Does a cracked head make your faster ? The team thought so !
The weather was on our side for a change and the weekend looked like it was good end to the year. In practice on friday I was up to speed from the start and found a good setting with the bike. About an hour before the second session I managed to cracked my head open on a metal bar and had to have it glued back together in the medical centre. I finished the day in 14th overall and 2nd privateer on a time of 47.2 seconds. The team was happy with this and I had many offers of people willing to hit me on the head because it seemed to make me go faster!!!!
The track was still damp from the dew in the night so I decided not to go out and risk a crash. Coming into this round myself and Simon Andrews were in contention for the Airwaves kick up a gear award with a £4,000 prize. With this in mind myself and the team decided to qualify at the back in hope of over taking as many people as possible and taking the prize. I did this and I qualified 29th overall and 10th privateer.
Race 1 saw me overtake 9 people in the first corner. I was in a race long battle with Johnson, Smart and Etheridge around the short Indy circuit at Brands over 30 laps. I over took Johnson and Smart in the last few laps and finished 18th and 4th privateer. This meant i had sealed second place in the championship.
Race 2 was another great start and in another battle with Etheridge, Hickman and Martin. On about lap 18 my soft tyre suddenly ran out of grip and my lap times got worse and worse but i managed to keep my position and finish 18th again and 5th privateer.
I came to this meeting with two things to do, one was secure 2nd place in the championship and the other to win the £4,000. My results were not great but I did achieve the things I wanted to do. The year as a whole has been really good and I am happy with the results I had considering I broke my collar bone at Donington Park. Thanks to all my team and sponsors and see you all next year.
PTJ #40.
