3 Sisters Feb 2010

Saturday, Test day

Another cold and wet start to a race weekend.
My first session ended early when my chain broke coming down the valley so didnt get many laps in. The next session I was right on the pace and I kept up the good pace all day with my lap times improving as the track dried out and we eventually ended up on slicks.

Sunday, Race day.

Heat 1.
I started from grid 12 and soon made up some places but the leaders had got too far away to catch them and I finished 4th.

Heat 2.
I started on grid 2 and went straight into the lead at the first corner, a few laps later Connor Jupp and Tom Harvey caught me by working together and got past me, I stayed behind them planning my attack on the last lap, as the last lap board came out I made my move and re-took the lead which I held till the finish.

Heat 3.
I started grid 24 and was up to 15th in a couple of laps when i was hit from behind, causing me to spin and lose a load of places, I got back up to 15th.

Final
I qualified 6th and at the start i went straight into 3rd position, as the race settled in I worked with Jake Walker and Nathon Aston to pull a lead over the main pack, Halfway through the race Jake went on his carb to cool his engine so I made my move and settled into 2nd place behind Nathan and worked with him to pull a 3 second lead over Jake. A few laps later i felt i was being held up and took the lead to try to get away but Nathan managed to keep with me in my slipstream, on the last lap I defended well and was heading for victory but on the last corner Nathan made a lunge up my inside, over the kerb, hitting my back wheel and I got spun off, by the time i had got going again i had dropped to 8th place. I set the fastest lap of the weekend in the final but was very annoyed that the win had been taken away from me through no fault of my own.