Round 9 Saturday 21st June including the
ADAM BOYLE TROPHY
Premier Motorcycle Protection
THUNDERSPORT GB
CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 THE HOME OF SPORTSMAN RACING
THUNDERSPORT GB RACE DAY TIMETABLE FRIDAY 20TH JUNE 2014 2.00pm: 15 minutes Qualifying Dunlop Aprilia Superteens 2.20pmm: 15 minutes Qualifying Buff Headwear Thundersport 500 2.40pm: 15 minutes Qualifying Sparklight Golden Era SBK & SS 3.00pm: 15 minutes Qualifying Bridgestone Supertwins & Minitwins 3.20pm: 15 minutes Qualifying The Bike Insurer Thundersport GP1 3.40pm: 15 minutes Qualifying IN Competition Aprilia RRV450GP 4.00pm: 15 minutes Qualifying The Van Insurer 600 Sportsman Elite 4.20pm: 15 minutes Qualifying IOM Race Products Streetfighters & F400 4.40pm: 15 minutes Qualifying A&R Racing Pre-National Sport 600
MEDIA CONTRIBUTORS
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We extend our thanks to all of the above.
Richard Day (Syd) THUNDERSPORT MEDIA MOGUL
SATURDAY 21ST JUNE 2014 9.00am: 10 minutes Warm Up Aprilia Superteens & Aprilia RRV450GP 9.13am: 10 minutes Warm Up Thundersport 500 & Streetfighters (odd numbers) 9.26am: 10 minutes Warm Up Supertwins/F400 & Streetfighters (even numbers) 9.39am: 10 minutes Warm Up Thundersport GP1 & Golden Era SBK (odd numbers) 9.52am: 10 minutes Warm Up Sportsman Elite 600 & Golden Era SBK (even numbers) 10.05am: 10 minutes Warm Up Golden Era SS & Pre-National 600 RACE 1 - 8 Laps - (10.25am) Dunlop Aprilia Superteens RACE 2 - 8 Laps - (10.47am) Buff Headwear Thundersport 500 RACE 3 - 8 Laps - (11.09am) Sparklight Golden Era SBK & SS RACE 4 - 8 Laps - (11.31am) Bridgestone Supertwins & Minitwins RACE 5 - 8 Laps (11.53am) The Bike Insurer Thundersport GP1 RACE 6 - 8 Laps (12.15pm) IN Competition Aprilia RRV450GP RACE 7 - 8 Laps - (12.37pm) The Van Insurer 600 Sportsman Elite RACE 8 - 8 Laps - (12.59pm) IOM Race Products Streetfighters & F400 Lunch Break RACE 9 - 8 Laps - (2.00pm) A&R Racing Pre-National Sport 600 RACE 10 - 8 Laps - (2.22pm) Dunlop Aprilia Superteens RACE 11 - 8 Laps - (2.44pm) Buff Headwear Thundersport 500 RACE 12 - 8 Laps - (3.06pm) Sparklight Golden Era SBK & SS RACE 13 - 8 Laps - (3.28pm) Bridgestone Supertwins & Minitwins RACE 14 - 8 Laps - (3.50pm) THE ADAM BOYLE TROPHY The Bike Insurer Thundersport GP1 RACE 15 - 8 Laps - (4.12pm) IN Competition Aprilia RRV450GP RACE 16 - 8 Laps - (4.34pm) The Van Insurer 600 Sportsman Elite RACE 17 - 8 Laps - (4.56pm) IOM Race Products Streetfighters & F400
OULTON PARK CIRCUIT
RACE 18 - 8 Laps - (5.18pm) A&R Racing Pre-National Sport 600
CHANGE IS INEVITABLE.................
....except from a vending machine!
We live in times of constant change and the racing world is no exception.
I often get asked “Why is track time in the UK so expensive?” and the answer is not actually that simple. Cheap track time used to be fairly readily available with a whole host of airfield circuits providing very low cost race entries. Over the last 15 years they have all gradually faded away from real racing and now none of them host actual race meetings – although many do still cater for track days and the like. So if we want cheap track time and the airfields offered exactly that - entry level racing at the right price - why does nobody use them today? The answer is both pretty simple and clichéd in equal measure – Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten. The mainstream circuits have widened the quality gap to such an extent that any organiser booking a race meeting at an airfield circuit would struggle to get enough entries, even at half the usual entry fee. This is the power of simple economics in action, people may say that price is important, but it isn’t as important as quality. The demise of all those airfield circuits – Abingdon, Barkston Heath, Keevil, Colerne, Chivenor, Wroughton, Carnaby, West Raynham, Hullavington etc – has been a godsend to the mainstream circuits because there is a whole lot less racing to share around now than there was 30 years ago and the circuits need that business. Across England & Wales there are currently a staggering 628 weekend Race Days available each year between March and October on permanent circuits – this takes into account all of the permanent circuits, of which there are 15, and the planning limitations placed on some
Frantic scrapping for position in a Sportsman Elite 600 Race at Brands Hatch. Quality racing at a quality venue.
of them. Around 76 of those days are set aside for “promoted meetings” like BSB, WSB, Moto-GP, BTCC and of course the British F1 Grand Prix. Which leaves the remaining 552 days on the desks of the various circuit operators sales teams to sell at a price that meets their overheads and obligations. That isn’t an easy task and putting an attractive calendar together at any venue is now a very difficult undertaking. Back in 1989 there were 27 active motorcycle clubs and 29 active car clubs that hired some or all of those venues for racing activities. Today just 13 car clubs and 12 motorcycle clubs are still active in that same sector of the market. The circuits used to be able to sit back and have the clubs forming an orderly queue on the waiting list for dates. The flip side of that was that they had another 2,400 weekdays potentially lying idle and earning next to nothing. If they could make use of those days and get an income from them it would be a real bonus. They needed mid-week customers. Back in the 1980s, if you wanted to ride your bike around a race track, the only way to do it was to get an ACU licence and go Proddie Racing. Gradual change came about when the first “Racing Schools” were set up at Cadwell Park, Brands Hatch and Donington Park. For the first time ordinary people could thrash bikes around race circuits without having to do a private hire on the whole venue and what’s more, they could do it without a race licence. It wasn’t long before the first “Experience Days” started, where you took your own road bike and rode that around the track. Those first days were generally organised by the circuits themselves, but it didn’t take very long before a few sharp enthusiasts realised the potential of hiring the circuits and selling spaces to individual riders in sessions – Track Days were born. By the late 1990s circuits were operating at very close to capacity, with car track days, bike track days, testing and corporate events filling up weekdays and the racing clubs packing the weekends. Venues had plenty of money and the smart ones were able to invest in improvements that benefited everybody. The quality gap between the big venues and the airfields became vast
and that generated even more demand for the best venues. Staff numbers spiralled, because it takes a lot of people to look after the huge number of customers most circuits had at that time. Everything was rosy, but there was an underlying problem waiting to manifest itself. As income had risen, costs had followed in an upward trend that was going to be extremely difficult to reverse. The iceberg up ahead was, and still is, that a reduction in demand for venue hire would leave costs outstripping income in a fairly short space of time. The success of the Track Day Operators also had an adverse effect on the racing clubs though. The hassle free ease with which you could get on track with the largely unregulated track days caused a massive drop in ACU licence applications and left the clubs with an ever shrinking pool of customers to draw on. Today a Track Day paddock can have up to 90% race bikes in it and just 10% of road bikes. A lot of these track day riders have more kit and better bikes than most club racers, without the riders having the need to go through any of the pre-licence requirements, eyesight reports or annual fees associated with holding a race licence. There are now around 45% less ACU Road Race Licence holders than there were in 1989, which means it’s harder than ever to fill those weekend race days. That pressure had already squeezed a lot of racing clubs to the brink of financial collapse even without the spectre of economic depression. The financial crisis of 2007 took a little while to affect the motorsport sector, but by late 2009 it had claimed its first victims. Several organisers such as Clubmans Racing, Triumph Owners, KRC, Retford MCC, Pegasus & Grantham and New Era in the motorcycle sector, who between them had taken up to 55 race days each season went into mothballs, probably never to return and it was a similar picture on the car side of the business. Many other clubs scaled back on the number of days they were prepared or able to operate and the resultant hole amounted to around 90 race days. To put that in perspective, 90 race days equates
If you had one of these brand new, it was racing or road riding only! No track days in the 1980s...
Innovate, create and improve.... Five years ago, nobody had even heard of the RRV450GP concept. to about £1,500,000.- in revenue to the industry. If you take a close look at the audited accounts of any of the circuits, or even groups of circuits, you don’t need a Masters Degree in Accountancy to see that many of them are struggling to make ends meet and even the more profitable ones aren’t earning a fortune. The UK government don’t give much help to motorsport, which is a bit of a surprise seeing that the motorsport industry is worth about £5 Billion to the UK economy every year. In other countries around the world circuits are heavily subsidised via tax breaks, local business subsidies and even by direct government grants. That doesn’t happen here and with the high cost of land and property it is a very difficult market in which to earn a crust. The margins that racing circuits work on are extremely tight, even though the actual turnover is huge, so a very small drop in income can wipe out the bottom line very quickly. At the moment the most innovative of the circuit owners is Motorsport Vision (MSV) and when circuit bookings started to fade in 2007 they could see that they needed to do something about plugging the hole. Simply putting up the price was not a viable option, as the customers would then be forced to cut back even further on their activities which would make it a self-defeating exercise. Although annual increases are still a fact of life, they are fairly modest and genuinely in keeping with the increased rent and rates the venues are subjected to themselves – and that statement comes from someone who actually has to write the cheques. Track Day Operators are now increasingly turning their attention to racing activities and this is happening largely due to encouragement and active support from the circuits themselves. This is precisely because they have to fill the void left by the established race organisers having had to cut back their activities, or even close down
altogether. Without demand, prices fall and the circuits cannot afford for that to happen as they operate on a knife edge financially. Even a 2% drop in Net Margins could be disastrous for some venues. Perhaps because they understood the car market far
better than the bike market, MSV started off in that sector with MSV Racing creating the Track Day Trophy and the Team Trophy. These were primarily designed for drivers who enjoyed the usual track days but maybe wanted to dip their toe into the competitive side of it
Crystal Palace has been lost to competitive track racing forever. Most of the circuit lies quietly sleeping in Crystal Palace Park, well worth a walk around.
without spending a fortune. They kept it simple and made it as non-intimidating as possible to potential new racers. The beauty of this strategy was that it filled the race day chasm that had opened up and insulated the MSV Group circuits from the worst of the effects of the lower demand. It also meant they weren’t left in a situation where they had to heavily discount unwanted days. Many of the car clubs were deeply suspicious of MSVs intentions and some saw it as an attempted takeover of what they considered to be rightfully theirs. However, what MSVR were doing was dragging in drivers from the buoyant track day market and showing them the inimitable thrill of racing that they were missing out on. Those drivers for the most part, stayed in racing and many went on to compete in events organised by the older established clubs. Happy days all round? Not quite, because in car racing each championship is a separate entity from the organising club. Some of those individual championships realised that in a lot of instances MSVR were actually organising better events than some of the clubs that they were currently tied to. In a free market people go If I could bring back just one of those where they get the best all round deal and MSVR great circuits it would have to be Crystal Palace (above) now have an impressive championship portfolio – imagine that, motorcycle racing in the heart of my home of both new championships they have created town – a South London grand prix! It will never happen, and championships that have migrated from other clubs. because we have lost Crystal Palace and Brooklands (below) forever. The great circuits of Goodwood and Ain- Back to what really interests us – bikes. In 2011 tree are shadows of their former glorious days, only allowed MSVR launched the Bike Trackday Trophy which to play at racing for a few days each year. Mallory Park, was designed for complete novices to convert Lydden Hill and Croft have all come under threat recently from Track Day riding to the real deal of racing! If it worked in the car market, it should work in the bike and it would be a tragedy to lose any of them. Therefore market too – right? anything any of the circuit owners attempts to do in order Despite having a nicely laid out calendar and to remain viable needs to be given due respect. Some will what looked to be an attractive amount of track do little or nothing, others will die off through a lack of time, it didn’t really take off and was very poorly investment, but we must not stand by and let that happen as supported. The crossover from track day hero to without these venues we have nowhere to enjoy our sport. bona fide motorcycle racer needed a connection that MSV-T – the track day arm of the MSV set up – just didn’t have. Enter No Limits, probably the best organised and most disciplined of all the track day operators out there. They did have a genuine connection with their regular customers and that enabled them to make the transition from track daying to racing less intimidating. The two organisations then got together in order to recruit the riders and administer the events. This is the first time that a new series has been constructed Britains fastest race using social media as its main promotional tool. The beauty of that is that in the track day market, circuit the digital world is very important. Because there the legendary are no results sheets, no commentary & no race
In the past we have lost some great venues to a combination of inept management, greed and unacceptable intrusion on the surrounding environment.....
BROOKLANDS.
reports in that arena, track day riders use social media to share video and stories of their – often stupendously exaggerated - on track heroics. This made them very easy to communicate with and by this two way traffic the organisers have cleverly created something a little different. It is at the same time something very low key like a track day, but that produces a definitive result sheet like a race meeting. It has taken another 18 months to build up enough riders to construct something that looks like a normal race event, but they are now just about there. The really encouraging thing is that of the 120 or so riders at each event, around 75% of them are totally new to racing and that can only be good for the sport in general. Clearly, the No Limits/MSVR team will be aiming to retain as many of those new riders as possible within their own series, whilst recruiting another batch of newcomers in order to swell the ranks to the extent that it makes some kind of financial sense. Only time will tell how well that goes. For the Track Day side of the business, the perhaps unexpected consequence of encouraging those people to sample racing, has been that many of them now see track days for what they are:- a pale imitation of the real thing…… RACING! Once you’ve sampled the real deal nothing else will do. Road riding, ride outs and track days become pale and insipid - “a waste of diesel” in the words of my mate Erv ……. Inevitably some of these new racers will branch out and sample other organisers meetings, which will in turn benefit everyone – except the track day organisers themselves. There’s a whole vibrant world of racing out there to be explored and only a limited amount of funds available. When someone who knows what a fine wine tastes like is offered the choice between a Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac and a bottle of Blue Nun, they know which one to choose.... It’s the same with riding your bike - Wednesday track day with limited excitement or a full blooded race meeting at the weekend? - There’s only ever going to be one winner!
Change, adapt & improve. Even the most basic series deserve proper respect and promotion. The difference between track days and racing is as big as the difference between actually riding around a circuit and doing it on an X-Box or PS3 – nobody would choose the latter once they knew the score. So if the advent of track days once almost sucked the racing database dry, could it be that the boot will very soon be on the other foot? I don’t think that will ever happen, because some riders will never have the courage or desire to make the leap and will continue to create demand in their own market. I sincerely hope it will simply encourage more people to talk about racing thus spreading the word about our sport. I am a great believer in not only having a bigger slice of the cake, but having a cake that is a whole lot bigger all round. As the economy picks up we need to encourage more people into our world, be that racing or track days – in the modern world we are now interdependant. As with the car side of the business, there are some bike clubs who find the shadow of the all powerful MSV empire in the background very ominous. I personally think that anything that causes organisers to up their game has to be a good thing – as long as corners are not cut on systems or safety. The end user – the racer – will then get the very best deal and service available. Thundersport GB events are the standard by which all these other events are currently judged, but we can’t stand still. We are continually changing and improving every aspect of what we do in order to make our events stand out from the crowd. To stand still is to go backwards and whilst others may stand still and complain about unfair competition, we are intent upon setting new targets for others to try and emulate. Others often attempt to copy our ideas, most give up when they realise the behind the scenes time and effort that is required to make things happen. Others carry on seemingly unaware of the simple truth - a copy is always going to be a fake! We on the other hand, specialise in the REAL DEAL!!
TO IMPROVE IS TO CHANGE - TO CHASE PERFECTION YOU MUST CHANGE OFTEN!
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DUNLOP APRILIA SUPERTEEN CHALLENGE No Rider
Hometown
Team
Machine
cc
Dunlop Aprilia Superteens Points
5
Edgar Machado
Brent
KMBA Productions
Aprilia
125 n
1
Rory Skinner
329
7
TJ Toms
Bridgwater
Motrac Racing
Aprilia
125 n
2
Joe Thompson
292
8
Myles Wasley
Stonehouse
MW Racing / John Brash
Aprilia
125 n
3
Georgina Polden
262
9
Connor Thomson
Horley
CRT Racing
Aprilia
125 n
4
Jordan Boyle
192
5
Shane Faber
152
6
Edmund Best
139
11
Rory Skinner
Perth
RS Racing
Aprilia
125
12 Jordan Gill
West Lothian
JDG Racing
Aprilia
125 n
7
Trystan Finocchiaro
123
24 Shane Faber
Henstridge
JDF Racing
Aprilia
125 n
8
Thomas Burnett
102
27 Georgina Polden
Oxford
Kings Two wheel Centre
Aprilia
125
9
Daniel Drayton
101
10
Cameron Tenzing-Jenkins
89
34 Daniel Drayton
Scunthorpe
Drayton 34 Racing
Aprilia
125
44 Edmund Best
Mkt Harborough
EBR Motorsport
Aprilia
125
46 Daniel Booth
Preston
Longton Battery Services
Aprilia
125 n
52 Oliver O'Flaherty
Bristol
Nitro Cup
Aprilia
125 n
58 Trystan Finocchiaro
Redditch
Motrac Racing
Aprilia
125
63 George Anderson
Evesham
George Anderson Racing
Aprilia
125 n
66 Cameron Fraser
Nottingham
Nitro Cup
Aprilia
125 n
71 Freddie Craine
Ramsey IOM
Jugger Racing
Aprilia
125 n
73 Cameron Tenzing-Jenkins Callander
Invertrossachs.co.uk
Aprilia
74 Joe Thompson
Selby
Thompsons Aprilia
78 Matthew Bower
Sheffield
88 Jack Reid 93 Thomas Burnett
Nitro Newcomers Points 1
Shane Faber
371
2
TJ Toms
224
3
Myles Wasley
200
4
Daniel Booth
190
125
5
Jack Reid
177
Aprilia
125
6
Cameron Fraser
150
MD Racing
Aprilia
125 n
7
George Anderson
132
8
Edgar Machado
130
Brighton
JR Racing
Aprilia
125 n
9
Freddie Craine
72
Ramsey IOM
TRU Racing
Aprilia
125
10
Jordan Gill
60
THE CHAMPIONS FACTORY
Ever since it’s inception way back in 1996, the Aprilia Superteen Championship has been producing British and World Champions. It’s not only the champions:Casey Stoner, Cal Crutchlow, Bradley Smith, Chaz Davies, Sam Lowes, Alex Lowes, Tommy Hill etc that feed the world with top quality riders though. The Moto GP paddock depends on this series. The World & British Superbike paddocks are also crammed with graduates of this class (the worlds longest running one make series). For all the talk of 2-strokes being old hat, or past their sell by date, nobody has yet come up with an alternative bike that does the job anywhere near as well as the Rotax based Aprilia stroker. And let’s be honest, isn’t it great to hear that 2-stroke wail as they all head for turn one off of the race start? The bike itself is a fairly unremarkable, yet extremely capable, 2-stroke single cylinder bike, which produces around 30bhp. The chassis is something that could easily handle over twice the horsepower it is being asked to deal with in this format and the suspension is good, but not cutting edge. That isn’t the point though. The trick is to get all of the youngsters in the same place, at the same time and then to stand back and watch them learn from each other. The starting age is just 12 years old and the cut off is a riders 19th birthday year. The championship is contested by all riders, but there is also a sub-category for riders who have competed in less than 5 events prior to the start of the season. Those riders are also eligible for the “Nitro Newcomers Cup” and are identified by a small “n” on the grid listing above.
CLASS LAP RECORD 2.00.288 Chrissy Rouse
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Charley Oakland (PN600)
126
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51
4
Alexandra Pressly (TS500)
30
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Jenny Anderson (650)
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No Rider
Hometown
Team
2 6 7 10 13 14 16 17 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 42 48 49 50 53 55 60 68 69 70 73 76 81 84 91 92 96 98 101 121 131 134 147 156 157 411
Scunthorpe Doncaster Mickleover Peterborough Bury StEdmunds Aintree Pontefract Deeside Spondon Stockton Acklam Princes Risborough Northwich Shropham Derby Rowley Regis Winsford Newcastle Winsford Nottingham Derby Baldrine IOM Ilkeston Naphill Scunthorpe Brigg Reading Mkt Harborough Hull Stourbridge Northwich Campton Reading Breaston Stockton Barnsley Bristol Wakefield Doncaster Seamer Seamer Wakefield
Rat Out Racing Winking Badger Racing Peter Pan Racing RAF MSA Portico GB Racing Ben Coyle Racing JW Racing JCM Racing DB Racing Derby TL Racing KLM Motorsport RD Racing Coppock Racing Poncia Brothers Racing Autoshine Valeting SW Racing Putoline Oils / JPR Route 61 Dynasurf Fork Chroming Notts Golf Club Racing Lines Derby Blackstone Racing SP Racing MC Racing Rat Out Racing / BCM Rat Out Racing Tynan.co Racing EF Racing Graves Racing CA Racing JD Racing PB Racing Tynan.co Racing Donkey Box Racing Triple "S" Honda Schofield Racing Perminator Racing Jamtails.com Stadium Garage RB Racing / Labman RB Racing / Labman Donkey Box Racing
Elliott Humphrey Jordan Watling Dave Grace David Blakey Richard Blunt Ben Coyle James Wagner David Moss David Beswick Tom Leonard Jak Liddle Ross Danbury Robert Coppock Matt Poncia John O'Toole Steven Wood Jonathan Perry Allan Brookbanks Adam Houghton Michael McNulty Rob Mawbey Alexandra Pressly Simon Parry Mark Christian Carl Smalley Matthew Snow Pat Tynan Edward Flower Owen Graves Christopher Ashfield Joe Dickenson Peter Bardell Jack Tynan Phil Brown Colin Mooney David Schofield James Adams James Plummer Phil Doody Richard Johnson Gerry Johnson Alan Naylor
Thundersport 500 Points
Machine cc Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda Honda
500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 S 500 S 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 S 500 500 500 S 500 500 S 500 S 500 500 500 S 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 S 500 S 500 S 500 500 500 S 500 500 S 500
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Carl Smalley Tom Leonard Adam Houghton Rob Mawbey Adam Palfreman Jonathan Perry Steven Wood Colin Mooney Alan Naylor Phil Brown
335 283 218 184 161 143 125 113 109 96
500 Seniors Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Rob Mawbey Colin Mooney Phil Brown David Moss David Beswick Simon East Simon Parry Steve Dufton Dave Jeff Pat Tynan
326 285 237 180 136 122 84 69 66 62
CLASS LAP RECORD 1.58.775 - Adam Shelton
THE BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK! The Thundersport 500 and Thundersport 500 Seniors championships are the absolute cheapest possible way to go road racing on this planet. A whole race package can be picked up for less than the price of a top of the range helmet. That said, the racing is hard and close - bordering on the frantic at times. The talent of a racer needn’t be judged by the value of the bike he/she happens to be sitting on, some of the most gifted riders in the country ride these humble parallel twins. The predominant choice of bike here is the Honda CB500, but once you’ve watched a couple of these races you’ll never look at one of these staid commuter bikes in quite the same way again. Kawasaki ER5s and Suzuki GS500s are also eligible, but the rules are so tightly controlled that in order to get anything other than a Honda onto the podium requires a super-human effort. The SueMe 500 Seniors championship caters for riders of 40 years of age or older on 1st March of any given racing season. Some of these lads are fulfilling a long term ambition to race that they simply didn’t have the resources to satisfy when they were younger. When you see the level of skill displayed by some of them, you have to think that they could have made a pretty good living at it if circumstances had been different. If you’ve always wanted to have a go at racing, but either thought you couldn’t afford it, or you had left it too late - go and have a chat with some of the 500 competitors this weekend.
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SPARKLIGHT RACING GOLDEN ERA SUPERBIKE & SUPERSPORT No Rider
Hometown
Team
Machine cc
1 Richard Blunt
Bury StEdmunds
Portico GB Racing
Kawasaki 750 SBK
2 Sam Nicholson
Nottingham
Motorpoint Derby
Yamaha 600 SS
4 Dominic Clegg
South Milford
HB Motorcycles
Suzuki
750 SBK
6 Nick Williamson
Southampton
RBM Industrial
Honda
1000 SBK
14 Brad Davey
Abingdon
Motovation Performance Ducati
916 SBK
15 Richard Stanbury Preston
RS Racing
750 SBK
16 Craig Jeff
Barnsley
2Jr - Cross Lane Garage Aprilia
18 John Dieterman
Preston
Team Baxi Yamaha
Yamaha 750 SBK
20 Andy Challis
Peterborough
Team CT Racing
Aprilia
1000 SBK
24 Jamie Pearson
Derby
Meltedsliders
Suzuki
600 SS
28 Martyn Bloomfield Tarporley
E B Racing
Yamaha 600 SS
30 Andrew Windsor Chichester
AW Motorsport
Suzuki
32 Liam Martin
Whitehaven
Liam Martin Motorsport
Yamaha 600 SS
35 Shane Pearson
Derby
Meltedsliders
Suzuki
750 SBK
37 Vince Carlton
Market Rasen
VC Racing
Ducati
996 SBK
40 Keith Smith
Doncaster
QC Engineering
Ducati
916 SBK
44 Andy Duncan
Warrington
Dunc 44 Racing
Aprilia
1000 SBK
47 Dean Pollard
Orpington
Suzuki
1000 SBK
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Shane Pearson Oli Dupuy Nick Williamson Chris Martin John Dieterman Craig Jeff Richard Blunt Andrew Windsor Richard Steadman Chris Norris
237 223 180 175 170 157 143 135 121 108
750 SBK
CRN Racing
Aprilia
1000 SBK
48 Richard Harrison Cleasby
Harrison Bros Racing
Honda
600 SS
49 Andy Whale
Whale Racing
Yamaha 600 SS
58 Andrew Goodsell Hastings
Hastings Racing
Yamaha 600 SS
62 Jason Dixon
Lincoln
HPC Homes Ltd
Aprilia
1000 SBK
65 Oli Dupuy
Ware
PetersonSims Honda
Honda
1000 SBK
70 Neil Appleby
Baxenden
Dennis & Brenda
Ducati
996 SBK
72 Dave Curtis
Hastings
Maverick Racing
Ducati
748 SS
74 Andy Wintle
Malvern
Andy Wintle Racing
Yamaha 600 SS
76 Ian Morgan
Spondon
Meltedsliders
Suzuki
78 Daniel Beighton
Horsham
DB Racing
Kawasaki 750 SBK
88 Richard Stubbs
Stone
DCR Racing
Kawasaki 750 SBK
96 Ian Evans
Beachley
British Army Race Team
Kawasaki 750 SBK
128 Mike Walker
Barrow in Furness Walker Racing
Yamaha 750 SBK
135 Terje Joensen
Crowle
Joensen Racing
Honda
167 Andy Taylor
Thornaby
T&J Racing
Yamaha 600 SS
187 Chris Jones
Middlesborough
T&J Racing
Yamaha 600 SS
Birmingham
Golden Era Superbike Points
Golden Era Supersport Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Sam Nicholson Richard Harrison Jamie Pearson Andy Whale Mike Horberry Liam Martin Ian Popplewell Andy Wintle Dave Curtis Martyn Bloomfield
237 230 228 179 170 139 136 122 81 74
750 SBK
600 SS
WHEN TRACTION CONTROL WAS ALL IN THE WRIST ACTION!
CLASS LAP RECORDS Superbike = 1.46.181 - Ian Simpson Supersport = 1.49.431 - Lee Longden
Some of the most memorable race action came from a time before the electronics geeks interferred with the direct relationship between the twist grip and the throttle slides. Seeing Yasutomo Nagai, Scott Russell, Giancarlo Fallappa, Aaron Slight and Anthony Gobert not only backing it in on high speed sections, but also squirming out of corners whilst the chassis tied itself in knots may not have been as fast as modern Moto-GP bikes - but it looked a whole lot faster and infinitely more exciting. The Supersport riders of the time justifiably inspired the class forever more being tagged as “the mad Axe Murderers” category. Stephan Chambon and Thierry van den Bosch brought the loose riding style across from Supermotard racing and seemingly everyone else adopted the sideways into every corner approach to Supersport racing. Golden Era Superbikes and Golden Era Supersport is our version of this classic era of motorcycle racing, before 1000cc across the frame 4 cylinder bikes displaced the “real” Superbikes of the 750cc era. Just looking at these homologation specials on their paddock stands invokes memories of that era and when they fire up, the chatter of the flatslides just makes me grin - I can’t help it. These classes are not Pre-Injection or Pre-2000, they are tailored to the bikes that actually raced in that iconic era. The technical regulations allow all and any modifications that were used in period and ban anything that wasn’t around or allowed at the time. Tyres on the Superbikes are any make, any pattern, any type - including slicks. Rims are also free and even carbon wheels can be used. Tyres on the Supersport bikes must be “Road-Legal” treaded tyres mounted on rims made from non-exotic materials. Full racing wets may be used only when a “Wet Race” has been declared.
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BRIDGESTONE SUPERTWINS & ALTO-DIGITAL MINITWINS
No Rider
Hometown
Team
Machine cc
4 8 15 19 21 22 26 28 31 32 33 35 44 48 52 55 59 66 68 69 77 78 85 91 93 97 99 111 117 119 121 132
Market Rasen Gifford Lincoln Barnsley Wrexham Ormskirk Kirton Lindsey Ederney NI Tadcaster Nelson Lincoln Meopham Newark Middlesborough Grantham Bedfont Lincoln Scunthorpe Lincoln Burbage Aberdeen Baldrine IOM Vendee-France Dublin ROI Bristol Kendal Windsor Steyning Bedlington Co Meath Scunthorpe Scunthorpe
PCR / WK Bikes IN Competition Team Truelove Schofield Racing JHS Racing BBR Roofing DT Racing NEI Racing AJB Racing AP Broome Racing Brocklesby Racing IDWE BCL Racing Hutchinson Transport Team Racetek R&M Racing Team Truelove NL Components / BTS DTM David Ince Racing IN Competition Blackstone Racing VP-TEAM Murray Motorsport JHS Racing Bradley Perie Racing Winters Racing JHS Racing RJ Racing Clifford Racing Jerk Racing Leaning Racing
CF Moto Aprilia Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki Aprilia Suzuki Kawasaki Suzuki Aprilia Suzuki Aprilia Suzuki Aprilia Kawasaki Suzuki Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Suzuki Aprilia Suzuki Suzuki Kawasaki Suzuki Kawasaki Suzuki Suzuki Suzuki Aprilia Kawasaki Kawasaki
Tim Neave Lewis Rollo Harry Truelove Neil Schofield Simon Critchlow Alex Baker Daniel Taylor Paul Gartland Brad Vicars Sam Edwards Oliver Brocklesby Sam Wilford Lee Wainwright Rhys Hutchinson Ryan Kinning Rob Garland Matthew Truelove Daniel Frear Tom Neave David Ince Ryan McAdam Giles Day Johann Mace Dave Butler William Holland Bradley Perie Lee Winters Sam Smith Ross Jackman Aaron Clifford Josh Leaning Will Leaning
WHAT’S SUPER ABOUT SUPERTWINS?
650 M 450 650 M 650 M 650 450 650 M 650 650 450 650 M 450 650 M 450 650 650 M 650 M 650 650 650 450 650 M 650 650 650 M 650 650 M 650 M 650 M 450 650 650
Bridgestone Supertwins Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Daniel Frear Sam Wilford Alex Baker Tom Neave Lewis Rollo Dave Butler Bradley Perie Matthew Shillings Brad Vicars Johann Mace
210 205 202 190 156 152 145 102 87 86
Alto-Digital Minitwins Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Daniel Taylor Lee Wainwright Sam Smith Matthew Truelove Harry Truelove Tim Neave Johann Mace Neil Schofield William Holland Jason Markham
255 235 231 216 178 175 139 89 87 80
CLASS LAP RECORDS Supertwins 1.48.969 David Allingham Minitwins 1.51.199 Curtis Rothwell
Ever since the demise of the 250GP class (or the Supersport 400 before that), major promoted meetings have been missing a credible middleweight category. Superbikes and Superstocks make for great racing, but the bikes all look and sound so similar that the crucial element of variety has been lacking. Thundersport GB started out with what is now our Supertwin class back in 2009 (it was called GP2 back then) and it has since appeared in Irish Road Races, the North-West 200 and more recently the TT Races. These light and manouverable 650cc twin cylinder 4-strokes can be built for around half the cost of a 600cc Superstock machine and open up a route for the home tuner to get re-involved in the modern racing scene. It won’t be long before Supertwins are added to the British Superbike package and once there it will fill in yet another rung on every budding young racers ladder to success. Whereas the Supertwin category has no tuning restrictions, we also compliment that with our more cost concious Minitwin Championship. The Minitwin idea was originally thought up by two intelligent club racers (Mike Edwards & Tim Jones) and I was fortunate enough to be able to help them make their idea into reality. Cost control is the number one aim of Minitwins and the rules are so tight that you can effectively say that these are as close as you can get to standard road bikes with a go faster exhaust and race suspension. Both classes create great racing and you will see that a well ridden Minitwin can even get into the top 10 of the overall race result. Supertwin or Minitwin - both have that V-twin rumble and both offer superb competition on a budget that a normal working man can afford. Crack on!
ATTITUDE - A LITTLE THING TH
THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE
THE BIKE INSURER THUNDERSPORT GP1 (INCLUDING SUPERSTOCK 1000)
No 3 8 9 10 11 21 22 24 27 33 35 37 41 47 52 53 54 56 59 60 63 67 70 71 72 73 75 83 84 90 93 95 96 100 101 111 169 181 194 224
Rider Hometown Adrian Clark Inverness Jesse Trayler Dunmow James Buchanan © Stratford u Avon Neil Bainbridge Hutton Rudby James Folkard Liverpool Chris Barnes Preston Peter Eccles © Pontefract Sam Walker Barrow in Furness Brian Fuidge © Poole Michael Neeves Peterborough Gavin Hunt Douglas IOM Ryan Cringle © Ballasalla IOM Andrew Haines Morecambe Nathan Hutchinson © Middlesborough Martin Brand © Colchester Andy Gerrard © Widnes Forest Dunn © Falmouth James East Royston John Ingram Wigan Darren Cooper Preston Michael Mace© Loughborough Matt Pearce Wellington Andrew Fenton Rotherham Philip Crowe Market Rasen Shay Burton © Atherton David Brook Bradford Dan Hill Nantwich Aaron Ebbitt © Five Mile Town NI Tom McHale Grange over sands Rory Parker Ramsey IOM Stuart Cooke © Bristol Jordan Watling Doncaster Callum O'Shea Port Soderick IOM Connor Tagg Reading Richard Blunt Bury St Edmunds Alex Heaton Sowerby Bridge Sam Boyers © Leyland Neil Watson Barnsley Bill Callister Plymouth Barry Teasdale Prudhoe
Team Bob Henderson Racing Morello Services Loose Cannon Racing Hare Bulk Haulage IN Competition A P Broome Racing ETF Racing Walker Racing Royal Marines Motorsport BMW Park Lane Manx Racing KPC Construction AH Racing Hutchinson Transport Brand Brothers Racing Skarred-52-Racing South West M/cycles Opus Brabus Morello Services Fluestox Racing No Guts No Glory Racing Mike Pearce Racing AFC Racing Holbeach Tyres/Moto46 SB Racing Team Arkoni Racing DHR AE Racing McHale Racing Manx Racing SC Racing JWR Racing Manx Racing Morello Services Ekquire M/cycles
Machine Honda Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Ducati Kawasaki Kawasaki Honda Honda BMW Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Suzuki Kawasaki Yamaha Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki BMW Suzuki Kawasaki Kawasaki Honda Honda Honda Yamaha Suzuki Honda Kawasaki Kawasaki AL Joinery/Oaksmith Constr. Kawasaki Auto Smart Honda Honda British Army Race Team Honda Royal Marines Motorsport Honda Bob Henderson Racing Kawasaki
cc 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 S 1000 S 1198 GP 1000 S 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 GP 600 GP 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 S 600 GP 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 S 1000 S 1000 S 1000 S 1000 S 1000 GP 1000 S 1000 S
Thundersport GP1 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alex Heaton Barry Teasdale Phil Crowe Michael Pearson Connor Tagg Michael Neeves Rob McNealy John Ingram Martin Brand Carl Simpson
220 132 113 89 79 78 75 75 72 71
Superstock 1000 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alex Heaton Barry Teasdale Martin Brand Carl Simpson David Brook Rob McNealy John Ingram Neil Bainbridge Sam Boyers Richard Blunt
270 188 133 109 101 75 75 74 72 70
Pre-National Sport 1000 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Martin Brand Carl Simpson Sam Boyers Michael Mace James Buchanan Nathan Hutchinson Brian Fuidge Robert Cadiz Forest Dunn Peter Hobday
275 205 201 110 107 97 81 59 45 28
CAREFUL WITH THAT AXE EUGENE! These bad boys are the most sophisticated and powerful bits of kit in the paddock. When you start racing, everyone secretly wants one, but the first time you ride one in anger reminds you very forcefully that they can bite! It is a reminder of how fast technology has advanced in just a few years when you consider that all of the bikes on this grid have more advanced electronics than even the most sophisticated Grand Prix machines had before the 4-stroke Moto-GP era started. It’s even more amazing to consider that if a decent standard club rider were on one of these machines in any Grand Prix before around 1991, he would probably have won! That is a little factoid that both astounds and offends people like me that grew up with Wayne Rainey and Eddie Lawson as their racing heroes (because NOBODY could have smoked the tyres like they did - could they?). This race actually has 3 categories within one race - all riders contest the main Thundersport GP1 category and that can be won outright by a well ridden Superstock bike. The Superstock riders have their own stand alone championship - identified by an (s) in the rider listing above - and there is also a “Pre-National Sport 1000” category for riders who are yet to obtain their National Licence - identified by a (c) in the rider listing above. Apart from the tuning differences, the main elements affecting the lap time differences between the categories here are the tyres. GP1 entrants may use any tyre, slick or treaded and even 16.5 inch rims if desired. The Superstock riders are restricted to using “Road-Legal” treaded tyres on standard rims unless a “Wet Race” has been declared - in which case tyre choice is free. Don’t think that these “Road-Legal” tyres are like your ordinary comutter rubber though, they are most certainly not. All of the major brands now produce some very sticky tyres that comply with this regulation. Unlike CLASS LAP RECORDS BSB or WSB the Thundersport GP1 and Superstock riders are not limited to a single tyre rule, Dunlop, Thundersport GP1 = 1.40.759 - John Ingram Bridgestone, Continental, Pirelli, Metzeler and Michelin are all represented on this grid -
and they all want to win!
Superstock 1000 = 1.40.458 - Danny Murphy
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IN COMPETITION APRILIA RRV450GP & THUNDERSPORT GP3
No Rider
Hometown
Team
Machine
cc
2 Zak Corderoy
Blewbury
Aprilia Championship
Aprilia
450
5 George Stanley
Stapleton
BWSR
Aprilia
450
7 William Caines
West Wickham
NC Racing
Aprilia
450
8 Lewis Rollo
Gifford
IN Competition
Aprilia
450
9 Ben Luxton
Stockport
JDF Racing
Aprilia
450
14 Will Hodgson
Wigan
Ron Hodgson Cars
Aprilia
450
19 Aaron Clifford
Co Meath
Clifford Racing
Aprilia
450
22 Alex Baker
Ormskirk
BBR Roofing
Aprilia
450
24 Matthew Shillings Howden
Matt Shillings Racing
Aprilia
450
32 Sam Edwards
Nelson
AP Broome Racing
Aprilia
450
34 Louis Dawson
Bridgnorth
Ducati Wolverhampton
Aprilia
450
35 Sam Wilford
Meopham
IDWE
Aprilia
450
36 Dean Court
Burscough
Pipe Werx Bikes
Aprilia
450
Aprilia
450
48 Rhys Hutchinson Middlesborough Hutchinson Transport 55 Ross Simpson
Chessington
Simpson Racing
Aprilia
450
58 Cameron Lee
Coalville
IN Competition
Aprilia
450
77 Ryan McAdam
Aberdeen
IN Competition
Aprilia
450
93 Matty Rangeley
Hull
NAB
Aprilia
450
96 Conor Wheeler
Hatfield
Pitlane Racing Team
Aprilia
450
101 Kurtis Drew
Cirencester
KJD Racing
Aprilia
450
Aprilia RRV450GP Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ben Luxton Will Hodgson Alex Baker Sam Wilford Lewis Rollo Louis Dawson George Stanley Dean Court Rhys Hutchinson Matthew Shillings
345 286 226 206 193 183 135 105 86 82
Thundersport GP3 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6
Charlie Nesbitt Sam Llewellyn Anthony Alonso Milo Ward Ryan Saxelby Paul Hedison
200 95 60 60 25 16
CLASS LAP RECORD
Aprilia RRV450GP = 1.49.024 Will Hodgson
DON’T BRING A KNIFE TO A GUNFIGHT! Not unless it’s as sharp as a razor - and these RRV450s are exactly that. Ask any of the Supertwins frontrunners and they’ll tell you that if you leave a gap even as small as a front tyre going into any corner, you’ll find a whole Aprilia RRV shoved into it well before the apex of the turn! When Aprilia created the SXV450 with its advanced composite frame and super-stiff swingarm, they couldn’t possibly have known that they were inadvertantly producing the basis for one of the very best middleweight sportsbikes in the world. It is often the case that when a bike of this kind is created with the sole purpose of winning races, it ends up being a little uncomfortable on the eye (that’s polite language for “pig-ugly”). Nothing could be further from the truth with Ian Newtons creation, the bikes are truly stunning to look at and they perform even better than they look. The bike was created to give our burgeoning talent pool of Superteens a place to learn how to ride a 4-stroke motorcycle that also demands high corner speed and accurate throttle control. The lessons they learn are then directly transferrable into the 600cc and 1000cc categories. The proof of how well this works is evident in the progression of many ex-RRV riders into the higher levels of the sport. In the past three seasons that “Where the hell did he learn to ride like that?” phrase has been used to describe James Folkard, Jake Dixon and Callan Cooper who all stood on the podiums in their first ever appearances at BSB after graduating from the “Aprilia Acadamy of Excellence”. Take your place at your favourite spot to watch these encounters and you’ll be amazed and entertained in equal measure. Running on the superb Bridgestone R10 Supersport tyres and producing just 62bhp, the RRVs will be fast - very fast! You can’t buy one for the road, you can’t buy one for track days, you can only buy one to race here - you can have one in any colour you like -
as long as it’s black!
THE VAN INSURER SPORTSMAN ELITE 600 No 1 2 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 15 17 19 22 26 27 34 38 42 45 47 54 55 61 62 64 67 71 72 74 75 82 93 94 95 99 106 111 129 155 191
Rider Daniel Frear Jordan Rushby Curtis Rothwell Reece Rothwell Bradley Jones Paul Smyth Paul Charman Nico Mawhinney Stephen Parsons Ross Twyman Jodie Chalk Charley Oakland Richard McNeill William White James Pickford Chris Mort Gary Graves Chris Spink Steve MacMillan Frank Gallagher Sam Cox Lee Shallcross Adam Shelton Nick Edgeley Chris Hellewell Matt Pearce Grant McIntosh Max Wadsworth Curtis Wright Ozzy Madey Lewis Osler Paul Westerdale Lee Williams Dean Mulcahy Stephen Kaplan Joe Barton Gordon Wright Jeff Booth Scott Campbell Dylan Roberts
Hometown Scunthorpe Beverley Bolton Bolton Stalbridge Douglas IOM Accrington Londonderry NI Milnthorpe Canterbury Glenrothes Immingham Bangor NI Watford Huddersfield Malpas Hull Stafford Poole Glossop Maldon Manchester Hessle Bolney Rotherham Wellington Wakefield Halifax Stoney Stanton Douglas IOM Wakefield Wigston Liverpool Winsford Carterton Wakefield Falkirk Sale Newcastle Bristol
Team NL Components / BTS AL Joinery Racing Rothwell Racing PRF Racing Bob Jones Heating PRF Racing Paul Charman Racing Northern Escalators Giraffe Racing RT Racing Pro-Scott DF Racing McNeill Racing Triumphs Overadversity JP Racing CM Racing Graves Racing Spinky Racing Royal Navy Motorsport Zest Legal Racing Apprentice Racing Phoenix Race Team Scruffs Racing Team Edge Racing Phoenix Race Team/WDH Mike Pearce Racing Donkey Box Racing NEI Motorsport Pallet Bros Triumph Macs Builders Osler Racing Team Westerdale Racing Hi-Tech / Robinsons Phoenix Race Team RAF MSA HB Motorcycles Spartanracing.co.uk Ka Ka Racing Splinty Racing DR Racing
ELITE BLEND
Machine Yamaha Yamaha Triumph Suzuki Kawasaki Suzuki Suzuki Kawasaki Triumph Yamaha Triumph Yamaha Suzuki Triumph Kawasaki Honda Yamaha Triumph Suzuki Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki Triumph Yamaha Kawasaki Triumph Kawasaki Triumph Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha
cc 600 F 600 S 675 F 600 F 600 S 600 F 600 F 600 F 675 F 600 S 675 S 600 F 600 F 675 S 600 S 600 F 600 F 675 S 600 F 600 S 600 S 600 S 600 S 675 F 600 F 600 F 675 S 600 S 675 S 600 S 600 S 600 S 600 S 600 S 600 S 600 F 600 F 600 F 600 F 600 S
Modern Superstock 600 specification bikes are now so good that what was almost unthinkable 10 years ago is now true. In the right hands, a Superstock bike could set a lap time good enough for a front row start in British Supersport. Bearing in mind the ÂŁ25,000 price gap between the two bikes, that is an amazing testament to how closely the manufacturers are able to replicate what their race departments are learning from racing and putting it into their production lines. With lap times so close, it seems mildly pointless creating two different races and therefore splitting up the pool of talent, so we combine the two different machine specifications into one (very exciting) race. As mentioned elsewhere, these riders learn from each other and the challenge for the Superstock riders of chasing (& sometimes beating) a technically superior machine is extremely satisfying and very constructive from a riding skills perspective. Each class has its own stand alone championship both of which have always been very keenly contested. The overall Sportsman Elite championship combines both categories and is one of the most highly prized titles in British national racing. You might think that it was an insurmountable task to win the overall title on a humble Superstock bike, but Danny Murphy managed to do it in 2012 and we have such an array of talent this year that I can see it being possible again. The top F600 riders Daniel Frear, Richard McNeill, Paul Charman, Matt Pearce and the fast emerging talent of Stephen Parsons, will have it as their mission to uphold the Supersport honour. Whatever happens the action will be as frantic as only 600cc racing can be.
Sportsman Elite 600 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Daniel Frear Adam Shelton Ross Twyman Richard McNeill Curtis Wright Sam Cox William White Brad Jones Craig Neve Joe Barton
166 151 150 149 141 122 90 70 70 61
Formula 600 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Daniel Frear Richard McNeill Stephen Parsons Paul Charman Matt Pearce Reece Rothwell Joe Barton Craig Neve Nico Mawhinney John Lea
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Curtis Wright Adam Shelton Sam Cox Ross Twyman William White Brad Jones Jordan Rushby Lee Williams David Allingham Max Wadsworth
206 202 120 95 83 82 78 75 74 65
Superstock 600 Points
CLASS LAP RECORDS
205 187 164 150 120 99 81 77 50 46
Formula 600 = 1.41.712 - Glenn Irwin Superstock 600 = 1.43.285 Luke Stapleford
Streetfighter Championships British Inter Services Points 1
Kris Sanders (British Army)
304
2
Paul Cunvin (RAF)
299
3
Neil Watson (Army)
228
4
Mick Riddle (RAF)
119
5
Jason Markham (British Army)
113
6
Andy Kewley (British Army)
93
7
Stevie Elliott (Royal Navy)
90
8
Andrew Castle (RAF)
75
9
Simon Critchlow (RAF)
71
10
Marc Greenslade (British Army)
64
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British Military Inter Services Points 1
British Army Race Team
946
2
RAF Motorsports Association
681
3
Royal Navy/Royal Marines Motorsport
358
IOM RACE PRODUCTS STREETFIGHTERS & LMB F400 No
Rider
Hometown
Team
Machine
Streetfighter Xtreme Points
cc
1
Keith Warren
West Drayton
MX Bikes
Aprilia
550 C
2
Andrew Plaskitt
Louth
Louth Scoot & M/cycle
Suzuki
750 A
7
Dave Grace
Mickleover
Peter Pan Racing
Honda
500 C
8
Richie Connole
Scunthorpe
RC Racing
Kawasaki
400
10 Joe Sheldon-Shaw Sheffield
LSR Racing / KLM
Kawasaki
400
18 Paul Cunvin
Kings Lynn
RAF MSA
Honda
600 B
30 Adrian Bridges
Solihull
AB Racing
KTM
690 C
32 Adam Palfreman
Letchworth
Rothwell Racing
Suzuki
650 B
33 Andy Denyer
Uckfield
Sparklight Racing
Triumph
675 A
45 Andrew Castle
Wallingford
RAF MSA
Honda
600 B
49 Kevin Howdle
Rawnsley
Alpha Hair Design
Suzuki
1000 A
50 Lewis Barnes
Swindon
LB Racing
Kawasaki
400
55 Rob Garland
Bedfont
R&M Racing
Yamaha
700 A
57 Ryan Strafford
Mirfield
Access Drilling
Triumph
675 B
70 Edward Crump
Worcester Park
EC Racing
Triumph
600 B
72 Dave Palfreman
Hereford
British Army Race Team Triumph
675 B
77 Nigel Davis
Newton Berkley
S&B Automotive
Yamaha
600 B
79 Ashley Robson
Montrose
XL Racing
Kawasaki
400
88 Andrew Driver
Bromley
Skorpion
MZ
690 C
98 Rob Pragnell
Portsmouth
Willow Construction
Kawasaki
400
99 Chris Gray
Deal
CJ Gray Building
Kawasaki
400
110 David Blakey
Peterborough
DB Racing
Honda
500 C
121 Martin Stanier
Stoke on Trent
MS Racing
Suzuki
750 A
194 Robyn Lindsay
Airdree
Lindsay Racing
Kawasaki
400 C
198 Phil Brown
Breaston
Donkey Box Racing
Honda
500 C
411 Alan Naylor
Wakefield
Donkey Box Racing
Honda
500 C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ryan Strafford Paul Cunvin Martin Stanier Dave Palfreman Adam Palfreman Kevin Howdle Keith Warren Mick Riddle Phil Page Duncan MacMillan
328 320 205 180 155 120 111 110 90 80
Streetfighter B Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ryan Strafford Paul Cunvin Dave Palfreman Adam Palfreman Leigh Hutchinson Mick Riddle Andrew Castle Michael Neillans Stephen Petrie Andrew Pugh
365 355 215 196 117 116 103 78 41 33
Streetfighter C Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Keith Warren Duncan MacMillan Andrew Driver Jon Mead Adrian Bridges Alan Naylor David Blakey Enda Ryan Josh Kent Ben Miller
355 245 216 156 152 105 95 44 34 33
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Formula 400 Points
DARE TO BE DIFFERENT
The naked bike market is now the largest sector of the market for road-going machinery. This has largely by-passed the racing sector though because we have all been seemingly obsessed with race replicas. This class breaks that mould. Streetfighters come in three different classes - A - B and C to cater for the different performance levels of the diverse machines available. Rather than being separated simply by cubic capacity, they are divided into sub-75bhp, sub-100bhp and sub-150bhp power outputs. Tyres are unrestricted, as are non-standard modifications, which opens the class up to some interesting engineering ideas. The #57 bike of Ryan Strafford is one such example, being a KTM/Triumph hybrid with a destinctive custom look. As long as the bike is unfaired with a maximum size of 330mm x 480mm for a nosecone (if fitted) and sporting handlebars mounted above the top yoke - it’s pretty much good to go. This makes a wide range of bikes that may originally have been fully faired sportsbikes, ideal donor bikes if they have been written off due to the exhorbitant cost of any damaged bodywork - which is the most common cause of insurance write offs for bikes over 3 years old. The class is also a logical progression for those riders graduating from the Thundersport 500 Seniors class, as the bikes are of a similar riding position and nature. The final element of this grid is the Formula 400 class, an updated version of the once mighty Supersport 400 class. These bikes may be 25 years old, but they still evoke memories of their big brothers - the Superbikes of the ‘80s & ‘90s.
1
Joe Sheldon-Shaw
326
2
Lewis Barnes
321
3
Rob Pragnell
255
4
Nathan Sakeld
74
5
Richie Connole
62
6
Chris Burridge
45
7
Stuart Gill
13
8
Bob Docker
11
CLASS LAP RECORDS Streetfighter A Scot Adam - 1.46.932 Streetfighter B Dave Walker - 1.51.248 Streetfighter C Tony Hughes - 1.55.731 Formula 400 Josh Daley - 1.48.447
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A&R RACING - CONTINENTAL Pre-NATIONAL SPORT 600 No 2 5 6 7 8 11 13 19 21 26 28 33 36 37 43 44 45 51 53 55 57 58 59 64 68 70 71 75 76 79 80 81 89 95 96 101 113 126 131 157
Rider Lewis Brooks Kris Sanders Brendan Mallinder James May Peter Hobday Stephen Parsons Peter Nelson Charley Oakland Barry Knight Andy Kewley Luke Harrison Adam Reavill Callum Ward Carl Penketh Chris Wilkinson Karl Dyer Steve MacMillan Darren Higson Jake Poole Tom Hallam Matt Truelove Assheston Green Liam Hellewell Lee Matthew Chris Manger Nick Manger Paul Rogers Jonathan Young Martin Plunkett Nick Barnes Acea Webb Stevie Elliott Daz Odlin Dean Mulcahy Steve Taylor Ben Heaton Nigel Pitt Dean Young Greg Scanlan Charlie Morris
Hometown Team Stafford Mercury Racing Wittering British Army Race Team Rotherham BM Racing Oxford JM Racing Bury St EdmundsSparklight Racing Milnthorpe Giraffe Racing Runcorn Lord Nelson Tattoos Immingham DF Racing Forres BK Racing Windsor British Army Race Team Aldershot Big Dog Racing Grimsby Team Autodesigns Brough Callum Ward Racing Middlesborough MSG Racing Doncaster Wilko Racing Southsea Royal Navy Motorsport Poole Royal Navy Motorsport Blackpool Higson Racing Stockport JP Racing Uttoxeter Stevefostercranes.co.uk Lincoln Team Truelove Catford Live to Ride Racing Bramley Churchill Lightning Westbourne Royal Navy Motorsport Leeds Manger Racing Barnoldswick Manger Racing Boston Dodgespeed Racing Worksop JY Racing 75 Sutton Coldfield Reindeer Racing Peterborough Park Electric Spalding Wizard Racing Exeter Royal Navy Motorsport Louth Rat Out Racing Winsford Phoenix Race Team Poole Royal Navy Motorsport Bolton Physio Specifix Bury Pittys Custon Vinyls Romsey 2 Wheels Warehouse Reading Scanlan Joinery Potters Bar CM Racing
Machine Suzuki Triumph Honda Yamaha
cc 600 P 675 P 600 P 600 P MV Augusta 675 P Triumph 675 P Kawasaki 600 P Yamaha 600 P Triumph 675 P Triumph 675 P Suzuki 600 P Kawasaki 600 P Yamaha 600 P Suzuki 600 P Yamaha 600 P Yamaha 600 P Suzuki 600 P Yamaha 600 P Yamaha 600 P Honda 600 P Suzuki 600 P Suzuki 600 P Kawasaki 600 P Suzuki 600 P Yamaha 600 P Honda 600 P Kawasaki 600 P Honda 600 P Yamaha 600 P Yamaha 600 P Suzuki 600 P Triumph 675 P Yamaha 600 P Yamaha 600 P Yamaha 600 P Yamaha 600 P Triumph 675 P Yamaha 600 P Yamaha 600 P Suzuki 600 P
Pre-National Sport 600 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Stephen Parsons Adam Reavill Matt Truelove Dean Mulcahy Kris Sanders Paul Rogers Darren Ibbertson Ozzy Madey Daz Odlin Acea Webb
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INTO THE FIRE
The world of motorcycle racing can be an intimidating place for newcomers. If you want to start on a 600cc machine, you’ll quickly discover that everyone else on the grid is a budding Axe-Murderer in the making. In order to ease the transition into this fiercely competitive category, we created the “Pre-National Sport 600” class for riders who have yet to gain a National Licence. This grid is made up of a mix of pure novices and riders who are generally in their second season of racing. It tends to work slightly better than a pure “Novice” or “Rookie” grid because the new riders have some slightly more experienced riders around them that they can learn from - rather than the fastest newcomer being left to his own devices. This is hugely beneficial when it comes to things like lapping slower riders, or dealing with temporary course changes such as lack of adhesion flags being utilised on parts of the track. Of course those things can be learnt by trial and error, but having someone who has done it before just ahead of you takes the guesswork out of it. The bikes themselves are a mixture of Formula and Superstock specification machines, but at this learning stage of the process those differences are immaterial. As the season progresses some of these riders will become very polished and take part in the Sportsman Elite races as well in order to measure their progress. As with all 600cc production based formulae, the Pre-National Sport 600 class races on “Road-Legal” treaded tyres unless a “Wet Race” is declared, in which case tyre choice is free. There are no restrictions on the brand of tyre used and all major manufacturers are represented.
CLASS LAP RECORD 1.46.114 James Shaw
The TRUTH.................
.........That cannot be spoken!
There are certain things that you just aren’t allowed to say in the highly governed world of motorsport All racing is an intrinsically selfish As an organisation we value and a whole lot of effort. We’re not
pastime on the surface and to those on the outside, that’s all there ever is to it. Scratch through the veneer though and you’ll find that behind every success in racing there is a whole support network that makes that success possible. Partnerships are vitally important and they often start in the paddock at an early stage in any racers career. Sometimes that bond is between a father & son/daughter team, or between two best mates, which then grows to encompass others as the stage gets bigger. That initial bond of trust is always the strongest though and when times get tough, or difficult decisions need to be made it usually comes back down to the original partners seeking each others advice and guidance. Look around the paddock when you have a free moment and you’ll be certain to witness the good humour, respect and professionalism that pervades the whole event. People are made welcome by riders, teams and families in a way that is not always evident in other sports. Friendships started here, often last a lifetime and persist long after the racing bug has passed.
greatly all of our partners and try extremely hard to treat them with the respect and deference they deserve. In that sense, I see our ‘partners’ as encompassing all of our volunteers, our riders, their supporters & families and of course all of our series sponsors. All partnerships are a two way street and the most successful ones are built on the premise that each partner is equally willing to do the majority of the donkeywork. That attitude leads to a deep and long lasting mutual respect. Look around you and you will see the people who give up most to ensure that you can enjoy your racing. Most of them will probably be family members.
Syd is one of my partners (that doesn’t mean to say we go for windy walks or hold hands) and part of his job is to spread the word about our great championship. In order to do that he needs to use all of the tools at his disposal. Our TV is there as a promotional tool, the website likewise as are the podium truck and our race day programmes. None of these things is without cost, both in financial terms
scared of work and we always put in maximum effort in everything we do. You’re now reading a publication that is full size, full colour, full of features and information that puts many promoted event programmes to shame. If you’ve ever bought a Touring Car or F3/GT programme you’ll not have got any change out of a five pound note, yet this superior item is free of charge not only to you, but also to your sponsors and each and every spectator. Have you thought about how we can do that? It is only possible because we have a particular vision of the bright future and widespread appeal of this special championship. We think that it needs to grow into something that the general public recognise for what it is. In the brave new world of UK motorcycle sport, we are not allowed to say certain things though. We can’t for example say that “Thundersport GB is in fact the
National Cup for motorcycles in the UK” even though that is obvious to anyone with half a brain. Oh no, in the politically correct world of the ACU, we are all equal and in the “union of clubs” nobody is permitted to compete to win – as that would mean there might be losers.
This lot doesn’t happen without a certain degree of effort. Let’s not accept those constraints. Let’s tell it how it is. Let’s make sure that everyone knows that we are the “National Cup” and that we represent the future. In the past, it was necessary to have the mainstream media onside if you wanted to get that kind of word out to the wider public. In the new digital age that is no longer the case though. We don’t need to pay any of the established publishers to promote our series, as we can do it ourselves just as effectively by utilising the communicative power that you all have at your fingertips. The truth really is that if the newspapers and magazines really want to write about something interesting, they need to write about us! Does anyone really want yet another “600cc shoot out” feature or “Which Sports-Tourer” article? Therefore when Syd asks you to “share” the links to our i-player footage it isn’t just for information purposes, it is to make contact with all of your contacts – who probably haven’t experienced the special feel of the events. The i-player footage from our last event at Cadwell Park has already surpassed 30,000 views, which shows that sharing works. Syd has an ambition of having an audience
in excess of 100,000 viewers, so let’s all help him in those efforts. We often forget that people who went through “club racing” on their way to higher profile events, probably don’t realise just how far we have moved on from the scene they remember. Over the past 3 events, we have had the company of some very high profile industry figures, none of whom had been to anything below BSB level for more than 10 years. To say that they were blown away by the high standards of our events would be an understatement. YOU are all partly responsible for that high standard too. Your machine preparation, general
turn out and high standards both on and off track are exemplary. There is no “I” in “team” says the old adage, but we individually cannot avoid thinking in singular terms sometimes. That’s how we are designed, some of us more so than others and I am acutely aware that my own nature is skewed towards independence more than most. Not being particularly quick on the uptake, it took me about 40 years to discover that having the right people in your team multiplied your chances of success many fold and that the elemental truth is that two men working together can easily achieve what two men working alone can only dream of doing. Imagine what 2,500 of us can achieve! Of course the two other significant partners in Thundersport GB are our office staff; Bernadette and Janet – who are able to communicate in a direct and personable manner between all parties at each and every event. They actually manage to perform the neat trick of letting Syd and myself think we are the engine drivers and not just the oily rags. No other championship offers so much to all of its partners, supporters and participants. You are all an essential part of what makes it work. Thank you partners, let’s keep working together.
THUNDERSPORT GB (Affiliated to the ACU as Club Thundersport Ltd) This meeting is held under a European OPEN Road Race Permit, complying with the National Sporting Code and the Standing Regulations for Road Races of the ACU, the Supplementary Regulations of the above organisation, and in accordance with the ACU / FIM Environmental Code. Permanent Course Licence No. 004 ACU Permit No. ACU 40318 Outline Flags and other signals used at this meeting: (full details are shown in the ACU Handbook a copy of which is available for inspection in the Race Administration).
OUTLINE FLAGS AND OTHER SIGNALS
RED LIGHTS - May be extinguished as the signal to start races. May be illuminated to stop races or practice NATIONAL FLAG - May be used as the signal to start races GREEN FLAG - Indicates that the track is clear YELLOW FLAG - This Flag indicates that there is danger ahead. Overtaking in this sector is forbidden YELLOW /RED STRIPED FLAG - This indicates a lack of adhesion in this sector. Oil, Water or another substance (debris) on track RED FLAG - The race or practice session is stopped. Riders must return slowly to the pits or as directed by the marshals YELLOW I BLACK CROSS - This flag is shown at the startline at the beginning of the last lap. OHEQUERED FLAG - Indicates the end of the race or practice session
NOTICE: MOTOR SPORTS CAN BE DANGEROUS! Despite the organisers taking all reasonable precautions, unavoidable accidents can happen. Please comply with all instructions of marshals and notices and remain in permitted areas only. THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH YOUR SAFETY
OULTON PARK CIRCUIT MAP
CLERK OF THE COURSE Dave Stewart
SECRETARY OF THE MEETING Dave Stewart 10 Hemington Lane Lockington Leicestershire. DE74 2RJ
RACE SECRETARY Bernadette Stewart
ASSISTANT RACE SECRETARY Janet Day
CHIEF TECHNICAL STEWARD Phil Page
CHIEF INCIDENT OFFICER Jon Pedersen
SOUND CONTROL Rodger Wadey
OFFICIALS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHIEF MARSHAL Nick Coe / Graham Douglas
DEPUTY CLERK OF THE COURSE Jamie Clarke
STARTLINE OFFICIALS Mark Lumb (Chief) Jo Lumb
START CONTROLLER Paula Smith
RACE CONTROL Angie Matthews - Joanne Page
ASSEMBLY AREA Rosey Ferguson Sam & Emma Page
SENIOR JUDGE Richard Day
ACU STEWARD John Ward
TIMEKEEPERS Sports Timing Services
CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Dr Mike Bloom
AMBULANCE SERVICE Red Cross NW
COMMENTATORS Robin Murphy - John Ward
CIRCUIT / DUTY MANAGER Simon Bonser / Gemma Stevenson 01829 760301
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THUNDERSPORT GB 2014 DATES The Very Best Racing Events, at the Very Best Circuits, with the Very Best People. DAY
DATE
LOCATION
EVENT
SUNDAY
23RD FEBRUARY
DONINGTON PARK
ACU-CTC COURSE / TEST DAY
FRIDAY
7TH MARCH
BRANDS HATCH INDY
TESTING
SATURDAY
8TH MARCH
BRANDS HATCH INDY
INVICTA CHALLENGE
SUNDAY
9TH MARCH
BRANDS HATCH INDY
INVICTA CHALLENGE
SATURDAY
12TH APRIL
DONINGTON PARK GP
ROBERT FEARNALL TROPHY
SUNDAY
13TH APRIL
DONINGTON PARK GP
ROBERT FEARNALL TROPHY
SATURDAY
3RD MAY
SNETTERTON 200
TESTING
SUNDAY
4TH MAY
SNETTERTON 200
ACE OF CLUBS
MONDAY
5TH MAY
SNETTERTON 200
ACE OF CLUBS
SATURDAY
24TH MAY
CADWELL PARK
TESTING
SUNDAY
25TH MAY
CADWELL PARK
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
MONDAY
26TH MAY
CADWELL PARK
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
FRIDAY
20TH JUNE
OULTON PARK
TESTING/QUALIFYING
SATURDAY
21ST JUNE
OULTON PARK
INC. ADAM BOYLE TROPHY
FRIDAY
25TH JULY
ROCKINGHAM INTERNATIONAL
TESTING
SATURDAY
26TH JULY
ROCKINGHAM INTERNATIONAL
THUNDER AT THE ROCK
SUNDAY
27TH JULY
ROCKINGHAM INTERNATIONAL
THUNDER AT THE ROCK
SATURDAY
23RD AUGUST
ANGLESEY COASTAL
TESTING
SUNDAY
24TH AUGUST
ANGLESEY COASTAL
MOTO SUPER-PRIX OF WALES
MONDAY
25TH AUGUST
ANGLESEY COASTAL
MOTO SUPER-PRIX OF WALES
SATURDAY
27TH SEPTEMBER
DONINGTON PARK
DUKE OF DONINGTON
SUNDAY
28TH SEPTEMBER
DONINGTON PARK
DUKE OF DONINGTON
FRIDAY
17TH OCTOBER
MALLORY PARK
TESTING
SATURDAY
18TH OCTOBER
MALLORY PARK
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
SUNDAY
19TH OCTOBER
MALLORY PARK
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
All above rounds count towards the Thundersport GB Championship and Thundersport GB Cup for all classes. www.thundersportgb.com 01509 678888 www.apriliachallenge.net Dave Stewart - 07738 355186 jamiestewart9@googlemail.com Bernadette Stewart - 07711 721638 stewartbernadette9@googlemail.com Media/Sponsorship Enquiries – Richard Day (Syd) – 07836 589666 / thundersportsyd@gmail.com