The lanky Beardsley, who was using this meeting to get race fit after a crash at Oulton, took no prisoners in the second encounter and was trailed home by Parsons, Wallis who moved up to third position at the expense of Affleck who stepped off at the Esses. Sam Ludgate bagged valuable points from his fourth spot ahead of Moore, Mason, McIntosh, John Lawrence, the evergreen Norris and Dan Jennings in tenth place.
No surprise that the talented Beardsley dominated it all in Race 3 and managed the gap over second placed Adam Parsons for all 15 laps. Ludgate kept bagging the points with a third ahead of Mason, Wallis, Moore and just outside the top six we had Joan McIntosh who was improving as the day went on. The top ten was topped up with Norris, Peters and Lawrence.
Ludgate has built up a slender 8 point lead over the charging Wallis in the tables with Parsons only a few points adrift. Consistent points scorer Robbie Moore is in a handy fourth from other Mr Reliable - Colin Norris. Triple winner Gary Beardsley lies in 7th but may not be seen again this season as he concentrates on the National scene.

Race Results
Race One
1 Gary Beardsley
2 Adam Parsons
3 Richard Gothard
4 Sam Ludgate
5 Robbie Moore
6 Lewis Mason
7 Mark Affleck
8 Michael Wallis
9 Joan McIntosh
10 Colin Norris
11 Adrian Peters
12 John Lawrence
13 Dan Jennings
14 Glen Levy
15 Nick Barnes
16 Giuseppe Callari
17 Graham Marshall
Fastest Lap Gary Beardsley 56.071s
　
Race Two
1 Gary Beardsley
2 Adam Parsons
3 Michael Wallis
4 Sam Ludgate
5 Robbie Moore
6 Lewis Mason
7 Joan McIntosh
8 John Lawrence
9 Colin Norris
10 Dan Jennings
11 Adrian Peters
12 Stephen Li
13 Glen Levy
14 Nick Barnes
15 Giuseppe Callari
16 Graham Marshall
Fastest Lap Gary Beardsley 56.514s
　
Race Three
1 Gary Beardsley
2 Adam Parsons
3 Sam Ludgate
4 Lewis Mason
5 Michael Wallis
6 Robbie Moore
7 Joan McIntosh
8 Colin Norris
9 Adrian Peters
10 John Lawrence
11 Dan Jennings
12 Stephen Li
13 Glen Levy
14 Nick Barnes
15 Giuseppe Callari
16 Graham Marshall
Fastest Lap Gary Beardsley 56.017s
　
MotoGrande 1000
It’s fair to say that the Mallory MotoGrande 1000 races were all about Phil Brooks on his cross plane crank R1. Phil opened his account in the best possible way by winning from pole over the first of three fifteen lap clashes never looking as he would be challenged from a perusing Simon Fenwick, Pete Wilson and local rider Chris Mayhew - these three running very tight throughout the whole race whilst the pack established a handy cushion over Steven Bridle in fifth. Gary Bransgrove was a safe sixth ahead of Steve Gibson, Graham Bennett and Chris Mason, in his first ever sprint race, with top Junior Endurance (AV-IT Racing) rider Andy Carpenter closing off the top ten. Non finishers from race one included Vincent Bell and Raymond Stagg which will have an effect on the tables at the end of the day.
It was a touch of déjà vu as Phil Brooks shot off on his R1 leaving everyone gasping whilst he went about building up a steady distance between himself and the rest of the mob. Pete Wilson and Simon Fenwick vied for runner up spot with Fenwick making it safe despite attention from his rival in the championship. Meyhew, from nearby Ellistown, rode a steady race and bagged fourth spot ahead of Bridle and Bransgrove. As the race progressed a gap emerged before the second gaggle of riders headed by Carpenter wrestling with Bennett, Gibson, Lee Rawlings and Chris Mason.

 
When it came to the third and final 1000 race of day Brooks was dominant and almost a re run of the previous races where Fenwick and Wilson scrapped over second spot with Mayhew in fourth spot. When the leaders hit the backmarkers about mid race there was some ducking and diving earning Bridle a valuable fifth and Carpenter getting into the top six. Bransgrove, Gibson, Bennett and Rawlings made up the rest of the top ten in a race where less than ten seconds covered four of the top ten finishers.
Wilson must be delighted with a 23 point advantage over main challenger Simon Fenwick and these two are a street ahead of Brooks – possibly only appearing at his favourite track in Leics, Petts, Bell (both zero point scorers at Mallory) with Gary Bransgrove and Justin Stephenson tying on 60 points =- all to play for when we re-appear in Wales at the end of August.
Race Results
Race One
1 Phil Brooks
2 Simon Fenwick
3 Pete Wilson
4 Chris Mayhew
5 Stephen Bridle
6 Gary Bransgrove
7 Steve Gibson
8 Graham Bennett
9 Chris Mason
10 Andy Carpenter
11 Justin Stephenson
12 Paul Pickering
13 Lee Rawlings
14 Paul Burbage
15 Sam Smeeton
16 Ian Charles
17 Marcelo Cosas
18 Matthew Pickard
19 Tom Connor
20 Mark Footitt
21 Mark Gilbert
Fastest Lap Phil Brooks 56.356s
　
Race Two
1 Phil Brooks
2 Simon Fenwick
3 Pete Wilson
4 Chris Mayhew
5 Stephen Bridle
6 Gary Bransgrove
7 Andy Carpenter
8 Graham Bennett
9 Steve Gibson
10 Lee Rawlings
11 Chris Mason
12 Paul Pickering
13 Paul Burbage
14 Justin Stephenson
15 Sam Smeeton
16 Raymond Stagg
17 Mark Footitt
18 Ian Charles
19 Matthew Pickard
20 Gary Richards
21 Tom Connor
22 Steve Pickering
Fastest Lap Phil Brooks 55.786s
　
Race Three
1 Phil Brooks
2 Simon Fenwick
3 Pete Wilson
4 Chris Mayhew
5 Stephen Bridle
6 Andy Carpenter
7 Gary Bransgrove
8 Steve Gibson
9 Graham Bennett
10 Lee Rawlings
11 Paul Burbage
12 Justin Stephenson
13 Mark Footitt
14 Ian Charles
15 Gary Richards
16 Steve Pickering
Fastest Lap Phil Brooks 55.449s

Hottrax Motorsport 2010 Round Three at Silverstone, Northants 29th

May 2010 – National and Junior Endurance Championships - Report

Early morning qualifying was a closely contested affair for the seventy one riders chasing pole in wet and unpredictable conditions. Snetterton winners AV-IT Racing (Andy Carpenter/Marcus Langford) were fastest in 71s a tad ahead of Insignia (Rob Loveday/Einar Torlen) and Cadwell winners TM17 (Gary Buck/Ash Rothwell). In the closing stages of the qualifying session Bucko's Firebalde cried enough necessitating the loan of a 750 from fellow Throttlemonkeys team TM72. A similar fate affected Racing Snakes' Ian Charles who was loaned a 600 to replace his broken GSXR 1000 to partner Peter Carr on his 'sit up and beg' 750 Suzuki, Michelin Power Cup leading light Ady Allsopp was one of a few 600 pilots who would be classed in the litre class for the three hour encounter when he partnered R1 mounted Martin Townsend in B & M Racing.
In a race that started in heavy rain, we saw AV-IT's Marcus Langford shoot off with B & M's Allsopp plus Insignia's Einar Torlen chasing hard in the unforgiving dense spray. Copse was taking it's haul of fallers in the first hour with the track that was beginning to form a dry line, this combined with standing water was making tricky conditions for the racers. One victim was Martin Townsend who lost the front of his R1 at Brooklands dumping him to the ground and B & M down the order to 32nd spot, Townsend would set about repairing the R1 whilst Allsopp attempted to get back up the standings, at the same time Suzuki man Steve Callaghan also uncharacteristically gave best to Copse ending Team TAR's aspirations for the day.

Conditions were improving to the point that Allsopp was now dipping into the 67 second laps. At the 60 lap mark AV-ITs Marcus Langford's times began to slow as he wrestled with a worn rear tyre; he was being hunted down by ‘new to series’ Triumph Challengers Dales Racing (Will Sawyer/Richard Steadman) and BLDS (Bill Lilly/George Harvey) with TM17 gradually losing touch with the leading trio.

A couple of fallers required further appearances of the pace car which had the effect of bunching the riders up for around twenty minutes, giving rise to a blight of carefully implemented pit stops. Dales Racing made the most of this and found their 600 was a lap ahead of class mates BLDS with 1000cc teams Ridgeback (Mark Clark/David Stolliday) and Insignia on the same lap, TM17 and early leaders AV-IT were rounding off the top six. Apex Racing, with a garage full of corporate guests in attendance, had a major off with Adam Woby at the wheel, requiring a wait to recover the all important transponder before Nick Matthews could continue on the lone machine. After the pace car came in a dry line had appeared, albeit under black clouds and making the most of a clear track were the top three litre machines of Insignia, TM17 and AV-IT all doing their best to de lap themselves and get back on terms with the leading 600s of Dales and BLDS - given that Ady Allsopp's 600 was currently the quickest thing around, this would be a tough call. Indeed on the two hour mark the heavens opened as the TLS Timekeepers confirmed that the two 600s of Dales and BLDS still reigned ahead with two and one laps in hand over the four 1000 teams of Ridgeback, Insignia, TM17 and AV-IT, the third placed 600 was DNA Racing (Dan Jennings/Adam Parsons).

In the third and final hour Langford showed that with the right rubber he was well up for it and was soon in second spot on his bright yellow AV-IT machine, two laps down on Dales but this did not matter as they were in different classes. Whilst Dales were first on the road with thirty minutes to go they enjoyed a two lap cushion over the next 600 of BLDS who held the same gap over DNA Racing, the next 600 was MC Racing (Richard Payne/Jason McKinnon) back in 14th overall. The challenge for the 1000cc was hotting up with AV-IT on a charge only 30 seconds ahead of TM17 and strategists calculated a win for either would hinge on the compulsory rider changes in the final thirty minutes, Banzai (Rupert Thompson/Ben Jenkins) were the third placed only thousand twenty seconds ahead of Ridgeback with Insignia in seventh place overall. With fifteen minutes left on the clock Dales looked sorted for a class and race win but AV-IT made their final pit stop allowing TM17 to leap frog into top spot with little time difference, Langford tried a little too hard on his immaculate Fireblade to get back in contention pitched off at Copse losing him a certain second and dropping him out of contention down to ninth spot on the road. At the same time Ridgeback were putting in some very fast laps, up to seven seconds a lap quicker than TM17 and BLDS; at the end of the totally unpredictable three hour race we had Dales, who's brace of Triumph 675s never faltered, take the flag with a three lap lead over the resurgent Ridgeback who finished top 1000cc team over BLDS who were 22 seconds adrift and only 5 seconds ahead of second in class TM17. Banzai and Sherwood Suzuki (Carl Dodwell/Sean Everett) were next litre teams ahead of third in 600cc class DNA in seventh overall. The next eight places were all in the 1000cc class and included Old and Bold fifth in class ahead of AV-IT, Marcus restarting after his late off at Copse.

Where are they all in the championship running? 600 first round winners DNA are 8 points ahead of Cadwell top men in blue, JR Racing with the Ducati mounted LA Stone people in third a single point ahead of MC Racing - don't forget BLDS Couriers who have had two second places after a DNF at Snetterton are just around the corner in fifth. 1000cc teams see AV-IT still at the top of the tree despite a rare indiscretion at Silverstone over the well run TM17 with surprised but delighted winners at Silverstone; Ridgeback in third. Several teams are well in contention and not far away including Banzai, Sherwood Suzuki and Insignia, the next round is Oulton in July where many of the teams and riders are yet to visit and test. 

Race Results
600
1 Dales Racing 140 laps
2 BLDS Couriers 137
3 DNA 134
4 MC Racing 130
5 L A Stone Racing 129
6 J R Racing 129
7 Louth Bikes Junior A 128
8 121 Ride + 1 123
9 Louth Bikes Junior B 113
10 Apex Racing 112

1000
1 Ridgeback Racing 137 laps
2 TM17 138
3 Banzai Racing 136
4 Sherwood Suzuki 135
5 Old and Bold Racing 134
6 AV-IT Racing 134
7 Terry Thomas Racing 133
8 Racing Snakes 132
9 Insignia 132
10 RS Racing 131
11 In the Dog House Racing 130
12 B and M Racing 130
13 Derek Redmond 200 128
14 TANC Racing 127
15 Pirate Racing 127
16 ASBO Racing 125
17 Derek Redmond 400 123
18 Pirate Racing V2 123
19 No Limits Racing 115
Fastest Laps
600 Dales Racing 1m 8.932s
1000 B and M Racing 1m 7.151s 

National Endurance 3 Hours Graphic UK (Dean Skipper/Basil Bannayi) made the most of the drier moments of qualifying to earn pole with 64.171s just in front of Jimmy Storrar Racing (Neil Garnham/Steve Neate) - Steve enjoying his first endurance race since Le Mans back in April racing under the Hottrax Motorsport banner. Front running outfit TM72 (Andy McKnight/Jonty Dixon) topped out the top 3 only 0.8 seconds shy of pole. Last year's champs Sweatshop (Hugh Brasher/Mick Godfrey) were an uncharacteristic sixth on the grid after missing the last round at Cadwell as Hugh was enjoying fatherhood and coping with sleepless nights! Wet weather specialist Ryan Peters (so he told me on the grid before the race!) was caught out right at the start , Ry standing in for a damaged Ryan Myler after a Cadwell spill joining John Blundell in the Tango and Crash camp, dumping his R6 at Copse on the first corner of the first lap of the race, loosing valuable time and rejoining in bottom spot. Sweatshop stamped their authority in the early stages with fast lappery in the worsening track conditions, they had built up a handy 30 second lead over TM72 Racing with Jimmy Storrar and Louth Bikes National chasing in their wake. The weather was master of the first half hour - Ducks Cross Racing went missing around the same time as 1491 Endurance (Andy Pulling/Ian Cooper) and with both bikes recovered the teams faced a rebuilding task to get back out there, a challenge too steep and the teams retired after 20 and 13 laps respectively. Stable mates to Ducks X, Cross Ducks (Mike Eglington/Russ Horton) were experiencing adhesion problems - a common cry along the length of the pit lane as riders and teams got their heads around the challenging and unpredictable weather conditions. Experienced birthday boy Mike Eglington decided to ditch the tyres from his R6 and fit the wheels from the stricken Ducks X machine, improvisation being at the very heart of endurance racing.  At the half way point Sweatshop were leading by three laps from TM72, which saw Andy McKnight using team manager Eric Chitty's 750 Suzuki, also to be used by Gary Buck in the afternoons Junior Race (hopefully). In third spot overall was Jimmy Storrar's team a blinking 0.2s ahead of the first 600 team of Louth Bikes (Shaun Hooson/Ralph Naden), Pit Stop Racing (Peter + Marc Dilks), fatblokeracerwear (Andy Rouse/Colin Norris) which included Norris racing with a crook leg following an ‘off’ in Fridays testing. Spark Endurance (Shelley Pike/Robert Knoyle) who had been as high as fourth earlier were back in 7th ahead of pole men Graphic with Dean getting to grips with National man Matt Layt's Suzuki 1000 K10, on loan for the weekend. RAF liveried Roundall Racing (Pete Gibson/Simon Allen) was sharing the same lap as a resurgent Tango & Crash recovering well from their early spill and time loss. For the final hour Sweatshop continued to construct a comfort break over TM72 with top 600 plot; the Pit Stop brothers just down the road and pushing hard to maintain a respectable distance over the lads from Louth who were on the same lap as the Jimmy Storrar duo. fatblokeracerwear completed the top six and felt comfortable with a couple of laps in hand over T&C and Spark, Graphic were ninth on the road and within striking distance of the two 600 bikes a lap ahead of them with thirty minutes of the race to run - that was the challenge. In the closing stages the weather was worsening further and Sweatshop's Godfrey pitched in with sub 70s lap - quicker than most track day heroes in the dry, amazing stuff from the Silver Fox. At the end of the 180 minutes Sweatshop won the race by a considerable five laps over fellow 1000 opposition TM72, who finished with a jumping chain on the borrowed Suzuki. Jimmy Storrar, a team only put together just before practice with two very experienced and talented riders, were third in class ahead of Graphic UK and the charismatic BMW S1000R of Enviro (Danny Cheevers/Roger Titman/Steve Wong) which was ridden by all three riders. After missing Cadwell, two times winner Sweatshop are in third spot of the championship just four points down on Graphic UK who are six points adrift of the ultra consistent TM72 Racing who have posted a trio of runner up spots, this trio have a mountain of points lead over the rest of the field. In the 600s it was a massive round of applause to Nottingham's Pit Stop Racing who won their class and was third on the road ahead of Louth Bikes and fatblokeracerwear joining them on the podium. Spark Endurance were delighted with a well deserved fourth sandwiching the high siding Tangos with stable mates Roundall Racing, Spark finishing a slender one second ahead of T&C. The ever improving Speed n Spares (Dave Etherington/Richard Clarke) finished seventh in front of a weary Cross Ducks Racing, unclassified were team mates Ducks X and 1491. fatblokeracerwear.com should be delighted to be leading their championship a significant eleven points in front of Louth Bikes with Tango and Crash in a handy third with the Dilks brothers (Pit Stop Racing) only three points away, that said there are still four rounds of the championship to run so it's anybody's call. Race Results 600 1 Pit Stop Racing 141 laps 2 Louth Bikes National 140 3 fatblokeracerwear.com 139 4 Spark Endurance 138 5 Tango and Crash 138 6 Roundall Racing 132 7 Speed n Spares Racing 130 8 Cross Ducks Racing 126 1000 1 Sweatshop Racing 151 laps 2 TM72 146 3 Jimmy Storrar Racing 141 4 Graphic UK 136 5 Enviro 126 Fastest Lap 600 Ducks Cross Racing 1m 7.720s 1000 Sweatshop Racing 1m 5.863s

Hottrax Endurance + MotoGrande Rd 2 - Race Report

National 3 hours

There were a number of casaulities from Friday testing which saw at least half a dozen teams or riders bumped from the weekend's programme. Unfortunately for the National class this included TrackCRAFT Race Tuition (Mark Linscott/Mike Dickinson) when Mark found his shoulder not fully up to managing the ex Hydrex Firebalde. The quality of the field was still high and there were no real favourites for the race, despite 2009 champs and winners at the opening round, Sweatshop Racing, being absent, this round had attracted a number of national runners looking for extra track time before the BSB round at the end of May. Pete Clifford's Actiforce Racing (Joe Dickinson/Anthony Hayward) took pole from M and C (Paul Crowe/Liam Marchant) with regulars Graphic UK (Matt Layt/Dean Skipper) third - National man Layt subbing for Basil Bannayi who was feeling under the weather. Another pair of new blends at Cadwell was AP Kawasaki (Matt Bilton/Freddie Russo) & Wainwright Hoyle (Matt Hoyle/Josh Wainwright). Of the other teams committed to the whole series TM72 (Andy McKnight/Jonty Dixon), so close to a win at Snetterton, were sixth fastest in qualifying over a second sharper than Tango J Crash (Bongo Blundell/Ryan Myler).


When it mattered at the race start Actiforce, M & C, Wainwright Hoyle and AP Kawasaki were all over the front of the field as if it were a 10 lap sprint race. Taking it to the visitors was Graphic UK, Ducks Cross (Grant Wagstaff/Martin Landmann) and Tango and Crash before the safety car was deployed to allow an ambulance to leave the Medical Centre with a passenger from the previous Michelin race. That sorted the race positions at the 30 minute mark which were Actiforce sharing the same lap with AP but a lap ahead of Graphics, Ducks X, Wainright Hoyle, T & C, 1491 Endurance (Andy Pulling/Ian Cooper) and 2nd at Snetterton TM72. With the race gaining pace and rhythm the green flags were shown until just before the one hour mark when Tango's Ryan Myler fell heavily at Charlies depositing fuel and oil from the hapless Honda 600, it took a while whilst the track was cleaned and the bikes sat on the grid in parc ferme. At this stage AP and Actiforce were a lap in front of Graphics, Wainrights, Ducks X, TM72, Profibre featuring Michelin winner Ady Alsopp replacing Richard Durber, fatblokeracerwear.com and the Pit Stop Racing brothers - Peter and Mark Dilks.


The restart saw us quickly loose leaders AP Kawasaki after Matt Bilton crashed out, responder was collected but dumped them down the leader board to last position joining Tango with only one machine working. This promoted Actiforce into top spot a full two circuits ahead of Graphics from Wainright Hoyle, TM72; M & C where having a mare as a dud fuse caused problems and lost valuable time tipping them down the order despite some aggressive riding by Marchant and Crowe. A further lap adrift we had 1491, fatblokes, Pit Stop, Louth Bikes (Perry Cooper/Ralph Naden), Ducks X and Speed 'n Spares (Dave Etherington/Richard Walker). It’s worth noting that out of the whole field there were only a trio of litre teams and they were currently lying in second, fourth and fifth places.

During the final hour all was close with many teams on the same laps as their class rivals and all to play for on the road; Actiforce were on top by two laps with Graphics in second then TM72 and Wainright Hoyle racing on the road, a situation not helped by a less than tidy pit stop by the Throttlemonkeys allowing WH to leap frog into a handy third spot, albeit in a separate class. The end of the race beat the circuit curfew time after what had been a close and eventful duel resulting in a win for the 600 team Actiforce, two laps down were top 1000 crew Graphic UK a lap ahead of Wainright Hoyle, on the same lap as fourth spot TM72. Fatblokeracewear.com, 1491 and Ducks X all finished 3 laps down on the leaders in front of Pit Stop Racing, Speed n Spares and Louth Bikes. Early front runners M & C gained a place in the dying moments from Cross Ducks Racing ahead of A & G, Roundall Racing, and Spark Endurance. Bringing up the rear were teams that could have had better days; Profibre, Tango and Crash - they did and former race leaders AP Kawasaki whose second bike went AWOL before the end of the race.

1000 Results

1 Graphic UK 80 laps

2 TM72 79 laps

3 M and C Racing 77 laps

600 Results

1 Actiforce * 82 laps

2 Wainright Hoyle Racing 79 laps

3 fatblokeracerwear.com 78 laps

4 1491 Endurance 78 laps

5 Ducks Cross Racing 78 laps

6 Pit Stop Racing 78 laps

7 Speed n Spares Racing 77 laps

8 Louth Bikes National 77 laps

9 Cross Ducks Racing 75 laps

10 A & G Racing 74 laps

11 Roundall Racing 73 laps

12 Spark Endurance 72 laps

13 Profibre 69 laps

14 Tango and Crash 65 laps

* Overall Winner

NC AP Kawasaki 61 laps

Fastest Laps

1000 M and C Racing 1m 34.078s

600 Actiforce 1m 31.595s


　

　

Junior Endurance - 3 hours

The two Junior qualifying sessions were held in chilly but improving conditions after a wretched morning on the Saturday. With no dramas it was newcomers and local based Ringsting Racing (Dave Sellers/Dean Martin) who earned pole by a substantial margin from BLDS Couriers (Bill Lilly/George Harvey), Av-It Racing (Andy Carpenter/Marcus Langford) with TM17 (Gary Buck/Ash Rothwell) and DNA Racing (Dan Jennings/Adam Parsons) not far away. After a dry lunch break the wet stuff made a hasty reappearance for the start of the race before conditions thankfully starting to dry out for the rest of the day. Ringsting led for the opening half dozen laps chased by Banzai Racing (Rupert Thompson/Ben Jenkins), Av-It, TM17, Old & Bold (Paul Burbage/Richard Lloyd) and Terry Thomas (Marc Broi/James Shervell). The drying track caused a rash of tyre changes, after only a handful of laps, with teams being shod with slicks through to full wets and all now convinced the track had produced a dry line and slicks were the order of the day. First time racers Pirate Racing V2 (Emma Hodges/Paul Whiteman) had early dramas as Whiteman was forced off at Charlies damaging the bike, the transponder was recovered and Emma started her first ever race a tad earlier than expected. The race was red flagged after 12 laps after a rider high sided at Barn causing a lengthy delay whilst machine and rider were safely recovered. At the restart the snake of riders took a while to get into their rhythm but at half distance leading 600 crew; DNA were 8 seconds ahead of Ducati powered No Limits Racing (Arron Bird/Derek Saunders) with BLDS in third spot. Banzai were fourth, neck and neck with TM17 who were three thousands of a second ahead of pole people Ringsting. No less than 16 teams shared the leading lap.

Around the two hour mark JR Racing #999 (Mark Roxbrough/John Burr) earned themselves a significant stop/go penalty at the end of pit lane for a technical infringement, whilst ASBO's Carl Hodgkins crashed as he entered the pit lane as he was so enthusiastic to come in. Banzai had rocketed themselves into a slender lead at this stage ahead of leading 600 BLDS with TM17, DNA and Old and Bold all still sharing the same lap and only separated by seconds. The pace car made an appearance with 37 minutes left as local team Louth Bikes (Stephen Bullas/Richard Hough) and GT Racing (Keith Tribe/Sam Smeeton) who went down at Chris Curve, the local Louth boys collected their transponder to send out the second bike whilst the green Kawasaki made it back to the pits.

In the closing thirty minutes TM17 led on the road from Banzai, Old and Bold, Av-It, top 600 team BLDS a bit ahead of police liveried JR Racing with Sherwood Suzuki (Carl Dodwell/Sean Everett), LA Stone (Tony Hathaway/Tim Howard), DNA and the flying ASBOs - all still on the same lap and many within sight of the next rider up! At the same time race control realised that JR Racing had been given the penalty erroneously and they would be credited with the missing 49 seconds at the end of the race.

So, at the drop of the flag in darkening conditions it was bike number 999 (JR Racing) that were credited with the win just over a second quicker than winner on the road TM17, Banzai were on the last step of the podium ahead of Old and Bold, Av-It, BLDS Couriers, Sherwood Suzuki, LA Stone Racing, DNA, ASBO (Darren Walker/Carl Hodgkins) and local crew Ringsting Racing.

As for the 600 class; throughout the race the leading 600 outfits had taken the fight to the bigger machines on the road, after the red flag period DNA led the race overall ahead of nearest class rivals, BLDS, Ringsting, LA Stone, MC Racing (David Booking/Jason McKinnon) and Snug Racing (Keith Dickie/Dave Roberts) all on the same lap with eventual class winners 9th in class. At two thirds distance BLDS were class leaders, and second on the road, 8 seconds ahead of DNA but a lap up on LA Stone, Ringsting, MC and Snug with JR down in 11th spot. In the closing stages of the race DNA were class leaders and only 5 seconds ahead of BLDS who were seven and eight seconds ahead of the blue Ducatis of LA Stone and the punished JR Racing and JR Racing were ‘on a charge’ up to 4th in class. This obviously changed when the results were corrected at the end when we saw JR Racing as the top 600 team as well as overall race winners over half a minute ahead of class runners up BLDS and finishing close by and on the same lap we had LA Stone, DNA and Ringsting Racing.

1000 Class

1 TM17 73 laps

2 Banzai Racing 73 laps

3 Old and Bold Racing 73 laps

4 Av-It Racing 73 laps

5 Sherwood Suzuki 73 laps

6 ASBO Racing 73 laps

7 Derek Redmond 400 72 laps

8 TANC Racing 72 laps

9 Insignia 72 laps

10 Ridgeback Racing 72 laps

600 Class

1 JR Racing * 73 laps

2 BLDS Couriers 73 laps

3 LA Stone Racing 73 laps

4 DNA Racing 73 laps

5 Ringsting Racing 73 laps

6 Systema-Alfa Racing 72 laps

7 MC Racing 71 laps

8 Snug Racing 70 laps

9 Apex Racing 70 laps

10 Louth Bikes Junior 68 laps

* Overall Winner

Fastest Lap

600cc Ringsting Racing 1m 41.371s

1000cc Banzai Racing 1m 40.015s

　

MotoGrande

600 Race One

Qualifying took place in appalling conditions on Saturday morning where setting a time of under 2 minutes was seen to be respectable. Fastest qualifier was Sam Ludgate from Mark Evans. Redmond Racing’s Wayne Crossman made a superb start from the front row which saw pole man Ludgate drop back in a major fashion emerging in P5 after the opening lap. Dreadlock wearing Crossman stayed out front as Ludgate worked his way up to the frontrunner's pipes. A faller at Park bought out the red flag which enable the marshals to clear petrol from the track. The race was restarted for a six lap affair which saw Crossman get the holeshot but only for a lap after which orange bib wearing Ludgate made the race his own. Towards the end of the race we lost Matt O'Hare and Stephen Li; finishing a solid third was Robbie Moore ahead of Richard Walker with Colin Norris a steady and well deserved fifth on his Triumph with Dave Etherington polishing off the top six in drying conditions.

Race Results

1 Sam Ludgate

2 Wayne Crossman

3 Robbie Moore

4 Richard Walker

5 Colin Morris

6 Dave Etherington

7 Giuseppe Callari

8 Glen Levy

9 Graham Marshall

Fastest Lap Sam Ludgate 1m 48.508s

600 Race Two

Possible race favourite for this Sam Ludgate, an ex UK trials champ who has competed in Australia, enjoyed a smart start to be passed by Redmond Racing 600 rider Wayne Crossman - in a race flagged off by DR himself. Into the second lap and Ludgate was at the helm being challenged by Michael Wallis who was soon gifted a 10 second penalty for a jumped start leaving Ludgate to manage the race from the front. Crossman appeared to lose power coming onto the start/finish straight and fell back as the race progressed. On lap 10 Ludgate led on the road and Wallis hung on to lessen the consequences of his penalty. When it mattered Ludgate won by 11 seconds from Robbie Moore with Wallis in a well retained third. Colin Norris on his Triumph were a solid fourth ahead of Richard Gothard, John Lawrence and Crossman in seventh. Bill Lilly protected his eighth place from Matt O'Hare with Giuseppe Callari and Graham Marshall being the last classified riders.

Race Results

1 Sam Ludgate

2 Robbie Moore

3 Michael Wallis

4 Colin Norris

5 Richard Gothard

6 John Lawrence

7 Wayne Crossman

8 Bill Lilly

9 Matt O’Hare

10 Giuseppe Callari

11 Graham Marshall

Fastest Lap Sam Ludgate 1m 39.484s

　

600 Race Three

On a damp track Sam Ludgate started the 9 lapper from pole and capitalized on this, at the same time Richard Gothard started from pit lane and had to make his way up through the field steadily to finish sixth out of ten finishes. As Ludgate romped away with a win, Crossman was runner up with Mark Evans in third spot. Fourth was sorted by Robbie Moore being harassed by John Lawrence, Gothard, Colin Norris, Wallis, Graham Levy and Callari.

Race Results

1 Sam Ludgate

2 Wayne Crossman

3 Mark Evans

4 Robbie Moore

5 John Lawrence

6 Richard Gothard

7 Colin Norris

8 Michael Wallis

9 Glen Levy

10 Giuseppe Callari

Fastest Lap John Lawrence 1m 53.151s

　

1000 Race One

Raymond Stagg was unable to make the most of his pole and it was Andy Petts who headed Snetterton winner Peter Wilson and Sam Smeeton on his Honda twin into the first corner. From fourth on the opening lap Simon Fenwick took to the front before halfway point to lead on the road from Petts, Wilson and Smeeton. All looked steady until around three quarter distance when championship leader Wilson took the lead, this was to be short lived however as Wilson and Fenwick took a tumble at the chicane to let original leader Petts take the chequer after 12 laps. The chicanery allowed Luke Hall to take second, Graham Bennett was third ahead of Mick Crich, Gary Bransgrove, Vincent Bell and Kev Parker.

Results

1 Andy Petts

2 Luke Hall

3 Graham Bennett

4 Mick Crich

5 Gary Bransgrove

6 Vincent Bell

7 Kevin Parker

8 Lee Rawlings

9 Justin Stephenson

10 Mark Gilbert

11 Gary Richards

12 Gavin Duxbury

Fastest Lap Pete Wilson 1m 49.536s

　

1000 Race Two

Raymond Stagg must have felt lonely starting on his own from the front row for the second race, however it was Andy Petts who stole the lead on lap one and never yielded in a race where positions barely swapped owners. In sunny and warm conditions it was Mick Crich who slowly moved backwards down the order and after the allotted dozen laps Petts won comfortably from Kawasaki mounted Simon Fenwick with Stagg in third. Beyond the podium Vincent Bell got ahead of Justin Stephenson riding well on the AMR R1 with Suzuki man Gary Bransgrove in 6th in front of the sweet sounding SP1 of Sam Smeeton, Crich was eighth having been third in the early days and he was quicker than 7, Graham Bennett and Lee Rawlings.

Results

1 Andy Petts

2 Simon Fenwick

3 Raymond Stagg

4 Vincent Bell

5 Justin Stephenson

6 Gary Bransgrove

7 Sam Smeeton

8 Mick Crich

9 Paul Pickering

10 Graham Bennett

11 Lee Rawlings

12 Tony Hird

13 Mike Naylor

14 Kevin Parker

15 Gary Richards

16 Gavin Duxbury

Fastest Lap Simon Fenwick 1m 38.995s

1000 Race 3

On a cool but wet track Andy Petts performed a superb start just ahead of Raymond Stagg and Sam Smeeton - would the Honda twin be an advantage on the damp track? We lost Stagg at Barn and Seaton’s bike was unable to make a dent in Petts' solid lead and actually found himself ousted by a charging Simon Fenwick and Mick Crich to settle for a decent fourth ahead of Bennett, Bransgrove, 25. Stephenson and Lee Rawlings bringing up the rear.

Results

1 Andy Petts

2 Simon Fenwick

3 Mick Crich

4 Sam Smeeton

5 Graham Bennett

6 Gary Bransgrove

7 Vincent Bell

8 Justin Stephenson

9 Lee Rawlings

Fastest Lap Mick Crich 1m 46.419s

　

　

Michelin Power Cup Race 1

After wet morning practice and qualifying it was Jon Otter who started from pole with local ace Phil Crowe and Greg Allsop joining him on the front row. The bikes were eventually flagged off after a long time on the grid and it was Crowe who posted an early retirement on Lap 2 to leave Otter and Greg Allsop to scrap at the front of the field. Making his way up the field was top 600 pilot Ady Allsopp who was hunting down the bigger machines on his R6 on a drying track. In the final quarter of the 12 lapper the impish Allsopp had made it stick with a dominant win of more than 15 seconds over near namesake Greg and Otter in third, having some machine gremlins, in close attendance were William Monie, Arron Hoar and Snetterton triple winner Simon Gardner on a trio of R6s. Jim Laird headed the next half dozen ahead of student Steph Waddelow, endurance migrant Ian Courts plus Andy Rouse, Chris Hunt-Terry and cross plane R1 mounted Brazilian Rhalf Lo Tourco. Of the other finishes it is obvious some of the new to racing riders are beginning to feel comfortable and are building up speed and consistency in the Michelin Power Cup. Lots of promise with more to come from Dom De Leon, Ty Jones, John Boakye, Sohaib Habib, Nick Grobler and Ashraf Aboukass.

1000 Class

1 Greg Allsopp

2 Jonathon Otter

3 Jim Laird

4 Rhalf Lo Tourco

6 Ty Jones

7 John Boakye

8 Nick Grobler

600 Class

1 Adrian Allsopp *

2 William Monie

3 Arron Hoar

4 Simon Gardner

5 Stephanie Waddelow

6 Ian Courts

7 Andy Rouse

8 Chris Hunt Terry

9 Dominic De Leon

10 Sohaib Habib

* Overall Race Winner

Fastest Lap

600 Adrian Allsopp 1m 42.510s

1000 Jonathon Otter 1m 43.833s

Michelin Power Cup Race 2

In totally different conditions to the previous day Market Rasen's Phil Crowe converted pole into first on the road before dropping out on lap two handing the lead to Jon Otter who had the pressure of the in pursuit gaggle of William Monie, Greg Allsop on his less than current R1 and Snetterton dominant Si Gardner making it an eight wheeler at the front. We lost yesterday's winner Ady Allsopp shortly before we had red flags. At the restart which was a new 8 lap race it reverted back to the Otter, Allsop, Monie and Gardner 8 wheeler with Adam Hoar joining in the fun. There was then a healthy gap on Group 2 which included Lo Turco, Ryan Peters and Andy Rouse. Most impressive show boating over the Mountain was diminutive Welshman Ty Jones on his one litre Suzuki. Towards the end of the 8 laps Allsop yielded to Gardner on the road which mattered little as they were in different classes. So at the close Jonny 5 mopped up maximum points in his championship campaign ahead of Simon Gardner also maxing out in his class, Greg Allsop was third on the road ahead of Monie, Hoar, a hard pushing Andy Rouse, Lo Turco, Jim Laird and Ryan Peters in front of Steph Waddelow making the top ten.

1000 Class

1 Jonathon Otter *

2 Greg Allsopp

3 Rhalf Lo Turco

4 Jim Laird

5 Ty Jones

6 Richie Cunningham

7 Nick Grobler

* Overall Race Winner

600 Class

1 Simon Gardner

2 William Monie

3 Arron Hoar

4 Andy Rouse

5 Ryan Peters

6 Stephanie Waddelow

7 Lewis O’Regan

8 Ian Courts

9 Derek Boyle

10 Thor Marshall

11 Chris Hunt Terry

12 Dominic De Leon

13 Jamal Mahmood

Fastest Lap

600 Simon Gardner 1m 36.577s

1000 Jonathon Otter 1m 36.897s

　

　

Michelin Power Cup Race 3

As the grid started filling up for the third and final Michelin Power Cup, leading men Jon Otter and Greg Allsop rightly decided the riders should change onto wets as the heavens had opened over the lunch break and the track was a tad more than damp, rider safety being the main consideration for all. When the race did start the track was damp but a dry line was visible, pole man Otter made the most of this although the lead swapped from Jon to Greg Allsop with top 600 runner Ady Allsopp in third fending off William Monie, Ryan Peters did an excellent job fending off a persistent Simon Gardner who wants to add to his impressive points tally in the championship. Around two thirds distance two riders fell at the chicane bringing out the red flags - as over half the race distance had been completed a result was declared.

　

1000 Class

1 Jonathon Otter *

2 Greg Allsopp

3 Jim Laird

4 Rhalf Lo Tourco

5 Richie Cunningham

6 Ty Jones

7 John Boakye

* Overall Race Winner

600 Class

1 Adrian Allsopp

2 William Monie

3 Ryan Peters

4 Simon Gardner

5 Arron Hoar

6 Stephanie Waddelow

7 Derek Boyle

8 Ashraf Aboukass

Fastest Lap

600 William Monie 1m 43.402s

1000 Jonathon Otter 1m 42.075s

Hottrax Motorsport 2010 Round One at Snetterton, Norfolk on 3rd and 4th April 2010 – National Endurance, Junior Endurance, MotoGrande and MICHELIN Power Cup
The Hottrax Endurance 2010 season made a fantastic start with changeable weather and plump grids for Junior and National 3 hour endurance races as well as triple races on the programme for MotoGrande sprint events.

National Endurance

The National race got underway in bright sunshine and pole was set in cool morning conditions by 2009 Champions Sweatshop Racing (Hugh Brasher/Mick Godfrey) on their much trusted R1, Mick using this race as excellent preparation for his Le Mans appearance on the Alf's Motorcycles Kawasaki in a couple of weeks time. Showing silver were Graphic UK (Dean Skipper/Basil Bannayi) who appear in 2010 on a brace of Fireblades almost a second adrift. TM72 (Andy McKnight/Jonty Dixon) were third fastest ahead of newcomers TS Racing (Richard Payne/James McBride) who were top 600s a smidge in front of fellow newbies 1491 Endurance (Andy Pulling/Ian Cooper) and the brothers Dilks (Pit Stop Racing) - Peter and Marc.

At the start Sweatshop made no mistake about it and started work on building up a cushion over P2. Left on the grid were the Slingshot Honda and the Louth Bikes R6 (Perry Cooper/Ralph Naden) however the big Honda was soon scything its way through the pack to regain ground. At the initial rash of pit stops and rider changes Sweatshop luxuriated in a two lap advantage over Graphic UK, TM72, top 600 effort - TS Racing, despite James McBride grass tracking around Russells. In close company were Ducks Cross Racing (Martin Landmann/Grant Wagstaff), 1491 and the Pit Stop Bros - no less than eleven players on the same lap. Dramas for A & G Racing (Mark Affleck/Gary Jones) when Mark's Honda conked out, struggled to get back into pitlane before the Welshman, Jones, could rejoin the fray.

For much of the first hour the race ran like clockwork with little drama on the track or pitlane. This enabled Sweatshop to continue to pile on the coals and retain a lead of one lap, we did see a change on the rest of the podium positions with TM72 now second following a dramatic fall down the order for Graphic. Nottingham's Pit Stop were now leading the 600s and third on the road in front of the rapid TS pairing. Tango & Crash (John ‘Bongo’ Blundell/Ryan Myler) who were holding fifth with Profibre (Richards Durber
+ Gothard) topping out the top six and looking good for the 600s over their big brothers. More dramas for A & G as Jones' Kawasaki broke a throttle cable costing valuable time before getting out amongst it again. In the same era James McBride's hard working R6 cried enough by throwing a crank resulting in the team ending their campaign in garage number 7, the Yamaha making it’s next appearance at the NW200 next month. Profibre's Richard Durber was also having a mare but was soon rejoining the race with purpose. Next bike reported down was 1419’s Andy Pulling who was off at the Esses.

Two thirds distance it was now TM72 who led from early favourites Sweatshop only seconds apart and closing with T & C and 1491 battling for third spot less than a minute apart. 10 minutes later the race lost the hard pushing 1491 rider at the Esses and the safety car was deployed to allow the marshals at Russells move Marc Dilks’ Honda which was returned to the paddock for a spell of DIY. With 50 minutes to go it was brother Peter who made a Horlicks of Riches and ran safely back to the paddock with the all important transponder but their battle to finish was to be an uphill one! It was the combination of a safety car appearance and Sweatshop calling in for fresh rubber that enabled TM72 to join the flying R1 at the front in the closing stages and with 30 minutes to run the defending champs were only 9 seconds ahead with Tango + Crash and Ducks X dicing for third spot on a brace of 600s. Twelve minutes left and Sweatshop and Ducks X have a last minute splash and dash pit stop , Sweatshop hanging on to a slender 16 second over TM72 which saw Jonty Dixon, replacing original team rider Eric Chitty who suffered a testing accident recently at Cadwell Park, and an overjoyed Andy McKnight delighted to be that close to the front. Another massive grin was that of Tango and Crash who finished a lap ahead of Graphic UK who at one time were down in 10th after showing 2nd earlier on. Fatblokeracewear.com (Colin Norris/Andy Rouse) were other smilers with a well earned 5th with Colin running a standard Triumph engine after loosing his race version in testing and young Andy who is also contesting the Michelin Power Cup. Ducks X were sixth but there is more to come from the yellow and blue outfit and the Slingshot Fireblades were 7th. In a rewarding eighth were journey men Sean Moss and Chris Carter (Epona Racing), a racing duo who always enjoy themselves.

Race Results
1 Sweatshop Racing * 141 laps
2 TM72 Racing 141 laps
3 Tango and Crash * 137 laps
4 Graphic UK 136 laps
5 fatblokeracewear.com 136 laps
6 Ducks Cross Racing 135 laps
7 Slingshot Racing 135 laps
8 Epona 131 laps
9 Louth Bikes National 129 laps
10 Spark Endurance 126 laps
11 Black Flag Racing 125 laps
12 Roundall Racing 125 laps
13 Profibre 119 laps
14 1491 Endurance 106 laps

Not Classified
Pit Stop Racing 101 laps
TS Racing 100 laps
A & G Racing 86 laps

* denotes class winners

Fastest Laps
1000cc Sweatshop 1m 10.634 s 99.48mph on lap 92
600cc TS Racing 1m 12.410s 97.04mph on lap 15


Junior Race

Following morning qualifying it was Banzai Racing (Rupert Thompson/Ben Jenkins) who were a shade faster than Throttlemonkeys TM17 (Gary Buck/Ash Rothwell) who in turn were quicker than TANC Racing (Chris Mason/Ash Joice) and AV-IT Racing (Andy Carpenter/Marcus Langford). Following light rainfall over the lunch break it was dry as the grid formed with 35 bikes. With a couple of riders starting from the pit lane there were two fallers at Russells on the opening lap necessitating the first appearance of the pace car for almost 15 minutes as machines and owners were recovered costing MaD Racing (Richard Dilks/Sam Hooson) a lap in the process. Also missing on that lap went TANC and Go Dive (Paul Hardy/James Parsons). At the 30 minute mark Banzai lead by a couple of seconds from AV-IT and Terry Thomas Racing (Marc Broi/James Shervell), 9 teams were all on the same lap with a further 19 another lap down. After the usual round of pit stops with nearly an hour gone our leaders, Banzai, were reported to be loosing fluids only seconds before coming to grief at Russells, the transponder was refitted to the other machine costing valuable minutes in lost time and dumping them to 32nd place at the sixty minute mark.

This promoted AV-IT into P1 a tenth of a second over TM17 with Terry Thomas and No Limits Racing (Arron Bird/Ray Janes) in close pursuit. The highest placed 600 was that of DNA (Dan Jennings/Adam Parsons) a lap ahead of the new race pairing of BLDS Couriers (Bill Lilly/George Harvey). At half way point a spill at The Esses bought the Pace Car out again after one rider hit a pigeon and others lost the plot! In an adjacent excursion Derek Redmond almost totalled the ZX10 and at the same location Gary Buck was over and out causing a patch up in the garage before its reappearance. The only remaining TANC rider - Michelin Man Chris Mason - stepped off at Russells and it was 'game over' for them. The two teams at the front were within touching distance before the pace car flag appeared which shuffled some of the top ten line up from AV-IT, TM17, Terry Thomas. Insignia (Rob Loveday/Einar Torlen), Worx Suzuki (Gary Bartlett/Dean Teversham). No Limits, Derek Redmond 400 (Wayne Crossman/Neil Garnham) and DNA - now read; AV-IT, Worx, Insignia, TM17, No Limits, FS Racing (Paul Ford/Kris Sanders), Terry Thomas & Ridgeback (Mark Clark/David Stolliday).

With two thirds time served it was still AV-IT a lap ahead of Insignia, Worx, Ridgeback, Terry Thomas, DR 400, Sherwood Suzuki and top 600 outfit, DNA. The pace car popped out again as we had two fallers at (yes, you've guessed it) Russells including young newcomer George Harvey on the BLDS GSX. The final half hour was awe inspiring stuff as Insignia stalked AV-IT and the gap closed from 12s to 4s in 20 minutes. It was an identical story for 3rd/4th and 5th/6th - a missed gear or forced detour around a backmarker could have meant gaining or loosing a place, such close racing is amazing after almost three hours on the road.


So, for the opening round of the Hottrax Motorsport Endurance Championship, it was max points for AV-IT Racing (Marcus Langford taking his first ever win on two wheels) over sliver wear earning newcomers Insignia, third were Terry Thomas Racing (Ding-Dong) from the Workx Suzukis separated by 5s with Sherwood Suzuki in fifth and rounding off the top half dozen Ridgeback Racing. Derek Redmond 400 took a well earned seventh with No Limits on the same lap, ahead of FS Racing. The top four teams all finished on the same lap and were covered by less than 70 seconds…

DNA took the 600 win, finishing a magnificent tenth on the road, ahead of class rivals MC Racing (Brooking/McKinnon) by a whole two laps with Ducatiists L A Stone Racing (Hathaway/Howard) and sorrymate.com (Fergus Delgarno/Ryan Peters) who could have nailed bronze had it not been for a punishing stop/go episode. Rounding off the top six were keen as mustard absolute beginners J R Racing (Mark Roxbrough/Chris Jennings) carrying constabulary livery and the 'Bikesafe' message and MaD Racing.


Race Results

1 AV-IT Racing * 125 laps
2 Insignia 125 laps
3 Terry Thomas Racing 125 laps
4 Workx Suzuki 125 laps
5 Sherwood Suzuki 124 laps
6 Ridgeback Racing 123 laps
7 Derek Redmond 400 123 laps
8 No Limits Racing 123 laps
9 FS Racing 122 laps
10 D ‘N’ A Racing * 122 laps
11 121 Ride 122 laps
12 Racing Snakes 122 laps
13 ASBO Racing 121 laps
14 MC Racing 120 laps
15 L A Stone Racing 120 laps
16 Sorrymate.com 120 laps
17 JR Racing 119 laps
18 MaD Racing 119 laps
19 EIS Racing 118 laps
20 Systema-Alfa Racing 118 laps

* denotes class winners

Fastest Laps

1000cc Workx Suzuki 1m 14.739s 94.02mph on lap 48
600cc MaD Racing 1m 15.653s 92.88mph on lap 61


MotoGrande

Saturday's action kicked off with the first 15lap MotoGrande clash where morning practice had seen the litre machines of Raymond Stagg, Gerrard Fallon & Andy Parker dominate. When push came to shove in a dry race after damp qualifying it was Pete Wilson who stole the holeshot on the premier circuit and never looked back to steal a winning margin of 26s over Pete Whiteside on his Slingshot Firelade a second ahead of Fallon on another 1000 Suzuki. The quickest 600s were 50 seconds down with Michael Wallis fourth on the road 4s ahead of Adam Parsons and 11s in front of Mark Evans. In the wake of this pack were another four big machines in the chase.

Race Results

1000cc

1 Peter Wilson
2 Pete Whiteside
3 Gerrard Fallon
4 Raymond Stagg
5 Vincent Bell
6 Cliff Tabiner

600cc

1 Michael Wallis
2 Adam Parsons
3 Mark Evans
4 Robbie Moore
5 John Lawrence
6 Mike Eglington

Race Two was also held in chilly conditions and Gerrard Fallon made a demon start from the flag having to yield to yesterday's winner Pete Wilson who steadily built up a safety margin over pole man Andy Parker, Michael Wallace and Fallon. At the start of L6 Mark Ball ditched his Suzuki at Russells spilling fuel which bought out the red flags. rider OK and track made safe we had a restart for 8 laps. Fallon was missing from part two and it was Wilson who stole the holeshot for only to laps when a faller at the Esses caused a reappearance of the red cloth. The third start of Race 2 saw Wilson underline his dominance keeping the following posse at bay to win from Parker, a slow starting Raymond Stagg, Cliff Tabiner and top 600 rider Adam Parsons not far behind, just a quarter of a second ahead of the R6 of Michael Wallis.


Race Results

1000cc

1 Peter Wilson
2 Andy Parker
3 Raymond Stagg
4 Cliff Tabiner
5 Vincent Bell
6 Colin Todd

600cc

1 Adam Parsons
2 Michael Wallis
3 Robbie Moore
4 Mike Eglington
5 Sam Ludgate
6 John Lawrence

Race Three concluded the Easter weekend festival of speed and Pete Wilson was smart off his second row position to get in front of Andy parker on the first lap before Sam Ludgate pitched off at the Esses. By third distance Wilson had consolidated his position over Parker, top 600 mount Michael Wallis, Fallon, Stagg and Mark Evans on the second smaller machine. Not a lot changed and by the end of the fifteen laps Peter Wilson had opened his 2010 MotoGrande account with maximum points in what seemed an easy and convincing fashion - the opposition have around five weeks to raise their game at the second round.


1000cc

1 Peter Wilson
2 Andy Parker
3 Gerrard Fallon
4 Vincent Bell
5 Lee Rawlings
6 Matthew Hignett

600cc

1 Michael Wallis
2 Mark Evans
3 Adam Parsons
4 John Lawrence
5 Mike Eglington
6 Robbie Moore

The clear message is that UK endurance racing and the MotoGrande sprint races are fast, furious and close and this is only the opening round of the season - watch out for further fireworks at Cadwell Park on the 8th and 9th of May.

Hottrax Pre Season Testing @ Cadwell 27th February 2010

Just who was brave enough to dig out their bikes and rock up to Cadders?

Hottrax Motorsport - 2010 Season Preview 

2009 Champs - Sweatshop are back for more......

After three successful years of growth Dave and Karen Mabbutt have shaped a fantastic season’s racing under the banner of the Hottrax Motorsport National Motorcycle Endurance Championship, supported by the always popular MotoGrande Sprint Championship and, new for 2010, the high profile Michelin Power Cup which has proved exciting and popular in Europe.

Hottrax Motorsport are well known, of course, having a client base of over 12 000 riders, they organise over 100 events per year in the UK and abroad, having around 350 racers are members of the Hottrax Motorsport.

For the new season we have the mouth watering prospect of seven rounds at six different circuits, dates are;
• Round 1 Snetterton Circuit - Norfolk 3rd/4th April – watch the bikes reach their top speed on the back straight
• Round 2 Cadwell Park – Lincolnshire – 8th/9th May – the first visit of the season to the mini Nurburgring
• Round 3 Silverstone National Circuit - Northants 29th May – with long straights and a tricky last corner
• Round 4 Mallory Park - Leicestershire – 6th June – terrific circuit with two bus stops
• Round 5 Oulton Park – 10th July - a first time for the Hottrax Motorsport series
• Round 6 Anglesey Circuit - North Wales – 28th/29th August – one of the most demanding UK tracks
• Round 7 Pembrey Circuit - South Wales 18th/19th September – an annual pilgrimage to South Wales
• Round 8 Cadwell Park – Lincolnshire – 30th/31st October – the grand finale of a long and demanding season

Hottrax Motorsport has reviewed the class system for 2010 to strengthen the progression route available for riders to move up the racing ladder and for this season we have;

• High Profile National Endurance Championship for faster teams!
Teams may choose to use 1 machine and 2/3 riders or 2 machines and 2 riders
Trophies to top 3 in each class and prize money of £1850 for Michelin runners overall Championship 1st – 4th
(Includes all Endurance Classes)

• Junior TAG Endurance Championship - suitable for new and improving teams
Teams of two riders will use 2 machines in a Relay Race
Trophies to top 3 in each class and prize money of £1850 for Michelin runners overall Championship 1st – 4th
(Includes all Endurance Classes)

• MotoGrande Open Solo Championship - weekend meetings with 3 long distance races each weekend!
A series of open class 600cc and 1000cc races over around 12 laps and 11 rounds
For the rider that demands more than a 4 lap burst, maybe as a stepping stone into endurance racing or to test machine and rider ability.
There are two classes: MotoGrande 1000 and 600
Trophies to top 3 in each class and prize money of £1850 for Michelin runners overall Championship 1st – 4th

BRAND NEW FOR 2010, Hottrax Motorsport are hosting the
Michelin Power Cup – weekend meetings with 3 long distance races each weekend for quick riders - £20 000 Prize Fund
Rider must run with Michelin Tyres and will receive a Michelin Power Pack worth £700 and prize money of £1000 per round (£500 per class)
This is a very exciting prospect for 2010 and builds on proven success in France, Italy and Spain where it has run with such aplomb
Sponsors for the series include Alpinestars, Arai, Putoline Oil and Race Products so the welcome Power Pack and prizes for each meeting and for the series winners will be of the highest quality. Overall series prizes for each class winner will include an Alpinestars leather race suit and Supertech R boots, and a top-of-the-range Arai RX-7 GP helmet. In addition, the top three riders in each class will get the opportunity to represent the UK at one of the other European series rounds.
There is a dedicated website www.michelinpowercup.co.uk which will include race reports, a photo gallery and an area where riders will have their profiles online and will be able to follow their progress in the championship.