Evan Grier Racing

Round 4 usbk kirkistown

What a rollercoaster🫣

Qaulifying
Not much to write here as I crashed on the out lap because the track was like an ice rink, and I was on brand new tires which left me starting at the back of the B race.

Race 1 🥈
This was fun I started 22nd on the grid, and wanted to see just how far I could get up for any sort of championship points. I got a terrible start, but I fighting back in the first turn. I managed to get round 9 riders in that corner and 2 in the next corner, I was definitely on a mission to get to the front as fast as possible. I managed to fight my way to 2nd place from 22nd I was over the moon with that, also having the fastest lap of the race which left me starting on pole for race 2, what a race 💪

Race 2 p2🥈
The battle in this race left everyone watching on the edge of their seats. I got off to yet another bad start leaving me in 5th into the first turn, I managed to fight to 2nd in the first lap, then taking the lead in the 3rd lap. I pulled a second of a gap, delighted with this byut it was short lived. I was reeled in by 2nd place then leaving us in a very interesting battle for 1st place. Myself and Christian were side by side into turn one, I decided I was not going to let off that throttle and lose out on the win, so I slammed the door and was hunted down in the last corner to lose 1st place as I thought Christian had outbraked himself and was certainly running wide but my mistake and poor judgement, he got it turned and I ended that race in p2, but happy enough with that and really enjoyed the battle with Christian. Well done lad 👌

Overall the day could have been worse after the crash in qaulifying but I was glad to get back on the bike although setting any sort of lap in qaulifying would have been a massive help, and also a massive thanks to Ian and Kia from IMR for getting the bike ready and their brilliant work in giving me the best set up possible, 👌

Thanks to all who came to support me and help me throughout the day

Jordan Larkin
Dean Larkin
Liv Quinn
Michael Larkin
Gerald Larkin
Cara McCauley
Charlie Nevin
bell bikesport
Gary Dunlop
Sorry if i missed anyone

Round 3 usbk

Qualifying didnt go to plan as i missed out on the pros being faster than the last 3 pro riders dont know how that makes sense but awell putting me pole on supersport cup with a lap time i was not happy with at all later we find out why

Race 1
For the first race lining up first 600 and 3rd overall against the superbikes got a decent start off the line but the bike was missing the grunt so i rode on for 3 laps managing to take the lead and hold off doing 1:16 still not happy with that but the race was red flagged due to a crash at the last corner

Race 1 restart
This was an absolute nightmare with the club suddenly changing how the wanted to run the starting procedure not letting anyone know so i jumpstarted not knowing what was going on i look behind me to see a few other riders had alos jump started so that being said i thought a restart was due but apparently not but out of a handful of riders i was the only one to get penalised for the jump start which then lead to more problems mid race with the bike not going over 100mph and losing all my ground on the straight after a review with some people who had their heads screwed on that day my penalty was lifted (very thankful for that) leaving me 4th with bike problems

Race 2 dnf
Race 2 absolute nightmare iv had farts pull harder than my 600 did in this race we then discovered after i had pulled in the fuel pump was well done so got 2 laps and called it a day before i made anything worse

Overall not the best day for myself with alot holding me back but ill take it on the chin and move on hopefully get the bike sorted for the next round and be back to normal pace for myself

Big thanks to
Tina Drake
Gerald Larkin
Jordan Larkin
Liv Quinn
Charlie Nevin
Cara McCauley

Great help from all of yous sad to be let down by the bike

USBK Round 2 kirkistown

Qaulifying
Starting the day off with a high i qualified 3rd in supersport cup which put me in the pros sitting 19th on the grid with a 1:01.7 with was already a pb to start the day i was happy with the time but i knew i had more there so a few changes were made with supsension and a new rear tire for race 1

Race 1
Starting race 1 i got the start i needed and came round on the first few laps in 2nd fighting for a podium also setting a new pb lap time of 1:00.8 however it wasnt enough to hold 2nd place i lost rhe fight on the straights everytime surviving off late braking and corner speed i dropped back to 4th place and brought it home a bit bummed out but i was close

Race 2
Couple of stupid mistakes couldnt keep the front wheel down off the start and was 4th i held it for the majority of my race which was then cut short with the bike losing power so an investigation to go in now to see what the problem was and get ready for round 3

It was a good round and it wouldnt of been possible without the help i was given by
Gerald Larkin
Michael Larkin
Tina Drake
David McAuley

And a big thanks to brian from crossover motorpsorts for the help with finding where i can find every little bit of time definitely recommend to anyone who feels like they have more in the tank i can assure u brian will find u the time ur missing

Round 3 here we come 🏁🏁

Round 8 USBK

Qaulifying: went well knocking 1 full second off the pb straight off the bat with only getting half the session done due to some problems with the bike cutting out forcing me to pull in missing out from being in the pro race by just 0.3 seconds but putting me 1st 600 in the b race

Race1: terrible start putting me at the back but got back up to 4th in the first lap and battled my way up to 2nd overall and 1st in the 600s knocking another 0.2 off the pb

Race2: not a bad start 3rd into the first corner was chasing 2nd place managed to get it done had a bit of a fight for 2nd place ended up pushing too hard out of fishermans and had a massive tank slapper barely saving it settled for 3rd overall and had to check the un**es when i returned to pit

Good days racing knocking a full 1.2 seconds off my pb lap time now putting it down to a 1:02.637

Thanks to team wood motorcycle youth academy for supplying the bike this year family, friends and sponsors who make it possible

USBK round 5

Friday
Qualified 5th in the B race but wasn’t satisfied with how the bike felt so made some suspension changes in hope it would be sorted for race 1

Race 1 suspension was still giving bother so couldnt push as much as i wanted to finished in p7

Race 2 got a great jump off the line and took the lead on the 1st lap fell back to 3rd until the last lap when 2 bikes got me over the line with just 0.110 between the 3 of us finished in p5

Saturday
Race 1 didnt go as planned was in 3rd until i had a close call and my seat had came off on the first lap and i had to try my best to get it back on eventually got it and rode the rest of the race with it hanging off the side finished p5

Race 2 made the mistake of a jumpstart which found me with a 20 second penalty dropped back alot and finished in p6

New pb 1:03.955

Good weekend racing at kirkistown with a couple of rookie mistakes that wont happen again onto bishopscourt this weekend to see if we can improve on the bike setup and knock some more time off the new pb