21-year-old Brendan Roberts took a determined fourth win at round eight of the National Superstock Championship at Knockhill Circuit this weekend, 16th July. In a nail-biting race Roberts was keen to extend his lead in the Championship, which he did convincingly and now leads the series by a massive 60-points.
With scorching hot conditions at the Scottish circuit the young Australian took second position in qualifying and was feeling confident heading into the 25-lap race. Gaining a fantastic start, Roberts got the hole-shot from Tristan Palmer, Marshall Neill and Pole Sitter Torquil Patterson.
A big moment on lap four out of Clark's, lead to Roberts rolling off the throttle to bring his Suzuki back under control, this allowing Palmer and Neill underneath the youngster into the Hairpin. It was not long before Roberts regained second place as he passed Palmer over the start/finish line.
Laps nine and ten were action packed as position were swapped and paintwork was exchanged, local Scottish rider Patterson briefly took second place but by lap 11 Roberts had manoeuvred his way to the front of the hounding pack once again. A vigorous battled ensued between Roberts and Irishman Neill, each lap became a scrap between the two. Neill who was extremely strong on the back part of the circuit and pulled out a pass on Roberts into the Hairpin taking the lead. As back-markers approached the two were still exchanging positions as well as finding a way past the slower riders.
Roberts made some tidy passes to see him through the lapped riders safely and also regaining the lead. Roberts managed to gain an advantage over Neill as he battled to pass the back-markers allowing him to extend his lead and take his fourth win of the season.
The Grantham based rider was delighted with his result commenting "What a weekend it turned out to be, I knew it was going to be a tight race as there was only a few riders who had been testing here. I rode with-in myself, after some big moments on the opening laps, I settled down and felt comfortable from there. We are back racing again this weekend at Oulton Park and as my points lead is now over two race wins, I wont need to take the risks as I did last time back in April when I went onto win at the demanding Cheshire Circuit."
The next round of the National Superstock Championship is at Oulton Park this weekend, 21st - 23rd July.
National Superstock Race Result:1, Brendan Roberts, Robin Vale Transport Suzuki
2, Marshall Neill, Suzuki
3, Luke Quigley, Suzuki
4, Aaron Zanotti, Suzuki
5, John Laverty, Suzuki
Overall Championship Standings:1, Brendan Roberts 146
2, Aaron Zanotti 86
3, John Laverty 82
4, Ian Hutchinson 80
5, Lee Jackson 67
6, Luke Quigley 65
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