Silverstone >>>> Oulton Park

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Right now we are on the run up to the final round and coming off the back of a pretty good round at Silverstone.

We just missed out on the Cup pole position by 0.1seconds in qualifying, but still in front of the likes of Gary Mason, Karl Harris, and Michael Rutter. We ended up 5th in race one and 3rd place in race two. Strangely it was the race one result I was most please with.
Only a couple of seconds off Mason at the flag is the closest I’ve got to the man this year in the dry and that was with a front tyre that was completely shot by half race distance.

It’s a strange thing racing with no front grip – when the rear grip goes you can play with the throttle to control it and in fairness its good fun.
But the front tyre? Especially peeling into corners like Copse & Bridge at 100/120mph with the front washing out more and more each lap whilst still pushing on to catch the riders ahead takes some doing. And the ability to ignore you survival instinct kinda helps.

Progress in measure in different ways and with my lap times being two seconds a lap faster than last year it was pretty clear were going the right direction.
And so onto Oulton Park this weekend and the season finale – as usual it’s with mixed emotions I head to the final round of the season in Cheshire this weekend.
Its a shame as the season seems to have flown by and it has been a tough year on and off the track and i feel we’ve still to show our full potential – and yes i know only three more chances [races] this year!

The final race is scheduled to start at 16:45 on Sunday... Mid October... Oulton Park, I just hope there’s still enough light to see where we’re going under the trees!

Hopefully see you all there,

TT#21