Another good night for racing and 27 riders facing the time keeper and only 2 riders failing to show. 3 laps of the undulating circuit at Etton on a fairly warm night but there seemed to be a slight headwind all the way round and no section where the wind was particularly helpful (Doesn’t it always seem that way).

The wind was definitely from an easterly direction which makes for slower times than when its from the west but there were still some very good time returned here tonight.

Chris Whitelam took another convincing victory, second was Steve Macklin who was 33 seconds in arrears and third Steve Guymer at 55 seconds . These 3 were in a league of their own tonight and were much faster than the rest of the riders. Chris’s ride is at an average of 26.2 mph – pretty damn quick when you think the course has a total of 8 corners including 2 almost dead stops and 3 climbs to contend with!!!

Both Steves put in excellent performances tonight but they still have some work to do if they are to reach the top step of the podium. Some good racing should follow for the rest of the season

 Karl downs was fourth, showing good form, and leading a closely packed group of riders but was 2.40 minutes behind Chris. It was still an excellent result from Karl who is improving with every event.

Tim, Andy (Peers), Dean, Glenn and myself were all closely grouped on the 34 minute mark with only a handful of seconds between each position. John Lockwood was next before another closely grouped bunch on the 36 minute mark including Pete Doug, Nathan and Dave.

Chris Daddy returned the third fastest time of the night as a private entry and after good result at the LIncoln Gran Prix on Sunday (Well done Chris – an excellent ride in a top quality field)

In the Juvenile section it was avery close run thing with only 12 seconds separating the top 3. Vince took the honours with 7 seconds to spare over Calum and Matty taking 3rd spot. Mark Walker recorded his best time on this circuit and is slowly closing the gap on the others

Thanks to Liz Kilgour and Pete Ledaine for time keeping and Andy Cawley for pushing off. This was Liz’s first time timekeeping on her own and she deserve a big thank you for taking on a much needed role – thanks Liz. Also thanks to Roy Harvey and Mrs Walker (sorry can’t remember your first name) for marshalling

All times are provisional as they have not been checked yet

See you in two weeks for the Little Weighton Event

Please don’t forget to send your apologises if you cant make it

John Lockwood and Mark Walker are down to marshal

Paul Kilvington

Steve Guymer was mistakenly omited from the original results and a revised report and result have now been published.

3 Lap

1     Chris Whitelam             00:30:55                                           Hull Thursday RC

2     Steve Macklin                00:31:28           @   00:00:33         Hull Thursday RC

3     Steven Guymer              00:31:50           @   00:00:55         Manx RC

4     Karl Downes                 00:33:35           @   00:02:40           Hull Thursday RC

5     Tim White                     00:34:18           @   00:03:23            Hull Thursday RC

6     Andy Peers                   00:34:23           @   00:03:28           Hull Thursday RC

7     Dean Fulstow               00:34:25           @   00:03:30            Hull Thursday RC

8     Glenn Whitehouse         00:34:44           @   00:03:49           Hull Thursday RC

9     Paul Kilvington              00:34:46           @   00:03:51            Hull Thursday RC

10   John Lockwood             00:35:18           @   00:04:23           Hull Thursday RC

11   Pete Smith                   00:36:06           @   00:05:11             Pete Read Racing

12   Mark Dicconson            00:36:11           @   00:05:16           Pete Read Racing

13   Nathan Chester             00:36:38           @   00:05:43            Hull Thursday RC

14   Dave Millson                 00:36:42           @   00:05:47            Hull Thursday RC

15   Mike Kilgour                  00:37:31           @   00:06:36            Hull Thursday RC

16   Mick Adams                  00:37:32           @   00:06:37            Hull Thursday RC

17   David Watson               00:39:41           @   00:08:46             Hull Thursday RC

18   Gerard McElwee            00:41:59           @   00:11:04          Hull Thursday RC

19   Ewen Ferguson             DNS                                                Hull Thursday RC

20   Mark Robinson              DNS                                                Hull Thursday RC

21   Nathan Wilson              DSQ                                                Hull Thursday RC

2 Lap

1     Vince Cartwright            00:22:20                                           Hull Thursday RC

2     Calum McElwee            00:22:27                                           Hull Thursday RC

3     Matthew Barratt             00:22:32                                           Hull Thursday RC

4     Mark Walker                  00:24:31                                           Hull Thursday RC

Private Entries

1     Chris Daddy                 00:32:24           @   00:01:29             Star Bikes RT

2     Derek Palmer               00:32:54           @   00:01:59             Cottingham Coureurs – Pete Dunn Framesets

3     Mark Ollernshaw           00:35:04           @   00:04:09             Beverley Velo

4     Ian Cartwright               00:38:55           @   00:08:00               Hull Thursday RC

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