Stars at Darley Round

Big Thanks go to Paul Westerdale and his Family for allowing me to Race his Kawasaki ZXR400 at the Stars of Darley Round at Darley Moor.

I had not raced at Darley Moor for 3 years and it was my first time on the borrowed machine.

The first time out on track was a Timed/ Qualifying Practice so it was going to be fun. I qualified 3rd with a qualifying time of 1:03.12, not bad but not good enough.


In the first race I had a bad start and dropped down to 7th, we were mixing it with the steel frame 600's and this made it very difficult, I would pass them on the corners but they would pass me back on the straights and there are a few straights at Darley moor. I evetually finished the race 3rd in class but set the fastest lap time of my class with a 1:01.44.

The 2nd Race 'Formula Darley' we were again mixing it with the Pre 98's and mixed cc machines. I got a good start and went into 3rd place, but soon got took by some of the bigger bikes but I was first in my class.

This was a 15 lap race and it started to rain near the end, hence my lap times started to drop a little but still set a good lap time of 1:00.82, still some way to go off the lap record which I was hoping to take.

At the end of it all I had a Brilliant days racing and caught up with some Good friends and knocked nearly 3 secs off my lap times.

Thank You to You All

Thank you to All that Donated including those that wished no publicity.

I will do you All Proud and prove in my full year at National Level I can progress and be where I want to be.

We can confirm that with All the funding received I will be at the Silverstone BSB meeting in 2 weeks time, and hopefully if donations keep coming Brands Hatch for the Final meeting.

Again Thank You

Big Thank you to :-
'ARAI' for the request on there website for Sponsorship
and to
'HELD' Leathers for the same.

Thank You

Metzeler Racetec Merit Award

Leon won the Metzeler Racetec Merit Award at the weekend racing at Donington for the re-run cancelled Oulton race. His prize is a free set of tyres which are much needed at the moment.

Leon would also like to Thank all those that have donated and all of the supportive emails he has received.

SPONSOR DROPS OUT AT LAST MINUTE

Leon desperately needs funding for the final 3 rounds of the Metzeler Superstock 600 Championship after his main sponsor pulls out.

" I have two days to raise enough money to complete at the weekend and hopefully put all the bad luck I have had this year behind me, We have built a new bike and have set up help to try and get some good results. Anyone who donates £20 upwards will get a sticker either on the Bike or my helmet for the Main Event"

You can donate by clicking on the donate button on the right hand side of the screen, all donations will be greatly received.

Leon Jeacock #55

The 2011 Season starts here

The New Bike

Leon will be Sponsored for the 2011 season by BMC Racing, also helping in various ways are: Arbury Gates, In Touch Sports and Media, DP Brakes, RS Components, paintwork by Freddie Dunn and Midland VW and Family and Friends of which Leon is extremely greatful, without you All, this Year would not have been possible.... Leon will be entering the Metzeler Superstock 600 Championship which is a Support Race to the British Superbike Championship (BSB), along with the NGRRC club races and many test dates along the way....

The 2010 Season starts

EMRA Rd1 - Another lap record...
So, here we go again...the long awaited new season is finally upon us. And it all started with the usual March pilgrimage to Mallory Park with EMRA. The weather was sunny, but that was slightly misleading as there was a real chill in the air. Winter is still here and conditions were rather testing. Leon was on his new R6 in the Buildbase Trophy. But, to make things interesting, Leon was also out to play with the 400s on his old ZXR machine - which Mike had been busy preparing for him all week back at BMC Racing HQ.

Qualifying went well. The 400s were out with the Formula 600s so it was a bit busy out on track. This, however, didn't stop Leon from putting in some blistering lap times and sticking his ZXR on pole. In the Buildbase Mallory Trophy Leon was again putting in some quality lap times and found himself ninth on the grid with a lap time of 55.781. In fact, ten riders were all in the 55's so that tells you how close the grid positions were.

And so to the racing, starting with the Formula 400s. There were rumours that we were running with the 600s. This wasn't the case, however, there did seem to be two separate classes though...the 'Leon Jeacock Class' and the 'Rest of Us Class'. This isn't mean't to show a lack of respect to the other riders...indeed the grid contained many quality riders. But it's more to show how Leon really dominated both races from start to finish.
Race one saw Leon leap straight out of the blocks and leave the rest of the chasing pack in his wake. A series of incredibly quick laps followed and saw Leon take a very comfortable victory, and lapped half of the field in the process.
Race two was very similar to race one, in fact. Leon again got an amazing start and was already way ahead by the end of lap one. He then, yet again, put in some blistering lap times to take the win by an incredible twenty three seconds. And in the process smashing his own lap record by about half a second with a time of 56.339!
Well done Leon, I don't know how you do it sometimes...and on a bike that was in bits only a week earlier! So big congrats to Mike too for preparing the ZXR so well.

The Buildbase Trophy was a highly competitive event indeed. Mark Littler was there, as usual, along with the likes of Luke Stapleford, James Hillier and Lee Jackson who were all there to fight their cause. But this time it was to be a fifteen lap single race event, rather than the short sprint qualifier and ten lap main event like last season. Leon got away well but soon found himself just outside the top ten for a while, but he found his rhythm and started picking off the riders ahead. He managed to fight his way up to an incredible eighth place at the finish, and only a fraction of a second behind Michael Niblett in seventh. And all this on his Superstock 600 R6! In fact, his fastest lap time of 54.523 was the fifth fastest of the field...heroic stuff indeed!So there you have it, a highly enjoyable, very successful start to the new season. We all cannot wait now to get down to Brands Hatch in a couple of weeks to do it all again...

Leon Announces New Partnership.

Ljr racing would like to welcome aboard the Business Partnership

Agip oils (Motoworlduk)

Leon will be using there products at National Superstock this season. And would like to thank all at motoworld uk for there support for the 2010 season..

http://www.motoworlduk.co.uk

Personality of the Year!!

Last night was a good night. A very good night indeed! Leon won the 'Senior Sports Personality of the Year Award' at the 'Nuneaton & Bedworth Sports Forum Awards'. Not only is this an incredible achievement for Leon, but also one for motorcycle sport, as he's the first motorcyclist to receive an award from the Forum. A massive achievement indeed! The awards date back to 1975, so it's great to see Leon contributing his piece of history. Well done Leon...

Leon contests Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship

Leon will be contesting the Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship in 2010 which supports the British Superbike (BSB) Championship.

The Coventry Evening Telegraph also reported on the Fanatastic news
http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/cgi-bin/mt421/mt-search.cgi?blog_id=387&IncludeBlogs=387&tag=leon%20jeacock&limit=20

Facebook Group

Leon has a new Facebook Group "Leon Jeacock Road Racing (LJR Racing)", please feel free to join this group and keep up to date with his 2010 progress.