MARCH 16th 2003 -WINTERBOURNE STICKLAND

SOUL : Soul was hot off the gate in Race 1 and managed to hold 4th from start to finish, ensuring that he was 1st 50cc over the line again. He was frustrated with his starts in Race 2 and 3, but still managed bring it home with two solid 6th placing, Ending the day overall as 1st 50cc. Well done mate, we're really proud of you.

We're now happy that he has got used riding again, and with his new brake 'pedal', and crisper engine he seems to have settled well. The next stage for his bike, will be to try some stiffer springs in his clutch, hopefully giving him slightly higher revs as the power kicks in. Thanks to  IN-CHAINS for sorting those out, and we'll let you know how we get on.

D : Hurray!! I didn't crash. That was perhaps my most important mission of the day, but my other priorities were to just go out there and ride not 'race'. Just settle down, and get used to my bike, and to hopefully sort out my 2nd gear 3rd gear issue through certain corners. The practice session went well, and I picked up some ideas of where I could run some good corner speed through double apexes. Race 1 went well, and I was having my own little battles, but after the leader came flying past, I just chilled and paid attention as the next lot were not far behind. To be fair, I came off the race line a couple of times to let them get on with, as they were having their own little ding dong, and quite frankly I wanted to finish the race and not be taken out by one of them loons. In Race 2 & 3, as my confidence grew, I felt I was getting quicker by the lap. The rut's got bigger and the track got dustier as the day went on, and the flying roost boulders weren't particularly good, but I finished all of my races in one piece, and that's what mattered. I finished with a 33rd, 32nd, & 31st. I only had a real issue with one or two corners where it felt that the front was trying to tuck, but I think I over came it with more rear and less front brake into these corners. Thanks to Martin Mabey for keeping an eye on my inabilities out there, and thanks to Alan Parker who found time to slot in behind me to observe my progress - before blasting past to lap me of course. Also, a Million Thank You's to all of our sponsors for helping us get through another weekend.

OLD NEWS

JAN/FEB
 MARCH 2nd 2003 - MARTINSTOWN
MARCH 16th 2003-WINTERBOURNE STICKLAND
MARCH 30th 2003-MILBOURNE ST. ANDREW 
APRIL 13th 2003 - FOXHOLES BISHOPSTONE
 APRIL 27th 2003 - MARTINSTOWN
 MAY 13th 2003 - TRIGON
 MAY 25/26th 2003 - BERE REGIS
JUNE 8th 2003 - HENSTRIDGE
JULY 6th 2003 - MATCHAMS
JULY 20th 2003 - BERE REGIS
AUGUST 2nd/3rd 2003 - MARTINSTOWN
AUGUST 17th 2003 - HENSTRIDGE
AUGUST 31st 2003 - MATCHAMS
SEPTEMBER 14th 2003 F'HOLES BISHOPSTONE
SEPTEMBER 28th 2003 - LANGTON LONG
OCTOBER 10th 2003 - CANCELLED

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