The Be Wiser Kawasaki headed to the teams local circuit this Bank Holiday weekend at Cadwell Park for the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 and 600 Championship. The team once again secured a double podium in the Superstock 600 class with Joe Collier gaining second and Nick Anderson in third. Josh Day secured 14th place in the 1000 class.
In the Pirelli National Superstock class, once again both riders came to the circuit on a high from their podiums at Oulton Park and from the first session Joe Collier and Nick Anderson were putting in some good and consistent lap times. Qualifying went well and Joe ended up second on the grid and Nick in sixth.
In the wet race on Monday Joe got a steady start and lost some places dropping to fourth on lap five with Nick in fifth. Joe worked his way up to third place when leader Mason Law crashed out at the mountain section of the course elevating Joe to second and Nick to fourth.
The pair worked hard for the rest of the race and in the final turn Nick made a fantastic move on Joe Francis into the final hairpin to gain a brilliant third place and the second double podium on the trot for the Be Wiser Kawasaki team.
Joe Collier - "I'm so pleased with another podium for the Be Wiser Kawasaki team, it was a tough race because of the conditions and it was difficult to know how greasy the track was. I took it fairly steady on the opening laps and tried to use my head a little bit to get a feel and understanding for the circuit. I was then able to settle down and make a couple of passes, I really thought Mason deserved to win being out there on dry tyres, I thought the race would be red flagged then but we carried on, I didn't have a clue that Nick had finished third until we got to the podium so it was another mega result for the team."
Nick Anderson - "I'm so pleased with another podium, three on the trot now, it has taken a while to click but I feel like we've made some massive progress this year with the Be Wiser Kawasaki team. We now have a good base set up from last year and now the results are starting to come and it's a great feeling. Everyone worked really hard all weekend again and I'd like to thank all the Be Wiser Kawasaki team and their sponsors for this opportunity and I hope we can keep this form for the rest of the season."
In the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 Championship Josh Day had a difficult weekend after a big crash in the opening practice session which caused a lot of bike damage. He was only able to qualify in 24th place for the 15 lap race. He got a great start and was 18th after lap one, he got his head down and managed to get through to a points scoring position and finished in 14th place after the race was red flagged on lap 10.
Josh Day - "It has been a tough weekend; there was a lot of damage to the Be Wiser Kawasaki after my crash on Saturday. The team worked really hard to get things sorted and fixed and come the race today it was feeling back to normal. I was a little sore but managed to get a good start and get my head down and push forwards. I got some points and hope to continue to improve at the remaining rounds of the series."
Team Owner/Manager Alan Greig - "Well this weekend was almost a copy and paste from Oulton Park; I'm delighted with the results in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 class with second and third from Joe and Nick. They both qualified well and both raced a very mature race in difficult conditions, when we saw the weather the game plan was to just bring both bikes home so to gain another two podiums was just brilliant. We hope now we're in with a fighting chance of a win at one of the remaining rounds, this is the fourth season running now we've had a rider on the podium at our home round which is brilliant.
In the Stock 1000 class once again difficulties in practice and qualifying with a crash and technical issues put Josh in 24th on the grid which left him a lot of work to do. He once again proved he has the race pace for a good position but we need to really sort out his qualifying situation. We go to Silverstone next weekend for the stock 1000 race which will take place alongside the MotoGP and hopefully we can concentrate on improving his qualifying times.""
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