The British Tracker Kawasaki Superteens took part as a support race for World Superbikes at Donington Park this past weekend.
it was Ted Wilkinson who set the pace in the Free Practice sessions, the Fire Place Racing rider held the edge over Brodie Gawith with a 0.556s lead with Kalvin Kelly and Carl Harris in the chasing pack with Loris Veneman making his debut as a wildcard in the class in fifth place.
It was however Brodie Gawith who claimed pole position for the Tracker Kawasaki British Superteen Championship, firing the ROKiT Rookies team to the top of the times by 0.137s to lead the way from Ted Wilkinson. Wilkinson led earlier in the session before Gawith moved to the top with championship leader Lewis Smart completing the front row.
Kalvin Kelly was fourth fastest ahead of Dutch contender Loris Veneman with Carl Harris crashing out earlier in the session and he will start from tenth on the grid.
Race 1 : It was Loris Veneman who claimed the first race win of the weekend as the Dutch contender took victory, however he was later excluded from the result following post-race technical control, being failure to attend Parc Ferme to be weighed.
In the race, Veneman was able to break the pack to take the victory on the road by 3.142s from Lewis Smart and Kalvin Kelly who finished inside the top three with Ted Wilkinson and Henry Snell completing the top five.
Race 2: Lewis Smart took the second race win of the weekend holding off the attack from wildcard Loris Veneman in a final lap battle for victory.
Smart added to his winning tally in style as he led the four-way freight train to the chequered flag, despite the best efforts of his Dutch rival who had carved through the pack from his back of the grid start after his race 1 disqualification.
Ted Wilkinson completed the podium top three as he held off Kalvin Kelly who just missed out, whilst ROKiT Rookies teammate Chloe Jones completed the top five.
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