R1 Superbike an outing in the two BSB races. The Bomber is reunited with the
bike he rode in 2008 for Rob Mac Racing. Practice and qualifying all went to
plan with no real problems. Karl then really got his head down and finished
the final superpole sessions in a brilliant 7th position, putting him on the
second row of the grid and sandwiched between the two factory Yamaha riders;
Andrew Pitt in 6th and Dan Linfoot in 8th position.
The bomber got a good start in race one and was running in 6th place when
unfortunately the race was red flagged and stopped due to a crash between
Martin Jessop and Dan Linfoot. The race was then restarted some minutes
later but Karl failed to make the start line due to a technical problem with
the R1's clutch, Arghhhh!
The second race grid positions were determined by race one's fastest lap
times. Alas, this meant a 15th place start on row 4. During the race Karl
held station in 15th position until on lap 17 when he had to retire the bike
with a further technical issue. A very disappointing end to an encouraging
couple of days practice and qualifying, but it does show that the East Coast
racing 2008 R1 Superbike is still a very competitive package.
Pat also had a fairly frustrating weekend. He arrived at Mallory with cuts
and bruises following a crash on a KTM Supermoto bike the week before.
Practice day on Friday and qualifying on Saturday all went by reasonably
smoothly and he ended up following final qualifying in 5th position start in
his championship.
Come the race on Sunday, in blisteringly hot conditions as it had been all
weekend, Pat had a fair start and then battled with Dan Kneen, the current
championship leader for most of the race. Eventually getting the better of
him on lap 20 out of the 25 lap race. When the chequered flag dropped, Pat
secured a 5th place finish and 18th overall.
Luke Mossey had a convincing win in the cup championship with Paul Jordan in
second place and Shaun Winfield who was the last of the podium finishes in
third. This now closes the championship right up with Dan Kneen still
leading by just one point from Pat in second, but the top seven in the
standings are separated by only 16 points. It's all getting very close!
Onward and up to the next round this coming weekend in Scotland at
Knockhill, our 6th round and halfway through the 12 round championship.
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