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Round Five Castle Combe Continues
Heavy rain came down overnight at Castle Combe but fortunately by the time
racing commenced the track had dried out. In the morning ABS Racing
gained further time to learn the track in the ACU Clubmans Open.
Alex set a time of 1:15.92 in cooler conditions than the day before which
was a good sign for the British 250 Championship race.
Starting again from sixth on the grid Symon made a good start and was up
to fifth. However, dropped back down to sixth as he battled with Dan
Tarratt. Quickly Alex's lap time was down into the 1:14s and began
to terrorise the back wheel of Tarratt. Finally on lap six he was
able to go up the inside at Tower corner and from then on things seemed to
click for the track novice.
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Alex quickly pulled a gap and set to work on catching Andy Mechem, who was
two seconds ahead. The gap stayed fairly constant until laps nine
and ten when he really got to grips with things. Dipping into the
1:13s and storming up into fourth place. With the third place about
eight seconds ahead it was an impossible task to finish on the podium.
Alex kept on the pace however, dipping again into the 1:13s, and
finished the race seven seconds behind third. Showing the pace to
have been able to run with the top three. Alex's fastest lap was
just half a second slower than the race winner and was an excellent
achievement considering he had never ridden at Castle Combe before
Saturday morning. Now up to fourth in the championship Alex must be
looking forward to a strong finish to the season and yet another new track
at Anglesey!
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