2010 RACING NEWS
JULY 2010 - DARLEY MOOR ROUND FOUR
RACE RECORDS IN SCORCHING HOT WEATHER!!!............
TEMPERATURES REACHED 29 DEGREES FOR THE FOURTH CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND AT DARLEY MOOR. EVEN AS WE WENT OUT FOR THE FIRST PRACTICE SESSION THINGS WERE STARTING TO HOT UP. I MANAGED TO GET ONEGOOD LAP IN AFTER BEDDING SOME NEW PADS IN AND QUALIFIED IN 3RD PLACE WHICH WAS PLACED ME ON THE FRONT ROW IN THE PRE 98 CLASS , BEHIND ADAM HOARE ON HIS 250 HONDA AND KEN DAVIS ON HIS 1000cc OWO1 IN POLE POSITION.
RACE 1 . AFTER A STEADY START I FOUND MYSELF LYING IN FIFTH PLACE BEHIND STEVE PRICE ON HIS STEELIE 600 HONDA , SO I DECIDED TO FOLLOW FOR A WHILE AND I WAS PLEASED TO SEE HIM RIDING REALLY WELL , HIS BIKE WAS JUST AS QUICK AS MINE AND I KNEW THE ONLY WAY PAST WAS ON THE BRAKES , SO I MADE MY MOVE GOING INTO PARK WHICH WAS A BIT OF A BLOCK PASS REALLY AND I TOTALLY SCREWED UP MY EXIT AND STEVE ACTUALLY PASSED ME BACK GOING INTO THE BACK ESSES BUT I MANAGED TO FEND HIM OFF AGAIN ON THE BRAKES. I GOT MY HEAD DOWN AND SET OFF AFTER PAUL MARTIN ON HIS R1 AND HAD A GOOD BATTLE FOR A WHILE WITH HIM UNTIL FINALLY I PASSED HIM INTO THE HAIRPIN AND FENDED HIM OFF INTO PADDOCK CORNER. THIS PUT ME IN 4TH PLACE AND LEADING THE SF600 CLASS. I HELD THIS POSISTION TILL THE FLAG. I WAS SUPRISED TO FIND OUT THAT I`D BROKE THE RACE RECORD BY OVER THREE SECONDS! THE MOTOR FELT SLOW IN THE HOT CONDITIONS AND WAS RUNNING AT 85 DEGREES SO I DECIDED TO MAKE SOME CARB CHANGES FOR RACE 2.
BYE FOR NOW.....................SAMMO#8 | 
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