JW24 Racing

We had a great weekend at with both on and off the track. One of my favourite circuits. Hopefully get to Brands at the end of June, another favourite of mine.

Our race meeting of the year and my first since June last year so was a little rusty 😅. Had a great weekend and was great to be back in the paddock. I can’t wait for Croft which is a favourite of mine. Hopefully I can put the zx6 out to pasture by then and race something new🐝

Round 4, Donington GP, Sprints and Endurance. Should just Copy and Paste Brands GP 🤣

Test day was just a Thursday evening session for me. Kind of average, but I don’t own the same book of excuses as so no excuses from me 😝

Saturday we were out early for sprint Qualifying. Made a bit@of an error choosing to go out at the back so struggled to get a clear lap, but that’s on me. Qualified near the back, but it’s where the fun is 😎.

Race 1 P17 and made a great start moving up 4-5 positions by the end of lap 1. Had a great race till the red flag trying to get past , but couldn’t quite do the job. Would say it was nice to share the grid with WSS rider Jeremy Alcoba, but never saw him 🤣

Endurance… Jack Smith started the race pumping in solid laps till the safety car came out. I was due to go second, but unfortunately some miscommunication meant I wasn’t quite ready. Finally went out and in the rush forgot to do my helmet up 👀 obviously came in losing us a good minute. I then went on my merry way for my 40 min stint. 30 ish mins in, disaster! Bike lost power followed by lots of crunchy noises… in my haste to get@off track I then binned it 🤣🤣… being on the infield, there was no lift so it was a very slow shameful walk back to apologise to the team (again). That ended Donny for me. I won’t be at Anglesey or Cadwell, but expect to be back for Oulton 💪

🏁Race report (half of one) 🏁

NLR round 2 (1 for me). Super series 600. Brands GP. Having missed this last year, I couldn’t wait to race here again.

Test day with 6 regular trackday people total was actually solid, few reds early, but probably the most running I’ve ever had there. Got up to a good pace quick and for a change used a test day to test things. I felt good and positive for race day.

Qualifying P14 overall. Wanted to try and get out and get a few good clear runs which I did, just not brave enough in the back section.

Endurance qualifying P10 overall and P5 in class in National 600. Glen didn’t do the test so me, Simon and Niki tried to keep to 3 laps each to give him extra time. Managed to nail a half decent lap 2 laps in and job done.

Sprint Race 1. P11. I knew I had to take some chances early to try not to get stuck behind. My race starts have always been poor. Partly being about 3 stone heavier than half the grid and everyone else motocross psychopaths 🤣. This time I got a fairly good start and made a few decent passes in the first few laps. This also made me prime meat for those that just got bad starts and ended up with some mega battles. Even though my pace wasn’t record breaking, I had a lot of fun! Couldn’t wait for Sundays races.

Endurance Race. Simon went first for his 45 min stint. Red flag part way through changed the plan slightly, but we managed it well. I was next and ready for struggle city (I’m not fit), but felt good right away. However Disaster 💥. Bike lost power and sounded as rough as nails. Pulled in and bikes running on 3 and a nice cloud of oily smoke followed.

We tried to see if we could find a simple fault and fix it, but it was terminal without a spare engine. And that was the end for me. Gutted, but part of racing. Aiming to be back for Croft to have another bite at the cherry 🍒💪

The weekend I was most looking forward to cut short sadly due to a mechanical issue that wasn’t fixable at the track 😢. More detailed race report later in the week as I did complete one race 😅, but had a great weekend regardless. Just time for a bit of bad luck is all 😎. Sorry to my endurance team mates .aldridge.111 and Glen as I didn’t complete enough time resulting in a Disqualification.

Race week! Sprints and endurance this time with Dr Crash (Niki Williams), .aldridge.111and Glenn Walsh should be mega!!! 😎