Character building weekend for Held wearer Leon
After a solid start to his campaign in the opening round at
Silverstone, Leon had high hopes going into round 2 of the ‘Pirelli National
Superstock1000 with Black Horse Championship’ at Oulton Park Cheshire.
However bad luck struck and he went into free practice on
Saturday morning feeling decidedly under the weather after falling ill the
evening before. The session was held in driving rain and the circuit was
sodden. Using the conditions to gain some wet settings he brought the Geo E
Davies BMW home in one piece. Qualifying one was held four hours after free
practice and the fickle British weather had turned from an unsettled and wet
morning to a bright and dry afternoon. Leon provisionally qualified nineteenth
despite his poor health. This proved to be his starting position on the grid as
qualifying two on Sunday turned out to be a total washout.
Despite everything Leon was confident of a points score in
the race even starting from row seven as he said “the BMW was mega around
Oulton” Going for a wet front and dry rear tyre combination, the race plan went
out of the window at the first corner as he was caught up the midpack shuffle.
He was pushed out wide onto the extremely wet outer edge of the track and it
took some skilful manoeuvring to keep out of trouble. Ending up thirty fifth at
the end of lap one Leon put his head down and set about carving through the
field and gained places lap after lap. Putting in a great comeback ride he just
missed out on a points finish as he crossed the finish line in sixteenth
position.
Speaking after he said “I am happy after the weekend I had
to come through with the result I did especially after being pushed out wide
onto the dirty wet part of the track at the first corner, we showed great pace
and the BMW was awesome. It's been a great team effort in trying conditions”
To learn more about Leon Jeacock please visit www.leonjeacock.co.uk
To learn more about Held in the UK please visit www.held-uk.co.uk
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