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| GOLD RUSH FEVER |
| March 9 2010. Pictured: The backdrop from Joe's Bar, the QRA HQ for the Ingoldmells weekend. The next QRA Beach Cross event is the QRA ‘Gold Rush’ Beach Cross weekend at Ingoldmells, near Skegness in Lincolnshire on March the 27th and 28th. The event will include rounds 3 and 4 of the QRA BXUK (Beach Cross UK) Championship. You don’t have to do the whole champio... |
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| NORA ROUND ONE ON TV |
| March 9 2010. The ACU Fuchs Silkolene 2010 Quadcross Championship hosted by NORA-MX gets under way this Sunday at Wroxton near Banbury. This first round is being sponsored by LHT Logistics who have provided some very smart trophies and will be the first televised event of 2010. It will be broadcast on April 10th. The TV production costs have been funded by the recent raffle at the club presentation night, thanks ... |
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| QRS NEWS |
| March 9 2010. The super-efficient team at Quad Racing Scotland has already confirmed the date and venue for its end-of-season presentation night! It will be held on Saturday 30th October 2010 at Bothwell Bridge Hotel, Glasgow. As outlined in last week’s column, there is serious prize money up for grabs this year, but riders must join the club and attend the end-of-season presentation dinner. So get that date in y... |
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| EURO DATE UPDATE |
| march 9 2010. The first round of the UEM Quadcross Championship kicks off over the Easter weekend in Oldebroek, Holland. Riders and spectators should note that previously advertised dates were slightly wrong in that qualifying will take place on Saturday 3rd April, but the actual racing will not take place until Easter Monday 5th April. Sunday will be a day of rest. Visit |
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| QRA THANKS |
| March 9 2010. Email from the QRA: The QRA would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to the 2010 QRA Margate Beach Cross last weekend and raced, watched, helped or supported the event in any way. We all made it a good weekend and a great shop window for our sport in front of thousands of people. Plus our event made a big difference to the town of Marg... |
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| VARTA ECO-FRIENDLY 2IN1 FRESHPACK |
| March 9 2010. Buying and installing a new motorcycle battery has just become a lot easier following the adoption by VARTA of FreshPack packaging across much of its motorcycle battery range. The new concept offers ultimate consumer convenience. The VARTA FreshPack battery is supplied to the customer in a ‘dry’ state with a separate acid pack containing just the right amount of acid in special safety packaging. A ... |
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| DRAGON KICKS OFF |
| Mar 8 2010. Round one of the 2010 Dragon Quad Racing 2010 UKGNCC kicks off on March 21st at Manor Farm, Cosford, near Rugby. The eight round series is open to members and non-members and there are a number of classes for youth and adult riders. You can book in on line at www.dqracing.co.uk or by phone on 07917 652796 or 07901 701074. ... |
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| SMX IS ON |
| May 5 2010. Round four of the John Elliott SMX Quadcross Winter Challenge is expected to take place this Sunday 7th March. The forecast for the weekend is sunny, yes sunny, so unless there is a drastic change the event will go ahead. The venue has not been confirmed at this time, but it will be either Northchapel or Horsham depending on track conditions. The final decision will be m... |
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| MARGATE KTM DEBUT FOR WINROW |
| May 3 2010. Multi British Champion Paul Winrow makes his KTM début this weekend at the QRA Margate Beach Cross weekend. In fact the ACU British quad champions for the past eighteen years are all racing, with Winrow joined by Jason Wildman, John Mitchell and Justin Reid. French sand ace J?r?me Bricheux, who won the grand final in Margate last year is also looking forward to lift the overall crown from Winrow's hea... |
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| WHERE ARE YOU SOFT SOUTHERNERS? |
| May 3 2010. Paul Brown set up Team Traction Racing to run quad cross country events in the south east after complaints from riders that there were not enough events in Kent and Sussex. Three events in and he's wondering why he bothered. Paul writes: I am very disappointed with the attendance at my meetings. All I have heard about in both QUAD mag and TMX, as well as between riders, is tha... |
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| NORA ROUND ONE |
| May 3 2010. The ACU Fuchs Silkolene Quad championship gets under way next Sunday, March 14th, with Round 1 at Wroxton near Banbury. This will be the first of the 2010 televised rounds. Some of the groups for this event are already full and the closing date for all entries is next Tuesday – March 9th. Entry forms and club membership are available at the club webs... |
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| WANT TO QUALIFY FOR 2011? |
| March 3 2010. The ACU Quad Racing Committee has announced the qualifying process for the 2011 British QX Championship. The top 20 riders from the 2010 British Championship will be seeded though automatically and then the top three riders not otherwise pre-qualified in the top 20 from the NETT, NORA-MX, QRS and QRI clubs will be added. The final two places will be nominated by the Quad Racing Sub Committee. |
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| NORASPORT SIGN FIVE YEAR SUPERMOTO DEAL WITH ACU |
| March 3 2010. Norasport has signed a five year deal with the ACU to host the British Supermoto Championship for both solo and quad classes. Entry forms and regulations can be downloaded from www.norasport.com Contacts are Mike Taylor on 07712 656912 or email info@drakart.co.uk &... |
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| SCOTTISH UPDATE |
| March 3 2010. Quad Racing Scotland has released news of exciting developments for its 2010 Championship and advises of a venue change for its first meeting on 28th March. The club has secured a sponsor which has allowed it to set aside funds for championship prize money at the end of the season as well as monetary incentives for holeshots in the adult support class. Holeshot money will be paid on the day, but to ... |
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| ENDUROLANDS TO SCOTLAND |
| March 3 2010. The Endurolands club is running its first enduro practice and fun day north of the border at Glentarkie in Perthshire on May 30th. The Monarchs of the Glen event will be a full eight hour practice day, suitable for all levels of rider with easy up to hard routes to choose from. Free camping is available and paramedics, catering and marshals are all on hand. Gates open at 8a... |
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| AEA 2009 UTILITY ATV SALES |
| March 1 2010. The number of deliveries of utility (work) All Terrain Vehicles recorded by the AEA ATV/Quad Group in 2009 decreased by 4.7% to 7,423 units. The machines covered in this unaudited and detail-free statement do not cover leisure, sports or road-legal quadricycle units, nor utility units sold by non AEA members, so it is hardly a complete picture of ATV sales in 2009. . Group... |
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| GET COVERED BY QUADBIKES R US |
| March 1 2010. In an endeavour to encourage its new quad riding customers to take to the road this spring, multi-franchised ATV dealer Quadbikes R Us has introduced an innovative new reward scheme. Patrons of the Essex-based outlet can take advantage of insurance savings with industry-specialists Bikesure, to the tune of £250 on selected models. Quadbikes R Us say interested riders s... |
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| MARGATE STILL OPEN |
| February 24 2010. The QRA Margate Beach Cross weekend on the 6th and 7th of March is continuing to take shape and the line up of riders is certainly going to make the action on the beach fun to be out there with for the riders and great to watch for the spectators on the promenade. The ACU British quad champions for the past eighteen years are all racing at Margate. Paul Winrow, Jason Wildman, John Mitchell and J... |
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| NORA FILLING FAST |
| February 24 2010. The NORA-MX entries for the first round of the club championship are already 80% full and 2010 club membership stands at 191. Get your entries in if you don't want to miss out. And the sport is dead according to the Japanese companies....... |
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| WYRE FOREST DATES |
| February 24 2010. Rob Garbett has confirmed dates for the ever-popular Wyre Forest Off Road IOPD Junior British Quad Enduro Championship. Classes for 2010 remain the same, which means: Auto – 8 years to under 10 years and 10 years and over. Up to 110cc 2-stroke or 125cc 4-stroke. Blaster Class up to 200cc 2-stroke or 250cc 4-stroke – No hybrids. The 2010 rounds are: ... |
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| QUAD PRACTICE IN KENT |
| February 24 2010. EnduroKent is again opening its doors to quads at its practice sessions which will be held at a couple of locations in Kent throughout 2010. Quads and solos will be out on the track at the same time but the organisers say the circuits are big and wide enough to provide ample room for both disciplines. The first practice event of the year will be held at Sevenoaks on Sun... |
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| ORE IS GO |
| February 24 2010. The ORE Events 2010 South-West Enduro Championship is all-systems go, with a six round series of weekend events for youth and adult riders with the youth events taking place on a Saturday and the adults on the Sunday. An international six hour event is also being planned, but a date and venue have yet to be finalised. Dates for the six round series are being finalised. ... |
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| Gravity LC |
QUAD - February 2010 Report: Mike Samuel A favoured venue that is often used by GravityLC, the farm is large enough for the layout of the track to be different for each of Gravity’s vis... |
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| NORA TV JACKPOT |
| February 17 2010. The NORA-MX TV coverage fund hit the jackpot at last Saturday night's club awards ceremony. Some 270 guests enjoyed the night of entertainment at the Castle Hotel in Tamworth and the raffle and auction raised an amazing £2350 towards the club's 2010 Championship TV coverage fund. Joe Harman and Chris Murphy would like to thank the following for the amazi... |
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| MARGATE ENTRIES BUILDING |
| February 17 2010. The new Richard Cole led Team KTM riders Paul Winrow and Jason MacBeth will be making their orange debut at the QRA Margate Beach Cross weekend on the 6th and 7th of March. Jason Wildman who was the top Brit in Le Touquet for his MKM Rocketman Suzuki team will also be launching an attack on the dry sand at Margate. The adult quads will be split into two classes, Pro and Expert. The event is gear... |
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| ROCKETMAN SMASHES WORLD RECORD! |
| February 17 2010. Pictured: Ant Deacon and Jason Wilman in action... Several top names from the quad racing world recently helped set a new Guinness World Record for non-stop karaoke singing. A long line of willing, if not in-tune, vocalists took their turn in the Vodka Bar of the Castle Hotel, in Tamworth, Staffordshire, to ensure that the crooning did not cease for o... |
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| CLUB PR |
| February 17 2010. A few gripes and grizzles have been filtering back about certain clubs getting all the coverage. Let's not beat about he bush here. It's very simple. NORA-MX and the QRA get the lion's share of the coverage here at www.quad.tv, in T and MX News and in QUAD Magazine, because most weeks they get off their backsides and send emails or pick up th... |
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| SPEEDWAY PRACTICE |
| February 17 2010. Pictured: Lee Hazelwood in action. Fancy a drift around the UK’s biggest speedway track on Tuesday 2nd March? Well get along to the Wightlink ferry terminal at Portsmouth around 4pm for the crossing to the Isle Of Wight Speedway track near Ryde, for an evening of Speedway practice. No pressure of racing, just the chance to test and learn from 7pm. Con... |
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| SHAKEDOWN LATEST |
| February 17 2010. This Sunday, February 21st, the QRA Shakedown Cross Country event takes place at Manor Farm, Cosford, near Rugby in Warwickshire. The venue for the three hour fun event is within two miles of junction 1 on the M6, on the A426 towards Rugby. The event starts at 11am. The Shakedown is a chance for some to come and try an XC event for the first time, to get out and blow the cobwebs away, or to set-... |
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| DREDGERS KICK OFF |
| February 17 2010. Dredgers MXC kicks of the 2010 season this weekend, Sunday Feb 21st, with a club championship event at Tavenspite. There is a change to the classes this year with the addition of an Intermediate class between the Expert Class, which sees British Championship riders such as the Hammersley brothers in action, and the Clubman Class, which sees new and older riders like Phil Hammersley having a go. ... |
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| ACUMEN PORTABLE ASSET PROTECTION - PAPS |
| February 17 2010. Measuring just 15cm x 10 cm x 5 cm, the new PAPS (Portable Asset Protection System) from Acumen is a very clever little box of tricks. It will alert you by SMS (a standard text message) sent to your mobile phone (and up to two others) if it detects movement, tilt, or a significant temperature change. Not only is the Acumen PAPS small, it is also light (less than 300 grams) making it truly portable, and with up to six mo... |
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| SMX CANCELLED... |
| February 13 2010. Round 4 of the Allstar John Elliott SMX Winter Challenge scheduled for TOMORROW Sunday 14th Feb at Elvetham Forest HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO A LACK OF ENTRIES. Call Blue to book in for future events. Tel: 07943 798742. USE IT OR LOSE IT......... |
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| YAMAHA TO TRANSFER JAPANESE ATV PRODUCTION TO USA |
| February 12 2010. Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. today announced plans to transfer its all-terrain vehicle (ATV) production currently in Japan to the United States. With this transfer, the production capacity of YMC's Japanese subsidiary - Yamaha Motor Powered Products Co., Ltd. (YMPC) - will be integrated into YMC's U.S. subsidiary based in Newnan, Georgia - Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America (YMMC). The... |
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| SMX THIS SUNDAY |
| February 12 2010. Round 4 of the Allstar John Elliott SMX Winter Challenge scheduled for this Sunday 14th Feb will now be held at Elvetham Forest close to the Elvetham/Pale lane track, near Fleet in Hampshire. The track can be found on the junction of the B3013 and Blackbushes Road just outside Fleet. The nearest post code is for a farm on Blackbushes Road. GU51 1RQ. ... |
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| MARK WATSON'S KTM STOLEN |
| February 10 2010. Mark Watson's European and British Championship KTM 505SX was stolen from Alston in Cumbria early yesterday, (Tuesday 9th February). The KTM pictured above is a 2009 model, but was fitted with WP Shocks and standard A-arms when it was stolen, rather than the PEP shocks shown in the picture Any info give Mark a call on 07922 476... |
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| MARGATE ENTRIES OPEN |
| February 10 2010. The sand on Margate main beach will once again be pushed around and shaped into jumps and whoops by the Ovenden Plant machines for the 2010 QRA Margate Beach Cross Racing weekend on March the 6th and 7th. There will be races for adult and youth quads plus solos in the minimum of ten races. Taking in both Saturday and Sunday with the action kicking off at 9.30am both days. ... |
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| NORA DINNER |
| February 10 2010. Chris Murphy is asking all of those who are attending the NORA-MX Dinner and Presentation at the Castle Hotel in Tamworth this Saturday to be at the venue by 5.30pm, ready for a 6.30pm start. So that means everyone with their hands washed and ready to say grace. Chris says they still need raffle prizes – As long as they are good ones and his size. Call Chris on ... |
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| NORA ADULT 250 CLASS |
| February 10 2010. NORA-MX Is planning to run an adult 250 class this year. The idea is that the dads of 250 youth riders can have a go on the same machine, or for youth riders moving up who don't want to change to a 450, there is still a class available. The plan is to run the class in with another class unless the numbers make it sensible to run a separate race.... |
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| SMX CHANGE |
| February 10 2010. Round four of the Allstar John Elliott Winter Challenge scheduled for this Sunday, (February 14th), will now be held at Elvetham Forest, near Fleet in Hampshire. Call Blue to book in by Friday before the race and Saturday for last weather check. 07943 798742.... |
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| SHAKEDOWN |
| February 10 2010. The venue for the QRA Shakedown event on Sunday 21st February is being assessed as it has been hit hard by the recent weather, as well as plant and machinery ploughing across the parking area. Fear not though as The Pieman is looking at an alternative venue, so book in for this four hour XC Shakedown event now. Contact Tony by text or phone on 07774 43... |
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| TWO PROMOTIONS AT POLARIS |
| February 8 2010. Promotions for Ross Clifford, above left, and Phil Everett. Ross Clifford has accepted promotion to General Manager of Polaris Products for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Ross will remain in the UK with responsibility for establishing and leading EMEA product development and management, working closely with the U.S. product groups, engineering and international team... |
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| POLARIS BUY SWISSAUTO |
| February 5 2010. Polaris has announced its acquisition of Swissauto Powersports. Based in Burgdorf, Switzerland, Swissauto is well known for designing and developing high-performance and high-efficiency engines and vehicles. The acquisition will further strengthen Polaris' global engine and vehicle design capability. Polaris has a long history of working with Swissauto. The high-perform... |
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| FEBRUARY QUAD LANDS |
| February 3 2010. Click on image to enlarge and save. The recent dump of the white stuff may have been bothersome to many, but for the quad fraternity it provided a great opportunity to get out and have some fun. A four-page pictorial round-up shows QUAD readers doing just that, whilst Quad Response operator Chris Lee describes his frantic month of car-rescuing heroics. |
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| DAVIS TAKES SX TITLE |
| February 3 2010 Giles Davis at London SX pictured by CH-Images. In his first attempt at racing under the lights, Giles Davis has won the British Quad Supercross Championship for the 2009/10 season. Davis with a win and a second at the first two Birmingham rounds and followed up with a fourth place at Liverpool. With a small points lead going into the final round at the O2 A... |
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| BRITISH QX CHAMPIONSHIP DATES |
| February 3 2010. Following some confusion as to which British championship series is running on which dates, Chris Murphy has produced this table in the hope that it will clarify matters. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE. To recap... The committee has increased the 2010 youth championship to four rounds and added a new six round British Masters Champions... |
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| TEAM TRACTION TO CANTERBURY |
| February 3 2010. Team Traction is running a two hour enduro this Sunday, February 7th at a new venue near Canterbury in Kent. All adult quad classes are welcome, but give Paul a call on 07905 387873 to confirm your entry.... |
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| NEW COMMITTEE, NEW RULES, NEW ERA... |
| January 28 2010. The ACU has announced its first official ACU Quad Racing Committee. The new committee is made up from representatives from the ACU QX championship organising clubs, including Quad Racing Scotland, with Roy Humphrey serving as chairman and with Quad Racing Ireland being 'consulted' with regard to the actual championship. The committee has increased the 2010 youth champion... |
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