Donington was another race full of promise yet with only 3 days from arriving home and leaving for Thruxton we had work to do burning the midnight, repairing bikes. Andy and everyone got the job done and away for Thruxton ‘brilliant work’, thanks guys. We have been working with Chris Hodgeson from ADR Motorsport Chesterfield on a few things on the technical side as they are the official Mitsubishi Rally Team and Shell race fuel supplier. This fuel is working well for and was used last season to win the Superstock title. We welcome Shell fuel’s joining, Shell Motorcycle Oils as technical support. Talking about Chesterfield the Towns ‘Feltham family’ owned CMC Yamaha support Jon Boy as an employee of their Chanock branch and we would encourage you to visit one of their many branches.
GP 125 – Lisa’s Confidence BuildsBouncing from her great wet race result to Thruxton saw an increase in confidence for Lisa. Thruxton scene of her very high speed crash it was good to go there with the feeling of results. Lisa does need to concentrate on pushing her dry performance forward and confidence will always help that. We started the weekend with a wet session which worked out well for Lisa always in the top half of the time sheets.
We started to struggle in the dry sessions but Lisa found some good improvements and qualified with no problem. The 15 lap race was always going to be hard but getting away well helped. Lisa started a race long battle which helped move up the rankings and improve her qualifying time. Again being the only female finisher, we now have a good footing to work on and we are looking forward to Oulton Park.
Superstock Baywatch Brogan Jumps The Podium Into Second After Donington we sat both Jon Boy and Steve A down and told them now they have to start bringing the bikes to the finish line and no more fooling around in the sand pits. Steve B has settled into the team well at such short notice and is working well with his crew led by Derek Huxley. His comments to Andy that, “he feels he has a real chance as it’s the first time in a few years he has had a proper team around him” bares testament to the hard work and fun.
From the start of testing thing seemed to settle down and although we weren’t at the front the advances in bike set up were to prove excellent. At the end of qualifying. Brogan was 3rd - Jon Boy 9th and Steve A 11th this was poor for Steve and it was to do him no favours in the race.
The race was to be a brilliant TV spectacle with the Team NVIDIA bikes in the thick of it again for full race distance. Brogie and Jon Boy made good starts with Jon Boy just getting the better of Brogie. Just a couple of laps in and the pace car was out due to a high speed incident, this gave everyone a moment to catch their breath, as the car pulled of the track it was heads down Brogie got past Jon Boy and joined the leaders for a race long dual, the pace was hot and frantic with a dangerous move from Howie Mainwaring on race leader Adrian Coates with was to cost them both Coates crashes and Mainwaring removed from the results.
The battle was now on for the lead between the Yamaha’s of Kennaugh and Brogan and Suzuki mounted Laverty. Baywatch led of the final turn and a small mistake cost him the win by 0.06 of a second. Jon Boy did a great job bringing it home in 8th and Steve A in the points too a FANSASTIC day. Our first podium feels great for all the Team and our sponsors we will now work towards Oulton Park in 2 weeks and we hope to see you there
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