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Centurion Racing riders James Westmoreland and Dan Cooper
gained two solid results at round six of the Fuchs-Silkolene
British Supersport Championship at Mallory Park this weekend.
Westmoreland once again showed the promise that he showed
at Snetterton a few weeks ago and gained a good sixth place
with Dan Cooper not far behind in ninth position.
Westmoreland rode extremely well throughout the weekend and
sat happily at the top of the time sheets during Friday's
practice session. Dropping to fifth place during qualifying
but only 0.4 off pole the youngster who celebrated his 20th
Birthday last week was eager to gain another podium. Cooper
had been struggling throughout the weekend at Mallory Park
and with the close times he managed to work his way through
to 13th place on the grid.
The heavens opened just as the Supersport riders lined up
on the grid and it was a frantic panic with all team to choose
the correct tyres. The race was cut from 28-laps to 24 and
the two Centurion riders were eager to gain good results and
both opted for full wet tyres.
Westy held seventh place at the end of lap two with Cooper
securing a great start and was through to ninth position.
Westmoreland was locked in a battle with factory Honda rider
Steve Brogan who then crashed out on lap five leaving the
young Centurion rider in a race of his own in sixth place.
Cooper was fighting hard with Marty Nutt and Rob Frost who
he eventually got the better of at the chequered flag.
Westy commented "I'm pretty happy with my result, it
was mental on the grid and everyone was running around trying
to get tyres sorted. The weather suddenly turned really bad
which I knew would make for an interesting race. I'd been
running really well all weekend at Mallory and I was keen
to try and get another podium, it wasn't to be this time but
I'm still very happy with the result I got."
Cooper added "I'm really pleased with this result as
I've been struggling a bit at the last few rounds but managed
to pull it together this weekend. I'd like to thank all the
Centurion Team for working so hard and glad I could get the
top ten finish that I did. I struggled at the start of the
weekend to put the lap times together but we finally found
a good setting and I just got my head down. I was having a
real scarp in the race and hopefully I can carry on like this
at the remaining rounds."
It is with great regret that Centurion Racing would like to
announce that Dennis Hobbs will not be able to ride for the
rest of the season due to a serious shoulder injury he sustained
at Thruxton Circuit. Hobbs who has been hoping he would get
the all clear from the physio has since found out that he
now requires an operation to regain feeling in his shoulder.
The Centurion Racing Team would like to wish Dennis a speedy
recovery and also to wish him luck for his forthcoming wedding
to Gemma.
2008 Races
Round 7 - 18th - 20th July - Oulton Park, Cheshire
Round 8 - 8th - 10th August - Knockhill, Fife
Round 9 - 23rd - 25th August - Cadwell Park, Lincs
Round 10 - 12th - 14th September - Croft, North Yorkshire
Round 11 - 26th - 28th September, Silverstone, Northants
Round 12 - 10th - 12th October, Brands Hatch, Kent
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