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UP AND DOWN WEEKEND FOR JENTIN RACING-BMW MOTORRAD AT MALLORY PARK

28/06/2010

Jentin Racing-BMW Motorrad’s Steve Brogan experienced highs and lows at this weekend’s Mallory Park British Superbike round, securing a win in the Evo Superbike class in race one but then being taken out in the second race.  

The likeable Liverpudlian recovered from a practice crash yesterday to head into turn one at the Leicestershire track in third place before going passed his two Evo Superbike rivals in a handful of laps. Brogan was unlucky to be taken out by a wayward competitor in the second race but was upbeat about his weekend.  

Brogan said: "In the first race, I got a pretty good start and got up to third in the Evo class. I had given my hand a good clout in the crash yesterday and it was pretty badly swollen, but I quickly relaxed and settled into a rhythm just to see how the hand was feeling and where I could push with it and where I had to take it a bit easier.  

"I was running a pretty good pace, considering, and I managed to pass the two Evo bikes in front within a few more laps. I then set about putting some distance between us. I had asked the team to give me signals to the closest Evo so I soon realised I wasn’t able to shake them off so I pushed hard and managed to put a couple of the full-spec Superbikes between us and held on until the flag for the win.  

"The plan for the second race was just to get stuck in and try for another podium. I made an aggressive start but going into the first chicane on the first lap another rider cut across me and wiped my front end out. As I slid across the track I got a little whack in the back from a Kawasaki and that was me finished for the day.  

"I’m pretty pleased, and quite relieved, that we’ve walked away with twenty five points from the weekend, which isn’t a bad result considering the problems we had to overcome.”  

Team manager Bernie Toleman said: "Our weekend has literally been up and down. The crash in practice really put us up against it. Not only did Steve have to deal with an injury but there were a few technical gremlins that we were unable to fully iron out for the races.  

"For Steve to win the Evo class and finish 14th was really way beyond what we were expecting, it really was one of his best performances of the year so far. Once we’d won the first race with no addition problems there was a reasonable hope that we could rostrum again in race two.  

"Steve started in his normal aggressive style but the first lap chicane argy-bargy didn’t go in his favour and he went down. Thankfully both rider and bike were fine.   "We’re leaving Mallory quite positive. After the crash yesterday, 25 points seemed very ambitious, but again the team managed to pull a result out of the bag. We’ll go to Knockhill next weekend confident that we have the performance to achieve more podiums.”  

MCE British Superbikes & Mirror.co.uk BSB-EVO Championship   Race 1  
1 Ryuichi KIYONARI Honda - HM Plant Honda
2 Josh BROOKES Honda - HM Plant Honda
3 Michael LAVERTY Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS
4 Michael RUTTER Ducati - RidersMotorcycles.Com
5 Stuart EASTON Honda - Swan Honda
6 Chris WALKER Suzuki - CW Racing
7 Simon ANDREWS Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki
8 John LAVERTY Kawasaki - Buildbase Kawasaki
9 Andrew PITT Yamaha - Motorspoint Yamaha
10 Alastair SEELEY Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS
14 E Steve BROGAN BMW - Jentin Racing - BMW Motorrad  

Race 2  
1 Ryuichi KIYONARI Honda - HM Plant Honda
2 Josh BROOKES Honda - HM Plant Honda
3 Michael LAVERTY Suzuki - Relentless Suzuki by TAS
4 Michael RUTTER Ducati - RidersMotorcycles.Com
5 Chris WALKER Suzuki - CW Racing
6 John LAVERTY Kawasaki - Buildbase Kawasaki
7 Simon ANDREWS Kawasaki - MSS Colchester Kawasaki
8 Tommy HILL Suzuki - Worx Crescent Suzuki
9 Tommy BRIDEWELL Honda - Quay Garage Honda
10 Andrew PITT Yamaha - Motorspoint Yamaha
DNF E Steve BROGAN BMW - Jentin Racing - BMW Motorrad