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Thundersport GB Rd 9 Mallory Park 27th July The weather was hot and sunny, and there were 22 people on the grid, including 5 BSB 125 riders. Tom qualified 8th on the grid. But got off to a terrible start in the race and was about 15th going into the first corner. Tom wasn’t worried about this as it was a long 20 lap race and he had time to work his way up. Over the next 10 laps Tom found himself in 7th. He overtook the 6th place man Adam Robinson, on the brakes going into the hairpin. But… Continue

On a wet and windy Mallory Park Tom got his Emra championship back on track after his 3 DNF’s so far this season with Emra. One was when the chain snapped in the assembly area, and the two others when he crashed in the first race (round 3) and ground his little finger away going into Edwina’s and one poor finish (due to detonating a piston at Round 1). Toms dad thought that Tom would be slightly cautious of Edwina’s after the crash, but Tom wasn’t cautious at all round there. (So no ghosts then)… Continue

Qualifying Qualifying 1 went well and Tom put in some consistently quick lap times despite his injured left hand. He managed to qualify 4th fastest. In qualifying 2 Tom bettered his time but not enough; the combined qualifying result meant Tom dropped to 6th on the grid. Tom didn’t worry about this, as he was confident he could get on the front row in the Superpole race. Superpole Race 1 16 laps Tom got a good start from 6th on the grid and was 3rd into turn one. He overtook Adam Dudley by s… Continue

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Brands Hatch 31st May 1st June Thundersport GB Superpole Race 16 laps Rd 5 Tom had qualified 3rd and was determined to better that result in the race. His start was terrible. Tom was 7th into the first corner. After the first lap he managed to get past 2 of them and was in 5th. By then the front pack was going around Druids as Tom was going into Paddock. This was a long race, so Tom started to give chase. He caught them up bit by bit lap by lap. He was with 4th and 3rd place. Then on the last… Continue

17th May Thundersport GB Round 3 Cadwell Park First Qualifying Session Qualifying 1 in damp/drying conditions went ok, Tom had wet tyre’s on and did a few quick laps before coming back in. As the track was drying up he didn’t want to chew up his wet tyre’s by remaining out on track. He was 6th fastest overall. Tom was pretty happy with this as he wasn’t pushing it. But he was determined to go better and get on the front row; the front row gets pit girls! Second Qualifying Session The track had… Continue

Tom went out for practice with the 400’s, 250’s and other 125’s. He learned the track quickly and put in some quick times. He went onto the grass once coming out of The Esses as he was pushing quite hard wanting to get a quick time. Tom came in and complained about front-end chatter going through Riches Corner and Sear Corner, but was 8th fastest out of 45 (including 250’s and 400’s!) Race 1 (Qualifying race) Tom’s mechanic/dad adjusted the rebound settings on the front suspension and on the wa… Continue

Sunday May 4th Practice Tom Weeden went out for his practice with the 250’s and the 400’s. The sun was out and the track was warm. He was putting in consistently quick lap times but would have been faster if it had not been for the 400’s and 250’s. They were braking much before Tom was and they have no corner speed at all, so Tom overtakes them on the brakes and around the corners but as soon as they got to a straight they overtook him again. Tom was 6th fastest out of 44 bikes! Race 1 Tom was… Continue

Practice Tom went out and got used to the track and the bike. He was a bit scared of going over the mountain as he is very light and he thought the bike may flip, but Tom soon got used to it by getting as much of his very little weight as possible over the front of the bike. Mark Keen had told Tom to aim for 1 minute 39 seconds as a lap time. He went well in dry but cloudy conditions and was doing 1 minute 48’s and was only going at a steady pace, not pushing it at all just learning the corners… Continue