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The 2008 Bennetts British Superbike
Championship concludes this weekend with the final round at the
Brands Hatch Indy circuit whereby Hydrex Bike Animal Honda riders,
James Ellison and Guy Martin, aim to round the season off in
style.
When the series last visited the Kent track back
in May, albeit on the full GP circuit, both riders came away with a
decent points haul and the pair will be looking for a repeat of
those performances for Shaun Muir's team.
28 year old Ellison from Kendal in Cumbria
currently lies in seventh place in the standings, 34 points down on
the experienced Michael Rutter, and but for his one and only
indiscretion on his comeback season, when he slid off in the first
race at Silverstone a couple of weeks ago, James could have been
realistically challenging for a top six placing after claiming three
podiums throughout the season.
For 26 year old Martin, the meeting offers the
chance to rid himself of the bad luck that has plagued his entire
season and the rider from Kirmington in Lincolnshire will be looking
to add to his one and only top ten placing so far, which he scored
at the very first round at Thruxton.
James
Ellison: "I'm really looking forward to Brands
Hatch to try to get around the problems we had at Silverstone. It's
a bit of a short circuit and not much you can do there with settings
so I reckon we'll be competitive. I'll just keep trying for this
elusive win, I have two chances left and I'd like to get that top
step of the podium for all the team, to pay them back for all their
hard work."
Guy Martin: "It
doesn't seem five minutes ago that the season was just starting,
full of high expectations, but it's just not happened for me this
year. I'm looking forward to getting some better results at Brands
Hatch as we really need a tonic to carry us into the winter months.
But come Sunday evening, it will be a case of 'win or lose, we'll
have some booze.'"
The first of the thirty lap encounters is
scheduled for 2pm with the second race getting underway at 4.45pm
and as ever, the action will be shown live on British Eurosport with
a Channel 4 highlights show to be aired during the following
week.
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