Round 8 ACU British MMX Quad Championship
Sunday 16th August, 2009
Blaxhall, Suffolk
ATV World Yamaha’s John Mitchell returned to the 2009 YFZ450 in race two this weekend and dominated with a 16 second lead and a victory to make up for the technical problems encountered in race one.
With a well prepared track, the Blaxhall circuit was going to guarantee some fast action in the penultimate round of this year’s championship. Qualifying saw promising results for some of the ATV World Yamaha riders with Leon Beda getting the second fastest lap and John Mitchell right behind him in third. 
Race one did not start well for John because of technical problems on the 2010 development YFZ450R. John was able to nurse it round and finish in 15th place. Leon continued his strong form from qualifying and took a superb fifth place finish.
John had a much better start to race two, almost taking the holeshot on his 2009 Yamaha YFZ450. With Honda’s Paul Winrow in front, John pushed hard and passed on the first lap. He went on to win race two by 16 seconds! Leon Beda finished in 11th place.
John said after the race “I was pleased with my performance today and glad that I finished on a high. We can go back to the ATV World workshops now and look at what happened to the development YFZ450R, improve it and make sure it’s ready to challenge in 2010.”
The final round of the ACU British MMX Quad Championships takes place on September 20th at Culham.
Mitchel races on Elka Shocks