BEN GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
ROUND 6 SNETTERTON 300
5TH/7TH JULY
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CLUB MEETING WITH EMRA AT MALLORY PARK ON THE WEEKEND BEFORE BRITISH SUPERBIKE SNETTERTON 300 ROUND 6 BEN WAS ON A MASSIVE HIGH AFTER STARTING AT THE BACK OF 30 PLUS 600 RIDERS ON GRID BEN SHONE THROUGH TO FINISH BOTH 600 RACES AS OUT RIGHT RACE WINNER FIRST PODIUM FOR BEN THIS YEAR .
BEN WENT FROM THERE TO SNETTERTON 300 RACE CIRCUIT THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND ,BEN HAD ONLY BEEN HERE ON A kawasaki zxr 400 2 YEARS AGO SO NO REAL TRACK TIME BE HAD BEEN ,SO IT WAS AGAIN A MASSIVE LEARNING CURVE TO BEN .
FRIDAY WAS THE FIRST HURDLE FOR BEN TRYING TO GET A FOOTING ON THE TRACK ,LINES ,CORNERS ,BRAKING ,SO ON.
QUALIFING1 FRIDAY AFTERNOON WAS SET AT 17TH WITH A LOT MORE TO COME .
SATURDAY ARRIVED AND SEVERAL CHANGERS HAD TO BE MADE WHICH HELPED SOME PROBLEMS WITH SET UP AND QUALIFING 2 WAS SET AT 13TH NOT TO BAD BUT THERE WAS A LOT MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO COME SUNDAY .
RACE DAY WARM UP WAS SLOW AS TRAFFIC WAS HEAVEY AND BEN COULDNT GET A CLEAR LAP IN SO HE WENT BACK TO WHAT HE NEW WOULD WORK .
BEN HAD A GOOD START IN THE RACE HOW EVER DROPPED A COUPLE OF PLACES IN THE EARLY PART OF THE RACE BATTLED THROUGH UP INTO 13TH PLACE AND WAS CLOSING THE 8TH/9TH PLACE BOYS DOWN IN THE LAST PART OF THE RACE TO FINISH A VERY IMPRESSIVE 10TH PLACE IN THE TOP 10 FIRST TIME THIS YEAR WELL DONE LAD
MASSIVE THANK YOU TO ALL THE HELP GIVEN SO FAR THIS SEASON MORE TO COME XXX
