Mondello Park ‚ Round 6

It was another step in the right direction at Mondello Park Ireland for the Hawk Colchester Kawasaki Team. Both Scott Smart and Peter Hickman gained Championship points. With Smart securing a 12th and 10th position and Hickman scoring a 17th and 14th position the team are making progress and moving in the direction that they want to be going in.

In torrential weather conditions during Friday and Saturday practice sessions and a very wet qualifying session on Saturday afternoon Smart qualified in 15th position with Hickman in 21st both riders had to work their way through the strong field to gain the overall results.

Smart who has been making progress on the Kawasaki ZX10R throughout the season has made a number of changes to his machine to help him push himself forward on the grid and be more competitive in the ultra-tough Bennett s British Superbike Championship.

Commenting Smart said ‚ “We are steadily going forward and developing the bike and getting the set up right for racing. I had a few small problems this weekend, however, some were time consuming and I missed out on a bit of track time. I m beginning to feel more confident on the bike and getting it working the way I like it. We have only just reached the half way point in the season and therefore there is still a lot of time to get it all perfect. ‚

Hicky said ‚ “It s been a fairly mad weekend, the weather conditions were very difficult to ride in and the track was very slippery. I had a crash coming out of the last corner on Friday when I got run wide and touched the white line. Thankfully I didn t do much damage but I could have done without it. I ve had a few offs at the last couple of races and it s knocked my confidence a little. I m just working as staying on and rebuilding my confidence and getting some good results. I m content with the second race result and feeling happier about going to Knockhill in a couple of weeks time. ‚

The next British Superbike race is at Knockhill, 29th, 30th June and 1st July. A full timetable can be viewed here: -

http://www.mcrcb-events.co.uk/gallery/knockhill%20final.pdf

N.B Hawk Kawasaki team up with Colchester Kawasaki

East Anglian Kawasaki dealer Colchester Kawasaki have recently become sponsors of the Hawk Kawasaki Team which sees the Team now being named, with immediate effect, Hawk Colchester Kawasaki. This partnership with the Hawk Team will continue into 2008.

Dealer Principals of Colchester Kawasaki, Ian Stewart and Julie Bentley are no strangers to the British Superbike Paddock after running Shaun Muir (now team owner of Hydrex Honda) in 1996 on an ex World Superbike Reve Racing Kawasaki ZXR 750 and having also run riders in the past including Ray Stringer, Jeremy McWilliams, John Roach and Phil Giles.

Hawk Colchester Kawasaki Team Owner Stuart Hicken commented ‚ “We are very much looking forward to the partnership with Colchester Kawasaki . Ian (Stewart) and I have run riders together in the past and we see this tie up as something that can only benefit both parties ‚ .

It is their mutual desire to sell Kawasaki ZX10 and ZX6 race replicas on the road and various other related products. The partnership will commence with immediate effect.

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