Held on the Isle of Man with P&P racing's Gaz Evans

Held Wearer Gaz Evans, Michelin Cup Front Runner, made his real roads debut last week on the Isle Of Man on the demanding Southern 100 Billown Course, In preparation for an assault on the TT in 2013.

Gaz at Joeys

 Gaz joined 32 other newcomers to the circuit when he lined up for Monday evenings practice, despite early issues Gaz managed a trouble free opening night and looked forward to Tuesday night practice, qualifying and the following evening's races.

He and his P&P Racing BMW S1000RR were entered in Wednesday night’s 8 lap Senior race- unfortunately Gaz was a DNF due to rear shock failure, pulling out after three quarter distance whilst in a mid-field position of a class line which included old hands such as Michael Dunlop, Ryan Farquhar, Connor Cummins and Ian Lougher. Little consolation but Gaz was in good company as the only other retiree was Dungannon rider Farquhar. 

The following morning he and Mechanic Craig were out and about early to get scrutinized ready for the final race on the main day of the week – The 6 Lap Senior Support Consolation Race. On the opening lap there was a whole gaggle of S100 newcomers taking up space in the top ten. 

 

As the race progressed Gaz was in a tense battle for third with P3 to P10 separated by 1.8 seconds for 4 laps. The timing sheets showed that from second to tenth was covered by 10 seconds and ninth placed Gaz was sandwiched between experienced road racers, Scottish youngster Callam Laidlaw and Portuguese Man o' War Nuno Caetano who was just over a tenth of a second in Gaz’ shadow.

Fastest lap of the race for Gaz was at mid distance and was just shy of 100mph and with a 2.32 was a staggering 19 seconds a lap faster than his qualifying time from Monday evening.

We're proud to have Gaz wearing Held- for more information on Held please visit www.held-uk.co.uk