CRUTCHLOW AIMS FOR TOP SIX
 Rizla
Suzuki racer Cal Crutchlow is determined to lift his game
and compete within the top six when the Bennetts British Superbike
Championship returns to Oulton Park for the second time this
season on Sunday, July 15th.
On May 7th during the Championship's first visit to the 2.69-mile-long
Cheshire track, he scored an impressive season's best seventh
place after spending much of the race in contention with the
leaders. He said: "I love Oulton Park; it is a cracking
but challenging circuit that brings the best out in riders.
"My last visit to Oulton Park was good and it means
we can use the data from then as a starting point this weekend.
I think we have improved my Rizla Suzuki since then so it's
time to step up a level and start running in the top six,
it's where we deserve to be."
Rizla Suzuki's Chris Walker is resurgent after a strong performance
at the last round at Knockhill on July 1st, taking fifth and
sixth places. He suffered a high-speed crash at an official
test at Croft last week but remains optimistic for returning
to Oulton Park.
Walker said: "I hurt my left arm in the crash at Croft
last week but it is healing well and I'll be ready for the
racing this weekend.
"We have been continuously improving the Rizla Suzuki
all season and the settings we will start with this time round
will be very different than previously. I think we will be
much more competitive - I'm targeting the podium."
Due to noise restrictions, racing at the eighth round of
the Bennetts British Superbike Championship starts slightly
later than normal with the premier class taking to the track
at 1350 on Sunday, July 15th.
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