Josh Day and the Ruby Racing Triumph team had a great weekend at round three of the British Motorpoint Supersport Evo Championship at Oulton Park he gained a fourth in race one and brilliant second in race two.
After a steady start to the season Josh was eager to perform this weekend at Oulton, the team made several changes to the bike throughout the practice sessions to find a good set up for the technical track. The heavens opened on Saturday afternoon and he was second overall in the wet conditions. The track dried up for qualifying session on Sunday and Josh started from 15th place on the grid for the 12 lap race. He was locked in a battle for a podium place but was unlucky just to miss out.
For race two he started from 15th place again, he got a good start and was third Evo rider as he crossed the line on lap one. He knew the leading Evo bike had a good gap and so he focused on hanging onto a podium position. He worked hard throughout the race and was through to second Evo on lap two. The safety car was deployed on lap nine for three laps and Josh lost a position on the first lap of the four lap dash dropping back to third. He pushed hard for the final four laps to secure his first podium of the season for the Ruby Racing Triumph team.
Josh Day - "The weekend was a huge step in the right direction for us as a team. I am still recovering from back injuries and it is the first time this season it has not been painful whilst riding. We had a new team member this weekend who used to work with Gino Rea at Moto2, he really helped with my progress over the weekend.
I am looking forward to the break we have now until Snetterton and get myself fully fit again. It was great to be back up on the podium this weekend and I hope this is now the start of our season. I must say a big thank you to all the sponsors who have stuck by me and supported us through the rocky start to the season. A massive thanks to Jamie and Jofrom Ruby Scaffolding for being amazing and giving me a great bike to work with.
The team for doing a great job, Colin and Diane from 100% suspension and friend and family for keeping me positive the last few weeks. Roll on Snetterton!"
