The British Superbike Championship travelled up to Scotland this weekend for round five of the Pirelli National Superstock Championship at Knockhill. In the Superstock 1000 group the Be Wiser Kawasaki riders had a good weekend with Josh Day securing a fantastic sixth place and Josh Wainwright in 23rd. Nick Anderson racing in the National Superstock 600 class secured a points scoring position in 15th.

With the changing weather conditions over the weekend at Knockhill and the two groups having wet and dry sessions the times were taken as one from each group as opposed to fastest laps. This was a disadvantage to the Be Wiser riders with Josh Day ending up qualifying in 17th place and Josh Wainwright in 23rd position.

Josh Day got a great start and was 14th after the second lap and was eager to keep pushing through the pack setting some good lap times and making some strong passes to secure a great sixth position. The scheduled 24 lap race was cut short to 17 laps after a red flag incident.

Josh Day - "Luckily I managed to have a good race here at Knockhill despite the qualifying system not quite falling into our hands. With the session dry on Friday and we had a few problems with the set up and the bike and so it was difficult to put a quick lap in especially as Knockhill is so tight and twisting, with the rain coming on Saturday the rules state that if the sessions are mixed weather conditions then one is picked from each group but that dropped me five places back on the grid.

I knew I'd have a lot of work to do in the race and was keen to get a good start, luckily that was the case and I had to be aggressive on the first few laps to ensure I was able to get into the front pack. I really enjoyed the race and everything with the bike is just falling into place now and working really well. The Be Wiser team have been brilliant and helped me get everything sorted just once again we lack dry track time so to get everything right and sorted in one session is difficult. Colin at 100% and the entire Be Wiser team worked so hard all weekend and I'm glad I got the result I did and still know I've the pace to run up at the front I just need to put it all together in one weekend now."

Josh Wainwright also lost some positions from the qualifying sessions and ended up in 23rd on the grid, with little dry track time and using new suspension he had no data for the bike until Friday. Despite some problems during first qualifying he was able to get one faster lap in and it was a battle in the race to get a good result.

Josh Wainwright - "With swapping our suspension system at Donington I have no date for it at any track so we were coming to Knockhill a little blind and without a good understanding on what set up we needed. I only got a couple of dry sessions in and it's not much time to try and get things sorted correctly. We are going to do some testing over the next few weeks to get a good base set up with the new suspension so when we go to the next race we won't need to make any massive changes.

With the changes we made I was really struggling for grip during the race as we weren't getting the power down in the right places. It was a tough race but I have taken the positives from here and I'm looking forward to getting to Snetterton in a few weeks' time. I've learnt how to ride a 1000 and now we just have to make a few tweaks to get everything set into place and get some good races under our belt."

In the Superstock 600 class Nick Anderson qualified in 25th position and on his first time ever racing at the Scottish circuit Nick rode a stunning race gaining 10 positions and finishing in the Championship points in 15th place.

Nick Anderson - "I'd never been to Knockhill until Friday and I tried to walk and cycle as many laps as I could so I could get a feel for the circuit. I enjoyed the race today and pleased I managed to salvage a point from it, considering the weather conditions and lack of dry track time I was able to make up several places during the race and despite running wide at the hairpin and losing a few places I worked my way back to 15th. The track was really slippery during the race and it was hard to find any grip and seemed to get worse as the race progressed. Luckily we've tested a bit at Snetterton so it should help with a bit of a base setting when we go there in a couple of weeks."

Team Owner/Manager Alan Grieg - "We've had trouble in all the qualifying sessions all season and Knockhill seemed to be no different. With the Superstock series being split into two groups and with the changing weather conditions at Knockhill between qualifying one and two, there is a strange formula to calculate grid positions. Sadly this didn't work in our favour and Josh Day lost out on five positions to where he should have been. Despite this Josh (Day) was 17th into turn one on the first lap and to come through and finish in sixth is fantastic, this has also moved him to ninth in the Championship and within grasp of the top six.

Josh (Wainwright) has had a lot of work to do with his switch to Ohlins suspension and therefore we have no data at the circuits for him and this made it difficult with the weather to get the set-up he requires. We have a test booked at Snetterton so this should help move things in the right direction and hopefully get things sorted for the remaining rounds of the year.

Nick had never been to Knockhill before he got here so to race like he did and get a Championship point was brilliant we are really pleased with his progress within the Be Wiser Kawasaki team. He is really showing his progress and settling in well now and we continue to try and move him forwards and more points.

In all it was a good weekend for us, the weather on race day was lovely and a huge crowd was here as always at Knockhill. We had some bad luck in qualifying but if we can get that sorted out and the boys moved up towards the front end after qualifying I know both are capable of good results. We're looking forward to getting to Snetterton in a few weeks' time."