US Mail from Lottie
By TMX Archives on 14th Mar 11
Silverstone Sponsor, A J Wilcock Hole Formers has stepped in to sponsor the NORA-MX organised first round of the 2011 ACU British Quadcross Championship at Silverstone on April 17.
Entries are open for all the championship adult and youth classes and the adult support class. Entry forms are available from Sonia or Nadine at the ACU office, telephone 01788-566400 or download at www.acuquadracing.co.uk
Last chance for NORA
There are still a few places left in some classes at the first round of the NORA-MX 2011 Championship at Silverstone on March 20.
Regs are available at www.nora-mx.co.uk
NETT opener switches to Dean Moor
The first round of the 2011 NETT championship on March 27 has been switched to Dean Moor.
Still time to enter so visit www.nettquad.co.uk or contact Paul Anderson on 01388-528966 during the day, or Stephen Carmichael on 07572-121785 in the evening.
Hi Andy, last week I completed another desert race in part of Death Valley where they filmed a lot of the horror film, The Hills Have Eyes. There were around 100 bikes but only 27 quads. Perhaps they were scared to come out there...
Anyway, the desert was very remote. (Deserts tend to be Lottie – AF). It was a 100 miles race along mountains, rocks, sand etc. Very rugged terrain. The machines were fitted with navigation equipment and transponders, but I have never used a SatNav system before on a quad.
The quads started 30 seconds apart and after about four miles I caught up with the quad in front and thought I would play safe and follow him, as he had a good pace and probably knew what he was doing with his SatNav system.
After another 12 miles or so he stopped and stopped me and told me he was lost and going back the way we came if he could remember.
I saw a big hill and thought if I went to the top I might see some quads or bikes or dust. But I was wrong. I saw nothing...
I stopped my motor and it was deathly quiet. Panic was setting in, so I took of in what I thought was the right direction and was beginning to think any minute a man with a mask and chainsaw was going to confront me and I would be served up for dinner!
I eventually found the course and managed to finish in sixth place, so I was pretty happy and relieved with that.
The next weekend I was due to race the WORCS race near Vegas, but after the 100 mile race my quad motor needed a lot of attention. The race was brilliant to watch, with Josh Creamer taking the holeshot and leading for an hour, then Jérémie Warnia taking over, but Creamer wore him down and went on to win. Currant champion Josh Frederick stalled at the start and came from last to third place. Amazing!
Back in UK next week.
Warm it up for me.
John Elliott
