Lorne finishes quad bike season as one of Britain’s best

An 18-year-old quad bike racer from Connel has finished the season as one of the top riders in Britain.

Lorne Sinclair, above, finished fourth in the ATV MOTO X British Championship Under 21 category and second in the Scottish and Northern England championship class.

Lorne works at PMG Services and his boss, Peter MacGregor, who also competes in quad racing, finished second overall in the Scotland and Northern England adult qualifier class.

Peter said: ‘Young Lorne Sinclair is quickly becoming one of the best riders in Scotland, England and on the British scene.

‘He suffered a bad knee injury this year at a round of the British Championship and that knocked his pace back, however, he has serious talent and will be the one to watch next season.

‘Lorne has been on the scene now for six years and was the British and Scottish number one in the 250cc class.

‘Riding these bikes at these speeds takes a lot of dedication to training, constant maintenance and upgrading the bikes.’

Speaking about his career in the sport, Peter added: ‘I started in 1997 and did it on and off for about three years. I then returned in 2008 and did the Scottish championship in the adult qualifying class finishing fifth overall.

‘That qualified me to enter the Scottish championship class, however, I took a year off work and travelled the world and never followed it up until last year when I bought a standard bike.

‘I started rebuilding it to race standard. I completed the bike earlier this year then started racing.

‘After realising the speed and talent these young boys have, I had to modify and upgrade the bike after each event to stand a chance.

‘The pace is very fast these days and these boys should have a pilot’s licence as well as a race licence as the air time these bikes are doing is insane.’