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🏁 Stretton Round 5 – Race Report

Stretton Circuit Karting - Leicester
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After a positive start to the day, I qualified 4th on the grid. Unfortunately, there were only four riders entered, so I knew it was going to be a difficult day to make up places through outright pace.

I was too far behind in times, even after setting my best times around Stretton this year, Ashley, Steven Humphreys and Bradley Mark Powell were just on another level!

Across all three races, I finished 3rd, benefiting from mistakes ahead while making sure I stayed consistent and kept the bike on two wheels.

Sometimes racing is about taking the opportunities that come your way, and that's exactly what I managed to do.

Steven coming off in race 1 and Bradley having bike issues in race 2 helped make the best of a bad day.

Although the results don't tell the whole story, I came away feeling positive about my pace. After checking the timing, I set a new personal best around Stretton this year with a 39.205, improving on my previous best of 39.252. It may only be a small improvement, but at this level every hundredth of a second has to be earned.

Overall, the finishing positions came with a little bit of fortune, but the new personal best and the way the bike performed give me plenty of confidence going forward.

The August Stretton is being missed as Im away however the videos are always being added every friday to https://youtube.com/?si=HPoarBFo0y2e-jyb

Big from my first ever race with British Mini Bikes Championship back in 2022.

Forcing Lucy Sarah Alford to sleep in a tent for her 30th 😂

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Race report up shortly!

over the years! 👊

🏁 Race Report – FAB Racing Round 3 | Hooton Park

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Another weekend complete at Hooton Park for Round 3 of the FAB Racing Championship.

After a difficult previous round, the goal this weekend was to reset, build confidence, learn a new track and continue making progress on the bike.

Qualifying: P9
Fastest Lap: 44.488

🏁 Race 1 – P10
Starting from P9, I had a strong start into turn 1 until we got backed up a little, I lost out on a position going into turn 2 and that was all race 1 had to offer for me!
I was able to stay with the bikes infront but not close enough to think about any moves before bringing the bike home in P10.

🏁 Race 2 – P10
For Race 2, I had a strong start making 2 positions on the first lap before dropping a place to Michael Medd who was flying from the back. I lost a further place to Perry Tomsett and managed to hold off Matty Reyland for the rest of the rest to finish P10.

🏁 Race 3 – P10 again! 👀
Heading into the final race of the weekend, I wanted to make atleast 1 position improvement on the previous 2 races. A messy first corner saw me find 2 places off the line and was passed by Ben and Michael. Could see the 2 riders really battling in front and as much as I dont wish to see it, I could see it was going to end with one or both of them coming off! Which happened a few laps later! I lost back out to Perry who rode amazing all weekend and finished in P10!

⚡ Weekend Summary
A much more positive weekend at Hooton Park with three consistent top-10 finishes.
Although there's always more pace to find, it's encouraging to see steady progress and continue building confidence every time I'm on the bike. Every lap is another opportunity to learn, improve and move closer to the front.

A huge thank you to my family, friends and everyone who supports me throughout the season. Your encouragement means a lot and keeps me motivated to keep pushing.
Now it's time to regroup, keep working and focus on the next round. 👊🏍️

Round 5 of Stretton Circuit Karting - Leicester is currently a 50/50 as the dates have been changed so an update on that will be sent soon!

0.2 seconds improvement over the last 3 years 😂

🏁 Race Report – Stretton Round 4

Stretton Circuit Karting - Leicester
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Another race weekend complete at Stretton for Round 4 of the series.

The focus this weekend was to try something different on the gearing, play around with suspension settings and see how the bike feels!

Qualifying: P9 (8th in class)
A very tough session, alot of bikes of different classes on track and hard to find a clean lap!

🏁 Race 1 – P6

Off the start Ben on the supermini bogged which meant everyone in front of me was in the same class! Danny Knights-rush had bike issues which gave me a free place moving me into 6th 🏁

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🏁 Race 2 – P5

Another close race with Bradley Mark Powell I was able to make a move on Keaton on lap 6 to move into 5th however the bike started to vibrate horribly on acceleration! Ben crashed from the lead on lap 8 moving me to 4th however the bike was feeling dreadful! Lap 10, Keaton came past as I was trying to nurse the engine home and managed to finish in 5th.

The engine had blown up!

🏁 Race 3 – DNS

Despite the amazing efforts from Steven, Ashley, Bradley, Danny, Josh and possibly a little from myself... i was unable to make the start of Race 3!

Another weekend of racing and another opportunity to learn and improve.

I continue to hold P3 in the Stretton Series so far, with another round next week and will be missing Round 6!

A huge thank you to everyone who supports me — family, friends and everyone trackside 🙌

Roll on the next round 🏍️🔥