Castle Combe ACU 250 - Race Report
Well, when the say racing is full of highs and lows it really is true! Tears, anger, head scratching, smiles, laughter and a great end to the season!
After a decent test day on the Friday I qualified well on the 250 in 9th position in a stacked with talent field. Unfortunately due to the ongoing starting issues that have plagued us all year we entered the first corner in race one in 17th or 18th position and the spent the remaining laps fighting my way back through.
Saturday evening came and the decision was taken to make a drastic change, in for a penny and all that. With some great help and advice from Dan Jackson, some help from Mick and Steve Outhwaite and great info from Jez Newbury we arrived on Sunday morning with a little trepidation and anticipation.
All the starting issues, worries and concerns went out the window as the bike hooked up from the start and I finally (after around 15 race start attempts) managed to get into the first corner having held my position off the line!! I genuinely can't say how good it feels to have the monkey off my back!
Best lap of the weekend was a 1.18.8 which I was over the moon with and if I'd have managed to string together my optimal lap we'd have been in the 17's
Roll on the off season where some modifications are planned and then onto 2021 to see what we can do now the bikes performing as it should.
Thank you to everyone who makes this possible, Held Rider Equipment, EBC Brakes, deftcad castlegatehomes, xclusivevents and all my family and friends!
A video of race 3.
