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May
2009
Hi
Everyone,
Well, our season is continuing well so far and here are
our latest results
Torrington
British Championship - Round 4 - 31st May

Race 1 – Had a terrible
start on a very tight and twisty track. Chased down the
leading pack and were in 6th place at the end of the first
lap. Continued to chase hard and picked off the leading
bunch to take the lead by half distance and held on to the
flag.
Race 2 – Had a better
start this time but still in 3rd place into the first corner.
With the hot weather making the track extremely dusty, visibility
was a huge problem for everyone but we managed to get to
the front and take another race win.
Race 3 – Due to the extremely
dusty conditions and for safety reasons, the 3rd race was
abandoned and we now hold a 33 point lead in the championship.
Reims
International meeting - 21st May

As we’ve now had a few DNF’s in the Grand Prix
and no longer running in the top 10 of the championship,
we decided not to make the long and expensive journey to
Ukraine Grand Prix this year and instead decided to enter
the French International meeting at Reims. In timed practice
we were quickest with a 4 second gap to second place.
Race 1 - We gated in around
6th place but moved up to take the lead by the 4th lap but
a broken rear wheel bearing kept forcing the chain off and
put us out of the race.
Races 2 & 3 went much better
with us taking the victory in both races but we were disappointed
with the first race DNF depriving us of the title "Kings
of Reims"!
Poland
World Championship - Round 3 - 17th May

Qualified in 6th place
Race 1 – Gated in the
top 10 and holding that place until half way round the first
lap when the chain came off. Managed to restart but the
deep ruts and big stones on the track damaged the sprocket
and put the chain off again ultimately putting us out of
race 1.
Race 2 – Had a reasonable
start rounding the first corner in the middle of the pack.
Raced hard on the very rough and rutted track coming through
to take 10th place at the flag.
15th overall on the day and now holding 13th in the championship.
Switzerland
World Championship - Round 2 - 3rd May

Qualified in 4th place so on the front row for the start
Race 1 – Had a bad start
and well down the field into the first corner. Raced hard
to fight our way up to 11th place at the flag.
Race 2 – Had a much better
start this time and running in 6th place in the early laps.
Held this position until 10 minutes into the race when the
mousse in the rear wheel broke up forcing us out of the
race.
16th place overall on the day and holding 11th place in
the championship.
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