04/10/2026
β΄οΈ Race Report β΄οΈ
Saturday 3rd October
Irish Minibike Championship Finale
An amazing day racing, the weather gods were kind, the sun was shining all day π
I love to ride at Kirkistown and was really looking forward to it.
I raced 2 bikes this weekend, the KTM & my uncle Roy's 140.
STOCK 140
QUALIFYING - I didn't push hard as I'm always happy if I'm in the front 2 rows. I placed 5th.
RACE 1 - Got a brilliant start off the line which put me into 4th position, which is brilliant in a group of 24 riders, maybe more. Had my battles & enjoyed the race but knew I could do better. I finished 3rd.
RACE 2 - I got my foot stuck under my footpeg resulting in a bad start which meant up I wasn't upfront with the leaders, had my battles and managed to finish 5th.
RACE 3 - I wheeled off the line & had to short shift, not perfect but OK. Took me a few laps to get past a rider who was holding me up. Once I was past him I had the leaders in my sights. I rode as hard as I could putting in the fasted laptime out of the group for the whole day. Finished in 2nd with just 0.02 of a second between us on the finish line. Nearly had that P1!
Well done to everyone in the group, fantastic racing all day long ποΈ π¨ π
OPEN CLASS
QUALIFYING - Same again, didn't push too hard & placed 6th
RACE 1 - Decent start off line, good battles. On the last chicane I out braked myself and had to let a rider past resulting in 5th place.
RACE 2 - Another good start, I fought hard & put in a PB in my laptimes 45.2. Finished 5th again.
RACE 3 - Another decent start, got round turn 1 but going into turn 2 we were bunched up and I had to go on the brakes hard to avoid hitting another rider which resulted me going wide and touching the grass. In Commentary Corner words I was "Down & Out" π€£ Soft landing on the grass, no injury & the bike was fine ππ»
A cracking days racing to finish off the IMC 2026 season, I've loved every minute of it.
πI finished 5th overall in the Championshipπ
I can't wait to do it all again next year ποΈ
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