Rutted track challenges riders
Fittingly day two at the impressive Culham track dawned Sunny and bright and so it would remain all day.
The Summer like conditions encouraged a large crowd to attend the final day of the first AMCA British masters event of 2009, and to witness races three and four of the innovative Kawasaki Masters Championship.
With the track graded overnight, all riders in the Kawasaki one make series were familiar with its twists, turns and jumps and looked determined to improve on their day one standings.
As a full field left the gate and roared up the hill for turn one, expectations were high for all riders and their support teams. At the end of lap one Bradley Lofthouse – one of the weekends most improving riders – was in forth behind Paul Neale of Stonehouse, Daniel Parker and, heading the pack, that man again, Paul Smith.
A distant eighth on the first lap, James Shaw was on a mission and by lap five was circulating in fifth and then into second by lap eight – a position he retained until the end of the race.
Neale, was also determined to make progress on the second day of racing at Culham, and worked hard to stay on the tail of a dominant Smith who led from start to finish.
“That were harder that time”, said Smith afterwards. “I’d got some friendly banter from the guys overnight and thought I would make a real effort to win again today. The track was more rutted though and I certainly had a few moments out there”.
