posted on April 10, 2010 22:31
First race of the year
Well as you all know I've moved up into the 600 Junior Superstock Championship this year and I am riding a 675 Truimph.
Brands was a four day meeting with one session a day, I went out in practice in group B as there was 68 entries in the for the meeting, so there was two groups and the top 14 of each group would go through to the race, then the rest would do a shoot out race, the the top ten of the shoot out race would join the back of the grid. During practice I was just really getting to grips with the bike once again finding braking markers and lines. I felt pretty happy with the bike other than some major suspension changes to do and we got them made for the second qualifying session, as after the first one I was in the mid twenties, and sadly it rained and I had never rode the Truimph in the wet so it was interesting.
During the second qualifying we made some changes half way through the session and I was lying 21st up until I crossed the line and the flag was out for the end of the session and I popped up to 13th, making it through to the race for Monday. I did a time of 50.1, which was really good, and I was just happy I qualified and I got to watch the shoot out race from paddock and not compete in it.
Monday morning arrived and well, practice went good, we got a race set up and I was happy how the bike was handling, and when it came to the race. Well I thought this is great til I sat there and the grid was cleared, I took a look around me and thought, Jees, look at them all, they're massive and I'm tiny, this is gona be fun.
Sadly because we had to make up weight on the bike for the rules and had run out of lead we made the rest up in fuel and had to put 14 litres in leaving my start dreadful and I was last, even though I did my quickest time of a 49.8 on my own, trying to catch the group, I just couldn't get the gap back, but that's just racing. Hopefully Thruxton will be better, fingers crossed I qualify.
I would like to thank my sponsors of 2010, without all their help I wouldn:t be racing: Megabikes.ie, Daytona, Micky G, Shoei, Gortrush Food Supplies, Western Catering, Hornee Jeans and Boyd Henden.
Thanks Nicole #69
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