Historically August is usually the last month of road racing with the few out there trying to grab the last few points to either keep or increase it their Cat.
Two races this month were attended by CCR, both at the Mountbatten centre racetrack. Adam Coppard featuring in both with a nice 3rd and 7th respectively, again having his 2 leadout men sent to the slaughter with Terry and Si getting a 14th and 11th just out of the points respectively.
Point are close but it seems that Adam is firmly in front, see below:-
Adam Coppard - 45
Larry Wiltshire - 34
Sam Hadnett - 28
Jono Bartle - 20
Rich Watson - 18
Chris Hill - 15
Ross kettle - 13
Terry Wilson - 11
Simon Wright - 14
Jon Ley - 4
Mark Labrum - 1
Adam snuck in an extra picture because he REALLY wants to show-off his new race bike…
Final few races still to come in Sept/Oct so we will see if Adam retains his lead.
Luckily for me the TT’ing has had considerably more races for me to talk about…
The P841 run by HRC saw Terry and I 1st and 3rd respectively overall, with Terry over a minute in front of me. I tried so hard to keep him at bay, but his legs and TT bike defo had the measure of me and caught me about a mile after the upwards hill!
I kept telling him this was just a warmup for me as I was also competing with Adam on the P829/9 at Wickham on the Thursday. Conditions were really nice and I took the overall win on my road bike and Adam was a very close second place with only a 5 second gap, both averaging over 25mph on a not so flat course. Looking at the Strava data, it was really nip and tuck between Adam and I, with him in front at points and me grabbing it back on the twisty hilly parts.
Goodwood saw the last TT of the year run by A3CRG, and it would also see me compete in my last road bike TT taking 2nd place in class but over 1 minute down on my previous best there, so I was slightly disappointed. However, Terry, Adam, and a new Face Rick Bishop did stonking results in the TT class, Terry 14th (21.20) Adam 17th (22:03) and Rick 45th (30.34). So all had PBs on the last GW – Chapeau guys.
The next Sunday saw The P901/10 being run by SDV which is the first time this year it has been used - along the A27 from Fontwell to Chichester and back. This early start race had a massively strong field out, with Adam and I representing CCR, I set off first and it was my first time on a TT bike (still not sure of that handling thing) and Adam a couple of min behind me. I think we both had fantastic rides with a 5th (21.26) and 6th (21.40) overall.
This day also saw the course record broken by 1 second which stood since 1999 by Sean Yates by C McNamara with a 19.18.
Sam, Terry, and I again turned up at the P841/10 which was meant to be the modified R course that only goes to the mini round about rather than the large one-way system but alas not all the paperwork had been approved. This was a first for Sam as he had never done a lone TT prior. The good news is that CCR took the top 3 spots of the rankings with Terry, Me and Sam 123. Well done Sam I think you did an amazing ride.
The next Tuesday the lads got to ride the aforementioned P841R for the first time, with Terry, Adam and new face this year Harry out on the road. Again as usual Terry the aero rocketship took first spot, Adam 5th and Harry a decent 10th, with all of them setting PR’s.
The last TT of the month was again the P901/10 (this course is like buses) the 2 main culprit Terry and Adam putting in strong times again on a difficult windy day. I think the words that came out of Adams mouth are unrepeatable here by it was something like “My my, that was a little breezy”. However still a great ride from both with an 8th and 14th overall in a stacked field.
Scores on the doors:-
Terry Wilson - 1790
Larry Wiltshire - 1610
Adam Coppard - 1390
James Smee - 790
Karen Nash - 300
Richard Watson - 280
Sam Hadnett - 270
Phil Webber - 260
Emma Hannon - 200
Ross Kettle - 190
Nick Piner - 170
Jon Ley - 90
Andrew Hedges - 90
Chris Hill - 90
Thomas Rogers - 90
Stuart Hammond - 90
Laurence Brown - 80
Jono Bartle - 80
Nick Hill - 80
Rick Bishop - 80
Harry Darrah - 80
And finally, I just wanted to say well done to Rich who competed in Ironman Finland - You are completely mental but wow and chapeau to you. There will be a separate write up coming out later with regards to this amazing achievement.
And look out next month….
