09/09/2020
Team Stannard had an awesome weekend at Donington Park , this time with Karl Schofield as Passenger,
Saturday was a learning curve for both, after not riding together for over a year, the team jelled quickly, qualifying went well posting 16th position out off a grid of 33! 7th F2,
Race one was a real close race , teams swapping places for the whole duration , mammoth battle finishing 11th overall , 6th F2
Race 2 was nearly a disaster before we got going. Simon Hortons clutch went on the line and we nearly collected the rear but managed to avoid by inches , this left us down the field so a fight back was needed , we managed to finish 17th , 8th F2
Sunday was another dry day , Bike was prepared and ready to go , new Sidecar tyre fitted , ( thank you Sue Stannard ) Race 3 we finished 12th , 8th F2
Race 4 , we had a good start , and was going well , on lap 3 we was involved in a massive scrap with 3-4 others and unfortunately a passenger slipped out on the exit from Redgate and avoiding action was needed , I locked my wheels and to avoid the passenger , which we did but then on had a small vibration from the front , think I’d put a flat spot on the tyre , the race was red flagged , thankfully with no injuries , the restart was as manic as all the races. Frantic swapping and changing , awesome to ride, unfortunately for us a misfire on the last but one lap caused us to pull into pit lane, so that was our weekend run. Thankyou to Sue Stannard for your support , without we wouldn’t turn a wheel this year, Karl for being as good as ever, Sophie for being there ,
See you all next week at Scarborough, Bruce