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>Hello race fans, round one at Mallory Park saw Martin >and I get ready for the first race of the season. The >sidecar behaved without problems this time and >practice seemed fairly good with the engine sounding >ok but not as free as it could be. Race one started >fine with the outfit shooting into first place and >pulling a gap on the opposition. Everything was going >fine until we got stuck behind a bike outfit at the >worst place it could have been, the bus stop. The bike >outfit was going so slow that i had to go down to >first gear and wait for him to crawl out of it and >then we could carry on. This let Ralph Remnant and >Chris Taylor past as they came up to this section a >good while later and could just fly straight through. >We managed to pass Chris and pull Ralph in a bit but >on the last lap into Edwinas i was carrying alot of >extra speed and the sidecar lifted, this upset martin >a bit and he missed his grip and fell off. Race two >was a case of finish and settle for points as Martin >was a bit brused and we had not scored yet. Not such a >good start but we got our heads down and carried on. >When we came to Edwinas for the first time the front >locked up and we lost steering, not really sure why as >it was fine the rest of the race and we had to go down >the escape road. This brought us out behind Chris >again so we set off to catch him. We were making good >progress when he blew up in front of us so we settled >into second place. The solos faired slightly better >but Martin was trying out a new teflon coated piston >which was a gamble that did not pay off. The coating >was a good bit thicker than is ideal and made the >engine run tight. To guard against this Martin up >jetted and took it easy so finished towards the back >but managed to get the bike home safe both races. My >solo race was a much better result though. I got a >brilliant start and steadily overtook my way to the >front. I finished in 5th place overall and second in >class. Race two was good but not as good as race one. >I got another brilliant start but got stuck behind >Steve Conneely at gerrards and boxed in. I then made >good progress untill my clutch started slipping and >then my throttle stuck open for the last two laps. >Managed to get the bike to the finish though but only >in 12th place. Not bad though as i started 17th. Check >out the blog for more details. Next round is at three >sisters which is not a favourite of mine and Martins >but we will have a go. Thanks to Gaz Jack Cath and >Phil for the help and support.

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