After a four week summer break the Ducati Tri Option Cup finally got back on track at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire this weekend with the two Zoek Racing riders, Sean Neary from Lymm in Cheshire and Craig Currie from Newark in Nottinghamshire rode to two strong results in their races, Neary with a brace of fourth places while Currie was 11th in race one and 17th In the second encounter.
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| Held Racer Sean Neary |
Neary completed his qualifying in fourth place for race one on Saturday but didn’t get the best of starts and found himself down in seventh place on the first lap. But he got his head down and made his way through to fifth on lap three. He began to reel in Josh Wainwright who was a couple of seconds ahead and finally passed him on lap nine of 12. Although he did get to within half a second of Rob Guiver he ran out of laps and crossed the finish line in fourth place to pick up 13 championship points.
Neary said: “I had a clutch problem which put me back to about 15th on first lap then lost my knee slider! I managed to finish fourth but needed a couple more laps. Absolutely gutted as my team deserve to win but we gave it our best shot and we will try once again for race two tomorrow with a new clutch! Thank you as always to the team and sponsors.”
Because he registered the second fastest lap time in race one Neary started the second race from a front row grid position. He settled into third position on the first lap and moved up into second place on lap three. Lewis Rollo passed him on lap six and Neary suffered a huge slide one lap later at Chris Curve. He did well to control the bike at speed but on lap eight Levi Day made a pass on him, demoting him to fourth place. He continued in fourth place and the pair pulled away from the pursuing pack but he was unable to make a pass on Day and crossed the finish line in fourth place to pick up a further 13 championship points.
Meanwhile Craig Currie qualified in 12th place to start the first race from the fourth row. He didn’t get the best of starts either but fought his way through the midfielders to take up 12th place at the half way stage of the 12 lap race. He continued in that position and was all set to cross the finish line in 12th but on the final lap Nicky Wilson crashed at the Mountain bottom which elevated Currie up to 11th place to pick up five championship points and enjoy his best result of the current campaign.
Starting the second race on Sunday from the fifth row Currie circulated in 16th place for the first couple of laps but was beaten back to 18th on lap three. He passed Lee Devonport to claim 17th place and then passed Michael Tustin to move up to 16th place. He then became embroiled in a battle for position with Tustin and Devonport who both eventually got the better of him but with another rider crashing out of the race Currie was able to claim 17th place at the chequered flag.
The next round is at Silverstone on September 7-9.
