RECENT RACE REPORTS

TIVERTON 25TH MARCH SWSSC

THIS WEEKEND I HAD MY FIRST EVER 65CC RACE WIN !! I ALSO GOT THE OVERALL WIN WITH 2 SECOND PLACES

LITTLE HEMPSTON 1ST APRIL SSMXC NON CHAMPS

NOT SUCH A GOOD WEEKEND ,ENDED UP 7TH OVERALL. BIKE SETUP WASN'T GREAT AND I WAS LOOSING OUT ON JUMPS.

LAUNCHERLY 7TH & 8TH APRIL SSMXC CHAMPS AND QUALIFIER

SPENT SAT FUN DAY TESTING TYRES SUSPENSION AND JETTING ENDED UP 7TH

SUNDAY CHAMPS , CHANGED GEARING AND JETTING ,GATEING REAL GOOD HAD A GREAT DAY 5TH OVERALL,JUST LOST OUT ON 4TH IN THE WHOOPS ON LAST LAP !!!!

OFF TO BSMA NATIONALS ON FRIDAY

MATCHAMS PARK BEST OF BRITISH NATIONALS, WOW,SUPER SOFT SAND AND PEA GRAVEL !!

NOT BEING USED TO SAND HAD A HARD TIME SETTING THE BIKE UP AND LEARNING HOW TO RIDE SAND!! QUALIFIED 32ND BUT IMPROVED EVERY TIME OUT . FELL OFF FIRST LAP EVERY RACE WHICH MADE HARD WORK OF IT,BUT ENJOYED GOOD RACING AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MUD TRACKS.

WHITEWAY,AND HARD PACK.SOME OF THE NATIONAL BOYS CAME TO SAMPLE THE TRACK,AND I RAN WELL IN FRONT OF THEM JUST LIKE THEY DID TO ME IN THE SAND !!!! 6TH OVERALL DESPITE A CRASH IN RACE 1.

TIVERTON,SWSSC. NEARLY HOLESHOT THE FIRST RACE ENDED UP 4TH BEHIND JOSH GILBERT,TODD KELLETT AND CONRAD MEWES. 3RD RACE 2, FLIPPED IT IN RACE 3,GOT AWAY CAUGHT UPTO 10TH ONLY TO BE TAKEN OUT BY A CRASHING RIDER !! GOT UP DEAD LAST AND BATTLED AWAY TO PASS 20 RIDERS AND GET 8TH AT THE FLAG . 3RD OVERALL ON THE DAY.

OFF TO CANADA HEIGHTS FRI

CANADA HEIGHTS,GREAT DAYS RACING ON SUNDAY IN THE DRY,LOVED THE TRACK.SUNDAY FIRST RACE 12TH THEN IN RACE 2 THE HEAVENS OPENED AND IT WAS AWFUL, FINISHED A WET 20TH.WENT OUT IN THE LAST RACE AND NEARLY SUNK IN THE RUTS BUT HAD A GOOD RIDE TO CLAIM 11TH OVERALL

TIVERTON 20TH WITH SOMERSET,CRAP PEGS ALL DAY BUT TWO 4THS AND A 6TH,ENDED UP 4TH OVERALL.NEW SUSPENSION FROM POWERBAND USA WORKING WELL.

TIVERTON 27TH CORSHAM,GREAT WEATHER FOR RACE 1,GATED REAL WELL FINISHED 4TH ANYONE

OF 8 OF US COULD HAVE WON !! RACE 2 AND FAIRLY WET ,WRONG TYRES BUT FINISHED 4TH, LAST RACE ABSOLUTLY P*****G DOWN GATED LAST,THEN COULDN'T SEE BUT BATTLED THROUGH TO FINISH 5TH,4TH OVERALL.

WENT TO FOXHOLES HAD A WIN,A SECOND (SHOULD HAVE WON) AND A THIRD ,(STALLED WHEN CHALLENGING FOR THE LEAD ) 2ND OVERALL

TIVERTON SSMXC NIGHTMARE !!! DNF IN FIRST RACE WHEN HUGE ROCK HIT ME IN THE KNEECAP.

RACE 2 GOT INVOLVED IN 12 BIKE FIRST CORNER PILE-UP FINISHED 11TH THEN THE THIRD BLOCK WAS CANCELLED

OFF TO LANDRAKE FOR THE SEMIS 17TH JUNE

SEMIS WHAT A S**T DAY,FELL OFF WHILST IN EASY 9TH FIRST RACE AND DROPPED A HEAP OF POINTS ENDED UP 11TH OVERALL ON DAY 1POINT FROM 10TH !!!

24TH FOXHOLES , THE ONLY MEETING ON FOR MILES...WET BUT RIDABLE,HAD A GREAT DAY RACING AGAINST MAX ACRES,LIAM NIGHT ETC ENDED UP 4TH OVERALL.

RAIN AND RAIN AT LANDRAKE NATIONALS ,SUPER STICKY GLOOP...REALY HARD WORK. TRACK SHORTENED THEN SHORTENED AGAIN. WE ENDED UP WITH 2 RACES AND A PRACTISE 15TH AND 16TH

,NOW 22ND OVERALL

SOUTH SOMERSET 2 DAY USED SATURDAY FOR SETUP,NEW HEAD,JETTING ,TYRES ETC. ENDED UP 6TH OVERALL

BSMA NATIONALS PONTRALIS FELL OFF FIRST LAP OF RACE AND GOT TANGLED UP WITH BIKE,ENDED UP 25TH,BUT KNOCKED 5 SECS OFF MY LAP TIME.FELL ON LAP 2 WHEN RACING FOR 15TH , ENDED UP 23RD. MEETING CANCELLED