Laverty shines at Thruxton

John Laverty rode two solid races coming home with a 7^th and 8^th place respectively. Working hard throughout free practice the team were confident of a strong qualifying performance, and John didn’t disappoint.  Going all the way to qualifying stage three, John held onto a front row start position until the dying second where Michael Rutter just passed him, securing John a season’s best 5^th place starting position.

 

Race one and a great start saw John move up into 4^th place, an eight rider battle then ensued for the race duration, with John battling and places exchanging race long, eventually John taking a hard fought 7^th place.

 

Race two, and with the new rules for 2010, John started in 9^th place.  Another super start saw John up to 6^th before a race long battle with Tas Suzuki rider and brother Michael Laverty.  John chased down the leading pack but with laps running out had to settle for an eventual 8^th place.

  

Team mate Adam Jenkinson wasn’t so lucky; a first lap qualifying crash ruled him out for the weekend with too much damage to his Kawasaki ZX10R to be repaired in the 24 hours before race day.  A battered and bruised Adam will return ready to battle at his home circuit, Oulton Park, in two weeks time.

 

In Superstock 1000 poor qualifying meant Lee Jackson and Barry Burrell both had work to do in the race but work they did.   Barry battled through from 18^th to finish in 14^th and Lee finished 17^th from 24^th.  A tough weekend for the Superstock 1000 but they will both bounce back and look to push for top ten places at Oulton Park.

 

Superstock 600 and Joel Morris struggled during qualifying ending in 14^th place.  In the race Joel came through the pack to finish 11^th with only 2.8 seconds separating him from 2^nd place.