Round One of the PCRA Mitas Tyres Bucket Racing Championship.
Round One of the PCRA Mitas Tyres Bucket Racing Championship held at Wakefield Park Raceway got under way with practice / qualy run in light drizzle and foggy conditions. However the day improved with the odd threatening spots of rain and sunshine appeared after lunch.
Qualy
Motolite: 46 Mark O’Toole, Yamaha YFZ-R150 1:24.1410
Superlite: 38 Junior Murphy, Honda CB185 1:22.5420*
Commuterlite: 49 Greg Burt, Yamaha YFZ-R125 1:32.2940
Motolites
Nathan Taylor riding his Yamaha YFZ-R150 got his championship quest off to a great start with three wins to score maximum points. However he didn’t have it his own way with Mark O’Toole YFZ-R150 and a couple of cheeky Superlites breathing down his neck.
The final Motolite results were #120 Nathan Taylor first, #46 Mark O’Toole second and #81 John Skeers Third. #93 John Olip DNF.
Superlites
#9 Blair Briggs riding the Garry Briggs prepared Honda CB125E BBE won the first two races and was second in race three to take overall honours. #38 Junior Murphy had a track detour in race one and had to play catch up but still finished second in class.
Races two and three these two had a terrific battle with Blair winning race two by a whisker and Junior winning the third race also giving the Motolites a hurry up.
#169 Ian Gregory Honda CB185 and #65 Tim Smith Honda CB185 were keeping a watching brief on the action ahead but finished overall in that order. #62 Jim Murphy was 5th with #22 Glen Livingston 6th.
Commuterlites
#128 Edward Poucher Honda CBR125 won all three races in the Commuterlite class with #93 Jason Davies Yamaha YFZ-R125 a close second.
#99 Eric Brat Suzuki GSXR125 and #717 Ken McLean Honda CBR125 had their own dice going with Eric prevailing. Like wise 5th and 6th finishers #57 Stuart Ellis Suzuki GSXR125 and # 69 Paul Evans Honda CBR125 were having a good go with Stuart prevailing. As usual with the Commuterlites there was groups of riders down the field fighting it out, always big grins inside the helmets when coming in after the races.
Commuterlite finishing order:
1st. 128 Edward Poucher, 2nd. 93 Jason Davies, 3rd. 99 Eric Brat,
4th. 717 Kenneth McLean, 5th. 57 Stuart Ellis, 6th. 69 Paul Evans,
7th. 73 Daniel Florance, 8th. 33 Mark Deeley, 9th. 66 Andrew Lewer,
10th. 77 David Morschel, 11th. 52T Joshua Thiele, 12th. 222 Andrew Hollier,
13th. 49 Gregory Burt