Gary Mason ended the season on a high with a first and second place within the Daily Star Cup at the final round of 2008 British Superbikes at the Kent circuit of Brands Hatch. The Quay Garage Racing rider obtained a solid setup for Sunday races allowing him to battle hard throughout the afternoon. Mason’s qualifying didn’t go as well as hoped due to unforeseen circumstances, but still made it though to the second knockout session to start from 16th on the grid.
Round two of the Bennetts British Superbike championship got off to a good start for the Airwaves Ducati team at Thruxton today. Gregorio Lavilla came 2nd and 1st and Leon Haslam recorded a pair of 6th places, in the day’s two free practice sessions. In first practice Greg was leading for much of the session having been the first rider to post a sub 1 minute 16 second lap. His time of 1:15.707 kept him at the top of the standings for much of the 60 minute session, until Jonathan Rea went 0.430 seconds quicker to take the lead. Leon Haslam posted consistent times throughout the first half of practice, recording his best lap of 1:16.191 mid-way through the session. Throughout the remainder of practice he consistently recorded 1 minute 16 second laps, resulting in a 6th place finish.
BRITISH SUPERBIKE Privateer Championship leader James Buckingham will race for Rizla Suzuki at the Grand National at Castle Combe Circuit in Wiltshire this weekend alongside James Haydon.