The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
The three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders had mixed fortunes at Knockhill in Scotland for the fifth round of the Pirelli Superstock 1000 and 600 championships over the weekend.
TJ Toms and Kevin Keyes rode to a ninth and seventh place respectively in the Stock 600 class, while Milo Ward was 21st in the first Stock 1000 race but was forced to pull in because of the horrendous weather conditions in the second encounter.
Ward had been working hard throughout the weekend trying to find a good set up on the big Kawasaki for the short and technical Scottish circuit and qualified for a ninth row start to the first race on Saturday.
But starting from that far back it was always going to be a difficult task to get up into a point scoring position. Ward gave it his best shot and crossed the finish line in 21st place.
The weather took a turn for the worse on Sunday and it was raining heavily as the riders took their grid positions for race two.
Once the race got under way the spray caused havoc with his vision and he witnessed riders slipping off their machines in the horrendous conditions.
Again, he gave it his best shot and made it through to 23rd place before the rain got even worse and he pulled into the pits to retire.
By the time the Stock 600 riders formed the grid the rain had eased and, although it was still wet and conditions were tricky, both riders were able to bring their bikes home safely.
Toms lined up on row four for the start and got away well but he encountered a slight gear selection problem which caused him to drop down the order on the first lap.
But he persevered and began his comeback, making his way through to ninth position at the flag.
Keyes lined up on the fourth row beside his team-mate for the start of the race and got a clean start to move up into ninth place on the opening lap. He then began to pick off the opposition and by lap 19 of 22 was circulating in sixth position.
But on the final lap he was overhauled by Brent Harran and had to settle for seventh place.
