The Moto-Breakers Yamaha team were back on form at Silverstone Circuit at the penultimate round of the Metzeler National Superstock 600 Championship. Youngster Jake Dixon, who missed Donington Park with a broken wrist, which he sustained at Cadwell, made a fantastic return with a stunning win on a circuit he has never ridden at before.
It was a chaotic race and the open laps were heart racing and also included fellow Moto-Breakers rider Jimmy Rose, Jimmy had a great qualifying session and put the Moto-Breakers Yamaha in third place on the grid for the ten lap race. He gained the hole-shot in the race and was leading for a number of the ten laps and fighting off tough assaults from Lee Jackson, Alex Olsen and Jake. Despite battling hard he was unable to make an attack on Olsen on the final lap and had to settle for fourth place. Jimmy now lies in third place in the Championship standing only five points off the leaders, the final round at Brands Hatch will certainly be interesting.
Jake Dixon, having recovered from his injuries had to quickly learn the track on Friday morning having never ridden at the super-fast circuit before. Each session he was taking time off his times and was able to qualify on the second row in six place. An awesome start saw him sitting in third place after the opening lap, after a four way battle in the opening laps Jake and Lee Jackson began to make a break. Jake made a strong pass on the penultimate lap and was able to fend off Jackson for the win as they crossed the line, only 0.004 splitting the pair.
James Lodge the third Moto-Breakers Yamaha rider, he rode through the pain of a badly broken collarbone, had a great race and managed to bring the bike home in a solid eighth place. James who also crashed at Cadwell sustaining the injury struggled through the weekend at Silverstone and was only able to qualify in 17th place so to finish in eighth was a great achievement.
Jake - "I'm so pleased to have taken the win, it was all new for me I've never ridden at Silverstone before so I had to learn the track and find a good bike set up. Everyone at Moto-Breakers worked really hard and I want to thank them for their efforts and hope the win reflects that. Obviously I like the track and despite it all being very new I managed to pick it up fairly quickly, we had a few problems in practice but by morning warm-up I was feeling pretty confident and ready to race. The first few laps we were all tangling each other up, Lee managed to break away around half way through but I didn't want to let him go. I caught him back up made a good pass and then knew I couldn't afford to make any mistakes, mega race and great feeling to take another win especially after missing the last round through injury."
Jimmy - "That was an unbelievable race and it was all a bit mental out there, I got a really good start and just wanted to get my head down and try and make a gap and I pushed hard over the first few laps. Maybe a little too hard and I used a lot of grip on my tyres trying to push too hard. I wanted to try and stay with them but it just wasn't happening, I really did enjoy the race but I would have loved to have taken the win and the Championship lead sadly it wasn't too be. I think the race at Brands might be a tad mad for the last round, I like it there and hope I can do well."
James - "That was a really tough race and my collarbone is hurting a lot now. All weekend I was a little weary and I didn't want to push too hard and risk crashing again. I was cautious through the practice and qualifying sessions and wanted to save a lot of my energy for the race. I managed to get a really good start and avoided some of the early race crash and just work my way through the pack. I was in a really close battle the whole race and they certainly didn't let me get the result easily. Hopefully I'll be a lot better at Brands and can push a little harder."
