The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
The G&S Racing Kawasaki team headed to Norfolk for round eight of the National Superstock and Junior Superstock championships which took place at Snetterton at the weekend.
Jorel Boerboom’s solid top 20 finish was the highlight for the Wyberton team, but there was an unfortunate non-finish for team-mate Zak Fuller.
The team had received some extra support from Bitubo in time for this Junior Superstock Kawasaki meet, as they supplied a factory fork and suspension kit – which was used for the first time in the free practice sessions.
New Zealand rider Fuller was enthused by the upgrades and rode well in free practice in mixed weather conditions.
Qualifying was completed on a drying track, but wet weather tyres were the order of the day and Fuller finished in 15th place for a fifth row grid position.
He got away to a great start, moving quickly through the field but was caught out on a cold tyre and slipped off and out of the race on the opening lap.
Dutchman Boerboom earned a ninth row start in the senior Superstock race and got away to a good start, moving up into 18th place on lap one.
But the race was marred by a massive crash, which brought the safety car out. When racing resumed Boerboom moved up to 17th before dropping to 20th on the penultimate lap.
However, the rider that had passed him retired on the final lap which promoted Boerboom back to 19th position where he remained to the flag for his best finish of the season so far.
Team manager Tom Fisher said: “It has been a difficult weekend with the weather and of course the mood at the track was sombre after the passing of HM the Queen.
“It was decided the meeting would go ahead but as a mark of respect we all wore black armbands and held a minute’s silence on both race days.
“Zak made a rookie mistake in his race as he was trying a bit too hard and slid off in the early stages. It was disappointing as he was doing so well in practice and would have been challenging for the podium.
“Jorel rode well and has broken into the top 20 for the first time. It’s his first year on the big bike and he is really getting to grips with it now and improving with every outing.”
The next round is at Oulton Park on September 23-25, where both riders will have two races to contest.
