Another good entry with 28 riders starting (4 DNS) and 27 riders finishing – Mike Kilgour was the unlucky rider to puncture on the second lap and had to abondon

Thankfully the atrocious weather of the last week eased on Tuesday to leave a cold and windy night but at least the rain held off. The wind was blowing from the south west meaning the only place it was of any help was on the leg from Ripplingham crossroads to little Weighton that is mainly downhill and where no assistance is required. This made for a very hard night with cross or head wind most of the way round not to mention the almost endless drag from Little Weighton to the top of the course.

Not that the weather or drags seemed to slow Chris Whitelam down who cruised to yet another relatively untroubled victory. His ride averages out at about nealry 26 mph!  and his winning margin was 31 seconds over Andy Barnes with Steve Macklin a further 45 seconds in arrears in third spot.

Dean Fulstow took 4th spot with nearly a minute to spare Paul Purdy took 5th spot but the chasing pack is closing in behind him and the racing was very close with less than 3 minutes covering 5th to 13th places.

The 3 juvenile riders could not agree amongst themselves to race over two laps and so positions were decided over their times at the end of the first lap. The finishing order was Vince by 4 seconds from Matty and Calum a further 35 seconds adrift. Vince and Matty both continued to complete 2 laps and recorded very good times of 31. 50 and 32.11 respectively.

Newcomer Kim Blackburn also posted an excellent time of 17.16 that was better than many of the men’s times for their first lap. Partner Dave Jacketts also posted a very good time for his first event in many years and with a bit more training and practice could easily move into the top 10 .Dave Milson showed a marked improvement and is getting close to the big group of riders racing for the second half of the top ten places

Next event is in 2 weeks time at Sproatley – remember to be there for 6.45pm please

2 weeks after that its the Hardriders 2 up 24 so please let me know who your partner will be at the next event

chears

paul

2 Lap

  1     Chris Whitelam             00:28:34                                           Hull Thursday RC

  2     Andrew Barnes             00:29:03           @   00:00:29                Hull Thursday RC

  3     Steve Macklin                00:29:47           @   00:01:13                Hull Thursday RC

  4     Dean Fulstow               00:30:09           @   00:01:35                Hull Thursday RC

  5     Paul Purdy                    00:31:09           @   00:02:35                Star Bikes RT

  6     Karl Downes                 00:31:33           @   00:02:59                Hull Thursday RC

  7     Mark Robinson              00:31:57           @   00:03:23                Hull Thursday RC

  8     Andy Peers                   00:32:21           @   00:03:47                Hull Thursday RC

  9     Glenn Whitehouse         00:32:25           @   00:03:51                Hull Thursday RC

  10   Tim White                     00:32:34           @   00:04:00                Hull Thursday RC

  11   Paul Kilvington              00:32:44           @   00:04:10                Hull Thursday RC

  12   Mark Summer               00:32:45           @   00:04:11                Hull Thursday RC

  13   Nathan Chester             00:32:59           @   00:04:25                Hull Thursday RC

  14   Nathan Wilson              00:33:17           @   00:04:43                Hull Thursday RC

  15   Dave Millson                 00:33:37           @   00:05:03                Hull Thursday RC

  16   Dave Jacketts               00:33:46           @   00:05:12                Hull Thursday RC

  17   Samuel Dyason            00:34:44           @   00:06:10                Hull Thursday RC

  18   David Watson               00:36:54           @   00:08:20                Hull Thursday RC

  19   Alan Kaye                     00:37:42           @   00:09:08                Hull Thursday RC

  20   Phillip Eden                  00:38:33           @   00:09:59                Hull Thursday RC

  21   John Weaden               00:39:02           @   00:10:28                Hull Thursday RC

  22   Mike Kilgour                  DNF                                                Hull Thursday RC

  23   Chris Peers                  DNS                                                Hull Thursday RC

  24   Gerard McElwee            DNS                                                Hull Thursday RC

  25   Mick Adams                  DNS                                                Hull Thursday RC

  26   Mark Dicconson            DNS                                                Pete Read Racing

1 Lap

  1     Vince Cartwright            00:15:35                                           Hull Thursday RC

  2     Matthew Barratt             00:15:39                                           Hull Thursday RC

  3     Calum McElwee            00:16:14                                           Hull Thursday RC

  4     Kim Blackburn              00:17:16                                           Hull Thursday RC

Private Entries

  1     Mark Ollerenshaw           00:32:26           @   00:03:52                Beverley Velo

  2     Ian Cartwright               00:36:23           @   00:07:49                Hull Thursday RC