Culham 13th and 14th April
Sunny, but windy weekend at the power-sapping Culham race track. After such a wet start to the year, it was great to be racing with Cotswold Youth and AMX Club for round 1 of the Club Championship.
Saturday
Race 1 – amazingly managed to grab the hole shot, but I tightened up really quickly and suffered unusually with arm pump. Finished P6
Race 2- another good start but a fall-off cost me a couple of positions. But I rode well, no arm pump, P7
Race 3 – 3rd good start of the day, with no fall offs and no arm pump. Finished P5
Sunday
Some extra riders turned up for one day on Sunday, meaning there was more fierce competition in the mix
Race 1- started the day well with another good start. P6
Race 2- good start but the track was drying out and started to be a bit slippery. Finished P7
Race 3- changed the rear wheel, wanting to try something different. Unfortunately it didn’t help my start, so I had to fight my way through the pack, which was difficult because I couldn’t set riders up for the pass. Finished P7
Overall Finished P6 on the weekend, 1 point off 5th, but 2nd 125c rider
Riding in the stacked Senior group, with some really fast competition and lots of 250cc machines was always going to be tough, but it was a great experience, as always. And it was really good to see other members of the CRS Development team doing so well too- Mitch Conway, Rafe Symons and Jessie James.
Massive well done to Cotswold for running an awesome event- great way to start the season!
