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THUNDERSPORT 500 ELITE & SENIORS
THUNDERSPORT 500
WHERE THE RIDER COUNTS! 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 & 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 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. No 2 5 17 19 21 22 27 28 34 49 54 55 56 68 71 72 73 79 87 92 97 108 111 116 121 133 142 162 167 179 194 199 222
Rider Elliott Humphrey Matthew Ratcliffe Angus Gough Kev Burton James Lee Martin Campion John O'Toole Jonathan Hunt Adrian Teasdale Steve Waring Brett Haley James Wilmot Oscar Smith Clive Mindham Roddy Taylor Bobby Campbell Daniel Swift Lee Silvain Jodie Chalk Gary Cutts Lee Howarth James Butcher Paul Anyon George Williams Josh Leaning John Wilson John Bolsover Daniel Otter Chris Cooper Anthony Johnson Jordan Ashington Sam Smith Peter Bardell
Hometown Scunthorpe Shaftesbury St Neots Thetford Stockton Hucknall Derby Portsmouth Carlisle Chester Halifax Macclesfield Newbury Kettering Aldershot Coningsby Rotherham Bury St Edmunds Rosyth Mansfield Westbourne Hook End Neston St Neots Scunthorpe Sheffield Chesterfield Lincoln Rawmarsh Tenterden Bradford Leighton Buzzard Shefford
Team Rat Out Racing MR Racing G Fab Racing K.Racersshed Fibrelyte Honda Campion Racing Clip'n Climb Racing RNRMRRT Van-Glass.co.uk R-Kid Racing Brett Haley (Wood) Racing James Wilmot Racing Berkshire Pallets Fermac Racing Taylor Racing RAF MSA Danny Swift Racing That'll Do Racing Chalky Moto GC Racing RNRMRRT Triple Js Racing Dee Banks Unique School GW Racing Leaning Racing Machado Racing Black & White Bikes Otters Racing Motoz Racing Bexhill Gearboxes Jordz Racing Smithstix Racing RP Motorsport
Machine 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
cc 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
CL E E E S E S E E S E S E E S S S E E E S E E S E E S S E S E E E E
Elite 500 Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Peter Bardell Josh Leaning Will Leaning Graeme Frear John O’Toole Alan Tanton Daniel Otter James Lee Lee Howarth Adrian Teasdale
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Alan Tanton John Bolsover Adrian Teasdale Roddy Taylor Brett Haley Clive Mindham Martin Campion Richie Connole Mark Leaning Bobby Campbell
Seniors 500 Points
398 276 268 245 152 136 131 111 109 107 357 325 286 179 160 139 125 118 114 111
CLASS LAP RECORD 1.33.167 - Joe Barton