many riders, he rode safe and with good speed to come home in 3rd place behind the 2 early race leaders.
Race 3: Very similar to race 2 with Holmes having to make a few passes early on in the race. Holmes had to settle for 3rd place with the 2 early race leaders making a difficult gap to close from the off.
Finishing just 5 points from 2nd overall, in 6th place, Holmes keeps hold of his red plates and Championship lead as the series heads south in 2 weeks time for Round 4.
Round 3 results:
1st Jeremie Warnia - 150 points
2nd Dean Colhoun - 123
3rd Justin Reid - 123
4th Carl Bunce -121
5th George Calloway - 119
6th Paul Holmes - 118
2015 Championship standings:
1st Paul Holmes................ 398 points
2nd Dean Colhoun - 378
3rd Justin Reid - 350
4th Carl Bunce - 349
5th George Calloway - 333
6th Sheldon Seal - 329
Holmes commented after the day’s action: "After an unfortunate incident that was caused by another rider ruining race 1 for me, I am happy to come away healthy and still with the championship lead. Today has been a tough one, but I feel I gave it 100% and I must take the positives out of this weekend, such as the quad working excellently and the team doing a really good job. I look forward to round 4 and hope to get back on the podium! Another thank you goes out to my supportive sponsors, family and friends who make this all possible.”
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Holmes Racing
would like to take this opportunity to thank:
PEP Suspension, DWT Wheels, DWT Tires, HINSON,
Laeger’s, Quad Tech, PEP Vortex Tuning, Motion
Pro, Kutvek Kit Graphik, DP Brakes, Renthal, Twin
Air, Rip N Roll goggles, Doma Exhausts, Drag’on
Distribution, ATV’s Only, Maxima Racing Oils,
CTI Knee Braces, Muk Junkie, AXP Racing, SHOEI,
DID, Duncan Racing, SCT Racing Engines, Owkay
clothing, Signs Express, Race FX, Warrior Strength
& Fitness, TPSL, Harrogate Scaffolding & Pulse
Beats.
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