McLernon claims win

Hillsborough Quad rider Mark McLernon claimed the overall win at the North Armagh Off Road Section promoted second round Championship at Tandragee Motocross Park on Saturday after three races produced three different winners.
By The Newsroom
Published 1st May 2014, 18:00 BST

A great days racing was headlined by the Premier Quad class on a packed day of racing where the Club tried to give the riders real value for money.

Race 1 of the JMK Sales Premier Quads was a tame affair by their standards with Saintfield youngster Dean Colhoun running away with a gate to flag win from reigning Champion David Cowan with McLernon a charging third after Michael McAneney survived a roll at the first corner to finish fifth.

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Race 2 was Limavady man McAneney’s atonement for his crash with a fine win after Colhoun pulled in with two laps to go after he thought he was running out of fuel while leading, he resumed to finish second with McLernon again third.

The last race was a real thriller with Colhoun breaking a ball joint while leading, leaving McLernon to romp home an impressive winner by 1 second from Banbridge man Cowan, with McAneney third.

The NI Sidecarcross Championship produced a customary treble for Lisburn crew Neil Campbell & Ross Graham with neighbours Gary Moulds & Shane Taylor second, despite Gary riding only 5 weeks after a broken and dislocated shoulder, with another Lisburn crew Ricky Portis & Roy Beattie filling out the podium.

The Ballymac Hotel’s Under 23 races produced three wins for another returning from injury rider in John Meara from Loughbrickland who fired the TMC Honda to the overall, however, this hid the closeness of the racing between him, second placed Dromara rider Ryan Adair on the Adair Building Services Suzuki 450, and third overall Newtownards man Jordan Scott, with race three seeing a race long battle between HTM Husqvarna rider Scott and Adair which was not just exciting, but a joy to watch such close clean racing between two genuinely talented young riders.

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Another huge talent, James Mackrel from Belfast again impressed on the 125cc two stroke Mullan Motors Watt KTM to another treble in the Semi Expert Class with Lisburn rider Aaron Ashton second on the 250cc KTM.

Clubman’s was won by the ever improving Dromara schoolboy Ross Adair on his Adair Building Services Suzuki 250 with David Morrison third.

The next round is at Seaforde on June 7.