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ABSracing Report
Snetterton 1 September 2007
New Era GP250
I didn't see the point including a title referring to the British GP250
Championship because we didn't get that far through the weekend. Instead
play was halted after a relatively slow crash coming out of Russels which
had a knock on effect (literally) meaning we were not able to compete the
following day.
Family commitments and some communication problems meant preparations were
rather stressful for Snetterton. Despite this a positive outlook was
maintained and after a diversion off the M25 we arrived before midnight on
Friday (thanks to Nigel Lawrance, fellow racer and good friend, for
joining me at Snetterton). |
With a relatively early start scheduled the next day we unloaded the bike
and setup the caravan before turning in around 1:30am.
A good night's sleep was had and around 8am we started preparations for
the day. All went to plan and we were ready for GP250 & 600 practice
(timed) around 10:50am. Feeling the affects slightly from the build up to
the meeting I didn't feel too 'alert' on the bike but made sure I
concentrated on several bike changes since Anglesey - bedding in new fr
pads, making sure new pistons/rings were ok (no water leaks from loose
cylinder nuts this time!), gearing changes, suspension changes, smoothing
off old/spun tyres and getting used to Snetterton on a 250 again. A
respectible lap 1:14.7 was completed after around 10 laps.
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