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Fantastic Result For Maessen
and Beda At The Desert

The Mercuria GYTR Team Yamaha race team made the trip across the Irish Sea to the fantastic Porters Pit circuit near Desertmartin, for the 4th round of the 2007 CCM British MMX Quad Championship. Using the full GP circuit at the famous venue and with beautiful weather over the weekend, the long trip was not in vain, Joe closing the gap to the championship leader to one point after returning to the podium once again, and Leon finishing a fantastic 6th overall.

Race One

After posting 4th fastest time in timed practice, Joe got a dreadful start in the first moto, stalling the bike on the line and getting away second last. With the naturally wide sandy circuit providing more overtaking opportunities than most, Joe quickly set off in pursuit of the leaders. With the Lonestar / Ohlins suspension gliding over the bumps and transferring all the power to the Goldspeed clad Douglas rims, Joe set a blistering pace over the remaining fourteen laps, amazingly making up twenty four places to come across the line in 4th position! Leon was also having a great race. After posting 12th in timed practice, Leon got good drive off the line and headed out on the first circuit in 6th. After making a small mistake and slipping back to 7th, the Balgonie bullet held his nerve and showed maturity beyond his years to regain two places and take the chequered flag for a fantastic 5th position.

Race Two

As the field headed out on their first lap, Leon was running in the middle of the pack in 15th. With the track now rougher than in the first moto, passing was proving to be a greater challenge, but undeterred the young Scot put in another gutsy performance, working his way gradually through the pack to take a deserved 8th at the chequered flag and 6th overall on the day. Joe did not make the same mistake in the second moto, quickly moving off the line and settling in to 6th place. Now settling in to a rhythm and battling hard with the trio of Ricky Toye, William Waggott on the KIK Honda and Paul Holmes on the ATV World Yamaha, Joe passed all three and continued to close the gap to Paul Winrow on the Interlock Lonestar Honda, but time was not on Joe's side and as the chequered flag came out after 13 laps, Joe had to settle for 3rd place and 3rd overall on the day.

Joe Maessen

A good result today in spite of the poor start in the first race. This is a fantastic circuit and there were loads of places to make passes. The second race was a better start but I got held up for three or four laps allowing John and Paul to pull away. Once I got passed I tried really hard to catch Paul and was closing the gap, but I think the effort in the first moto in this heat just took too much out of me. The bike was handling perfectly once again and I'm really happy to have closed the gap to the championship leader to one point.

Leon Beda

I'm really happy with the results I've had today. The start in the second moto wasn't that great, and with this heat I had to work really hard to finish in 8th. Richard and the rest of the crew did a fantastic job once again and the bike was working really well, coping with all the demands that were placed on it. I've closed the gap to six points to the two guys tied for 7th in the championship so it's been a good weekend all round.

Results

Race One
Winner - Paul Winrow; 2nd - John Mitchell; 3rd - Ricky Toye; 4th - Joe Maessen;
5th - Leon Beda; 6th - Simon Hammersley

Race Two
Winner - John Mitchell; 2nd - Paul Winrow; 3rd - Joe Maessen; 4th - William Waggott;
5th - Ricky Toye; 6th - Paul Holmes….8th - Leon Beda

Championship Standings (after 4 of 9 rounds)
1st - John Mitchell 152; 2nd - Joe Maessen 151; 3rd - Paul Winrow 140;
4th - Jason Macbeth 118; 5th - William Waggott 108…9th - Leon Beda 83

I'm very proud to be associated with the Mercuria GYT-R Team Yamaha. We have fantastic backing from Yamaha Motors UK Ltd and a great roster of young and very promising riders.

Our objective for 2006, our first season of competition, is to consolidate our position as a leading UK Quad Racing team.

And if everything goes to plan we'll be genuine Championship contenders in the years to follow.