Steady Weekend for the Be Wiser Kawasaki Team Donington Park

Round ten of the Pirelli National Superstock Championship took place this weekend at Donington Park. The Be Wiser Kawasaki team had a tough weekend at the track; it was Nick Anderson in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 class that gained the team's best result of eighth place. In the Stock 1000 class Josh Wainwright was unfortunate to finish just outside the points in 16th place and Josh Day crashed out on lap five.In the Pirelli National Superstock 600 class Nick Anderson struggled again during the only dry qualifying session on Saturday and ended up in 17th place on the grid for the scheduled 14-lap race. He got a good start and as always worked his way through in the race to ride and incredible race to finish in ninth place, later being promoted to eighth after a rider was excluded.Nick Anderson - "Once again I had another bad qualifying session and was only able to place myself in 17th place on the grid. I got a really terrible start and was about 20th after the opening lap, once I settled down a little bit I was able to push a little harder and work my way back up through the pack. It's really difficult from that far back in the pack as you have to be really aware of what other people are doing around you as well as trying to put in good race times. I got my head down and made some passes and to get back up to ninth was great and to gain a place was even better. I am looking forward to getting to Silverstone and really want to finish the season on a high note."In the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 class, Josh Wainwright and Josh Day had another tough weekend, with the appalling weather conditions on Friday, first practice and first qualifying for both riders was a right off so they only had qualifying two to find a good set up for the bike and set a good time. Josh Wainwright qualified in 16th and Josh Day in 14th.Josh Wainwright - "It was a really good race for me, I'd had another bad qualifying session and once again left myself with a lot of work to do. I got a good start but was run wide into the first turn which caused me to lose a lot of places. I had to fight my way back up through the pack and I was unlucky not to finish in the points, I learnt a lot during the race and hopefully this will help me in the last few races of the season."Josh Day also struggled during qualifying and ended up in 14th, he got a bad start and dropped back through the pack, and fighting back he ended up crashing out at the Melbourne Loop on lap six.Josh Day - "It was another tough weekend for me, with the rain on Friday it was a short dry session for us on Saturday to find a set up and put in a qualifying time. I wasn't where I wanted to be in the race and I guess I was pushing too hard to try and make up the places. I just lost the front and that was me out of the race, I'm really gutted but have to move on now to Silverstone and Brands and finish the season well."Team Owner/Manager Alan Grieg - "It was a bit of a strange weekend for us as we seem to take a step backwards from the progress that we made at Cadwell Park. Everything went very well at Cadwell after some of the team structures changed and some ways we worked changed all the riders had a good qualifying session there. However, at Donington things went backwards and all three riders again struggled to qualify in a good grid position for their races.It's important for us at Silverstone and Brands to make sure these changes are implemented again and end the season on a high note. The qualifying here let all three riders down when it came to the race. Nick Anderson had a really good race and if he'd been able to qualify on the front three rows he had the pace to run up with the top bunch. He rode very hard to bring the Be Wiser Kawasaki back in eighth place from 17th on the grid; this really shows his potential we just have to sort the qualifying sessions out.Both Josh Day and Wainwright struggled to qualify well and in doing so Josh Day pushed too hard and crashed out, with the old rules and the minor damage he would have been able to re-join but this isn't now possible with the new rules. Josh Wainwright got a bad start and went backwards but once he relaxed his times were good and he was unfortunate to miss out on some more Championship points."


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