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Practice went well on the WeTrackBikes.com CBR1000cc Honda – I wanted to lap at 123mph but was well over the moon when I did 124.1mph and still getting to grips with the blade I was doing well.  I did 188mph through the speed trap so was happy with the set up for the race, I qualified 28th and managed to finish 19th with a lap time of 124.6mph and was only half a second off 125mph lap.  Sadly Lee Vernon lost his life, it put a dampener on the meeting for me, as he was a great person and friend.

The Club #98 R6 Yamaha was also flying and I hit the speed trap at 172mph from a screaming 600cc.  I managed 17th in that race but red flags went out on the last lap so everything went back a lap and I was demoted to 18th, still a good result and a PB on the 600cc as well, unfortunately the clutch went in the 2nd race.

A big thanks to everyone who came and said Hi and supported me in Ireland, and a big thanks to Neil and Nick for coming with me for the week and helping out.

Roll on Olivers Mount, Scarborough in September,

Paul #98

National Olivers Mount Races:
It was the first ever outing for me on a 1000cc at Olivers Mount since I started racing 18 years ago and what a handful it was, I managed an 11th place in the final and set my fastest ever lap around the tricky track. I also picked up a great 5th and 4th placings on the Yamaha 450cc over the 2 days, but a very sad ending as one of the racers got killed, R.I.P Steve.

National Aberdare Park Races:
It was the first time I’d been on the little 250 Honda since the Ulster GP in August 2011 and what a great bike the 250 is, I managed to win 4 races, 2 were my heats and the 2 big finals. I was also 8th in the Welsh Open race but got mugged off the start by the 600cc machines from 6th on the grid. I also managed four 3rd places on the Yamaha 450cc on the King of the Singles with 2 legs on Saturday and 2 on Sunday.

So all in all a good couple of race results and I’m heading to Ireland next week for the International Ulster GP.

Just a reminder that the competition Paul’s sponsor WeTrackBikes.co.uk  are running to win one of their tracking devices (and a year’s subscription) closes at midnight on 30th June.  Click on the link to enter, good luck!

WeTrackBikes.co.uk and sister company BikeRS are now on facebook and you can ‘like’ their page at www.facebook.com/WeTrackBikes.

Paul has some personal appearances lined up over the next week and will be at the Open Day at Demon Tweeks in Wrexham on Saturday 30th June with the Honda CBR1000 on display. Wednesday 5th July sees him at Bill Smith Motors in Chester, again with the CBR1000 as well as the Honda RS 250 machine.  The event runs from 4pm – 8pm and a certain John McGuinness will also be in attendance.

And finally….. there’s been a small change to the blog address –  we’ve dropped the ‘wordpress’ leaving the much neater mozblog98.com.  Any links with the old address will redirect so you can keep up to date with Paul as he races at Oliver’s Mount and Aberdare in July, and the Ulster Grand Prix in August.