6-Hour Support races, ORAN PARK RACEWAY

Thanks to Hourglass Photography and Campbelltown Motorcycles 2009 was celebrated by entering the Retro support races to the BELRAY Oils 6 HOUR, in which perseverence paid off with a 3rd place trophy.

PICTURES: click here to see them.
click here for results of the 6 Hour Races.
Heat results:HEAT 1: 1st-Steven Green zxr750, 2nd-Steve Butler FZR1000, 3rd-Ivan Hoey Bikewreck YZF750,
HEAT 2: 1st-Ivan Hoey Bikewreck YZF750, 2nd-Steven Green zxr750, 3rd-John Tween Bikewreck YZF750,
HEAT 3: 1st- David Gilyeat ZXR750, 2nd- John Tween Bikewreck YZF750, 3rd Steve Butler FZR1000

A no-start from Steve in one race + a dual-crash ahead of me in race 3 left me in the points! As the old folk always say, you've gotta be in it to win it! All crashers were OK too.

Friday's practice was extreme: the hottest day on record for ages, with temepratures of 45C, an extreme afternoon storm with me only on the track. Even the marshals were hiding! The old lighting tower got blown down even! This was actually the highlight of the weekend for me really, as I have never been in weather so severe! I was totally charged riding at walking pace through horizontal wind and gusting rain. I probably should have pulled in under the bridge, but it became a man-vs-wild thing! It was really something out of stormchasers on TV!

Saturday saw me overestimate some tyres which started sliding around at the back quite badly. I just couldn't get drive out of corners, resulting in 5ths, but a 3rd trophy as mentioned previously. It was a lot of fun though, sliding in the dry as if it was in the wet, and getting the nod and claps from lots of marshals. Yogi-Darren-Bear was quite excited to see sliding entries and exits under the bridge ...

OVERALL RESULTS: Congrats to John Tween for winning overall on his Bikewreck YZF750, to Ashley Whitehead on his 900 Fireblade for 2nd, with me on my yzf750 taking home the 3rd place.