The bike started in its first practice a little shaky but hey ho went good enough to qualify for a 4th place grid start averaging an initial practice speed of 69.83 mph lapping out at 46.4 seconds per mile , the first race saw the bike leave the grid in a crowd of bikes and thunder to a 6th place finish with an increase of average speed now standing at 71.52 mph lapping out at 45.29 seconds per mile . A lovely start for the bike Sunday however was a little different we suffered a humiliating heat. After complaining of a really big flat spot at 25/50% throttle we confirmed the fault was a sparkplug so a new set was put into the bike. This now meant that as we were unable to get the flying start we had so much hoped for, we were placed on the back of the grid, anyway the flag dropped the bikes went off into the distance and the vfr launched it way through the back markers to finish in a very respectful 7th place and again the average speed per lap was raised to 72.35 mph lapping out at 44.79 seconds per mile .
Every practice heat and race the bike got better and better as you will see from the above. It was also seen in the parade and Alex has now been asked by the paddock scouts to enter it this coming weekend in the formula 400 at three sisters race track in Preston . I am very proud of the results for a first run and its been commented that Alex is very much at home and at ease with the machine he is now booked in with Simon Harris our resident A C U race instructor for some intense track time at Llandow circuit to further our progress on the machine.
Finally the best news of all and it was a shock. The machine entered the technical officers bay and was delayed for inspection by about 30 mins or so none of us knew why but at the presentation of Saturday nights results Alex was awarded for having the best presented and prepared bike of the meeting
Our Sixt Cardiff car hire branch earnt some great publicity last weekend after sponsporing local racer Josh Jone’s Honda bike in the GP400 motorcycle racing championship held at Aberdare Park.
The bike started in its first practice a little shaky but went well enough to qualify for a 4th place grid start, averaging an initial practice speed of 69.83 mph lapping out at 46.4 seconds per mile. The first race saw the bike leave the grid in a crowd of bikes and thunder to a 6th place finish with an increase of average speed now standing at 71.52 mph lapping out at 45.29 seconds per mile, a lovely start for the bike.
Sunday however was a little different we suffered a humiliating heat. After complaining of a really big flat spot at 25/50% throttle it was confirmed that the fault was a sparkplug so a new set was put into the bike. This now meant that we were unable to get the flying start we had so much hoped for, we were placed on the back of the grid. The flag dropped the bikes went off into the distance and the VFR launched its way through the back markers to finish in a very respectful 7th place and again the average speed per lap was raised to 72.35 mph lapping out at 44.79 seconds per mile.
Every practice heat and race the bike got better and better. It was also featured in the parade and Josh has now been asked by the paddock scouts to enter it in the formula 400, this weekend, at three sisters race track in Preston. We were all very proud of the results for a first run and its been commented that Josh is very much at home and at ease with the bike.
Finally, and as a bit of a shock, came the best news of all. The bike entered the technical officers bay and was delayed for inspection by about 30 mins, noone seemed to know why but at the presentation of Saturday nights results Josh was awarded for having the best presented and prepared bike of the meeting.
You can see some great photos of the race and Josh’s Sixt bike on the Aberdare Park 2011 slideshow.
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