ROKiT Rookies Celebrate a Win And Pick up More Points at Knockhill
The ROKiT Rookies ended the Knockhill weekend on a high as Kalvin Kelly took an impressive win in the final Tracker Kawasaki British Superteen race.
After a weekend hit by heavy rain across all three days, Kelly saved his best until last as he beat Carl Harris across the line to take victory
The Superteens were first out this morning with a 16-lap race held in the rain, with Australia’s Brodie Gawith the leading Rookie, crossing the line in fourth position, with Chloe Jones also banking a solid top 10 in sixth place.
Darragh O’Mahony and Floris Schipper also picked up points as they crossed the line in 13th and 14th spots respectively.
Next up were the Quattro Group British Supersport Cup riders, with Mikey Hardie and Adam Brown looking for solid results. Hardie had been running well in second place in class but had an unfortunate crash on Lap 15.
This left Adam Brown to fly the Rookie flag and the youngster kept his head down and pushed hard to finish third in class.
Finally it was the turn of the Superteens once again, for the final race of the event. From second on the grid, Kelly dropped back to fifth in the opening lap as he settled in behind team-mate Brodie Gawith, who was keen to build on his third place in Saturday’s race.
On a drying track, Kelly soon regrouped and began creeping back up the order, moving up to second place on the 10th lap. Setting the fastest lap of the race on Lap 11, he quickly closed in on leader Carl Harris, and started the final lap 0.2seconds behind.
Pushing hard, he was right up with Harris and made his move as the pair exited the final corner, outdragging his rival to the line to take the win by 0.221secs. Gawith held on to take fifth place as Jones secured another top 10 in ninth.
O’Mahony picked up more points as he crossed the line in 15th, one place ahead of Jay Yeldham, while Floris Schipper and Charlotte Marcuzzo also banked top 20 finishes, in 18th and 19th spots respectively.
The ROKiT Rookies now have a few weeks off and will all be back out at Snetterton over the weekend July 5-7.
