British Superbikes

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  1. Dougie D

    Dougie D Crème de la Crème

    Jan 30, 2016
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    Well done to Luke Mossey,got his first superbike win yesterday then follows it up with his 2nd win in race 2:), i don't know what to make of James Ellison,broke the crcuit record to take pole position and looked a good bet for the win,some days he is a brilliant rider but whether it's bad luck or he just loses concentration i don't know, but if it wasn't for bad luck he wouldn't have any:(
    Shakeys on the back foot now although with the showdown rules it's not as bad as the points table looks i guess,(never been a fan of the showdown rule though :()
    Good to see Tarran Mackenzie winning the supersport race and Hutchy take the win in Superstock 1000
     
  2. WesSmith

    WesSmith Well-Known Member

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    Yup, well done to Luke...great stuff!
    Ellison was pushing on and unfortunately lost the front, don't think he did anything wrong. I'd imagine all the logging data will probably show same dynamics as previous laps. Don't forget as this level to win, they are almost falling at every corner....look at some of the Mossey slides.
    Even more odd, was Glen Irwin and Shakey biting the dust within a lap or two of each other at the exact same corner. Again Shakey must have upped his pace to take Haslam, and maybe that just pitched him in the slightly wrong place or who knows.
    Supersport race looked very tame comparing to their normal antics.
    Big shout to Bradley Ray, his 2nd Superbike race and was consistently lapping faster than Bridewell, Hopkins, Hickman and at times Brookes.
    Hutchy did do well considering most "road" starts appear slow at short circuit racing normally lapping with the also rans.
     
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  3. tcbandituk

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    Once they'd restarted after the initial red flag :)

    The Superstock 1000 front runners were taking no prisoners in amongst the lapped backmarkers. About 2 or 3 got nerfed out of the way and one got taken out completely:eek:
     
  4. WesSmith

    WesSmith Well-Known Member

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    Always going to be tears when you see a leading pack heading towards so many back markers.
    The odd singleton back marker got out the way nicely, but when a bunch are having their own private battle no one will want to move off the racing line.

    Mr Reeves in the sidecars did a rather red mist maneuver at Graham Hill bend, after seemingly missing a gear there the lap before.

    All part of the fun like tracking Andy Irwins progress in the Supersport race coming through from the back of the grid...couldn't see from Paddock but know he was involved in the red flag incident at Clearways as he was off on the grass, so until I watch it back on TV I don't know if he played a part from slicing through and touched someone, or just unlucky to get caught up.
     
  5. tcbandituk

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    He was just unlucky getting caught in it.
     
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