ThundersportGB Rd 3 'Pembrey 9th & 10th May'

Leon missed the 2nd Round of ThundersportGB at Cadwell park due to it clashing with the EMRA Round 2 on the 12th April, so he needed to do well at Pembrey and get some points back!!
Well Saturday's Damp Qualifying session went well considering Leon hadn't been there before on the R6 so we had no set-up etc. We had tried to get on the Testing Session on the Friday, but this was fully booked,even though they'd had a few fallers in the morning session!!!

QUALIFYING
Leon qualified in 7th Place with a time of 1:01.62, meaning he would be in 7th place on the Grid for the 'Superpole' Race.

SUPERPOLE RACE
Leon rode a Brilliant race and took 3rd place Trophy with a Lap time of 1:00.70, which was presented to him in the Pembrey Club house in front of a very packed crowd.

SUNDAY
RACE 1
Well, this is were the weekend ended on a low note, Leon was fighting for 3rd Place because 2 riders had jump started and were later penalised with a 10 second penalty, Leon did not realise this and thought he was battling to stay in touch with them when he Highsided at the Hairpin, Leon was a bit battered and bruised but was more concerned with the state of his precious bike!!

This was the first time Leon had come off the Bike since buying it new in 2007 and didn't think the Team could get it repaired in time for the next Race, after being told to go get a shower, the Team got to work, his Dad always says it's not over until those 'Green lights go out'!!. Mike, Craig and his Dad pulled out all the stops to get it rebuilt and ready for the next race, and get it rebuilt they did to everyone's amazement.

RACE 2
Leon got an excellent start and went straight into 2nd place, he didn't let the earlier highside slow him down and seemed to get straight back into the swing of things, but then slowly he was dropping back! we were all wondering on Pit Lane wall what was up!, and on Lap 10 we thought the engine had blown up, we could see smoke / steam billowing from it! I can tell you Leon was gutted, he honestly thought it had blown up!, however after the Team set about investigating, it materialised that something had been thrown up and had gone straight through the radiator, in fact it was a 2" hole in the radiator!! So you can imagine the long trip home was a 'very' long trip home. No points on the Sunday and Leon feeling a bit Battered and Bruised and worrying over the fact that he had 5 days to get it all sorted for his next Race with EMRA on the following Sunday.

Big Thanks to Rich at ProFibre (http://www.profibre.co.uk/) for supplying him with a new set of Fairings at the drop of a hat and working late to complete them, the R6 will be soon back in it's Pristine condition once again. Profibre's Fairings come highly recommended, brilliant quality and fit!!