The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Kirton racer Aaron Clarke gets his season under way at Donington Park this weekend.
Still with draperRACING, Clarke is once again competing in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 championship.
He was at Cadwell Park for a shakedown test recently – and was on good form.
Despite the inclement weather, he posted fast times and was happy with his progress and had been looking forward to the official test at Donington Park last week.
But the weather was against the team at Donington, as heavy rain hindered their progress somewhat.
Despite the cold and wet conditions, Clarke went out to get a feel for the bike and found a wet set-up – should the weather be bad for the opening round at the Leicestershire circuit at the weekend.
In the final session Clarke did, however, come off his machine in the slippery conditions and that curtailed his track action as, although he was fine, the bike suffered some cosmetic damage and it was decided to call it a day.
The provisional timetable for the opening round of draperRACING’s championship challenge at Donington Park is as follows: Friday – first free practice (9am); second free practice 1.50pm.
Saturday – qualifying 10.15am.
Sunday – morning warm up (9am), 14-lap race (12.35pm).
You can once again follow Clarke’s progress in the Superstock 600 championship in The Spalding and South Holland Voice.
