"Listen Indi this is what you need to do"
650cc twins
On Saturday the 19th June, we competed at the Bush Road races in Ireland. Indie was a new comer to the circuit and after a few sighting laps in a friends car he said it was very technical circuit. But it did not take him long to get into the swing of things. The first race was the 650 supertwins, where Indie qualified in 5th place. At the end of the first lap, he was in 2nd position. On lap 4 both him and John Borrows smashed the lap record by over 7 seconds. Borrows held on to win, and Indie took a brilliant second place, and just missed out by 3/10 off a second to hold the outright lap record for this class. Not bad on his first attempt.
Indi & Johnny B celebrate 1st & 2nd places in the 650 twins race
600cc Race
The second race of the day was the 600 race. Indi qualified in 11th place at the end of lap 1 Indi was in 3rd place ahead of Davy Morgan and Michael Pearson. On lap 2 at Cranstons Corner Pearson went underneath both Morgan and Indi and in doing so hit Indi which unsettled him and allowed both Pearson and Morgan through. Indi followed them for a couple of laps but after seeing some outrageous moves my both riders he decided to drop back and settled for 5th place.
Indi hard on the heels of Davey Morgan in the 600 race
1000CC Race
The 3rd race which we competed in was the 1000cc class but we were still using the 600cc machine. Indi qualified in 12th place and after a sluggish start worked his way up to 7th place by the end of the race.
BUSH OPEN – MAIN EVENT ON THE DAY
Indi started from the front row of the second grid for this race in 13th place which in itself was a blessing as it would give him a clear road due to the fact that they started 10 seconds after group 1. I told him to make sure and try to get a good start and he did this at the end of lap 1 he was leading the B group and on corrected time was on 9th position. By the end of lap 6 he was up into 7th place and 3seconds behind the 5th place Michael Sweeny. I told Indi that he would come into his own in the second half of the race as the lads riding the big bikes would start to feel it physically in the 10 lap race and sure enough they did. I could tell by Michael Sweeny’s body language that he was starting to tire so I gave Indi the go ahead and in doing so he reeled in 5th and 6th place men to take a magnificent 5th place in the Bush Open. It was a great ending to a great days racing.
THANKS
I would like to pay special thanks to the following people:-
To – D & G Wray Racing for helping the team to compete at the Bush Road Races.
To – The organizers and all the helpers for making it such a successful event.
Last but not least to Paul Cranston, his wife Jenny and the family for the wonderful hospitality which they extended to the Air Kawasaki Team.
Paul Cranston and his wife, Jenny
