Name: |
Adam James. |
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D.O.B: |
21.02.96. |
Location: |
Cheshire. |
Current height: |
5' 5" and growing. |
Current weight: |
119 lbs and climbing. |
Race Number: |
#7 |
Clubs: |
ACU, NETT, NORA MX, QRS. |
Class 2012: |
250 Open. |
Likes: |
Winning, big air, the American ATV scene, BMX freestyle, making new friends from all over the country. |
Dislikes: |
Losing, falling off, mechanical faults, sprouts. |
Favorite Track: |
Duns, even though I've never won there. |
Career: |
First quad was a Sky Team 40..... The rest is history! |
EDR Yamaha 250R Modified
2011
Education in the form of GCSE's took priority and always will, so if there was an exam on the Monday there was no racing the day before. Revise and get the grades!
Missing out on crucial rounds of all Championships, Adam still managed to secure some top placings
and was the only one in his class to clear the double at Milton Park, every time!
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Adrenalin Yamaha 250R Modified
2010
Moving up to the 250 mod class was always going to be a tough call for Adam. Weighing in at under 7 stone and a shade under 5 foot it was a big step up from the lightweight shifter class.
Showing true grit and determination, he stuck in there and was eventually rewarded with some great podium finishes.
Probably his highlight of the year was being one of the few that clear the big table top at Duns!
This was a learning year for Adam, come 2011 hopefully he will reap the rewards.
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KIK/Cobra 65 Shifter
2009
Racing only in the 100cc shifter class this season, I got a support ride with Cobra Moto (USA) and KIK. I also gained some great sponsors in Pulse Racing Products, ZIP Racing & Moto-Direct, supplying me with all Motul products...... Thanks guys
With frustration of not being able to compete with the larger engined KTM's & RM's, came the decision to change ride half way through the season and I parted company with Cobra Moto, we handed back the little 65cc bike and opted for the Maessen Suzuki RM85.
Maessen Suzuki RM85 Shifter
It took a few meetings to get used to the handling of the Maessen RM85, but it all came together eventually, unfortunately too late to do anything about the championship standings. I finished 1st in Nora MX, 2nd in the NETT and 3rd in the British BYQX series.
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KIK/Cobra 70 Shifter
2008
Back on the Cobra for its second season. I also ran the new Yamaha 250R at JH meetings, racing 6 moto's in a day, jumping off my Cobra onto the Yam was hard work, but I loved it!
I finished 3rd in both JH Racing and Nora MX, 4th in the BYQX series and a close second in the NETT.
ATV World Yamaha 250R Standard
I also got a brilliant 4th place in the 250 standard class on my Yamaha YFM250R.
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KIK/Cobra 70 Shifter
2007
The launch of the Cobra ECX70 shifter.
At last a proper fully race prepped quad, straight out of the crate. Despite a few early teething problems I won the JH Racing IOPD British Championship and got a third in the NETT.
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Status Quads Standard & Modified 100cc Sharks
2006
I didn’t really enjoy the enduro style of competition, so in 2006 I joined Quad Heaven, equipped with a new modified Shark Type R. This was more like it, I was hooked! Riding on some of the best MX tracks in the country, I couldn’t get enough of it, so much so that when the new Type R MX came out we decided to race both 100cc modified and standard classes. I finished 4th in the modified class, unfortunately I didn’t get a decent placing in the standard class, as we usually had to strip it for spares to keep the modified bike running.
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2005
12 months later came the big step, up to a Pro Shark.
With nowhere to safely ride a quad, I joined Wirral Off Road and raced in their enduro events, finishing 7th overall despite missing the first two rounds.
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Sky Team 40
2004
Christmas age 8.
Good fun riding on the fields and in the woods behind my nan and granddad's house. Who would have thought 3 years later I would be winning my first British Championship!!