ITALY HONORS CONNOR


June 21st, 2017.



Eight UK Quad riders attended the fourth Connor Smith memorial meeting in Cingoli Italy last weekend, where the host club, MC Fagioli, made all the UK visitors exceptionally welcome.


This event, at the iconic GP venue where young Connor Smith tragically lost his life in 2013, is now firmly fixed in the European race calendar.

British Championship and NORA-MX organiser Stuart Walker explained: "I have never experienced such a welcome anywhere in the world of racing. The Italian club officials and members seem to have adopted Bill Smith, Connor's dad, who was also with us for this memorial meeting."

A touching moment, was a gathering of all the bikes and riders present, at Connor's memorial stone on the Sunday morning before racing started.

Harry Walker was the first Brit to provide a result in race one, with a third place, with Murray Graham also taking third in race two.

Murray's 5-3 result took the third place on the podium behind Andrea Cesari, and Simone Mastronardi.

Mark McLernon scored a 7-5 and Walker a 3-7.

The Superchampione final saw a mix of the top six elites, five sports and three vets shoot it out over a ten minutes plus two laps dash and saw McLernon wishing for a longer race to give him the time to pass Mastronardi, but happy to settle for a third place in this truly special event.

UK quad riders included Mark Mclernon, Murray Graham, Mark Wilson, Michael Robinson, Adam Robinson, Alex Sheppard, Harry Walker and Matt Alberti.
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