British Superbike Championship Thruxton Round 2

The Moto-Breakers Kawasaki team had another good weekend at round two of the British Superbike Championship at Thruxton Race Circuit. James Lodge once again secured another podium on his Moto-Breakers Kawasaki at the very fast track taking third place; team-mate in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship Levi Day also scored more points and gained 11th place. Jonathan Lodge in the Superstock 1000 struggled and ended the race in 26th place.

James Lodge had struggled all weekend and was only able to qualify in tenth place on the grid; with the second session being wet the times would be no quicker. On the start James got an awesome start and after the first lap was up to fourth place. He was soon be hounded from all directions and was locked in a 16 wheeler for third, he was able to fight off the hunting pack and took another solid podium for the team.

James Lodge - "It was a really hard weekend and I've been really struggling with arm pump at Brands and here was shocking all weekend. I was trying not to go out too much on track and try and save them for the race knowing that it would start then. I was struggling to hold on to be honest towards the end of the race and I was quite relieved when the safety car came out early on as it gave them a little rest. I'm over the moon with the podium as after qualifying I didn't think that would be possible to have to thank all the Moto-Breakers team for helping me this weekend."

Levi Day had once again to another new track and possibly one of the hardest tracks on the UK calendar to learn and master. He was getting to grips with the track over the weekend and qualified in 16th place; he had a great race and worked his way up to 11th.

Levi Day - "This year for me is a learning year and working out where all the tracks go is always the starting point. This is a physical, hard and fast track and I had to try and learn it on each session we went out. With the rain on Saturday this was made difficult and so I was quite happy with my qualifying. I got a good start again in the race and was managing to go much faster than I had in qualifying and was slowly working my way up through the pack. It's a great track and I'm really pleased to be leaving here with some more Championship points to my name."

Jonathan Lodge struggled to get to grips on his 1000 Kawasaki Ninja this weekend at the ultra-fast Thruxton circuit. He was unable to find a set up that worked well for him and found it difficult to find a good lap time, the rain on Saturday forced most riders to remain in their garage as the track was too wet to gain any set up information. He qualified in 27th place on the grid and finished the race in 26th.

Jonathan Lodge - "It was a really difficult weekend this weekend to get a good set up on the Stock 1000 machine. Obviously I've never ridden here before on the bigger bike and with the cancellation of our session on Saturday I didn't get much time out on track to find a setting I was comfortable with. We made a few changes for the race and it made a slight difference but not enough, I'm looking forward to getting to Oulton in a couple of weeks' time."

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