Saturday saw a fantastic days racing in brilliant sunlight. The Elite riders in the 450 class didn’t Disappoint the baying crowd. At the front of the grid the usual protagonists swapped places, bashed bars and out braked each other in an effort to catch the now distant front runner Matt Winstanley on his Husky. A brace of KTM’s all ridden beyond any normal sense of grip by the pilots in an amazing display of bike control with David Hartley charging and Chris Hodgson moving up and down positions almost lap by lap. Craig Venske remained consistent and pressured for every second of the race. Let us not forget Lee Jones, the sole new Husaberg rider on board a lesser than his usual factory finished bike maintaining position and learning his new machinery lap by lap.
Further down the order saw groups of riders battling for position with established names being pushed by new up and coming riders. Richard Blakeman, still recovering from a serious injury, stayed mid pack struggling to get himself back into the groove and his previous top level form. His team mate Ollie Harrison who has just moved into the big class seemed to struggle with his power delivery but put in a performance anyone would be proud of at 16 years old.
George Clements, the gentleman of Supermoto had a cracking days racing but appeared to have tyre problems late in the day to take the shine off his podium level performance.

Sunday and the riders woke to find spatterings of rain, always a leveller, love it or hate it expect close exciting racing as wet weather experts push harder than dry.

A full report of the weekends racing will follow with points and positions.