The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A string of positive results at Donington Park over the weekend has breathed life into G&S Racing Kawasaki’s stuttering season.
The meeting, which was held as part of the support programme to the World Superbike Championship on Sunday, saw young Dutchman Jorel Boerboom make his debut for the Wyberton-based team.
Having been racing in the Motostar championship, Boerboom felt this was the time for him to make a move up into the 600cc class after G&S parted ways with Ben Luxton.
He was under no pressure in his first outing on the bike and, with little track time prior to the race, he was never going to get up into a points scoring position.
He started his race from 30th place on the grid and he rode well, making up places to complete his race in 24th position.
In the stock 1000 class, Tom Fisher and Sammy Coventry had the bonus of a two-part 36-lap race.
Qualifying went well for the two riders, with Fisher starting the first part from row seven and Coventry from back on row nine.
Fisher completed the first 18-lap affair in 21st place, before returning to the pits for refuelling and a tyre change.
At the start of the second 18-lapper Fisher rode through the midfielders, making steady progress through to finally cross the finish line in 16th place just outside a point scoring position.
Meanwhile, Coventry began the first 18 laps from the ninth row and got away to a good start, making progress to 23rd on the first lap.
He rode through to 19th on lap 13 and maintained that position to the flag.
After refuelling he returned to the track for the start of part two and once again got away to a good start, moving through to 16th place on the first lap.
On lap four he was up to 13th and battling for position within a large group of riders. Towards the end of the race he realised he was running low on fuel, but with some careful riding he was able to conserve what little fuel remained to take the chequered flag in 13th place for a strong points finish.
Team manager Mark Fisher said: “Everyone did well at the weekend.
“We have had a few problems with set up and not a lot of track time but apart from that all three riders have done really, really well.
“Tom has made a huge jump forward and finished just one place away from the points which is a great improvement.
“Sammy has been superb again this weekend, he had a few issues but worked through them and also managed to conserve his fuel when he realised it was getting low.
“Our new recruit, Jorel Boerboom, was dropped in the deep end as he hadn’t had much time on the bike before the start of his race but he did very well on his first attempt; onwards and upwards so to speak
“Thanks to our sponsors and supporters plus our team who have worked so hard again this weekend.”
The team now has three weeks to prepare for the next round at Knockhill on June 18.
