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Unedited race
notes from our live reporting page
- 1607 - Krusty gets it
- 1605 - Krusty just got shown the
last lap board, the race is his, Shannon wants to cross the
line before Brookes no matter what the timers say and he takes him
at the Northern Hairpin and holds him off under brakes for the esses
but then Shannon runs a little wide which allows Brookes back
through
- 1604 - Two laps to run and
Fergusson leads by 2 seconds over Giles on combined time, then it s
a further 2.4 seconds back to Brookes in third, then it is Johnson,
Allerton, Bugden, Stauffer, Charlton according to the combined
timing display
- 1603 - Shannon Johnson closing on
Brookes on the track but the gap on combined time is 2.7 seconds so
Brookes has little to worry about with only a couple of laps to go
as on the timing he has a good buffer in his favour
- 1602 - Jamie Stauffer trying to
find a way past Anthony Gobert on the track and Anthony gives him
the room to go by under brakes for the esses, Gobert is ninth on
combined time while Jamie is seventh on combined time as he did lose
a little progress while behind Gobert
- 1601 - Shannon has only managed to
reel Brookes in a by another tenth
- 1600 - Jamie struggling his way
through the field following that earlier mishap but is in an
incredible sixth place on combined time
- 1558 - Race order on combined time
with 8 laps to run is Fergusson with a 1.7 second lead now over
Giles who in turn has a second on Brookes according to the combined
timing display. Shannon a clear fourth on combined time 3.5 seconds
behind Brookes. That gap between Johnson and Brookes down to
3.1 now with 7 laps to run
- 1557 - Shannon Johnson looking
very determined in this one and absolutely smoking the Dunlop on his
R1 as he tries to get past Allerton...He does exactly out of the
Northern Hairpin, Shannon is on a mission...
- 1555 - They are away in the
restart and it is Stauffer leading from Fergusson and Giles, Jamie
runs wide at the end of the pitlane straight and goes dirt tracking
and grass tracking before rejoining at the rear of the field. So
Krusty leading from Giles, Brookes and Allerton on the track which
is also the order on combined time.
- 1551 - Gilesy has formed up on the
grid, Jamie also, they will be off on another warm up lap
shortly. The restart will be for 11 laps and then the result
will be decided on we believe combined time.
- 1550 - Jamie Stauffer seems to
have also got a hole in his radiator from that debris. Riders
heading out of pitlane for another sighting lap now.. Suzuki and
Kawasaki teams trying to put the used tyres from the bikes they just
rode onto their spare bikes. Bedlam in pitlane...
- 1545 - The part of the track
concerned being swept now, then we will be up for a restart
- 1542 - Gilesy runs too deep at
turn one and thus has to take a detour through pitlane, actually it
looks as though he could park it up in pitlane maybe, RED FLAG OUT,
somebody down or t could be because we have just found out that
Giles has actually retired with a hold radiator so perhaps it is
debris on track somewhere from a crash and the red flag as a
precautionary measure because of the debris
- 1541 - Brookesy sideways under
brakes for the esses to slip through on Giles to take that third
position
- 1540 - Jamie gets the lead but
runs a little wide which allows Fergusson straight back through,
still 12 laps to go and I think this will be a four way battle to
the end if Giles and Brookes don't lose any more ground on Fergusson
and Stauffer
- 1539 - Jamie hounding Fergusson at
nearly every turn while another second behind them Brookesy is doing
exactly the same thing to Gilesy in trying to mount a challenge for
third
- 1538 - Brookesy right on the pipe
of Gilesy now and backing the Fireblade in spectacularly sideways
- 1537 - Still Fergusson but Jamie
all over him and will make a move any moment
- 1535 - Fergusson and Jamie
Stauffer have pulled away from Giles a little and Brookes is
catching Giles and Johnson is closing also
- 1533 - Fergusson takes the lead
under brakes for the esses, Jamie right there with them and
threatening Gilesy. But Gilesy got a little untidy getting on the
power and drifted a little wide which allowed Fergusson to escape a
few more bike lengths. Jamie Stauffer then under Gilesy under
brakes for the esses. Brookes, Johnson and Allerton have gone passed
Gobert to push the Go Show back to seventh place. It should be
noted that Anthony is on a privateer bike with no spare bike and
very limited modifications so he is certainly behind the eight ball
on the machinery front but great to see him out there and having a
good go all the same
- 1531 - That order remains the same
with Shannon Johnson all over the back of Gobert, Brookes behind
Johnson also champing at the bit. Adam alongside Giles under brakes
but has to let Giles take the line, Krusty right on his pipe through
the fast turn around the back of the circuit but Gilesy holding on
still.
- 1530 - Giles and Fergusson away
equally well but it is Shawn with the line for turn one and leads
from Fergusson and Jamie Stauffer. Anthony Gobert got a great run
off the line and is running fourth
- 1528 - Superbikes on warm up lap
now
- 1522 - Superbikes up next
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