Round by Round
Brands
Hatch GP 4/5/6
April 2008
National Superstock Championship
Re-scheduled
for the weekend of May 10/11
Thruxton
18/19/20 April 2008
National Superstock Championship
Rd 1
Race Result
1st S.Brogan
2nd J.Kirkham
3rd
C.Donald
Rhys Boyd (22nd)
Practice
After
the snow storm of Brands, the team arrived at Thruxton, ready
for the season’s first race action proper. With a dry track,
Rhys completed 17 laps of free practice and posted a time of 1:22.9,
good enough to place him 26th after the first session of the weekend.
Qualifying
The track remained dry for Friday afternoon’s first qualifying
session and although Rhys had improved on his time from practice,
he eventually found himself in 30th position, with hope of moving
onwards from there in final qualifying. Unfortunately, Saturday’s
second qualifying session brought rain and with conditions worsening,
it was going to be impossible for Rhys to improve on his lap time.
Therefore, leaving himself plenty to do from 30th on the grid
in Sunday’s race.
Race
Raceday, and from the 8th row of the grid, Rhys
got away cleanly and quickly settled into the race. Having already
made up a few places in the initial laps, he had moved up to 25th
by lap ten and was running well. By the fifteenth and final lap,
Rhys had improved further and eventually took the chequered flag
in 22nd place and set his fastest ever lap of Thruxton in the
process. Overall, it was a pleasing weekend for Rhys and the team.
