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Motorcycle Club Racing | NEWS ROUND-UP FROM LAST WEEKEND

Tired, maybe…worn out, certainly…but a winner all the way!

Irishman, Scott Rourke had never even seen Donington Park, let alone raced there, when he arrived for the weekend of 12th/13th July, with his trusty 2006 GSXR 1000, and one set of race tyres.
At the Derby Phoenix meeting on Saturday12th, he qualified 21st for the 401cc – 1300cc Open, slapped on his race tyres, and promptly won, ahead of the Yamaha of Joe Symonds and the Honda of Andy Black, setting fastest lap in the process.
Feeling on a bit of a roll, but too late to buy a lottery ticket, Scott decided to stay on at his new love, Donington Park, and take a swing at the Powerbikes on Sunday’s North Gloucester programme.
Starting 41st on the grid for the L & J Mechanical Services qualifier, he monstered his way through to finish sixth, giving himself a second-row crack at the Powerbike Final.
However, by now, Scott had noticed that most of his fellow competitors were bolting on their second, and, in some cases, third set of tyres, whilst his were beginning to resemble a Belfast barmaid – well-worn, a bit frayed at the edges, and only roughly the right shape.
Tyre wear in the Final would be critical, and Scott reckoned his would just about reach half-distance.
The first attempt to run the final was halted when series-leader, and pole-sitter, Joe Symonds binned it big-style.
Next, Paul Shook parted company with proceedings, enduring a wheel failure, which resulted in a shocking series of acrobatics down Craner Curves.
All the mayhem resulted in a reduction in race laps to just six.
Scott got his head down, and, despite immense pressure from first Darren Neal, Peter Golden, and Shaun Hennessey and then Michael Blank, took the victory by just half a second, running on the rims as he crossed the line.

At Cadwell Park last weekend, Erol Ahmet wrapped up the Derby Phoenix Pre-injection 600 Championship in style, with three rounds still to go.
His has been a fantastic season, only twice finishing off the podium in 28 races – and both of those were fourths!
And Erol has not wanted for competition – forty-eight riders have so far scored points in the series, and five have shared the wins.
Erol came to Derby Phoenix having won the New Era Honda Hornets in 2007, and next year is looking to stay with DP, to have a crack at the 751cc – 1300cc Championship.

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Meanwhile, Thundersport GB basked in the heat at Mallory Park, where Adam ‘the Stinger’ Shelton nabbed a third and a fourth in the J & S Aprilia Superteens, despite having to wrestle with a box that preferred bouncing into neutral when second gear was selected…

Frazer Rogers must feel he has a hand on the Superteen trophy, after a couple of excellent wins, chased home each time by an excellent Bruce Winfield.

Jordan Holliday picked up a maiden win in the third of the afternoon’s J & S Superteen races as the action was halted early by an incident involving the youngest competitor in the series, Sunni Wilson.

The flying Springbok, Clinton de Tarnowski, continued his winning streak in the first of the Junior Powerbike races, but next time out his Ducati 800 had to give best to the Kawasaki 400 of the very impressive Leon Jeacock, who’s a bit of a demon around Mallory.

Sam Read has been turning in some stunning performances this season, but none to match his outstanding effort in the first of the Streetfighter B encounters. He qualified a lowly fifth, but rode the cashews off his Honda 600 to take the win ahead of Sam Parry and Grahame Allen.
Parry rode beautifully to edge Read in the second race, but, this weekend, the fast-growing Streetfighter B class once again produced really brilliant entertainment.

Shaun Winfield rode a stunner to take the Thundersport GB3 victory, in a large field that included several British Championship regulars.
It was an all-action race of attrition in the sunshine, with eight riders in the weeds before the end, as Shaun took the chequer ahead of championship leader, Ed Rendell, and Ross Humphries.

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