Cadwell park (spring) 2018 full programme

THUNDERSPORT GB CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018 ROUND 3 27th & 28th May 2018

THE HOME OF SPORTSMAN RACING

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SUNDAY 27TH MAY 15 Minute Qualifying Sessions 9.00am - Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman 9.19am - Golden Era Super/Steelsport 9.38am - Thundersport 500 Elite/Sportsman & Seniors 9.57am - Supertwins / Stocktwins & Thundersport 500 Freshman 10.16am - Golden Era Superbike / GP1 Cup & GP1 Classic 10.35am - Thundersport Superteens 10.54am - Thundersport GP1 Sportsman/Elite 11.13am - Thundersport 600 Sportsman/Elite

THUNDERSPORT GB RACE DAY TIMETABLES

RACE 1 - 11.40am - 8 Laps Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman (A&B) RACE 2 - 12.01pm - 8 Laps Golden Era Supersport & Steelsport RACE 3 - 12.22pm - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Elite, Seniors & Sportsman RACE 4 - 12.43pm - 8 Laps Golden Era Superbike & GP1 Classic/Cup RACE 5 - 1.04pm - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Freshman & Cup LUNCH BREAK RACE 6 - 2.00pm - 8 Laps Supertwins & Stocktwins RACE 7 - 2.21pm - 12 Laps Thundersport GP1 Sportsman Elite RACE 8 - 2.46pm - 8 Laps Thundersport Superteens RACE 9 - 3.07pm - 12 Laps Thundersport 600 Sportsman Elite RACE 10 - 3.32pm - 8 Laps Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman (A&C) RACE 11 - 3.53pm - 8 Laps Golden Era Supersport & Steelsport RACE 12 - 4.14pm - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Elite, Seniors & Sportsman RACE 13 - 4.35pm - 8 Laps Golden Era Superbike & GP1 Classic/Cup RACE 14 - 4.56pm - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Freshman & Cup RACE 15 - 5.17pm - 8 Laps Supertwins & Stocktwins RACE 16 - 5.38pm - 8 Laps Thundersport Superteens RACE 17 - 5.59pm - 8 Laps Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman (B&C) Premier Motorcycle Protection

MONDAY 28TH MAY

8 Minute Warm Up Sessions (9.00am - 10.20am) 7 sessions as published RACE 1 - 10.30am - 8 Laps Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman (A&B) RACE 2 - 10.51am - 8 Laps Golden Era Supersport & Steelsport RACE 3 - 11.12am - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Elite, Seniors & Sportsman RACE 4 - 11.33am - 12 Laps Thundersport GP1 Sportsman Elite RACE 5 - 11.58am - 8 Laps Golden Era Superbike & GP1 Classic/Cup RACE 6 - 12.19pm - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Freshman & Cup RACE 7 - 12.40pm - 12 Laps Thundersport 600 Sportsman Elite RACE 8 - 1.05pm - 8 Laps Supertwins & Stocktwins LUNCH BREAK RACE 9 - 2.00pm - 8 Laps Thundersport Superteens RACE 10 - 2.21pm - 8 Laps Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman (A&C) RACE 11 - 2.42pm - 8 Laps Golden Era Supersport & Steelsport RACE 12 - 3.03pm - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Elite, Seniors & Sportsman RACE 13 - 3.24pm - 12 Laps Thundersport GP1 Sportsman Elite RACE 14 - 3.49pm - 8 Laps Golden Era Superbike & GP1 Classic/Cup RACE 15 - 4.10pm - 8 Laps Thundersport 500 Freshman & Cup RACE 16 - 4.31pm - 12 Laps Thundersport 600 Sportsman Elite RACE 17 - 4.56pm - 8 Laps Supertwins & Stocktwins RACE 18 - 5.17pm - 8 Laps Thundersport Superteens RACE 19 - 5.38pm - 8 Laps Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman (B&C)

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THUNDERSPORT GB (Affiliated to the ACU as Club Thundersport Ltd and Thundersport Midlands) 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.

CADWELL PARK FULL CIRCUIT A153

Permanent Course Licence No. 009 ACU Permit No. ACU 52151 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).

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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

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RACE DIRECTOR Dave Stewart

SECRETARY OF THE MEETING Dave Stewart 10 Hemington Lane Lockington Leicestershire. DE74 2RJ

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Lincolnshire LN11 9SE

Bernadette Stewart

CLERK OF THE COURSE Dave Stewart DEPUTY CLERK OF THE COURSE Phil Page

ASSISTANT RACE SECRETARY Joanne Lumb

CHIEF TECHNICAL STEWARD Stuart Bailey (Chief)

CHIEF MARSHAL John Pedersen

CHIEF INCIDENT OFFICER Mark Lumb

SOUND CONTROL

Rodger Wadey (Senior)

STARTLINE OFFICIALS Mark Lumb (Chief) Yorke Wilson (Deputy) Pete Harrington (Starter)

RACE CONTROL Joanne Page

ASSEMBLY AREA

Norman & Margaret Lowes

PODIUM CREW Josh Routledge Toni Harrington

RECOVERY TEAM

Dan Wesley / Tom Freeman Keith Goldsmith / Callum Blake

ACU STEWARD John Ward

AL CENTRE

TIMEKEEPERS

GON RESTAURANT

TSL Timing

INEERING OCK OFFICE

ALITY SUITES

OFFICIALS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CIRCUIT PARKING KEY: PARKING FUEL FUEL PARKING

RACE SECRETARY

CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

Ellen Rawlinson / Steve Goodyear Steve Ready

AMBULANCE SERVICE Inter County Paramedic

Premier Motorcycle Protection

COMMENTATORS

Robin Murphy / John Ward

CIRCUIT MANAGER

Paul Woodford (01507 343248)

Crack Dealers!

The Power of Racing in Sales...

If you want a Suzuki, a FAST Suzuki, MSG Racing are your first call I’m not talking about some sort of Freebase Cocaine peddlers, I mean the top flight motorcycle dealers that used to proliferate the racing scene.

There was a time – not so long ago - when to be taken seriously as a motorcycle dealer, you just had to be involved in racing, or your shop wasn’t a credible place to purchase a motorcycle.

The history books show that all of the successful dealers either had their own race teams, or had at least two or three riders that rode under their banner and in their colours. There are still a few about, most notably Padgetts of Batley, Crescent Suzuki and Colin Appleyard, all of whom have had racing at the core of their business since Syd was in short trousers. The strange thing is that they now seem to be the exceptions, when prior to 1998 it was very much the norm.

The point at which that all changed seems to have coincided with the takeovers of the local dealerships by big faceless chain stores such as Motorcycle City, Carnells and Wheels

International who had business models that relied on the “pile it high and price it low” principle. Although that turned out to be a long term disaster for all of those chains, it also had a detrimental effect on the local dealers. Many sold out at the height of the feeding frenzy, but others had to seriously cut back on their non-sales activities just to survive the onslaught from the big powerful chains. That intrinsic link between local dealers and motorcycle racing has yet to recover, but there could be powerful reasons why it should be reestablished.

Many serious dealers historically had close relationships with tuning shops and names such as the Weslake Norton, Gus Kuhn BMW and Boyer Triumphs came to be viewed as far superior to anything the factories alone could put on the grid. Long before the advent of Motec or Magnetti Marinelli electronic technical systems, Boyer and Bransden revolutionised motorcycle electronics with their compact and reliable transistorised ignition system. That is

the point in history that you can trace pretty much all of the modern systems back to and it started with a dealer and a 25 year old (Ernie Bransden) who out thought the big established players – Lucas & Bosch - whilst working from his spare bedroom. The sales boost for Boyer of Bromley lasted from 1969 right through to the mid-1990s. In that period, if you wanted a Triumph or an Aprilia in South East London there was only one place to go.

During that period it was important to each dealer to have the best local riders racing bikes in their colours, because successful racing credentials drew in customers that might have gone elsewhere. Those racers had to compete at local events of all levels and hopefully dominate the field.

Regional rivalries were intense and I can remember as late as 1992 being at an end of season Brands Hatch Powerbike International meeting where local dealer Mobike of Bromley fielded a team of 14 riders to try and get the better of their rivals at Boyers, JW Groombridge and Stan Stephens.

We all knew that we were expected to ride like the Devil himself were behind us, as it had become an end of season grudge match that simply had to be won.

It didn’t work out quite how anyone expected, as Dangerous Dave Martin beat us all on his lone Rapp Motorcycles FZR600. The expression “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” proved to be true as 13 out of the 17 bikes in Rapp Motorcycles advert in MCN that Wednesday were sold before the paper was even printed. This was the last weekend in October, so sales like that were priceless to the dealer concerned.

Therein lies one of the core reasons why re-establishing those ties between racers and dealers could be very rewarding for both parties. Back “in the day” there was no internet, not much news coverage and almost no TV coverage at all. The people the dealer was interested in attracting had to come from the spectator attendance at the event and whilst crowds were slightly bigger for most events back then, a crowd of 2,500 people would still have been classed as a good event.

The riders could really only offer the dealer or tuning shop a simple credit next to their name in the programme and very little else. The programme itself would generally be little better than an A4 photocopied and folded item. The production quality of which was limited by the print-copydesign facilities available at the time for what little the clubs could afford. Your only chance of getting a photograph featured in one of those old programmes was if you were lucky enough to be the front cover picture (there were no other photos). In some instances, that hasn’t changed much in the intervening period, but if you look

Dangerous Dave spanked us all on this old FZR at the vast difference in sales tools available to modern day racers, you have to question where the dealers have all gone.

I know that if I had been able to simply put a full colour A4 programme into a dealers hand and instead of trying to explain what it was all about, simply show him/her the i-player footage of my event, I would have had a much better return on my efforts.

We feature over 50 full colour photographs in each race-day programme and have advertising opportunities that are much more than a poorly reproduced photocopied hand out. We print and distribute 2,500 of these publications at every event and chances are you will feature in at least one over the course of the season. We also publish them digitally online and those downloads add an extra 1,5002,000 to the numbers read.

Our social media network is also extensive, so much so that I sometimes feel that I need an appointment to speak with Syd privately!

The reach and scope of our overall media footprint is huge when compared to that of 10-15 years ago and yet we don’t see enough people

People know the power of branding

ready to take advantage of it.

In a world where there is no hiding place from real figures, Syds new online footage is getting more hits than ever before.

This new style is tailored to help you convey the essence of an event, rather than to simply document a race that has already happened.

This is also really helping all of our series sponsors to promote their brands and this in turn has produced a number of motorcycle trade enquiries from dealers wishing to be associated with Thundersport GB. As we only have space for 15 sponsors and we believe very strongly in maintaining a brand loyalty with them, we have very limited opportunities at the moment to offer new sponsors, but it did make me think that the days of dealers directly supporting individual riders may be about to return.

In this digital age where people shop around on-line for almost every significant purchase, we often forget that - although the browsing and research on products is done mainly in the cyber world – most major purchases take place in a face to face environment. People like to deal with real people, not automated “Buy it now” faceless e-shops. They like to have a deal and strike up a relationship so that they feel comfortable about their purchase and moreover they are most likely to deal with someone who they feel has an interest in their pastime too.

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PRE-NATIONAL 600 PASSION PUT INTO ACTION! 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. It was originally 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. We also have a “Freshman” category within this race, which is for riders on a Novice licence with very little experience.

3 Shaun Bailiff Chester SAB Racing Yamaha 600 F The bikes themselves are pretty much 13 Peter Nelson Runcorn Lord Nelson Tattoos Kawasaki 600 S the same specification machines as 14 Daniel Jones Solihull Sparklight Racing Yamaha 600 S those on the Sportsman Elite grid, but 15 Joseph Addy Gilberdyke Addy Racing Yamaha 600 S at this learning stage of the process any 16 Pawel Karolkiewicz London Karoliewicz Racing Suzuki 600 F small differences are immaterial. As with 18 Matt Powell Swansea UWTSD Orthus Racing Kawasaki 600 S all 600cc production based formulae, 19 Ben Grayson Doncaster Phoenix Race Team Kawasaki 600 F the Pre-National 600 Sport & Freshman 20 Christopher Gill Carlisle S C Racing Suzuki 600 F classes races on “Road-Legal” treaded 21 Stephen Thomas Salisbury Elite Services Racing Triumph 675 S tyres unless a “Wet Race” is declared, 23 Andrew Evans Carnforth AE Racing Triumph 675 S in which case tyre choice is free. There 25 Ash Bryant Nantwich Bryant Racing Yamaha 600 S are no restrictions on the brand of tyre 26 Ryan Whitehall Ventnor WR Racing Yamaha 600 F used and all major manufacturers are 27 Brian Fuidge Poole RNRMRRT Suzuki 600 S represented.

28 Michael Coxon Stockton MDC Racing Triumph 675 S 31 Martin Pawlak Wittering RAF MSA Honda 600 S 33 Kieran Brockie Nantwich Brockie Racing Yamaha 600 S 34 Chris Lavisher Newbury LBR Racing Triumph 675 S 35 Dan Greenwood Plymouth RNRMRRT Honda 600 S 42 Martin Farrelly Hinckley MF Racing Triumph 675 S 43 Jane Nixon Sleaford Nixon Racing Triumph 675 S 44 Connor Semley Barnsley CS Racing Yamaha 600 F Pre-National 600 Sport Points 45 Chris Curtis Stoulton MSG Racing Suzuki Suzuki 600 S 1 Stephen Thomas 100 54 Callum Scott Canterbury RNRMRRT Suzuki 600 S 2 Luke Turner 89 55 Leon Wilton Haslemere British Army Race Team Yamaha 600 S 3 Stefan Ellis 72 58 Martin Palmer Liphook Martin Farrier Services Triumph 675 S 59 Ben Wales Knottingly Wales Racing Yamaha 600 S 4 Laurence Edgeley 70 67 Jon Dwyer Plymouth JD Racing Yamaha 600 S 5 Freddie Craine 69 68 Kieran Forbes Leeds FB Racing Suzuki 600 S 6 Shaun Bailiff 66 72 Kristian Spiers Port St Mary IOM GKS Racing Kawasaki 600 S 7 Michael Coxon 62 75 John Miller Whitchurch JM Racing Yamaha 600 S 79 Nick Barnes Peterborough Park Electric Yamaha 600 S 8 Daniel Forbes 44 80 Stephen Kimmings Orsett ST Racing Yamaha 600 S 9 Luke Verwey 43 81 Freddie Craine Ramsey IOM Jugger Racing Yamaha 600 S 10 Kieran Ahern 42 84 Jon Pilling Abergavenny RAF MSA Yamaha 600 S 85 Daniel Southerland Wolverhampton RAF MSA Honda 600 F Pre-National 600 FreshmanPoints 86 Luke Turner Bedford CFS Phoenix Race Team Kawasaki 600 S 1 Shaun Bailiff 150 89 Richard Cooper Kirkby in Ashfield RC Racing Kawasaki 600 S 2 Richard Gill 104 90 Alex Pozzi Silverstone MSG Racing Suzuki Suzuki 600 F 91 Ian Norris Holmer Green Nozza Racing Suzuki 600 S 3 Ben Grayson 74 96 Cemal Oram Bristol RNRMRRT Suzuki 600 S 4 Alex Pozzi 58 97 Laurence Edgeley Haywards Heath Team Edge RST Yamaha 600 S 5 Ryan Farrell 51 100 Christopher Asquith Bradford Baldylocks Racing Yamaha 600 S 6 Christopher Gill 41 101 Rich Baker Crewe Baker / Apex Racing Triumph 675 S 112 Preston-Lee Cooper Leeds Coops Racing Yamaha 600 S 7 Ryan Whitehall 40 113 Nige Pitt Bury Pittys Custom Vinyls Triumph 675 S 8 Andrew Keeley 37 133 Max Bailey Blackpool MB Racing Honda 600 F 9 Pawel Karolkiewicz 17 145 Daniel Forbes Leeds FB Racing Suzuki 600 S 10 157 Robert Gawthorpe Dublin ROI SRG Racing Yamaha 600 S 173 Andrew Cullum Ashton u Lyme North West Services Yamaha 600 S 179 Lee Silvain Bury StEdmunds That'll Do Racing Yamaha 600 S CLASS LAP RECORDS 202 Richard Gill Mansfield Giller Racing Yamaha 600 F Sport 1.34.118 - Ashley Milburn 300 Kingsan Ho Nantwich UK Racehomes Honda 600 S F/man 1.36.630 - Jake Ward 543 Stefan Ellis Worcester SE Racing Yamaha 600 S

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GOLDEN ERA MANIC - SUPERSPORTS OF THE 90s WHEN TRACTION CONTROL WAS ALL IN THE WRIST ACTION! As with the corresponding Superbike class, 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. The term “Mad Axe-Murderers” was actually coined by James Whitham when he did a couple of Wild Card rides in the World Supersport Championship and watching it from trackside you simply couldn’t argue the accuracy of that label. If Ghengis Khan rode a motorcycle it would have been an R6 or ZX6RR from this era (he might have struggled getting his helmet through Technical Control, but who’s going to argue with him?).

Golden Era Supersport is our version of this classic era of motorcycle racing, before traction control took over from pure fearless determination.

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 are any make, any pattern, any type - as long as they have a road legal designation. Full wets are permitted only when a Wet Race has been declared.

No 3 4 8 9 11 12 13 14 18 20 23 24 26 27 29 30 35 43 48 56 57 65 66 71 73 74 75 76 81 83 87 92 127 141 166 171 217 292 315 750

Rider Adrian Bridges Richie Harrison Jason Goodwin Jordan Langford Gary Lawton Ian Lawton Adam Charlesworth Brad Davey Carl Vickers Andrew Smith David Sarembock Andy Scanlon Daniel Millner Joshua Rust Christopher Birch Andrew Windsor Mark Biswell Rob Vickerman Stewart Toal Phil Cox Alan Curtis David Langley Liam Vella Marc Jennings Oliver MacRae Nick Turner Max Wilmot Russell Dodds Martin Boardman David Kelly Edward Ansell Jack Holder Jamie Gillon Andrew Batner Craig Ruckley Robert Pearce Nathan Hudson Ryan Meaden Ashley Thompson Kane Langston

Hometown Solihull Cleasby Rotherham Wantage Lincoln Blyth Lepton Abingdon Dunfirmline Barnsley Selsey Thatcham Hope Valley Nottingham Weymouth Chichester Aylesbury Hull Huntingdon Maldon Helston Dereham Lincoln Newcastle Billingshurst Kettering Gosport Northallerton Carnforth Sligo ROI Billingshurst Plymouth Derby Swindon Chichester Wantage Mansfield Sandford Market Rasen St Neots

Team Sparklight Racing RAP Racing/P&C Pavers Goodwin Racing JL Racing RAF MSA Ian Lawton Racing West Yorkshire Racing Moto 14 CV Racing ATS Racing Sarembock Racing Stubble Racing Meltedsliders SR Decor CMB Racing Comet Classics Bizzle Motorsport RAF MSA ST Racing AP Switchgear RNRMRRT Pete's Plumbing Vella Racing MJ Racing MacRae Racing Fermac Racing RNRMRRT AMR Racing Sparklight Racing Kelly Racing E A Ansell JH Racing Spire Leathers Batner Racing Arun Skips Racing RJ Racing Hudson Racing Meaden Racing Moto46 KLR

Machine Yamaha Yamaha Honda Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Honda Ducati Yamaha Honda Kawasaki Yamaha Suzuki Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Honda Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Honda Yamaha Triumph Yamaha Honda Yamaha Ducati Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki Honda Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Honda Honda Yamaha Kawasaki

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CL SS SS SF SS SS SS SF SF SS SF SS SS SS SF SS SS SF SS SS SS SS SF SS SS SS SF SS SF SS SS SS SS SF SS SS SS SF SF SS SS

GOLDEN ERA STEELSPORT Since we started running the Golden Era Supersport class, many riders asked us about creating a parrallel series for the SteelFramed bikes of a similar period and that now forms the basis for Golden Era Steelsport.

Golden Era Supersport Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Richie Harrison Andrew Windsor Andy Scanlon Ashley Thompson Ian Lawton Oliver MacRae Craig Ruckley Andrew Batner Adrian Bridges Liam Vella

170 141 121 107 95 92 68 59 44 42

Golden Era Steelsport Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Dave Langley Brad Davey Ryan Garside Ian Evans Nick Turner Russell Dodds Scott Wakefield Dan Wright Mark Biswell Jason Goodwin

141 123 82 79 76 60 58 53 50 32

CLASS LAP RECORDS Supersport = 1.35.152 Chris Hellewell Steelsport - 1.37.881 Mark Biswell

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THUNDERSPORT 500 ELITE, SPORTSMAN & SENIORS

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The Thundersport 500 Elite, Sportsman and 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, boots & gloves. 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. The 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 2 Elliott Humphrey Scunthorpe Rat Out Racing Honda 500 SP to race that they simply didn’t have 6 Reece Rothwell Bolton Rothwell Racing Honda 500 E the resources to satisfy when they 7 Daniel Swift Rotherham RP Motorsport Honda 500 E were younger. When you see the level 11 Mark Leaning Winterton Leaning Racing Honda 500 SN of skill displayed by some of them, 14 Andy Leivers Derby Leivers Racing Honda 500 SP you have to think that they could 17 Angus Gough St Neots G Fab Racing Honda 500 E have made a pretty good living at it if 18 Richard Connole Scotton RC Racing Honda 500 SN circumstances had been different.

21 James Lee Stockton Fibre-Lyte Honda Honda 500 E 22 23 27 28 29 32 35 38 40 44 46 51 52 53 54 57 60 68 71 75 77 86 92 121 124 128 129 132 133 135 167 191 194 223 321 333 380 414 500 525 707

Martin Campion Ian Fairgrieve John O'Toole Jon Hunt Robert Carver Will Leaning Ben Martin Mick Marshall Rob Aimable Charlie White Joshua Hipwell Adam Campion Tony Waistnage Simon Burgess Brett Haley Dave King Liam Kirk Clive Mindham Roddy Taylor Garry Leivers Stuart Haslam Matthew Shaw Gary Cutts Josh Leaning Lewis Booth Jonathan Hunt Neil Attenborough Ben Bailey John Wilson Tim Hawkins Chris Cooper Graeme Frear Jordan Ashington Stephen Reeve Chris Kingham Sam Palfreyman Martin Radford Stuart Burgess Paul Manning Tom Louth Peter Bardell

Nottingham Nottingham Derby Southsea Barnsley Scunthorpe Dover Rawmarsh Dover Southampton Doncaster Nottingham Rotherham Lincoln Halifax Grantham Doncaster Kettering Aldershot Derby Langley Mill Telford Mansfield Scunthorpe Sale Ashford Derby Bourne Sheffield Minehead Rawmarsh Winterton Bradford North Cave Farnborough Eastwood Alfreton Bardney Retford Paignton Shefford

Campion Racing Decor Race Clip'n Climb Racing RNRMRRT CJ Accessories Leaning Racing Win it or Bin it Rare Fast Racing Win it or Bin it RNRMRRT Hipwell Racing Campion Racing Online Carpets Fifty 3 Racing Rustic Racing King Racing Team Kirk racing Fermac Racing Taylor Racing Leivers Racing Haslam Racing Shaw Twins Racing GC Racing JLR - SB Transport LRB Racing JH Racing Nang Racing Ben Bailey Racing Machado Racing Hawkins Racing Motoz Racing Frears Wheels Jordz Racing - HB M/cycles Ultimate LH Infinity Motorcycles Phoenix Microlights Racing Lines Derby Burgess Racing Doncastercars Racing Louth Racing RP Motorsport

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

500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500

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Elite 500 Points

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Graeme Frear Josh Leaning Angus Gough Tony Waistnage Peter Bardell Will Leaning James Lee Jodie Chalk John O’Toole Reece Rothwell

155 140 115 100 88 78 69 56 48 44

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Chris Kingham Roddy Taylor Brett Haley Neil Attenborough Martin Campion Justin Leonard Tom Louth Paul Manning Adrian Teasdale Ian Fairgrieve

176 104 90 83 77 76 69 65 64 46

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Matt Shaw Sam Palfreyman Liam Kirk Karl Chamley Adam Campion Joshua Hipwell Elliott Humphrey Scott Gregg Andy Whale Stuart Burgess

Seniors 500 Points

Sportsman 500 Points

160 123 121 104 90 86 62 45 40 39

CLASS LAP RECORD 1.40.574 Will Leaning

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THUNDERSPORT GP1 THE BADDEST BULLETS ON THE BLOCK! 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 has 2 categories within one race - all riders contest the main Thundersport GP1 Elite category and that can be won outright by a Sportsman rider if he is good enough. There is also a “Freshman” category (page 11) for riders who are yet to obtain their Full Clubman Licence.

All categories of GP1 rider may use any No Rider Hometown Team Machine cc CL tyre, slick or treaded and even 16.5 inch 2 Jordan Rushby Beverley Rushers Racing BMW 1000 E rims if desired. There is an open tyre 4 Sam Osborne Billingshurst MSG Racing Suzuki Suzuki 1000 S policy in most classes at Thundersport GB and Michelin, Dunlop, Avon, 9 Paul Charman Accrington Ambucopter Race Team Yamaha 1000 E Continental and the other brands all put 10 Ben Scranage Bolton Scranage Racing BMW 1000 E a lot of effort into getting their men onto 11 Will Harper Desborough MSG Racing Suzuki Suzuki 1000 S the podium. If one brand dominates the 12 Jordan Gill Balerno Highsparks Ducati 959 E podium, the rest of the riders very swiftly switch to that brand.

13 Mark Pennington Coventry MP Racing BMW 1000 E This is a VERY big marketing exercise, 16 Christian Slater Spalding CS Racing Honda 1000 E because over 1,200 tyres will be used 20 Jonathan Lodge Holmfirth Earnshaws M/cycles Kawasaki 1000 E at pretty much every Thundersport GB 21 Chris Barnes Preston AP Broome Racing BMW 1000 E meeting.

That’s well over £1,000,000 worth of 27 Brian Fuidge Poole RNRMRRT Honda 1000 S tyres each season without even counting 28 Euan Meston Laurencekirk Tim'rous Beastie Racing Yamaha 1000 E tyres used for out of season testing!

29 Richard McLoughlin Sligo ROI McLoughlin Racing Kawasaki 1000 E Thundersport GP1 Elite Points 35 Stephen Smith Liverpool Slipps Racing Suzuki 1000 S 1 Phil Crowe 126 36 Martin Beecham Howden RMB Dynamic Solutions Yamaha 1000 E 2 John Ingram 118 40 James Dunne Hampton James Dunne Racing Kawasaki 1000 E 3 Lee Williams 97 44 Ryan Leadbitter Warfield Rideworx TDM Racing Suzuki 1000 S 4 Chris Barnes 60 52 Rich Taylor Cottingham Evolution Racing BMW 1000 S 5 Andrew Dudgeon 51 55 Kirt Powell Spalding Powell Racing Kawasaki 1000 S 6 Michael Evans 46 56 John Ingram Wigan Fleetwood Grab Services BMW 1000 E 7 Jordan Rushby 44 58 Liam Warren Spalding Woodgate Fencing BMW 1000 S 8 Brendan Mallinder 42 62 Nick Edgeley Bolney Team Edge RST Racing BMW 1000 E 9 Paul Charman 38 64 Harry Truelove Lincoln Crowe Performance Suzuki 1000 E 10 Rory Parker 37 66 Brendan Mallinder Rotherham Barret Steel/Team Mally BMW 1000 E Thundersport GP1 Sportsman Points 67 Michael Brown Stourport Concept Furniture Kawasaki 1000 E 73 David Brook Bradford Team Arkoni Racing BMW 1000 E 1 Will Harper 130 90 Rory Parker Ramsey IOM Layson Racing Kawasaki 1000 E 2 Michael Austin 120 94 Lee Williams Bootle Team Willo/ Hi-Tech Kawasaki 1000 E 3 Robert Smith 79 96 Callum O'Shea Port Soderick IOM Monarch Honda Honda 1000 E 4 Terry Merritt 68 115 Sam McFarlane Wellingborough MSG Racing Suzuki Suzuki 1000 S 5 Sam Osborne 67 122 Terry Merritt Swindon Rideworx TDM BMW 1000 S 6 Ryan Leadbitter 47 144 Matt Truelove Lincoln Crowe Performance Yamaha 1000 E 7 Brian Fuidge 41 164 Matt Stevenson Ripon PSFR Racing Yamaha 600 S 8 Andy Taylor 33 176 Grant Whitfield Newcastle Grant Whitfield BMW 1000 S 9 Sam McFarlane 32 181 Jamie Tibble Southampton Team Tibble Kawasaki 1000 E 10 Ashley King 30 211 Gary Stevens Radstock GS Racing BMW 1000 E CLASS LAP RECORD 775 Robert Smith Reading SCH Motoprep BMW 1000 S 1.29.866 991 Michael Austin Abingdon MPA Racing Kawasaki 1000 S

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Golden Era Superbike 1.33.572 Chris Martin GP1 Classic 1.36.639 Shane Pearson

GOLDEN ERA NO GIMMICKS - SUPERBIKES OF THE 90s WHEN TRACTION CONTROL WAS ALL IN THE WRIST ACTION

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. Golden Era Superbikes 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. Last year we welcomed the GP1 Classic bikes to the grid and they proved to be an excellent addition, being extremely well matched with the older Superbikes.

Tyres on both classes are any make, any pattern, any type - including slicks. Rims are also free and even carbon wheels can be used. As you can see from the photo above, the Thundersport GP1 Cup riders also race on this grid. These newcomers learn valuable racecraft from the experienced riders on the older machines.

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Rider Ross Dunning Claudiu Voit Brad Davey Craig Jeff Mateusz Dankowski Mark Biswell Stuart Goodson Greg Lewis Aaron Collins Kevin Howdle Sam Cox Ryan Strafford Sebastian Spiers Ritchie Thornton Mark Kirkby Mike Carr David Bonello Andrei Zapan Chris Ganley Jordan Watling Kieran Smith Donatas Balciunas Steven Bentley Martyn Robson Jon Wright Luke MacRae William Swift Martin Stanier Mark Parnell Glen Phillips Dean Livesey Jack Yorke Steve Bland

Hometown East Grinstead Surbiton Abingdon Wombwell Crewe Aylesbury Southsea Warrington Milton Keynes Cannock Maldon Mirfield Colby IOM Surbiton Hexham Beverley Wallsend Cowbit Clevedon Mexborough Scunthorpe Milton Keynes Norwich Amsterdam Shrewsbury Billingshurst Surbiton Stoke on Trent Yarm Mountain Ash Blackburn Leicester Stanstead

Team Surrey Glazing CV Racing Moto 14 2 Jeffs Racing MDRacing Bizzle Motorsport RNRMRRT SMD Tyres Racing Aaron Collins Alpha Hair Acadamy RSR Motorsport Strafford Racing GKS Racing Team 71 MK Racing Rexbob Engineering Little Stinker Zapan Racing G-Rex Racing JWR Corkie Racing Donis Racing Rock Racing Team Robson Racing Jon Wright Racing MacRae & MSG RS Racing MS Racing MP Racing Gap Motorcycles AP Broome Racing Hilltop Motorcycles SB Racing

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Golden Era Superbike Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Jordan Watling Ritchie Thornton Kieran Smith Greg Lewis Luke MacRae William Swift Claudiu Voit Stuart Goodson Mark Biswell Mat Dankowski

166 150 119 100 80 55 52 48 47 38

Thundersport GP1 C Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Ryan Strafford Martin Stanier Jon Wright Sam Cox Mike Carr Brad Davey Adam Norton Steven Roberts Adrian Hartog Kevin Howdle

186 153 116 111 79 74 41 38 31 24

Thundersport GP1 Cup Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Seb Spiers Aaron Collins Steven Bentley Dean Livesey Adrian Cameron Chris Ganley Steve Bland Ross Haynes Mark Parnell

200 125 103 90 80 71 48 40 38

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The Thundersport 500 Elite, Sportsman and 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, boots & gloves. 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. The 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 No Rider Hometown Team Machine cc CL of skill displayed by some of them, you have to think that they could 12 Tom Ratcliffe Dudley TR Racing Honda 500 F have made a pretty good living at it if 15 Ryan Haw Wakefield Charlies Motorcycles Honda 500 F circumstances had been different.

20 Josh Langman Walsall Team ASJ Honda 500 F On this grid we have the Freshman 26 Scott Brocklebank Carnforth SB Racing Honda 500 F (newcomers) plus the Cup runners, 33 Tim Carsley Wakefield TC Racing Honda 500 F who will be listed on the main grid, but 36 Stephen Robinson Manchester SR Racing Honda 500 F will not have met the qualifying time for those races. This will give yet another 45 Danny Flint Nottingham DJF Motorsport Honda 500 F capacity grid for this great class.

61 David Snipp Clacton DSS Racing Honda 500 F 63

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Earls Barton

PPP Racing

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Rick Jenkinson

Macclesfield

RJ Racing

Honda

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88

Jack Turner

Kettering

Moto Mooker

Honda

500

F

91

James Neal

Haverhill

JN Racing

Honda

500

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95

George Powell

Offerton

GP Racing

Honda

500

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118

Martin Bazeley

Camberley

MB Racing

Honda

500

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152

Conor Page

Brockworth

Page Racing

Honda

500

F

155

Thomas Nicholls

Bradford

Noise Automotive

Honda

500

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179

Max Phillis

Barnsley

Brampton MOT Centre

Honda

500

F

188

Peter Rhodes

Billericay

PR Racing

Honda

500

F

224

Tim Durham

Tyldesley

Duzzasport

Honda

500

F

243

Declan Reeve

North Cave

Ultimate LH

Honda

500

F

252

Zachary Stanier

Stoke on Trent

Stanier Racing

Honda

500

F

255

Andrew Clark

Kendal

AC Racing

Honda

500

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261

Liam Silvain

Bury St Edmunds

That'll Do Racing

Honda

500

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344

James Hale

Lincoln

Snail Hale Racing

Honda

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467

Daniel Dyche

Derby

DD Racing

Honda

500

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992

Mitchell Griffith

Andover

British Army Race Team

Honda

500

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Freshman 500 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Martin Bazeley Rick Jenkinson Scott Brocklebank Josh Langman George Powell Ryan Haw Stephen Robinson Tim Durham Tom Parry James Neal

150 142 109 100 87 69 58 45 43 42

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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 £25,000 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.

We now run two classes in this race, but they are no longer split on machine specification, they are divided based on rider experience and licence grade. This reflects the lesser experience of some riders who contest the Sportsman class, rather than the Elite. This is our first season using this format, which was introduced because we felt that some riders moving up from the Pre-National classes would like to be able to contest a championship against riders with a similar level of experience.

The Elite class is the main championship and it is the fastest 600 racing class anywhere outside of the BSB paddock itself. If you can cut the mustard in this tremendously competitive class, you can No Rider Hometown Team Machine cc CL acquit yourself well anywhere! Whatever 2 Andy Guy Warrington Andy Guy Racing Triumph 675 S happens the action will be as frantic as only 600cc racing can be.

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Chris Preston / Toyo

8 11 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 24 26 34 35 38 43 47 50 55 62 65 66 68 72 81 83 86 89 96 101 111 129 133 147 164 187

Jason Lynn Stephen Parsons Will Hodgson Simon Reid Stuart Hall John Dieterman Lloyd Shelley James Field Tom Collinge Lee McLaughlin Ryan Cooper Arnie Shelton Sam Wilford Steven Proctor Alex Platt William White Lewis Barnes Alex Baker Nick Edgeley Ashley Milburn Daniel Frear Pete Riches Max Wadsworth James Hind Robert Childs Chris Hellewell Liam Dale Alex Taylor Kurtis Drew Sonny Martin Chris Stuart Ben Tolliday William Shaw Matt Stevenson Mike Hall

Londonderry NI Milnthorpe Wigan Banbridge NI Wakefield Preston Burntwood Barton u Humber Halifax Leeds Farsley Bourne Sevenoaks Wakefield Lincoln Watford Swindon Ormskirk Bolney Newhall Scunthorpe Gosport Halifax Nettleton Leigh Rotherham Bradford Southwater Cirencester Bromborough Nottingham Scarborough Telford Ripon Westcliff on sea

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Suzuki

600

E

Yamaha Kawasaki Yamaha Triumph Honda Triumph Triumph Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Suzuki Triumph Yamaha Yamaha Triumph Triumph Yamaha Triumph Kawasaki Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Yamaha Kawasaki Yamaha Kawasaki

600 600 600 675 600 675 675 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 675 600 600 675 675 600 675 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600

E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E S E S E E S E E E S E S S E

Thundersport 600 Elite Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Will Hodgson Daniel Frear Max Wadsworth Pete Riches Luke Hopkins William White Jason Lynn Alex Baker Andrew Dudgeon Ashley Milburn

115 97 66 62 58 54 52 49 42 36

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CLASS LAP RECORD 1.31.183 Dean Hipwell

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SUPERTWINS & STOCKTWINS

SUPERTWINS THE ORIGINAL GP2 FOR THE MASSES! WHAT’S SUPER ABOUT SUPERTWINS?

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. The British Superbike package is missing out on this middleweight category at the moment and I can’t understand why. It would fill in that elusive rung on every budding young racers ladder to success.

STOCKTWINS ARE SUPERTWINS ON A BUDGET

Whereas the Supertwin category has no tuning restrictions, we also compliment that with our more cost concious Stocktwins Championship. Cost control was always designed to be a core principal of Stocktwins and the rules are designed to allow most things that are NOT performance enhancing.

No

Rider

Hometown

Team

Machine

cc

CL

1

Jonny Towers

Coton in Elms

Team Edge RST

Kawasaki

650

T

2

Stephen Taylor

Oakham

STR Racing Team #2

Suzuki

650

S

7

Robert Kirk

Lincoln

RK Brickwork

Suzuki

650

S

8

Lukas Wimmer

Munich GER

Kraemer M/cycle Racing

Kraemer

690

T

9

Dean Armstrong

Seaham

Armstrong Racing

Suzuki

650

S

17

Lawrence Barry

Abridge

Brittania Wipers

MuZ

690

T

19

Neil Schofield

Barnsley

Schofield Racing

Suzuki

650

S

21

Nicole Lynch

Clondalkin ROI

Medlar Racing

Suzuki

650

T

26

Daniel Taylor

Kirton Lindsey

S Brocklehurst Transport

Suzuki

650

T

27

Carl Mitchell

Wingham

CM Racing

Suzuki

650

S

29

James Alder

Gloucester

British Army Race Team

Suzuki

650

S

33

Taylor Rose

Horley

Taylor Rose Racing

Suzuki

650

S

48

Michael Rees

Aberdare

MI Construction Training

Kawasaki

650

T

54

Thomas Foster

Ipswich

Foster Racing

Suzuki

650

S

59

Alberto Solera

Buckingham

Solera Racing

Suzuki

650

S

60

Greg Madero

Towcester

Trick Bits Racing

Suzuki

650

T

70

Paul Williams

Beaworthy

PW Racing

Suzuki

650

S

71

John Simpson

Antrim NI

Trick Bits Racing

Suzuki

650

T

76

Jacque Foley

Scariff ROI

Foley Racing

Kawasaki

650

T

86

Thomas Jennings

Hinckley

TJ Racing

88

Michael Large-Taylor

Grimsby

Large-Taylor Racing

121

James Field

Barton u Humber

RAF MSA

127

James Martin

Telford

Factory (Shropshire)

186

Rick Saville

Grimsby

SOS Racing

616

Craig Szczypek

Buckingham

2 Zs Racing

Suzuki

Aprilia

450

S

Kawasaki

400

S

Suzuki

650

S

Suzuki

650

S

Kawasaki

650

T

650

T

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Supertwins Points

Jonny Towers Lukas Wimmer James Chawke Greg Madero Daniel Capper Stephen Taylor Dan Taylor Neil Schofield Carl Mitchell Jacque Foley

Stocktwins Points

Stephen Taylor Carl Mitchell Neil Schofield Alberto Solera Ian McGann Paul Williams Kade Verwey Dan Bateman Taylor Rose James Field

190 110 105 100 75 66 55 50 50 48

181 131 129 101 90 84 48 45 45 44

CLASS LAP RECORDS Supertwins - 1.34.762 John Simpson Stocktwins - 1.37.434 Dan Taylor

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RST THUNDERSPORT SUPERTEENS & 500 FRESHMAN THE CHAMPIONS FACTORY

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INNOVATION IN ACTION

THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT

It’s been very well documented that the worlds longest running one make championship – the Aprilia Superteen Challenge – has been the launch pad for a multitude of British and World Championship racers. That was no accident, but it wasn’t exactly rocket science either. The premise for developing young talent isn’t really solely about the machinery they are using, the important thing – the only really important thing in fact – is getting the entire pool of talent in the same place, at the same time. Any of us could be conceited and say that we are teaching them, but there is no point in lying about it – these youngsters are teaching each other. They look at another rider of similar age, ability and size to themselves and just think “If he can do that, so can I!” and once they’ve made it happen once, it goes straight into their skill set. The more kids you can get together on track at the same time, the more opportunity there is for them all to learn at a faster rate.

When Casey Stoners parents brought him half way across the world to pitch him against the other youngsters in the Aprilia Superteens, it started a chain of events that culminated in Cal Crutchlow becoming the first British premier class Grand-Prix winner since Barry Sheene.

If you think that is the end of the line, you’re not looking at the true picture though. There are a whole host of riders still working their way through the system that have the potential to replicate that success and perhaps go even further. Cal was a Superteen in 2000 and went on to win the championship in 2001, so there are another 14 years worth of exactly that kind of talent already in the pipeline. OK, so Casey only took 7 years after leaving the Aprilia Superteens to get into a position where he was able to take his first MotoGP race win, whereas it’s taken Cal 14 years, but I think that just goes to prove the point that there is no great rush as British riders tend to benefit from a little more time in the development stages. Rory Skinner, Charlie Nesbitt, Max Cook and Lewis Rollo – make a note of their names as they are all on the same upward escalator that brought Cal, Bradley Smith, Sam Lowes, Danny Kent, Danny Webb and Alex Lowes into the Moto-GP paddock.

The biggest hindrance to youth development in the UK over the past 2 years has been that the young riders have been forced to choose between three separate championships that have all been catering for the same thing. The KTM RC390 Cup has attracted a regular 15 riders, the Kawasaki Junior Cup is at about the same level and even the Aprilia Superteens has dropped down to similar levels recently from its peak of 54 riders back in 2009. Get those riders all together on track at the same time and you would have a true British Youth Motorcycle Academy once again.

It should be no shock to anyone, that just 3 weeks after the above was first written, WSB launched the World Supersport 300 Cup.

No

Rider

Hometown

Team

Machine

cc

Class

2

Cameron Dawson

Dungannon NI

KMR / Dawson

Yamaha

300

ST

3

Corey Tinker

Ipswich

Team Tinker Racing

Aprilia

125

ST

8

Cameron Hall

Barnsley

FIS Racing

Kawasaki

300

ST

10

Ben Taylor

Kidderminster

BT Racing

Aprilia

125

ST

11

Oliver Johnson

Lincoln

Oliver Johnson Racing

Yamaha

300

ST

15

Matthew Rutter

Chester le Street

Rutter's Race Team

Kawasaki

300

ST

19

Joe Talbot

Warrington

WMC Racing

KTM

390

ST

24

Max Lofthouse

Burnley

Rock Bottom Racing

Aprilia

450

ST

41

Kyal Tinker

Ipswich

Team Tinker Racing

Kawasaki

300

ST

44

Mitchell Searle

Greenhithe

MSR Racing

KTM

390

ST

48

Joe Howard

Rochdale

Howard Racing

Aprilia

125

ST

52

Kam Dixon

Norwich

Delicious Race Wear

Aprilia

125

ST

61

Kathryn Walker

Leyland

Kate Walker Racing

Aprilia

125

ST

74

Jake Aldridge

Chelmsford

JA Racing

KTM

390

ST

88

Harry Leigh

Hathern

Hopkins Racing

Kawasaki

300

ST

101

Louis Rendell

Winsley

Rendell Racing

Aprilia

450

ST

110

George Hopper

Swadlincote

GH Racing

Kawasaki

300

ST

861

Owen Jenner

Crowborough

JB Motorcycles

Kawasaki

300

ST

Thundersport Superteens 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Harry Leigh Louis Rendell Cameron Dawson Max Lofthouse Cameron Hall Joe Talbot Kyle Tinker Adam Phipps Matthew Bower Illiam Quayle

175 152 109 103 78 59 55 51 48 38

CLASS LAP RECORD Superteens 1.43.914 - Jake Dixon

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THUNDERSPORT GB 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP These are the “GREAT EIGHT” events for this season The premier series - without the premier pricetag

DAY

DATE

LOCATION

EVENT

ROUND

FRIDAY

23rd MARCH

DONINGTON PARK

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SATURDAY

24th MARCH

DONINGTON PARK

ROBERT FEARNALL TROPHY

1

SUNDAY

25th MARCH

DONINGTON PARK

ROBERT FEARNALL TROPHY

1

FRIDAY

20th APRIL

OULTON PARK

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SATURDAY

21st APRIL

OULTON PARK

ADAM BOYLE TROPHY

SATURDAY

26th MAY

CADWELL PARK

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SUNDAY

27th MAY

CADWELL PARK

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

3

MONDAY

28th MAY

CADWELL PARK

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

3

THURSDAY

21st JUNE

MALLORY PARK

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SATURDAY

23rd JUNE

MALLORY PARK

MASTER OF MALLORY

4

SUNDAY

24th JUNE

MALLORY PARK

MASTER OF MALLORY

4

FRIDAY

27th JULY

BRANDS HATCH

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SATURDAY

28th JULY

BRANDS HATCH

INVICTA CHALLENGE

5

SUNDAY

29th JULY

BRANDS HATCH

INVICTA CHALLENGE

5

SATURDAY

25th AUGUST

ANGLESEY

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SUNDAY

26th AUGUST

ANGLESEY

COPPER ISLAND TROPHY

6

MONDAY

27th AUGUST

ANGLESEY

COPPER ISLAND TROPHY

6

FRIDAY

21st SEPTEMBER

CADWELL PARK

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SATURDAY

22nd SEPTEMBER

CADWELL PARK

THUNDER ON THE WOLDS

7

SUNDAY

23rd SEPTEMBER

CADWELL PARK

THUNDER ON THE WOLDS

7

FRIDAY

19th OCTOBER

SNETTERTON

EXCLUSIVE TESTING

SATURDAY

20th OCTOBER

SNETTERTON

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

8

SUNDAY

21st OCTOBER

SNETTERTON

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

8

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TRACKSIDE HEROES

please show them your appreciation..............!

Here we have a simple picture which encapsulates a great deal about our team.

Dave Jacques (white hair - centre) had a wealth of experience spanning over 30 years trackside. You might think that with that amount of time on the bank, there would be little left to learn...... Dave would have disagreed though. He and his wife Angie spent most weekends through every season adding to their list of circuits, even taking in Kirkistown and Bishopscourt in Northern Ireland.

We lost Dave at the end of the 2016 season to cancer, but he is still often in our thoughts. This weekend a few of us are having a little get together at his favourite corner to toast his memory and remember the many happy days we shared with him.

Dave knew that you never stop learning and just when you think you’ve seen it all something else will happen. He was a significant help in the training of many of the highly skilled marshals you see around the track today and so his contribution to our sport lives on.

One of the things that Dave taught me was that no matter how hard you try, there will always be incidents and accidents that you have no control over. Sometimes even your best efforts aren’t enough and it is a sad fact that every now and again we will lose a rider.

That thought came back to me at Oulton Park and I can still hear Dave saying it now.

As a team our goal is to win each and every one of those life and death situations, but we must accept that once in a blue moon we will lose. Of course when that happens it is tragic for the family of the rider, but you might be surprised at how tough it is on our whole team.

We all feel it, not just the crew working on the corner concerned and that is where our team spirit comes into play. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Rest assured that our whole team will be ready to support everyone this weekend and that they know that is a two way street. The support of the riders and their families has been greatly appreciated by us all over the past month.

Let’s all have a safe and enjoyable weekend here at the beautiful Cadwell Park circuit.

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Barnstorming through Barn... ...or Charging Round Charlies!

If ever there was a motorcycle track that could truthfully be described as a “real riders track” that venue is Cadwell Park. Its narrowness merely accentuates its sinuous flowing nature and makes it even more important to have precise lines at every corner.

The beautiful woodland that merges with the rolling hills of the Lincolnshire Wolds is a setting that would be hard to match anywhere in the world.

Its beauty is partly enhanced by the fact that we all know that none of the modern breed of circuit designers would ever be brave enough, or skilful enough, to create something like this from a blank canvass.

The deceptively fast layout here has evolved from something quite different and maybe a little primitive in its early form. It grew almost organically from a 0.75 mile bike track in 1934, through a series of lengthening procedures, taking it up to 1.5 miles by 1953. The 2.18 miles of tarmac that we use today are largely unchanged from the original layout that was first used for Formula 3 cars way back in 1961 (a very good year btw).

All of the safety improvements over the years (of which there have been many) have generally been accomplished without detracting from the essential nature or feel of the track. That has taken both skill and dedication from the circuit staff as well as all of the

The charm of Cadwell Park is almost timeless. various owners through the years.

There have been numerous plans to build more facilities here over the years, but somehow they always make me fear for the soul of the place. If we do ever get garages and all the other paraphernalia that we have at other circuits, I kind of hope for something really retro (maybe 1950s style) as they now have at Goodwood. That would be both in keeping with the history of the circuit and also be a very lucrative niche market for the venue. Cadwell has a history every bit as rich as Goodwood, but doesn’t suffer from many of the onerous rerstrictions imposed on the Sussex venue.

For motorcycles Cadwell Park wins hands down and I would love to see a

historic Motorcycle GP here.

Whilst we all appreciate the modern conveniences of the other circuits we use during the course of each season, somehow the old fashioned charm of this place makes us oblivious to the lack of garages, lengthy pit lane complexes and corporate hospitality suites. We cheerfully fill our generators, tie our awnings down and enjoy pleasant evenings camping out on the grassy paddock without giving a second thought to those non-essential items. A sunny weekend at Cadwell Park is usually one that you look back on at the end of each season as one of your high points.

Oh, and the racing here is always fantastic!

Cadwell Park could easily be an even more accessible nostalgia mecca than Goodwood.

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