The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Kirton racer Aaron Clarke had his best weekend in recent memory at Assen.
Despite crashing out in the wet on Saturday, he finished 15th in Sunday’s British Supersport Championship race to claim a point at the Dutch track.
Better was to follow in the BeNeCup Championship (for Superbike and Supersport riders) in the Dutch championship, as the draperRACING ace took a superb second place in the Supersport category.
Clarke said: “I am over the moon with my results. Saturday’s crash was just one of those things that happen in bad conditions and I was not alone in tipping off.
GET IN! Aaron Clarke with his trophy.
“But I was really pleased with my performance in the British Supersport Feature race, especially being promoted a place after the race meaning I finished in the points.
“But the icing on the cake is my result in the Dutch race.
“I was running well but hit a false neutral and ran wide losing around five seconds and lost the tow – otherwise I would have finished much nearer to (winner and team-mate) Tommy Philp.
“I couldn’t have passed him as he was faster than me but I still finished second and am so happy. It has been a long time since I have had to clean champagne from my leathers!”
Clarke’s season ends at Brands Hatch on October 15.
