ROUND 12 BRANDS HATCH 18TH/19TH/20TH OCTOBER
THIS PIC IS A GREAT SHOT AFTER ALL THE HARD WORK BEN AND MIKE BMCRACING PUT IN BEN WAS 4TH OVERALL AFTER A VERY HARD MIXED WET COLD BRANDS ,THE BEST DAY WAS FRIDAY FOR QUALIFYING AS IT WAS DRY AND BEN STORMED IN WITH A 4TH SLOT GETTING POLE AND DROPPING BACK TO SECOND ROW 4TH ON THE GRID :)
THE LIGHS WENT OUT AND THE RACE WAS ON BEN WAS REALLY UP FOR THIS ROUND BRANDS BEING A VERY TOUGH TRACK FOR BEN BUT HAD BEEN CONSISTENTLY GETTING FASTER ALL WEEKEND HOW EVER THE TRACK CONDITIONS WERE TERRIBLE, GREAT START FORM BEN INTO SECOND AFTER THE FIRST LAP ONLY TO CRASH OUT OF SECOND PLACE TO PUT AN END TO THE LAST ROUND .....ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FOR NEXT YEAR BEN HAS SHOWN HES A MAIN CONTENDER FOR THE TITLE NEXT YEAR AND BEN WILL CARRY ALL HE HAS LEARNED FORWARD ,SO A BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL INVOLVED SPONSORS FRIENDS FAMILY ALL HAVE PLAYED A BIG PART IN BEN PROGRESSION THIS YEAR XXX
ROUND 11 SILVERSTONE 4TH/5TH/6 OCTOBER
BEN WAS ON ONE BIG HIGH FROM THE LAST ROUND AT DONINGTON PARK AND WAS SET TO PUSH HARD AT THIS TRACK AS THIS IS ONE OF HIS FAVOURITE TRACKS
ALL WEEKEND BEN HAD PUSHED ONLY TO BE PIPPED IN THE LAST SECONDS OF Q2 BY CALL COOPER TOOK BENS FIRST POLE QUALIFING OFF HIM AND POSTED HIM IN A PERSONAL BEST QUALIFYING SECOND PLACE ON THE GRID BY 0.040 OF A SECOND @2.14.159AND BOTH LADS HAD BEAT THE LAP RECORD AGAIN WHICH STOOD AT 2.14.2GREAT EFFORT BEN.
RACE DAY ARRIVED AND BEN GOT A GOOD START AND SAYED WITH THE PACE OF THE 2 LADS IN FRONT TO FINISH A PERSONAL BEST 3RD PLACE AND HIS FIRST PODIUM OF THE YEAR WELL DONE BEN
ROUND 9 CADWELL PARK
ROUND 9 CADWELL PARK WAS GOING TO BE ALLTOUGH ONE FOR BEN ,NOT RIDING THERE FOR 2 YEARS AND ONLY ON A 400 THE 600 WAS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE ,NO BREAKING POINTS OR EXPERIENCE ON THIS AWESOME TRACK PROVED TO BE GAME ON .
Q1 WENT VERY GOOD CONSIDERING BEN HAD NO SET UP FOR THIS TRACK 1.32.3 PUT BEN IN 6TH PLACE ................. Q2 WAS SET SATURDAY AND WANTING TO PUSH FOR Q2 CHANGES WERE MADE HOW EVER BEN STRUGGLED TO MATCH Q1S RESULT AND HAD TO SETTLE FOR BEST IN Q1 STILL 11TH OVER ALL ON THE GRID FOR RACE DAY.
BEN WAS REALLY UP FOR THIS WORKED HARD ALL WEEKEND AND AGAIN WAS PUNTED OFF THE TRACK TO REJOIN IN 19TH PLACE BUT SHONE AND PUSHED THROUGH TO GET 1 POINT AN FINISH 15TH GOOD COME BACK .
