10/05/03, Snetterton, Newera SuperClub Round 2

I qualified second on the grid behind Sean Carrison and in front of Matt Doughty and Dave Alsop. First impressions were that this was going to be a tough circuit for the 2 strokes.

Race 1  
Got off the line 2nd and followed Sean for as long as I could, his bike was a lot quicker than mine and I seemed to have a lot to make up. Dave Alsop nudged his front wheel up the inside of me a couple of times down both the straights but nothing a bit of out braking couldn't sort out. So held that position with no major incidents and finished second.

Race 2
Got off the line second again but a lot closer to Sean this time. Dave seemed to be having a much better race as he past me on the start finish straight and made it stick. All three of us stayed pretty close to each other for about 3 laps then I decided to see what the bike could do as we had a huge lead over the rest of the pack. I upped my pace and found myself level with the 400's of Dave and Sean throughout I then made the plan for the last lap to take them both at Russells chicane. It was all going to plan with Sean leading and making a few mistakes under pressure I dived up the inside as rehearsed only to be completely shut off by Dave. Dame it! but I would have done the same myself so anyway I ended up 3rd with us al crossing the line within a second. Enjoyed the race better than race 1 though and it showed in the lap times as I'd knocked another 0.4s off my best lap and also set the fastest lap of the race.

Leighton