Can Am's Justin Reid Moves to 9th at Troublesome Tinkerhill

Justin Reid working his way up to the front of the pack

With a fantastic qualifying lap, Justin secured 4th gate pick for moto 1

Race One
Despite heavy rain in the days prior to the meeting, the hardpack circuit dried out quickly as timed practice got underway, Justin putting together a fantastic qualifying lap to secure 4th pick of gate. A poor start by his standards saw Justin round the first corner mid-pack in the twenty-four strong field, but using the excellent handling of the DS 450x MX Justin began to work his way through the pack, completing the opening lap of the twenty minute plus one-lap moto having moved up to 9th. Choosing different lines to pass in the more rutted parts of the circuit and with the leaders in sight, Justin had moved up to 7th on lap two when disaster struck, a large stone bending the chain guide and derailing the chain. Dropping to dead last as he worked trackside to repair the problem as best possible with no tools, Justin finally got underway but with the guide damaged beyond repair the chain derailed twice more during the moto, Justin pushing as hard as conditions would allow to the chequered flag to finish just outside the points.

Moving up to 9th in points is Justin Reid on his Can Am DS450x MX

Race Two
Slotting in to 10th as he headed around the first corner and out on the first of thirteen laps, Justin once again used the excellent Rotax powerplant to blast his way through the pack in the early stages, moving up to 7th as he broke the timing beam for the first time before taking 5th on the next lap. Lapping furiously while involved in a four-way battle for 3rd, Justin was applying tremendous pressure to pass when lady luck struck another cruel blow, the chain once again derailing after a rock hit the guide. Dropping back to 15th as he fought to get underway, Justin set off at a blistering pace and using the fantastic handling of the PEP suspension attacked the circuit and began to move up the leaderboard, Justin battling through to 12th by the halfway point. Increasing his relentless pace as the race progressed, Justin continued to scythe his way through the field to take the chequered flag for a fantastic 7th, Justin amazingly setting the second fastest lap of the moto on lap ten when the circuit was at it's roughest and in traffic!

Justin Reid
'Today has been pretty disappointing to say the least... the chain guide is my own design and it worked perfectly all of last season but today there were some really gnarly ruts with big stones in them and I hit one hard enough to bend the guide right around which pulled the chain off the sprocket. It took ages to straighten it - I had to find some big rocks at the side of the track and sort of throw them at it to get going again but I'd lost too much time to get back into the points in the first moto. The start of the second race was quite scary as I got hit from behind and someone came over the side of my quad. I was able to get away ok and was working through the field well when I had to change line and got hung up on another rut which bent the guide and pulled the chain off again. I knew exactly what to do this time though so didn't drop so far back. I charged hard for the remainder of the race and got some good laps in but there just wasn't enough time to catch the leaders. It's back to the drawing board now to redesign the guide before the next race...'

Next Race:
Next Race: Saturday 9th May - 2009 ACU British MMX Quad Championship (Round 3), Desertmartin Motocross Circuit, Desertmartin

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