Busy times and British Quadcross wins for Walker!
It’s been a busy few weeks for the Par Homes Zip Racing Quadcross racing team which started when they ventured to Italy to race in Memory of Connor Smith’s 10th anniversary along with a strong contingent of Scots to celebrate Connors’s life which was unfortunately taken from us all far too early, at this incredible venue representing his country back in 2013.
Report and Images by the Par Homes Zip Racing Quadcross racing team
With a ‘heartfelt’ welcome from the Cingoli club as always, we were blessed with 10 Bikes which had been carefully collected from Scotland to here and across the water, a treat provided by Bill Smith, Connors Father. It was celebrated with a traditional Italian feast on the Saturday night in the ‘Cingoli moto clubs’ Club house with over 100 guests eating all cared for by members of the club ,
Sunday saw some awesome racing in all 3 classes, to make Bill Smith so proud I am sure!
Team racer Harry Walker, back only 2 weeks after his shoulder injury in Estonia, entered Saturday’s warm up session with some in trepidation I am sure, but was able to turn the heat up on the Sunday with a concoction of pain killers and Adhesive strapping!
Qualification, was P3 , 0.1s behind Mastronardi and an absolutely on fire Turrini, a further second ahead.
Moto 1 was an incredibly pressured lead for 9/10th’s of the race with seasoned Italian Mastronardi within half a second of each other all race long with the lead swapping two-three times over.
Harry finished P2 at the end and was more than satisfied to be back up to pace.
Moto 2 was similar with Harry P2 and Turrini unable to make any impression on the pair of them up front
In the Supafinale (top 3 from each quad group) saw Turrini take the win with Mastronardi second, followed by Harry in 3rd.
The podium was a ‘Salami sandwich’ with Harry wedged between the Two Italian’s. A terrific weekend had by all, and a terrific confidence boost for Harry going into round 4 of the Official ACU British championship with a 28 point lead, at Dean Moor where Harry took his first ever British championship overall win some 6 yrs ago at 18 Years old.
At Dean Moor took a couple of club runs on the Saturday as a warm up, and saw Harry take total control of the field.
Sunday’s qualifying session was to come Harrys way after a blistering lap by Murray Graham was to be pipped in the last lap by a 0.3s margin.
Moto 1 was a win by some 27 seconds at the finish for Harry, and Moto 2 unfortunately saw Dean Dillon suffer a mechanical failure which gifted Chad Beavers P2 behind Harry by a mere 6.6 seconds.
Moto 3, Harry came through the pack after a bumpy start and getting squashed in a bit. It looked like P2 would have to be settled for but a charge on the penultimate lap saw an awesome move on Dillon to take the win by a mere 1.3 seconds.
In all a terrific win extending his points lead to 59 points in the ACU British Quadcross Championship, which is a nice buffer with 6 races left.
Now it’s time to concentrate on the two European rounds, one here in the UK and the other in Northern Ireland both this month.
