Jason O Halloran did not have the end to the 2010 season that he was hoping on the East Coast Racing Yamaha. The luckless Australian was touched into Shell Hairpin on lap three forcing him to crash out. After remounting the talented young rider had to work hard to try and salvage something at Oulton Park and the final round of the Fuchs British Supersport Championship. Fighting back from 31st place he managed to fight his way back through the field and finished in 16th place overall.
O Halloran had his second best qualifying of the season and managed to put the Yamaha on the second row in sixth place and was eager for a good race result to end his great form in the previous few races. His lap times after his crashed matched that of the leaders and his sector times would have put him third fastest, he was taking off seconds a lap off the riders in front and passing at least three a lap.
It was the end that Jason was hoping on and he said "I'm really gutted because I was well up for the race and was so hoping that I would follow on from my first podium at Silverstone the other week. I was a bit of a melee in the first few laps whilst everyone was trying to fight for position and sort themselves out. I tipped into Shell and someone caught my brake lever and it just tucked the front. I got back on as fast as possible but the majority of the pack had passed in that time. I tried to get my head down and peel off some riders and was hoping I might be able to gain one point but I missed out by one position. Not the way I was hoping to end the season on a high note but I guess that's racing. Since I joined East Coast Racing mid season they have been brilliant and the results have showed that. I'd like to thank all my personal sponsors Lucas Machinery and AKP, plus Spider and GP James and Phil Reed at East Coast Racing for taking me on mid season. I'm really pleased with my results since I switched to Yamaha and just gutted I couldn't finish the season on a higher note."
On the other hand it was a great end to a rocky season for his East Coast Racing's team-mate Pat McDougall who won the British Supersport Cup Championship. Pat who has battled through injury and crashes at the last few rounds finally secured himself the overall Championship with a strong fourth place finish in the Cup at Oulton.
A delighted Pat said "It's been a funny old year especially the last few races, I crashed on oil at Silverstone and hit a stray bike at Silverstone in the wet and re injured myself so I'm over the moon to have won the Championship after all that. It was close in the final stages and I'm just really grateful to the entire East Coast Racing team for everything this year it's been great and I'm so pleased."
