2005 Race 1 - Pitsford Water - Brixworth Northants |
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 Rob from Lloyd, and Scott lap 1 |
 The Sprint, thats 2nd to 5th, very close. |
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Round 1 was fast and furious with some close racing to the wire in the Senior
and Vets classes. Nobody got near Matt Barrett after his rocket of a start, but a chasing pack kept him in sight all race. In a sprint finish Plumz's Lloyd Bettles grabbed 2nd from Scott Rose / SIS and Adi Scott with Phil Hughes following in. In The Vets Jack and Garry Hill / CATS fought out the lead for a few laps before lap 1 crasher Keith Sperry caught and passed them to take the win. Gary stormed past JP for 2nd at the end of the last lap. Juniors saw Nicholas Jones head home our own Numplumzs Ian Whatling. |
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view from the sharp end of the seniors. Seeing the usual suspects while changing and warming up I knew it was going to be a hard fast race and I wasn't wrong. It was also clear on this years form that nobody was going to catch or keep up with Matt Barrett. The start line was in its usual mess but it found a way to organise by the first corner Rob Lee got off too his usual flying start with a few others for company ,my start was OK ,following and not too far behind. Half way round the first lap I was latched on to the back of the leading riders and feeling very comfortable, the pace was pretty quick and we all took turns on the front testing each other out, Matt had escaped but was not getting too far away, we could see him all the time. On about lap three I was sitting in nicely behind Rob when Adi decided to give it ago catching me out , Rob didn't respond so I took off after Adi who had I slight gap but on the next climb I closed up pretty easily ,Scott Rose slowly clawed his way back over to us along with Phil but we had shook off Rob. The longer the race went on the stronger felt but I didn't feel confident enough to go away on my own so I decided to stay put and battle it out where I was .The climbs seemed to go real good for me I was able to easily get to the front and pull away with only Scott giving me any worry ,so I planned to get to the front just before the last hill and lead the race out from there, but I nearly ballsed it all up when I tried to take Adi on the inside just before the bridge, there just wasn't the room and it was a bad mistake and I took us both down ,luckily it was at slow speed and we were able to carry on with nobody coming past us ,and I had the lead . I knew Adi was finding the last climb hard so I just dug in and sprinted to the top by the time we were at the play area I knew it was in the BAG Good fast race and it was the first time I was able to actually think about tactics rather than just chasing as hard as I can, if only Matt Barrett............................? Jacks view from the Vets. Let's get this straight, I never look forward to Pitsford, I'm always crap here and its strength sapping even when dry. So off we romp and I let them all go. The fast descent on the grassy curve is fun and heck I even seem to climb OK. Dave Palmer comes past me a full speed looking really good this year and then I notice Garry (Hill) ahead. Totally by surprise I reel him in, surprised because he kicked my ass at the first NPS round, it then becomes clear that I've just taken the lead. Oh crap, the fun bit goes out the window as red mist takes over, I lead after 2 laps but not for long. Keith Sperry soon passes us after a start line crash has held him up. But he dosen't fly away which keeps us trying hard. Garry goes back ahead for a while but then seems to struggle as I pull away for about 20 seconds at the last lap shout. Although I tried and put in another consistent lap time Garry had saved something and shot past for an easy 2nd. So its all ready for you to pounce next week Ron. |
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Thanks to
Rik from CATS for this collection of Race 1 Images Right to left from the top Ian Mansfield - Matt Barrett - Jack Peterson - David Palmer - Andrew Waller - Craig Simpson Ian Dick Jack shadowing Garry Hill Any help with the bottom row ?? |
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