We’d like to say Billy McConnell on the C&L Fairburn Properties Look Forward Honda was fighting fit but he was full of flu and feeling very under the weather.
Despite this he had a good weekend with two 14th places and an unfortunate DNS. The extreme heat of Friday took its toll and Billy did what he needed to do without wasting too much energy.
He had a steady qualifying session and started the opening race on Saturday from 16th place on the grid. He was locked in a battle with Luke Hedger and Max Cook and eventually ended up in the points in 14th position.
He started race two from 16th again, the race started, and Billy was making progress. However, the race was red flagged and, on the re-start, Billy was pulled off the grid with a small technical problem so was unable to start.
This put him way back in 22nd place on the grid for the final race of the weekend. An awesome start saw Billy make up some places and work his way through the pack. He was part of an epic battle mid back consisting of many top riders battling for points. Billy was able to lead this pack and finished in 14th place.
Billy – “I’m happy with the weekend despite feeling so poorly. It was good to be in the points on Saturday and was looking forward to Sunday. We saw a small oil leak, tried to fix it when the red flag came out but still had a small issue. The third race was difficult coming from the back but enjoyed the battles that we were in and to score some more Championship points made it better!
Thruxton has always been a good track for me, and I can’t wait to get there now and get going! Thanks to all the team and the sponsors for continuing to work hard and support us.”
Press release Via Billy’s Team
Photos: Ian Hopgood
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