And so begins another year of scooter racing in the UK. The first round of the 2011 BSSO Championship took place at Mallory Park last week on 25 April. Things are different for us this year with us having two new riders...
One being Joe Ravenscroft who raced last year and is very experienced on the track. And the other rider being Pedstop Boy Sam Schofield whose had no real racing experience. Last year’s championship winner Josh Brown was back for a chance to win the title for possibly the third year running. With these three riders in place we didn’t know what to expect. As per usual everything was very last minute with getting the Zips ready and the new colour scheme panels not arriving meant two of the bikes were looking a little on the tatty side.
VIDEOS
Race 1: A nerve-wracking first race, Josh took first place and the fastest lap time of 1 minute 09.07 seconds. Joe came second, his fastest lap was 1 minute 10.79 seconds. The best is yet to come from Sam who came eighth, thankfully he didn't come off.
Race 2: Everyone got a good start off the line in race two with the odd rider maybe jumping the gun a little bit. Josh and Joe were the front runners along with a surprisingly quick Craig Bewey. Joe and Josh battled it out from the start with some extremely close racing and in lap four Josh set a new lap record of 1 minute 08.43 seconds (top speed of 73.13 mph). The frantic pace continued and in lap five Joe pushed it a little bit too much resulting in an off at Shaw's Hairpin (watch the video at 5:36). Josh crashed into Joe's bike but luckily managed to stay on. This gave Craig the lead that he needed and he went on to win the race leaving Josh in second. Sam was a lot more confident in race two and came a respectable fifth due to holding his line during traffic and generally being more confident among other riders.
The action continues in Round 2 at Pembrey, South Wales on May 21/22.
