ThundersportGB Oulton Park June 6th

Leon didn't do so well on the R6 at Oulton, the Weather was horrendous and didn't stop raining all day, we had no set-up for the R6 (suspension and gearing) and being a one day event meant we would have no practice time, still Leon managed to qualify in 19th Place with a lap time of 2:12.418.

He came 10th in the race with an amazing lap time of 2:02.867 in such horrendous weather conditions, Leon seems to learn the Tracks very quickly and made quite an impression on everyone.

These were the only picture's I could find of the Horrendous weather conditions!!!

Thanks to PLJ Photography

EMRA Championship standings after Round 3

EMRA 'Round 3' May 17th

Leon had a Brilliant Day at Mallory.

First up was the 'Buildbase Mallory Trophy' six lapper.

Starting from the front row Leon seemed to get away well. But the conditions were tricky and Leon soon found himself down amongst the traffic in seventh place. And although his wet suspension settings weren't ideal, he held this position to the end of the race ahead of most of the 1000cc's.

Race two was a ten lap race, and Leon would start on grid number seven. Again it was wet, so it was always going to be tricky, but Leon got away well and was up to fifth by the time they entered Edwinas. He pushed hard for the entire race and had held sixth position for most of the race until a strong challenge from Gary Arden. It was a close finish (just 0.216 secs) and another seventh place finish for Leon.

Superstock 600's

The first race turned out to be a dry race. It was touch and go though and this uncertainty mean't that there wasn't time to change to a dry front tyre. But, as expected, Leon got stuck right in and immediately lead the race. However, the wet front made it difficult to hold off the challenges from the two riders behind him, with Leon soon finding himself in third place where he stayed for the rest of the race. Still, he managed to stay in touch with the guys in front and, in doing so, pull out a massive 20 second gap over the fourth place finisher. A terrific result considering the circumstances!

The weather really kept us on edge all day, but Race two was a wet one. Starting from the front row on grid three, Leon soon pushed his way to the front on lap two. And with some very smooth and consistent riding, this is where he stayed for the rest of the race. Leon now leads the Superstock championship by 26 points. Marvelous!

Formula 600's,

Race one had its drama! Leon flew off the line and was leading as he approached the end of lap one. But, just as Leon came down the 'Elbow' for the first time, the R6 seemed to step out on him to cause a rather 'squeaky bum' moment. We all looked on, holding our breathe, as Leon wrestled with the tank-slapper. Luckily it all seemed to calm down just as quickly as it had started, and he avoided going off the track. Leon then re-grouped and carried on. It was amusing to watch him glance over at us immediately afterwards though, as he flew passed us all watching him from the viewing tower. Anyway, undeterred Leon quickly tucked back in and set about the two riders who had just passed him. And what a race he rode! It wasn't long before the near highside was a distance memory and Leon was looking at picking off the riders in front. With a little bit of patience and a lot of determination Leon soon took the lead and started to pull out a gap. A red flag brought the race to a conclusion a lap or two earlier, but by that point Leon had easily done enough to win the race...an impressive victory!

Race two began very wet, but the sun was out to play by the end of it. Leon took the early initiative and lead well for most of the race, but got passed by a couple of riders towards the end to take his fourth podium of the day. Leon now leads this championship by a massive 36 points too!And get this..., Leon also won the 'Tony Bouncer Trophy' too.

'Stage Fright'

The 'BMC Racing' Yamaha R6 on stage the Sunday morning before the dreaded race, was it 'Stage Fright' !!! still didn't it look good! The Team was up early on the Sunday morning making sure she looked her best after being chosen to show the difference between a 'Superstock 600' and a 'Formula 600' machine. Sorry there is no volume, butI'm working on it!!

'I Believe I can Fly'

Well at least I thought I could!!!

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!!

BMC Racing has a 'New Look' Website!!

Check out BMC Racing's 'New Look' Website, absolutely Brilliant Ben !!!

www.bmcracing.co.uk

BSN 'Website' Report click here to Read full report

This is the Bikesport News website: EMRA Race Review write-up:-

The Buildbase Race saw Jeacock take an early lead which was soon to be passed to Mark littler on lap 2. Littler managed to hold onto the lead until lap 9 where a pass by Jeacock took him back into the lead. The last lap saw the Lazer Kawasaki of Mark Littler take the lead and win by just over half a second to 2nd place Leon Jeacock. 3rd place was taken by Angelo Derosa on his Yamaha R1, 10 seconds ahead of 4th place Richard Green. The win by Littler saw his lead over Jeacock extend to 10 points going into the next round on May 17th.

Yet again, the BMC Yamaha of Leon Jeacock made both the Reve Racing SS 600 races look easy. Finishing both races over 15 seconds. The first race saw Steve Gillings take second place, ahead of Rob Moon, with Richard Wardle finish 2nd in race 17 from Stuart Parsons.

The Co-Ordit Relay 600 didnt look to easy for Jeacock, as Midland WV Novice Jody Lees kept close to his heels throughout both races. Jody took his Midland VW Yamaha R6 to just 1.2 seconds behind Jeacock in the 2nd of the races. Could Jody be Leon’s closest rival on a 600?
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However remember the Co-Ordit Relay Championship is in fact a Formula 600 Championship of which Leon is riding a 'Superstock 600' machine (No quickshifter !, No Engine Tuning !, Standard Brakes etc.. etc..etc..!!!), so under those circumstances Leon is doing very well to be even Leading this Championship!!, and also the fact that his Tyre's were shot and should have been put in the Bin! made the consistent 55 second laps unbelievable!!

Big Thanks go to Mike Dorey at BMC Racing and the rest of the Team, Richard Dorey for the endless amount of video footage (of which I personally look forward to because I hate watching him on the day!!), and the up keep of the http://www.bmcracing.blogspot.com/ website, together we will get there!!

How low can you go !!!!

Leon catching Mark Littler bit by bit!!

EMRA Round 2 BSN Says It All !!!

Leon had a Brilliant weekend racing with EMRA on the 12th April Round 2, and Bikesport News say's it all

Leon currently leads:-

Formula 600 Championship with a 30 point lead

Superstock 600 Championship with a 24 point lead

Co-Ordit Performance Relay Championship (open to under 24 year olds)

Buildbase Mallory Trophy Championship 2nd 20 points behind the leader and good friend Mark Littler