Cam Donald back on the streets this weekend at Cookstown 100
Relentless by TAS Suzuki will make their pure road racing debut this weekend at the 2010 season curtain-raiser – the Cookstown 100. It will be the first time in three years that Aussie sensation Cameron Donald has sampled ‘between the hedges’ action on the local scene in Ireland, but the Melbourne lad is looking forward to getting back to basics.
“I only live about a mile from the circuit here in Cookstown, so this is a home race for me and something I’m pretty excited about,” explained Donald. “It’s been three years since I last rode a national road race, so we will be using it for logical testing time on the Relentless Suzuki GSX–R1000 Superbike and GSX–R600 Supersport machines, and if we can claim some top results that’ll be a bonus.
“It really was a last minute decision so I’m not putting too much pressure on myself, with the Relentless International North West 200 only three weeks away. It’s always good to be racing the bikes and not just testing them, and some time on the roads will do me no harm at all.”
Team manager Philip Neill is also delighted to be supporting his local event stating: “We have had a decent pre-season build up this year with both Cameron and Bruce, taking in Spanish testing and a few races over Easter in Northern Ireland. Cameron and I had looked at the Cookstown idea a few weeks ago, even though we only made the decision at the eleventh hour.
“Cameron is a rider who thrives on confidence so a few more racing miles under his belt will do him no harm. I will stress, we are not going to Cookstown primarily for results but to further develop our bikes for the North West 200 and the TT, and as Cameron says, any result will be a bonus. We are just looking to see if we can learn anything and if we do that, then the decision to race at Cookstown will be justified.
“It’s my local race and Cameron is local to Cookstown when he’s racing in the UK and Ireland, so if we’re to do just one national event this year, I’m glad that it’s on our local circuit.”
