Times tight at Mallory...

photo courtesy of motoprofessional.com


Over the last couple of years Mallory hasn’t been too kind and the results haven’t really come – ok we’ve had a couple of podiums but they were helped by the weather.

I’ve approached this weekend a bit different – this place is basically made up of 3 chicanes and a hairpin and on a 200BHP superbike you hardly touch full throttle let alone any more than 4 gears...

It sounds strange but I’ve had to slow down to go faster?
Consciously I’ve sacrificed my corner speed to make time on the exit of the very tight corners here. The result is I’ve lapped nearly 1.5seconds faster than ever before, however....

The times are tight – my qualifying time in the 1st phase of qualifying was only 0.5 [yes that’s half a second!!] off 5th place overall but it left me in 21st place!! (5th in cup).

Its gonna be a tough day in the office tomorrow. My race times are good but 30laps around here, where it’s hard to overtake makes for a challenge.
If I can get on the (cup) podium here it’ll be as good as a win!

Wish me luck!

TT#21