It was the long trek to the east coast of England to Scarborough and the Gold Cup to finish of the road race season for Davy Morgan Racing. The circuit is good fun to ride although tight and twisty and it is a good weekend to finish the season.

Davy qualified seventh quickest on the Strangford Holiday Park/BLRC Honda and to qualify himself for the heats of the Superbike and Supersport Races he was seventeenth quickest on both the CSC Branson R1 & R6 Yamaha’s. On the R1 Yamaha he was happy just to finish ninth in his Heat and get to the main event with the shoulder he hurt at Killalane giving him a few problems. In his Supersport Heat he made an awful start and as he tried to make up ground round the outside at the hairpin he was pushed right out to the grass and had to work hard to finish eleventh and as he thought good enough for a start in the main event.

However a clerical error by the organisers meant that he would not be on the grid for the 600 Races they said he had not qualified, but they didn’t have in the non-qualifiers race either, when the team enquired about the situation the organisers agreed he should have been starting the main events on the 600, but stated “As the grids had already been allocated there was nothing they could do”. Very frustrating.

Davy’s first race was on the BLRC/Strangford Holiday Park 250cc Honda and he had a good run to sixth place, he followed that up in the second 250cc Race with an eighth place finish after the clutch burnt out on the line and to even get a finish was an achievement never mind a top ten. With no races on the CSC Branson R6 due to the organisers error that just left the CSC Branson R1 and both starts ended in DNF’s as it was just too difficult with shoulder injury to hold on to. He decided not to go out in the Gold Cup Race so that he did no further damage to his shoulder and so brought to an end his 2009 road race season.

Speaking afterwards Davy commented, “To round of the season, it was an enjoyable weekend despite some problems. My shoulder was giving me some problems as they would not give me an injection , which made the big bike a real handful with all the tight turns and heavy braking and not getting a run on the 600 was really disappointing as it was not even my fault. I enjoyed the first run on the 250, but the second was hard work after I lost the clutch”.

“I would like to thank the guys who went with me to Scarborough and I hope they enjoyed the weekend, George (who shared the driving), Jim and Maurice. Its been a long and difficult season with some ups and a lot of downs and I want to thank all my sponsors and supporters who stuck with me, I hope they will remain part of the team in 2010 and hopefully together we will have a better year.”