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With the weather once again playing
havoc with proceedings at the Ulster Grand Prix, competitors took
advantage of a brief break in the torrential rain to get some much
needed time on the Dundrod circuit to the west of
Belfast.
Disappointed at the cancellation of today's
planned Dundrod 150 Road Races because of the continued inclement
weather, Hydrex Bike Animal Honda rider Guy Martin was left to
concentrate on qualifying for Saturday's races in the three classes
he is entered.
Aboard the 600cc Hydrex Bike Animal Honda
instead of the Wilson Craig entry he had originally planned on
racing, the 26 year old from Kirmington in Lincolnshire posted fifth
fastest time in the session, just a second off pole setter Bruce
Anstey, and he repeated the feat on the Shaun Muir Racing team's
1000cc Honda Fireblade Superstock machine where he will line up in
fifth on the grid also, meaning a second row start in both
races.
However, it wasn't such a good qualifying
session on the team's Superbike whereby he qualified in eleventh
place. Martin ventured out on the track in the wet conditions but as
it started to dry, he left it too late to come in and change to
intermediate tyres meaning a row five start in Saturday's all
important race.
Despite a gloomy weather forecast for the
weekend, Martin commented: "If we're not under water by then,
I'm confident in all the races as we have got a good base setting on
all the bikes. We can certainly do it from row two and row five
holds no fears for me either, I'll just get my head down and go. I'm
feeling good and the bikes are working well so depending what the
weather throws at us, we'll see where we end up. If it ends up
tossing it down all day, we may be making an early start in the beer
tent!"
Roads close on Saturday at 9.30am with racing
scheduled for 10.30am with the 7 lap Superstock race followed by the
Supersport race over 7 laps also. The 6 lap 250cc race precedes the
Ulster Grand Prix over 8 laps with the second Supersport race (6
laps) and the 7 lap UGPSC Superbike rounding off proceedings before
roads open at 6.30pm.
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