| Andys Anglesey Report
Andys Anglesey Report
New to this years calender is the Anglesey circuit which after reading peoples reports was going to be a fun time.
Due to the funeral of our car mechanic, british champion racer and good friend of our family, Bill Sherras, we left Friday evening after what was the most attended I‘ve ever seen. Even their good family friend Chris Walker was in attendance. RIP Bill
Saturday morning soon came and with it was the most horrendous wind I’ve ever ridden in. The on-site windmill was wizzing away, probably generating double its normal power supply! Qualifying was a familiarity session together with trying to hurl the bike round the windy track as it tried to blow even my stance off the back of the bike. I wasn’t even able to hold the throttle open on the straights?? The races were good practice for Sunday and Sam West certainly shown he was gonna be the class b rider to beat come proper race day, you regulars have trouble with this guy here. The day was dampened with the offs of Jon, Claire & Dave (get well soon guys, you all mean so much to DD). It was nice to be presented with trophies for the Saturday races, thanks New Era!
Sunday drew close with a nice lay-in as the racing wasn’t to start until 10am at this circuit. We had rain over night but somehow the wind had completely gone? The windmill had stopped???
Qualifying was a lottery, the track was wet in places and dry in others. I got my head down for a good lap only to have the rear slide then the front follow in the kink at Church on the main straight. I prepared for a crash but somehow hoisted the bike upright to carry on with a clinched backside… The next lap I saw Harriet and few others had gone off which confirmed it was slippy there. This obviously quashed my confidence and I slowly had to get back upto speed putting in my best lap on the last one, lapping traffic??? I managed 2nd on the grid which was expected but not behind Sam on the 583, well done fella. My main sparring partner, Tim Otei, had similar hastles and got himself behind on the second row. I knew he was in for round 2 of our battles.
Race 1. The track was now mostly dry. I had plenty of practice out-dragging the class b bikes to the first turn on Saturday, so I was confident I could repeat this and put some space between me and Tim as he was on the second row. I headed off and did the perfect start ahead of the 583’s and got into my rhythm only to be passed by Tim going into the banked hairpin, where did he come from? (apparently a jump start got him ahead of the b’s, but how was I to know?). He then proceeded to loose the front which lost him drive out of the turn, I headed back past but he outbraked me into the hairpin… We had a right ding-dong battle (once again), me nearly running into the back of him on the kink of church which was his weak area and then he came by on the brakes into the hairpin at the end of the straight all sideways and squirally like those GP gods! How on earth did we stay on? We were both right on the edge and the track didn’t seem to have its grip that was so often raved about. I had another pass on Tim (cant remember where) and blocked him for a couple of corners, this gave me a little gap which I maintained to the finish. Wahey, a win! One up to me!
Race 2. ‘Not so long sunshine’, I’m sure Tim was saying in his helmet, having taken his second race super-power pills. Again, I got the wholeshot but Tim came through much sooner and we passed each other wherever we could. About half way through the race he was in front of me and I took a look at where he was strong and weak, he was riding like he’d stole it sliding and bucking everywhere. I saw two areas I were stronger and decided on a last lap pass but as we crossed the line with the last lap flag showing the chequered flag came out too?? We’d already had the last lap, bugger!!! Never mind, Tim rode a really hard last lap and it would’ve been hard to pass considering the traffic we had. 2nd it was and we’re back equal first in the championship.
Looks like this is going to the wire!!!
2 weeks and its Snetterton, the place of my very first DD win, battle to commence!!!
Massive thanks to my family and wife for putting up with me all weekend only to get back late Sunday night and we’re back at work… Thanks to my sponsors for the support, without which I wouldn’t be racing and to everyone who’s helped along the way.
Top marks go to amazing Al for riding the Gorgeous Supermono all the way to & from the circuit from home, and record breaker Cobby for managing to do the trip from London in just over 3hours on an 800cc Scooter with no gears?? Can you imagine the faces of the big bike riders being passed at 130, lol…
Finally, get well soon to Jon & Claire (glad to see Dave’s already on the mend) people who make DD what it is. You two must have a magnet one each of the bikes or something..
See you all at Snetterton, where we’ll be in full team support as its Chris’s birthday too…
Andy  | 
13-May-2009, 00:17 
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