Fisher gets his birthday reward

Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawaski duo Tom Fisher and Kevin Van Leuven recorded 15th and 17th place finishes respectively in the tenth round of the Superstock 1000 championship at Oulton Park on Sunday.

 
It was touch and go whether or not Fisher would be on the starting grid as his Kawasaki was badly damaged in the crash at Cadwell, leaving the team with a lot of work and expense to get it up and running.

 
But birthday boy Fisher was rewarded for his and the team’s efforts with a championship point.

 
Fisher qualified in 19th position which, considering the bike was unproven when they arrived at the circuit, was a very respectable result.

 
He began his race from the seventh row and got away to a really good start, moving up to 16th place on the opening lap.

 
On lap five he passed Joe Burns to move into a point scoring position of 15th which he held until lap 10 when Tom Tunstall made a move forward.

 
A crash involving two front runners elevated him back into 15th place on the final lap which was where he crossed the finish line to pick up a championship point.

 
Van Leuven was looking forward to a good result from one of his favourite circuits.

 
When the team was at Oulton earlier in the year the weather was dreadful but this time it was fine and sunny which made for some fast racing.

 
Van Leuven out qualified his team-mate and began his race from the sixth row.

 
He was embroiled in a battle for position within a large group of riders and remained in 19th through the early laps before moving up two places after passing Barry Teasdale and Joe Burns.

 
But towards the end Teasdale reclaimed his position and Mike Booth followed leaving Van Leuven in 19th place.

 
When two of the front riders crashed on the final lap he was elevated to 17th which was where he crossed the finish line, just outside the points.

 
Team manager Mark Fisher said: “We had a cracking weekend. Tom is happy enough with his result as it was a struggle to get the bike up and running in time.

 
“Kevin out-qualified Tom which was impressive, but he was held up in the huge gaggle of riders and was pushing hard which caused a problem.”