The Biker Place

The Holiday weekend seen the 2nd round of ‘The British Super Bike Championship’ visit the picturesque
Oulton Park Circuit in Cheshire. Alex Gault the young Scottish motorcycle racer was looking forward to this
round as it is one of his favourite tracks in the country.

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However with no time around the track on the big Kawasaki motorcycle and no data available to them, the
team knew it was going to be a struggle. Evident after Free Practice when; with the wrong final gearing fitted to the bike the youngster found himself in 22nd position from the 45 available.

With different final gearing fitted, things looked better for Gault in Qualifying. Going through the speed traps
on average over 3 mph faster than previously at 147.8 mph. then disaster struck as a technical problem caused the 18 year old to retire resulting in him dropping down the placings, finally ending in 28th position form the 40 riders allowed to start the race.

‘The British National Super Stock 1000’ Race was first on Mondays programme and Gault took to the track at
12 O’clock, the weather had changed and for the first time this year the race would be held in the rain. No one was expecting anything from the debutant, from 45 entrants there are only 4 other new comers in this very competitive class but Gault showed what might be coming in the future, as by the first lap he had overtaken 7 riders and was up to 20th place by the end of lap 5 he had climbed to 16th. He caught and passed another two riders and up to 14th but then as he entered the ‘Hyslops’ Chicane the front wheel of Gaults’ bike slid on dropped oil from a previous crash and the youngster and the bike went down, due to the damaged caused to the bike in the crash Alex could not remount and his race was over.

The youngest rider in the class was very pragmatic about the event and afterwards said:

It was very disappointing, the bike was going well and I felt good in the wet conditions, this is just one off
those things that happen, thankfully there is not much damage to the bike and we are looking forward to the
next round of the championship to be held a Donington Park in a few weeks time

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