We woke to another glorious day at Thruxton, not a cloud in the sky.
The team were hopeful for two possible podium results in the British Supersport Race.
Tom and Pat were both feeling confident and comfortable with there bike set up for strong race pace.
Both had pretty good starts into the fast first corner Allard and all 34 riders got through safely. Tom was pushing hard and riding well and by lap 4 was in the lead. Pat was also going well in second place in the Cup standings behind his old adversary Dan Kneen also riding a Yamaha.
Unfortunately on lap 3 Pat's race came to an abrupt end whilst he was flat out in 6th gear at about 170 mph down the back straight at Woodham Hill.
His bike encountered the same problem as we had at the first round at Brands Hatch two weeks ago, an electrical glitch which cut the ignition. Cruel luck as the bike had again run faultlessly in all 5 practice qualifying and warm up sessions before the race itself, arghhhhhh!!!
We then had our hopes pinned on Tom who was having a great battle with 4 other riders, all swopping places every lap, very gripping stuff. Coming into the final lap Tom was in second position and then exiting out of the final corner the Club chicane Graeme Gowland was right on Tom's back wheel and just managed to out drag Tom to the Checkered Flag with a margin of just 0.014 of a second.
James Westmoreland took the win only finishing a couple of meters in front of them. A delighted Tom and the team had succeeded with a brilliant 3rd position and Podium result in only there second race at the British Championships. This now leaves Tom lying in a solid 5th position in the Championship only 2 points behind Sam Lowes with a further 10 rounds to come.
We believe we have found the problem with Pat's bike and traced it to an intermittent faulty ignition on off switch, a part only costing a couple of pounds. Anyway onwards and up to the next round in two weeks time at Oulton Park, a great track, with high hopes for both our riders.
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