29 August 2016.

Date: 27-28th August 2016
Words: Rob McDonnell
Pictures: Anthony Brebant & Rob McDonnell

Two top British teams were denied possible podium finishes at Europe’s biggest quad race, the Pont de Vaux 12-hour, in sweltering France this weekend. For the Rocketman squad, it was a mechanical problem in the very last hour, while Team SJS were the victim of a dubious ruling from a pit lane official.

The Rocketman line-up of team-stalwart Carl Bunce, plus Mark McLernon and George Callaway, had edged onto the overall leaderboard halfway through the decisive three-hour final race when a breather pipe came off the head of their Yamaha forcing them to stop for emergency repairs. Despite losing four laps they recovered from to 31st by the end of the stint but it knocked them back to seventh overall

Prior to that the SJS Yamaha team of Sheldon Seal, David Cowan and PDV debutant Luke Cooper were docked two-minutes for allegedly speeding in the pits while they were sitting in second spot during the five-hour night race, dropping them to sixth. Seal/Cowan/Cooper still managed to finish in fourth overall place – matching the squad’s fine performance at last year’s event.


Carl Bunce (47) battles for the lead in the opening race with Randy Naveaux (2)

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