It was time for the first Junior event since Top Guns, and first as a B grade. I was really exited for the weekend, hoping I could go really well. The practice on the club day before was great, and I had this great fast track fresh on my mind.
Competitors:
#10 Samuel Davies
#12 Billy Bishop
#14 Bodhi Bright
#18 Braden Clark (Me)
#22 Ben Taylor
#23 Bastian Mullan
#25 Winston Smith
#26 Isaac Woodhouse
#28 Ryan Cook
#29 Kye Belton
#32 Dylan Muller
#44 Riley Jabke
#46 Coby Dunlop
#49 Liam Hall
#88 Johnny Hill
#95 Joshua D'Ambrosio
Qualifying
I qualified 12th out of 16, but this was with carby issues again.
Heat 1
I finished 10th in heat 1, still with carby issues. Got a good start into 6th but slowly dropped back.
Heat 2
For Heat 2 I started 12th again. I got to seventh on the start, but got passed on lap 2. It was a fun race, still with carby issues. Even then, I was only 3 seconds behind the leader! I still cant believe that 1st to 8th can be 3 seconds!
Heat 3
In heat 3 is started 9th. I still had carby issues, I finished 10th this time.
Heat 4
Heat 4 was easily the most fun race, I started and finished 7th this time, having great battles throughout! I was in 6th most of the race, making a move on lap 2 and getting passed on the second last lap. 5th, 6th and 7th were all so close, within half a second! Still with the carby issues.
Final
Starting 7th, I was really determined to get to 5th. I got a great start, into 4th! but at turn 2, there was a stack and I came out in 14th, dropping 10 positions! I climbed back to 11th by lap 5, but there was a massive gap to 10th. I caught up on lap 7, I was held up and went for a move but I was clearly turned in on, and dropped back to 14th and finished there.
Overall a fun weekend, would of liked to do much better in the final, but I had a great time pitting with Toby Waghorn, and having a bit of a chat with Samuel Davies. On to Portland!
