Almost worth missing a trial for........

My wife runs Spencer Racing, running bikes mostly with the CRMC.

Over the last few years our 1967 Suzuki 200 racer has won the CRMC Classic Ultralightweight Championship 8 times.

This season we'll be putting around 15 bikes out on track, mainly in the Junior Production class with Yamaha 600's.

We're fielding a couple of bikes in the Aircooled 500 class too, both with the CRMC and BHR.

Also running a couple of Honda 125 racers with a new class with BHR.

A bit more info' here... www.spencerracing.co.uk

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A couple of big names have signed up allready.

I bought a road going one just befor christmass and if its anything to go on the racers will be fantastic.

There is something verry satisfiying about going up the inside of an R1 on a roundabout on a big twin,sat bolt up right pretending your not trying, depending how long the next straight is most of the time they come back past so you can do it again at the next twisty bit,Deep joy.

Shane Byrne made amends for the bitter disappointment of a machine problem ruling him out of the opening race of the third round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship while leading as he comfortably took the victory next time out.

That victory, his second of the campaign, ensured that the HM Plant Honda rider left the North Yorkshire circuit as the series leader, albeit by only three points over the former MotoGP rider John Hopkins who took second and third placings on his Suzuki.

The opening race was delayed by rain, but the weather changed and the race was declared dry, leaving the riders with something of a dilemma about tyre choice. Byrne, who had scorched to pole start opted to begin the race on full slicks, but his team-mate, three times champion Ryuichi Kiyonari, taking note of the storm clouds expected more rain and made a more cautious selection.

Kiyonari, who had a difficult time in qualifying with machine settings, started from the fourth row of the grid, but was soon losing ground as the expected rains failed to materialise while out front Byrne was heading the action, only to slow a little as a few spots of rain fell.

Byrne was almost three seconds clear when disaster struck him on the eighth lap on the start-finish straight, with tell tale smoke pouring from his bike. His race was run, and he pulled off with the Safety Car brought out as officials checked for any oil spill. That bunched the pack, and Hopkins, who had been second to Byrne, led the action, only to be taken by his team-mate Jon Kirkham at two thirds distance en route to his maiden victory in the series.

Kiyonari dejectedly finished back in 25th position and for the second race that meant a seventh row start, while Byrne was on the front row and making good use of that as he quickly reeled in opening lap leader Gary Mason riding Kawasaki. Once ahead, Byrne dictated terms, leading throughout to take his second victory of the campaign and regain the lead in the title stakes from Hopkins who had gone ahead after the first race.

Reigning champion Kiyonari was full of fight in the race, riding with the style and speed that has taken him to 42 race victories and three titles in the series, and he was moving through the pack in a damage limitation exercise that took him to an eventual 15th place, and a consolation championship point.

Alex Lowes maintained his domination of the "back to basics" BSB-EVO class with a winning double aboard the WFR Honda, excelling in the opening race as he finished fifth overall, and then taking eleventh next time out. His team-mate, former Supersport and Superstock champion Glen Richards ran second to him in class in each race.

Honda rider quotes:

Shane Byrne (HM Plant Honda): "The first race was obviously disappointing for me and the team as I desperately wanted to win and do a good job for our sponsors HM Plant at their home round. In the first race it was a gamble on tyres and we opted for slicks, but it was the right choice and we were able to build up a lead. We were unlucky to have a mechanical failure whilst leading as we have done so many miles on the bikes and it was just a shame it happened in the race. The team then worked hard between the races to get me ready for race two and I had a bit of a strategy to just see how the race unfolded. We tried hard, settled down and then I just pushed to edge the gap and then tried to keep it consistent and control the lead. It was disappointment to elation for me in one day but we were able to end the day on a high and it was a great victory for myself and the team."

Ryuichi Kiyonari (HM Plant Honda): "It has been a difficult weekend for me and I have been trying many different changes but we still were running the same lap times, but we have worked hard to try and fix the problem. In the first race it was a decision on tyres and we thought it would rain more, so we went for wets but that was the wrong choice and I just couldn't push. In the second race I had to start so far down the grid because of race one and then it was hard work but we still made passes and moved forward. It is disappointing for me and the team."

Alex Lowes (WFR Honda): "This has been a mega day for me, one that I have really enjoyed. I didn't realise I was as high up in the first race as I was. It was good to be running up front. The bike was really good as is the team. Then in the second race, again I had a really good pace and took another victory in the EVO class. And with Glen (Richards) my team-mate second in each of the races it has been a brilliant day for the team."

RESULTS

BRITISH SUPERBIKE

RACE1:

POS / RIDER / NAT / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / GAP

1 / JON KIRKHAM / GBR / Suzuki - Samsung Crescent Racing / 26:41.827 /

2 / JOHN HOPKINS / USA / Suzuki - Samsung Crescent Racing / 26:44.767 / 2.940

3 / GARY MASON / GBR / Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki / 26:45.542 / 3.715

4 / LORIS BAZ / FRA / Yamaha - Motorpoint Yamaha / 26:55.162 / 13.335

5 / ALEX LOWES / GBR / Honda - Team WFR / 26:56.526 / 14.699

6 / STUART EASTON / GBR / Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki / 27:01.260 / 19.433

7 / PETER HICKMAN / GBR / Honda - Tyco Honda / 27:04.282 / 22.455

8 / JOSH BROOKES / AUS / Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS / 27:06.124 / 24.297

9 / GLEN RICHARDS / AUS / Honda - Team WFR / 27:07.890 / 26.063 10 / TOMMY BRIDEWELL / GBR / Honda - Tyco Honda / 27:09.574 / 27.747

11 / HUDSON KENNAUGH / RSA / Aprilia - Splitlath Motorsport /

27:10.336 / 28.509

12 / JAMES WESTMORELAND / GBR / Yamaha - Motorpoint Yamaha / 27:14.086 / 32.259

13 / JOHN LAVERTY / GBR / BMW - Buildbase BMW Motorrad / 27:41.463 / 59.636

14 / TOMMY HILL / GBR / Yamaha - Swan Yamaha / 27:45.790 / 1:03.963

15 / TOM TUNSTALL / GBR / BMW - Doodson Motorsport / 27:47.946 / 1:06.119

Fastest lap: Jon KIRKHAM GBR Suzuki - Samsung Crescent Racing Lap 18 1:23.860 146.81 Km/h

RACE2:

POS / RIDER / NAT / MOTORCYCLE / TIME / GAP

1 / SHANE BYRNE / GBR / Honda - HM Plant Honda / 27:46.928 /

2 / STUART EASTON / GBR / Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki /

27:48.815 / 1.887

3 / JOHN HOPKINS / USA / Suzuki - Samsung Crescent Racing / 27:49.197 / 2.269

4 / JOSH BROOKES / AUS / Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS / 27:49.389 / 2.461

5 / LORIS BAZ / FRA / Yamaha - Motorpoint Yamaha / 27:52.445 / 5.517

6 / TOMMY HILL / GBR / Yamaha - Swan Yamaha / 27:53.022 / 6.094

7 / GARY MASON / GBR / Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki / 27:53.676 / 6.748

8 / MICHAEL RUTTER / GBR / Ducati - Rapid Solicitors Bathams Ducati /

27:55.048 / 8.120

9 / PETER HICKMAN / GBR / Honda - Tyco Honda / 27:55.325 / 8.397

10 / TOMMY BRIDEWELL / GBR / Honda - Tyco Honda / 27:56.585 / 9.657

11 / ALEX LOWES / GBR / Honda - Team WFR / 27:57.347 / 10.419

12 / JAMES WESTMORELAND / GBR / Yamaha - Motorpoint Yamaha / 27:59.625 / 12.697

13 / CHRIS WALKER / GBR / Kawasaki - Pr1mo Racing / 28:03.759 / 16.831

14 / IAN LOWRY / GBR / BMW - Buildbase BMW Motorrad / 28:04.606 / 17.678

15 / RYUICHI KIYONARI / JPN / Honda - HM Plant Honda / 28:07.223 / 20.295

Fastest lap: Shane BYRNE GBR Honda - HM Plant Honda Lap 6 1:20.394 153.14 Km/h

CHAMPIONSHIP POSITIONS TO DATE:

1 BYRNE 95, 2 HOPKINS 92, 3 EASTON 89, 4 KIYONARI 59, 5 HILL 57, 6 KIRKHAM 54,

7 BAZ 51, 8 MASON 44, 9 RUTTER 42, 10 HICKMAN 37, 11 LAVERTY 35, 12 BROOKES 31

13 LOWES 30, 14 BRIDEWELL 28, 15 LINFOOT 23.

NEXT EVENT: ROUND 04 SUNDAY MAY 30 THRUXTON

Starting from second place in each 18-lap race at this long 5.902km circuit, Rea led for the majority of each race, his only company the eventual winner of each leg, Cal Crutchlow.

At the top of the championship Max Biaggi now leads race one podium finisher Leon Haslam by 373 points to 313, with Rea on 243, 39 points ahead of Carlos Checa with three rounds and six races remaining.

Hannspree Ten Kate Honda rider Max Neukirchner went 11th in race one, his best result since the Assen race weekend in April, but a technical problem saw him drop out of race two. Having qualified 18th Max and his team found an improvement for raceday and he was riding well inside the points in race two before he was forced out.

ECHO CRS Honda rider Broc Parkes had a very difficult raceday after making it into Superpole and starting 19th on the grid. A collision with another rider saw him fall on the first lap of race one, and then another fall put him out on lap eight of race two. He stays 20th overall, two places behind Neukirchner.

The HM Pant Honda duo of Ryuichi Kiyonari and Josh Brookes had a tough time in their WSBK wildcard weekend, with Brookes 16th in race one and 12th in race two, Kiyonari 21st in the opener and 16th in race two. They had qualified 17th and 22nd respectively.

Laverty fends off Sofuoglu in thrilling Silverstone race

Pole winner Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda) led in impressive form in what was a delayed 16-lap Supersport World Championship race. He would eventually repel the attack put in by championship leader Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and in the overall points standings Sofuoglu now has 203, Laverty 186.

This was Laverty

Also, a huge well done to lady racer Jenny Tinmouth for setting the fastest ever lap of the 37.73 mile circuit by a female competitor with and average speed of 119.94 mph.

Yes, that's an AVERAGE speed of 119.94 mph over 37.73 miles!!!

Pete

Weather: Dry

Temperature: 20 to 25 ambient, 29 to 46 track

REA TOP FIVE AGAIN AFTER TWO SOLID FINISHES

Championship leader Leon Haslam (Suzuki) and Noriyuki Haga (Ducati) took the wins at the third round of the Superbike World Championship but two gritty rides from Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR) put the Northern Ireland rider fifth in the points.

Jonathan went sixth in race one, fighting a lack of front-end grip on the notoriously fickle Valencia tarmac. The next best Honda finisher, Max Neukirchner (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR1000RR), was 13th. Both riders improved on their qualifying performances, with Rea seventh in Superpole on Saturday and Max 16th.

Race two only lasted for three laps before a crash involving two riders on the main straight stopped the contest, leading to a second leg over 20-laps and an aggregate final result. Rea had been second in the first race and restarted from that place on the grid.

Vittorio Iannuzzo (Squadra Corse Italia Garvie Image CBR1000RR) was involved in the crash that stopped the first running of race two, and hurt his right hand and ribs in the crash, ruling him out of the restart. He also crashed at post 2 on lap 13 of race one, losing the chance of scoring points today.

It was a hard day for another Honda rider, as Sheridan Morais (ECHO CRS Honda CBR1000RR) did not start the races, having had a painful crash in warm-up this morning to add to his big fall in Superpole 1 on Saturday. He was declared unfit by medical staff after hitting his head on the tarmac, but he did not suffer any serious injury.

Sheridan had been 20th in qualifying, the last rider to make it into Superpole.

Sofuoglu Second In Race and Championship At Valencia

In finishing second behind race winner Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki) today front row qualifier Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda

CBR600RR) has put himself second in the championship, after 23-laps of changing fortunes for the leading riders at Valencia.

There have now been three different race winners this year, but for Phillip Island race winner Eugene Laverty (Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR) there was to be no chance to turn his pole position here into a win on raceday. Laverty was fifth, not having made the best tyre choice and slowly dropping off the pace after leading the race for the first five laps. The current top three in the ranking are Lascorz on 65 points, Sofuoglu on 61 and Laverty in 41. Chaz Davies (Triumph) was third today, and now sits fourth overall, on 33 points.

Gino Rea (Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR) overcame some serious issues in qualifying to take sixth in only his third Supersport World Championship race. He had been 12th on the grid, and overtook one last rider on the final corner to earn ten points.

Eighth on the grid, Michele Pirro (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) could not find good grip at the front and fell on lap three, remounting to finish 11th and score some points.

Miguel Praia (Parkalgar Honda CBR600RR) rode bravely despite a heavy fall in practice, losing feeling in his left hand through the race. He recovered from 14th on the grid to 12th, the last finisher in a race that returned many no-scores.

Massimo Roccoli (Intermoto Czech Honda CBR600RR) was one such rider, who fell heavily when he encountered a technical problem. He was taken to Clinica Mobile for medical checks but is not thought to have suffered any serious injury.

SBK Rider Quotes

Jonathan Rea, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda: 6th and 5th - 5th overall.

the title, returns to head up the factory backed

HM Plant Honda team

Currently Joey Dunlop is leading the poll but it's a close thing between him and football legend George Best.

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