How did Leon do then?
First up was the 'Buildbase Mallory Trophy'.
Race one, the shorter six lap sprint, saw Leon finish a fantastic sixth position. Not only was he, again, the leading 600cc machine, but his lap time of 55.187 was the third fastest of the race. A great effort in amongst the 1000cc machines. Brilliant!
Race two followed a similar path with Leon finishing a very credible seventh place, and in doing so edged out Lee Statham on his 1000cc Suzuki by just 0.001 seconds! This served to further underline the class and natural ability that Leon obviously has in abundance. Well done Leon, I'm sure you made a few people sit up and take note with that result!
Moving on to the Superstock 600's, and Race one saw Leon in a brief tussle with Dean Brown before taking the lead on lap three. He then lead convincingly from the front to take victory by a gap of 2.246 seconds. And, of course, the fastest lap of the race which was just outside the Superstock lap record!
Race two was a very similar story, only this time Leon took the lead over Richard Wardle on lap four to then go on and take victory and maximum points for the day. And again he had the fastest lap of the race - 55.024 seconds which gets ever closer to that lap record! Leon moves on to 138 points which is some 34 points ahead of Richard Wardle on 104 points, and a monstrous 96 points ahead of Dean Brown in third place on 42 points! Very mpressive stuff indeed!
Finally the Formula 600's.
Well, what a couple of rides these turned out to be.
Race one saw Leon fly off the line to take an early lead. He then put in some very consistent lap times to bring home the R6 to yet another race victory. Leon was also the only rider to break the 55 second barrier which, considering Leon was on the same front tyre all day, is simply exceptional! The gap at the finish was almost 6 seconds - there was no doubt about who was going to win this one!
Race two was probably the best race of the day.
Leon found himself in a scrap with Jody lees who had taken the early initiative. Midway through the race Leon got baulked at the hairpin which allowed Jody to pull out a gap. Leon then stuck his head down and got stuck in. Lap by lap Leon kept closing the gap until on lap nine he was close enough to make a move. And between the 'Hairpin' and the 'Bus Stop' on lap nine Leon made his move and took the lead. He then went on to take the victory by just 0.337 seconds! And he got the fastest lap of the race again. But get this - his lap time of 54.776 seconds would have smashed the Superstock 600 lap record!
Still, it was a truly amazing victory that had the crowd on their feet. And it was Leon's fourth victory of the day which was enough to earn him the 'Rider of the Day' award. A thoroughly justified and superb result. Oh, and his very impressive total race time of 9:18.442 is the best he's ever raced over ten laps...well done Leon!
Leon now has a handsome lead in the Formula 600's too. He now has 142 points, ahead of Jody Lees who has 94 points. An unbelievable lead of 48 points to take in to the final round of the championship. Gary Arden lies a distant third place with just 60 points. Supreme!
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