‘Storming
13 Sep 2009
The last race of the weekend was loads of fun. I pushed hard to try to get on the podium again and I missed it by just 0.4s. A last lap lunge at Keith Smith didn’t quite work. I lost too much on the straight to outbrake him. Denyer won with Matthews second, keeping the […]
Qualifying
12 Sep 2009
Gotta be quick, racing soon. I’m 8th on the grid and 4th A bike, which is ok. If I can do that in the race then I’ll be satisfied. Wilko
Silverstone GP Track Day – Monday 3rd August 2009
06 Aug 2009
I have at long last done my first ever track day on the full GP circuit at Silverstone. I was more than a little nervous before hand. I was worried that I would be too slow, that I’d trash my bike etc….. We had the briefing before going on track which calmed me a little […]
Robbed
23 Jul 2009
Second place – thanks to sudden heavy rain on the last lap and an odd two-lap count back. Qualifying was poor. It showered constantly and, with new dry tyres fitted, I never felt confident to push, ending up 14th and on the fourth row of the grid. Nevertheless, I still felt positive for a good […]
Technical troubles
03 Jun 2009
…with my not-so-smartphone rather than the bike, fortunately. The remote email has spluttered to a halt, so there’s a chance that I won’t be able to blog live from the track on Friday and Saturday if I can’t fix it tomorrow. My nan does worry if I don’t fire up a blog soon after a […]
Fuel crisis
09 May 2009
I can barely bring myself to write this – I ran out of fuel halfway round the last lap, 20 seconds from the flag while leading my class by ten seconds and third on track including the Supertwins. I pushed the bike most of the way, but that’s against the rules so I was forced […]
Pembrey preview
03 May 2009
ThundersportGB makes its first trip into Wales next weekend, for round three at Pembrey.
Exciting race and a win!
15 Mar 2009
Sunday’s first race was adrenalin fuelled even before it began. It took a couple of goes to bump start the bike, and then I got stuck between a load of caravans in the jammed paddock on the way to the grid! You really couldn’t make it up.
Mallory Park
After a week of riding the usual route to work the weekend is here. The sun is shining and I do not have too much of a hangover. I am up and on my bike to meet my old mate Simon Quantrell at Weedon on the A5.
Three in a row
Another hard battle with a Supertwin Ducati made the weekend’s last race a thriller. I came through to take second overall and win the Streetfighter class again. This now gives me the points lead in the championship too.